#FAGLIANOS

[coquelicoq]

so apparently joel fagliano took over for will shortz multiple months ago and i only just noticed. some archnemesis i am.

[drywall-muncher]

THE OPPOSITE WAS "I-KNOW"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[look-sharp-notes]

@casafagliano. #Casa Fagliano

[garak]

shout out joel fagliano the guy who makes the nyt crosswords every time i see his name i have a little chuckle

[ilovesnakes420]

JEL FAGLIANO IS BACK

[my-chemical-cas]

genuinely have beef with joel fagliano (nyt writer who is the BANE of my existence when it comes to the minis sometimes)

[cowboyhorsegirl]

i need to be able to send joel fagliano hatemail

[antonio-velardo]

Antonio Velardo shares: Rebrandings by Caitlin Lovinger

By Caitlin Lovinger Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson’s puzzle needs a marketing department. You’re all hired! Published: September 23, 2023 at 06:00PM from NYT Gameplay https://ift.tt/1baeWBD via IFTTT

[amvguy]

the guy that makes the nyt's minis is obsessed with peru i feel like every two weeks i get to flex my peruvian fun facts. thank u mr fagliano

[drywall-muncher]

What's the opposite of one?

From a math perspective it should be -1.

That makes sense but it's not very natural, -1 doesn't really appear in the world. (Antimatter can suck my balls)

So I guess the next best thing would be 0 since it can (arguably) show up naturally in the world.

Okay so 0 is the opposite of 1 in a natural sense. Cool.

But even still, if that's the case then 2 could be the opposite of 1. Because what's so different than having 1 thing? You could argue having nothing. You could also argue having 2 things. 3 things? No. That takes it too far. 1 is the individual and the opposite of the individual can't be the trio, it certainly is very different than the individual but not the opposite. The opposite has to contrast the original in a way that relates to the original but with a twist.

0 is nothing. Absolutely nothing. So the contrast of absolutely nothing should be absolutely something. And nothing gets more absolute than 1.

2 is 1 but doubled. 1 represents solo, the individual, the single isolated instance of something. So the contrast of the individual has to be the group, 2. But 3 is too much. 2 is the bare minimum to create a group but it is also the first to do it. It takes the solid, steel mountain of 1's individuality, and splits it. From then on splitting it is much easier and far less impressive.

So I feel like it's a scale:

(ignoring -1 because I can)

0 is the closest opposite to 1, since it has the greatest contrast while also being related. 0 is the ether; emptiness and nothingness across an infinite time. And 1 is the something. The something that breaks out of that void and makes.. well itself.

Then it's 2, the second closest opposite to 1. It is very related to 1 and has some contrast. Having 1 of something makes it feel important, but having another of it breaks that importance. 2 breaks 1 by having another 1, a clever twist.

But I feel like if we got rid of 2 and just had 0 and 1 we'd be fine; the world would carry on. But if we got rid of 0 and just had 2 and 1? Then the world would be incomplete. It's just too drastic of a change. Which is why I think 0 is the greater opposite of 1. It just has a much more severe difference.

Tl;dr: All of this to say that the New York Times Daily Mini Crossword puzzle needs to stop giving out these vague ass hints like "what's the opposite of the card game Uno" 🤬

[kurbaga]

can’t believe this is how joel fagliano looks like i thought he was a 64 year old with a cool hat i feel sick

[watchilove]

Jaeger-LeCoultre introduces new Casa Fagliano-designed summer straps for the Reverso

Jaeger-LeCoultre introduces new Casa Fagliano-designed summer straps for the Reverso

[kiwidotcom]

I dropped out of school today because online school was literally making me suicidal and I couldn’t handle it. One of my classes was Spanish language, which I was doing really well in so it breaks my heart that I failed.

Then I did the daily crossword, my favourite part of the day: and 2 across is fucking “eggs in Spanish”

FUCK U JOEL FUCK U AND UR HUEVOS

[ilovesnakes420]

i’m worried about joel fagliano he’s been gone for a while what happened to him

[puzzlenation]

Favorite Clues from CTFYC!

In today's blog post, we discuss some of our favorite clues from CTFYC! #couchword

Last week I sang the praises of the Crossword Tournament From Your Couch event, and rightfully so. The entire enterprise was delightful, and the puzzles were tricky and engaging in equal measure.

But I neglected to give the cluing their proper due, as many of the clever themes in CTFYC were bolstered by great cluing (and, occasionally, truly diabolical cluing).

What do I mean by that? Well,…