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Eldritch millennial, Presumption of Humanity is weird. TTRPG things and drinks plus politics. Watching C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. he/him

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Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · Oct 17

Intro post for new friends.
Hey, I am Silent, horror nerd, boardgames, D&D, music, coffee, homebrewing and more.
Owner of one disabled, spoiled dog.
Shitheels are blocked, good people are celebrated.

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Greybeardtavern @greybeardtavern.bsky.social · 22h

I think we all need to listen to this now more than ever! #gop #maga #progressive #democrat #liberal

youtu.be/k0CzXi9e66M?...

The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

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Valdrianth @valdrianth.bsky.social · 1d

It's premier day!

Join us as @phoenix24femme.bsky.social leads through some emotional emotions with Quietus: Kingdom of Death

@senstaku.bsky.social @ashtynbrianne.bsky.social @birdicinspiration.bsky.social @archivaldustbunny.bsky.social

twitch.tv/valdrianth

#fabulaultima #ttrpg #actualplay

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 1d

It's Letterboxd Friday, so sharing my last four watched.

In this picture we see SilentAddle's recent activity on LetterBoxd, the most recent film is Suitable Flesh, with a 3.5 star rating, then Headhunter: The Assessment Weekend, with half a star, then The Curse of Frankenstein with a 3 star rating, and The Curse of the Werewolf with a 2.5 star rating.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 1d

Me talking about something I don't like: I don't like it

Me talking about something I did like: This thing was bad, this thing was also bad, also this third thing was bad, and this could have been improved, and it let me down on this, but good show and all that.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta wonder if reporters will ever grow tired of just being used for advertising.
I cannot imagine getting into journalism and being content just regurgitating a press release filled with lies that is widely known to be bullshit.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

These are all flagrant lies, unsourced yet printed in a newspaper that allegedly fact checks things. The rest of it is meandering panic-bait that treats jail breaking LLMs. They don’t even describe the virus! They just said someone made one. Bullshit!

One answer is to look at the data. After the launch of GPT-5 in August, some thought that A.I. had hit a plateau. Expert analysis suggests this isn’t true. GPT-5 can do things no other A.I. can do. It can hack into a web server. It can design novel forms of life. It can even build its own A.I. (albeit a much simpler one) from scratch.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 1d

It is nights like tonight I resent streaming.
I don't want to scroll through and find a film to watch, I just want to throw a channel on and let it play through.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 1d

I am needing new films to watch and now is the perfect time of year for me to ask your horror film suggestions.
Particular note will be taken of any anthology horror.

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Emma @emmawrote.bsky.social · 2d

Apple fupa

Green apple with a fat upper pussy area

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 3d

The only way to stop a bad guy with a murder is a good guy with a murder.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 3d

My Final Girl expansions have arrived.
I think tonight I will try Frightmare on Maple Lane.

Would it be uncouth to have Nightmare on Elm Street playing in the background while I do?

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 4d

Logged in to work to find a message about a missing project.
Turns out I did the project, but for some reason it reverted back to the template.
My final version was still happily sitting there in the version history.
Glad I'm not the one who fucked up at least.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 4d

Best thing about October is the increased horror content.
I mean sure, I can find horror any time of the year, but obscure playlists? They go wild when October begins.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 4d

I can think of little more pitiful than an overinflated sense of pride based on lines on a map drawn by the ancoent dead.

None of it really fucking matters.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 4d

I miss the days when the world felt within reach.
Now we've got cardboard patriots trying to dig borders deeper into the ground.

They want to make life harder for everyone so they can feel better about their cheap flags.

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The Nerd Annex @thenerdannex.bsky.social · 4d

Dungeons & Dragons costume! #halloween #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #monster

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 6d

This has been on my list to buy for some time.
Accidentally picked up the wrong "film" though, so I've had to buy more, total accident, not intentional.

In this picture we see the boxes got the Final Girl core box, a matte black box with an embossed title.
We also see the box for the Final Girl Panic at Station 2891 expansion, which shows a woman with dark hair and an orange coat, the coat has a fur hood.
The background shows a Hazy snowy landscape, over her left shoulder is a monster that appears to be made of a multitude of stolen flesh.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 6d

Did I buy myself a horror based boardgame?
Of course I fucking did.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 7d

Things I didn't anticipate saying
"Dracula is breathing down your neck and you're dealing with a wedgie"

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 7d

Ahh, getting the good old "fuck you" from a D&D player, how i have missed this.

Glad we're all having fun though.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 9d

Ahh Ron Livingston is in this film

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 9d

D&D tomorrow, that means I've stocked the house with food and drink.
I have also called out of work, so I'm going to make it everyones problem.
I also got new dice.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 10d

Periodically I'll randomly remember some weird tv show i can only vaguely recall from the early 90's.
Trying to track such shows down can be annoyingly impossible when you've only got vague recollections weathered by time.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 10d

Bully people, then call it a joke.
And the worst part is those who go along with it so they don't make themselves stand out, so they don't draw the attention of the bully.
They're complicit, they should be ashamed.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 10d

This is school bully behaviour.
They pull this shit and expect you to not get upset, but beyond that they want you to treat them with respect they do not offer to you.

We've seen this from day one, with Trump's use of derogatory nicknames, and getting upset at getting called "TACO"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Q: You said you're interested in good faith negotiations, but is it helpful to post pictures of Leader Jeffries in a sombrero if you're trying to have good faith talks?

JD VANCE: Oh! I think it's funny! The president is joking and we're having a good time.

Silent @silentaddle.bsky.social · 11d

On the train ride home from London and Got to Fly by @mariancall.bsky.social is the next song to play.
I wonder if it would be rude to serenade the rest of these commuters.
How else will they learn about good music?