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Simone de Rochefort
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i’m thinking about cars
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I love the internet so so so much
YT comment: Watch Godfather, and then watch Scarface, and you'll understand what a monster of an actor Al-Pacino is. The personalities of Michael and Tony are so different from each-other, its crazy how one guy had both characters within him.
September 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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my god....
YT comment: The irony of all the older men laughing at Michael as they still see him as a kid. They don’t understand what he went through as a Marine infantry captain fighting in the Pacific, where combat was often vicious and at close range. By that point Michael has likely had more experience killing men up close than all the other men in the room combined.
September 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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i didn't know...
a comment that reads "Michael wasn't just some "college boy". Michael Corleone was a highly decorated Marine captain who'd seen heavy combat in the Pacific. Most of the Marines Michael had served with had been killed in action, but Michael, through luck and cunning, had survived."
September 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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when i need to use content-aware fill
August 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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i'm packing things that are important for my move
August 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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i have been granted custody of this sweater and I'm going to auction it off for charity before I move in september, does anyone want that www.tiktok.com/@polygon/vid...
Simone and Pat from Polygon wearing a two-headed Christmas sweater. Pat looks a little frustrated, and Simone is crying and pointing Simone and voice actor SungWon Cho wearing the two-headed Christmas sweater, both looking some combination of excited and scared. SungWon is pogging out. The subtitle reads NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
August 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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not that photo
Google search photos of Manhattan's single Coinstar machine, one of them showing the machine with an OUT OF ORDER sign taped on its screen
August 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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"just want to make sure you understand that it is a streaming device and not a TV"
August 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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anyway here i am creating a swirling cloud of glass that deals hundreds of thousands of damage at all times www.polygon.com/616442/warfr...
July 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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when i tell you
July 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Columbo viewers when a character actor makes recurring appearances
leo pointing meme
July 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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i had never seen this man's face before starting Columbo and now he is like a brother to me
An image of the actor Jack Cassidy, a blond white man with blue eyes and a slightly tense smile. He's a frequent guest star on Columbo.
July 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Anyway, I'm moving all my personal email to Proton
A pop-up from Google Docs saying "Bring your Doc to life with video. Use a Doc to create engaging video with AI in Google Vids, now available in your plan."
July 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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when I need to learn a new movement system that is slightly slower in a high-stress environment
A clumsy stupid baby trying to stand
June 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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when I need to do a stealth mission and my assassin’s creed training kicks in
Transparent blue giant floating figure in space, arms spread wide, shooting lasers and head covered in sparks
June 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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really good newsletter capturing our splintered, horrible vibes from @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social but more importantly www.garbageday.email/p/all-we-hav...
A meme image of a man looking at the camera with text superimposed over his face reading "I don't really care if you went to Georgia the Country it should have happened to me instead"
June 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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toad 🫵
aaron being TOAD
June 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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when i look at @aaron.mn's screen and he's playing inscrutable warframe 1999 content
A text meme where the first person asks "what's going on with warframe" and the second person replies "Dont worry kitten." The first person then responds "Okay (heart emoji" and "yay (heart emoji)"
June 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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worth noting that he also made my duolingo avatar
June 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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i asked @aaron.mn to make me a mii on his switch 2 and he spent 20 minutes doing this
June 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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chekov's guns
A photo of an episode of Columbo: two men stand in front of a truly outrageous number of guns that are leaning against an open wooden crate and its lid. An episode of Columbo: two men stand in front of a truly outrageous number of guns that are leaning against an open wooden crate and its lid. One man is saying to the other, "I'm afraid I can't take that risk."
June 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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can anyone read seal script, and if so, is Google correct in translating this as "CHINESE POTTERY"
The bottom of a vase, where an inscription is painted in Chinese seal script Google Lens translating the seal script as "Chinese pottery"
June 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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oh come on
A screenshot of a YouTube comment that I left on YouTube as myself, and the AI suggestions for a reply to that comment that appear when I'm logged in as Polygon. The comments read as follows: Simone de Rochefort: Hey guys, Simone here. This is the last YouTube video that we finished before Vox Media sold Polygon in early May. I'm really proud of it, and it goes without saying that without Pat, Clayton, and Tara's editorial input it would not exist. Or it would maybe exist, but worse. I hope you enjoy it. AI suggested replies: "I am also Simone and I also wrote this comment" "This is the best comment I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of comments, trust me"
May 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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i just think
a picture of garfield the cat HAtING being licked by odie the dog in the snow my boyfriend looking miserable on a big floral swing while i am having the time of my life on a big floral swing
May 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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now with alt text, apologies for the oversight:
Hi Jim, I’m writing to let you know how incredibly disappointed I am about the decision to sell Polygon to Valnet. Even though I’m one of the fortunate few to still be employed, I’m still furious and heartbroken. I was in Europe when the sale went public. A few days later, a reader recognized me at a cafe in Paris. He couldn't believe what had happened, and asked me how it was possible, in the United States, that a workforce like ours could just be disposed of. He also added, completely unprompted, that American workers should "choose violence." I just thought I'd mention that! It was cool to be recognized halfway around the world for my work. The readers have always appreciated it, even if you don't. But I’m going to tell you about it anyway. At Polygon, we wrote stories and made videos that were unique in entertainment media — they were weird and well-researched and funny. We also got awards for our reporting (including myself and my now-laid-off colleague Clayton Ashley — we were nominated for an ASME and we won a New York Videogame Critics Circle award). We attracted brand sponsorships, some of which my team was in the middle of working on when my colleagues were laid off. My understanding is that Vox will be doing make-good sponsorships for the businesses that had contracted with Polygon. I wonder if they will seek out Vox Media again, once that process is finished. My colleagues who were laid off spent years building connections and trust with sources in our industry. On the video team, subjects gave us hours of their time and resources for interviews. People trusted us to tell their stories. You can’t do good journalism without that trust, and that’s been at minimum bruised by this sale and the dismantling of the team. Our readers and viewers are wonderful. I applied to work at Polygon because I read a comment chain on the site that I expected to be full of sexism and vitriol. Instead I found thoughtful people having a civil and intelligent discussion. What a rarity on the internet! Did you know that Polygon’s YouTube comments have always been overwhelmingly positive? My games journalist colleagues at other sites marveled at the fact that at Polygon, I never got hate mail. Was never harassed. That I could scroll freely through the comments of any video that I or my colleagues made and see people appreciating our work. That is so, so rare. I worked at Vox Media for 9 years. The week before the sale, as I was preparing to go on vacation, I stayed up till 5 AM so that I could finish my next video. No one asked me to do that! That was frankly stupid, considering how little you and the company valued our work. This doesn't make me look very good or very smart, but I’m including it anyway. The truth is I like working and the feeling of productivity, and I liked what I was making. I felt like that made it worth it. It didn't! I suppose what I am saying is that Polygon's employees did everything possible to make the site a success. We built a profitable, respected publication. You, and Vox Media's leadership, didn't know what to do with it. You failed to make a good thing work for you. That's quite sad, and quite an indictment on Vox Media as a whole. I used to have a lot of faith in the company’s longevity. I don't anymore, because of your poor decision-making, and your failure to listen to the people who were telling you what Polygon needed. I had always said that Vox Media is an amazing employer. That out of all the media companies, it was the best. I encouraged people who are bright and hard-working and talented to apply for work there. I felt so lucky to have my job. I don’t think you know yet how many bridges you’ve burned with people like me who would’ve jumped at the chance to work for you, and let themselves be exploited along the way. A couple years ago, a former employee told me that digital media would never love me back, and that I should leave Vox. They said I wouldn’t understand how much the company takes from its employees until I tried working somewhere else. Well, now I work for Valnet! Thank you for the push out the door! Meanwhile, if you couldn’t make a profitable website like Polygon work, then what hope is there for my colleagues at other Vox outlets? How many unprofitable ventures will be propped up with profits from the Polygon sale, and for how long? Before you and the folks with a head for business (or so I’m told!) have to hit the ledgers again and find something to sell, or someone to let go. Or will the company just enjoy a tax write-off for 2025 and then... what? Polygon was special, and it was valuable, and it was profitable, and you sold it, at a time when the economy was at a low point — and when Polygon, against all odds, was still making money. This does not make sense to me. Please feel free to respond and convince me. Sincerely, Simone de Rochefort
May 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM