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Estimate the heart rate of a burnt pork roast LOL

a man reading a book to a young boy Alt: Columbo reading a book to a young Fred Savage in The Princess Bride film framing story, as Fred asks if it's a kissing book

KISSING BOOK

Yes and even when people offer and I need it my knee-jerk reaction is to say thank you but no.
It has taken a lot of work to try to say yes thank you that would be great

I... uh... I am not even sure what it was intending to say, all I can see is what you saw, I am so confused

Tom Gauld cartoon panel, showing a woman in a pest control-type uniform talking to a man surrounded by crumpled paper and post-it notes all over the walls. Speech balloons read: CRUMPLED PAPER, DIRTY COFFEE CUPS, AGONISED MOANING... I'M AFRAID IT LOOKS LIKE A NOVELIST HAS GOT IN HERE. I SUGGEST WE BRING IN AN EDITOR TO ASK HOW THE NEW DRAFT IS COMING ALONG. THAT USUALLY SCARES THEM OFF.

Yes. Editors are very scary. WooooOOOOOoooo. Get back to work.

Comic by @tomgauld.bsky.social

Assuming it is a reaction to JKR doing her usual thing in response to someone freaking out about a woman (who may be a trans woman tho maybe it was a cis woman who doesnt look "feminine" enough) having the audacity to offer someone customer service in the public area of the underwear department.

Everyone knows a Bagel has a hole in the middle!

Right? JFC, having AI text your spouse IMO should be grounds for divorce. You have chosen to spend your life with this person and you cannot be bothered to spend 30 seconds communicating with them

goblinparty Last night I was talking to my boyfriend, and I couldn't think of the word 'library', so I said 'book ranch. He thought it was hilarious and started making up alternative names for 'librarian'. "Cowbook! Like cowboy! No... Readcher? Like Rancher? No, fuck this is hard..." and just now I heard him yell "BOOKAROO" from the other end of the apartment in the most triumphant tone of voice i've ever heard stephanidftba @tales-from-the-library tales-from-the-library Please address me solely as bookaroo from now on lolpics/AstroFunny

That's one of my favorite ones ever. I always gotta tell that joke for my dear departed Grandpa, because every time I visited him he would tell Norwegian jokes. I didnt learn that joke until after he passed but he would have LOVED it so I like to think he can hear it when I tell it

Lol, yes so they can scan da navy in.

Hey John, why do they put bar codes on Norwegian submarines?

Un-bee-leavable!
LOL

Hey John what do you call a beehive without any openings?

Sausages and cheese, German supermarket

the scenario we all feared

I don’t need people who aren’t part of subcultures redefining subcultures to desperately make themselves cool

AI filmmaking and storytelling is punk rock. It’s hip hop. It’s counterculture. It’s a new type of creativity. It’s a new medium. It’s hated by the mainstream film and art establishment. It resists ideology. It ignores gate keeping. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary. It’s viral. It’s accessible. It’s refreshing. It’s welcoming. It’s here.

AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

If I was a hungry cat I would simply eat the food I was given. That's the post, just subtweeting my absolute dick of a cat

"Eyes are up here!!" I yell so as not to intimidate prey animals

My new story. Thanks again so much to @diabolicalplots.com for publishing this. You are a pleasure to work with :)

And if you are looking for more by A.J. Rocca, you should also read
"Of the Duly Conducted and Mostly Unremarkable Meeting of Don Quotidene and the Giants of Andalia"
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-8...

"No one knew how the fisherman had managed to hook Leviathan. We did not know with what he baited his angle, or how he had unspooled enough line to pierce the very heart of the deep. We could not imagine how his little, peeling skiff did not immediately capsize (...)"
-A.J. Rocca

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New fiction!
"Will He Speak With Gentle Words?" by A.J. Rocca

www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

Hey Americans, if this passes you'll be uploading your ID to every social media and website to access it.

*bwoop* *bwoop*

ALERT: cover reveal TOMORROW for my new novel. Stay tuned!

*bwoop* *bwoop*

If I could add one animal ability to myself I think catloafing would be one of my top choices, it just looks so cozy, like imagine how pleasantly warm those toebeans must be!

cross stitch in progress of Master Yoda

Yoda Stitch: blocked out the shape of the corner

Hi John I hope you feel better and I am rooting for good award results and future award nominations for you as well!

This thread (and the multiple quotes) remind me of something: it is a lot harder to build something than it is to break it down.

There is no “Democratic Stephen Miller” because turning off a hundred switches takes one person, but turning on one hundred programs is going to take thousands.