...ok no that was the season finale. The app I'm using just attributes the intro of s2 to s1.

Can't say I like the quick narrative turnaround they're signalling, but it'll probably be fine.

Oh also What Do You Mean this isn't the season finale? What's going to happen in five episodes that is grander and more punctuating than this??

Yes, episode 10 is pretty cathartic, but I wish the angst that made the first half so impactful got to simmer a while longer.

Problematic? Yes, kind of.
Still... it's horror. We can have questionable narrative features as a treat, right? Or is this the wrong direction?

Ten episodes into Alice Isn't Dead, I have the following thoughts:

- cool, I hope it stays good and does more episodic stuff like the factory
- Fink's writing is surprisingly characteristic
- I know the optics on it are TERRIBLE but I wish the bitterness towards Alice lasted a little longer

didn't you put your phone in the pool because it was too hot or something?

"Ok", she went, "Let's see what podcasts I can find"

And all the ones she was familiar with were roughly ten years old.

Feeling seen

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

Some men experience the riches of the earth only to be blind to their own wealth

palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society

an edited version of the "do it for her" simpsons meme of a poster board where homer simpson has put pictures of maggie over an oppressive message to change it into the words "do it for her". The pictures of maggie have been replaced by various logos for linux distros.

The 30s really are the great filter for alts in vanilla WoW. I don't hate Stranglethorn - I kinda like it in fact - but the early 30s are still a horrible trough as you've just run out of Ashenvale and it'll be a While before the 40s come around to start offering good zones again.

Early 3D Pokemon renders by Keiji Kinebuchi from the late 1990s that got my brain wired up

Figuring out temperature regulation in my apartment has suddenly made me 100x more keen to stay home which is annoying given how it coincided with social plans picking up again

I might be satisfied with the less wacky nature of Sims compared to TL, but there are just so many factors that make the latter more attractive rn.

"So... you want Nintendo Sims without Nintendo?"

Yeah alright but I'm NOT paying for a Sims at this stage of my life and even if I muster the energy to dig up my old Sims 2 discs idk if I can get it to run on linux.

steam bundle containing Animal Well, FEZ, Tunic, Outer Wilds, and Blue Prince

wew, that is one hell of a bundle

( @wormcreature.bsky.social pointed it out to me and I just had to share)

Lemme have a self-insert or two alongside like... the cast of Furi, a few DS9 characters, and some other random faves like Judy Álvarez and Indra Chaudhari

If I weren't trying to avoid giving Nintendo money, I'd be tempted to try to get the new Tomodachi Life. I know it's more fun to watch, y'know, professional entertainers add their wacky spin to it, but I wish I could fill an island with my own niche cast.

I feel like there has to be a good few games like that out there. A lot of them are probably either uncomfortably unaware or uncomfortably aware of the crusade allegory, though.

I really should channel my unabating thirst for WoW into a better game...

Ideally an rpg that captures the vibe of being a lone adventurer in southern Kalimdor who goes on to join the Cenarion offensive in Silithus. It's a bit of a shame how raid- and pvp-oriented Silithus itself is.

I admire your persistence, honestly. When I picked up on this pattern as a kid I went the other direction, and that's hard to unlearn when you've lived with it through your formative years. It fucks me over pretty hard sometimes.

Quitting breakfast is all fun and games until you have a very awkward morning and don't feel like eating lunch but no longer have other options at home

I'm just about to hit the "Take a long hard look at some price tags and ask myself how many meals I'm willing to cut to give myself Something" stage

And let me tell you
It takes a lot to get me to seriously consider giving myself something nice

"Fun" to be rapidly approaching a critical mass of "Fuck fuck fuck I really need to do something with my life" at a time when I'm quite possibly the least able to in my life even going back as far as early middle school.

Cancel Reply Forbidden Jay Bluesky is made with Al, the engineers and even some non-engineers use Claude code Can you ask them to stop?

Asking the forbidden question

BLUESKY IS A WEBSITE THAT TURNS (post by jay.bsky.team claiming that bluesky is made with AI) INTO (picture of bluesky not working)

I bring a sort of Forbidden Vibe to InternalServerError that Rate Limit Exceeded don't really like

trying to post through it rn

Sure I might be happier if made a habit of pushing my luck with people around me a little more, but I don't think I can justify what that would cost in other people's comfort...