Joe V

adultbel stuck in traffic

adultbel working late at his job with plummeting customer satisfaction

adultbel watching television with the curtains closed at 3.30 (is that AM or PM?)

adultbel taking the wheelie bin to the only place the bin men will empty it which is farther away from his front door than is reasonable

another for my adultbel series

Dial-up Internet to be discontinued AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued. This change will not affect any other benefits in your AOL plan, which you can access any time on your AOL plan dashboard. To manage or cancel your account, visit MyAccount.

So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing.

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ht @mat.tl

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There’s a colloquial French way of saying “zero fucks given” that translates to “I’m painting my balls with the brush of indifference.” A Finnish version is “it interests me as much as a kilogram of shit.” But my favourite is from old Greek slang and it goes “flowers on my dick and bees all around.”

Yeah, I had mentioned somewhere else that the biggest show in Washington is also the least important right now. By the same token, what am I going to do? Stop watching?! It's hilarious!

There is a rumor going around that the Secret Service has requested the people stop having tacos delivered to 47 at the White House. Just a rumor, but a fun one!

Gee, I wonder if there's any other autocrat that cheats at sports to boost their self-image? *Looks at Belarus and Russia*

Spooked by Trade Wars, Trump Officials Hoard Supplies: 'It Would Be Stupid Not To!' Donald Trump’s aides and administration officials are hoarding toilet paper, food, and household supplies before his tariffs cause prices to spike.

I mean, if this just doesn't scream, "Everything's fine," I don't know what does! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Oh come ON!!!

Stupidest possible way to run an economy

We decided to watch “School of Rock” last night because it has “Minecraft Steve in it” (I know…It is what it is) and I decided to google a bit and, yall, the little singer girl just got married to the big security guard boy /in real life/. She’s a OBGYN sonographer and he’s a music industry lawyer.

“…a comprehensive turn away from US assets…”

Gosh, I wonder why?

FFS

"Oh, I thought this was going to affect just, you know, the Unimportant, Little People. It certainly wasn't supposed to affect ME!" --translation, probably

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Let’s fucking go

a picture of a book text. The text says "Suetonius adds that, according to some reports, he said in Greek 'Kai su, teknon' (which Shakespeare turned into the Latin 'Et tu, Brute'. It literally means 'You too, child', but what Caesar may have intended by the words isnt clear. Tempest cites 'an important article' by James Russell (1980) 'that has often been overlooked'. Russel points out that the words kai su often appear on curse tablets, and suggest that Caesar's putative last words were not 'the emotional parting declaration of a betrayed man to one he had treated like a son' but more along the lines of 'See you in hell, punk'.

Once again loving this interpretation of Caesar’s last words

#IdesofMarch 🗡️

The existence of velociraptors implies the existence of speedraptors and directiraptors.

I know what you’re thinking: We should mirror the United States government based on how this website is run.

Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead

Thank God this is the first thing I saw opening the app today. I was afraid it would all be self-destructing democracy. Have a couple of friends on that boat. Never been on it myself.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Yeah, give up. That vetoing seat on the Security Council but leave China and Russia in there. See how that goes!

David Johansen, New York Dolls Frontman, Dies at 75 David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of proto-punk band New York Dolls, who went on to act in films such as "Scrooged," has died.

L-U-V

Sigh

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Remembering the infamous "pee tape" and giving it more credence these days FOR SOME REASON.

RIP, WaPo. Just the saddest screenshots to get. An absolute abandonment of the principles of accountability of the powerful, justice, democracy, human rights, and accurate information that previously animated the section in favor of a white male billionaire’s self-interested agenda.

Some handy math from #SiliconValley, a big-brained show for big-brained people. Take notes

*I* didn't have a TRS-80, but I got to ooh and aah over the neighbor's. My first was the Commodore 64 and I utterly wasted its potential (or maybe not) by playing the "Strip Poker" game late at night.

How's this working out for lowering your grocery bills, you goddamned heathens? How can I be expected to face the rise of fascism in America with just
TEA to drink? www.cnbc.com/.../trump-co....