Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Blacklisting Stanford is a Cakewalk

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Perhaps you’ve heard that Stanford University – – the school that doesn’t dare fire Professor Bankman and Professor Fried out of abject terror of offending any community – – has banned a variety of everyday words since they are offensive. So don’t you dare say, write, or think ANY of these, or ELSE:

  • Stupid
  • Cakewalk
  • Landlord
  • American
  • Blacklist
  • Victim
  • Peanut Gallery

Also, if for some reason the word “prostitute” comes into a conversation you are having, you are required to refer to them as “person who engages in sex work.”

Cliff’s Notes of Awful

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This is me bein’ pissy but………..looking at these now-laughable FTX commercials starring Tom Brady, whom I’m led to believe was some kind of big football star, I can’t help but reflect………

Conveniently, SO many things that I despise are in this one nifty package:

  • Worship of athletes;
  • The use of “I’m in“ as an affirmative;
  • Guy quitting his actual job so he can, I presume, day-trade crypto;
  • Female fry voice (Giselle)
  • Charts showing prices flying higher

Anyway, it’s heartening to see how this entire thing has been laid waste, as have the people within it. 2022 was a great year. I suspect 2023 is going to be even more fantastic. Here’s to the crypto collapse!!