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Parent, game person, library person. He/him.

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The side of a twelve-inch record. It says TCHAIKOVSKY - ROMEO & JULIET ETC.

The side of a twelve-inch record. It says TCHAIKOVSKY - ROMEO & JULIET ETC.

I bought this record from a charity shop. The sleeve makes it sound like Tchaikovsky himself called it Romeo & Juliet Etc. β€˜Fuck it, that’ll do.’

10.02.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Jon Stewart nailed it tonight when he asked why is it the Super Bowl halftime performer’s responsibility to unify the country and not somebody else’s.

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I initially read this as that you ONLY had a rewinder, and no VCR.

10.02.2026 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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{whispering} people convicted of violent crimes also do not deserve to live in these conditions

09.02.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 569    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Not nothing. They need to pay for their crimes.

10.02.2026 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's probably true that the human brain isn't evolved to handle social media, but I think it helps if you envision yourself as a sort of beloved local knave, modestly dining out on your little japes and stories, rather than as a rebel king collecting banners for your bloody campaign for the throne

31.03.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1771    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 14

imagine putting this money into a new deal 2.0 and fixing roads and bridges, providing housing and healthcare to everyone, and streamlining immigration processes

09.02.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 913    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2

A very good fun show.

10.02.2026 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New York Times headline: Libertarians: We Told You So

With an image of a big black boot stomping a snake

New York Times headline: Libertarians: We Told You So With an image of a big black boot stomping a snake

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart

1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks

2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

09.02.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11005    πŸ” 2317    πŸ’¬ 327    πŸ“Œ 177

Nothing like a meeting with your accountant to make you feel like something stuck on the heel of the universe.

My one paying gig right now isn’t enough, folks, so if you’ve got a need for a proven game developer and creative director in tabletop or adjacent fields please let me know. πŸ™πŸ»

09.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

That's so many things!

09.02.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ppl getting mad about a BG3 TV show without Larian involvement but what was it supposed to be? They don't own the IP, they wanted to focus on their own stuff and didn't want to stay on the BG franchise and they're a video game developer not a film studio, what can Mazin even do except chat with em

08.02.2026 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 199    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm afraid I missed this Superbowl again, but did you know since Gonzales v. Williams (1904), followed by the Jones-Shafroth Act (1917) the US and Puerto Rico have had free movement? Great example of how you can open borders and... nothing bad happens. More wealth, more culture. More better.

09.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Ooh people are angry at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
YouTube video by Josh Johnson Ooh people are angry at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

youtube.com/shorts/UDAOP...

09.02.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: No worries guys!

09.02.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

*Laughs in skeleton*

09.02.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keep seeing this Copilot ad in which a woman pulls off a shit-hot 'business negotiation' by tapping away at Copilot to ask its advice every 20 seconds, as if that would put you in a position of strength rather than implying that you didn't have a fucking clue what you were doing.

09.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 330    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5

also the venn diagram of people mad they can't understand the lyrics and the people who think born in the usa is about how good america is is a circle

09.02.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1938    πŸ” 225    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 0

It's just a shame that anyone need to suffer the tragedy of hearing about Kid Rock

09.02.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think we just look helpful. I hope this outfit works

09.02.2026 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone complained that one of the news articles I referenced in my video included a picture of Trump with Epstein and my man a lot of people found a really easy way to avoid having pictures with Epstein show up in news articles

09.02.2026 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I want it on the record of history that artists realized the harm immediately and were (and continue to be) loud bitches trying to stop the idiots who are out of their minds.

09.02.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 762    πŸ” 252    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

My son is 12, and it's the reverse, but that may be my influence

09.02.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it? I know it rode the wave of existing Minecraft memes, but does it itself have weight?

09.02.2026 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never heard about this. Was this more than just pointing out that Bliss Stage is fucked up?

09.02.2026 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The ads should lead with that.

09.02.2026 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

09.02.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 24964    πŸ” 5868    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 50

Slop purveyor: my machine lets me produce 6,000 gallons of hot dogshit per day. How do you think you can possibly compete with that?

Literally any creative person: by not producing 6,000 gallons a day of hot dogshit, mostly

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