Ryan Flint

On Behind the Bastards, the host was asked if the bastards covered on the show have anything in common.
It was essentially that they never, ever quit.
Ego and reckless disregard of the good of others. Never even pausing to wonder if you're a good person.
That's the other extreme.
It's instructive.

"You can't be brave without being afraid"

A low angle photo of a store front That reads: "FREEDOM LIQUOR"

Hey, I found a slur for the young patriot lesbian:

"NO SISTER OF MINE IS MARRYING A GADDAM:__ "

It's this or lay down and die.

It's going to be fascinating to watch Gen-Z politics evolve once Tik-Tok is owned by genocidal, right-wing, fascist, Americans.
(I realize there's a whole ecosystem of it already, I've just been watching one chase trends on there for many years)

I just saw a Gen Z lesbian with a full sleeve of red, white, and blue constitution, fire works, statue of liberty, patriot tattoos.
I'm so unsettled

Before germ theory, doctors got suit cuffs to be able to roll up their sleeves and shove hands into wounds and body cavities at a moment's notice.
(Presumably washing after)
They wore black to emulate priestly authority and hide blood.
Now we have useless fancylad jacket cuff buttons.

@tysoncole.bsky.social made a weirdly relatable comic

Waiting for Amazon to buy rights to the other implied stories in Tolkien, so they can capture the toddler audience with the adventures of Bill the Pony.
I imagine it'll turn into a My Little Pony ripoff with 100% more Tom Bombadil and his silly songs.
Whatever it takes to raise JRRT from the grave.

My family once rented tapes of Deliverance and Pulp Fiction to watch in one sitting.
I don't *think* anyone was expecting so much hillbilly ass riding in one evening.
*squints at dad*

As a listener, I hate singles.
I'm going to forget your album and possibly be tired of the best songs by the time it drops.

As a musician, I hate singles because it's extra work, promotions, and possibly annoyance to people for one song.

Just let me marinate in music a while, listen to the flow...

YouTube video by SlowdiveVEVO Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station (Official Audio)

Imagine seeing me scowling as I pass you in my shitty hatchback. Mohawk, piercings, weird punk jacket.
The windows are rattling from the stock speakers and inside the car.
And I'm just chilling to Souvlaki Spacestation by Slowdive for the 8th time this week.
youtu.be/WPApiFhKFsg?...

This is for my friend @rissy.ca who's been exiled from the great white north for speaking of the horror of Timmy's with outsiders.
Now she's about to celebrate Halloween in the spring while upside down, like some sort of Aussie pervert.

As an American, Tim Horton's is shrouded in mystery and spoken of in hushed tones.
Fur traders were guided by the smell of burnt coffee across the tundra.
It glowed from within in the dim sunlight, as if it had always stood there, waiting to close the arteries of it's first victim.
And it propagated

I'm pretty sure I usually look like a large, scary goth dude with a scowl.
I made a big, comically pouty face and thumbs down at a cybertruck driver trying to find parking.
I'm pretty sure my 😢👎 caused him to go all the way to the furthest end of the lot to not have to see me again.

People are mocking Charlie Kirk's wife seemingly having moved on to head his "empire" in a week.
But really, it's either two power hungry people without a shred of decency married, or he really added value to her life by getting out of the way.
I suppose those aren't mutually exclusive possibilities

Living in America is like:
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"That'll be $66.46"

*turn on BBC*
"...These down syndrome creators are hurt, offended, and don't know what to do about the deepfakes. Deepfakes that attempt to profit on their image and disability through crowdfunding, sexualization, influencer scams..."

Okay... I'm not gonna worry about global warming anymore.

How weird would it be to be a vampire artist and watching your work fall into the public domain?

A bunch of these AI incel bros thinking of a "digital actress" as a virgin is absolutely stupid and insane.
But it makes slightly more sense with their premise that their dicks could fundamentally change something about a person.
But, you know, incels don't actually like women 🤷

There's a conspiracy afoot

Wow, there's finally a Davey Havok album that doesn't make me want to destroy my stereo.
And all it took was him doing an impression of Peter Murphy doing an impression of David Bowie.
Good job, AFI

A healthcare / medicare billboard in the US with a smiling woman in a red pullover. Text of the billboard reads: "RETIRE THE REDSHIRT WAY"

Watching #StarTrek, thinking how picky Starfleet must be if they need a few thousand people out of hundreds of planets with billions of people each.
"You represent the intellectual elite of your world.
But you're in a red uniform, so you're going to stand in front of this bridge officer."
*Zzzzap*

Look, I think it's great you're an animated, spooky, scary skeleton.
I'm just saying, consider shoes.
Bones and linoleum don't mix.

The funny thing about the men's room at legacy band shows is it's either young guys that drank a lot or prostate problems

I feel like the handful of times poetry was touched on in school would have been 100% better if they'd addressed rhythm and meter instead of just saying "not all poetry has to rhyme!"

Daily occurrence:
Just rang up a broke, genderqueer person's order.
Couldn't infer their pronouns or tell what their genitals were.
They were genuinely happy and pleasant.

It's weird how many people's heads would explode in rage at this.

"Palm reading?
That's an idiotic superstition!
You see, in the age of reason, we have discovered that we can determine your destiny based on the shape of your skull and your skin color!"

I'm pretty sure that finding other ethnicities and accents attractive is an instinct that tells you they're a refreshing dip in the gene pool.
Most of us have Neanderthal DNA, for example.
Just thinking about all those states in the American South with laws and taboos against "race mixing..."

My sense of action and accomplishment are more influenced by Zen than a Protestant guilt or Nietzschean eternal reflection.
That way lies madness. Cosmic, crushing, overwhelming madness.
Be in the moment. Breathe. Do the thing. Quit if you must or continue if you must. Emotions don't get to ride you