a secret service agent came up to me with tears in his eyes and said “sir, sir, how do i learn to dodge like you” and i tell him, and this was one of the best dodgers out there, the best they ever made, they don’t make a truck like that anymore, very sad, so i say “you think that’s air you’re breath
nobody dodges bullets better than me. i dodge the biggest, the biggest bullets of anyone out there. they call me the king of dodging bullets. did you know that? im even better than reagan. even better than reagan, can you believe that folks?
People experiencing paranormal phenomena in this era are so uniquely fucked.
Plug a snippet from the ancient text you found into Google and it’s going to tell you to feed the ghost some glue and return results for a dungeon synth band that never existed
Violent or peaceful, every single liberty we have been afforded in USA is due to the sacrifices of protestors. Not a single freedom that many take for granted now was given voluntary. You wouldn’t have 8 hour days and weekends inc protestors weren’t hanged. But you side with those holding the rope.
Someone on Facebook right now is asking themself "would it be funnier to just post this K&P clip right now, or should I mix part of the Oppenheimer score (by Ludwig Göransson) over the clip and then post it?"
The decision they reach may surprise you!
Me (age 13) reading old New Yorker review of any movie
"bullshit. no-talent HACK. I don't have fucking time to sit and read this SLANDER of Gus Van Sant!"
Me (present day) reading literally anybody's letterboxd
"teeheehee 'Take me to bed or lose me forever, Charlie Brown'!! ahahahaa this is fun"
[average interaction whenever i poorly rate a beloved classic]
me: i don't like this movie
random man: well that's okay, everyone is entitled to their opinion even if i think you're wrong *realizing i'm a woman* YOU DUMB WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE
“I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity”
ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-...
> This isn't a recipe for disaster, it's a cookbook for someone looking to prepare a twelve course fucking catastrophe.
Today’s must-read
If you do this, people will certainly feel uncomfortable for reasons they don't totally understand
but imagining they think such feelings through to resolution gives people a bit too much credit, I think
I don't say "I need the number to be zero" because I don't, but it still freaks people out
I think because it forces them to realize the gap between their self perception as "good people who care" and the actuality that there's a lot more they could do
replying to the comments section of a YouTube video decrying Bosnia revisionism:
'Huh, all the new comment threads saying stuff like "this video telling people exactly when the word 'genocide' is appropriate has aged like a FINE WINE" seem to be older than October 2023! Probably just a coincidence'
I am 47 years old, happily married, successful in my field, and still angry about Secret of NIMH’s total betrayal of the rats of NIMH’s scientific and rational ethos.
Woke up with the Mii Channel theme in my head. I haven't played a Wii, or personally owned any Nintendo system in years.
Totally normal to experience this, right?