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We are now a month into the NBA Playoffs which means one thing: We have now all seen the same 5-10 commercials a thousand times.

It happens every year for sports fans, whether during playoff time or March Madness. The leading sponsors of the league run commercial after commercial for months on end until you are Stockholm Syndrome’d into reciting them line for line. The NBA Playoffs have been no different, but with four games per day to start the first round it was amplified, if anything, by watching as many games as we have.

With that in mind, it’s time to rank the five most frequent national ads from worst to best, starting with the one that is probably stuck in your head right now.

5. “Tara Tara Look At Her Go”

It’s time to talk about the Idina Menzel commercial for Geico. I will give them credit for creating a stupid jingle so catchy it can’t help but worm its way into your brain and get stuck there for days, but I cannot watch it any longer without speaking out on the upsetting falsity of the lyrics. There is no way you could mistake “taxidermy” for “tax attorney” by reading it wrong. You could hear it wrong or write it down wrong, but in now way do those two things look remotely similar. It’s upsetting, and I don’t like it.

The Stamos knitting ad is far superior in that it doesn’t get stuck in your head (and yes I know that’s a feature, not a bug) and doesn’t have a line that drives me insane because it makes no sense.

4. “We’re all on our telephoneses”

Snoop Dogg is a delight in almost all cases, but this one is wearing on me quickly because for some reason it’s the only spot from this campaign they play on NBA broadcasts. Even the incessant insurance ads have a few different options. That said, Snoop’s robe is, truly, astounding in this ad and he remains one of the coolest people on the planet.

3. Joel Deserves Better

It is objectively hilarious that this commercial is still airing as often as it is after the Sixers got trounced in the first round. “Joel deserves better” takes on a whole different meaning after he got little help from his teammates against the Celtics in the first round and now there is significant discussion about a roster overhaul in Philly. Even Embiid gets the irony of all of this.

2. Return of the Mack

I’m never mad about hearing the Mark Morrison classic. As for content, support small businesses! It’s a good message, but this is all about “Return of the Mack.”

1. “Who Else Reads Books About Submarines?”

It upsets me how much I enjoy these ads, despite having seen them for months now. They are both hilarious and serve as PSAs to people who actually do these things in public, such as talking on speakerphone in a store and offering unsolicited advice.

I saw someone with blue hair out in public like a month ago and quoted this word for word. It was delightful. I hope this campaign usurps Flo and continues for years.

I had the chance to see Conan O’Brien film an episode of Conan at the Appollo Theater 752 years ago when people went to theaters and saw shows. It was a truly interesting thing to see (they literally waste no time and everything they shoot goes into a show — it’s wild), but for everyone on stage, it was probably pretty routine. That’s what happens when you’ve done something a few thousand times. But in the midst of COVID, routine things have obviously gone by the wayside. And apparently Conan misses staring out from the stage to see people’s faces instead of a bunch of seatbacks and judgey ghosts (all theaters are haunted, that’s just science). Which is why he’s turning to a method used by Major League Baseball to fake out the look of having an actual in-person audience when he records at The Largo while respecting social distancing rules.

As seen on last night’s episode, the initial experiment is a little weird and a little thin. Four Kevin Harts, a James Comey, Conrad Bain from Diff’rent Strokes, Ruth Bader Ginsburg… these were the options that were laying around (no word on what happened to the other six Kevin Harts that make a complete set), but they want to “flesh” out future shows (for the foreseeable future) with fan submissions via Team Coco. Yes, your face could be staring at Conan O’Brien’s increasingly untameable hair while he stares back at you, wondering why you chose that shirt or why asymmetry alludes you. And yes, clothing is mandatory. But a smile is not. So if you want to look like you’re standing for an insurance photograph in the dust bowl during the lean times gritting your way through life, that’s your prerogative. Same if you want to look as though you’re laughing your ass off.

I’m personally going to send in something that screams stoic eroticism. Like a Buckingham Palace guard, I want to shock Conan out of his game for a split second. Or maybe I’ll send in a GIF of the Steve Guttenberg cutout from the El DeBarge “Who’s Johnny” music video from Short Circuit. How do you put a GIF on a cardboard cut out? Not my problem. Besides, look at that smile. That’s exactly the audience you want.

Hearing the right words, at the right time, from the right person can have a tremendously positive effect on our lives. Good advice can help us get through the toughest times or avoid getting into trouble altogether.

But, of course, receiving good advice only really matters if we put it into use and share it with others.

Reddit user noob_24 asked the online forum, “What is the best advice you have ever received? The advice that has impacted your life the most?” and some of the answers are truly life-changing.

The advice ranged from simple ways to look at complex problems to lessons on how to treat your spouse or friends.

Here are 12 of the best responses.

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“Use your vacation hours, and don’t be afraid to call in sick every now and then either”. No need to work like a dog and ignore your benefits to please a boss who doesn’t notice. Vacation/staycation days are gems that everyone should take!” — CBtheNomad

“My current boss says something as a joke that has helped me a lot more than he realizes, I am a mechanic but am not always the most confident (even when I know what I’m doing). He says “only one way to fix it, fix it.” Weirdly enough it always makes me focus and remember there’s no secret trick he knows that I dont, just got to do it. Applied that to other areas of my life and it helps so much more than I would have thought.” — gumbypunk95

“Under promise and over deliver.” — Ajegwu

“Marriage shouldn’t be a 50/50 split. It should be a 60/40 split where both are trying to be the 60%.” — fluggelhorn

“Do your future self a favor. This relates to prepping for the next day (clothes ironed, lunch packed) to saving money to making healthy choices. It makes for easier decisions and a better life.” — smom

“Nobody’s looking at you. They’re worrying about how they look.” — the-keen-one

“When my late wife was initially diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer, a friend who had lost his wife to the same disease a few years earlier took me aside and told me, ‘When this nightmare is over you have to be proud of yourself.’ Over the next 3+ years she fought valiantly and I lived my life and based my decisions on that piece of advice from my friend. I quit my 75% travel job to spend time and help care for her – I would never wish o spent another night in a Hampton Inn rather than with her. I cashed out my 401(k) and Pension so that she could live comfortably and we wouldn’t be scrimping and saving – I have decades to rebuild a plan for retirement. I will not have decades to spend with the woman I loved. She has since passed away and I am so incredibly thankful for that advice and for my following that advice. I am proud of myself and how much I loved her. I thank my friend every time I see him.” — liquidreno

“I posted it elsewhere, but my step-dad once told me that: If there is a problem and you know the solution, you can solve it, so stop worrying about it. If there is a problem you can’t solve, then there is nothing you can do, so stop worrying about it.” — RealistMissy

“If you are ashamed to tell people what you are doing, you shouldn’t be doing it.” — LeeciXo

“What you did wasn’t wrong, it was illegal. There’s a difference.
My dad to me when I got caught with a bit of weed and thrown in a jail cell at 17.” — Dragonet17

“When I was 19 I got busted selling drugs and got some time for it. 2 months in my girlfriend at the time admitted she had slept with someone and on the jail pay phone I lost my shit on her. I was mean. .. This mid-30s guy from Maryland I had made semi friends with asked me what was wrong so I played out what she had done in an unpleasant way. Jeff looks at me and says, ‘doesn’t she have your kid?’ I respond ‘yeah and she’s out doing that with a 6 month old at home.’ Jeff pauses for a long moment, looks me dead in the eye and replies ‘Do you think you are the hero of her story?’ I don’t know why but that hit me like a bus being pushed by a crashing plane.

I wasn’t even the hero of my OWN story and I had gone to jail after knocking her up because I wouldn’t (couldn’t really but I got myself into addiction) stop being a selfish ass. She wanted to break up with me but was having a hard time with it and she felt all alone in the world and uncared for and grabbed at the first person that showed her attention. Who am I to destroy the story of her life and expect something in return?

I gave it a couple days and called her back, told her I was sorry and I understand, I would never do that again and she deserved to be happy. I told her that no matter what I would straighten out and take care of our daughter and give her room to live her life. She said it was more adult than she thought I was capable of and wanted to start with a clean slate when I got out. 21 years later we are still together.

I will NEVER forget Jeff and him saying “Do you think you are the hero of her story?” It changed me fundamentally and all I want is to not be the villain in someone else’s story ever again.” — khavii

“I was in a pretty negative place in college, being quite cynical and sarcastic and really insecure with myself, so much that I was ragging on friends and generally trying to build myself up by putting other people down (you know the type, the friend who thinks he’s busting chops but really is kinda just being a dick). My well-liked, popular roommate/friend noticed this and sent me this little bit, which I always hang onto:

‘Immediately stop picking on peoples weaknesses, do what I do, expose their qualities and strengths, it makes them feel good about themselves and you too for noticing. When you make people feel good when you’re around, they are going to remember that feeling whenever you show up, you’ll be well received and missed often. Plus don’t you want your friends to feel good about themselves?’

It made me re-visit the way I’d been treating people around me.” — DangerousPushon

This inspired Saturniqa to share a story about a friend who’s “universally loved.”

“This! One of my friends is universally beloved and the most popular person I’ve ever known. He has a big circle of close friends (real ones and not including good acquaintances) who are extremely protective of him and deeply care about him. I kid you not, everytime we hang out, 1 – 3 people on the street stop and greet him heartily with a hug, chat with him for a few minutes before they move on. It’s insane.

Since I struggle often in social situations (Asperger’s), I started observing him whenever he interacted with me or others, in the hope of learning something. I noticed:

He never talks badly about others, regardless of whether this person is present or not.
He never partakes in trash talk, even when everyone in the group does.
If he talks about someone, he only mentions their positive qualities without exaggerations or brown-nosing. If someone pissed him off, he tells the story in a way that is focused on the situation itself and the way it made him feel.
He always praises others for their big and small achievements. There are no traces of pettiness, jealousy or envy. You know he means it.

He shares other’s happiness over things he doesn’t have. Like, when one of his wealthy friends buys a second fancy car while he can’t afford a single one, he’ll still be like “Wow, nice man! Let me take a ride or two with this one.” They’ll drive around, have lots of fun and go have a drink. He also openly compliments a male friend’s super fit body without fearing he might come off as “gay” and is proud and supportive when that friend gets female attention like he always does even though he (my friend) himself isn’t particularly trained and didn’t have a serious relationship until recently (he’s 26).

Yeah, I love this guy.”

It’s been nearly three and a half years since Kendrick Lamar shared his last full-length solo album, DAMN. Apart from his heavy presence on 2018’s Black Panther soundtrack, which he executive produced, he’s left fans patiently waiting for his fifth album. Thanks to a recent picture of the rapper in Los Angeles — which finds him rocking tan shorts and a fresh pair of Chucks while sitting on a plastic crate, reportedly on the set of a new music video — some believe that release may arrive soon.

The image capturing Kendrick in Los Angeles is just the latest piece of content that has fueled rumors about the Compton native’s next record. At the top of the year, former Billboard editorial director and current columnist Bil Werde revealed on Twitter that Kendrick’s fifth album may “finally be done” and fans could expect it to pull in “more rock sounds this time.” While Werde’s comments were never confirmed by Kendrick or anyone in the TDE camp, months later TDE’s CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith delivered an update on the “Humble” rapper, saying he “will return soon” and reminded fans to in the meantime “stay patient.”

Aside from his upcoming album, Kendrick also has a lawsuit on his hands, as he was recently sued for copyright infringement for his and Rihanna’s DAMN collaboration, “Loyalty.”

With summer 2020 pretty much wrapped, it’s time to look into one of my favorite beer seasons. The fall brings about two distinct and very good beers. One, it’s officially Oktoberfest season. Even with the main event in Munich canceled this year, you can still enjoy the beers. And, trust us, there are plenty of great German lagers to enjoy right now.

The other big beer you’re going to be seeing on every tap list — especially in the U.S. — are pumpkin ales. Yes, some of these fruited ales are a bit sugary or too spiced. But with the advent of every other brewery in the country making a pumpkin ale this season, that old view of the style is more the exception than the rule in 2020.

Hopefully, the eight beers we’re calling out this month will pique your interest and inspire you to explore exciting expressions made near you or sold at your closest bottle shop. The picks below are regional craft beer releases from breweries that we vouch for (we weren’t able to taste them all this month because of the continued pandemic, so we’re offering tasting notes from the brewers where necessary).

PACIFIC NORTHWEST DROP: Elysian Night Owl

Style: Pumpkin Beer
ABV: 6.7%
Brewery: Elysian Brewing Company, Seattle, WA

The Beer:

This is a quality pumpkin ale. The brew is fruited with over seven pounds of pumpkin puree and pumpkin seeds per barrel of beer. Next, the suds are spiked with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. That pumpkin and seeds are layered into the beer, giving a real textural nuance of a well-crafted ale.

Tasting Notes:

It’s really surprising who dialed in this beer is. It sounds like the pumpkin should overpower everything, but it’s more of a whiff of savory fruit next to a mild spice matrix. There’s a lightness to the body of the beer that helps keep this feeling like a mild and malty, making it more of a spicy pumpkin cookie than an overly sweet pumpkin pie.

SOUTHWEST DROP: Bow & Arrow Oktoberfest

Style: Märzen
ABV: 5.4%
Brewery: Bow & Arrow Brewing, Albuquerque, NM

The Beer:

Bow & Arrow is the country’s only craft brewery run by Indigenous women. Their beer output continues to be some of the most interesting out of the entire Southwest region and their Oktoberfest is sure to be another winner to help ring in the autumn.

Tasting Notes (from the brewer):

“Malty and copper in color, balanced with a bready aroma with a hint of spice and toast, finishing with light raisin and caramel notes.”

ROCKY MOUNTAIN DROP: Upslope Pumpkin Ale

Style: Pumpkin Beer
ABV: 7.7%
Brewery: Upslope Brewing Company, Boulder, CO

The Beer:

This is another great example of how subtle (and tasty) a well-crafted pumpkin ale can be. The beer is a combination of local organic baby pumpkins, hops, malts, and a blend of six spices. The end result is a very crushable can of ale with a high ABV, so drink carefully.

Tasting Notes:

There’s a bit more body to this pour. The beer has a fresh pumpkin aroma supported by mild, bready malts. The sip leans into the spices more than fruit with a slightly sweet creaminess underneath. The feel of this one leans a little more into pumpkin pie territory with a subtle sweetness.

SOUTHERN DROP: Jester King & Mikkeller Drink’in the Sunbelt

Style: Wheat
ABV: 3.9%
Brewery: Jester King Brewery, Austin, TX (with Mikkeller)

The Beer:

If you’re still trying to hold onto summer, then this hopped wheat beer is the play. The brew is mashed with two malts and both oats and wheat with Kviek yeast before a kettle hopping and then a dry hopping. The result is a crushable and distinct wheat beer that feels like it holds a little bit of sunshine in every sip.

Tasting Notes:

There’s a marrying of mild pine resin next to bright tropical and stone fruits with an orange citrus edge. The funk of the yeast provides a nice foundation and the pepperiness of the wheat is a solid counterbalance to all the juicy fruits. The beer edges into dry territory as the mildly floral, piney, grassy, and fruity hops fade into the background.

MIDWEST DROP: Revolution Oktoberfest

Style: Märzen
ABV: 5.7%
Brewery: Revolution Brewing, Chicago, IL

The Beer:

This Chicago beer is German ingredients filtered through American craft brewing. Bavarian malts meet Bavarian hops and Bavarian lager yeast to create this one. The beer is then properly lagered at low temps for four weeks, and then it’s party time (this beer is very quaffable).

Tasting Notes:

The malts are the star of the show with a toasted crusty bread presence. The malts edge a bit sweet with a touch of orange rind and grass when the subtle hops kick in. A slight spicy edge arrives late as the almost floral grassy edge cuts out.

NORTHEAST DROP: Finback Black is Beautiful

Style: American Imperial Stout
ABV: 9%
Brewery: Finback Brewery, Queens, NY

The Beer:

This coffee spiked stout was brewed specifically to raise awareness of the social and racial injustices plaguing the United States. Proceeds from this brew will be donated to the Audre Lorde Project (an LGBT people of color non-violent community activist group) and the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund.

Tasting Notes (from the brewer):

“This 9 percent imperial stout with Ecuador Santa Gertrudis coffee is bold and unctuous.”

WILD CARD DROP: Odd Breed Dotted Eighth Notes

Style: Wild Ale
ABV: 6.5%
Brewery: Odd Breed Wild Ales, Pompano Beach, FL

The Beer:

Odd Breed consistently puts out some of the most interesting wild ales in the U.S. This brew was mashed with a mix of Pilsner, spelt, and rye malts and then hopped with Styrian Golding and fresh Saaz hops. The beer then goes into French wine barrels for a year. The beer is then refermented with rhubarb and wild honey before being bottle conditioned with Madagascar vanilla.

Tasting Notes (from the brewer):

“Aromatics of sweet honey transition to notes of earthy and tangy rhubarb, vanilla, and our signature Odd Breed funk with moderate acidity.”

INT’L PICK OF THE MONTH: Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier

Style: Märzen
ABV: 6.3%
Brewery: Hofbräuhaus München

The Beer:

In most other years, we’d be about two weeks out from the start of Oktoberfest. But 2020’s not like most other years and we’ll have to celebrate the world’s biggest beer fest at home this September. This isn’t exactly my favorite Munich Oktoberfest beer, but it’s the one you’re going to be able to find very easily in the U.S. (mostly). Also, it’s a supremely crushable brew in case you need to get your drink on this month.

Tasting Notes:

Grainy malts and slightly sweet and grassy hops greet you. There’s an almost corn sweetness to the bready malts. The beer remains light but not without a velvet body. A final flourish of ever-so-slightly earthy hops counterpunches the malts on the end and draws you back for another glug every time.

We’re living in unprecedented times, if you haven’t noticed, and Hollywood is still trying to figure out how to cope in a world where theaters are only partially open. In another timeline, Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan, their animated favorite from 1998, would have hit theaters nationwide in late March. That, of course, did not happen. Instead its owners came up with a unique solution: The pricey picture would debut on Disney+ on September 4, but for the fairly large sum of $30.

But that brought up another question: When would it be subsumed into the rest of the Disney+ coffers, available to all subscribers? As per Deadline, there’s now an answer for that: At 11:59pm on November 3, Mulan will disappear from the service, to return a month later. So: Decemer-ish.

To answer another question: Once you pay the enormous fee to watch Mulan, which you’ll be able to do for two whole months, how long and how often will you be able to watch it? Indefinitely, as per Deadline, allowing viewers to really get a bang for their considerable bucks. (Most PVOD titles disappear after a mere 48-hour window.) So that’s nice…considering you’re not turned off by the re-emerging controversy surrounding its lead actress Liu Yifei, who enraged many after she sided with the Hong Kong police over the protesters fighting to not have their human rights taken away from them by Mainland China.

(Via Deadline)

At the top of this year, Prince Andrew and Meghan Markle went under a bit of a life makeover, mostly stepping down from their duties as members of the Royal Family and reimagining themselves as Hollywood players. Nearly nine months after moving to Los Angeles and quietly shopping around ideas, the two have finally made it: As per The New York Times, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have inked a massive deal with Netflix.

When it was first reported that the two semi-ex-royals were pitching around Hollywood, it was believed they were touting some mysterious TV project. Now we know that they were far more ambitious. Their Netflix deal which will include not only TV, but also movies, documentaries, even children’s programming. There are currently no details on what any of these individual projects will entail, but perhaps a revival of Markle’s old TV show Suits is on the docket?

When Prince Andrew and his Los Angeles-born wife left England, the portmanteau-loving press and social media dubbed it “Megxit.” Their reasons for relocating may have been less amusing; Markle was routinely attacked and condescended to by the British press, who weren’t above making comments about her being mixed-race. Markle is an outspoken feminist and Prince Andrew often champions progressive platforms, including environmentalism, so that may give you some idea of the many things they’ll be bringing to Netflix in the not-so-distant future.

(Via NYT)

On Wednesday, September 2, 2020, Keanu Reeves turned 56 years young — and we use the word “young,” not “old” because he still looks better than most people in their 30s. The actor and by-all-accounts genuinely decent human is arguably more beloved now than he’s ever been, even at the height of Speed and Matrix mania. He’s aged like fine wine, blossoming into one of the screen’s most welcome presences, from the John Wick movies to the new Bill & Ted threequel to his instantly memed Always Be My Maybe cameo.

Everyone loves Keanu, and for proof, all you had to do was head to social media. There, you found endless well-wishes, dreamy pictures, even anecdotes that showed what a stand-up guy he is, on top of being a terrific thespian. One story that went viral came from a sports writer from Australia.

The anecdote was actually quite old, originally posted in May of 2019. “In honor of John Wick 3 I have a Keanu Reeves story,” wrote SBNation’s James Datar. And it was a good one:

Keanu came to the movie theater I worked at in Sydney in 2001. He was working on the Matrix series at the time. It’s a quiet, Wednesday morning — almost nobody is seeing movies. I’m working the box office, bored as hell and suddenly this dude walks up in jeans, a leather jacket and a horse riding helmet. A full ass, weird equestrian looking helmet. It takes me a solid 30 seconds to ignore the helmet and realize it’s Keanu Reeves. He wants to buy a ticket for “From Hell,” the Johnny Depp movie. I’m so fucking star struck I do what any sensible 16-year-old does and tell him I’d like to give him my employee discount. This means he needs to sign my sheet and therefore I have his autograph. “I don’t work here,” Keanu says. Seemingly confused by my offer. I’m flustered and just charge him the normal price. Kicking myself after for not getting his autograph. 2 minutes later there’s a knock on the door behind me that leads into the box office. I assume it’s my manager. It’s Keanu. “I realized you probably wanted my autograph,” he says. “So I signed this.” He hands me a receipt from the concessions stand that he signed on the back. He then casually throws an ice cream cone in the trash can and sees his movie. I realize later that he bought an ice cream cone he didn’t want, just to get receipt paper so he could scribble his autograph for a 16-year-old idiot.

There were plenty of other fine Keanu shares on his big day.

There were also bittersweet posts from fellow actors.

But let’s leave it on a high note.

Miley Cyrus wasn’t here for Joe Rogan’s criticism of the drag queens on RuPaul’s Drag Race. The show came up at the start of the second hour of Cyrus’ appearance on Joe Rogan Experience, after Miley — who was there to discuss her music — explained why she doesn’t watch traditional television shows. Apparently, she feels that “I shouldn’t watch dramatic television” because of the rush she gets and her tendency to parrot the characters, leading to her revealing her true television love: RuPaul’s Drag Race.

After gushing a bit and providing a quick explainer for the bemused Rogan (which included the misnomered “death drop” — it’s really called a “dip”), the two watched a few clips of the performances from the show. After one excited Miley exclamation for Kennedy Davenport, Rogan questioned whether she knew every contestant by name. “I know every single one of them,” she confessed. But when Rogan deigned to demean the contestants’ routines, Miley casually dismissed his criticism with a judo flip of a burn that set Rogan back so far on his heels all he could do was laugh.

“They all do the same move,” Rogan complained. “They drop down and do the splits.” The unfazed Cyrus coolly replied, “That’s what I think when I’m watching your show too — all the same stuff.”

Check out Miley’s casual roast of Rogan’s entire show above, and the full episode up top.

It’s been over a year since Sarah Sanders left her job as the White House Press Secretary, a position she held for nearly two years, starting in mid-2017. Thanks to the gig’s current employee, Kayleigh McEnany, she’s no longer the most notorious person to ever hold that job, though both have been routinely accused of lying to the nation to protect her boss. And yet in her new memoir, Speaking for Myself, Sanders offers one anecdote that doesn’t exactly paint Trump in a positive light — even though it’s possible she finds it charming.

As per The New York Times, one of a number of publication who received advanced sections of the memoir, Sanders has a story about a creepy run-in she had with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a summit held in Singapore in 2018. At some point, Sanders writes, Kim “made direct eye contact and Kim nodded and appeared to wink at me.” She says she was “stunned,” and on the trip back home on Air Force One, she relayed the anecdote to Trump and then-White House chief of staff John F. Kelly. That’s when Trump’s boorish side came out:

“Kim winked at you?” Mr. Trump asked, adding, “Are you telling me Kim Jong-un hit on you!?!?”

Ms. Sanders made clear she didn’t mean that, but Mr. Trump and Mr. Kelly continued to joke about Mr. Kim’s intentions.

“Well, Sarah, that settles it,” Ms. Sanders recalls the president joking. “You’re going to North Korea and taking one for the team! Your husband and kids will miss you, but you’ll be a hero to your country!”

Of course, it’s highly unlikely Sanders, whose memoir is reportedly filled with glowing remembrances of her contentious former employer, meant this to be read in a negative light. Boys will be boys, seems to be her intended takeaway. But given his history of sexism — and the over two dozen women who have accused him of sexual misconduct — a story about the president joking about one of his top female staffers submitting herself to one of the world’s most powerful dictators doesn’t, to put it lightly, come off too great. Sure enough, the story didn’t go over so well over Twitter.

First, a word from comedian J-L Cauvin, who’s doing his best Trump imitation.

Though some simply found the tale yet another bizarro detail from Trumpland.

In lighter news, Sanders book also has an anecdote about Trump, at the same summit, offering Kim a Tic Tac breath mint, only for Kim to respond with confusion. He was, Sanders thought, “Probably concerned it was an attempt to poison him.”