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This is Halloween

Oct 31, 2025

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4 min read

This is Halloween

"Even on the darkest night, be grateful for the candle."

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The Abyss Appreciator

Video Games

The Astro Bot Mastery Challenge

Sep 23, 2025

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5 min read

The Astro Bot Mastery Challenge

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Debate

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The Debate Fallacy

Sep 13, 2025

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6 min read

The Debate Fallacy

"Most debates aren't about truth. They're about performance. You're not convincing the other person, you're just feeding the crowd."

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What If

A Crash Course in I Almost Died

Aug 17, 2025

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4 min read

A Crash Course in I Almost Died

There are fuck ups, and then there are FUCK ups.

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The Power of Celebrity

Jul 26, 2025

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6 min read

The Power of Celebrity

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me" - The Second Commandment

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Poverty

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An Architecture That Is In Place

Jun 27, 2025

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3 min read

An Architecture That Is In Place

“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.” – Nelson Mandela, London’s Trafalgar Square in 2005.

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The Abyss Appreciator

Anxiety

Grateful as Fuck for Anxiety (Yeah, I Said It)

Jun 13, 2025

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6 min read

Grateful as Fuck for Anxiety (Yeah, I Said It)

And now for my next trick. Tying gratitude to anxiety. Buckle up.

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Becoming The Villain

Burn The Cape

Jun 1, 2025

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6 min read

Burn The Cape

“You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”—Bruce Wayne, probably running on no sleep and suppressed trauma

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Existentialism

This Could Be The Last Time, May Be The Last Time, I Don't Know.

May 24, 2025

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7 min read

This Could Be The Last Time, May Be The Last Time, I Don't Know.

"They gave birth astride of a grave, the light gleams in an instant, then it's night once more." - Samuel Beckett

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Rogue Philanthropy

Do You Want To Be Batman? Because This Is How You Can Be Batman.

May 17, 2025

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5 min read

Do You Want To Be Batman? Because This Is How You Can Be Batman.

A rogue's guide to saving strangers, making a better world one person at a time while saying "go fuck yourself" to the pat on the back.

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The Abyss Appreciator

Friends

Friends Who Have Nothing but Still Show Up for Yo Ass

May 16, 2025

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3 min read

Friends Who Have Nothing but Still Show Up for Yo Ass

They ain’t got shit. Not a dime, not a plan. But they show up for you like it’s gospel. This is for the ones who ride even when the tank’s on empty.

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The Abyss Appreciator

Toxic Positivity

A 🖕 to Toxic Positivity

May 9, 2025

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4 min read

A 🖕 to Toxic Positivity

Because “Live Laugh Love” can go fuck itself.

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The Abyss Appreciator
When Silence Means Chaos

May 1, 2025

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7 min read

When Silence Means Chaos

Those of you with kids know this to be 100% true.

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The Abyss Appreciator
Revisiting Rogue Philanthropy

Apr 26, 2025

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5 min read

Revisiting Rogue Philanthropy

How can we make this mainstream? Can you help?

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The Abyss Appreciator
Dark Matter

Mar 30, 2025

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5 min read

Dark Matter

"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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The Abyss Appreciator
First Time at NASCAR

Mar 22, 2025

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3 min read

First Time at NASCAR

Whoda thunk 4 left turns equals gratitude?

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The Abyss Appreciator
The Ballad of King Dumbass

Mar 9, 2025

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11 min read

The Ballad of King Dumbass

It’s not really a ballad. But it should be.

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The Scarlet Letters of the word "Incel"

Feb 23, 2025

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5 min read

The Scarlet Letters of the word "Incel"

Separately, those letters mean little. Together, they cause chaos.

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Have You Hugged Your Independent Journalist Today?

Feb 13, 2025

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8 min read

Have You Hugged Your Independent Journalist Today?

Because it's time they take the gloves off. And they need our support.

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The Abyss Appreciator
Flee From Me Keepers Of The Gloom

Feb 9, 2025

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3 min read

Flee From Me Keepers Of The Gloom

  • "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin, from the album Houses Of The Holy, 1973

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The Abyss Appreciator
I need YOU!

Feb 4, 2025

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1 min read

I need YOU!

to let your freak flag fly.

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The Abyss Appreciator
My Generation Will Put It Right

Jan 26, 2025

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4 min read

My Generation Will Put It Right

"We're not just making promises that we know we'll never keep" - Land of Confusion, by Genesis, 1986

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Fuckerberg

Jan 19, 2025

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5 min read

Fuckerberg

Autocorrect tried to change it. LOLOLOL.

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An Interesting Observation In Empathy

Jan 12, 2025

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4 min read

An Interesting Observation In Empathy

Brought To You By The Troubles Being Endured Right Now

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The Abyss Appreciator
Quitting vs. saying "Fuck This Shit"

Jan 5, 2025

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3 min read

Quitting vs. saying "Fuck This Shit"

If you had to pick, which one would you go with?

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The Grateful As F*ck Newsletter

The Grateful As F*ck Newsletter

A gratitude newsletter. Not the lame greeting card kind of gratitude. Gratitude that drinks black coffee, listens to heavy metal, and doesn’t give a fuck.


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