highly recommend reading the Time article quoted here, it's full of wild stuff. framing pokemon as an disgusting otaku obsession makes me like it more
09.02.2026 18:06 โ ๐ 60 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 3@apopheniac.bsky.social
still dazzling, hollering, razzling, and hooting. he/him
highly recommend reading the Time article quoted here, it's full of wild stuff. framing pokemon as an disgusting otaku obsession makes me like it more
09.02.2026 18:06 โ ๐ 60 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 3Apropos of nothing, remember when @tmbg.bsky.social did the music for Dunkin' Donuts commercials?
youtu.be/XAJnD6gslbc
i know pokemon is still popular with younger people but millennial cultural hegemony is going to rock. we're just aging into the marketing demographic where everything is going to be catered directly to us. it's going to rule and we will do whatever it takes to make it last until we're 300 years old
09.02.2026 02:24 โ ๐ 1168 ๐ 101 ๐ฌ 49 ๐ 6the ad is basically a victory lap. they had a bunch of celebrities say they have a favorite Pokemon and it didn't seem weird, because that's a normal thing to have
09.02.2026 02:24 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0'i hate every ape i see from chimpan-a to chimpan-z' is the dumbest simpsons joke that always gets me
08.02.2026 10:35 โ ๐ 122 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around
08.02.2026 17:59 โ ๐ 4564 ๐ 909 ๐ฌ 111 ๐ 71One thing modern gaming has gotten right is broadly standardizing demos as "have the first level, save data transfers." Players get a head start and an unvarnished feel of the actual game, publishers get players invested to buy in full, it's probably easier for devs than making bespoke demo levels.
07.02.2026 23:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0in order for american tv and film to heal, people who grew up in the 80s have to be banned from making anything for a bit
06.02.2026 00:26 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0okay i guess im just listening to this on a loop forever youtu.be/JzHwnaK1c7c
05.02.2026 14:55 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Leviathan
26.01.2026 19:25 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1My mom took us to see this on Christmas. I liked the nose they put on Mark Hamill.
24.01.2026 13:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The new winter storm model run is out and YOU, specifically, are getting 36"+ of snow. It doesn't matter where you are or what you do, you can't escape from it. Its coming and it will find you. Don't bother stocking up, it won't be enough. Make peace with your God if you have one
21.01.2026 21:03 โ ๐ 86 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2Mario RPGs always struck me as "RPGs for people who don't like RPGs"
21.01.2026 16:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Canadians donโt get to brag about burning down the White House until they do it again to show it wasnโt a fluke. That was a Mickey Mouse arson until proven otherwise.
21.01.2026 04:30 โ ๐ 860 ๐ 77 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 9they should make a Rushmore (1998) video game
20.01.2026 18:20 โ ๐ 195 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 0snake that's roland, the headless thompson gunner. our intel says he's the eternal thompson gunner, still wandering through the night. you might want to try tossing a chaff grenade.
17.01.2026 15:58 โ ๐ 72 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2give me dilbertidaho. the coffee must flow.
14.01.2026 19:02 โ ๐ 200 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Feel like I'm being more of an asshole to people who deserve it this year. This wasn't my 2026 resolution, but it was for previous years, so I'm counting it
14.01.2026 17:20 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Is the band Blondie named after the dessert, or was the dessert named after the band?
13.01.2026 14:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I wish there was an autistic part of town, like Chinatown or Little Italy
10.01.2026 22:50 โ ๐ 69 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0nothing like post-dump clarity
10.01.2026 00:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thank you!
10.01.2026 00:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"Can you eat other parts of the cereal, or just the balls?"
09.01.2026 23:07 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐ถWell, I was riding in the lesbian car
Way downtown
I was there to check the scene
And hang around๐ถ
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09.01.2026 22:18 โ ๐ 284 ๐ 101 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 5Potato-Chip Connoisseur Detects Notes Of Sour Cream, Onion
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09.01.2026 15:00 โ ๐ 1511 ๐ 131 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 15Thor will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
07.01.2026 16:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Didi and Gogo...
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