@spammm RT @WarrenIsDead: mother's kindly morning reassurances that many children were still getting decapitated in their sleep while she reattache…
this is the only version i have saved, though i'm sure hoot has the full one in his archive
nostalgia is remembering when you didn’t have to pay bills and attributing that feeling to mario
Accumulation of Guilt Upon dying, a Guilt Fragment remains anchored to the world. The level of Guilt rises, reducing the gain of Fervour and your defence, but increasing Tears of Atonement and Martyrdom Points gained. Collect Guilt Fragments to partially recover, or find someone who can ease your burden.
*squinting, rubbing bridge of nose with thumb and forefinger* okay
I’ve had the same editor since 1967. Many times he has said to me over the years or asked me, Why would you use a semicolon instead of a colon? And many times over the years I have said to him things like: I will never speak to you again. Forever. Goodbye. That is it. Thank you very much. And I leave. Then I read the piece and I think of his suggestions. I send him a telegram that says, OK, so you’re right. So what? Don’t ever mention this to me again. If you do, I will never speak to you again
Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited
SEO slop article that comes up when you search anything:
To understand Kieran Culkin wife, one must ask: who is this venerable spouse? Does she have a height in meters? What proclivities may have driven her to be Culkin wife?
Happy 80th to John Waters and his poppers birthday cake
Gosford Park (2001)
Gosford World (2015)
Gosford World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
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?)
NG: Whereas Pong was basically for everybody? Nolan: Pong had an interesting characteristic. Since it was two players for a quarter, and there wasn't a one-player version, it was in fact a social lubricant in many instances. It was very common to have a girl with a quarter in hand pull a guy off a bar stool and say, 'I'd like to play Pong and there's nobody to play.' It was a way you could play games, you were sitting shoulder to shoulder, you could talk, you could laugh, you could challenge each other — that sort of thing. NG: You also had one hand free to hold your beer or whatever. Nolan: As you became better friends, you could put down your beer and hug. You could put your arm around the person. You could play left-handed if you so desired. In fact, there are a lot of people who have come up to me over the years and said, "I met my wife playing Pong," and that's kind of a nice thing to have achieved.
i love this nolan bushnell interview in next generation magazine issue 4... pong is about touching each other
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This is single handedly the funniest scene from any Star Trek
A painting (used as a magazine poster) by Earl Norem of various Masters of the Universe characters fighting
I do believe there is such a thing as good art and bad art. But I also believe there should be a museum of toy packaging and marketing art so I can stand in front of this Masters of the Universe poster by Earl Norem and talk about its composition like it's The School of Athens
Majority of Americans Ignore This Simple Trick to Eliminate Mice
It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly
Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way
people get excited to have something to be upset about, it makes them feel righteous. otherwise life is mostly indignities so small you can't claim to have been hurt by any specific one of them but which degrade us nonetheless
Article from The Wrap. Headline that reads: Inside Doug Liman's $70 Million Al-Made Movie Starring Casey Affleck and Gal Gadot "Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi" will be looking for buyers at Cannes and is billed as the first fully-generated, studio-quality Al feature film Emily Zemler April 15, 2026 @ 6:00 AM
One of those headlines that just gets hilariously worse as you read it
"Do not kill yourself. Killing yourself is a worse variation of attacking yourself."
advice from a go book
There should be something where you get money just for being alive on account of you need it to live
"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."
The next drop has hit decayedorbitbooks.com so it's time to announce a special little project I'm attempting with it: writing a book of short essays on every Shakespeare play.
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A screenshot of a post by user "sapphicassessment" on the reddit "Am I Overreacting". AIO: My girlfriend keeps touching my breasts and saying they're "fine". Feel weird bringing this here because maybe this is normal? But yeah, two months ago my (31F) girlfriend (34F) started doing this new thing where she grabs my boobs, really considers them for a second, and then says, "They're fine." The first time I thought it was just a joke, like she was playing with me, but she kept doing it. She must have done this dozens of times by now. Always a very serious and focused assessment process, followed by the declaration that touching them feels perfectly regular. I accepted the whole thing as just a new part of our relationship, because, hey––I enjoy sexual touch! And it was always in private, except for one time when she was a little buzzed, we were at a bar and people were making out and stuff so we blended in. I thought, "Maybe she has some issue she's working through, some lesbian trauma, and this is how she can make herself feel like it's okay to touch breasts." And it's not like she was saying my tits were bad, right? So... I let it go. But then last week, our friend Jessa (35F) came over to help us plan a massive surprise party for another friend's birthday. A few minutes into the hang, my girlfriend grabbed my breasts, and said, "Oh, Jess–don't forget to check these things out. I promise it's just like I said, they're totally normal, holding them doesn't even feel bad or anything."
screenshotted post continues: I was mortified, didn't think I could possibly get more shocked and embarrassed, and then Jessa PUT HER HANDS ON MY TITS. I think I fully dissociated, all I know is later in bed my partner said Jessa remarked that she wasn't actively bothered by the physical sensation of touching my breasts. Obviously, this had gone too far, and I tried to bring it up with my partner, but she said I was being dramatic and making a big deal out of nothing. She actually told me, "It's not like we're saying bad things about you." I countered by saying that "not bad" doesn't mean "good" and she accused me of being difficult. And then the kicker: "I hope you don't act like this at the party." Am I overreacting? Is it possible for boobs to feel "bad", and I should just be glad I dodged a bullet or something? Is every single dyke at this huge surprise party going to feel me up?? 526 upvotes, 141 comments, no award Comment from user "Captain-OggVorbious": this is clearly toxic af and i can't be the only one who thinks the age gap is a huge problem here To replies are hidden, their author names visible: PumpKinZeissLatteLens and loosejoose211217
surprised I haven’t seen more coverage of this one on my various reaction pages but maybe they don’t know what to make of it??
samuel beckett was born on this day 120 years ago. astonishing to think that if he had survived, and could run 100m in 9.57 seconds, he would be not only the oldest but also the fastest man in the world - together with his nobel prize for literature, an astonishing trifecta
its so cool that literally every job now is understaffed by 30-50%. its great because i didnt want whatever it was done well or with any care at all. but please keep raising prices anyway
Death doula, the mic rula, the old schoola, you want a RIP, I’ll bring it to ya
thank you
i was surprised not to see any jokes involving the infinitive form of "skyking", but then i thought about it for two seconds
NEW ON HULU #SKYKING PANIC IN THE SKY In exclusive interviews and air traffic control audio, #SKYKING tells the story of Horizon Air ground service agent Richard "Beebo" Russell, who clocked into work... TVMA Documentaries, Crime 2026
SHODAN: t-t-time to ELECTROCUTE you until-til-til you're jussssst ᵉᵗᵗᵉ ᵉᵗᵗᵉ ᵉᵗᵗᵉ a BLACK SILHOUETTE and WHITE ᵛᶦˢᶦᵇˡᵉ ˢᵏᵉˡᵉᵗᵒⁿ
TILLY NORWOOD: nooooo!!!!!!
Fake wikipedia page: The Strong Inverse Bechdel test is an arcane technique invented by the warlock Coltan Azur in 1759 NA, originally designed as a method of retrieving forbidden knowledge which would otherwise be inaccessible to baseline sapients. Where the original Bechdel test functioned as a measure of the representation of women in fictional settings by asking whether a work features two women having a conversation about something other than a man, the Strong Inverse test involves two non-fictional women, inserted into a specially-constructed Textual Actual World (TAW) by means of a standard fictional rocketship, talking about everything in the universe. This discursive material can then be sifted for forbidden knowledge using a Kreminski-type inductive story sifter in 𝒪(nlog n) time. Azur conducted the first run of the Inverse Test in 1761 NA, employing their wives Arabella Dust-Kirby and Finally, Finally, The Last Words Are Inaudible, Though Try As You Might To Hear Them, And For The Remainder Of Your Days With Each Rememberance Distort The Unreliable Record Of Memory Until Finally, Finally, You Yourself On Your Deathbed Achieve A False But Comforting Understanding In The Moment You Need It Most as the actants, and using a modified copy of William T. Vollmann’s You Bright and Risen Angels as the substrate. Although initially successful, Azur was unprepared for the sheer volume of forbidden knowledge, much of it deeply unflattering, and suffered a cerebral haemorrhage as a result; they subsequently died in 1767 NA of unrelated causes, and their wives remain trapped in the TAW. The substrate is held in the permanent collection of the Artemis Institute In recent years, the use of the Strong Inverse test has gained notariety as a form of torture, particularly by Formerican intelligence services, who have reportedly used the Strong Inverse test both as part of a polygraph or neuropolygraph, and as a method of sensory overload.
never knew this!
Sometimes you make a perfect joke and no one reacts to it and you’re like “why hast god forsaken me”
i especially liked the implication that you were hoping for a large turnout to that particular one as well
