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"For many, it’s verboten" I'm sorry is this a thing? Reminds me of those New York Times "trend" pieces that talks about the supposed "new trend" in town or new hip place that somehow always ends with some interviewee saying a version of "anyone who's anyone is living in or doing XXX"

Honest to god, if a restaurant has a signature dish, why wouldn't it be something multiple people order at a table? Also, has this writer heard of sharing a pizza? You know, the most popular food item in America to eat? If that's not having the same meal, I don't know what is.

There''s a slow news week and then there articles like this or "Tan Suit" (still my go to example of how right-wing media speaking in one voice can make anything a story).

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Tan suit was as self-defeating as anything liberals tried in the Trump era, basically the conservative equivalent to “Drumpf”. It just tells normies you are not even trying to make an argument anymore

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I think for me it's actually instructive you chose "Drumpf". It was a "Last week tonight" joke that...didn't take off. Tan Suit actually managed to get mainstream media attention and think is a good example of media asymmetry.

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Totally fair, and I think conservative media is much dumber than liberal media (NYT isn't perfect, but I enjoy it and it's an objectively excellent product). But it was also a complete failure for the right because it made them sound like they were all 900-year-old decorum-obsessed neurotic weirdos. A nice reminder given that nowadays weirdo neuroses are more associated with the left

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You're point well taken though. There are certain stories/jokes that you only understand or get if you're in a particular media bubble. I think it's much more a problem on the right, but yes it's hardly as though the left is immune to it.

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