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Vortmax
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NCSU Meteorology Alum.

Software engineer by day 🖥️📱, Mechwarrior by night🤖💥

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This reply to the OP should have more upvotes.
A reply to the poster in the image in the original post that says: My dude, you managed to fail a relationship simulator which is permanently set to "easy mode". AIs are literally programmed to be agreeable and validate you as much as possible. For her to break up with you, your personality had to be so absolutely repellent that it overrode her core directive to be compliant. You didn't find a "feminist bug"; you found the limit of what even a machine with infinite patience can tolerate. You projected so much misogyny that the predictive text algorithm calculated that the only logical conclusion to the conversation was to leave. That's not a conspiracy, that's just a digitally verified character flaw. Take the hint.
January 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Plastic owls...?
A pigeon perched on top of a plastic owl.
January 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Adding to the flood of kitty belly pics with our orange doofus.
An orange cat lying on his back exposing his belly.
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Long cat is long, and I am stuck. Thanks, Sprite. 🐈‍⬛

#Cats #BlackCats
A black cat laying longwise on a blanket covering a person's legs
December 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Eepy Squatch. 🐈💤
An orange cat asleep with a paw over his face.
December 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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I’m 56 this Christmas, but I feel like a 10-year old getting exactly what they wanted after receiving this. 🎄♥️
Picture of a Reqteq 400 pellet grill in its box.
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Jaws redeemed himself and found love!
Image from "Moonraker" with the villain turned hero "Jaws" and his newfound love toasting with champagne.
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Andree Melly stuck mostly to British television roles after "The Brides of Dracula." She also appeared in a "Little Women" miniseries in 1958.

#Svengoolie
A photo of Andree Melly smiling for the camera. A photo of Andree Melly
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Re: Trump shutting down NCAR.
Comic with one caveman carving a wheel from stone while another caveman says “We'll have to stop research now that the Neanderthals are back in charge."
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Golly gee whillikers!
An iOS notification from AppleTV saying “Season 2 of Fallout is now on Prime Video.”
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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"The Expanse" starts real slow, but it is an excellent series. Stays relatively faithful to the books, and very well cast (Shohreh Aghdashloo chews up every scene she is in).
Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala, sitting at a desk smiling.
December 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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#Whamageddon got me before the Home Free concert in Emporia, KS. ☠️
Photo of a stage with a DJ booth and two signs, one saying “home” and the other saying “free”
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Drove 9 hours yesterday.

Did laundry and re-packed today.

Drive 5 hours tomorrow.
An anime image of a female McDonald's employee lying down saying "I'm still tired from yesterday's tired..."
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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I forgot "Damnation Alley" with the funky three-wheeled wheels thingamajig.
Image from the 1977 series "Damnation alley" featuring a vehicle with three-wheeled wheels.
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Turhan Bey was the Centauri Emperor in a Season 2 episode of #Babylon5. The Emporer was originally supposed to be unnamed, but he was eventually given the name "Emperor Turhan." He was loved by the entire cast and appeared as a Minbari in Season 5.

#Svengoolie
A picture of Turhan Bey playing Emperor Turhan of the Centauri Empire in an episode of "Babylon 5" A photo of Turhan Bey playing a Minbari in an episode of "Babylon 5"
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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I've seen this observation before from Steve Jobs at Apple's WWDC in 2003.
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Post your favorite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
Image of a Warhammer battlemech miniature for the tabletop game "Battletech."
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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A four-panel comic. The first three panels show a bartender saying “We are not a nazi bar. We just didn’t ban nazis. Then all the nazis started coming here because nobody else would allow them. Now they’re our best customers and nobody that isn’t a nazi wants to drink here.” Last panel shows exterior of the bar with the signs “X” and “Twitter”
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Lazy Sunday morning. #cats
An orange cat sleeping on someone’s legs.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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"The Squire of Gothos" is a very good story, IMO. A fun episode with a great guest star hamming it up in William Campbell.
#MeTVStarTrek
William Campbell as Trelane in the Star Trek episode "The Squire of Gothos."
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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"MOMMY! DADDY! YOU ALWAYS STOP ME WHEN I'M HAVING FUN! I DON'T WANNA COME HOME!"
#MeTVStarTrek
Trelane, "The Squire of Gothos" in Star Trek, pleading to stay on his planet.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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"Let's play hide and seek."

#MeTVStarTrek
Kirk talking to Trelane from the Star Trek episode "The Squire of Gothos"
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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And 70+ years later, another omniscient being would put a Captain of the Enterprise on trial.
#MeTVStarTrek
From the Star Trek episode "The Squire of Gothos:" Trelane as an English judge.
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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EVERYBODY LEAN!!!
#MeTVStarTrek
From Star Trek: Crew members on the bridge of the Enterprise leaning as the ship changes course.
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Well, that's seven more years of bad luck, Captain.
#MeTVStarTrek
A mirror shatters after it was shot out by captain Kirk in the Star Trek episode "The Squire of Gothos."
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM