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Jules McWyrm

@mcwyrm.bsky.social

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#smallTownRedState theater kid; micro-influencee; small-time software dev; never worries about his line; willing to follow your #ttrpg account

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 5h

But there's no arguing w/ results, and in my little town at least the folks doing this work are really doing the work. It's not bullshit.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 5h

She's been a little harsh, imo, but ...

I've organized a couple of protests. The ones that were for catharsis - an opportunity for upset and angry folks to shout in public - were counterproductive, and I wish I hadn't done them.

There's a real risk there, and I've been skeptical of No Kings.

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 5h

tbh, i never watched the video. I think Talia has generally been voicing a reasonable position; idk the person in the video.

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 5h

Aside from that one Nazi tattoo, can you point to literally *anything*?!

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 9h

But of course there's always ...

Sweeney Todd - The Worst Pies in London

YouTube video by BroadwayJLM

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 9h

Do we have consensus on which is the best Halloween musical?

I'm partial to LSoH, myself.

Little shop of Horrors (1986) - Some fun now (EHQ)

YouTube video by Entertainment Headquarters

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 10h

Hmm. That's mighty thin.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 10h

not that I know of.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 11h

I had some pretty caustic libertarian beliefs when I was 15 or 16.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 11h

... you mean, this guy?

What's your beef w/ Watt?

17th century Scottish engineer James Watt

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 11h

This morning I hallucinated that Everyday is Halloween was originally by Bauhaus and covered by Ministry.

Idk how I convinced myself of that, but it's not true.

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 11h

ffs. were == wear

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 11h

No. If you were the SS Panzer Totenkopf you're a Nazi. It's not hard.

If you were the Sonnenrad, you're a Nazi.

There's really not a lot of subtlety about these symbols.

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 12h

a soccer field with a stadium in the background that says the day radio stand

Alt: moving the goal posts

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 12h

What are you talking about?

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 12h

I suspect he heard somebody talking about fiber optic cables at some point and the expense/difficulty of terminating them.

But that's just my theory; it isn't clear, for sure.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 12h

ahh. Well, if the term is sufficiently malleable it's not really worth much. I'm no theory nerd, but I can't find any discussion of direct action that includes mutual aid. But have fun.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 12h

You're really, really working hard to ignore the obvious.

bsky.app/profile/wrai...

Wraithe @wraithe.bsky.social · 13h

You should maybe change majors.

Richard Worley flag on left, Nazi SS 3rd Panzer on right.

If it were the 1600s, I wouldn’t even think those were the same PIRATES because the flags would be sufficiently different.

Picture of Robert Worley pirate flag
“Worley's flag design, a variant of the "Jolly Roger"”
A black flag with a white skull centered facing dead on with 2 crossed bones behind it

Nazi SS 3rd Panzer emblem a black blazon shield with a close up white skull facing to viewers left, detailing on skull and shortened bones close in to the skull.
In no fucking world would you mistake this for a Jolly Roger

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 12h

mutual aid is one obvious answer

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 12h

There's plenty of useful things to do that aren't direct action.

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 15h

Obnoxious libertarian phase I can forgive, especially if you were a teenager or whatever.

Nazi, tho? Nah, that's messed up.

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 17h

i actually don’t think the “average” american millennial man had a nazi phase. it’s not some boys will be boys shit. this makes me side eye you and your friend group, sounds like a personal problem

The average American millennial man has been a neocon, a pacifist, a liberal, a libertarian, a communist, a nazi, and I believe now most of us are back around to liberal again. This isn't a defense of platner it's just weird how normal this shit is for guys that age.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 15h

picturing a guy w/ a Nazi tattoo and a three arrows coverup.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 16h

Nobody's yucking your yum; just pointing out that D&D as a system is almost entirely a combat game, not an exploration game.

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Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 16h

I have literally never played at a D&D table where most of the players knew the mechanics for their own character sheet, let alone the rest of the game.

Jules McWyrm @mcwyrm.bsky.social · 19h

Slapping a question mark on the end of a statement doesn't transform it into a question.

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