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I love this thing that happens every once in a while where I find out (from cinesansar on twt) that there's somehow yet another deleted scene from Pirates of the Caribbean that serves as functional socioeconomic commentary and it got cut because this was unfortunately still a Disney production

smolotterbean: Threaten me or someone I care about, and there will be consequences. That can range from action to a quiet but deadly serious conversation where I'll make absolutely sure the person understands that they're playing with fire and I won't hesitate to burn them. also smolotterbean: reposting WeRateDogs: This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

INSIDE YOU THERE ARE TWO WOLVES

smolotterbean, 4 months ago, pinned: Don't ever disrespect military veterans because several of my neighbors, family and friends are veterans and they are some of the most honest, respectful and decent people I've ever met. You don't know what they've been through but I have heard some of the horrors they lived through. Be respectful.

the stupidest dickheads, the worst leadership, and the most incompetent administrators I have ever known are all drawn from my time in the army. Mr. Cool Skeleton T-Shirt over here has never had an E6+ fuck them over just because their federal authority and narcissism means they can, and it shows

I will be trying the new Marathon this weekend.

dunno what the other person's saying because they have me on a blocklist, but as someone whose headphones are often more duct tape than headset, I would honestly just do that. my experience with headphones is they last maybe two years before disintegrating so I've never felt bad about a quick fix

while I must unfortunately remind people that our governor, Jared Polis, is a heinous conservative on many issues (thinks RFK Jr. is a Certified Genious, fervently anti-China, loves supporting AIPAC candidates), he is at least solid on LGBT+ issues, so giving to this organization is a good move

the thing about the purity-testing communists in America is that they don't seem to understand that, in veterans, you have an entire potential bloc who have been fucked over by both parties for years. people who think they should be excluded do so via mind-palace vanguard armies that don't exist

oh, SF64 isn't perfect, I just find it hilarious people will call the N64 shit when the Atari 2600 existed

Shadows of the Empire isn't a standout in the history of third-person shooter-platformers, but it's also not shovelware. Nintendo's a bad corp but they knew how to get poorer kids a good deal

obviously a lone joystick on the N64 controller was suboptimal to the FPS genre specifically, but StarFox 64 still handles like a dream and all else had some strategy for utilizing a console that existed between generational design philosophies. the limitations make it more interesting, not less

the funny thing about all the people ranting about how it's ethically abhorrent to still scroll twitter is that there's often a post over there which is some variation on "bluesky admin hates Palestinians and anyone who isn't a liberal, why would I bother trading one site run by Nazis for another?"

howard hughes on twitter: the CHUDS don't want you to know about the benefits of PISSJUGMAXXING. I'm here with RFK JR. to explain the federal government's campaign to get YOU into the PISS ZONE, a $12 billion commitment funded ENTIRELY by cutting cancer research programs

honestly coulda stopped at "they clipped out Free Palestine but not the tic"

the British Broadcasting Corporation is just a handful of East India Company executives trying to reconcile the fact that their empire is incongruous with modern reality and screaming endlessly as though it'll save them

this is the incredibly uplifting jolt you were asking for on this, the shittiest of Mondays

From Dune: Part 2. [GURNEY HALLECK, SITTING NEXT TO MUAD'DIB, DUKE PAUL I ATREIDES, HAVING SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT REALITY]: No need to be a prophet to see what's ahead.

is anyone truly ready for the Newsom presidency?

it should also be noted that there's a TNG episode that gives the "why's mostly everybody a five-fingered humanoid with bits on their skull" question an Ancient Aliens answer, so while I love Trek to death, it's always going to be a pretty soft entry in sci-fi more meant as ethical discourse

to be fair, the assumption is that most systems are housing barren planets, so a lot of one's job as a scientist on a Federation ship is going "yep, dece amount of higher-mass elements on this lifeless husk, moving on"

whether that reflects reality is, of course, a matter for ongoing actual science

INTRO:

ANGELA LANSBURY types furiously on a Royal typewriter. It goes on for some time, implying paragraphs.

She brings her hand gently to her mouth, and looks pleased. Reverse shot pans over to the paper, which has one line:

"MORE LIKE IAN CUNT, LOL"

[MURDER, SHE WROTE INTRO SEQUENCE BEGINS]

Halo meme

the perfect post doesn't exi-

A picture of a white 70s pontiac trans am with pink and blue stripes up the hood in trans flag colours. Trans Am. Trans Trans Am.

Trans Am

a sign, made up of two circular plates, which is meant to read "OLD ORCHARD", but "OLD ORC" is on the first plate and "HARD" is on the second "Old Orc lucky. Some old orc not get hard. Must take blue potion." "If hard lasting more than 4 hours contact shaman. They be impressed as hell."

don't watch Dunkey any more after his "will everybody shut up about the harry potter game is giving JK Rowling money to incinerate trans people" take, but Gex quips were a common joke on his videos so I assume he's a goodly part of this, uh, renaissance for a series nobody ever really cared about

it's one of those games that's deeply frustrating, because the combat is far more crisp, but after the political and interpersonal tour de force of writing that Inquisition had - on par with Witcher III - it's incredibly sad to enjoy a good core mechanic in service of a story that is 50% as good

they should have sent a poet

X Users Discuss Al Pacino's Character Appearance in Heat and Its Inspiration from Edward Bunker Last updated 22 minutes ago Posts on X focus on why Al Pacino's character in Michael Mann's Heat looks weathered and aged, attributing it to the character's basis in real-life felon, author, and actor Edward Bunker. Bunker, who played Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs and advised on the film, influenced the character's look, speech, and dress. The discussion coincides with mentions of Heat screenings or rewatches. This story is a summary of posts on X and may evolve over time. Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs. --- nathan / @nathanrobii / 7h why did he look like this in heat 😭😭 (a picture of Jon Voight in Heat, whose character was based on Edward Bunker)

only on X,

the Everything App,

whose in-house LLM has no fucking clue who Jon Voight is

Sorry everyone. I fucked up. YouTube is messed up because I wouldn’t stop searching for that video of a guy putting tinfoil over his penis, sticking it into an electrical outlet, and shrieking as the lights go out

and also beef is what is for dinner. so, mark that in your notes.

that's a downer to end on. the good news is that the failsons are fucking up so bad that the entire world knows that they were captured by kompromat by what appears to be both the stupidest, and most productive, intelligence asset a state agency ever had. and some are getting arrested! just not here

there's something to be said about Andrew Carnegie making an attempt at creating a better world, and doing it well before he died, unlike Buffett's little lies

evil used to understand that an educated populace could be exploited for even more money. now we're just watching the failsons piss us away