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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 8h

I appreciate the tip! 💜

Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 22h

Whitelisted Dropout on the only extensions I have that I can imagine effecting video, and no dice. I will say that this only happens in Firefox and not Chrome, and I have had video playback issues with other sites that only happened on Firefox too...but it's always been more normal video issues.

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 1d

So am I the only one having this weird issue with @dropout.tv where, for the past month or so, every video is immediately muted and sits loading indefinitely until you click pause and then play? I figured they'd fix it eventually, but still nothing.

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 1d

Thank you to everyone who, over the years, added my song "Honeybunch Lee" to Spotify playlists with titles like "Dyke Cuntry" (technically the POV character of that song is a straight man, but I appreciate the headcanon). 🩷🧡🤍

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 1d

I finally had the spoons to get my music removed from Spotify! It'll be disappearing soon, so if you've previously listened to my music there please consider canceling your account and buying my work on Bandcamp!

Sarah Shay

Seattle folk singer bringing you songs that are usually funny but sometimes sad.

sarahshay.bandcamp.com

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 1d

The whole episode I kept feeling like Ben was trying to define Käärijä exclusively, so when Mike said "It seems like what you're saying is that Käärijä is the only true Weird Little Dude" I immediately turned into this meme 😂

Leonardo Dicaprio in the 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; he is sitting in an easy chair, holding a can of beer and a cigarette in one hand, and pointing very emphatically in front of him.

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 2d

BEHOLD! We have not settled on a name yet, but the strongest candidates so far are Mr. Boddy and Brom Bones. I will accept suggestions.

A full-size plastic skeleton stands on a balcony, leaning over a metal railing. It is wearing some cool motorcycle goggles on top of its head, and has a spooky piece of green burial shroud wrapped around its arms and shoulders. It is waving with both hands because it's friendly!

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 2d

I regret to report that 90% of my costume box is in bad shape and would not hold up to outdoor conditions. But I will persevere!

A life-size plastic skeleton from the shoulders up, wearing the classic black plastic disguise glasses with eyebrows, a fake nose, and a mustache attached.

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 2d

Ok nobody panic, everyone stay calm: I own a FULL-SIZE SKELETON for the first time in my life and TODAY IS THE DAY it goes out on the balcony!!!

a group of skeletons are dancing together in a cemetery .

Alt: A clip of a black and white cartoon showing four skeletons dancing in a circle in a cemetery.

media.tenor.com

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 2d

Not one who will be at their beck and call 24/7 (which is a normal thing to want from a friend).

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 2d

Everything I've heard about the "Friend" surveillance tool/cursed amulet clicked once I learned that the A.I.'s "personality" was designed after its creator: a 22-year-old rich white guy who thinks he's a genius. There isn't enough money in the world to pay me to hang out with one of those all day.

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 3d

I wish you all could have seen the guy who just walked past me looking like an exact mix of Daði Freyr and Matt Mercer.

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 4d

This post did much better on Tumblr -- surprising overlap of Dropout fans and people who are familiar with the play over there! I've been called "a madman and a genius" 😂

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 4d

Great news, I thought of another scene from Samencrantz and Brennanstern Are Dead:

BRENNAN: You knew I would lose no matter what.
SAM (embarrassed): Yes.
BRENNAN: There was no way I could win?
SAM: No.
BRENNAN: What's the point of that?
SAM (pathetic): I wanted to make you monologue.

GUIL: You had money in both hands.
ROS (embarrassed): Yes.
GUIL: Every time?
ROS: Yes.
GUIL: What's the point of that?
ROS (pathetic): I wanted to make you happy.

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MackJ! 👻 @mackj.bsky.social · 5d

“You can’t uninvent AI” okay but we also can’t uninvent mirrors that you strap on your shoe to look up skirts but I still get to think everyone who uses one is a fucking creep.

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Ben Wrex 🏴 @benwrex.bsky.social · 5d

I had to spend over $200 out of pocket this month on medical supplies for my lymphedema, so I'm sharing this again and asking that folks please share <3

Ben Wrex 🏴 @benwrex.bsky.social · 11d

My next SSDI check is almost here but until then I am in the red and hungry and desperate, please help or share if you can, thank you <3 <3 <3

Ben Wrex 🏴 @benwrex.bsky.social · 17d

Not to sound desperate, but I am! My fundraiser seems to have stalled, we've made it to $155 (thank you!) but I'm still needing lots of supplies and I'm also fully out of money and actually in the negative currently and in need of groceries until my next SSDI check comes in. Please share, thank u <3

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 5d

Me five minutes ago: Why the FUCK is my self-care app giving out fucking Santa hats in fucking OCTOBER, can't I escape the oppressive omnipresence of Christianity for a single goddamn MINUTE???
Me one minute ago: Oh. It's a Mean Girls reference.

Screenshot of the Finch self-care app. Three cartoon birds are wearing santa hats and there is confetti all over the screen. Text reads "It's October 3rd" and "A gift for you, because we're not like regular birdb parents. We're cool birb parents." A button at the bottom of the screen says "Make fetch happen." It's covered in Mean Girls references, basically.

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 6d

Suddenly, I am struck with a thought: are there Zoomers on @letterboxd.social who don't know why it's called that? I mean there's really no reason they should know, is there?

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 6d

I tried to make this a fairly unhinged mix, which I think I accomplished.

A list of films, with a thumbnail of the poster next to each one. Six-String Samurai (1998), Amelie (2001), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), Apocalypse, California (2011), Hackers (1995), Spaceballs (1987), Hairspray (1988), Aimée & Jaguar (1999), Young Mr. Jazz (1919).

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 6d

I once found an academic publication from 1985 on JSTOR that referenced both Dorothy Sayers AND Edna St. Vincent Millay, my GIRLS -- and I have to assume the author was a big fan too, because there's no other reason to quote poetry in a book titled "Introduction to Detonation Theory" 😂

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 7d

NSING, Michigan's hottest boy band 🤩

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 7d

"Rich creamery butter." No memory of what episode it's from, and I'm not even a Simpsons Fan per se. I think it's because when I heard it my brain initially interpreted creamery as an adjective, which made me laugh 😂

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 7d

I am genuinely beginning to think that account is a bot, all she posts is engagement bait and this one isn't even grammatical.

Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 7d

How...how do you name a quote...

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 7d

I'm sorry, nut already means something else sexual, you can't just also make it mean clit. I reject this utterly.

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