too many people don't know what smarm is.
August 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
too many people don't know what smarm is.
JD is your go-to guy if you like your lies with a heaping side order of smarm.
JD Vance lies shamelessly: "We're inheriting a healthcare system that has suffered some real problems under the Biden administration. Because of that, you're seeing health insurance premiums skyrocket."
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
JD is your go-to guy if you like your lies with a heaping side order of smarm.
EPCOT's midcentury smarm sure hits different* in 2026
*not even a little bit
*not even a little bit
October 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
EPCOT's midcentury smarm sure hits different* in 2026
*not even a little bit
*not even a little bit
smarm to table
July 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM
smarm to table
actually, most everyone knows what smarm is but they may not be able to identify it as smarm.
certain people, myself included, are repulsed by smarminess. certain politicians exude it, and to me it's a huge huge warning sign. regrettably, it's effective on some people.
certain people, myself included, are repulsed by smarminess. certain politicians exude it, and to me it's a huge huge warning sign. regrettably, it's effective on some people.
August 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
actually, most everyone knows what smarm is but they may not be able to identify it as smarm.
certain people, myself included, are repulsed by smarminess. certain politicians exude it, and to me it's a huge huge warning sign. regrettably, it's effective on some people.
certain people, myself included, are repulsed by smarminess. certain politicians exude it, and to me it's a huge huge warning sign. regrettably, it's effective on some people.
Whenever Vance does shit like this, I'm reminded of the old @tomscocca.bsky.social essay "On Smarm," but it's smarm in its most evil incarnation: a bad-faith appeal to civility on behalf of cruel people.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Whenever Vance does shit like this, I'm reminded of the old @tomscocca.bsky.social essay "On Smarm," but it's smarm in its most evil incarnation: a bad-faith appeal to civility on behalf of cruel people.
February 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Smarm, I meant smarm
January 30, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Smarm, I meant smarm
Gad, the smarm oozes through the screen.
October 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Gad, the smarm oozes through the screen.
The Platonic Ideal of Smarm
July 30, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The Platonic Ideal of Smarm
"speaking truth to power" becomes "speaking smarm to powerlessness"
December 16, 2024 at 4:28 AM
"speaking truth to power" becomes "speaking smarm to powerlessness"
Smarm
every JD Vance tweet is written in the absolute worst millennial way possible with none of the basic underlying humanity, they're all like:
Hi. Vice President here.
You think Somalis are eligible for driver's licenses? Okay, uhh, you might wanna take se-vuh-ral seats 🧵:
Hi. Vice President here.
You think Somalis are eligible for driver's licenses? Okay, uhh, you might wanna take se-vuh-ral seats 🧵:
January 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Smarm
Perhaps running a man made entirely of Smarm and Crimes was a suboptimal decision
Texas - "Who would do a better job on..."
🔵Doing What's Best For Ordinary Texans - Talarico +15
🔵Healthcare - Talarico +12
🔵Cost Of Living - Talarico +10
🔵Tariffs - Talarico +9
🔵Data Centers - Talarico +8
🔵Being An Effective Senator - Talarico +7
🟡Immigration - Tied
Siena / Oct 1, 2026
🔵Doing What's Best For Ordinary Texans - Talarico +15
🔵Healthcare - Talarico +12
🔵Cost Of Living - Talarico +10
🔵Tariffs - Talarico +9
🔵Data Centers - Talarico +8
🔵Being An Effective Senator - Talarico +7
🟡Immigration - Tied
Siena / Oct 1, 2026
October 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Perhaps running a man made entirely of Smarm and Crimes was a suboptimal decision
Smarm is a red flag.
If you're surrounded by smarm, run.
If you don't know what smarm is, or why it's dangerous, start reading up now.
Recognizing smarm and its dangers are a critical modern survival skill.
gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-147...
If you're surrounded by smarm, run.
If you don't know what smarm is, or why it's dangerous, start reading up now.
Recognizing smarm and its dangers are a critical modern survival skill.
gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-147...
On Smarm
Last month, Isaac Fitzgerald, the newly hired editor of BuzzFeed's newly created books section, made a remarkable but not entirely surprising announcement: He was not interested in publishing nega...
gawkerarchives.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Smarm is a red flag.
If you're surrounded by smarm, run.
If you don't know what smarm is, or why it's dangerous, start reading up now.
Recognizing smarm and its dangers are a critical modern survival skill.
gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-147...
If you're surrounded by smarm, run.
If you don't know what smarm is, or why it's dangerous, start reading up now.
Recognizing smarm and its dangers are a critical modern survival skill.
gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-147...
Can't wait for the Newsom Rahm smarm-off
Bc things don't suck enough.
Something no one except the Wall Street Journal wants to see. ↘️
Something no one except the Wall Street Journal wants to see. ↘️
Rahm Emanuel, Teasing a White House Bid, Says Democratic Brand Is Weak
The pugilistic Democrat isn’t hiding his political ambitions, openly considering a presidential run as the party struggles to find a way out of the wilderness.
www.wsj.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Can't wait for the Newsom Rahm smarm-off
Mitch McConnell didn’t greet Obama with smarm about bipartisanship and big problems to solve. He treated Obama AS the problem.
January 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Mitch McConnell didn’t greet Obama with smarm about bipartisanship and big problems to solve. He treated Obama AS the problem.
"Trademark smarm". Band name. Called it.
Vance has now seized the top seat in the Death of Expertise Hall of Fame: He has lectured the pope—the pope, the leader of a billion and a half Catholics—about being too sloppy with theology.
The queen of all vices: Pride.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The queen of all vices: Pride.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Pope James David Vance the First
The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.
www.theatlantic.com
April 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
"Trademark smarm". Band name. Called it.
I don’t like doomerism but I am allergic to smarm
October 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I don’t like doomerism but I am allergic to smarm
Every time I see Yusuf, I see privilege, smarm and arrogance
Dear Gorton & Denton,
Something you might want to hear...
Something you might want to hear...
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Every time I see Yusuf, I see privilege, smarm and arrogance
Adelita Grijalva should just show up to one of these smarm conferences with a bible in hand and say, "Why not now?"
Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."
October 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Adelita Grijalva should just show up to one of these smarm conferences with a bible in hand and say, "Why not now?"
March 22, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Dude is the embodiment of the word “smarm”
October 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dude is the embodiment of the word “smarm”
Floofy Smarm,painted with gouache
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February 26, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Floofy Smarm,painted with gouache
💖🦊💖
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