Chris
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I'm told I'll seem more like a real person if I put something here
And that will make it less likely that I'll get blocked
But then I think about how strong the desire not to be perceived is
And I wonder why I'd want to avoid being blocked
I'm told I'll seem more like a real person if I put something here
And that will make it less likely that I'll get blocked
But then I think about how strong the desire not to be perceived is
And I wonder why I'd want to avoid being blocked
I mean, this is 100% true, though? Only dropping to 36% while you fuck over every single person in the country who doesn't share your last name? That's a triumph. Holding steady at 41% while you try to make life better for everyone, even the person who tried to have his VP killed? That's awful.
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I mean, this is 100% true, though? Only dropping to 36% while you fuck over every single person in the country who doesn't share your last name? That's a triumph. Holding steady at 41% while you try to make life better for everyone, even the person who tried to have his VP killed? That's awful.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
The "a housecat will eat its owner if the owner dies" thing is so weird to me. What meaning are you even assigning to that? Why are you acting like "you show a creature that you care about it by waiting until it dies and then NOT eating it's corpse" is some sort of moral high ground?
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The "a housecat will eat its owner if the owner dies" thing is so weird to me. What meaning are you even assigning to that? Why are you acting like "you show a creature that you care about it by waiting until it dies and then NOT eating it's corpse" is some sort of moral high ground?
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me after one teams meeting at 9am:
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
me after one teams meeting at 9am:
The Mamas and the Beard Papa's
In-n-Outkast
the black angus crowes
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Mamas and the Beard Papa's
I really need to just sit down one day and watch a movie a dozen times so I can participate in those "A movie you've seen more than X times" things. There are a few movies that I can say with certainty I've watched at least four times, and that feels like a LOT of rewatches for me.
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I really need to just sit down one day and watch a movie a dozen times so I can participate in those "A movie you've seen more than X times" things. There are a few movies that I can say with certainty I've watched at least four times, and that feels like a LOT of rewatches for me.
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i just wanted to learn more about a guy from Crusader Kings 3 and now i have no choice but to learn about every notable person who has ever died on a toilet
December 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
i just wanted to learn more about a guy from Crusader Kings 3 and now i have no choice but to learn about every notable person who has ever died on a toilet
I am just catastrophically the wrong person for this. Behold:
1) Elfquest
2) Dread
3) Monopoly
4) The Minister's Cat
1) Elfquest
2) Dread
3) Monopoly
4) The Minister's Cat
If you wanted to run say, four different games that weren't Dungeons & Dragons in hopes of showing people the breadth of the TTRPG hobby, what games would you run for them? Assume that they are sort of familiar with 5E.
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I am just catastrophically the wrong person for this. Behold:
1) Elfquest
2) Dread
3) Monopoly
4) The Minister's Cat
1) Elfquest
2) Dread
3) Monopoly
4) The Minister's Cat
“Get out of here, tiger! You’re…you’re in the wrong place!”
If you need to find some small satisfaction tonight, I wrote you a story about a lawyer who makes a difference.
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“Get out of here, tiger! You’re…you’re in the wrong place!”
There's a ton to dislike about this post and map, but the thing I find most deeply upsetting are the entirely bizarre lines connecting regions.
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There's a ton to dislike about this post and map, but the thing I find most deeply upsetting are the entirely bizarre lines connecting regions.
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Why must a movie be “good”? Is it not enough to sit somewhere dark and see a beautiful face, blue?
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Why must a movie be “good”? Is it not enough to sit somewhere dark and see a beautiful face, blue?
The really depressing thing about the whole "if you could have one actor's filmography for your desert island" bit is being reminded once again that if a film character's gender is irrelevant, they will be portrayed by a man.
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The really depressing thing about the whole "if you could have one actor's filmography for your desert island" bit is being reminded once again that if a film character's gender is irrelevant, they will be portrayed by a man.
I named my fists Gambit and Longshot because they BASICALLY look the same but one of them sucks.
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
I named my fists Gilbert and Sullivan because they are slaves to duty
December 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I named my fists Gambit and Longshot because they BASICALLY look the same but one of them sucks.
"Young boy is irresponsible and impulsive, and constantly ignores direct requests to not do things that upset or inconvenience other people, and somehow everything works out in his favor" has always been an annoying genre of kid show, but in 2025 it is entirely excruciating.
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Young boy is irresponsible and impulsive, and constantly ignores direct requests to not do things that upset or inconvenience other people, and somehow everything works out in his favor" has always been an annoying genre of kid show, but in 2025 it is entirely excruciating.
I have a joke about Legion but I'm going to need to borrow your entire herd of pigs to tell it.
Don't worry, they'll be fine.
Don't worry, they'll be fine.
I have a joke about Job but it's long and sadistic.
I have a whale of a joke about Jonah
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I have a joke about Legion but I'm going to need to borrow your entire herd of pigs to tell it.
Don't worry, they'll be fine.
Don't worry, they'll be fine.
I've been operating under the assumption that the vast majority of the administration's actions were driven by looting, racism, and revenge... But I'm coming around to the idea that they thought it would be a lot easier to start a civil war.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've been operating under the assumption that the vast majority of the administration's actions were driven by looting, racism, and revenge... But I'm coming around to the idea that they thought it would be a lot easier to start a civil war.
@profanity.accountant Enlighten me, please.
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@profanity.accountant Enlighten me, please.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
This is my Usual Suspects moment where I look back at the partner at the law firm who hated reading email, hated reading case law, and was indispensable in the courtroom, and realizing that him not being a fluent reader would answer far more questions than it would raise.
I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
It's pretty much mandatory at work that I appear to be using it, so I've doe a few functional things with it, and it's a moderate time-saver if used right. But nowhere near worth it's stock value, energy cost.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is my Usual Suspects moment where I look back at the partner at the law firm who hated reading email, hated reading case law, and was indispensable in the courtroom, and realizing that him not being a fluent reader would answer far more questions than it would raise.
So this article is good, and it says something important, and I hope that people listen to this guy because a lot of people are not listening to the reality he describes. BUT ALSO What a fucking jackass. Just absolutely fuck this guy.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So this article is good, and it says something important, and I hope that people listen to this guy because a lot of people are not listening to the reality he describes. BUT ALSO What a fucking jackass. Just absolutely fuck this guy.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
She was just, like, a normal person who was really smart and good at her job, and other people relied on her.
Positive representation of people who were smart but not superhuman smart was really rare, ok?
Positive representation of people who were smart but not superhuman smart was really rare, ok?
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
She was just, like, a normal person who was really smart and good at her job, and other people relied on her.
Positive representation of people who were smart but not superhuman smart was really rare, ok?
Positive representation of people who were smart but not superhuman smart was really rare, ok?
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I truly don’t care what you eat or don’t eat on a holiday but making it part of your personal feeling of superiority is tiresome.
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I truly don’t care what you eat or don’t eat on a holiday but making it part of your personal feeling of superiority is tiresome.
If you are free enough with the definition of "messages" the ISS urine tank fullness feed fits all of these definitions.
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
If you are free enough with the definition of "messages" the ISS urine tank fullness feed fits all of these definitions.
It will happen this way. A car will slow beside you, and a door will open, and someone you know, maybe even trust, will get out of the car. And he will smile, a becoming smile. But he will leave open the door of the car and offer to give you a lift, Charlie Brown.
You gotta keep his con even after you take his money. He can't know you took him, Charlie Brown.
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule, Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It will happen this way. A car will slow beside you, and a door will open, and someone you know, maybe even trust, will get out of the car. And he will smile, a becoming smile. But he will leave open the door of the car and offer to give you a lift, Charlie Brown.