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A webcomic: Jeffrey stands with a look of concern and despair on his face. Paperklip and Tallahassee sit, looking enraged. Jeffrey: Guys, it's...it's Cyber Monday again. Paperklip: You gotta be shitting me! Tallahassee: Are you serious? Jeffrey: Everybody log on to your computer terminals. Paperklip: God damnit. Close up of Tallahassee gazing at screen, distressed. Close up of Weedmaster P gazing at screen, distressed. Close up of Paperklip gazing at screen, distressed. Close up of Baby gazing at screen, distressed. Close up of Jeffrey gazing at screen, distressed. Shot of multiple chat windows. Chat Window 1 - Baby: put your buttocks inside of me Jeffrey: what. Chat Window 2 - Paperklip: Is there any way to get around this? Jeffrey: I don't think so I think it's a law. Chat Window 3 - Jeffrey: I'm like touching your face with my butt. Tallahassee: What is this I don't even. Chat Window 4 - Joanna: and lusted after her paramours there, whose members were like those of do keys, and whose emission was like that of stallions. Chat Window 5 - Weedmaster P: I WISH I HAD MORE TESTICALS. Jeffrey: Me too. Weedmaster P: LIKE FIFTY OF THEM.

it's that magical time of year again (my annual reposting of @wigu.org's cyber monday comic)

What a great headline

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

Also, it's not true, historically. Most people didn't get married until their twenties, and anything before that was normally a political marriage where they wouldn't consummate until they were of age or even actually live together until then.

"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.

a tweet from 2020: (james bond being beaten up by a goon) GOON: bond you will maintain continuity BOND: Never GOON: the year is 2020 and you're roughly forty five, you were born around 1975 BOND: *spits out blood* i was a sea captain in world war two and i've been to space GOON: you son of a bitch

My last word on the matter

divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment

10/10 take. No notes.

What a banger

That's what I thought, and it makes sense since the first one is the only one that took place primarily on Earth, but it's been a while since I read them.

Was that from one of the Elijah Bailey books? I remember reading that as a kid and thinking, "This is cool, but probably not a good idea."

"I am openly defying a court order so I can starve children if Democrats don't let me take healthcare away from millions"

once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory

Thanks for the description. From the name I just assumed he was some kind of standup comedian.

Also in D&D hell it's theoretically possible to move up in status so that it doesn't suck so bad for you, personally. Maybe not how that incentive structure should work, but it encourages them to torture other bad people, so I guess it works out in a utilitarian sense.

Was this originally about Middle-Earth and Valinor?

That's where lichdom comes in, though it doesn't help with the insanity

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

It has gotten worse about doing the first part as time has progressed. But, importantly, it hasn't gotten much better at the second part, certainly not enough to recommend it over anything else, and the same goes for the third part.

The process of mummification involved removing the brain, so they can't be all that smart

I haven't looked into Mothership that deeply, but that is a weird one, considering that actual old D&D had stealth mechanics from early on, if not the beginning (not sure whether they had them before Thief was added). They weren't good, but at least they had them.

If you have no skill or desire for hard work, you can make up the difference with luck, but there is no amount of hard work that can make up for just never getting a chance

Trump posts his Watergate tapes It ended Nixon's presidency. For Trump, it's just another Saturday.

"Where Nixon had to contend with a Supreme Court that rejected his claim of absolute immunity and a Congress that stood ready to impeach him, the other branches of govt these days have no interest in reining in Trump. He can do a Watergate every week safe in the knowledge that no one will stop him."

How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women "This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.

"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

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You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia

ww2 poster shows a soldier with a mickey face labeeled disney adult This woman id your friend, she fights for freedom

there was a large enough pro-life Dem caucus in the House that it almost sank Obamacare! basically all of them lost their seats in the Tea Party wave, and we’ve only seen congressional races get more nationalized since then

shitty policy stances aren’t enough to win over these voters

The only time I don't use my rice cooker for cooking rice is when the recipe calls for cooking the rice inside the main dish. Otherwise, I don't see how me and a pot of boiling water are meant to compete with a device specifically made for this task.

I think I know, but I might be wrong because my memory is terrible