Whenever I hear language like this from journalists Iâm reminded of reporter Malcolm Gladwell reminiscing about how he got in a competition with another writer at the Washington Post to see who could shoehorn a particular phrase into the most stories:
Now, I donât remember whose idea the contest was, whether it was me or Billy, but we were just so inseparable in those days, it was probably a combination. But what we decided was to introduce the phrase âraises new and troubling questionsâ to American journalism. And the contest was that we were going to give ourselves a month, and the person who got that phrase into the newspaper the most times over the course of the month would win.
Is there any precedent for charging people with stochastic terrorism? This is absolutely the result of âLIBERATE MICHIGANâ and similar attacks from covid-in-chief
I guess whatâs new and troubling to me is that they seem to have succeeded.
Reminds me in turn of what I imagine as the implied NPR listener. A cheerful, ostensibly happy person who finds the NPR musical interludes comforting and cheering, but also feels sometimes troubled, concerned and even disturbed during their air-conditioned commute, as they imagine Nina Totenberg or Bob Edwards mildly furrowing their brow at times.
Blonde Hitler
Human Sonar Receiver
Mirror Universe Patton Oswalt
Chinless Nobeardy
Rejected extra from Harrison Fordâs The Witless
âThey canât hang me if they canât find my neck!â
Dori, Ori & Nori
Meth Wizard