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Lauren Ashpole
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I do fonts and web dev but I’m mostly here to despair at the news and baseball
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This is maybe the best tech talk I’ve attended. Using JavaScript to make karaoke harder.
Two people giving a tech talk. The screen between them shows Yesterday by the Beatles in karaoke format with the real lyrics replaced by questions from Stack Overflow.
August 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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This is the only sports questions I have ever answered correctly at trivia
TV screen with a trivia question reading “Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh leads the Major Leagues with 38 Home Runs at the All-Star break and is known by which nickname that highlights a larger than normal part of his physique?”
July 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Spotted one of my fonts on the wall at Popeyes. I finally made it!
A wall in a Popeyes restaurant with words in different fonts. The words “Love that” are in a hand drawn, rounded font that is partially filled in.
July 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The food test didn’t know how to interpret smashing that like button on every food

www.idrlabs.com/food-choice/...
Food Choice Test results with most sections filled in and the caption “Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class.”
June 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Not to brag but I consider myself an expert at identifying real I Think You Should Leave sketches
Classic Mike Ginn tweet: its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time about things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
June 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Then I gave it a second chance before telling it the answer was wrong.
ChatGPT answers incorrectly again: The comedy show you're thinking of is "| Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson." The specific sketch is from Season 2, Episode 1, and it features a fake game show called "The Capital Room." In this sketch, one of the bizarre rules is that contestants cannot look at the horse's mouth, which becomes increasingly absurd as the game goes on. It's a parody of game show tropes with the signature awkward, surreal humor that the show is known for. This sketch has become a fan favorite for its offbeat escalation and strange logic. ChatGPT’s answer gets even stranger: You're thinking of The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode titled "Ted's Moment of Glory." In that episode, newscaster Ted Baxter hosts a pilot for a fictional game show called "The $50,000 Steeplechase." The contestants don jockey colors and ride hobby horses-and hilariously, they're strictly not allowed to look at a horse's (i.e. hobby horse's) mouth during the competition That's the sketch where the absurd rule about the horse's mouth comes into play. Mystery solved!
June 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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I’ve heard a lot about people using ChatGPT as a Google alternative lately so I decided to be fair and give it a try.
Asking ChatGPT “What comedy show had a fake game show where contestants couldn't look at a horse's mouth?” ChatGPT incorrectly answers: The comedy show you're thinking of is "I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson" on Netflix. The sketch you're referring to is from Season 3, and it's a fake game show called "Don't Look at the Horse". In the sketch, contestants must avoid looking at a horse's mouth to win, but one contestant can't resist and stares, causing absurd and hilarious consequences. Like many sketches on the show, it satirizes social norms and awkwardness with surreal humor. Would you like a breakdown or link to that specific sketch?
June 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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That canceled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about
Poster for the criminally underrated Sarah Michelle Gellar TV show Ringer. Featuring the tagline “A search for forgiveness. A plot for revenge.”
April 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Help my baby is so violent
An extremely cute, floofy kitten getting my arm
February 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Haven't recommended a font in a while. Independent by Lemon Studio Type is pretty good. www.dafont.com/independent....
Poster for Independent, a sci-fi style geometric font
February 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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All this talk about health insurance seems like a good excuse to repost this ten year old screenshot. Fun fact! Because of employer-sponsored health insurance I still have Aetna.
A screenshot from a customer survey asking if you would recommend Aetna’s services to a colleague or friend with the response, “If I had an enemy that I wanted to ruin both physically and financially, I would recommend Aetna’s services.”
December 6, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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The kittens will increase until morale improves
A very floofy white and gray kitten sitting on a chair
November 21, 2024 at 11:18 PM
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I’ve been too distracted for font browsing lately but, with everything else being terrible, it’s nice to focus on something nice. Really into Abhartach by Fontdation. www.fontspace.com/abhartach-fo...
Fun, colorful poster introducing the font Abhartach. The font is funky and has a bit of a late sixties feel.
November 8, 2024 at 11:43 PM
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Forgot to post my last set
Postcard to voters for Josh Riley
October 31, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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Hope the voting shirt I ordered shows up in time.
A t-shirt reading “Fuck the Supreme Court.” because it is terrible.
October 29, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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Draw me like one of your French girls
An adorable kitten posing like Kate Winslet in Titanic
October 23, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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Lotta dooming on here lately so it’s postcards to voters time again
Hand lettered postcards to re-elect Chris Deluzio
October 20, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Got this new little guy
The cutest little one-eyed kitten
October 14, 2024 at 5:20 AM
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Let’s go Mets baby love da Mets
Citi Field after the Mets won
October 10, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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I don’t know if there’s a font Bluesky (Fontsky?) yet so I’ll just start posting some downloads.

Gremlin by TypeFactory is pretty good www.fontspace.com/gremlin-font...
Demo poster for Gremlin, a boxy outline font
August 9, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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Embracing my cultural heritage (going to an Angels away game and screaming every time I see Shohei Ohtani).
August 27, 2023 at 1:19 AM