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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 1d

I dearly love this imperfect platform, but I do wish the Discover feed was purely people I don't follow (yet).

I understand the value of a catch-all, but it's untidy!

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 1d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

What is the name of your least favorite child?

In what year did you abandon your dreams?

What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?

Nihilistic Password Security Questions

What is the name of your least favorite child? In what year did you abandon your dreams? What is the maiden name of your father’s mistress? At what...

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 1d

It would be very funny if Dolly Parton weighed in on this and said, "I love this cartoon, Elon Musk. When I'm a ghost, I will haunt YOU."

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 1d

Dead End: Paranormal Park was an absolute treasure, by the way.

It's about a haunted Dollywood where the Dolly Parton is voiced by Miss Coco Peru.

Poster for Dead End: Paranormal Park showing two teenagers, a pug, and a demon in front of a spooky amusement park.

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 1d

Getting mad about a show that ended in 2022 because it had a trans protagonist is really, really embarrassing behavior.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/elon-musk-...

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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D2 Postin' ⬛️⬜️🟪 @destinythememe.bsky.social · 1d

Cats are better than children because i cannot in good consciousness name children after unethical science. Thanks for coming to my ted talk

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

should I start a bsky book club? one book a month, say, and then we do a big megathread to discuss it.

rainmanbun (Anocracy Zone) @rainmanbun.bsky.social · 2d

the more people talk about it, the less confident i feel that i know how to read. where do i learn to read? ugh lol

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 2d

You love the things you love so well that it's a joyful experience to read your thoughts about them.

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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 2d

Watching Psycho (1960) from my sickbed. It’s my favorite film ever and I think the scariest part is how Marion turns on the shower while standing directly under the spray. No warm up, no temp check. Just raw.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 2d

1) every year we all get to vote on which classic story gets made into a muppet movie

2) every year you guys make that muppet movie

3) we will ALL go see every one of these

4) you will never not profit from this

5) why are we not doing things this way

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 2d

Most of the peoples of Hyrule seem incredibly adaptable to ecological change, evolving rapidly, but Gorons never change from Skyward Sword all the way to Wind Waker.

They're the giant pandas of the Zelda series, always teetering on extinction.

Illustration of a Goron merchant with a giant backpack, a straining button-up shirt, and a hat pulled down over his face.

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 2d

While we all wait years for the next #KDH, Ejae, Audrey, and Rei should just start recording new songs and touring as IRL Huntr/x to fill out the fictional back catalog.

youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 2d

genuinely squealed like I saw a celebrity

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 3d

And now I'm reminded of The Last Airbender (2010), where different members of the cast pronounced “avatar” as AV-uh-tar (ævətaɹ), AHV-uh-tar (avətaɹ), and UHV-uh-tar (ʌvətaɹ) for no reason.

Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 3d

When two characters occupy the same narrative and are *related*, but they pronounce words differently for no given plot reason, I get derailed and need to know whyyy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...

Special (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 3d

I watched a show years ago where the main character pronounced cerebral palsy as suh-REE-bruhl (səɹibɹəl), but the actress playing his mother pronounced it SEH-ruh-bruhl (sɛɹəbɹəl).

Both are accepted pronunciations, but it was a bit of a suspension-of-disbelief breaker.

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 3d

Fluvid should rhyme with sous-vide.

Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 3d

It’s high time to get your flu and COVID shots scheduled! This will maximize your resistance at both the predicted seasonal peaks.

Remember to schedule it when you’ve got a recovery day available in case they knock you flat on your ass.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 3d

The plot of the next Simpsons movie should be the kids at Springfield Elementary digging up a time capsule that was buried 40 years ago and realizing they're the same children who buried it because their world hasn't aged in 4 decades.

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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 4d

Wow, capitalism sure turned out to be a bad idea, didn't it?

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Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 4d

I wish it wasn't so very rude to ask people if they really read the articles they post here, or just the headline.

Nothing Edifying @nothingedifying.bsky.social · 4d

If all the letters of the Roman alphabet were symmetrical, we could have vertical tattoos that read the same in mirrors. For instance:

I

A
M

A

M
O
T
H

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Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 4d

One of my favorite bits of worldbuilding on a show ever was in the Watchmen pilot (I believe that's the ep). Regina King is driving, and baby squid suddenly rain down from the sky. She pulls over, resigned and annoyed, gets out and cleans the windshield.

It's brilliant.

Here's why:

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