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Gerritt “Murder Ballad” McThrill

@mcthrill.bsky.social

He/him. Freelance animator, artist, illustrator and amateur clawhammer banjo enthusiast. Very tired most of the time.

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But what if, this time, it worked? The first several times it failed were flukes I'm sure.

17.08.2025 17:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Look if we want to effectively oppose the GOP we should consider a candidate who agrees with their viewpoints."

17.08.2025 17:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was also very into Dream Theater at that age and I remember the day I had the realization that maybe listening to an album all the way through didn’t have to be *work.*

17.08.2025 06:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A photo of a trash can in the Ape Mountain area at the Hannover Zoo, with a sign painted in it of a trumpet with a big red X going through it and text underneath that says „no horn please.“

A photo of a trash can in the Ape Mountain area at the Hannover Zoo, with a sign painted in it of a trumpet with a big red X going through it and text underneath that says „no horn please.“

Somebody is finally taking a stand. Trumpets have had it easy long enough.

14.08.2025 09:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s hard not to take it personally when the ad I keep getting served on YouTube starts with „Here‘s 3 mistakes OLD PEOPLE make when trying to use their iPhones.“ go to hell AI-powered app.

11.08.2025 21:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Most „evil“ playthroughs I’ve kind of forgotten, but the KOTOR one still sticks on my mind because I don’t think I played a game before or since that let me mind-control someone into killing their best friend and then watch them realize what they just did.

11.08.2025 05:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

YOURE BACK!!! YESS! also ordered the book tonight.

08.08.2025 17:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey @bsky.app what gives. Why the suspension?

07.08.2025 11:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Watching beauty and the beast with my kid, I’m still amazed at the ballroom dance scene. Meanwhile my kid starts laughing uncontrollably - “the only music is coming from a singing teapot! How can you dance to that?”

03.08.2025 18:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was living in SF when Glass launched and it was amazing how quickly one insufferable nerd got punched in the face and then every single cool bar in the city immediately banned them from their premises.

31.07.2025 14:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some sorcerer absolutely got dumped the day before he invented that spell. Same guy also created „Tasha‘s forget to unload the dishwasher (again)“

30.07.2025 21:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Driving my in-laws crazy during this visit by playing this song 1000 times a day. Song is „Five Miles From Town“ and I can’t believe we’re still limited to only 1 minute videos. #banjo #clawhammer #oldtime #banjofeed

29.07.2025 11:34 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

"But what about space invaders?" I hear you asking. Well, the invaders were simply on a slightly angled wooden track and got closer to the player thanks to gravity.

29.07.2025 09:38 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Money doesn’t buy happiness but it does buy a reprieve from stress and anxiety which is functionally the same thing for a lot of people (like me).

28.07.2025 13:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can still remember sitting around with my friends in my 20s who told me „you have to listen to this it’s incredible“while they played „songs and more songs“ from beginning to end on the stereo.

27.07.2025 16:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think part of it is that ona fretted string instrument each string has some overlaps with the next highest string, so you have multiple places to play the same notes. But also if you want to transpose something you can just capo the strings and not have to think about it.

27.07.2025 14:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Blackberry, the fruit: A+ fruit. Hit of the summer. No notes just delicious.
Blackberry, the plant: Stay out of my garden or I swear to god I’ll burn it all down with both of us in it.

24.07.2025 15:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When it comes to obtainin‘ films, legitimately is the only way to do it in my book.

24.07.2025 15:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Watch this 30 second ad to the end to get 30 minutes of ad-free access to your ice cubes.

22.07.2025 15:17 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well if the food is prepared half as well as the cars are…

22.07.2025 11:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

John 11:43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out guvnuh!”

21.07.2025 11:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A playground figure of German children‘s book character Coconut the Dragon enclosed in a chain link fence while it’s still under construction. The dragon has a hopeful smile on his face despite being imprisoned.

A playground figure of German children‘s book character Coconut the Dragon enclosed in a chain link fence while it’s still under construction. The dragon has a hopeful smile on his face despite being imprisoned.

His body is caged but his spirit remains ever free.

18.07.2025 12:11 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I saw this pop up when I logged in to discord yesterday and just what the hell. „Go onquests to get orbs. Use orbs to buy nitro.“ I am here to talk to other nerds about my weird niche indie game I like to play. Why does everything have to be some weird way to trick me into clicking on shit.

15.07.2025 10:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Driving home from work at like 11pm one night, stopped at a traffic light waiting for it to turn when a crying clown in full makeup walked past on the sidewalk. Tear stains in all his makeup, rainbow wig and red nose still on, just bawling while walking down the street, no one else in sight.

14.07.2025 06:20 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

My life these days is basically just sitting down and then immediately having to stand up again.

11.07.2025 09:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Real Talk: my first year after moving to Germany I was very, very homesick and going to a ren faire helped so much, I couldn’t understand the language but the vibes were 100% identical to US faires. Ren faires and bowling alleys are universal experiences.

07.07.2025 06:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

His arch rival is a megalomaniac businessman who becomes president of the United States. No parallels to real-world political events there.

07.07.2025 06:50 — 👍 25    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I'm certain that even with this many layoffs most of these companies are probably still requiring people to relocate when hired instead of allowing remote work. How many of those latest 9000 layoffs moved across the country to take that job?

06.07.2025 23:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Spikes are so last year. The hot trend this summer is cabochons of granite and diorite, and an embroidered image of a dwarf contemplating a sock.

05.07.2025 08:02 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

„Look, the only thing stopping you is your reluctance to bet the entirety of the bottom two layers of Maslow‘s hierarchy of needs on the hope that a million people buy the thing you made.“

03.07.2025 13:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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