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Micha Siegel's avatar

Was the Boston meetup in a shul? At this point you guys should be the Israeli column ;)

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Micha Siegel's avatar

Damn that place looks legit! Who knew Boston was the place.

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Renton Hawkey (*rent)'s avatar

Batya. So hot. So dumb.

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Micha Siegel's avatar

Hot, not dumb, eccentric to say the least.

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Renton Hawkey (*rent)'s avatar

I know what I said.

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Micha Siegel's avatar

Candance on the other hand....

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Renton Hawkey (*rent)'s avatar

Candace is so dumb that whatever hotness objectively exists disappears.

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Edward Ashton, Jr.'s avatar

Literally hadn’t even occurred to me to evaluate whether she’s hot or not—like my eyes didn’t even clock her appearance. Not something that’s really happened to me before, I don’t think. Maybe it’s the crazed edge in her voice; maybe it’s the shit she’s saying. Even if she looked like Salma Hayek I’m not sure I’d notice. It’s like she isn’t eligible for hotness at this level of craziness.

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Renton Hawkey (*rent)'s avatar

This is exactly it. Too distracted to let evolution do the instant eval.

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757sean's avatar

Yep. I want a coffee cup.

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Victor's avatar

A No Step on Snek mug would sell like hotcakes

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DangerouslyUnstable's avatar

I have an unusually long torso, so shirts never fit me, and I don't wear hats. But I would buy a coffee mug. And yes, "No Step On Snek" would be great. The problem is that, while I'm sure he has no idea he's done it, Matt stole an already existing internet meme (/r/NoStepOnSnek is 9 years old, and I'm sure the meme predates the subreddit), and so the legality of selling it is, at the very least, slightly murkier.

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757sean's avatar

And, that I was rinsing my Kibbe on Liberty cup served as the inspiration for that comment.

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Renton Hawkey (*rent)'s avatar

BTW, greatly valued the chat with Irving's grandson and how Moyn conducted that interview.

That kid is extremely full of shit.

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Philip Pomerantz's avatar

He is either very naive or very disingenuous. I favor the latter

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Renton Hawkey (*rent)'s avatar

💯💯💯

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Samizdat Slop's avatar

I’ve often mentioned that Jews created the best Xmas songs (including O Holy Night!), but missing from the FP list was IMO the platonic ideal of Christmas pop classics. The “if you don’t feel this in your bones, you have no soul” one…

https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/christmas-baby-please-come-home/

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Victor's avatar

I don’t know how dedicated you guys are on the merch but I second the other guy on challenge coins. If you have an artist they can really come up with some cool designs.

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Steve Johnson's avatar

For merch recs, I am a sucker for enamel pins. Standard logo or “be brave, call bullshit” either would be great. You guys could also animate yourselves as cute little icons and make enamel pins for those. They’d go like hotcakes.

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