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The Great American Potluck
Dec 17, 2025
Don Hall
The Great American Potluck
Dec 17, 2025
Don Hall

America has always sold itself like a potluck dinner—“Bring your culture! Bring your grandma’s recipes! Bring the funky spices we can pretend we invented!”

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Dec 17, 2025
Don Hall

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I Believe... [Missing the Cold War]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 9/6/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 9/6/21

I Believe... [Missing the Cold War]

...that I long for the days of the Cold War when our enemies were Soviets instead of each other and we thought hiding under our desks could save us from nuclear war.

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I Believe... [Comfort is Overrated]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/30/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/30/21

I Believe... [Comfort is Overrated]

I believe... that the worst perpetual state for any human creative is comfortable. Seeking out discomfort is the source of every great risk and every great reward.

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I Believe... [OnlyUptightFans]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/23/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/23/21

I Believe... [OnlyUptightFans]

...that OnlyFans banning pornographic material is like Texas banning beef or Grindr banning gay men.

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I Believe... [Go to the Beach!]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/16/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/16/21

I Believe... [Go to the Beach!]

...that the ocean is an abstract concept for millions of Americans. Wanna get people to take cleaning it up seriously? Get ‘em to the beach for a day and experience it once.

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I Believe... [Poisoning the Public Well]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/9/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/9/21

I Believe... [Poisoning the Public Well]

I Believe... that the lack of civil discourse and thoughtful debate is a result of a poisoning of the public well that sickens everyone who drinks from it.

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I Believe... [Lemmings Die Together]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/2/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 8/2/21

I Believe... [Lemmings Die Together]

...that, perhaps it’s shitty of me, I mentally place every single COVID death due to refusal to get a free vaccine in the Darwin Awards drawer. Sort of like thousands of idiots taking selfies on cliffs only to fall to their death. Lemmings be lemmings, bro.

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I Believe... [Vaccination Passports]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 7/26/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 7/26/21

I Believe... [Vaccination Passports]

...that vaccination passports to gain entry into any public place or gathering outside the home should be required nationwide. No vaccine for you, no fun for you, fuck-o.

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I Believe… [Universal Sociopaths]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 7/19/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 7/19/21

I Believe… [Universal Sociopaths]

...that when the vast majority of Americans are on the spectrum of sociopathy, calling someone a sociopath is sort of like saying “He’s just like most of us.”

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I Believe... [2022 ElectionMania!]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 7/12/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 7/12/21

I Believe... [2022 ElectionMania!]

...that, with the full-on mouth-breathing, drooling crop of idiots on fire about the last presidential election, the 2022 midterm elections will resemble nothing if not a WWE Tournament of Retards. At least it’ll be entertaining…

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I Believe… [Language Policing]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 7/5/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 7/5/21

I Believe… [Language Policing]

...that in our further policing of language, we should definitely move away from the term “asshole” and use the less oppressive term “outward facing anal pore”.

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I Believe… [Reward for Responsible Behavior]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 6/28/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 6/28/21

I Believe… [Reward for Responsible Behavior]

...that creating lotteries and prizes for people getting vaccinated is no different than giving your kid a dollar for eating his broccoli. It wastes the dollar and sets up expectation for extortion for basic common decency. Next Up: state-sponsored Visa Gift Cards if you wear a self belt or refrain from beating up an old Asian woman.

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I Believe... [Being Seen]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 6/21/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 6/21/21

I Believe... [Being Seen]

...that the cost of being seen is that you might actually be seen.

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I Believe... [Going Nuclear]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 6/14/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 6/14/21

I Believe... [Going Nuclear]

I believe… that, if we truly want to turn back climate disaster, an embrace of nuclear power is absolutely necessary. It’s clean, abundant, and contributes a zero sum carbon footprint.

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I Believe... [Same Culture Wars, Different Decade]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 6/7/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 6/7/21

I Believe... [Same Culture Wars, Different Decade]

...that the culture wars ongoing are no different than the culture wars fought in the 90s except with social media the exponential growth of extremist crackpots makes it seem so much more pressing. We didn’t know how many idiots were out there in the 90s because we weren’t subject to their crazy yet.

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I Believe... [Time>Money]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/31/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/31/21

I Believe... [Time>Money]

...that volunteering your time and energy is more helpful than your money or your social media approval.

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I Believe... [The Venn Diagram is Just a Circle]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/24/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/24/21

I Believe... [The Venn Diagram is Just a Circle]

I believe... that, ironically, the Venn diagram between calling for the destruction of the world's only Jewish state and calling other citizens "Nazis" is simply a solid circle.

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I Believe... [Children Listen]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/17/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/17/21

I Believe... [Children Listen]

I believe... that if you treat people like children, they learn to behave like children.

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I Believe... [Parsing Out Sensitivity]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/3/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 5/3/21

I Believe... [Parsing Out Sensitivity]

I believe... that we should all be more sensitive but not be more sensitive. The former is about simple politeness, the latter is about myopic self-centeredness.

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I Believe… [Irrelevant Academy]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/26/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/26/21

I Believe… [Irrelevant Academy]

...that while my interest in the Oscars has dwindled over the years I can’t recall ever having so much indifference to them than I do the year of lecture-y depression and social justice movies.

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I Believe... [COPS]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/19/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/19/21

I Believe... [COPS]

...that a policeman who can’t tell the difference between a taser and a pistol should not have a pistol ever.

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