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rian c. johnson

@riancj.bsky.social

i study weird, boring videogames and fantasy fiction and teach teens media literacy. phd, writer, cat dad, and football nerd. riancjohnson.com has 12% more information about me.

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my point is, oz is a pantheon of contemporary archetype gods and we should give them their due.

01.03.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the same can be said for the oscillating catholic narcissism of ryan oreilly, the sociopathic charisma of chris keller, the constant contradictions of said, mcmanus' weakness and freudian performativity, the pointless, drugged genius of adebisi, and the crit theory quotidian christ that is hill.

01.03.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

theres something incredibly resonant in its depiction of the sheer unrelenting cruelty of schillinger as a villain who is both entirely bad and no less complex for it. something we need right now is a recognition of the profound complexity of evil.

01.03.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ive been watching oz lately and i think we could benefit from revisiting it on a broader cultural scale right now. if someone could drop it on netflix, that would help.

01.03.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The purpose of this website is to help unburden your brain by releasing horrible sentences that live in there like demons

28.02.2026 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4555    πŸ” 768    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 42

Eddington erasure!

27.02.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the psychological Saw trap that is my work's unspoken limit on office printing

23.02.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like were not talking enough about nioh 3 culturally. (I just started it and I think its very good.)

21.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 21766    πŸ” 7745    πŸ’¬ 299    πŸ“Œ 638
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New winter sport idea - octoluge.

17.02.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 420    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 8

i just saw a commercial for imvu in the year of our lord 2026 and i am TERRIFIED.

17.02.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

im sorry--the ps6 was scheduled to release Prior to then??????? no. my large, white son is not ready for the grave (the old Playstation shelf.)

17.02.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
FLAMING SKULL
TWO FLAMING SKULLS
THREE FLAMING SKULLS

FLAMING SKULL TWO FLAMING SKULLS THREE FLAMING SKULLS

opening a restaurant with only these three items on the menu

15.02.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2280    πŸ” 703    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 11

kirk cousins is the rightful heir to the joe flacco career arc (immortal sentient arm)

14.02.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i keep putting off watching bugonia and honestly I know i might like it but something about remaking save the green planet just still feels like fundamentally wrong to me in a nebulous ethical way no matter who was involved.

12.02.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am just aggressively uninterested in the Olympics this year to the point that I'm somewhat worried.

11.02.2026 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I for one am hype to fall asleep on a plane listening to podcasters argue about will campbells arms for a second consecutive year.

09.02.2026 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
THE SICKOS COMMITTEE 60TH BIG GAME MVP

THE SICKOS COMMITTEE 60TH BIG GAME MVP

THE SICKOS COMMITTEE 60TH BIG GAME MVP

09.02.2026 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 747    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 10

Love that Pokemon commercial because it's absolutely correct about every single Pokemon being someone's favorite Pokemon

09.02.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

I did not have Sam Darnold eluding sacks nonstop as a super bowl prediction.

09.02.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bad Bunny's halftime show was regular, everyday people having a great time. English or not, the message feels loud and clear. Merely depicting people as having normal, relatable lives feels radical.

09.02.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1296    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

the nfl media's profound bias towards mike vrabel is honestly more off putting to me than the patriots being back in the superbowl. its not that i think he sucks but its the coach equivalent of mahomes. I cant in all good conscience like someone you guys want me to like this much. its weird.

08.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

remember in the 2000s when everyone found out curling existed and made it the sport for Olympics hipsters? do you think curlers miss that? or do they prefer to do whatever it is they do (i never learned) out of the spotlight?

08.02.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i think it’s a price worth paying but if our politicians keep cussing like this it’s not going to be cool anymore. we can largely offset the impact of this by green-lighting and fast-tracking development of new cuss words

07.02.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1350    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 8

Instead of running out and buying Nioh 3, I decided to sit down and actually finish Nioh 2, starting from the beginning. And man this game just rips

08.02.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think more than anything this is one of the most egregious and bizarro examples of how the American right works in opposition to all forms of culture. it is a purely negative force in the philosophical sense of absence, lack, anti-, against.

07.02.2026 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

on the one hand, its lame even bluesky has random bot followers. on the other hand, theyre much, much funnier.

04.02.2026 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hey maybe he'll do it tho maybe he'll Save the Browns

31.01.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

was todd monken just sitting in Baltimore scheming about how to get to the browns for the last 6 months because a) thats seeming kinda true and b) weird dude weird, could you please just focus on not collapsing in the 4th quarter

31.01.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0