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Mario Paint drawing of the Flintstones game on Sega Master System in which Fred Must Paint The Wall. Fred looks absolutely miserable as the little lizard/snake/gerbil thing he uses as a paintbrush shrugs and says “It’s a living!” In the background, Pebbles sneers hideously at Fred while writing “FRED SUX” on the wall in red crayon.

Should. Won't

I should do something responsible with the extra cash, like pay down a credit card or throw it into savings, but naaaaaaaaaaah

Wheeee, 45 hours of *overtime* on this pay period. SO FAR. There's still four days left in it!

Oh no, a Shax-killing outfit D:

Looking forward to seeing them on the ballot under the Ein Volk Amerikaner Party in 2028

Still terrifying NOW, come to think of it. Allan's goddamn TEETH.

Well damn, didn't think I'd have a repressed childhood trauma dug up on me when I checked the TL.

This shit was genuinely terrifying tona younger Shax. Had trouble sleeping for like a week!

RIP Boos 😔 7

But yeah, it's less the "worldview" they've fallen out of love with and more the fact that it's author has dedicated herself and her wealth to hate and bigotry.

That's facts, though, so I see why it doesn't play at the modern Times.

Weird- you usually see transphobia as being emblematic of Conservatives. But I guess your ghoulish corporate masters might lay off another few hundred of you if you missed a chance to shit on the left, huh.

YouTube video by Adult Swim The Trial of Fred Flintstone | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | adult swim

We can hope he gets donked on the noggin again in the meantime and wakes up as a Democratic Socialist or something

I didn't say it was the best cyberpunk movie. I said it was the better film between these two specific options.

At least they're asking if I want to use it, but at this point, I don't trust any of these fuckers to take no for an answer.

OK, StartPage has officially pissed me off. Which search engine should I move on to next, I wonder.

It was a good bet; people love these games and characters. Shoot, I've made my name drawing smut of these characters because I'm ONE of those fans! And the movie made a shitzillion dollars, clearly it was a good call.

Given a slow night and the choice of the two, though, I'm watchin' '93 first.

As a result, you get a fun Mario movie with a fun Mario plot that ends up feeling like it's connecting a lot of referential dots for fans. They meet Donkey Kong! They race karts! Look, it's the Cat Suit and Ice Flower! Foreman Spike is an asshole!

'23 played it a lot safer; everything is undeniably Mario. Every character, locale, event, etc. could've come straight from the games. Hell, aside from a coat of feature-presentation polish, they *did!*

This isn't a game series known for wild narrative swings, though.

But on its own merits, it's wild what they managed to put on screen: two burly plumbers embark on an adventure through an industrial punk city to stop a dino-man from returning the entire planet to monke. If you don't get hung up on the fact that it's nothing like the games, it's a LOT of fun.

'93 SMB was a famously troubled production that resulted in a movie that was absolutely bonkers. It had characters named Mario, Luigi, Toad, Daisy, Yoshi and Koopa, but damned if any of it felt like it came from the games. It was a HORRIBLE Mario movie.

2023 Super Mario Bros. movie is an excellent Mario movie.

1993 Super Mario Bros. movie is a better *movie* movie.

Aw man, polynians are so nice; outta dig mine outta the closet sometime

Today has, on the whole, been much more of a "catch up on sleep in-between alienating the quiet right-wing followers I have" day than a "get anything productive done" day. Condolences.

My heart bleeds for them. Especially after they perforate my chest for daring to walk down the street while carrying a dangerous-looking sandwich

I'm sure they'll try for "We The People" next- just as I'm sure I'll have my teeth pistol-whipped in by Second Amendment Steve when he catches me goin' "weedapeepoo" in a baby voice to make fun of the stupid full-tailgate WtP decal on his truck

sleep-dep wokeposting (and lunch) complete; back to this sketch

As someone who could be confused for a rich white middle-aged asshole- as someone who's *counted* on it at work on occasion, I don't need it.

This is "It's not a swastika, it's a *manji*." You're correct, there is a distinction, but you're not going to convince anyone who'd need convincing.

It was designed during the American Revolution by a slaver to unite rebels who'd fight against the monarchy for their stolen land. It's since been co-opted by middle-aged rich white assholes whose definition of "oppression" is having to co-exist with people Not Like Them.

An X post showing the Gadsden Flag- a monochrome rattlesnake on a field of green grass, coiled to attack, above an all-capital "DONT TREAD ON ME" (sic) in Serif font. The original poster (emily/@emnode) states: "This flag belongs to liberals now" The post has been reposted by Boston Smalls/@smalls2672 to add: "We're going to take back every american symbol. Maga isnt american and they hate freedom."

Nope. The Gadsden Flag used to stand for a quasi-noble idea, but I've seen it on too many 40'-tall flagpoles in a McMansion's 9-acre front yard and on the front plate holder of too many blacked-out extended-cab Chevy Compensator Diesel HD pickup trucks; it only serves to identify elite privelege.

Maybe I'll take some of it and check myself in to a nice hotel for a long weekend and leave the work phone at home

I'm up providing building automation support for a technician who hasn't slept in two days and we're both kind of past our limit, here

On the upside, the check for this pay period is gonna be absolutely bonkers