Sam Reader, Antiochean Pope
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Surrounded: 100 People Pretending They Saw The Day The Clown Cried vs 1 Person Who Really Doesn't Care
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Surrounded: 100 People Pretending They Saw The Day The Clown Cried vs 1 Person Who Really Doesn't Care
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With "Blanquitos" being a late bloomer (pun intended), I can now make my Eligibility Post:
If you're reading for awards, please consider these two stories.
FYI even if you're not voting for awards, I'd be honored if you read these (links to follow)
If you're reading for awards, please consider these two stories.
FYI even if you're not voting for awards, I'd be honored if you read these (links to follow)
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
With "Blanquitos" being a late bloomer (pun intended), I can now make my Eligibility Post:
If you're reading for awards, please consider these two stories.
FYI even if you're not voting for awards, I'd be honored if you read these (links to follow)
If you're reading for awards, please consider these two stories.
FYI even if you're not voting for awards, I'd be honored if you read these (links to follow)
I forget that I'm friends with a lot of people on here who have such a massive following that they can just say whatever shit comes into their head without any consequences or backing and that's always a sobering thing to remember.
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I forget that I'm friends with a lot of people on here who have such a massive following that they can just say whatever shit comes into their head without any consequences or backing and that's always a sobering thing to remember.
It's "half at one another's throats," sam, you fucking idiot.
They were fucked up in their turn
By men in old-style hats and coats
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half all at each other's throats.
Man hands on misery to man
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don't have any kids yourself.
By men in old-style hats and coats
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half all at each other's throats.
Man hands on misery to man
It deepens like a coastal shelf
Get out as early as you can
And don't have any kids yourself.
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's "half at one another's throats," sam, you fucking idiot.
Lemme see how much I can do of this from memory:
They fuck you up, your mum and dad
They do not mean to but they do
They fill you full of all their faults
And leave room extra, just for you
They fuck you up, your mum and dad
They do not mean to but they do
They fill you full of all their faults
And leave room extra, just for you
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Lemme see how much I can do of this from memory:
They fuck you up, your mum and dad
They do not mean to but they do
They fill you full of all their faults
And leave room extra, just for you
They fuck you up, your mum and dad
They do not mean to but they do
They fill you full of all their faults
And leave room extra, just for you
What gets me about the "medium doesn't dictate art" thing is "okay, where do you draw the line?" The Amusement Park was a public information film. Setting Up A Room is a short instructional reel. Both of these works are art. Is industrial film not art? Fans of Fake Fruit Factory might have words.
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
What gets me about the "medium doesn't dictate art" thing is "okay, where do you draw the line?" The Amusement Park was a public information film. Setting Up A Room is a short instructional reel. Both of these works are art. Is industrial film not art? Fans of Fake Fruit Factory might have words.
Now obsessed with the fact that Bob Clark (Black Christmas, Porky's, A Christmas Story, et. al.) wrote and directed a force-fem movie starring Leslie Marlowe in 1967
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Now obsessed with the fact that Bob Clark (Black Christmas, Porky's, A Christmas Story, et. al.) wrote and directed a force-fem movie starring Leslie Marlowe in 1967
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Hey! Psst. Hey! A new post. This is about as open and forthcoming as I get. Please read, particularly if you're a woman. This one is important to me.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hey! Psst. Hey! A new post. This is about as open and forthcoming as I get. Please read, particularly if you're a woman. This one is important to me.
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The problem with long thread rants on here is
1) I worry that the point gets lost the longer I talk because I can't keep track of myself
2) I can't delete after a certain length if they escape containment
3) Someone who inspired them is gonna see and be pissed and come after me
1) I worry that the point gets lost the longer I talk because I can't keep track of myself
2) I can't delete after a certain length if they escape containment
3) Someone who inspired them is gonna see and be pissed and come after me
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The problem with long thread rants on here is
1) I worry that the point gets lost the longer I talk because I can't keep track of myself
2) I can't delete after a certain length if they escape containment
3) Someone who inspired them is gonna see and be pissed and come after me
1) I worry that the point gets lost the longer I talk because I can't keep track of myself
2) I can't delete after a certain length if they escape containment
3) Someone who inspired them is gonna see and be pissed and come after me
oh sweet i love farscape
The crews are dead, but the ships are still humping one another
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
oh sweet i love farscape
Also, to add to the fact that I'm on one about the 27,000 word Gish gallop that inspired this post, the "job of critics" is not specifically to review. It is not merely to provide qualitative assessment, we're supposed to interpret, to explain why things resonate with us.
There's no delineation between criticism and art if you're not a fucking wuss. The art's just in the talking about art. You're communicating your experience, your ideas, things you found. That's a craft like any other. That's an art like any other. Good critics make you think, make you feel, same as
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Also, to add to the fact that I'm on one about the 27,000 word Gish gallop that inspired this post, the "job of critics" is not specifically to review. It is not merely to provide qualitative assessment, we're supposed to interpret, to explain why things resonate with us.
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#TheFullLid - 5th December 2025 - Happy Friday! We're off to the halls of the Mountain King with the #troll duology, we've got #bandcampfriday recommendations for you, a great serial novella from @loottheroom.bsky.social and classical music for a classical weekend.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#TheFullLid - 5th December 2025 - Happy Friday! We're off to the halls of the Mountain King with the #troll duology, we've got #bandcampfriday recommendations for you, a great serial novella from @loottheroom.bsky.social and classical music for a classical weekend.
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
Well, there's only one thing I believe is non-toxic masculinity, sooooooo...
Well, there's only one thing I believe is non-toxic masculinity, sooooooo...
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
Well, there's only one thing I believe is non-toxic masculinity, sooooooo...
Well, there's only one thing I believe is non-toxic masculinity, sooooooo...
So because there's been a lot of talk about this and I'm never one to shut up when there's a lot of motherfuckers talking, time to stumble backwards ass-first into the "are video games art" debate
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So because there's been a lot of talk about this and I'm never one to shut up when there's a lot of motherfuckers talking, time to stumble backwards ass-first into the "are video games art" debate
If you might have wondered why I'm on one tonight, I'm kinda having a moment. I read something that was effective even as it was dopey as fuck, and basically flipped the "on" switches on my depersonalization and impostor syndrome. I tend to internalize anything that reinforces my self-image.
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you might have wondered why I'm on one tonight, I'm kinda having a moment. I read something that was effective even as it was dopey as fuck, and basically flipped the "on" switches on my depersonalization and impostor syndrome. I tend to internalize anything that reinforces my self-image.
There's no delineation between criticism and art if you're not a fucking wuss. The art's just in the talking about art. You're communicating your experience, your ideas, things you found. That's a craft like any other. That's an art like any other. Good critics make you think, make you feel, same as
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
There's no delineation between criticism and art if you're not a fucking wuss. The art's just in the talking about art. You're communicating your experience, your ideas, things you found. That's a craft like any other. That's an art like any other. Good critics make you think, make you feel, same as
Saying "(thing) is not art" is stupid because there's no concrete definition for what art can be, so there's no way to say what it can't be. There's better art and worse art, sure, but there's not such a thing as "not art."
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Saying "(thing) is not art" is stupid because there's no concrete definition for what art can be, so there's no way to say what it can't be. There's better art and worse art, sure, but there's not such a thing as "not art."
"Civilwarland In Bad Decline" has this kind of quaint feel to it, a story version of Umberto Eco and Marshall Blonsky warning that Disney would create the new Sodom and Gomorrah, but it's not wrong in its assessment of "by being alive you are actively propping up a dying a death cult that hates you"
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"Civilwarland In Bad Decline" has this kind of quaint feel to it, a story version of Umberto Eco and Marshall Blonsky warning that Disney would create the new Sodom and Gomorrah, but it's not wrong in its assessment of "by being alive you are actively propping up a dying a death cult that hates you"
Horses is disappointing and I think part of that is because as much as it's a fascinating little game, it never really goes much further than its basic central conceit. It's like first-person Equus with delusions of grandeur.
Still deserves your support, but as a friend said when I streamed it...
Still deserves your support, but as a friend said when I streamed it...
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Horses is disappointing and I think part of that is because as much as it's a fascinating little game, it never really goes much further than its basic central conceit. It's like first-person Equus with delusions of grandeur.
Still deserves your support, but as a friend said when I streamed it...
Still deserves your support, but as a friend said when I streamed it...
Quinton Tarantino? Isn't he that sad, creepy guy who spent twelve hours reviewing kids' television shows?
December 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Quinton Tarantino? Isn't he that sad, creepy guy who spent twelve hours reviewing kids' television shows?
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Evening viewing recommendation? Wishing a very happy birthday to the exquisite Julianne Moore! ❤️ Celebrate by watching some of her most compelling and adventurous performances in our Starring Julianne Moore collection!
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Evening viewing recommendation? Wishing a very happy birthday to the exquisite Julianne Moore! ❤️ Celebrate by watching some of her most compelling and adventurous performances in our Starring Julianne Moore collection!
Insane to me that conspiracy theories started out as "businessmen want to overthrow the government" and "German spies want to install a fascist president" and "the GOP created conditions where a democratic rival was murdered in broad daylight in Texas" and are now "lizard people hate the president."
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Insane to me that conspiracy theories started out as "businessmen want to overthrow the government" and "German spies want to install a fascist president" and "the GOP created conditions where a democratic rival was murdered in broad daylight in Texas" and are now "lizard people hate the president."
This is basically my problem with modern game writing, the need for a byline and desire to claim "thing bad actually" outweighs any attempt to meet a work on its own terms and discuss it honestly. Kinda feel like I dodged a bullet because of this when Future Media and Paste both ghosted me.
So deconstruction has to come from a place of loving something. You can certainly tear something apart if you hate it, but to actually critique and dismantle it, to spotlight its strengths and weaknesses, you actually have to engage in the material.
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is basically my problem with modern game writing, the need for a byline and desire to claim "thing bad actually" outweighs any attempt to meet a work on its own terms and discuss it honestly. Kinda feel like I dodged a bullet because of this when Future Media and Paste both ghosted me.
So deconstruction has to come from a place of loving something. You can certainly tear something apart if you hate it, but to actually critique and dismantle it, to spotlight its strengths and weaknesses, you actually have to engage in the material.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So deconstruction has to come from a place of loving something. You can certainly tear something apart if you hate it, but to actually critique and dismantle it, to spotlight its strengths and weaknesses, you actually have to engage in the material.
Excited for his follow-up collection, THIS'LL MAKE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER!
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This'll Make Things a Little Easier
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December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM