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An adage a day keeps the doctor cliché

The words “this Bologna museum” highlighted on a page about museums in Bologna.

INDY (drunk):

A New Statue Suddenly Appeared on Easter Island. That Doesn't Make Sense. Scientists thought they found them all.

Oh good

there should be an official Applebee's game about having a complete 60 minute Applebee's dining experience but you gotta get up and leave if you spot an Anomaly

It's Arrrbor Day in the Kingdom of Loathing.

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare By Associated Press UPDATED: August 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM ET SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) - A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions.

A writer waits a lifetime for a moment like this.

KoL: August's Item-of-the-Month is now available in Mr. Store. Pick up a Möbius ring box and check out your past, present, and future.

The person who invented the video game joystick has disappeared, they down right up and left.

A sketch of my Shadows over Loathing OC, Leon. He is holding a cigarette and is smiling; beside him is the text, "ME: hey. how was your day". Below him there is a detailed drawing of an eye in the style of the Shadowcaster from SOL, with the text "THE EYE THAT FLOATS UNBLINKING, SILENT AND UNTEHERED FROM TIME, IN MY KITCHEN: 👁️". Below that is the same Leon drawing, this time disgruntled and frowning, with the cigarette in his mouth. The text next to him says: "ME: don't know why I fuckin bother".

👁️

Kinda mad I waited so long to play West of Loathing. This owns.

this is how you know it's complex and weird, and therefore cool

KoL: August's Item-of-the-Month will be a day late, sorry about that!

If Gandalf didn’t want Frodo to put on the ring he shouldn’t have called it “quite cool” when he gave it to him

scrooge, from his windowsill: you there! boy! get fucked!

Friend: hey check out this good night

Me: *already going gently into it*

Friend: haha I don’t think you’re supposed to do that

horrible accident at the recap factory. no one can tell us what happened

meme: two books left book: THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY right book (much fatter and split into blue and red, red is far longer than blue): THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY IF MERRY & PIPPIN HAD A GUN red: defeating Sauron blue: taking the gun away from Merry and Pippin

i'm sorry for posting facts:

Psyllium husk + vodka = a Moscow Metamule

A stylized art piece of Ron Copperhead from Kingdom of Loathing. He is staring down at the viewer with a lit lighter in his hand and a red flag behind him. Text above him reads: "IF THE RED ZEPPELIN GOES DOWN, IT GOES DOWN IN FLAMES." This specific piece has a red overlay on top.

A stylized art piece of Ron Copperhead from Kingdom of Loathing. He is staring down at the viewer with a lit lighter in his hand and a red flag behind him. Text above him reads: "IF THE RED ZEPPELIN GOES DOWN, IT GOES DOWN IN FLAMES."

if the red zeppelin goes down, it goes down in flames. (ron design by apis_m on discord 🔥) #kingdomofloathing

various doodles of my kingdom of loathing OC, basil. on the right is a full body drawing, where he is wearing a chef's uniform and is holding a sauce pan. on the left are two bust shots, one of which where he looks extremely stressed out and the other in which he is very flustered and blushing brightly.

his name is basil pesteaux, and he's a sauceror. contrary to nominative determinism, his favorite pasta sauce is actually cacio e pepe. he is constantly a nervous wreck and is the worst poker player ever on account of being completely unable to hide any of his emotions.
#coffeedraws #oc

"There are three kinds of magic," said Wizzler, handing us each a balloon. "You can control tigers, you can shoot tornadoes from your fingers, or you can fly by holding your breath. The color of confetti inside your balloon will reveal which kind of power you have." I felt the panic rising in me. What if my confetti turned yellow, indicating that I was a Tiger-Talker? My family, a long line of proud Tornado-Fingers, would disown me. Could I ever return home, bearing such shame? I tried to calm myself as I readied the ceremonial safety pin. Green, I thought, willing my hopes into reality. Please be green. I popped the balloon, involuntarily shutting my eyes. When I opened them, would I see the green I hoped for? The yellow I feared? What if, gods forbid, the confetti were blue? I opened my eyes, seeing shock on the faces of my classmates. Wizzler himself stared at me, wide-eye. Looking down, I saw myself covered in confetti... purple confetti.

“I don’t understand,” I growled, my body trembling with pain. “I combined eighty percent Earth-elemental mana with twenty percent Fire-elemental mana (Type B), focused through a twenty-four-sided icositetragon made of yellow topaz. This, in conjunction with my blood type, star sign, sense of humor, and nickname, should have produced a blazing column of lightning to vaporize my enemies. Instead, it made a big bubble that smells like fresh laundry. Why?” Skullgrumbler began to laugh. “You fool! You don’t even realize…” he squealed. “You’re facing east!”

“It’s whatever you want,” explained Magemaster Grampledog. “Magic is just whatever you want.” I knew he was speaking in riddles, but I couldn’t grasp his hidden meaning. “So the rules are…” Grampledog lit a sliver of smokereed. “No rules. You say some words and you wave a stick and whatever you want just happens. You don’t even need the stick.” His wisdom still eluded me. I stared into his face, trying to decipher what he was really saying. “No, listen.” Grampledog snapped his fingers and his desk turned into a pile of chicken nuggets. “I didn’t even know that would happen.” His hat then came alive and began to yodel. “It’s pandemonium,” he explained. “It’s complete nonsense.”

In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:

shadows over loathing providing the real accessibility features

Shadows Over Loathing on Steam Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.

Having a blast with Shadows Over Loathing. Found it by chance despite loving West of Loathing, so seems like it flew under the radar. Shame! It's another great RPG/adventure game spoof with dumb jokes and wordplay to rival Disco Elysium. Love the time travel puzzles and meet-your-future-self jokes.

This is a good week to drop by! The Twitch Tower content is only around for about one week a year.

It's Dependence Day in the Kingdom of Loathing.

KoL: Happy Crimbo in July! Celebrate by smashing some skeletons in the Time-Twitching Tower that has reappeared in Seaside Town (history suggests it will stick around for a week).

Saw an unattended apple on the bus this morning and for a moment I genuinely thought "where is that apple going" as if I might need to help the apple off the bus when we get to its stop

a full body drawing of my shadows over loathing OC, jazzmine. she is holding her potted tentacle plant in two hands.

received jazzmine from yinmin!
#oc

KoL: Happy Christmas in July! Why not celebrate by smashing some skeletons in the Time-Twitching Tower that has reappeared in Seaside Town (history suggests it will stick around for a week).

If they make another Star Trek movie, can we have James Gunn direct it? Not because of his directorial skills; I just think it’s about time a narrative included Gunn’s Chekov.