distraught_cosmonaut
@c4se.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, lit junkie, secular humanist, cyberpunk, futurist, earthling.
Lurker.
Usually.
But I might say something every once and awhile cuz you all seem cool.
Lurker.
Usually.
But I might say something every once and awhile cuz you all seem cool.
Any fan of words should be happy to have more words to describe things. Hell, dictionaries celebrate the new ones entered into the dictionary every year.
If our world is defined by our ability to describe it, having more words makes it all the richer.
If our world is defined by our ability to describe it, having more words makes it all the richer.
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Any fan of words should be happy to have more words to describe things. Hell, dictionaries celebrate the new ones entered into the dictionary every year.
If our world is defined by our ability to describe it, having more words makes it all the richer.
If our world is defined by our ability to describe it, having more words makes it all the richer.
When you are four, your understanding of a year is 1/4. When you are fifty, your understanding of a year is 1/50. Crunch those numbers and no wonder a year feels like a week now.
December 3, 2024 at 11:42 AM
When you are four, your understanding of a year is 1/4. When you are fifty, your understanding of a year is 1/50. Crunch those numbers and no wonder a year feels like a week now.
You and me both, Pok.
December 3, 2024 at 11:22 AM
You and me both, Pok.
Once you can start hurting yourself by taking a nap, it’s all gonna suck after that.
November 23, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Once you can start hurting yourself by taking a nap, it’s all gonna suck after that.
But what if they’re like extra-not-daywalkers. Like only not moonlit night walkers. That’s like werewolves x vampires except super rarely.
November 23, 2024 at 8:02 PM
But what if they’re like extra-not-daywalkers. Like only not moonlit night walkers. That’s like werewolves x vampires except super rarely.
Something something…already sun-sensitive… something.
November 23, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Something something…already sun-sensitive… something.
Crash easy, man.
November 23, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Crash easy, man.
July 6, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Ouch.
So true.
But man, OUCH!
Makes me wonder if it was ever the thing my 8th grade government class said it was supposed to be.
So true.
But man, OUCH!
Makes me wonder if it was ever the thing my 8th grade government class said it was supposed to be.
July 6, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Ouch.
So true.
But man, OUCH!
Makes me wonder if it was ever the thing my 8th grade government class said it was supposed to be.
So true.
But man, OUCH!
Makes me wonder if it was ever the thing my 8th grade government class said it was supposed to be.
Sounds like your brother knows how the fuck to party.
July 6, 2023 at 12:39 AM
Sounds like your brother knows how the fuck to party.
Inb4 response was also written by an AI.
JOKE. that was a bad joke. I’m sorry for you as a writer and for io9, whose work I’ve enjoyed.
Just wondering about how long before both the articles and the comments are all generated by AI. A machine eating its own tail*
*AI GENERATED MIXED METAPHOR
JOKE. that was a bad joke. I’m sorry for you as a writer and for io9, whose work I’ve enjoyed.
Just wondering about how long before both the articles and the comments are all generated by AI. A machine eating its own tail*
*AI GENERATED MIXED METAPHOR
July 6, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Inb4 response was also written by an AI.
JOKE. that was a bad joke. I’m sorry for you as a writer and for io9, whose work I’ve enjoyed.
Just wondering about how long before both the articles and the comments are all generated by AI. A machine eating its own tail*
*AI GENERATED MIXED METAPHOR
JOKE. that was a bad joke. I’m sorry for you as a writer and for io9, whose work I’ve enjoyed.
Just wondering about how long before both the articles and the comments are all generated by AI. A machine eating its own tail*
*AI GENERATED MIXED METAPHOR
Or are the eyes not crossed enough?
July 6, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Or are the eyes not crossed enough?
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but is the throot face also the face formerly known as ahegao?
July 6, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but is the throot face also the face formerly known as ahegao?
^24 “JAMES O. INCANDENZA: A FILMOGRAPHY
The following listing is as complete as we are able to make it. Because the twelve years of Incandenza’s directorial activity
also coincided with large shifts …“
*flip flip flip*
*flip flip*
*flip flip flip flip flip flip flip”
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS NOW?
The following listing is as complete as we are able to make it. Because the twelve years of Incandenza’s directorial activity
also coincided with large shifts …“
*flip flip flip*
*flip flip*
*flip flip flip flip flip flip flip”
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS NOW?
July 3, 2023 at 11:37 PM
^24 “JAMES O. INCANDENZA: A FILMOGRAPHY
The following listing is as complete as we are able to make it. Because the twelve years of Incandenza’s directorial activity
also coincided with large shifts …“
*flip flip flip*
*flip flip*
*flip flip flip flip flip flip flip”
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS NOW?
The following listing is as complete as we are able to make it. Because the twelve years of Incandenza’s directorial activity
also coincided with large shifts …“
*flip flip flip*
*flip flip*
*flip flip flip flip flip flip flip”
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS NOW?
Great damn use of The Dark Knight Returns. Still my favorite comic of all time.
June 22, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Great damn use of The Dark Knight Returns. Still my favorite comic of all time.
Great use of The Dark Knight Returns.
June 22, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Great use of The Dark Knight Returns.
Mental Health Days are a real thing. Not to say that I’m questioning your mental health, only that a day off when you need it is good for your mental health.
Hell, at least it’s good for mine.
Hope you are doing something fun or sleeping in or both.
Hell, at least it’s good for mine.
Hope you are doing something fun or sleeping in or both.
June 22, 2023 at 1:02 PM
Mental Health Days are a real thing. Not to say that I’m questioning your mental health, only that a day off when you need it is good for your mental health.
Hell, at least it’s good for mine.
Hope you are doing something fun or sleeping in or both.
Hell, at least it’s good for mine.
Hope you are doing something fun or sleeping in or both.