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Kaleb Medel

@blindedbypixels.bsky.social

Latino techie with Level 1 Autism living in Austin (for now). Vaguely leftist. Studying Japanese. Aspiring writer and intellectual. Lover of all things related to history, politics, video games, and sci-fi. Partnered with kids (i.e. four cats and a bunny).

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The fact that we exist at all implies some kind of evolutionary benefit to the whole!!

01.10.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely feels like Goodhart's Law in action!

09.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Eyeball Squid"

06.09.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He mentioned earlier in the season that the only detail he couldn't do was maritime because of seasickness. So yeah, someone snitched, and he got ratfucked.

05.09.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You sonuvabitch, I'm in

03.09.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd like to think that aliens have all sorts of different and unique pets compared to ours which fit their cultures more, but it's hard to argue against the benefits of a pet that is distinctly dog-like (at least in character and tendencies).

29.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Both, depending on the person πŸ˜…

(Only like 3 people are in the instant category for me)

27.08.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I see a lot of people taking issue with certain aspects of it here and there, but it's hard not to think they just didn't want sci-fi that was going to be this bold. At least not in Alien.

Which is fine. But like, Hawley's doin' some wild shit here. And I'm not sure where it's going, but I dig it.

27.08.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Silently seething at all these newbies starting to take advantage of my precious, precious em dash

16.08.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Based on the replies, it sounds like it is an autistic characteristic - albeit not one you exhibit personally.

Which is also fine. Diversity is a strength after all.

16.08.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While I understand allistic attachment to bodies, it doesn't change the fact that when I'm dead anything that was 'me' is long gone from this wet bag of bones.

Friends really don't understand that I'd literally be fine with it being thrown in the trash at that point.

16.08.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"Fascism is a loser ideology."

12.08.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I recognize this is bait, but...

Shout out to Dave Chappelle, who would totally be on this list if he just STAYED RETIRED.

08.08.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the most engaging and insightful, yet bleak books I've ever read. Highly recommend to anyone unsure how we got here.

08.08.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My partner and I watched it recently, for the first time in 30 years, and I have to say, it literally should not work on paper as a Disney movie.

And yet it's one of their best ones!

07.08.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FUCK YEAH YOU WILL

01.08.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please tell me you guys will have vinyls at your merch table on the upcoming tour.

01.08.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

- They've been disturbingly successful in this.
- All of this makes the comic, world, and characters ample fodder for internet horror media that is as creative and insightful as it is upsetting.

31.07.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

- Garfield is not good and never has been.
- Somehow it's been charming enough in a milquetoast way to spawn a merchandising empire. (This was always Jim Davis' primary intent, btw.)
- For decades, the Garfield company has engaged in a strategy to quietly saturate the western world w/ merchandise.

31.07.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
What The Internet Did To Garfield
YouTube video by Super Eyepatch Wolf What The Internet Did To Garfield

Any time I think of Garfield, I think of this brutally-honest-yet-horrifying exploration of it as a pop culture phenomena:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2C5...

31.07.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hear you, brother. My diagnosis has come to mean more over time as I've been able to reflect on it, but self-reflection can only get one so far.

I'm still gullible and conflict-averse. I still struggle when faced with other people's strong emotions. Sometimes it's just hard.

30.07.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was unimaginably hurt at the time, especially since I was unemployed and hemorrhaging cash.

My ASD diagnosis explained a lot. Some people just won't like us, dude.

30.07.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I once was denied a job offer because (after the final interview stage!) because they secretly contacted someone at my previous company as a 'vibe check'. The company where I genuinely tried to get on with everybody and do my best.

In this (unnamed) person's words? "Awful employee. Awful person."

30.07.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ATX!

29.07.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Typical AuDHD experience:
- Sit down at desk
- Remember I left headphones in living room
- Leave to get them
- Lose train of thought halfway there
- Grab sunglasses from entryway instead
- Get back to desk
- Sit down, wearing sunglasses

"What the fuck was I doing"

29.07.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's fun y because - terrible special edition dance number aside - I would argue that the Jabba's palace sequence is the best part of the movie and everything is downhill from there (with exception of the throne room stuff).

26.07.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's crazy to look back on all those years and just realize there was something unconscious about your very essence that people were always going to dislike. You didn't deserve it, but you probably couldn't have done anything differently.

It barely even has anything to do with you personally.

24.07.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's no other option at this point. The future depends on it.

23.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Of course not - socks are crucial in my need to keep as much of my skin as possible covered at all times."

23.07.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I respect people wishing for his untimely death, but I can't help but point out that when he does die, we will very likely end up with someone FAR worse in the same spot unless the Republicans are severely challenged.

And then things will get very, VERY bad.

23.07.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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