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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 11h

Took the kids to get flu shots. They both screamed at the nurse "NO!!! I DONT WANT A SHOT!!" for 5 minutes straight so the whole clinic could hear.

Then they both walked out into the waiting room where the 3 year old informed the two adults waiting "don't worry, it's not actually that bad"

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 17h

Oh hey, how's it going?

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 3d

I used to post a lot more about politics on Twitter back in the day. I don't post so much like that for two reasons.

1. Everyone here agrees with me and I feel like I'm not contributing anything new. I can't add anything new to the conversation

2. It's just depressing. It's so fucking depressing.

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 3d

This is my takeaway after listening to the audiobook of We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 3d

I think every town needs some sort of mythology. Every town needs a "haunted house" that the school children dare each other to set foot onto the lawn.

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 4d

Subtitles should include inflation calculations for all money amounts so I don't have to always go to inflation calculator.

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 4d

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck this guy

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 7d

Tonight's sketch

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 7d

It's that time of year again

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine being so rich that being able to look out at the earth from 10s of thousands of miles in the air is just too boring.

So instead of just popping on a VR headset or something you pay billions for planes with TVs for windows.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 8d

Flexjet signed a contract to buy 300 of a new kind of business jet—with digital panes that display a virtual view of the outdoors instead of traditional windows for passengers—to be manufactured by Otto Aerospace. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4pOEiPE

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 8d

After marathoning TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager, and even making it all the way through Enterprise, I keep trying to watch the Star Trek movies and every time I keep just instantly losing interest.

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 9d

Whelp

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Jordan! @jordanjamboree.bsky.social · 10d

Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect

A black and white photo of a baseball game, you can see that it is mid pitch with a pirate at bat

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 10d

How kettles work

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 11d

I miss midnight releases for video games. Camping out for a couple hours, waiting in line with friends. Everyone just super excited for the same thing.

That was fun.

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Old Glory Robot Insurance @supermills.bsky.social · 11d

Being in a family means having certain rules. One of those rules is if Dad is using Reddi whip on something he gets to give himself a whip shot, and anyone in the nearby vicinity gets a whip shot as well, but if you’re in a different room you can’t just run into the kitchen when you hear the co2.

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💀🧟‍♂️Kevin Church of the UNHOLY 🧟‍♂️💀 @beaucoupkevin.com · 12d

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 14d

I just didn't want him knowing my twitter handle.

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 14d

One time my brother posted "why do people freak out so much about how much kids cost? As long as you don't spoil them it's not that expensive"

I almost responded "dad pays your mortgage every month AND you get 2k a month from grandma's estate"

I really regret not doing it

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 15d

Fair

Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 15d

I feel like this is the optimistic view of things.

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 15d

You can be a multimillionaire and not at all understand the very basic reason why licensing was/is a thing for broadcast television.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 15d

Joe Rogan: "I definitely don't think that the government should be involved ever in dictating what a comedian can or cannot say in a monologue — that's fucking crazy!"

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😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · Jun 9

It takes Rowdy Roddy Piper less than 10 minutes to figure out what needs to be done

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Peter @sketchyhippos.bsky.social · 15d

The cozy/cute aesthetic is so charming but then you just suffocate in space again and again and again as your cozy log cabin ass ship slowly floats away from you