Matt
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3yo wants to play doctor so I complain of a tummy ache. She runs an “x-ray,” turns out I have multiple broken bones but she has something that will make me feel better. Brings me an old gift box and says to open it: it’s a crucifix.
June 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
3yo wants to play doctor so I complain of a tummy ache. She runs an “x-ray,” turns out I have multiple broken bones but she has something that will make me feel better. Brings me an old gift box and says to open it: it’s a crucifix.
6yo’s annotations on the pamphlet he found at Mass today
May 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
6yo’s annotations on the pamphlet he found at Mass today
6yo telling me that the word “napkin” means “a family of rest”
April 24, 2026 at 12:06 PM
6yo telling me that the word “napkin” means “a family of rest”
[watching the end of The Lion King when Simba defeats Scar]
8yo: the king has returned
6yo: and the knave is dead
8yo: the king has returned
6yo: and the knave is dead
April 16, 2026 at 2:31 AM
[watching the end of The Lion King when Simba defeats Scar]
8yo: the king has returned
6yo: and the knave is dead
8yo: the king has returned
6yo: and the knave is dead
6yo telling me about his dislike of the letter X because it is a “disrespectful letter”: “It doesn’t have its own sound, it just steals from two other letters”
April 4, 2026 at 11:18 AM
6yo telling me about his dislike of the letter X because it is a “disrespectful letter”: “It doesn’t have its own sound, it just steals from two other letters”
6yo says he wants to be a lawyer when he grows up
Me: Do you know what a lawyer is?
6yo: Yes. A lawyer helps other people find loopholes. And I’m very good at finding loopholes
Me: Do you know what a lawyer is?
6yo: Yes. A lawyer helps other people find loopholes. And I’m very good at finding loopholes
March 27, 2026 at 11:40 AM
6yo says he wants to be a lawyer when he grows up
Me: Do you know what a lawyer is?
6yo: Yes. A lawyer helps other people find loopholes. And I’m very good at finding loopholes
Me: Do you know what a lawyer is?
6yo: Yes. A lawyer helps other people find loopholes. And I’m very good at finding loopholes
Just paraphrasing the story of Joseph and his brothers to the kids at bedtime and couldn’t get through it without tearing up
March 24, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Just paraphrasing the story of Joseph and his brothers to the kids at bedtime and couldn’t get through it without tearing up
8yo watching Aladdin, where it’s explained that you can’t wish for more wishes: “I would wish for more genies”
March 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
8yo watching Aladdin, where it’s explained that you can’t wish for more wishes: “I would wish for more genies”
3yo daughter now doing this thing where every time we finish a movie together and the credits song starts playing she’ll say ”Daddy, dance with me!” and pull me up off the couch to start twirling
March 8, 2026 at 1:35 AM
3yo daughter now doing this thing where every time we finish a movie together and the credits song starts playing she’ll say ”Daddy, dance with me!” and pull me up off the couch to start twirling
Devil on the mountain: All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me
American evangelicals: Deal
American evangelicals: Deal
american evangelicals already run everything and what we are seeing right now, including this headline, is them trying to close the gap on the 5% of everything they don't run
Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take
March 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Devil on the mountain: All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me
American evangelicals: Deal
American evangelicals: Deal
3yo daughter has started exclaiming “what the heg!”
March 2, 2026 at 10:48 PM
3yo daughter has started exclaiming “what the heg!”
Reposted by Matt
Anti-human, anti-life; corrosive of sociality, civility, decency, dignity, piety, and fear of God; cynically contemptuous of truth in its abject nihilism; a stain on Christian witness for those who make themselves complicit—the cancerous rot of MAGA must go.
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Anti-human, anti-life; corrosive of sociality, civility, decency, dignity, piety, and fear of God; cynically contemptuous of truth in its abject nihilism; a stain on Christian witness for those who make themselves complicit—the cancerous rot of MAGA must go.
“Rats are haters.” —3yo daughter
February 22, 2026 at 12:32 AM
“Rats are haters.” —3yo daughter
“Guy who has strong opinions about the Super Bowl halftime show” is such a funny character. Best case scenario it’s a good performance and you go “that was mildly entertaining.” How do you get worked up about it on like a personal level lol
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“Guy who has strong opinions about the Super Bowl halftime show” is such a funny character. Best case scenario it’s a good performance and you go “that was mildly entertaining.” How do you get worked up about it on like a personal level lol
Missed the AI Dunkin ad, looked it up. The slop is getting desperate, it can’t carry on like this. We’re going to win this thing.
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Missed the AI Dunkin ad, looked it up. The slop is getting desperate, it can’t carry on like this. We’re going to win this thing.
Me: why are you being fussy?
3yo daughter: it’s hard to say
3yo daughter: it’s hard to say
February 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Me: why are you being fussy?
3yo daughter: it’s hard to say
3yo daughter: it’s hard to say
3yo daughter (pointing at elderly man in a cartoon): he’s old
Me: what about me, am I old?
3yo (annoyed like I’m acting ridiculous): noooo, you’re new!
(beat)
3yo: but you’re getting old. then I’m going to need a new daddy
Me: what about me, am I old?
3yo (annoyed like I’m acting ridiculous): noooo, you’re new!
(beat)
3yo: but you’re getting old. then I’m going to need a new daddy
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
3yo daughter (pointing at elderly man in a cartoon): he’s old
Me: what about me, am I old?
3yo (annoyed like I’m acting ridiculous): noooo, you’re new!
(beat)
3yo: but you’re getting old. then I’m going to need a new daddy
Me: what about me, am I old?
3yo (annoyed like I’m acting ridiculous): noooo, you’re new!
(beat)
3yo: but you’re getting old. then I’m going to need a new daddy
Kids’ illness rallying in its second week
February 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Kids’ illness rallying in its second week
Share a TV show you love with 3 seasons or less.
February 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Share a TV show you love with 3 seasons or less.
8yo on God’s providence: “He’s playing wizard’s chess against Satan. That’s basically how the universe works.”
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 AM
8yo on God’s providence: “He’s playing wizard’s chess against Satan. That’s basically how the universe works.”
The long 1990s have come to an end
Yahoo and AOL are down
Yahoo and AOL are down
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The long 1990s have come to an end
Thinking about this some more, I think the loss of honor as a category is tied up with the widespread erosion of memory. To value honor or consider an act as honorable requires a higher vantage of time that transcends immediate utility and embraces (1/4)
[Reposting from the other place:] What’s striking to me is the total disappearance of “honor” (even in a misplaced sense) as a conceivable good or motive in public life. True virtue even more so but I feel like the decline into short-term private pleasure-seeking has been so precipitous that (1/2)
Current events make me a lot more sympathetic to “loss of virtue” as an explanation for past sweeping events. I don’t know how you explain what’s going on without reference to a widespread moral collapse that isn’t obviously reducible to other factors.
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Thinking about this some more, I think the loss of honor as a category is tied up with the widespread erosion of memory. To value honor or consider an act as honorable requires a higher vantage of time that transcends immediate utility and embraces (1/4)
[Reposting from the other place:] What’s striking to me is the total disappearance of “honor” (even in a misplaced sense) as a conceivable good or motive in public life. True virtue even more so but I feel like the decline into short-term private pleasure-seeking has been so precipitous that (1/2)
Current events make me a lot more sympathetic to “loss of virtue” as an explanation for past sweeping events. I don’t know how you explain what’s going on without reference to a widespread moral collapse that isn’t obviously reducible to other factors.
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
[Reposting from the other place:] What’s striking to me is the total disappearance of “honor” (even in a misplaced sense) as a conceivable good or motive in public life. True virtue even more so but I feel like the decline into short-term private pleasure-seeking has been so precipitous that (1/2)
8yo is telling riddles and demanding that every guess be supported with reasons for its proposal. He keeps rejecting my guesses for being insufficiently argued prescinding from questions of correctness.
January 20, 2026 at 10:03 PM
8yo is telling riddles and demanding that every guess be supported with reasons for its proposal. He keeps rejecting my guesses for being insufficiently argued prescinding from questions of correctness.
When I threaten war over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the committee will finally see how wrong they got it
Oh dear CBS has FOIA'd the full text exchange between Trump and the Norwegian PM
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
When I threaten war over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the committee will finally see how wrong they got it