2025: My Year In Writing

2025 draws to a close, and once again it is time to take stock of what I wrote in the past 12 months. Once again, these articles are in no particular order

• Do Your Thing, Chicken Wing: I came out swinging hard from the opening bell. What many saw as simply a nonsensical phrase, I saw a deep philosophical mantra. A man has a choice; to be a soft and useless DinoNuggie or a muscular chicken wing. The world could use a few more chicken wings…
• Vladimir Putin and the Pokémon War: Damaged infrastructure with no able-bodied men to repair it, an obligatory all-female police force that’s powerless to stop organized crime, unpaid child explorers. All of this leading to utter social, demographic, and economic collapse. You gotta admit; 90’s era Pokemon and the near-future Russian Federation have a lot of overlap.
• Of Oil Barons and Underground Dragons: While we’re on the topic of dystopic video games mirroring reality; let’s take stock of another example. A literally airtight society in which natural light and sparse breathing air take central stage in this piece. Those with privileged lineages live at the literal top of society while the genetically inferior below suffer in abject poverty. Throw in an authoritarian regime and which society did I just describe? Hint; it’s a trick question…
• In Critique of Eugenics: The Forgotten Modern Angle: If you’ve ever heard the phrase some people should just not have kids, then congratulations; you’ve met a eugenicist. Yeah, I went there. I pick apart what the modern-day covert eugenics movement looks like, because let’s be honest, nobody else will. Silver lining; the eugenicists getting what they want will literally cause their ideology to erase itself. You’re welcome.
• FutureSense: The Browning of China: Speaking of state-sponsored eugenics, this article goes over the second-order consequences of China’s god-awful demographics. Get ready for China to get a lot more diverse, even if the imports won’t be treated like actual humans. Bet the farm, because FutureSense has predicted it….
• Fast Food Insulin: It’s a hybrid of free market dynamics and where we’re going as a society. There’s a chance that soon enough, we’ll have insulin vials being sold over-the-counter in literally any venue. Think of it; gas stations, convenience stores, bowling alleys, movie theatres, amusement parks, and any other junk food vendor in between. Don’t think of it as only for diabetics, think of it as a chaser!
• Harry Potter and The Second Amendment: Seriously, if you just replace “wand” with “firearm”, then Harry Potter becomes a staunchly pro-2A universe. Schools teaching dueling? No licensing requirements? Hands-off government? Citizens repelling an invading army? Legitimate self-defense without expulsion, termination, jailing, or frivolous lawsuits? This is some pretty based stuff, folks.
• Star Wars vs 3 Doors Down: What Is A Loser? A personal story; I asked philosophically What is a loser? The answer took me down a rabbit hole to an uncomfortable conclusion. But it was one that I needed to come to. Want a better life? Embrace your inner Brad Arnold.
• This Article Cost Me $7000: Consider this a sequel to the previous entry. Not only did I stop being a goddamn loser, I stood my ground and defeated Perfect Cell. T’was a mighty beam struggle indeed. I’m happy to report that my life has been completely unimpacted by not taking the hush money. Fuck Medtronic!
• The X-Men: Archnemesis of DEI: I love debunking false narratives. A common myth is that The X-Men Champion Diversity. Anyone with access to the X-Men Wiki and knowledge of basic math can quickly figure out that tagline is far from true. A 90.7% White organization cannot seriously call themselves a hero for diversity. Who wrote this shit; David Duke?
• Speaking of White Supremacists and the X-Men, Unpopular Opinion: We Need More White Supremacist Emoji’s covers exactly why we need some burning cross emoji’s on the default Apple keyboard. Hate is an emotion just like any other. So, we get 13 different happy faces, 4 different crying faces, but no burning crosses? What’s up with that?
• Fermi Problem: The Price of Kaiba’s Elevator to Space: I had an absolute blast writing this one. It’s been far too long since I had done a Fermi problem. Stating my assumptions and then letting the calculations rip was loads of fun. The best part? The number I came to wasn’t absurdly out-of-bounds for an egomaniac tech billionaire. Looking at you, Elon…
• Speaking of Elon and Kaiba, The Real-Life Kaiba discusses the striking similarities these two Titans of tech share with each other. I’d swear that The African Philosopher Himself was in the Yu-Gi-Oh writer’s room at the show’s conception or something. THAT’s how similar these two are. Now it cannot be unseen…
• ScoobyDoo: An Illegal Immigrant? I start off with my typical thoughts-to-shitposts-to-articles pipeline. If I were a betting man, I’d say that ScoobyDoo doesn’t have any papers. With that said, he’s still very much a good widdle doggie. Get Scooby a Green Card!
• The White Malcom X: Charlie Kirk’s murder saddened me for several days. He objectively didn’t deserve what happened to him, despite the liberal reaction. In this one, I entertain a pet theory that many close to me seem to hold; Kirk was killed by fellow right-wingers. If so, then there’s an awful lot of similarities between him and Muhammed Ali’s buddy. Looking at you, Elijah Muhammed Nick Fuentes…
• My Least Favorite Welfare Queen: I admit, I had a ton of fun writing this one. This was my most savage bait-and-switch ever. Calling me a racist doesn’t make me wrong…
• Marge Simpson Appropriates Black Culture Pt.II: A Follow-Up: Sometimes, you just gotta take a victory lap. And make no mistake, I lapped it up! I made sure that everyone and their brother knew that I was right the entire time. Especially when the entire time started in an era when this was an extremely hot take. Weird…where’s the angry mob now; did their torches run out of fuel?
• The Real Reason We’ll Need Men In HEAL: While not a math-heavy article relative to my Fermi problems, some simple division reveals a stark problem that we’re staring down the barrel of. So…10% of our young women won’t be able to become nurses/teachers/librarians/social workers/et cetera thanks to OnlyFans. We have three options, and most of society will really not like two of them. Sharpen your pitchforks…
• K1 Visa Reform: Speaking of women and immigrants, here’s an article that’ll piss off the TLC-AstroTurf feminists. We need to start protecting the American buyer again. Seriously, we wouldn’t tolerate a department store with a return policy this bad, so why do we tolerate it with the most important decision of your fucking life!
• FutureSense: Gavin Newsom Will Not Be the Next POTUS: My powers have struck again. Mark my words, bet the farm, and bank on it; The only way Gavin Newsom sees the inside of the White House in January 2029 is if he buys a ticket for a guided tour.
• I’m Seeking Venture Capital: Cashualty: Basically the greatest business idea that I’ve ever had. Throw morals out the window, because imagine a not-too-distant future where one can bet on the outcomes of battles and wars the same way they can with sports. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

All in all, I totaled 66 articles in 2025 (not counting this one). That’s not bad from a productivity perspective, though I had two embarrassing bald spots in which I didn’t write anything for a combined two months out of the year.  I passed the 300 article milestone, though chose to not draw any attention to it. After all, it was never the final goal but I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t paying attention to it either. There’s an outside chance that I cross 400 articles by the end of 2026, which would certainly put me closer to another writing-related career goal of mine.

One habit I got into in the fourth quarter of this year is submitting articles to Microsoft Copilot for feedback. Quite a few of my works tripped the Trunks alarm and hence the WordPress bot wouldn’t even engage. However, Microsoft Copilot was much less restrictive. Copilot hit me with the most accurate five words my writing has ever been described as.

Rhetorically sharp but ethically radioactive.