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I'm a ladder-back birch, but my friends call me Karl. Dad, husband, casual gamer. Voted Harris, Gen X, He/Him.

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ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 10h

Although there were padded shoulders. It was a different time.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 10h

My daughter and I were looking at Halloween decorations and costumes today, and we passed a section of 80s costumes that were all headbands, wristbands, and neon colors. I told her it was interesting, but I was pretty much wearing dark t-shirts and jeans in the 80s too.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 12h

Rock Me Amadeus isn't as good IMO, but it works the format with David as Falco and Jimmy as Amadeus, especially with the switches back and forth between the two and spoofing opportunities with the biker gangs, 18th century nobility, and gratuitous cleavage shots. But I still want Vienna Calling.

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Official 4k Music Video)

YouTube video by FalcoVEVO

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 12h

Random Thought #452 - David Dastmalchian would be perfect in a recreation of Falco's Vienna Calling music video for the Tonight Show, except there isn't a good secondary role for Fallon.
(No shade on Fallon, that's just their parody format)

Falco - Vienna Calling (Music Video), Full HD (Digitally Remastered and Upscaled)

YouTube video by Enhanced Music Videos

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 19h

Culture Erasure
Talking Talk
Men Without Wang
Foo Fountains

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Kwik Trip pic

Picture of the front of a Kwik Trip gasoline station

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 3d

On a side note, here is Sting's weirdest music video (and that's apart from his hair cut.) Originally hated the dad "baby sitting" his kids, but now see it as his thoughts and sadness on society's expectations of his situation. Another in the "Happy Beat, F'ed Lyrics" genre.

Sting - I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

YouTube video by StingVEVO

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 3d

The official (and only) version of Roxanne listed on their YT channel for those interested.

The Police - Roxanne (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by ThePoliceVEVO

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 3d

It's weird that The Police memory holed this version off their official YouTube channel, especially since this was the first Police music video for most older fans. Supposedly they did a video for "So Lonely" using the same set/clothes, but I haven't found that one yet.

The Police - Roxanne(Video Original)

YouTube video by bigotito657

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 4d

UPDATE!
(i've completely forgotten what that idea was. i should have written it down. number 358,028 in a series of forgotten ideas.)

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 4d

Totally get the path not taken vibes, but this was a fantastic accomplishment (in your early f'ing 20s) that helped start a great career. I hope the re-release brings back good memories and rekindles friendships from that time, and that the career you've had since then continues to flourish.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 4d

I expected to see the View Askew cast members, but the actors from Broken Lizard were a complete surprise and you could really see the beginnings of their careers as well as Michael Ian Black's in this film.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 4d

Just caught it on Tubi, wasn't familiar before reading about it here. It's a fun time that finds its groove about a third of the way in, and it's a great snapshot of the 90s that I probably won't be showing to my kids anytime soon.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 5d

Evil is the cigarette smoke of the current generation, got them aging faster than Wilford Brimley.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 5d

If we somehow survive this mess, I think the National Guard will need to be recreated under a different name and structure that focuses more on emergencies and less as an Armed Forces add-on.

Bearcat Catbear @bearcat-catbear.bsky.social · 6d

I think it's starting to be forgotten that joining the National Guard was originally a commitment to to serve in unforeseen emergencies, almost always natural disasters. You might get called up every second or third hurricane season. The second Gulf War changed all that and now... now, what is this?

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 6d

How the national guard call-ups are screwing students who joined in hopes of.l being able to afford college.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 5d

Did you realize there are people who will tall you that crawling into a hole, curling up in a ball, and waiting for the world to go away is not the best solution to all your problems?

Watch out for those people -- they're probably trying to steal your hole.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry for your loss. You might want to lean into it like listening to one ear worm (super catchy song) to get rid of another one in your head. When my mom died I listened to 70s and 80s pop country for awhile and that seemed to help. I hope your memories and those around you provide some comfort.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 9d

Exactly right. AI CEOs should have begged Congress to regulate AI in a way that provided real consequences to spreading disinformation and fueling hatred with it. I don't think AI recovers from the taint of the vast amount of slop and misuse it's put into the world without restraint.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 9d

Like inviting Dan Schneider to talk about the challenges of creating educational shows for kids.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 11d

Saving until the next time someone complains that the printer in our local makerspace is black and white...

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 11d

It won't be long till only old people like us get this joke.
It's brilliant.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 13d

That was a good gig, but the Orange Whips were better at the Palace Hotel Ballroom.

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 13d

Would it kill them to put the topic and perhaps a short description at the bottom of the video for the first 15 seconds to see if it's worth my time?

ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social · 13d

When conservatives complain that the young ones are looking to socialism for solutions, this should be Exhibit A on why. Every EA gamer that sees their platform steeply decline in the next couple of years is going to ask why it's happening, and the answer will be End Stage Capitalism.

Micah @rincewind.run · 14d

this business model should be flatly illegal

taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome

ban it completely

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 14d

It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

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Typowriter @jcschmo.bsky.social · 17d

Jesus Houdini Christ, this is great.