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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this might be a foolish mistake, but I’m not gonna lie, it was pretty fuckin tasty

A baked potato smothered in butter, salt, pepper, paprika, stewed okra and tomatoes, and beef jerky bits shredded by mouth

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes you’ve just got to enjoy the seasonal foods of your people

A bag of Sweet Baby Ray’s branded Beef Jerky, a can of Margaret Holmes’s shelf-stable take on stewed tomatoes and okra, a package of pre-cut, ready-to-bake Pilsbury sugar cookies (20 of them for some ungodly reason) with festive spooky ghost design, and a single russet potato

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 2d

Québécois banger of the week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ2d...

Ariane Roy et Lou-Adriane Cassidy - Fille à porter

YouTube video by Ariane Roy

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 2d

When I was a teenager and had very little UK cultural context, hearing the name of this show infuriated me, because my brain just interpreted it as a sentence fragment.

Like, the doctor who *what?!* The Doctor Who Loved Me? The Doctor Who Got Away? The Doctor Who Was Thursday?

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 4d

do they got grits tho

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 22d

🇫🇷 Culture shock upon visiting France: damn, so many people still smoke here, don’t they realize how addictive and harmful cigarettes are

🇺🇸 Culture shock upon returning to the US: holy shit why are children walking around drinking 20oz bottles of soda with 65g of sugar per serving

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 23d

ngl ma cherie, ils étaient bangin

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 23d

The best thing I’ve eaten in Paris, no lie, is le Hot Dog à 16€

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Hot Dog (16€): Saucisse façon Francfort (porc des plaines Champenoise), ketchup maison, moutarde miel/épices, oignon confit, oignon frit, pickles et cantal juste fondu

Hot Dog (€16): Frankfurter-style sausage (Champagne-region pork), house-made ketchup, spiced honey mustard, caramelized onions, crispy fried onions, pickles, and gently melted Cantal cheese

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · 28d

Paris: a story in one trash can

A public waste bin outside le Place de la Bourse, which is barred by an iron gate

A close-up of the contents of the trash can - a bouquet of red roses - adorned with a cigarette garnish

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Sep 18

This is what the internet is supposed to be youtu.be/_pO7BRNdJdc

Fujian Xiamen. John Peck

YouTube video by Jon Peck

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Sep 16

Bring back the FF2j Amano concept art chocobo

Illustration by Yoshitaka Amano of an early concept for the Chocobo as a much larger and scarier-looking flesh creature

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Sep 15

Goddamn this makes me miss the ol’ jitbo. I can’t tell you how many sausage biscuits and breakfast burritos I crushed in the wee hours after 1am. I can still feel the grease on my fingertips

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Sep 14

[self-aggrandizing story told in the form of pithy, provocative statements, one sentence per paragraph, punctuated with emojis, concluding in some trite, empty moral]

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Josh Drake @joshyd.bsky.social · Sep 7

Stop what you’re doing and watch these pro wrestling intros for FF Tactics jobs classes. 🤼 #wrestlesky

zi11ion @zi11ion.bsky.social · Sep 3

Found this fine gem this morning. Somebody made wrestling intros for a bunch of Final Fantasy Tactics jobs #fft #finalfantasy #finalfantasytactics youtu.be/eLsE29xvfpY

北米版FFT エキプロイヴァリースクロニクルズユニット紹介 vol 2

YouTube video by ガリ

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is almost as exciting as when my ‘98 Ford Escort rolled over to 100,000 miles

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Aug 30

I love this, all 7 minutes of it youtu.be/j9V504V7-9k

SNAKE EATER | METAL GEAR SOLID DELTA | MES

YouTube video by Mariachi Entertainment System (MES)

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Aug 30

This dude is the Lawrence Welk of our generation youtu.be/CGJrtALLUCU

I Got RANDOM NYC Singers & Musicians to JAM in Union Square

YouTube video by ARIatHOME

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Aug 16

I love a good 1980s Czechoslovak fever dream youtu.be/K-lXdx_ytSE

Hana Zagorová, Stanislav Hložek & Petr Kotvald - Spěchám (Queen of hearts) (1982)

YouTube video by Hana Zagorová neoficial

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Aug 12

Last night I stumbled across this album, and every track put a smile on my face. Being reminded of how easily a work of art can strike the right nerve to go from “what is this goofy-looking thing” to “holy shit I love this” in under 45 minutes was pretty inspiring open.spotify.com/album/4c46Vt...

The Sea To The North

Garth Hudson · Album · 2001 · 6 songs

open.spotify.com

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Aug 9

🔥🔥🔥

Rod Mckuen Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes (1971)

YouTube video by laug58

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ayy, dame los shells, dame la bag cheese

a cartoon of a mouse wearing a sombrero says " arriba , arriba ! "

ALT: a cartoon of a mouse wearing a sombrero says " arriba , arriba ! "

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Josh Drake @joshyd.bsky.social · Jul 30

“Hail team well met” hasn’t caught on?

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Jul 30

My new favorite bit of corporate jargon is “Hi team,” which is apparently a required salutation when posting a question or request to a large Slack channel. Variants include “Hey team,” “Hello team,” and “Hi team 👋”

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Jul 28

I’m very grateful for the “translate” option on this post

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Alex Forsythe @alexforsythe.bsky.social · Jul 26

I'm not going to stop posting my favorite French-Canadian pop songs on a weekly basis; you have been warned www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCCm...

Lisa LeBlanc - Pourquoi faire aujourd'hui (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Lisa LeBlanc

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