EasilyDistracted
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I mostly just reply to stuff with piss-takes —frequently a fool. He/Him, all opinions expressed are quite possibly poorly thought out.
Plus “the spec was *designed* to support a fire of x intensity, but the spec also assumed the insulation foam was gong to be applied properly” factors in.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Plus “the spec was *designed* to support a fire of x intensity, but the spec also assumed the insulation foam was gong to be applied properly” factors in.
I don’t in a million years trust the Senate republicans to actually vote on the promised ACA measure, that part was always a “scorpion says lol, lmao” provision
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I don’t in a million years trust the Senate republicans to actually vote on the promised ACA measure, that part was always a “scorpion says lol, lmao” provision
This forcing the house to convene and seat the special election winners but then fizzling because the House republicans are rabid infighting fuckwits might be the best possible outcome.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This forcing the house to convene and seat the special election winners but then fizzling because the House republicans are rabid infighting fuckwits might be the best possible outcome.
If it fails in the house then the 8 defecting senators can say that they did it to show dems are willing to work with republicans and the republicans fucked it up, kinda?
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If it fails in the house then the 8 defecting senators can say that they did it to show dems are willing to work with republicans and the republicans fucked it up, kinda?
Only if the House republicans don’t squabble over the Senate version. The margin on the House majority is fairly thin.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Only if the House republicans don’t squabble over the Senate version. The margin on the House majority is fairly thin.
They’d need 5 or less republicans to not get pissy about the changes the Senate added. If 6 or more do then they need the democrats.
And the vacancies might include elected but not seated dems? I’m less clear on that one. If so the math gets tighter.
And the vacancies might include elected but not seated dems? I’m less clear on that one. If so the math gets tighter.
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
They’d need 5 or less republicans to not get pissy about the changes the Senate added. If 6 or more do then they need the democrats.
And the vacancies might include elected but not seated dems? I’m less clear on that one. If so the math gets tighter.
And the vacancies might include elected but not seated dems? I’m less clear on that one. If so the math gets tighter.
I want to believe that it’s about the birthday of the Marine Corps but I bet it’s some bullshit involving Cheney instead.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I want to believe that it’s about the birthday of the Marine Corps but I bet it’s some bullshit involving Cheney instead.
This episode brought to you by that guy who shows up outside the house wearing shorts every day but who is never allowed in so CLEARLY is an intruder! (With thanks to Agatha Christy for contextualizing the whole dog/mailman thing)
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This episode brought to you by that guy who shows up outside the house wearing shorts every day but who is never allowed in so CLEARLY is an intruder! (With thanks to Agatha Christy for contextualizing the whole dog/mailman thing)
Oathborkers would be a wonderful name for a “Wishbone but now we’re doing history instead of lit” show.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Oathborkers would be a wonderful name for a “Wishbone but now we’re doing history instead of lit” show.
Nail clippers on an airplane are nothing compared to the terror of “razor sharp claws from a purring and kneeding beast at 2am”
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Nail clippers on an airplane are nothing compared to the terror of “razor sharp claws from a purring and kneeding beast at 2am”
Well then good thing we haven’t found anything good in vending machines to spend that money on, lol
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Well then good thing we haven’t found anything good in vending machines to spend that money on, lol
No, no. Timothy Oliphant would make a *terrible* Elf Paladin. No prosthetic ears could ever sell that.
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
No, no. Timothy Oliphant would make a *terrible* Elf Paladin. No prosthetic ears could ever sell that.
No, he likes chilled/fridge temp water/icewater.
Like fuck, I’d respect disliking carbonated water more (he said, having crushed a sixer of fizzy water in the past 4 hours)
Like fuck, I’d respect disliking carbonated water more (he said, having crushed a sixer of fizzy water in the past 4 hours)
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
No, he likes chilled/fridge temp water/icewater.
Like fuck, I’d respect disliking carbonated water more (he said, having crushed a sixer of fizzy water in the past 4 hours)
Like fuck, I’d respect disliking carbonated water more (he said, having crushed a sixer of fizzy water in the past 4 hours)
Yes, that was the biggest Micah Cancelation shitstorm of Bsky history. (And it was somehow a full Main Character of the Day thing? At least when Swole got that it was for pointing out that a journalist was saying anti-vax shit)
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Yes, that was the biggest Micah Cancelation shitstorm of Bsky history. (And it was somehow a full Main Character of the Day thing? At least when Swole got that it was for pointing out that a journalist was saying anti-vax shit)
Discworld
For your next book club
For your next book club
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Discworld
For your next book club
For your next book club
The stamping on that hardware doesn’t look particularly clean. I’m less sure about the letters on the leather itself, photography of that can sometimes look worse than it is, but the kerning on everything looks sub par and the metal just doesn’t look.. clean?
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The stamping on that hardware doesn’t look particularly clean. I’m less sure about the letters on the leather itself, photography of that can sometimes look worse than it is, but the kerning on everything looks sub par and the metal just doesn’t look.. clean?
She’s the one where specifically not trying to cozy up to her triggers that, right?
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
She’s the one where specifically not trying to cozy up to her triggers that, right?
It’s a game that has given you so very much, that’s for certain.
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It’s a game that has given you so very much, that’s for certain.
That’d squick me personally but my brain is trying to do logarithmic equations trying to figure out how much worse it’d be for you lol.
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
That’d squick me personally but my brain is trying to do logarithmic equations trying to figure out how much worse it’d be for you lol.
But he can do that from Puerto Rico so like it’s a *working* holiday,
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
But he can do that from Puerto Rico so like it’s a *working* holiday,
He has the magic power of convincing cops to start on their retirement paperwork, I think?
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
He has the magic power of convincing cops to start on their retirement paperwork, I think?
The same is apparently true for Cricket, is the gist of the joke.
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The same is apparently true for Cricket, is the gist of the joke.