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Careful now.
Edited passage from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein:" No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success. Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. A new CO-HOST would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent EPISODES would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs. Pursuing these reflections, I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) EXPLORE 1920s GERMAN NEPO BABY DRAMA
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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[Edited Onion Headline] Politics NEW YORK POST: 'Well, Well, Well, Not So Easy To Find A PAPER That Doesn't Suck Shit, Huh?' Published: June 22, 2021
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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She was treated unfairly, but let's be honest: the Imperial French mind was in no way ready for this.
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte wearing 1960's style sunglasses and a cheap plastic Orioles "O's" chain.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Me coming in late for the high-five with my electric green Osprey bag:
A slammed and stanced bright aqua-colored Honda Civic Type R.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I've seen the new Frankenstein movie, I've read the 1818 first edition, and I know which way the discourse is going to go. So let me just get this handy chart ready to go.
Bell Curve Meme Lower Bell Curve (dumb guy): Frankenstein is a serial killer. Middle Bell Curve (angry nerd): "Frankenstein" is actually the name of Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the monster. "Frankenstein's monster" is tragically misunderstood. It is Victor Frankenstein who is the REAL monster. Upper Bell Curve (wise sage): Frankenstein's monster is a serial killer.
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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The monster recounts his first memories in Chapter 11. There's nothing about being abandoned. The monster's main beef with Victor is that Victor made him ugly, and he can't make friends because of that. That's a very real problem that real people deal with without murdering children.
“It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being; all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me, and I saw, felt, heard, and smelt at the same time; and it was, indeed, a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses. By degrees, I remember, a stronger light pressed upon my nerves, so that I was obliged to shut my eyes. Darkness then came over me and troubled me, but hardly had I felt this when, by opening my eyes, as I now suppose, the light poured in upon me again. I walked and, I believe, descended, but I presently found a great alteration in my sensations. Before, dark and opaque bodies had surrounded me, impervious to my touch or sight; but I now found that I could wander on at liberty, with no obstacles which I could not either surmount or avoid. The light became more and more oppressive to me, and the heat wearying me as I walked, I sought a place where I could receive shade. This was the forest near Ingolstadt; and here I lay by the side of a brook resting from my fatigue, until I felt tormented by hunger and thirst. This roused me from my nearly dormant state, and I ate some berries which I found hanging on the trees or lying on the ground. I slaked my thirst at the brook, and then lying down, was overcome by sleep. “It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate. Before I had quitted your apartment, on a sensation of cold, I had covered myself with some clothes, but these were insufficient to secure me from the dews of night. I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept.
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Today I Learned.
ustices as circuit justices The United States is divided into thirteen circuit courts of appeals, each of which is assigned a "circuit justice" from the Supreme Court. Although this concept has been in continuous existence throughout the history of the republic, its meaning has changed through time. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789, each justice was required to "ride circuit", or to travel within the assigned circuit and consider cases alongside local judges. This practice encountered opposition from many justices, who cited the difficulty of travel. Moreover, there was a potential for a conflict of interest on the court if a justice had previously decided the same case while riding circuit. Circuit riding ended in 1891, when the Circuit Court of Appeals Act was passed, and circuit riding was officially abolished by Congress in 1911.[197] The circuit justice for each circuit is responsible for dealing with certain types of applications that, by law and the rules of the court, may be addressed by a single justice. Ordinarily, a justice will resolve such an application by simply endorsing it "granted" or "denied" or entering a standard form of order; however, the justice may elect to write an opinion, referred to as an in-chambers opinion. Congress has specifically authorized one justice to issue a stay pending certiorari in 28 U.S.C. § 2101(f)[inappropriate external link?]. Each justice also decides routine procedural requests, such as for extensions of time. SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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"This is the finding out after you carelessly fucked around" IS the novel.
Title page of an early edition of "FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS."
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Nice movie, @realgdt.bsky.social, but we'll see you in court:
Pro Se 1 (Rev. 12/16) Complaint for a Civil Case United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division Victor Frankenstein Alphonse Frankenstein Plaintiff(s) vs. Guillermo del Toro Gómez Defendant(s) COMPLAINT FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER BACKGROUND I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation. He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business. He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country; a variety of circumstances had prevented his marrying early, nor was it until the decline of life that he became a husband and the father of a family. As the circumstances of his marriage illustrate his character, I cannot refrain from relating them. One of his most intimate friends was a merchant who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty. This man, whose name was Beaufort, was of a proud and unbending disposition and could not bear to live in poverty and oblivion in the same country where he had formerly been distinguished for his rank and magnificence. Having paid his debts, therefore, in the most honourable manner, he retreated with his daughter to the town of Lucerne, where he lived unknown and in wretchedness. My father loved Beaufort with the truest friendship and was deeply grieved by his retreat in these unfortunate circumstances. He bitterly deplored the false pride which led his friend to a conduct so little worthy of the affection that united them. He lost no time in endeavouring to seek him out, with the hope of persuading him to begin the world again through his credit and assistance. Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself, and it was ten months before my father discovered his abode. Overjoyed at this d…
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Brad Pitt saying "how can you not be romantic about baseball," but instead of a screenshot from "Moneyball," it's a screenshot from the end of "Se7en" (Brad Pitt is distraught).
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The fajita cheese wife meme but it says "My wife, date night after 3+ months locked up on quarantine. Waiting for DISNEY PRINCESS as it's the only way she can WATCH CARTOONS. We've asked 4 people, going on 18 minutes now. Just unreal at Allen, TX location. We gotta quit blaming COVID19 for crappy service." The dishes on the table display various characters from an image search of "Zagreb Film animation."
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Rob Lowe wearing a hat with the logo of the French Mono Basketball league.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Me seeing a burger with a knife in it for the first time: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me trying to eat it: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Not cool. That's just what Bob Dylan sounds like now.
22. Not Dark Yet (Bob Dylan cover) (Aborted around verse three when DRA switched to uptempo cookie monster voice)
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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When does Advent start 2025? Advent starts on Sunday, November 30th, 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Dune "lisan al gaib" meme but it says "Lisan Albernaz."
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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We can talk about my fee later.
A fake campaign poster for Chris Kluwe for Assembly with the tag line "Rolling Back Prices to 1965 Since 1981."
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Ri Chun-hee wearing an MLB logo baseball hat.
October 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Ah, "The Departed." I'm so ready to go full insufferable film school MFA mode this year...
Screenshot from the Wikipedia page for "The Departed" where Scorsese's name has been edited to "PTA" (Paul Thomas Anderson) and the number 5 has been edited to "6." The screenshot reads: The film marked the first time PTA won an Oscar after six previous losses. Many felt that he deserved it years earlier for prior efforts. Some felt he deserved it for his prior nominations and the win was described as a "Lifetime Achievement Award for a lesser film". PTA himself joked that he won because: "This is the first movie I've done with a plot."
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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2:12am... going back for more first baseman
Yoda on Eutaw Street wearing an Orioles hat.
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan in "Annie," with the weird ass slogan from the David Perdue ad: "totally exonerated, no wrongdoing."
October 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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The monkey's paw curls.
Baltimore Orioles players celebrate after winning against the Dodgers after breaking Yamamoto's no-hitter with two outs in the bottom of the ninth,
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Usher saying "watch this" while wearing an Orioles hat.
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Closeup of the Oriole Bird superimposed with a tiny "i am chaos" in Comic Sans.
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Ron Zook being carried off on players' shoulders after his final game at UF (defeating FSU).
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM