They take so long to say nothing, and they take such pride in it. They talk like they’re about to blow your mind, but then 5 confusing and aggravating minutes later you realize that you’re just hearing a baroque retelling of the same two cows, civic religion horseshit we were all taught as children, and you kind of get mad at yourself for thinking that maybe this time they would have something insightful to say.

Everything they say feels masturbatory, thats’s the word I wanted