Tyler
@electriceden92.bsky.social
33. Autistic who hates computers and math. The hottest thing from the North to come out of the South.
One week later and we've...made a real left turn here
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
One week later and we've...made a real left turn here
I gotta go slow with this stuff - the old bastard just got so infuriated at the hoodlum's refusal to take off his backwards cap in a fancy restaurant that this happened. I might OD if I'm not careful
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I gotta go slow with this stuff - the old bastard just got so infuriated at the hoodlum's refusal to take off his backwards cap in a fancy restaurant that this happened. I might OD if I'm not careful
So after noticing Comics Kingdom had a two month free trial, I signed up purely to read this era of Mary Worth - starts in 1998, and though it's Sundays only for most of the year, it starts off right - with an old tightass righteously bullying his 90s slacker grandson. Oh yeah, that's the stuff
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So after noticing Comics Kingdom had a two month free trial, I signed up purely to read this era of Mary Worth - starts in 1998, and though it's Sundays only for most of the year, it starts off right - with an old tightass righteously bullying his 90s slacker grandson. Oh yeah, that's the stuff
There's definitely something to this, but I think another issue is that white people in particular often do not seem to recognize that even good jokes cannot generally be shifted from one medium/context to another - surely if this joke was funny here, it'll be funny there?
December 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
There's definitely something to this, but I think another issue is that white people in particular often do not seem to recognize that even good jokes cannot generally be shifted from one medium/context to another - surely if this joke was funny here, it'll be funny there?
- The funny thing is that that is indeed what Crumb in the 60s/70s is trying to do and failing miserably at - in fact, attempting to do that while also honoring the brain-vomiting-up-repetitious bit is what makes it so bad. Couching the same thing in therapy speak would only make it worse
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
- The funny thing is that that is indeed what Crumb in the 60s/70s is trying to do and failing miserably at - in fact, attempting to do that while also honoring the brain-vomiting-up-repetitious bit is what makes it so bad. Couching the same thing in therapy speak would only make it worse
After clogging Tegan's mentions with an accidental sequel thread to yesterday's, I'm shifting it over to a related thread with contextualizing screenshots, because there is something else I wanted to talk about here
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
After clogging Tegan's mentions with an accidental sequel thread to yesterday's, I'm shifting it over to a related thread with contextualizing screenshots, because there is something else I wanted to talk about here
Once you realize that when these people talk about anything, they're pulling extremely loose, abstracted from-first-principles definitions out of their ass - best explicated by @kh0rish.bsky.social - it's all you can see
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Once you realize that when these people talk about anything, they're pulling extremely loose, abstracted from-first-principles definitions out of their ass - best explicated by @kh0rish.bsky.social - it's all you can see
Since I'm apparently doomed to continue talking about this, I'm going to explicate why the inverse of this - the people who have been as obsessed with hating Crumb as his worst fans are about loving/defending him - have always rubbed ME the wrong way
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Since I'm apparently doomed to continue talking about this, I'm going to explicate why the inverse of this - the people who have been as obsessed with hating Crumb as his worst fans are about loving/defending him - have always rubbed ME the wrong way
It's very rare that my vicarious rubbernecking at music-gear forums is relevant to what I talk about on here, but thanks to an errant email from an eighty something pedal builder and notorious asshole, this is one
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's very rare that my vicarious rubbernecking at music-gear forums is relevant to what I talk about on here, but thanks to an errant email from an eighty something pedal builder and notorious asshole, this is one
These aren't even dog whistles - these are straightforward, barely disguised pitches for eradicating contaminating 'Negroid' and 'Asiatic' heritage from your child
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
These aren't even dog whistles - these are straightforward, barely disguised pitches for eradicating contaminating 'Negroid' and 'Asiatic' heritage from your child
Tfw one of your bastard children finally tracks you down
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Tfw one of your bastard children finally tracks you down
![Reception
All involved believed the special would be a disaster. Melendez first saw the completed animation at a showing in a theater in the days before its premiere, turning to his crew of animators and remarking, "My golly, we've killed it."[8] Melendez was embarrassed, but one of the animators, Ed Levitt, was more positive regarding the special, telling him it was "the best special [he'll] ever make [...] This show is going to run for a hundred years."[8][1] Mendelson was similarly discouraged in his assumptions of the show's quality, and when he showed the film to network executives in New York, their opinions were also negative. Their complaints included the show's slow pace, the music not fitting, and the animation too simple. "I really believed, if it hadn't already been scheduled for the following week, there's no way they were gonna broadcast that show," Mendelson later said.[8] Executives had invited television critic Richard Burgheim of Time to view the special, and debated whether showing it to him would be a good idea.[16] His review, printed the following week, was positive, praising the special as unpretentious and writing that "A Charlie Brown Christmas is one children's special this season that bears repeating."[34]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q75yssqa4yt4tzwv4t3w36jr/bafkreics3vlfvgfarrs7tn77baoyewnm7y3koxgmstg65nwxmrfi23ytzi@jpeg)
Sure, that's what people are arguing
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sure, that's what people are arguing
Newsroom sunk cost continues to build
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Newsroom sunk cost continues to build
I keep blocking em, and they keep popping back up
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I keep blocking em, and they keep popping back up
Whole lot of 'huh' here
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Whole lot of 'huh' here
The comment it's reporting on is actually even stupider than you'd imagine. Snake was already a quasi nostalgic throwback by the time it hit Nokia phones, what the hell are you talking about
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The comment it's reporting on is actually even stupider than you'd imagine. Snake was already a quasi nostalgic throwback by the time it hit Nokia phones, what the hell are you talking about
Fun thread, but I should mention that since Burns works on several series concurrently, and he puts the ones he's currently working on up on his site, we actually know what the possible last two are already kenburns.com/the-films/
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Fun thread, but I should mention that since Burns works on several series concurrently, and he puts the ones he's currently working on up on his site, we actually know what the possible last two are already kenburns.com/the-films/
If it makes you feel better, no we aren't getting that
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If it makes you feel better, no we aren't getting that