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.
Hope you've enjoyed all the fast paced movie threads and are ready for the slow ride to Grandma's house that is a book thread.
We're starting with the book that inspired Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I'm honored to be probably the fourteenth person to read this.
We're starting with the book that inspired Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I'm honored to be probably the fourteenth person to read this.
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Hope you've enjoyed all the fast paced movie threads and are ready for the slow ride to Grandma's house that is a book thread.
We're starting with the book that inspired Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I'm honored to be probably the fourteenth person to read this.
We're starting with the book that inspired Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I'm honored to be probably the fourteenth person to read this.
Seeing as I've been delving into 90s tech a lot and the novel Snow Crash keeps popping up, I decided to read it. I think I've cracked the reason it's so influential with Silicon Valley types
1) it's the juvenile version of what William Gibson does
2) there's a sex scene with a man and a 15yo gal
1) it's the juvenile version of what William Gibson does
2) there's a sex scene with a man and a 15yo gal
February 2, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Seeing as I've been delving into 90s tech a lot and the novel Snow Crash keeps popping up, I decided to read it. I think I've cracked the reason it's so influential with Silicon Valley types
1) it's the juvenile version of what William Gibson does
2) there's a sex scene with a man and a 15yo gal
1) it's the juvenile version of what William Gibson does
2) there's a sex scene with a man and a 15yo gal
Honest to shit, decided to have a drunken slow float rafting trip down the Weeki Wachee River with friends at 1am and we came to the slow, creeping realization that at least a dozen alligators were floating with us.
Florida is so wild man you can go to Disneyland or Daytona Speedway or you can get eaten by a tiger or die of smallpox
The surgeon general of Florida announced that ALL vaccine mandates in Florida will be ended.
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Honest to shit, decided to have a drunken slow float rafting trip down the Weeki Wachee River with friends at 1am and we came to the slow, creeping realization that at least a dozen alligators were floating with us.
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Local bookstore handing these out today
February 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Local bookstore handing these out today
We're in the middle of a housing bubble that has been sustained away beyond any previous bubble for exactly this reason. I've spoken to bankers who think it'll never end.
But it always ends, and the added pressures of time and scaffolding coming down are going to make this bloody.
But it always ends, and the added pressures of time and scaffolding coming down are going to make this bloody.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
February 2, 2026 at 2:08 AM
We're in the middle of a housing bubble that has been sustained away beyond any previous bubble for exactly this reason. I've spoken to bankers who think it'll never end.
But it always ends, and the added pressures of time and scaffolding coming down are going to make this bloody.
But it always ends, and the added pressures of time and scaffolding coming down are going to make this bloody.
I'm glad the online rhetoric around Trump shitting himself is highlighting a lot of parties who also clearly shit themselves.
You can just sit some conversations out. And maybe stay sat for a bit, just in case.
You can just sit some conversations out. And maybe stay sat for a bit, just in case.
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I'm glad the online rhetoric around Trump shitting himself is highlighting a lot of parties who also clearly shit themselves.
You can just sit some conversations out. And maybe stay sat for a bit, just in case.
You can just sit some conversations out. And maybe stay sat for a bit, just in case.
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Authorize Task Baby?
No Yes
Permit Task Baby to crawl around files?
No Yes
Equip Task Baby with “Blues Brothers” sunglasses?
No Yes
Task Baby has initiated Cleansing Light
Task Baby has sent Motivational Newsletter
Task Baby has launched Christian Dropship Trucker Hat Enterprise
No Yes
Permit Task Baby to crawl around files?
No Yes
Equip Task Baby with “Blues Brothers” sunglasses?
No Yes
Task Baby has initiated Cleansing Light
Task Baby has sent Motivational Newsletter
Task Baby has launched Christian Dropship Trucker Hat Enterprise
November 16, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Authorize Task Baby?
No Yes
Permit Task Baby to crawl around files?
No Yes
Equip Task Baby with “Blues Brothers” sunglasses?
No Yes
Task Baby has initiated Cleansing Light
Task Baby has sent Motivational Newsletter
Task Baby has launched Christian Dropship Trucker Hat Enterprise
No Yes
Permit Task Baby to crawl around files?
No Yes
Equip Task Baby with “Blues Brothers” sunglasses?
No Yes
Task Baby has initiated Cleansing Light
Task Baby has sent Motivational Newsletter
Task Baby has launched Christian Dropship Trucker Hat Enterprise
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It's Groundhog Day Again, Charlie Brown! (1993)
February 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM
It's Groundhog Day Again, Charlie Brown! (1993)
He's a skinny, shambling, balding mess but he has survived one year past the point where the Evans syndrome was ready to make him drop dead.
That's my little fighter.
That's my little fighter.
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
He's a skinny, shambling, balding mess but he has survived one year past the point where the Evans syndrome was ready to make him drop dead.
That's my little fighter.
That's my little fighter.
One of the stipulations should be that we get open records of every court case involving this shit.
February 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
One of the stipulations should be that we get open records of every court case involving this shit.
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I do think it’s weird that we pay attention to borders or other randomly drawn lines on a map that supposedly mark how we should differentiate how we treat our fellow human beings.
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I do think it’s weird that we pay attention to borders or other randomly drawn lines on a map that supposedly mark how we should differentiate how we treat our fellow human beings.
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
Not to be pedantic, but this is very much the point of dismantling k-12 education and the social safety net. I watched the results everyday on the train station platform. And it does make me despair.
What the scope and breadth of Epstein's contacts and incriminating emails show is that the rich and powerful view the rest of humanity as basically chattel, and that this is widespread and prevalent.
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Not to be pedantic, but this is very much the point of dismantling k-12 education and the social safety net. I watched the results everyday on the train station platform. And it does make me despair.
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All those men probably had other suppliers when Epstein was active, they certainly have other suppliers now. As long as this unaccountable elite class continues to exist, their depravity will also continue.
February 1, 2026 at 12:31 AM
All those men probably had other suppliers when Epstein was active, they certainly have other suppliers now. As long as this unaccountable elite class continues to exist, their depravity will also continue.
You put this (gutting services and infrastructure) with the destruction of K-12 educational standards and the purge on higher learning, what does that look like?
Not great
Not great
They funneled funds away from Medicare, Medicaid, clean energy projects, disaster response so that our taxes could be used to pay for shooting a mother in the face, shooting a nurse 10 times in the back, blasting babies with tear gas, giving sick kids foods with bugs in it at concentration camps.
February 1, 2026 at 1:35 AM
You put this (gutting services and infrastructure) with the destruction of K-12 educational standards and the purge on higher learning, what does that look like?
Not great
Not great
This sample came with our pet meds. I'm not jumping to any conclusions, but I am going to wonder if the organization doing dog soldier cosplay has fascist leanings.
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This sample came with our pet meds. I'm not jumping to any conclusions, but I am going to wonder if the organization doing dog soldier cosplay has fascist leanings.
Beanie really thinks his own tail is the enemy.
(He's correct)
(He's correct)
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Beanie really thinks his own tail is the enemy.
(He's correct)
(He's correct)
I banged his assassin.
most mundane celebrity encounter threads are cool and all. but how many degrees of separation from Epstein is everyone
January 31, 2026 at 6:44 AM
I banged his assassin.
My brain is automatically filtering everything this loser says with an angry cartoon baby voice.
And like i made that angry comment and immediatly started second guessing if i had been tricked by some really good satire
Thats how dumb your post was
It was like elon musk forgetting the train exists and suggesting something "entirely new" to fix poor traffic
Thats how dumb your post was
It was like elon musk forgetting the train exists and suggesting something "entirely new" to fix poor traffic
January 31, 2026 at 4:39 AM
My brain is automatically filtering everything this loser says with an angry cartoon baby voice.
This is the skeet equivalent of a magic eye poster. If you squint hard enough to cause permanent brain damage, you will see a hidden image [a duck]
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 AM
This is the skeet equivalent of a magic eye poster. If you squint hard enough to cause permanent brain damage, you will see a hidden image [a duck]
Since this is too cute I want to point out that the cat dropped a drool ball so big I saw my own reflection in it, and the dog made an atomic fart when I was taking this photo.
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Since this is too cute I want to point out that the cat dropped a drool ball so big I saw my own reflection in it, and the dog made an atomic fart when I was taking this photo.
Guy looks like those freakish Road Rash mock-ups.
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Guy looks like those freakish Road Rash mock-ups.
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An old story I heard about a grandpa telling their grandson before going to get hammered on his 21st birthday to drink 2 full glasses of olive oil so it "coats his stomach" so he can drink more alcohol, and as soon as he got to the bar he violently shit his pants.
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 AM
An old story I heard about a grandpa telling their grandson before going to get hammered on his 21st birthday to drink 2 full glasses of olive oil so it "coats his stomach" so he can drink more alcohol, and as soon as he got to the bar he violently shit his pants.
Folks, I'm begging you to not allow your hobbies to become your personality. The results aren't great.
My fucking god guys there's a command called MAN
IT STANDS FOR manual
You write it before any other command and it outputs a manual page for that
Damn let me tell there's even things like FORUMS and very well organized WIKIS with detailed instructions on how your os works and fixing common problems
IT STANDS FOR manual
You write it before any other command and it outputs a manual page for that
Damn let me tell there's even things like FORUMS and very well organized WIKIS with detailed instructions on how your os works and fixing common problems
The Linux Guys could write a very well-organized manual and I imagine that would help adoption a lot. Everybody says it's a helpful learning ecosystem but if you have a problem, all the responses assume you have a PhD in computer science.
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Folks, I'm begging you to not allow your hobbies to become your personality. The results aren't great.
Seeing varying reports that they met when she was either 16 or 19, but either way imagine going from that to 37 before admitting to yourself that you can do better than the "YOU CAN DO EEEEET" guy and just having to figure out who you are without that shit co-opting your worldview.
Rob Schneider, 62, Faces Heartbreak as 37-Year-Old Wife Files for Divorce After 14 Years
Rob Schneider, 62, Faces Heartbreak as 37-Year-Old Wife Files for Divorce After 14 Years
After nearly 15 years together, Rob Schneider and his wife Patricia Azarcoya Schneider are officially ending their marriage. Court documents obtained in January show that Patricia, a 37-year-old Mexi…
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January 30, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Seeing varying reports that they met when she was either 16 or 19, but either way imagine going from that to 37 before admitting to yourself that you can do better than the "YOU CAN DO EEEEET" guy and just having to figure out who you are without that shit co-opting your worldview.