Wall of Shame

An unlikely figure makes it on the wall of shame for a local convenience store in Denver, Colorado: Closer inspection of the picture reads “Beef Jerky Thief (Good Boy)”: Apparently, the thief in question belongs to a regular customer of the store, and has indeed attempted to steal the merchandise from the beef jerky aisle … More Wall of Shame

Given Stories

An off topic discussion on 4chan on one anon’s sale of his childhood Pokemon games results in the following gem on modern media: This is something I’ve talked about before and will be reiterating here. The worst part of people valuing franchises like Pokémon isn’t so much the games themselves. It’s that people are increasingly … More Given Stories

On Weimarisation

An essay on the process through which Democracy descends into Tyranny, otherwise colloquially known as Weimarisation: Every history student knows that the Weimar Republic preceded the Nazi Era in Germany. Fewer understand that the process of historical decline goes through certain predictable stages, one of which is characterised by the Weimar Republic and its infamous … More On Weimarisation