Mr. Game and Shout (countdown to AGDQ26)
@shout.rocks
Head of Prizes for GDQ.
Gamer, PC enthusiast, geek.
Dad of twins.
He/Him.
Gamer, PC enthusiast, geek.
Dad of twins.
He/Him.
Pinned
Hey all. I'm Shout.
- Tech professional (but that's boring)
- Dad of twins
- Giant nerd
- Prizes and hosting for GDQ
- Admin for GDQ Volunteer Discord
- Frequent gamer, VERY occasional streamer
- Working through divorce
- Survived 2024
Welcome to the barbecue. Y'all be good to each other. 💙
- Tech professional (but that's boring)
- Dad of twins
- Giant nerd
- Prizes and hosting for GDQ
- Admin for GDQ Volunteer Discord
- Frequent gamer, VERY occasional streamer
- Working through divorce
- Survived 2024
Welcome to the barbecue. Y'all be good to each other. 💙
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Dropped him back at his mom’s place half an hour ago. No breaks, it’ll be tender for a bit and he might lose the fingernail but no major or lasting damage.
He did great. Good attitude, good spirits, he was awesome. Though I DID tell him we need to find better places and reasons to hang out. 💙
He did great. Good attitude, good spirits, he was awesome. Though I DID tell him we need to find better places and reasons to hang out. 💙
THANKSGIVING UPDATE (he’s okay, just an abundance of caution):
Hello from the local ER. My Dude got his finger crushed in a door jam playing with other kids at the party, getting it checked out. He’s a champ, in great spirits, and will be fine as long as the Switch’s batteries hold out. 🤣
Hello from the local ER. My Dude got his finger crushed in a door jam playing with other kids at the party, getting it checked out. He’s a champ, in great spirits, and will be fine as long as the Switch’s batteries hold out. 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Dropped him back at his mom’s place half an hour ago. No breaks, it’ll be tender for a bit and he might lose the fingernail but no major or lasting damage.
He did great. Good attitude, good spirits, he was awesome. Though I DID tell him we need to find better places and reasons to hang out. 💙
He did great. Good attitude, good spirits, he was awesome. Though I DID tell him we need to find better places and reasons to hang out. 💙
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with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry.
come over.
come over.
July 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry.
come over.
come over.
THANKSGIVING UPDATE (he’s okay, just an abundance of caution):
Hello from the local ER. My Dude got his finger crushed in a door jam playing with other kids at the party, getting it checked out. He’s a champ, in great spirits, and will be fine as long as the Switch’s batteries hold out. 🤣
Hello from the local ER. My Dude got his finger crushed in a door jam playing with other kids at the party, getting it checked out. He’s a champ, in great spirits, and will be fine as long as the Switch’s batteries hold out. 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
THANKSGIVING UPDATE (he’s okay, just an abundance of caution):
Hello from the local ER. My Dude got his finger crushed in a door jam playing with other kids at the party, getting it checked out. He’s a champ, in great spirits, and will be fine as long as the Switch’s batteries hold out. 🤣
Hello from the local ER. My Dude got his finger crushed in a door jam playing with other kids at the party, getting it checked out. He’s a champ, in great spirits, and will be fine as long as the Switch’s batteries hold out. 🤣
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. Know that even if we don’t talk often, know that I’m grateful for you, for knowing you, and for your friendship.
Hard times make joy all the more precious. May you all find some share of it as we start this holiday season. 💙
Hard times make joy all the more precious. May you all find some share of it as we start this holiday season. 💙
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. Know that even if we don’t talk often, know that I’m grateful for you, for knowing you, and for your friendship.
Hard times make joy all the more precious. May you all find some share of it as we start this holiday season. 💙
Hard times make joy all the more precious. May you all find some share of it as we start this holiday season. 💙
PEOPLE I PLAN TO PUNCH IN THE GENITALS SHOULD I EVER MEET THEM IN REAL LIFE:
- Whoever at GM thought it was a good idea for their vehicles to burn their back-up lights in ANY circumstance other than the vehicle actually being in Reverse, what the FUCK were you thinking
- Tommy Wiseau
- Whoever at GM thought it was a good idea for their vehicles to burn their back-up lights in ANY circumstance other than the vehicle actually being in Reverse, what the FUCK were you thinking
- Tommy Wiseau
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
PEOPLE I PLAN TO PUNCH IN THE GENITALS SHOULD I EVER MEET THEM IN REAL LIFE:
- Whoever at GM thought it was a good idea for their vehicles to burn their back-up lights in ANY circumstance other than the vehicle actually being in Reverse, what the FUCK were you thinking
- Tommy Wiseau
- Whoever at GM thought it was a good idea for their vehicles to burn their back-up lights in ANY circumstance other than the vehicle actually being in Reverse, what the FUCK were you thinking
- Tommy Wiseau
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someday, if we're lucky enough to see it, we will look back on this time and miss some things we no longer have.
so try to find those things and appreciate them while you have them.
love the people around you. love what works in this horribly flawed world and fight like hell to fix what doesn't.
so try to find those things and appreciate them while you have them.
love the people around you. love what works in this horribly flawed world and fight like hell to fix what doesn't.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
someday, if we're lucky enough to see it, we will look back on this time and miss some things we no longer have.
so try to find those things and appreciate them while you have them.
love the people around you. love what works in this horribly flawed world and fight like hell to fix what doesn't.
so try to find those things and appreciate them while you have them.
love the people around you. love what works in this horribly flawed world and fight like hell to fix what doesn't.
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Are y'all sleeping on handles.club ??
I noticed there's "needs.gifts" (great for findoms!) and other fun provider relevant ones.
I noticed there's "needs.gifts" (great for findoms!) and other fun provider relevant ones.
Free handles for Bluesky by Handles Club
Free personalized Bluesky handles.
handles.club
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Are y'all sleeping on handles.club ??
I noticed there's "needs.gifts" (great for findoms!) and other fun provider relevant ones.
I noticed there's "needs.gifts" (great for findoms!) and other fun provider relevant ones.
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Sometimes I still genuinely cannot believe that @gamesdonequick.com let me lead a team, or that @rubiehart.bsky.social and @bobbeigh.is.tall.fyi continue to work for me.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Sometimes I still genuinely cannot believe that @gamesdonequick.com let me lead a team, or that @rubiehart.bsky.social and @bobbeigh.is.tall.fyi continue to work for me.
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hey gang ✨🌈✨
you are amazing as you are.
you will be amazing as you want to be.
wherever you are on your journey, you are an incredible creature who has done some truly impressive things.
yes, even just existing is impressive. existing? in this economy? sheesh.
you're a blessing. you got this.
you are amazing as you are.
you will be amazing as you want to be.
wherever you are on your journey, you are an incredible creature who has done some truly impressive things.
yes, even just existing is impressive. existing? in this economy? sheesh.
you're a blessing. you got this.
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
hey gang ✨🌈✨
you are amazing as you are.
you will be amazing as you want to be.
wherever you are on your journey, you are an incredible creature who has done some truly impressive things.
yes, even just existing is impressive. existing? in this economy? sheesh.
you're a blessing. you got this.
you are amazing as you are.
you will be amazing as you want to be.
wherever you are on your journey, you are an incredible creature who has done some truly impressive things.
yes, even just existing is impressive. existing? in this economy? sheesh.
you're a blessing. you got this.
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Took the kids to a pottery painting place in town today. Wasn’t sure what I wanted to paint, but then I saw this guy and that big beak just spoke to me, so…
Poly wanna cracker?
Poly wanna cracker?
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Took the kids to a pottery painting place in town today. Wasn’t sure what I wanted to paint, but then I saw this guy and that big beak just spoke to me, so…
Poly wanna cracker?
Poly wanna cracker?
In all parenting situations, but especially when coordinating with an ex to raise kids, communication is absolutely vital.
(I am an absolute FIEND for egg nog. Grocery store dairy sections in winter test my willpower like nothing else in the world.)
(I am an absolute FIEND for egg nog. Grocery store dairy sections in winter test my willpower like nothing else in the world.)
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
In all parenting situations, but especially when coordinating with an ex to raise kids, communication is absolutely vital.
(I am an absolute FIEND for egg nog. Grocery store dairy sections in winter test my willpower like nothing else in the world.)
(I am an absolute FIEND for egg nog. Grocery store dairy sections in winter test my willpower like nothing else in the world.)
Just received an email from the kids' first grade teacher with the subject line "Salami".
Nothing in any kind of parenting handbook could ever have prepared me for this moment.
Nothing in any kind of parenting handbook could ever have prepared me for this moment.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just received an email from the kids' first grade teacher with the subject line "Salami".
Nothing in any kind of parenting handbook could ever have prepared me for this moment.
Nothing in any kind of parenting handbook could ever have prepared me for this moment.
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Live, behind-the-scenes video of @thomaspatrickwx.bsky.social between segments.
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Live, behind-the-scenes video of @thomaspatrickwx.bsky.social between segments.
Good morning from the land of "I'm so tired it's physically uncomfortable."
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good morning from the land of "I'm so tired it's physically uncomfortable."
As the next post in this thread points out, making this change ALSO disables the Primary/Social/Promotions folders. As in, the ones that have been there and working JUST FINE before they needlessly crammed AI crap into it.
Well, that's just fucking swell.
Well, that's just fucking swell.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As the next post in this thread points out, making this change ALSO disables the Primary/Social/Promotions folders. As in, the ones that have been there and working JUST FINE before they needlessly crammed AI crap into it.
Well, that's just fucking swell.
Well, that's just fucking swell.
Breaking news: man who has more money than ANYBODY ELSE EVER envisions a future where money doesn't matter, while doing absolutely nothing meaningful to effect that state in the present.
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Breaking news: man who has more money than ANYBODY ELSE EVER envisions a future where money doesn't matter, while doing absolutely nothing meaningful to effect that state in the present.
Other stats for AGDQ '26:
- 16th GDQ I've participated in (been volunteer or staff for all since S18)
- 15th on broadcast (skipped S19 when the kids were born, volunteered as host judge)
- 14th as host
- 9th (WHAT WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN) as a prize presenter
- 6th as staff
- 2nd as Head of Prizes
- 16th GDQ I've participated in (been volunteer or staff for all since S18)
- 15th on broadcast (skipped S19 when the kids were born, volunteered as host judge)
- 14th as host
- 9th (WHAT WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN) as a prize presenter
- 6th as staff
- 2nd as Head of Prizes
Finally getting around to hanging up my GDQ badges, and I’ve realized that AGDQ ‘26 is going to be my 10th in-person(*) event.
Huh. Nifty.
( * Not counting the 3 or so events I did from the studio as “in-person”)
Huh. Nifty.
( * Not counting the 3 or so events I did from the studio as “in-person”)
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Other stats for AGDQ '26:
- 16th GDQ I've participated in (been volunteer or staff for all since S18)
- 15th on broadcast (skipped S19 when the kids were born, volunteered as host judge)
- 14th as host
- 9th (WHAT WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN) as a prize presenter
- 6th as staff
- 2nd as Head of Prizes
- 16th GDQ I've participated in (been volunteer or staff for all since S18)
- 15th on broadcast (skipped S19 when the kids were born, volunteered as host judge)
- 14th as host
- 9th (WHAT WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN) as a prize presenter
- 6th as staff
- 2nd as Head of Prizes
Finally getting around to hanging up my GDQ badges, and I’ve realized that AGDQ ‘26 is going to be my 10th in-person(*) event.
Huh. Nifty.
( * Not counting the 3 or so events I did from the studio as “in-person”)
Huh. Nifty.
( * Not counting the 3 or so events I did from the studio as “in-person”)
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Finally getting around to hanging up my GDQ badges, and I’ve realized that AGDQ ‘26 is going to be my 10th in-person(*) event.
Huh. Nifty.
( * Not counting the 3 or so events I did from the studio as “in-person”)
Huh. Nifty.
( * Not counting the 3 or so events I did from the studio as “in-person”)
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
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November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM