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# This Week - Jan 08, 2016
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2016-01-08/
- Published: 2016-01-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:09:49.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, eater, helen rosner, john quaintance, joseph burgo, the new york times, the new yorker, this week, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> There is literally zero chance that anyone will misconstrue this, and the great news is that if someone actually does, the Supreme Court will set them straight.  
>  
> — [The Second Amendment: Original Intent - (John Quaintance for The New Yorker)](http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/the-second-amendment-original-intent?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Given everything, really, what our delight at their downfall truly reveals, more than anything, is how we as a consumer culture lie to ourselves about being consumers of culture.  
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> — [What the Mast Brothers Scandal Tells Us About Ourselves (Helen Rosner for Eater)](http://www.eater.com/2015/12/23/10657022/what-the-mast-brothers-scandal-tells-us-about-ourselves?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Empathy has a downside when it makes you ashamed of what matters to you, or when it distracts you from other important emotions of your own.  
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> — [Got First-World Problems? Don’t Feel Guilty. (Joseph Burgo for The New York Times)](http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/got-first-world-problems-dont-feel-guilty/?%5Fr=0&ref=drewshannon.net)