Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty
@irhottakes.bsky.social
Political science PhD student. World’s third best Bigfoot colonial governance simulation expert. Had to drag myself kicking and screaming to she/her, but she/her nonetheless.
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Just going to make today a wiki day for the D&D campaign, I think. Goal is to have all the useful things up and links to the pinned thread here by the end of the day. Character bios and sheets, daily briefs, transcripts of previous acts, etc. People have said it's easy to get lost, want to help.
Felt the need to share my journal entry today. Don't know why. Here it is, make of it what you will.
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Felt the need to share my journal entry today. Don't know why. Here it is, make of it what you will.
I made the mistake of checking my phone over supper and see we are now in the "It didn't happen but if it did, you deserved it," stage of the dogpile.
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I made the mistake of checking my phone over supper and see we are now in the "It didn't happen but if it did, you deserved it," stage of the dogpile.
Fine. You all win. I’m logging off for the day because I‘m a big smelly man who’s also a Nazi and a bigot because I liked it better when Groypers didn’t have 1,770 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. Feel free to brag in your discords about how my jimmies have been rustled and I was owned.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Fine. You all win. I’m logging off for the day because I‘m a big smelly man who’s also a Nazi and a bigot because I liked it better when Groypers didn’t have 1,770 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. Feel free to brag in your discords about how my jimmies have been rustled and I was owned.
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the worst leftists not beating the “gender is a little treat you get for good behavior” allegations
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
the worst leftists not beating the “gender is a little treat you get for good behavior” allegations
The speed at which you get misgendered the moment you express that you preferred it when your government wasn’t openly eliminationist against you rather illustrates my point here.
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The speed at which you get misgendered the moment you express that you preferred it when your government wasn’t openly eliminationist against you rather illustrates my point here.
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It is bigoted to not acknowledge that the US military in particular has been a key means of integrating society across racial and demographic barriers by showing our commitment to this country.
It is bigoted to use us and then do nothing to actually advance our rights and interests.
It is bigoted to use us and then do nothing to actually advance our rights and interests.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It is bigoted to not acknowledge that the US military in particular has been a key means of integrating society across racial and demographic barriers by showing our commitment to this country.
It is bigoted to use us and then do nothing to actually advance our rights and interests.
It is bigoted to use us and then do nothing to actually advance our rights and interests.
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It is bigoted when you're using us to justify not supporting politicians who will push for equal rights by claiming no substantive difference between the two parties.
It is bigoted when you're using us to defend dictators who would easily murder us because you don't like US foreign policy.
It is bigoted when you're using us to defend dictators who would easily murder us because you don't like US foreign policy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It is bigoted when you're using us to justify not supporting politicians who will push for equal rights by claiming no substantive difference between the two parties.
It is bigoted when you're using us to defend dictators who would easily murder us because you don't like US foreign policy.
It is bigoted when you're using us to defend dictators who would easily murder us because you don't like US foreign policy.
What if the political ideology of the people in charge of the armed forces impacts who gets bombed? Does anyone think Kamala Harris would declare war on South American fishermen? Could perhaps having people who think brown people are subhuman in charge of our military impacted matters?
What about the rights of LGBT people getting bombed?
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
What if the political ideology of the people in charge of the armed forces impacts who gets bombed? Does anyone think Kamala Harris would declare war on South American fishermen? Could perhaps having people who think brown people are subhuman in charge of our military impacted matters?
Yeah. It’s not even being good at radical leftism. It’s like when I was five and using Pikachu‘s thundershock on everything and being surprised it produced inferior results against Pokémon immune to electricity instead of weak to it. Know your enemy and all that.
Everyone I Don't Like is Ronald Reagan
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Yeah. It’s not even being good at radical leftism. It’s like when I was five and using Pikachu‘s thundershock on everything and being surprised it produced inferior results against Pokémon immune to electricity instead of weak to it. Know your enemy and all that.
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I think in reality it’s a mix of 1) and 2) but both lead to the same outcome so it doesn’t really matter
Like I don’t care if my rep actually believes in trans rights if they *do* believe that failing to support trans rights will get them ripped to shreds in the next election
Like I don’t care if my rep actually believes in trans rights if they *do* believe that failing to support trans rights will get them ripped to shreds in the next election
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I think in reality it’s a mix of 1) and 2) but both lead to the same outcome so it doesn’t really matter
Like I don’t care if my rep actually believes in trans rights if they *do* believe that failing to support trans rights will get them ripped to shreds in the next election
Like I don’t care if my rep actually believes in trans rights if they *do* believe that failing to support trans rights will get them ripped to shreds in the next election
Yeah. But the thing is that 3.) is now conclusively disproven because we know they were treating a borderline illiterate pedophile like he was Yoda and 2.). makes the rainbow B-52 more important, not less.
I think it comes down to whether you believe politicians
1) actually believe what they say
2) are craven nihilists but feel beholden to uphold certain beliefs due to pressure from voters/other stakeholders
3) are master manipulators using honeyed words to lead the sheeple to slaughter
1) actually believe what they say
2) are craven nihilists but feel beholden to uphold certain beliefs due to pressure from voters/other stakeholders
3) are master manipulators using honeyed words to lead the sheeple to slaughter
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yeah. But the thing is that 3.) is now conclusively disproven because we know they were treating a borderline illiterate pedophile like he was Yoda and 2.). makes the rainbow B-52 more important, not less.
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Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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I did not know you could do this. I still have my deadname as my username. I'm gonna get on it.
Reminding everyone that when i contacted Valve Steam about my username having my deadname in it.
They immediately let me change it, they usually don't but they do for trans people.
It made me so happy that i could keep my account that i have had for a long time
They immediately let me change it, they usually don't but they do for trans people.
It made me so happy that i could keep my account that i have had for a long time
Let me just say that Valve really knows their audience by picking these two as poster children for the Steam Machine:
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November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I did not know you could do this. I still have my deadname as my username. I'm gonna get on it.
Is there any context or are the stormtroopers supposed to just fire at random until they hit the right person?
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Is there any context or are the stormtroopers supposed to just fire at random until they hit the right person?
Aside from Reagan letting AIDS rip on purpose to exterminate the queers and Obama making the biggest healthcare reforms since LBJ while recognizing gay marriage, they were basically the same.
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Aside from Reagan letting AIDS rip on purpose to exterminate the queers and Obama making the biggest healthcare reforms since LBJ while recognizing gay marriage, they were basically the same.
On some level, the all star legal team Comey slapped together has to be disappointed. They did the law nerd version of AVENGERS ASSEMBLE and were ready to be the Great Men Of History Opposing The Vile Tyrant (tm) and found out they were fighting a paraplegic rhesus monkey. No climactic showdown.
when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On some level, the all star legal team Comey slapped together has to be disappointed. They did the law nerd version of AVENGERS ASSEMBLE and were ready to be the Great Men Of History Opposing The Vile Tyrant (tm) and found out they were fighting a paraplegic rhesus monkey. No climactic showdown.
I get that a lot is due to the differences between a parliamentary and presidential system but it still feels gender to me that Truss does something stupid but not “sounds like news from another dimension stupid“ and instantly gets the boot whereas we shrug when Trump pegs the dollar to walrus dung.
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I get that a lot is due to the differences between a parliamentary and presidential system but it still feels gender to me that Truss does something stupid but not “sounds like news from another dimension stupid“ and instantly gets the boot whereas we shrug when Trump pegs the dollar to walrus dung.
Feel like there’s a Shadowrun campaign buried in here somewhere.
I can't put my finger in exactly why but "are the fae open source" is just a nightmare of a sentence
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Feel like there’s a Shadowrun campaign buried in here somewhere.
Yeah, no, that’s ridiculous and just gets you another war two years later once the Russians have time to rearm and steamroller a Ukrainian army cut in half.
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Yeah, no, that’s ridiculous and just gets you another war two years later once the Russians have time to rearm and steamroller a Ukrainian army cut in half.
It’s funny how we used to think he was good at posting and it turns out the character limit on Twitter was acting as his de facto editor.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It’s funny how we used to think he was good at posting and it turns out the character limit on Twitter was acting as his de facto editor.
No, it maps onto Marvel Comics. Yud is Lady Stilt-Man, Scott is Beak, and Aella is Paste Pot Pete. I refuse to elaborate on this self-evident truth.
Rationalism maps onto Christianity with Yud as Jesus, Scott as Judas and Aella as Mary Magdalene.
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
No, it maps onto Marvel Comics. Yud is Lady Stilt-Man, Scott is Beak, and Aella is Paste Pot Pete. I refuse to elaborate on this self-evident truth.
It brings me no joy to report that the last great political cartoonists were Ben Garrison and that one obnoxious leftist guy on Twitter from back in the day who made every person he disliked into some kind of instantly recognizable horrid hybrid of Hieronymus Bosch and HP Lovecraft.
i thin that the internet has largely ruined political cartoons. people don’t know how to make actual cartoons anymore. all they do now is draw an obnoxious stand in for the artist and a giant text bubble
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It brings me no joy to report that the last great political cartoonists were Ben Garrison and that one obnoxious leftist guy on Twitter from back in the day who made every person he disliked into some kind of instantly recognizable horrid hybrid of Hieronymus Bosch and HP Lovecraft.
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