Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Ricosplaining

 

One of the worst sins in modern America is mansplaining, in which an evil patriarch of the phallocracy lectures the fairer sex on reproductive health, solving math problems, and making sammiches. Being a retrograde conservative who shoots endangered baby otters for entertainment and eyes pictureless books with suspicion, I mansplain every chance I get.

I also love Ricosplaining, where I tell non-members of the Greatest Site on Earth about everything they’re missing. People usually ask the same questions about Ricochet — whether I’m stoking a strike-busting riot at the local copper mine or handling snakes at my backwoods church — so I’ve set up a handy Ricosplaining FAQ:

Q: What is Ricochet?

Ricochet.com is a website that explains news, politics, culture, international affairs, sports, books, sammiches — you name it — from a center-right perspective rarely found in mainstream news sources. Even better, the vast majority of our contributors are intelligent and sophisticated, present company excepted.

Q: There are 2.6 bazillion conservative sites already. What makes Ricochet different?

Everyone is welcome to read Ricochet, at least our main feed. But to comment, you need to be a member.

Q: Oh, so I have to sign in, like on Disqus or something, before I cuss out the author and allege scandalous acts performed by his mother?

No, you have to pay to be a member.

Q: Heh. Yeah, right.

Really. But it only costs about a dime a day to be a member. Ricochet wants our commenters to have a little “skin in the game” as this guy named Rob is always going on about.

Q: Is that the guy I see swanning around Manhattan?

That’s the one. By paying a tiny amount of money, members have a little investment in the community. They won’t let weeds take over the yard or keep a car up on blocks in their front yard.

Q: Your car’s up on blocks in your yard.

Yeah, but I don’t do that at Ricochet. And all the members agree to a really basic code of conduct that stops people from acting like jerks.

Q: You’re a jerk.

But not on Ricochet — see how this works? And if someone like me can be semi-polite in posts and comments, anyone can. When members know they can share their opinion without ugly trolls starting a flame war, the conversation pops. It’s like a really great cocktail party. Not bad for a dime a day.

Q: Can I post my own stories?

Sure, post what you like on pretty much any subject. Ricochet promotes a few stories from the member feed to the main feed every day.

Q: You’ve got something in your teeth.

You could have told me that at the start of this.

Q: How do I sign up?

Check out the membership tiers and subscribe here. Or if you just want to kick the tires for a month free of charge, enter the coupon code “JOIN.”

Q: Cool. Now can we finish sacrificing this goat to the Koch Brothers?

You get the knife, I’ll light the candles.

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  1. Guruforhire Member

    Did someone say sammiches?

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    • March 13, 2015, at 5:32 PM PDT
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  2. Stad Coolidge

    SHHHHH! Jon’s having a caffeine rush. Tread carefully . . .

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    • March 13, 2015, at 5:38 PM PDT
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  3. Palaeologus Inactive

    Jon Gabriel, Ed.: One of the worst sins in modern America is mansplaining, in which an evil patriarch of the phallocracy lectures the fairer sex on reproductive health, solving math problems, and making sammiches. Being a retrograde conservative who shoots endangered baby otters for entertainment and eyes pictureless books with suspicion, I mansplain every chance I get.

    Good man.

    Paraphrasing our Dear Comrades of the New Left:

    “Hey-hey, ho-ho, foot-tall sliders have to go.”

    I don’t care if Gordon Ramsey made it, if the sammich in question requires a double-jointed jaw for consumption then it is a failure to piecefully assemble.

    Also, don’t build a sammich which is reminiscent of a short-rib that’s been broiled for three minutes in between two week-old baguettes.

    Texture is good, some tug is fine, but for the love of Dagwood, if the meal requires a cleaver it ain’t no sammich, no matter how tasty it is.

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    • March 13, 2015, at 5:45 PM PDT
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  4. Doug Kimball Thatcher

    Hey Jon, you used to call into the local AZ conservative morning radio show on Fridays with something nearly resembling regularity. And when you did, they pitched Ricochet. We need more of that. I know the local line-up has changed on that station, but is there any likelihood you could revive that gig? It gave the site great exposure. Heck, you could even guest host and I promise I’d call in. Several times. I can do many voices and accents.

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    • March 13, 2015, at 5:54 PM PDT
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  5. EJHill Podcaster
    EJHillJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    JonGabriel

    Sammiches.

    • #5
    • March 13, 2015, at 6:15 PM PDT
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  6. Profile Photo Member

    That guy swanning around New York..haha.

    Ricochet is the best place to understand the politics of America and, even though I am not American, it is a welcoming crowd, Most of the time. Right now they are calling me a Leftie in the Member feed so I need to go and get that sorted out.

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    • March 13, 2015, at 7:07 PM PDT
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  7. Grendel Member
    GrendelJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Come clean, Jon. You’re trying to do Claire out of her raise.

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    • March 13, 2015, at 7:11 PM PDT
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  8. Devereaux Inactive

    Ho-ho! Hey-hey!

    We’re gonna be your boss some day!

    • #8
    • March 13, 2015, at 7:30 PM PDT
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  9. Eeyore Member
    EeyoreJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Jon Gabriel, Ed.: It’s like a really great cocktail party.

    Yea, but without the open bar… :(

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    • March 13, 2015, at 7:31 PM PDT
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  10. Mike Rapkoch Moderator

    EJHill:JonGabriel

    Sammiches.

    I was just looking at this T-Shirt EJ. But pink? Really?

    Pinko

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    • March 13, 2015, at 8:19 PM PDT
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  11. EJHill Podcaster
    EJHillJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Mike Rapkoch: I was just looking at this T-Shirt EJ. But pink? Really?Pinko

    You can have it in any color you want. And if you order now you can add the code STPADDYSDEAL for 17% off. That, of course is valid until Tuesday at 11:59PT while we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day my Marine’s 19th birthday.

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    • March 13, 2015, at 8:39 PM PDT
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  12. Percival Thatcher
    PercivalJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Did someone say “open bar?”

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    • March 13, 2015, at 8:48 PM PDT
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  13. Rob Long Founder

    I’m taking a break from swanning to perch here to say, Yes! I agree! Please join us!

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    • March 13, 2015, at 9:29 PM PDT
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  14. Arahant Member

    Rob Long:I’m taking a break from swanning to perch here to say, Yes! I agree!Please join us!

    It’s Rob’s Swanning Song, which is much different from a swan song.

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    • March 13, 2015, at 10:09 PM PDT
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  15. Claire Berlinski, Ed. Editor

    Not bad, Jon. Not bad. Amused me, I will admit. You even got me to share it on Facebook. So you may have won this round on literary grounds. Now, let’s see if you win on points. Data will be in by tomorrow, you know.

    But man, you’ve got me in a corner. I can’t really say, “No one should join Ricochet today. It’s the only way to prove my pitch was better.”

    Okay. No “I” in team. Maybe it’s a cliche for a reason, not an amazing insight. Revise the theory.

    Thinking. Thinking.

    [Time elapses.]

    I’ve got it.

    TEAM AMERICA, [REDACTED] YEAH.

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    • March 14, 2015, at 4:12 AM PDT
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  16. Songwriter Inactive
    SongwriterJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    To all you lurkers reading the Main Feed, c’mon in. The water’s fine.

    Beisdes, the Member Feed is where it’s at around here.

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    • March 14, 2015, at 7:59 AM PDT
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  17. Concretevol Thatcher

    Yeah I was in Manhattan a few months ago and didn’t see Rob anywhere…. and I was looking! I suspect he is still in his house in Cali with the lights off and the shades drawn….

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    • March 14, 2015, at 8:42 AM PDT
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  18. Jon Gabriel, Ed. King
    Jon Gabriel, Ed.

    Claire Berlinski:Okay. No “I” in team. Maybe it’s a cliche for a reason, not an amazing insight. Revise the theory.

    That’s why I spell it “teaim.”

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    • March 14, 2015, at 11:14 AM PDT
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  19. Jon Gabriel, Ed. King
    Jon Gabriel, Ed.

    Doug Kimball:Hey Jon, you used to call into the local AZ conservative morning radio show on Fridays with something nearly resembling regularity. And when you did, they pitched Ricochet. We need more of that. I know the local line-up has changed on that station, but is there any likelihood you could revive that gig? It gave the site great exposure. Heck, you could even guest host and I promise I’d call in. Several times. I can do many voices and accents.

    Thanks, Doug! Actually Jim Sharpe brought me along with him to his new nationally syndicated show which is just starting out. I appear every Friday at about 6:20 ET.

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    • March 14, 2015, at 12:03 PM PDT
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  20. Stad Coolidge

    Jon Gabriel, Ed.:

    Claire Berlinski:Okay. No “I” in team. Maybe it’s a cliche for a reason, not an amazing insight. Revise the theory.

    That’s why I spell it “teaim.”

    There is a “me” in team . . .

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    • March 14, 2015, at 12:05 PM PDT
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  21. Guruforhire Member

    Jon Gabriel, Ed.:

    Claire Berlinski:Okay. No “I” in team. Maybe it’s a cliche for a reason, not an amazing insight. Revise the theory.

    That’s why I spell it “teaim.”

    There is an “I” in “win.” But “U” isn’t.

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    • March 14, 2015, at 2:38 PM PDT
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  22. James Gawron Thatcher
    James GawronJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Jon,

    Now let me get this straight, for less than $5 per month I get:

    1.) As much Mansplaining as an Evil Patriarch of the Phallocracy as I can do.

    2.) Shoot as many endangered baby otters for entertainment as I want.

    3.) Sammiches.

    4.) Start as many strike busting riots as I can.

    5.) Enjoy the fine old art of snake handling. Perhaps for me and a date.

    6.) Be semi-polite and avoid ugly trolls that start flame wars.

    7.) Sacrifice goats to the Koch Brothers.

    Jon, let me think about this for moment….hmmmmm….YES, I’LL DO IT!!!

    Regards,

    Jim

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    • March 15, 2015, at 8:37 AM PDT
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