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Alex Dobrenko

@alexd23.bsky.social

Sinner saint no shame. Writer comedian guy. head of creative at www.sublime.app head of writing at botharetrue.substack.com - absurd vlunerable essays that one person called "not bad actually" i live, laugh, love in asheville, nc

853 Followers  |  291 Following  |  224 Posts  |  Joined: 13.04.2023  |  1.6784

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slopia (adj) - writing that has an AI-tint to it, i.e. over-formatted, over-outlined, try-hard generic, ends with a β€œlesson”

07.10.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ugh felt happy for a min by accident and replied β€œsounds good!!” non-ironically to a text

RIP the sadboi image i’ve spent years cultivating FUCK

27.09.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Say it with me again

"Comedy is NOT just a way to get likes

it’s also how I dress my grief up so people will clap for it”

22.09.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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is it β€œstaying alive”?

22.09.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my nyt crossword week usually:
Mon - easy
Tue - easyish
Wed - mid, can usually finish
Thur - hard, finish 20% of the time?
Fri - long shot
Sat - longest shot
Sun - can finish with a lil cheating

22.09.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

protein for creatives call that the artist’s whey

19.09.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

being funny is just saying what everyone else is thinking. that's it. nothing fancy.

19.09.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

somehow this popped up on my bsky and as an asheville local i can say come on over!

18.09.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hi

18.09.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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is it...ice cream?

15.06.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i really gotta get famous today

02.06.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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30.04.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5194    πŸ” 927    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 100

i have no problems w wes andersen doing the same ol thing until he's d.e.d. ded BUT I do think it'd be such a good bit if his next movie was handheld lowbudget dogma95 shitty sets, non actors, weird non-plot, etc. i think he could have a lot of fun with that and we would too (wes: i'm avail for work

02.06.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This whole video is AI. These people do not exist. The train ride never happened.

22.05.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was 19, I wanted to time travel

When I was 21, I invented a time machine

When I was 15, I HOLY SHIT

20.05.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

substack gf, vibe coder bf

21.04.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the lack of an official term for two horses living next to each other is tearing this country apart. neeeeeighbors could heal us

20.04.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Wow I can't believe it, I've become the lord of the rings."
-- Frodo, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

15.04.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Early Version of Butterfly Pavilion from August 2023 - Benny Feldman Watch it for free first down below!! Then pay based on how much you liked it

What's up. Here is an early version of my stand-up hour from 2023 in its entirety.

Watch it for free!! And then pay what you wish based on how much you liked it.

This will ultimately help me make the final version. Hope you enjoy.

14.04.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

live laugh louvre

14.04.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

its 2025 and we’re still paying taxes like cavemen?

14.04.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

omg @alexpriest.com thank you so much man

08.04.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

also weird that the scale is between fear and greed like aren't both of those bad?

04.04.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"but at what cost"
- me at the store

04.04.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sex is cool, but have you ever spent money you dont have on shit you dont need?

20.03.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah this made me....groan, AND I LIKE DOING VIDEO

04.04.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

here for it

04.04.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sex is cool, but have you ever spent money you dont have on shit you dont need?

20.03.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the cruel irony of needing perfect vision to repair the very thing that gives you perfect vision. this is how society FALLS

19.03.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

nice signal you got there, be a shame if it turned out to just be noise

17.03.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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