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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 2d

is that what sapiosexuals are into

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farfin @farfin.bsky.social · 2d

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 4d

You're a FARTBREAKER
STANK MAKER
BUTT QUAKER
Don't you mess around with me

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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 4d

like "clanker" has nothing to do with any of the actually objectionable aspects of the technology so the only thing recommending it as an insult it is the fact that it's slur-shaped

if it's not a slur then it's just completely incoherent as an insult

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 4d

Brother Herbert's Big Onion

to the tune of Diarrhea Planet's Ghost With A Boner:
SHREW WITH AN ONION!
SHREW WITH AN O-O-O-O-NION!

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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 4d

I might have given it more credit but iirc the ending twist was like "actually everything bad that happened was just because the player character was crazy"

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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 4d

I think I actually bought the game because I saw a clip of that section and thought the rest of the game would be tonally consistent and was bewildered at how many other parts were like "look at this cool feature we made where you can shoot out the glass holding the sand back and bury guys!"

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Kiyone @kiyonescarlet.bsky.social · 4d

lol

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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 5d

in the game boy game he can suck in air to inflate himself like a balloon in order to fly so I think he would just need to use a volcano vaporizer to vaporize a whole trash bag full of vapor first

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nullpat @nullpat.at.app.wafrn.net · 5d

pc with cassette deck ← tape adapter ← ipod ← downloaded mp3s of modem noises

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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 5d

a fox is like if a dog was a cat

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beth (cool) @bethposting.bsky.social · 5d

a hyena is like if a cat was a dog

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 8d

good morning to the history makers

a tweet by @OptaSTATS that says:

The Yankees are the first team in MLB postseason history to have the bases loaded with nobody out in the bottom of the 9th but not score a run and lose the game.

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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 8d

would spock and garrus be boyfriends

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reni 🦌🫜 @reniadeb.com · 8d

truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

a frog holds itself upright while poking its upper body out of a manhole cover set in a pavement or road

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 9d

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 9d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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Boo-llie on the Skeet 👻 @cosmiccroptop.bsky.social · 9d

Can’t believe this is how I found out Scrub Daddy died RIP to a legend

nonbinary cardinal copia @asterionhex.monster · 9d

It’s time to stock up on Halloween scrub daddies

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · May 17

System of a Down rules because they all look like guys I would buy pills from but 4 distinctly different guys I would buy pills from

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 9d

The bees have discovered Brutalism

Cube Enthusiast @killhamster.bsky.social · 11d

Nature is healing

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 10d

very cool game! looks fantastic, and the "tiny world" effect is also great

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 10d

You could play Messenger right now, nothing is stopping you:

aftermath.site/messenger-brow...

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10d

Didn’t know this! Do you know how many years I pined for jstor access! Yes I am a giant nerd who pines for academe leave me alone with my papers and books

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10d

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 10d

regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society

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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 10d

going back in time to show sailors what happens to wired earbud cables after just a few minutes in a pants pocket

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炸毛矛Rathlen🐀 @fluffyrat.bsky.social · 14d

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pat @porridge.bsky.social · 12d

oh, that makes sense. I guess you could still put microphones in each earbud but that probably wouldn't be detailed enough once it went through the single microphone channel on a normal headphone jack, and you'd be relying on whoever made your device to actually add support for it

pat @porridge.bsky.social · 12d

active noise cancelling is basically white noise, right? I always wonder why they don't do that on the media player side (I know there are white noise apps but I don't think you can listen to audio from 2 apps at once so it's not useful for listening to things)

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