Meatba'al
@vance.bsky.social
Writer/Irish-born American dumbass. Working (very slowly) on a reference book about the 3DO. Voted funniest man on the northbound Metro Blue Line.
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Meatba'al
@vance.bsky.social
· Oct 16
BBC announcer voice: At 6pm we'll be showing Sex Secrets of the Druids, and at 8 it's the entire panel at QI talking about Brexit and randomly pointing a loaded revolver at each other.
Okay people, Thanksgiving is out of the way and that means it's on to the stuff we're all really excited about
I'm talking about the Bob Dylan Christmas polka video where he dresses up as Anne Rice's biggest Republican fan
I'm talking about the Bob Dylan Christmas polka video where he dresses up as Anne Rice's biggest Republican fan
Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa (Official Video)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Okay people, Thanksgiving is out of the way and that means it's on to the stuff we're all really excited about
I'm talking about the Bob Dylan Christmas polka video where he dresses up as Anne Rice's biggest Republican fan
I'm talking about the Bob Dylan Christmas polka video where he dresses up as Anne Rice's biggest Republican fan
Helping us... what?
"We got bad guys in the computer, quick, shoot the GPU!"
"We got bad guys in the computer, quick, shoot the GPU!"
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November 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Helping us... what?
"We got bad guys in the computer, quick, shoot the GPU!"
"We got bad guys in the computer, quick, shoot the GPU!"
People are dunking on Tarantino for the obvious reason, but at least when he rips off niche cinema he amps up it's most interesting and often repellent traits.
Hunger Games was well made and (I assume) well written, but it was a condescendingly neutered version of the source material.
Hunger Games was well made and (I assume) well written, but it was a condescendingly neutered version of the source material.
Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino has said The Hunger Games "ripped off" Battle Royale, and expressed surprise that the Japanese writer of the cult classic original didn’t sue The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins. https://bit.ly/44fDUkf
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
People are dunking on Tarantino for the obvious reason, but at least when he rips off niche cinema he amps up it's most interesting and often repellent traits.
Hunger Games was well made and (I assume) well written, but it was a condescendingly neutered version of the source material.
Hunger Games was well made and (I assume) well written, but it was a condescendingly neutered version of the source material.
I'm finally playing the game and revisiting the mini-drama around this figurine. There's pushback and it's funny.
Somebody is misrepresenting the objection as "The monster sucks" and not "Hi welcome to my home, here's my incest rape toy!"
*Mace* *Punch* *Cry*
Somebody is misrepresenting the objection as "The monster sucks" and not "Hi welcome to my home, here's my incest rape toy!"
*Mace* *Punch* *Cry*
Silent Hill 2 Oshi Works Abstract Daddy Figure up for preorder at BBTS ($70.49) buff.ly/ODWaROu
$64.99 Kotobukiya buff.ly/5LreF0T
$64.99 Kotobukiya buff.ly/5LreF0T
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm finally playing the game and revisiting the mini-drama around this figurine. There's pushback and it's funny.
Somebody is misrepresenting the objection as "The monster sucks" and not "Hi welcome to my home, here's my incest rape toy!"
*Mace* *Punch* *Cry*
Somebody is misrepresenting the objection as "The monster sucks" and not "Hi welcome to my home, here's my incest rape toy!"
*Mace* *Punch* *Cry*
For Thanksgiving this year, I thought we'd talk about our memories of Osama bin Laden. I remember trying to finish a term paper the night before it was due, Osama wandering around the apartment talking to the cat with the most outlandish Austrian accent.
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For Thanksgiving this year, I thought we'd talk about our memories of Osama bin Laden. I remember trying to finish a term paper the night before it was due, Osama wandering around the apartment talking to the cat with the most outlandish Austrian accent.
It's also about piracy being easier than legal procurement. Steam and Netflix really depressed piracy rates, but with streaming services being so many and expensive, baby it's back.
people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
piracy discourse is so exhausting and passe, but i will observe that every truly great collector of physical media I know has a big harddrive of pirated books and movies. you literally cannot have one without the other
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It's also about piracy being easier than legal procurement. Steam and Netflix really depressed piracy rates, but with streaming services being so many and expensive, baby it's back.
I believe my theory about AI enthusiasts is playing itself out in real time.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I believe my theory about AI enthusiasts is playing itself out in real time.
Great, I'm fostering a couple of perverts.
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Great, I'm fostering a couple of perverts.
Looking back through my camera roll and never noticed my unfortunate finger placement until now.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Looking back through my camera roll and never noticed my unfortunate finger placement until now.
I mean this affectionately because this is computer magic but
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I mean this affectionately because this is computer magic but
The Wii Castlevania was going to be a proper full Symphony of the Night-style game before budgeting reduced it to the fighting game we all know.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Wii Castlevania was going to be a proper full Symphony of the Night-style game before budgeting reduced it to the fighting game we all know.
1. I love how even the hardcore MAGA lumps in my workyard are more about releasing the files than they are about tossing off Trump right now. That's some public interest.
2. Didn't consider Bezos being in those files but went from 0 to "Damn yes" based on just this.
2. Didn't consider Bezos being in those files but went from 0 to "Damn yes" based on just this.
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1. I love how even the hardcore MAGA lumps in my workyard are more about releasing the files than they are about tossing off Trump right now. That's some public interest.
2. Didn't consider Bezos being in those files but went from 0 to "Damn yes" based on just this.
2. Didn't consider Bezos being in those files but went from 0 to "Damn yes" based on just this.
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This one has been burned in my brain for almost 20 years now
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This one has been burned in my brain for almost 20 years now
We call it a walk, but
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We call it a walk, but
We making some hot chocolate with a special guest.
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We making some hot chocolate with a special guest.
Just hoping Mamdani stayed off the couch.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Just hoping Mamdani stayed off the couch.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
Also just about the only moment where the film captured the inherent sadness of the book.
Book was a big hinge in my formative college years outlook.
Book was a big hinge in my formative college years outlook.
never not thinking about this part in fear and loathing in las vegas where hunter s thompson perfectly editorialized the crumbling of a movement
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Also just about the only moment where the film captured the inherent sadness of the book.
Book was a big hinge in my formative college years outlook.
Book was a big hinge in my formative college years outlook.
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Grand Inquisitor was a victim of bad timing (both the adventure genre and FMV games had flamed out pretty hard) and also the absolute concrete wall of difficulty that was Return of Zork, but it's an unappreciated gem.
I came in hot on this one and while I stand by my larger point of not supporting Microsoft, I dont want to lose sight of the fact that Grand Inquisitor has a death where you fall into a truly bottomless pit, meet your life partner, start a family, and die contentedly of old age in constant freefall
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Grand Inquisitor was a victim of bad timing (both the adventure genre and FMV games had flamed out pretty hard) and also the absolute concrete wall of difficulty that was Return of Zork, but it's an unappreciated gem.
I may or may not work at this company but I'm here to tell you, the work culture where I am involves an insane degree of both "learning from a guy who learned from a guy who learned from a guy who lived in a time before people knew they could eat eggs" or "I give up, here's a rule I just imagined."
very funny to be scolded by a train conductor for having my bike in the wrong place, showing him the literal rule written on the amtrak website showing that i have my bike in the only place it is allowed to be, and being told that we’ll have to “agree to disagree”
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I may or may not work at this company but I'm here to tell you, the work culture where I am involves an insane degree of both "learning from a guy who learned from a guy who learned from a guy who lived in a time before people knew they could eat eggs" or "I give up, here's a rule I just imagined."
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
Anybody want to adopt a loving but slightly psycho couple of kittens?
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Anybody want to adopt a loving but slightly psycho couple of kittens?
HI MY JOB IS A WEIRD JOB.
I'm currently babysitting an owl in a box.
I'm currently babysitting an owl in a box.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
HI MY JOB IS A WEIRD JOB.
I'm currently babysitting an owl in a box.
I'm currently babysitting an owl in a box.