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Lou Smith

@ker-plop.bsky.social

He/him // Writer, poet, critic of plots and scripts. // ker-plop on fanfiction.net // "There is no story when there's no hope of change." -Marie Ponsot

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Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 — 👍 14433    🔁 3116    💬 556    📌 830

My top 9 games. There are more, but these are the ones closest to my heart.

my9games.com

06.03.2026 02:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The haters have sometimes told me Mega Man Legends was a bad game, and to that I say: Nintendo brought back the f*cking Virtual Boy. Let me have this. 😂😭

05.03.2026 18:16 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

People gotta keep making (polite) noise to let @capcomusa.com know we want a Mega Man Legends collection.

06.03.2026 02:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Keep making (polite) noise about it, everyone.

06.03.2026 01:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting an exchange between Nancy Mace and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during a hearing. Walz responds that he is the governor of Minnesota and not there to serve as a prop for her obsession. Below is a video still showing Walz seated at a hearing table with a nameplate reading “Governor Walz.”

Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting an exchange between Nancy Mace and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during a hearing. Walz responds that he is the governor of Minnesota and not there to serve as a prop for her obsession. Below is a video still showing Walz seated at a hearing table with a nameplate reading “Governor Walz.”

That's what I’m talking about!

05.03.2026 22:00 — 👍 5400    🔁 978    💬 133    📌 29
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a man in a striped suit says " it 's showtime " in front of a cemetery ALT: a man in a striped suit says " it 's showtime " in front of a cemetery
05.03.2026 20:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 — 👍 16819    🔁 6620    💬 716    📌 367
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[News] Shingo Izumi: No Current Plans for a Mega Man Legends Collection, But It's Possible
www.rockman-corner.com/2026/03/shin...

05.03.2026 15:05 — 👍 236    🔁 64    💬 8    📌 15

Just when I've got my budget all figured out, my car decides to act up. Figures.

05.03.2026 01:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Strange Horticulture and Strange Antiquities (Switch) is up for preorder on Amazon ($34.99) amzn.to/3NhZFdG #ad

04.03.2026 21:23 — 👍 52    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 3
a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair

a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair

David Attenborough [whispering]:

“As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

04.03.2026 13:08 — 👍 8328    🔁 1711    💬 153    📌 75

Some results from last night:

-A pro-ICE NC Dem lawmaker lost her primary by nearly 50 points
-Dems flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Arkansas
-Dem turnout eclipsed GOP turnout in four newly-gerrymandered TX House seats

Trump's midterm reckoning has begun.

04.03.2026 17:41 — 👍 3354    🔁 775    💬 90    📌 37

I mean, if @capcomusa.com thinks the 3 Legends games aren't enough for a collection, toss 1 or 2 of the others in there.

04.03.2026 06:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The AI fucks keep yelling at people that their shit is inevitable and we have to use it now but I don't remember anybody having to scream at people to buy cars or use email or stream video.

04.03.2026 05:00 — 👍 279    🔁 92    💬 10    📌 5

I really hope @capcomusa.com is considering a Mega Man Legends collection next, but there is another collection they could also do: an "everything else" one.
-Rockman & Forte
-Handheld titles (GB I - V, XTreme 1+2, Powered Up, MHX)
-Soccer
-Command Mission, Network Transmission
-Wily Wars

04.03.2026 06:25 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Mean beans

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AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal.

The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright.

(Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

03.03.2026 20:03 — 👍 14021    🔁 5929    💬 212    📌 785

Is he about to sing “It’s Not Easy Being Teeth?”

04.03.2026 01:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Why does God need a starship?“

Captain James T Kirk

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I’m always telling my kids, “Life didn’t used to be like this! THIS IS NOT NORMAL.”

03.03.2026 15:52 — 👍 223    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 0
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Promises made. Promises broken. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

03.03.2026 20:40 — 👍 3200    🔁 921    💬 75    📌 24

Gregory Kent Bovino is now under criminal investigation by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for his conduct during Operation Metro Surge.

03.03.2026 20:12 — 👍 8007    🔁 1600    💬 235    📌 94

War with Iran, ICE agents rounding up and killing citizens, concentration camps under construction, crimes of a child rapist covered up by DOJ… Yup, total vindication for people who claimed our biggest threat was transgender folks using public restrooms.

03.03.2026 20:13 — 👍 283    🔁 62    💬 8    📌 0

Trump is the worst president since Trump.

03.03.2026 20:28 — 👍 293    🔁 32    💬 12    📌 0

Tales please

03.03.2026 18:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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(cartoon from 2003)

open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

03.03.2026 16:27 — 👍 547    🔁 146    💬 5    📌 6

Please don’t forget to vote today! Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina are kicking off the 2026 midterm cycle with their primary elections.

03.03.2026 14:17 — 👍 5992    🔁 2168    💬 129    📌 116

And it was reasonably priced, too.

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