Welcome!

"The Stranger also presents news that’s digestible."
Yeah, if you mean ignoring almost all the violent crime news in Seattle because a very tiny amount of it is committed by White people. So "progressive".

"I contain multitudes,” or whatever that Walt Whitman quote is."

It is "I can contain multitudes.", and it doesn't mean what you probably imagine that it means.

It's hilarious how you didn't even bother to look it up to make sure you were correct. You'll fit right in at The Stranger!

"NPR podcasts" mentioned twice
Jesus fucking Christ

You may notice a significant number of comments from a small faction of unmedicated weirdos here, their contributory numbers showing a direct and inverse correlation with their overall quality and value. Somewhat counter-intuitively we actually welcome these folks, as their participation here not only keeps them off the streets, but also provides for a dark, but fascinating glimpse into the demented mind.

Welcome Micah,

Just a minor nit with "but we can’t do that if we legitimize viewpoints that cause harm"

It's your job as a journalist to report on viewpoints, compare them, and offer critiques them, but the day you decide that a viewpoint is illegitimate, is the day you cease being a journalist.

"...the Star Wars prequels"...

Thanks for making me feel old(er).

@3: Which version of Songs of Myself has "I can contain multitudes."?

Most versions just have "I contain multitudes".

Do you have a favorite crime or criminal classification?

Arson. But only the kind that doesn’t hurt or kill people.

-----------------------------So coming from California, Micah Yip, which fire did you enjoy more? Palisades or Altadena? (The Stranger your sickness runs deep)

Thomas Paine, on the virtues of magazines, wrote "a magazine, when properly conducted, is the nursery of genius: and by constantly accumulating new matter, becomes a kind of market for wit and utility."

However, Paine was critical of zines of his day, complaining "They are now the retailers of tale and nonsense. From elegance they sunk to simplicity, from simplicity to folly, and from folly to voluptuousness."

To anyone perusing Micah Yip's introduction, it is abundantly clear what is forthcoming - another progressive satyr piping Ornette Coleman's "Dancing in Your Head" into the night. But who knows, he could strike out and shock us with brilliant deviations from the suffocating conformity of TS.

@ 10 I’m old enough to remember when people got jokes but you know both of those fires killed dozens of people and hurt countless more right

@12 - it was a stupid statement on the part of Yip which essentially apes the "progressive" / Antifa bullshit mantra that "property damage isn't violence".

If I shoot a rocket launcher at your car while you are in it, but you are able to escape your car right before the rocket hit your car and exploded it, and you didn't get hurt, would you consider my action to be "non-violent"? After all, I "only" destroyed your property.

If i had to guess i would assume the stranger is messing with people like you by asking the question because it’s obviously a joke to anyone who doesn’t have brainworms and you guys are always in the comments clutching your pearls but who am i to say, maybe micah actually loves when people die and their property is destroyed in a senseless tragedy and he’s just faking you out by qualifying it with no death or harm. Or maybe he likes arson that hurts/kills animals! So many ways to find offense in there if you look hard enough for it. Can you find a few more. I’ll bet you can!

(also technically i think we call property damage vandalism but i’m not the word police)

Welcome Micah! FYI if you would like to tease Biped find pictures of stickers or graffiti and use them as the banner for Slog AM. :)

@15 - "(also technically i think we call property damage vandalism but i’m not the word police)"

So if I shoot a rocket launcher at your car while you are in it, but you are able to escape your car right before the rocket hit your car and exploded it, and you didn't get hurt, I only "vandalized" your car?

I'm surprised anyone still believes in the fantastical concept of "objective" journalism. While journalists can and should strive for fairness and accuracy, they still must make inherently subjective choices such as what and what not to cover and what facts to include and omit. The adjective you want is "professional." That said, welcome.

Are you under the impression that violence is a verb? Does assault or murder sound appropriate to you in this context? What verb would you prefer here and why does it matter so much that you’re willing to debase yourself by repeatedly crying about it?

To me it sounds a bit off to call it violence when someone damages a non-living object but I don’t think it’s technically wrong because i think of violence as being defined by the nature of the act itself more than the recipient. Nonetheless the phrasing comes across as uncanny valley/english as 2nd language to me when describing property damage.

Otoh it’s obviously wrong to say vandalism wrt harming a living thing, which suggests to me that violence and vandalism are equivalent acts that are distinguished by whether or not the recipient is a living thing, but just going off of vibes as a lifelong English speaker who is not a formal expert.

So... an arsonist who desn't like ferries and admits she won't be objective, sounds like a great fit for the stranger. Welcome aboard!

"It’s unfortunate because I hear we’re supposed to 'never forget' or something."

Ahahahahaha. Nothing like a mass casualty event that devastated thousands of families to go to for an oh-so-chic, dark humor bon mot. On behalf of my friends who had people on the planes and in the towers, you can fuck right off with your too-bored-to-care shit.

JFC people! Having a favorite genre of crime is what supports vast swaths of the podcast industry, not to mention true crime TV shows and entire Netflix categories. That fucking Ed Gein series is currently number one in the nation!
Ahyuck hyuck you must be an aRsOnisT hyuck hyuck! You sound like idiots.

@21: Yeah I raised an eyebrow at that too cuz I certainly won't forget my mother calling me at the crack of dawn screaming hysterically, spending days wondering what happened to my legally blind friend who worked in lower Manhattan and if anyone helped her walk across the bridge to Brooklyn. (They did, and she got to her boyfriend's safely) but it was her 40th birthday and she didn't celebrate it in the states again for years.

Welcome Micah!
Best regards to you!

Who doesn't love a good arsonist?

@12 joking about arson, rape, or any violent crime is not funny.

@26 humor is subjective but if you can’t tell the entire set up is a joke you might be the butt of it