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I don't know why these two particular episodes (out of so many) stick out in my memory, but: the Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan & Claudine Gay "plagiarism" "scandal."

*No* Trump scandal has received the quantity or intensity of mainstream press fury that those two attracted.

It's got something to do with "familiarity breeds contempt." The sheer brash lawlessness of Republicans strikes them as some exogenous, alien phenomenon, like the weather, whereas Democrats' sins feel closer to home— endogenous, something that implicates them somehow.

@shortstories that's a great movie

@shortstories You're better off looking at a lot of examples, because it's not an officially recognized thing. It's like an "internet slang" for those professional smart-asses, who claim to know a lot, but lack critical thinking skills. So, essentially, just a higher tier parrot, who's parroting usually science stuff, but without really understanding it. They can deceive the average listener, but real experts can spot and expose them.

$100,000 a year is the new $39,000.

In 1990, a $100,000 salary had the same buying power as about $255,000 today.

Today, $100,000 buys what roughly $39,000 bought in 1990.

A six-figure salary isn’t what it used to be.