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Today on "Metaphorically Mind Blowing Forms of Escapism":

Mr. @brandonsanderson.com, the end of chapter 75 in "The Way of Kings". Stormfather…

Thank you for your brilliance, I look forward to reading all of your other books.

Pac-Man hits different at our age... Used to be power pellet, now it’s aspirin.

Still dodging (cosplay)ghosts in the sky bridges, just with sore feet.

#dragoncon2025 #dragoncon

Watching Sealab 2021 s03e02 while under caffeinated made me wonder if that was Gen X's and Millennials' version of Vine/TikTok/Shorts before the aforementioned platforms came along.

RIP Ozzy Osbourne 🖤🦇

Us regular people over here trying to live our lives as best as possible while rich assholes are busy fucking us up as they throw their money around like they throw their lame tantrums.

Helldivers in China, you were absolutely brilliant in your fight to save Super Earth and I salute you all.

But seriously...

WHY YOU GO AND OUT ALL OF US ON OUR STUBBORNESS BY REVIEW BOMB THE GAME??? I THOUGHT WE FAMILY!!??

Dammit I fucking reverted back to my Chinglish roots for a second there.

1 geocache, 7 puzzles to solve. Puzzle 5 requires unscrambling of 27 scrambled words.

I unscrambled 22 out of the 27.

Oonga boonga me finds website that can help unscramble scrambleds. Oonga boonga me use it. Cue happy ook ook brain success noises.

*CACKLES*

Overheard while queued up for a bank teller:

Man on mobile: "Yeah this bitch be like 'Ooh yeah baby, make like Def Leppard and pour some sugar on meeeeeee', I clapped back at her saying "Bitch hell naw, my wallet is hypoglycemic."

Progress on the Empyrean series:

Made it to Onyx Storm and I can definitely say that I'm familiar enough with Yarros's writing to know that there is no such thing as foreshadowing with her. It's more like her taking all the stating-the-obvious items and having them cosplay as foreshadowing.

#NYT_ConnectIons No point being disappointed in myself for notbeing able to solve it, I'm just not a mind reader of the creator and that is perfectly ok

Bella does NOT deserve the all this vitriol from viewers, blame Druckmann and Mazin. They allowed Ellie's character to be written the way we've seen and did not want Bella to play the games to learn more about Ellie. They think that's the change worth bringing, that's on them, not Bella.

#TLOU season 2 had some great moments, but overall it has writing and pacing problems that made this season very difficult to enjoy. If anything, season 2 made me appreciate #TLOU2 game even more and understand all the complex feelings I've had about it.

Still not sure why the ratings input is enabled for items that are not release for sale to the public yet on commerce sites...

Seriously feeling like taking myself to a convent and become a nun because fuck this entire human societal construct and what it favours (Yes I'm aware of the irony of my rant, now leave me alone).

Old MacDonald had an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact
E-I-E-I-O
With a min-min here
And a min-min there
Here-a-min
THEREMIN
Everywhere a min-min

#TLOU2 - The show is doing a great job recreating the emotional turmoil from all that has happened thus far, just not sure how it will be able to carry that weight /w the characters we have now. Also feels really weird that Ellie is supposedly 19 y/o but she still comes off as still 14 y/o.

Why do I allow myself to get so emotionally fucked by T.V. shows? *faceplant*

#Andor - Only watched 2 of the final episodes and I'm afraid to watch the final one because I don't know if my heart can take it (Please, Kleya, survive).

Signs that an #EliteDangerous player is an 8 year old trapped in a 40 something year old's body:

1. Player is piloting an Anaconda because of its multi-role versatility

2. Player wants to make all the jokes about how its Anaconda don't want none unless your ship's got buns, hun

In an attempt to join the Persian & Chinese empires, a mandarin once married a sultana. And that's how grapes were formed

I can say for certain that having a male woodpecker pecking the gutter just outside my room is a great way to get my ass out of bed pissed off and ready to kick anyone's teeth in.

Definitely experiencing different feels from show version #TLOU2 in its second season compared to the game version. Not sure if I want to re-experience all of this preferably by game replay or by watching the show.

🐈‍⬛🤍.

Oh most definitely, he scares me shitless but I just can't look away (preferably from a distance far, far away). Forest is definitely a proper legend.

Forest Whitaker's performance as Saw Gerrera in Andor s02e05 was spine chilling, holy shit. #andor

Ngl, I fully expected to see the blackscreen dialogue and reaction crawl. Didn't happen but still stupid happy to see them!!!!

Two things worth being excited about despite the bullshit happening in this world:

1. Andor - Always been a massive fan of Mon Mothma, love how season 2 handled her story arc. I love her so much.

2. The Rookie, s07e15 - SUPER HAPPY to see @ryanbergara.bsky.social and @shanemadej.bsky.social again!

I probably should stop denying that my sinuses are bothering me when I typed out "didney" when attempting to login to the Disney+ site.

WATCH: Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park react to Monday's 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook San Diego County. The elephants formed an "alert circle" meant to protect the young and the entire herd from any threats, according to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.