Andrew Otis Weiss
@thatweissguy.bsky.social
The Spirit of '92 incarnate. Hippie ideals, punk attitude, and a grunge wardrobe.
REMINDER: I don’t fucking work for you.
REMINDER: I don’t fucking work for you.
Pinned
what I watched while idling upstairs this afternoon:
- a half dozen Soup episodes from 2005-2007
- the 8-Track Flashback spotlight on Teen Idols
- MST3K The Mole People
- The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- a half dozen Soup episodes from 2005-2007
- the 8-Track Flashback spotlight on Teen Idols
- MST3K The Mole People
- The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 AM
what I watched while idling upstairs this afternoon:
- a half dozen Soup episodes from 2005-2007
- the 8-Track Flashback spotlight on Teen Idols
- MST3K The Mole People
- The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- a half dozen Soup episodes from 2005-2007
- the 8-Track Flashback spotlight on Teen Idols
- MST3K The Mole People
- The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
The narrative problem with all the Whedon and post-Whedon tics is that they’ve become as —if not even more — predictable than the cliches they were a response to.
I should not be thinking “yep, I know where this is heading” during every story beat, and turn out to be right each time.
I should not be thinking “yep, I know where this is heading” during every story beat, and turn out to be right each time.
James Gunn really has to start letting someone who’s listened to music this century choose his film music.
January 26, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The narrative problem with all the Whedon and post-Whedon tics is that they’ve become as —if not even more — predictable than the cliches they were a response to.
I should not be thinking “yep, I know where this is heading” during every story beat, and turn out to be right each time.
I should not be thinking “yep, I know where this is heading” during every story beat, and turn out to be right each time.
Someone uploaded a bunch of TRL episodes from 1998-99, which aren’t really my thin, though the hilarity of watching Hole snd Garbage compete for space with NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys is tempting.
Also: a rich era for videogame commercials.
Also: a rich era for videogame commercials.
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Someone uploaded a bunch of TRL episodes from 1998-99, which aren’t really my thin, though the hilarity of watching Hole snd Garbage compete for space with NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys is tempting.
Also: a rich era for videogame commercials.
Also: a rich era for videogame commercials.
I wouldn't piss on these assholes if they were on fire, but I almost -- ALMOST -- wish they'd step out of their bubbles and pay heed to the whirlwind they are reaping with such hubris they aren't even considering potential escape routes or off ramps.
January 26, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I wouldn't piss on these assholes if they were on fire, but I almost -- ALMOST -- wish they'd step out of their bubbles and pay heed to the whirlwind they are reaping with such hubris they aren't even considering potential escape routes or off ramps.
I have gone from anarchopacifism to channeling John Brown and Marat.
I’m a materialist atheist and have been for almost 40 years, and the mainlining of the concept of empathy being a sin activated the RAGE of my Old Time Religion in a way even I didn’t expect. Such a heretical godless view of Christ wasn’t even in the faith I left when I left it, and I WAS BAPTIST.
I feel like so much of what we're seeing is the endgame of stuff like referring to those with differing opinions as NPCs and declaring that empathy is a sin.
The overarching message is that those you don't like don't actually count as people. And even if they did, caring about them would be wrong.
The overarching message is that those you don't like don't actually count as people. And even if they did, caring about them would be wrong.
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I have gone from anarchopacifism to channeling John Brown and Marat.
Miss Velvet is keeping me company.
January 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Miss Velvet is keeping me company.
It was too cold upstairs, so I retreated to the bedroom with my tablet, PSP, and a USB stick full of retrotrash.
Watching 2005 episodes of The Soup, with lots of clips of Donnie that show how much his brain has eroded since then.
Watching 2005 episodes of The Soup, with lots of clips of Donnie that show how much his brain has eroded since then.
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 PM
It was too cold upstairs, so I retreated to the bedroom with my tablet, PSP, and a USB stick full of retrotrash.
Watching 2005 episodes of The Soup, with lots of clips of Donnie that show how much his brain has eroded since then.
Watching 2005 episodes of The Soup, with lots of clips of Donnie that show how much his brain has eroded since then.
starting to see "Too Big To Fail" used re: OpenAI and that strikes me as just another hedge being floated by the firm
Too big to fail means that a firm's collapse would do blow a hole in something society or the economy actually needs to function.
Too big to fail means that a firm's collapse would do blow a hole in something society or the economy actually needs to function.
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 PM
starting to see "Too Big To Fail" used re: OpenAI and that strikes me as just another hedge being floated by the firm
Too big to fail means that a firm's collapse would do blow a hole in something society or the economy actually needs to function.
Too big to fail means that a firm's collapse would do blow a hole in something society or the economy actually needs to function.
kicking myself for not thinking of "Stockton Smoosh" until two and a half years since his sub imploded
January 24, 2026 at 11:34 PM
kicking myself for not thinking of "Stockton Smoosh" until two and a half years since his sub imploded
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it's grimly amusing that he ran again to show he was "better" than Biden, only to repeat Biden's biggest mistake -- the inability to grasp *who* voted for him and *why* -- in a more dangerously inept manner.
January 24, 2026 at 8:43 PM
it's grimly amusing that he ran again to show he was "better" than Biden, only to repeat Biden's biggest mistake -- the inability to grasp *who* voted for him and *why* -- in a more dangerously inept manner.
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Now showing at a January 24, 1986 theater near you.
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Now showing at a January 24, 1986 theater near you.
Unlike the VH-1 series inspired by it, the BBC's version of I Love the 1980s had year-appropriate guest narrators.
Here's the 1980 to 1983 roster:
Here's the 1980 to 1983 roster:
January 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Unlike the VH-1 series inspired by it, the BBC's version of I Love the 1980s had year-appropriate guest narrators.
Here's the 1980 to 1983 roster:
Here's the 1980 to 1983 roster:
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Could this be Marvel’s best new character of 1977?
January 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Could this be Marvel’s best new character of 1977?
Fade to Black (Cat) (2026), starring Henri Bijou
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Fade to Black (Cat) (2026), starring Henri Bijou
remember the initial excuse for this was that an creepy-coded mom and son wannabe influencer team fabricated some bullshit about child care centers using info in part slipped to them by the MN GOP
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
remember the initial excuse for this was that an creepy-coded mom and son wannabe influencer team fabricated some bullshit about child care centers using info in part slipped to them by the MN GOP
eagerly waiting for Amy Klobuchar to tweet this afternoon about staying safe during ice fishing season
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 PM
eagerly waiting for Amy Klobuchar to tweet this afternoon about staying safe during ice fishing season
The laws they claim don't apply to them are the same laws that say they can't be marched waist deep into a hog lagoon and kneecapped when the worm turns.
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The laws they claim don't apply to them are the same laws that say they can't be marched waist deep into a hog lagoon and kneecapped when the worm turns.
Bovino, January 2029.
January 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Bovino, January 2029.
Well, he does have super silky fur…
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Well, he does have super silky fur…
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This week’s Emergency opens with a motorcycling Millie Helper falling into a cactus patch.
January 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This week’s Emergency opens with a motorcycling Millie Helper falling into a cactus patch.
while I want to support organized labor, that seems like it would be pretty uncomfortable to wear
especially because I can't see a hole to put my head through
especially because I can't see a hole to put my head through
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
while I want to support organized labor, that seems like it would be pretty uncomfortable to wear
especially because I can't see a hole to put my head through
especially because I can't see a hole to put my head through
"Kristan Hawkins, the 40-year-old president of Students for Life of America"
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
"Kristan Hawkins, the 40-year-old president of Students for Life of America"