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back to saying I’m Jesse @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 12h

remember how in Red Dead Redemption 2 if you killed people unprovoked it gave you negative karma unless they were Klansman in which case it increased your karma. that was cool

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 15h

Darryl Hall was clearly in primo wife guy mode when he wrote the songs for 1980s "Voices", especially "Kiss On My List" and "You Make My Dreams" (also John Oats was there and had a mustache)

Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 15h

It's a given in the music industry that "I've fallen in love!" albums are usually regrettable, and "I've gotten a divorce!" ones often have some of the artist's best work. So question for the group, what are the best "I've fallen in love!" albums?

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Lair Of The Gurt Sherm (Stoker 1911) @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 22h

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 16h

A “jambalaya” is a kind of American biryani made with shellfish and pork sausage. A similar dish is called “gumbo” (American Rogan Josh)

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 19h

Or like, Dunkin bagels or any other number of bullshit chain breakfast establishments

The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 20h

I was referring to like, Panera bagels but six of one…

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 20h

I mean that’s most places, it’s just that in most places the bagel you get sucks ass.

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 1d

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 1d

it's so weird that Rome is a real place that you can go to and there are people who live there. it's like learning that there's a CVS in Narnia.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 2d

My comic strip Lydia Tárfield appears in 1310 daily newspapers around the world, translated into 27 languages. It's considered the best comic strip by most experts.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

I lock up downtown for a couple hours pretty regularly but my bike is also not a prime target for theft

The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

I mean no more than anywhere else in the city. No lockers or nothing but plenty of standard racks.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

I thought that white smoke from a truck meant that the truck conclave had reached a ⅔ majority and we have a new truck pope

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

if you're located in Minneapolis proper the answer is "at home and take the bus / train"

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible own goal. Just absolute Olympic level ball dropping.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 3d

here, under duress, is beefburgers

The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 3d

"welcome"

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 3d

Ahhhhhh okay

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 3d

Wait… do we know this man personally?

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 3d

You finding the films politics repugnant doesn’t mean it cant deeply resonate with someone with the exact same politics as us.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 3d

I’d agree that Aster muddles his anti hero in much the same way that Todd Phillips did with Joker. I also concur that the story can be told without using these specific framing devices. I’d also counter that the biggest booster of the film I know has de facto lost a family member to q anon shit.

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 3d

Okay but if it’s a problem that the film comes from Joe’s perspective isn’t that inherently a damnation of all stories with an anti hero? Are Confederacy of Dunces and Fight Club and Paradise Lost equally wicked because they center a bigot, a paranoiac, and the Prince of lies himself respectively?

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 4d

enjoy the pets, they're all for you.

The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 4d

Hulk Hogans Pastamania lives (in Singapore)

Random Restaurant Bot @restaurant-bot.bsky.social · 4d

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The John Wicker Man @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 4d

Me biking to the store with a huge tailwind: haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me biking home with a bike full of groceries into a headwind: well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

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