A flatscreen display on a "smart" water fountain, demanding to be reconnected to the internet.

In 1999, I was playing a decker in Shadowrun, and tried to distract a guard by hacking a water fountain to overflow, and my GM said "why would a water fountain be on the network? That's fucking stupid. No you can't try."

Well it's 2026 and I just want you to know, Phil, that I FUCKING CALLED IT!

Comic. I’m at my desk, leaning over to the doorway, saying “Hey! Foghorn! Foghorn Leghorn! Get in here!” Foghorn Leghorn is walking past the doorway, “Boy, I tell ya, I tell ya, not so loud, boy. What, I say, I say, what d’ya want?” Next panel, I’m gesturing to my computer. “How do I find that really good manga you recommended? It’s an anime now? I keep getting Halloween costumes.” Foghorn leans over my chair, “well, boy, I say, I say, you ain’t typin the entire title.” Last panel, I turn around- “you said ‘witch hat.’ Foghorn gets in my face- “open your ears, boy!! ‘Witch Hat Atelier, I tell ya! I tell ya ‘Atelier,’ I tell ya’”

How I’ve Been Pronouncing It (Feat. Foghorn Leghorn, my… roommate?)

come on man.

Directed graph showing the derivation of Welsh "heddwas": "police officer" from Indo-European *steh₂-: "to stand" and *sed-: "to sit" Also shown from *steh₂-: "stand", "statue" specifically from Celtic *uɸostos/*wastos: "vassal", "valet" from *sed-: "sit", "chair" specifically from Celtic *sīdos/*sedom: "sidhe", "strontium"

The Welsh word for "police officer" (lit. "peace-servant") contains the roots for both "sit" and "stand" 😁

Final Fantasy II (Part 3: Gordon's Not a Moron) YouTube video by Simon Chalk

Mission: Boom

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Final Fantasy II (Part 2: Kludgin' it Up) YouTube video by Simon Chalk

See, told you I got around the bootleg issue. Anyway, odd game, this.

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Final Fantasy II (Part 1: What Do You Mean, Unofficial Cartridge) YouTube video by Simon Chalk

Trying to play FF2 and it turns out the cartridge I bought off eBay is a bootleg, uh-oh (spoiler: I get around it the problem, more or less)

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The Old English word for a flower was ‘blōsma’.

While it survived, becoming modern ‘blossom’, it gave up part of its meaning to a French loanword.

Interestingly though, this word, originally spelled both ‘flour’ and ‘flower’, stems from the same root as ‘blossom’.

Click my graphic to learn more:

Panel 1: Shen is facing the viewer directly, with a green starry background, saying "BLUECHAIR, the comic I've been making on Webtoon for the past 12 years, is ending tomorrow." Panel 2: Shen takes a long and peaceful inhale through his nose, his eyes closed, serenely appreciating the sunlight falling upon him. Panel 3: Shen keels over and screams "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA T.F. AM I GONNA DOOOOO!!!!!!" Panel 4: Text reading "give it a warm sendoff at BLUECHAIR-WEBTOON.COM (or just search 'BLUECHAIR' on Webtoon) ~ Shen" and there's a minimalist winking Shen face.

Meme com os dizeres - Any doctor here? - I'm a doctor, what's going on? - a heart attack! - I'm a doctor in Indo-European linguistics - He is going to die - *ḱléwos *n̥dhgwhitóm

Tive que fazer isso.

A post which says "Heartbreaking: JRPG corridor has gone on for far longer than expected and you are starting to suspect that you actually took the correct path by accident"

a lot of people don't know this, but your library card actually gives you access to a underground tunnel network of strange architecture and unclear purpose

The closer to the modern era you get the more fascinating "lost at sea" becomes as a backstory element. Being lost at sea in 1612 is a downright normal kind of lost to be. Being lost at sea in 2012 is like, okay, back up – I need to hear this one.

Something you realise experiencing musical theatre primarily via cast recordings is that, separated from the spectacle of the stage, from a lyrical standpoint a lot of very well-regarded stage musicals are very bad.

They Might Be Giants - Get Down (Official Video) YouTube video by ParticleMen

Get Down. Check in with this new video from The World Is to Dig
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Directed graph showing "mall", "maul", and "mallet" from Latin "malleus"

Homophones "mall" and "maul" don't seem to share much meaning, but they are in fact cognate; both from Latin "malleus": "hammer".

TTRPG with old-school "you can die in character creation" mechanics, except most terminal events are stuff like "reached adulthood with no major traumas" or "found a love of carpentry", so your goal is to make enough bad life choices that your character is a big enough loser to become an adventurer.

Last night I dreamed that I was trying to get my phone to give me directions and struggling tremendously because it kept autocorrecting the name of the destination to "lizardman". It was always able to provide valid directions to "lizardman".

The "don't complain people aren't creating the art you want to see in the world, CREATE the art you want to see in the world" thing has always rung false for me because I spend most of my time doing that, and it turns out the art I want to see in the world vastly outstrips my ability to create it.

Okay so you might see this video with the audio muted. Now imagine how the music must sound like. I urge you to unmute and listen to what it's actually like because I guarantee you you're not prepared for it.

Magical girl parody where the magical girls and the big gross bug monsters have mutually agreed that they don't actually want to fight each other to the death, and every episode is some reverse "Scooby Doo" bullshit to keep the Queen of Darkness from figuring out what's going on.

Post Apocalypse Microbe Lab is now available! An idle desktop game where you watch over and help an android girl collect microorganisms in a post-apocalyptic world.

Steam store page:
🦠 Post Apocalypse Microbe Lab
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Our new LP The World Is to Dig is everywhere 4/14, but grab your headphones and tuck in for the weekend because you can download it NOW. It’s a fundraiser for our studio work! Help sustain our project and hear all 18 new song before the rest of the world does! Exclusively at TMBGshop.com.

It will come as no surprise that ‘to live’ is etymologically related to ‘life’.

However, they’re also related to ‘leave’ and German ‘bleiben’ (“to stay”).

Even ‘lipo(suction)’ is related, as are ‘-lev-‘ and ‘-lv-‘ in ‘eleven’ and ‘twelve’.

Click my new graphic to learn all about this word family:

Cover page of The Learning Company Software Catalog from Fall of 1991 with a group of children who are waaaay too excited to be playing "Super Solvers: OutNumbered!"

Hey, look. It's a decent scan of this legendary image!