FTFN
FTFN by Peter roseparks January 26, 2020
FTFNYT
"Fuck The Fucking New York Times"
An expression of anger at the New York Times for their coverage of elections involving Donald Trump. Among the papers deeply flawed habits:
- Summarizing Trump's speeches to make it seem like he said something sane ("Trump spoke about strengthening the borders.") rather printing what he actually said ("Immigrants are poisoning the blood of our nation!").
- Only interviewing Trump voters to get the pulse of "real America" (and somehow always talking to Republican Party officials without identifying them as such).
- Innumerable articles in Hillary Clinton's emails while paying scant attention to Trump's bankruptcies, tax evasion, sexual assaults, ties to the Russian government, racism, stupidity, etc., etc, ...
This is not to say that the NYT were the only ones doing this. Other media from NPR to The Washington Post to CNN displayed similar behavior. Part of the problem is a misplaced sense of neutrality, wherein anything bad written about Republicans must be "balanced" by something bad about Democrats (the opposite is never the case). The primary reason, however, is that Trump is great for ratings.
"Donald Trump may be bad for America, but he's great for CBS." -- Les Moonves, CEO of CBS
Also, media companies are owned by billionaires, so they vote for their own interests: tax cuts, monopolies, lax regulations, and union-busting.
See also:
but her emails
sanewashing
New York Times Pitchbot
An expression of anger at the New York Times for their coverage of elections involving Donald Trump. Among the papers deeply flawed habits:
- Summarizing Trump's speeches to make it seem like he said something sane ("Trump spoke about strengthening the borders.") rather printing what he actually said ("Immigrants are poisoning the blood of our nation!").
- Only interviewing Trump voters to get the pulse of "real America" (and somehow always talking to Republican Party officials without identifying them as such).
- Innumerable articles in Hillary Clinton's emails while paying scant attention to Trump's bankruptcies, tax evasion, sexual assaults, ties to the Russian government, racism, stupidity, etc., etc, ...
This is not to say that the NYT were the only ones doing this. Other media from NPR to The Washington Post to CNN displayed similar behavior. Part of the problem is a misplaced sense of neutrality, wherein anything bad written about Republicans must be "balanced" by something bad about Democrats (the opposite is never the case). The primary reason, however, is that Trump is great for ratings.
"Donald Trump may be bad for America, but he's great for CBS." -- Les Moonves, CEO of CBS
Also, media companies are owned by billionaires, so they vote for their own interests: tax cuts, monopolies, lax regulations, and union-busting.
See also:
but her emails
sanewashing
New York Times Pitchbot
Trump begins to hand over Ukraine to Russia and blames Ukraine for starting the war. Actual NYT headline: "Fair or Not, Zelensky is Angering Trump. Is His Style Hurting Ukraine?" No, that would be Russian missiles and bombs falling on Ukrainian cities. FTFNYT!
FTFNYT by Freelance Physicist February 26, 2025
You the birthday
You the birthday-you the point, you the topic, the reason we here, can be used as a compliment / u looking good or silly/trolling
You the birthday by Dev-in April 4, 2026
Word of the Day on May 28, 2026
church hurt
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.
church hurt by PrincesaLatina21 May 1, 2022
Word of the Day on May 27, 2026
Stealthie
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.