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John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 2h

This is their best and brightest.

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 2h

Humanity peaked with Gen X.

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John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 2h

I can’t wait to see how evil the next generation is

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine meeting Dean Cain like this

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 2h

Do people think this is actually a starship?

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine meeting Dean Cain this way

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 18h

I sketched through much of AP World History, so I rarely comment on global politics, especially on social media. But why are the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese noodles in one aisle, and the Japanese noodles in a completely different part of the store?

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a documentary called IDIOCRACY that explains much of it

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 1d

Is Forgigato Blow real?

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 1d

The Negroni is one of my favorite cocktails, but I like this guy and it’s okay not to agree on everything. I suspect we have different reactions to all sorts of things.

This Canned Cocktail Altered His Brain Chemistry

YouTube video by Rated Red

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John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 1d

Picked up a few cans of lump crab meat at my least favorite supermarket on the way home. The cashier was looking at a game on her phone the entire time. Every time I go there thinking maybe it won’t be that bad, and every time I leave thinking maybe AI won’t be that bad.

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 1d

Couldn’t find crab that wasn’t alive or legs at my favorite Asian market, and I don’t like to ask people there because my Mandarin is worse than their English. Took me a minute just to explain to the cashier that my cucumber was not a zucchini.

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrating Chris Columbus Day by watching THE GOONIES. Surely nobody has a problem with that one.

John Carman @carmanavenue.bsky.social · 1d

He probably doesn’t score well on the Stanford-Binet, but in a world of idiots, having a high IQ can actually be a liability. He’s smart in the way a con man is smart, and that’s what most Americans respect.

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