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Deborah Grace Steward's avatar

Re footnote 3 - Gorsuch is a fucking idiot. Keep up the good work TFN!

Kat's avatar
Nov 8Edited

Jonathan, please please don’t get mad at me. I really love these guys on Wednesdays together.

At the 1:16 they are sharing an MTG situation.

I thought, “Oh. That’s cool! It’s Jonathan…” but then they said it was AI.

So honestly, I love reading you and you have a soothing voice, so because I know your humor, I enjoy both.

Here’s the deal: it’s not you… but am I wrong that I’m close?

Did you sell your voice like a kidney or something?

People have told me my whole life I look like Demi Moore or Jennifer Aniston, so I know how annoying that is- but did someone take your voice and sell it on the black market? Are you the Little Mermaid?

https://www.youtube.com/live/g9ztbt3IUjU?si=dW8NDiLipzrfnq8N

Jonathan Larsen's avatar

Why would I be mad at you?!? I did not sell my voice, nor have I had any offers! I’m flattered you think there’s a resemblance…

Kat's avatar

I don’t know… if someone said Wapo took my voice, I’d be conflicted but somewhat flattered that your voice was similarly chosen.

When people pigeonholed me every day to tell me “You know you look like…” and I finished their sentence. It was kind of annoying.

I liked it when someone said something off the wall, like Martina Navratilova. I never forgot that one.

Kat's avatar

lol. You’re the best. You don’t look like Demi Moore 😂

Jonathan Larsen's avatar

I am flattered but not conflicted. If someone told me I looked like Demi Moore I’d be flattered but conflicted.

Clint (CCCV)'s avatar

Soo many comments today, nice!

You know very well that no one loves your groan-worthy puns more than (or as much as) I do, Jonathan, but everyone covered ‘em so well already!

🫡🫡

Clint (CCCV)'s avatar

*readers. One-night Newsfuckers, if you will. The premise of the headline was that our tiny happy family would all know where I stand and respond, “Ho ho, you droll bon vivant!”*

Which I did!

Clint (CCCV)'s avatar

*So I checked, and there are literally thousands of you who subscribe but read TFN very infrequently.*

You know whether or not someone has read the column? What else do you see (hides my Nixon tattoo)?

Clint (CCCV)'s avatar

Disclaimer: I have zero tattoos.

Clint (CCCV)'s avatar

*Sub Tzu*

Woww. Next up, “The Book of Five Onion Rings”?

Melanie Petryk's avatar

Wondering why your posts often don’t show up in my Substack feed? I’m not a paid subscriber yet but I’m a free subscriber. I’m not paid with other people’s posts that show up every day. Many times, I have to search for yours. Is Substack deliberately not including your posts in our feeds?

Jonathan Larsen's avatar

I hope not! Is TFN showing up in your email?

Melanie Petryk's avatar

Yes, I seem to be getting the emails. Just not always showing up on my Substack app feed. 🤷‍♀️ I have to go looking for them sometimes. Maybe I’m just following too many people. 😊 Always listen to yours when I see them.

justjulie's avatar

Thank you.

ANDREEA LEONTE's avatar

Interesting how you highlight his visual signal of helplessness. What long-term power dynamcis do you see from this?

Jonathan Larsen's avatar

I confess the caption was a bit misleading…I just thought it was funny that his pose read as “Whatcha gonna do?”

LaurenAZGoodGirl's avatar

If John Sauer Esq. is a (solicitor) General, then I am a (layperson) Princess. But Justice Kavanope can just call me Princess.🥳

Ragpad's avatar

Nah; Butt Kavanaugh should address you "Your Royal Highness"; no?

Mama Mia's avatar

I admit that that Election Day headline kinda shocked me, until I clicked & started reading & realized it was you. And then I got the wordplay. Easy to see how many could have missed the joke though.

Louise Fitzgerald's avatar

Is it my imagination that TFN is far-less fuck-filled since AMEX fucked it over???😢

Doc Blase''s avatar

Say it's not fucking so.

Jonathan Larsen's avatar

Really?!? Fuck!

celeste k.'s avatar

I wonder how many people dropped American Express?

Doc Blase''s avatar

I did, in about 1986. Does that count?

celeste k.'s avatar

Don't know, but it shows how smart you are!

GiftofGalway's avatar

I love the smile of TFN in the morning. It gives me the mental stamina I need to confront the Trumpian hellscape that awaits. Your coverage of the Sandwich of Iwo Jima trial made me snort ketchup out my nose.

Ho ho, you droll bon vivant...

Hannah's avatar

Did you sneak in a Herman Wouk reference?

You seem to be unfailingly polite to your critics. I think that is a good policy. Too many writers on this platform engage their readers in uniting against critics. UGH.

Thank you for your acts of journalism. Here's my criticism: needs more fucks. Speaking for myself.

OldFart's avatar

TU for writing that.

Vague Craig's avatar

Yea. A much appreciated mea culpa which the court of public opinion will no doubt take into consideration when forming its verdict, bearing in mind the extenuating circumstances surrounding this case wherein the accused Mr J Larsen is working under pressure to produce at his usual high level away from home while sleep deprived and, not being a coffee drinker, unable to resort to the use of performance enhancing caffeine hits that many in his profession customarily resort to.