Tropes

When a loved one dies...

What's the voice in your head?

Sep 2, 2025 • Jay Heinrichs

This one trope helped get both Trump and Mamdani elected.

For what it’s worth, it also got me to run up a mountain.

Jun 30, 2025 • Jay Heinrichs

Mark Twain and the two funniest tropes

Why we need broadminded humor, especially now.

Apr 7, 2025 • Jay Heinrichs

Is humor still possible?

What I learned from my breakfast with the Dalai Lama.

Apr 3, 2025 • Jay Heinrichs

The figure Ariana Grande uses to play coy

Its official name: the accismus. I call it the Oh-you-shouldn’t-have figure.

Jan 9, 2025 • Jay Heinrichs

Magic in the Great Green Room

You will find almost all of rhetoric's power in this one children’s book.

Nov 11, 2024 • Jay Heinrichs

Tropes weaponize everything.

So why do I love them? And what exactly is a trope?

Oct 28, 2024 • Jay Heinrichs

Humanity began when someone talked to the hand

Tropes distinguish us from other species. Which isn’t always a good thing.

Aug 22, 2024 • Jay Heinrichs

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