Just want to say thanks to all my followers for still sticking with me, typos and all.   Especially to my regulars who have been there since the Twitter days. It's appreciated.

I think it's very fitting that in a year where cruelty felt like the norm, one of the best movies of the year is Superman, which is about kindness and a character who only wanted to help people. And that scene with Lex forcing the monkeys to flood social media with hate is *chef's kiss*.

And a TV legend was born. I've seen this episode so many times, but I was today years old that I finally noticed that Bart's picture in the frame is upside down.

If I ever became a billionaire, I'd probably just set my family up for life, buy a bunch of games, adopt some dogs, buy LEGO sets, and then use the rest to help fund indie animation and games (especially LGBT+ projects), and fund worthy human rights orgs.

Hans Gruber is still one of the best movie villains ever and is my personal favorite. Great performance by Alan Rickman and he has a charming and commanding presence every second he's on screen.

Time for the annual Christmas tradition. Yippee-Ki-Yay!

Got Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment and Hades II for Xmas today. I also treated myself to Sun Haven (a cozy farming sim with RPG elements) when it was on sale this week, so I know what I'll be playing for the next month or two.

No matter what you celebrate, or if you don't celebrate anything at all, I hope you have a good day. You keep being you.

Watching The Muppet Christmas Carol never gets old and it is the best adaptation of Charles Dickens' story. Michael Caine is the best Scrooge. And I can think of plenty of people who need to be visited by three spirits tonight.

Doomerism and cynicism are tools of fascism that they want us to use to help them win. We don't have to pretend that the state of the world is good, but acting like all hope is lost or that things will never get better doesn't help anyone.

Die Hard. It's been a tradition of mine to watch it on Christmas day for the past decade.

After 60 hours over two months, I finally rolled the credits on the main story of Pokémon Legends Z-A. Overall, I really enjoyed it. The real time battles are a welcome change and most of the characters are likable. It ran great on Switch 2.

The nuclear block is one of the best, if not THE best, feature of Bluesky. It's a great tool for setting boundaries and limiting harassment. It's also why all the bad faith reply guys, engagement farmers, and worst accounts on Twitter are mad about it.

I get it. You don't like that Popular Franchise or That Show Or Game Everyone Likes. You don't need to constantly act like you're "correct" for hating it or like you deserve a medal for it. Offer actual good faith criticism, then move on to something you like instead.

I'm just saying that if you base your whole career or personality on criticizing other people and their work, then you shouldn't whine like toddler when people criticize you right back. If you dish it, you should be able to take it.

Yet another reason why you need to need to leave Twitter like yesterday. It's like they're actively trying to find ways to alienate the few humans left on the platform.

Too many people in politics and journalism think that Twitter is real and had their brains fried by it. It's funny until you realize that we're the ones who will end up facing the consequences of their stupid decisions.

The Mighty Nein is another really good and fun fantasy show, and I love that it gave me a new found family of likable misfits to want to cheer for. But JFC, I miss when TV seasons were longer than 8 episodes and would last for most of the year.

Quote with four of your favourite holiday movies! ❄️☃️

You can always tell when someone has genuine dislike for something and takes the time to explain why as opposed to when someone is jumping on a hatedom, performatively hates something for clout, or because it's the cool and trendy thing to do.

It's very interesting how the "protect children" and the "LGBT+ people are groomers" crowds are suddenly silent on, or are outright supporting the pedophile POTUS. It's almost as if these politicians and right-wing activists never cared about children.

Despite all the social media whining, I won't be surprised if Avengers Doomsday ends up grossing around $1B next year along with Spider-Man Brand New Day. Film Twitter is ultimately irrelevant and they really need to stop speaking for the general audience.

I don't care what your excuse is - if you're still using the r-slur in 2025, you are a shitty person who should never again be taken seriously. And I won't hesitate to block you.

There is no such thing as "*insert person's name here* Derangement Syndrome". Some people are so terrified of being criticized that they think that any criticism of them is a conspiracy or some rampant mental illness. It's real culty behavior.

Oh, so he's GUILTY, guilty. They know that lying and covering up for Trump only makes them all look worse, right? These people are so cartoonishly incompetent and corrupt that Mayor Quimby looks good by comparison.

Friendly advice - being an asshole to random strangers online, especially if you're yelling at someone for liking things or at someone asking for help, has never been and will never be "cool". It doesn't make you edgy or interesting. It'll simply make you a douchebag.

I'm fully convinced that the US government's greatest weakness under this admin will be their own incompetence and rewarding of equally incompetent lackies who have no idea what they're doing.

It's always the loudmouths who base their careers on talking the most trash about others who have the most fragile egos and can't handle any criticism that comes their way.

I think that much of what's wrong with society is because of how much empathy and joy have been demonized while corruption, cruelty, and greed have been normalized. Despite that, I still fully believe that there are more good people in the world than bad.

Conservatives never actually cared about free speech.   What they meant by "free speech" was that they should be able to say whatever slurs they want without consequences and shield themselves from criticism.   They're all too happy to censor any speech or art they don't like.

People getting parasocial on social media is fucking weird. Especially when it comes to their hatedoms like the Hellaverse hatedom. All the more reason why it's important to set boundaries and block often.

Whenever a game dev or CEO opens their mouth about there being supposed "benefits of AI" or "everybody uses it/will use it", they only end up hurting their brand and make it harder for people to trust and want to support their games.

MAGA will be done in by their own incompetence. Redacting the Epstein files? Makes Trump look more guilty. Bari Weiss killing that 60 Minutes report? Makes them look like fascists with something to hide. They're not sending their best.

Another holiday tradition of mine is watching every Simpsons Christmas episode. And yes, I'm a certified Miracle on Evergreen Terrace hater.

I just don't get how anyone can still lie to people's faces and say "movies suck now" when this year gave is hits like Sinners, Superman, One Battle After Another, Weapons, Wake Up Dead Man, Kpop Demon Hunters, and more. They really want that clout and clickbait, don't they?

Obviously he has no control over how people use him as a meme, but it'll be very sus if Doug and Channel Awesome don't call this clearly racist shit out.

Pop culture discourse is so damn exhausting now. It's always the same repeated bad faith talking points over and over again, outright disinformation, people believing any uncredible rumor they see, and demonizing people for liking things.

JD Vance is the dollar store Trump. It's the same gutter racism and bigotry, but with the personality of stale and moldy bread. Maybe I'm being optimistic, but I don't see the same people who crawled over broken glass to vote for their godking will do the same for the couch lover.

I think that whenever a celebrity goes MAGA, it's for one of three reasons: They've always been a terrible person and don't want to hide it anymore. They, or someone they're close to, has done something illegal and they're angling for a pardon. They know MAGA are easy marks for scams.

It's very fitting that some of the most memorable (fictional) villains of 2025 are rich and/or powerful men who are ambitious master manipulators, or outright bigots, who don't care who they hurt or throw under the bus as long as they make more money and/or achieve more power.

It's super annoying how basically everything is connected to the internet now, or needs an app, or requires you to be always online. I saw an electric toothbrush that insisted that you download an app. LIke why?

Catching up on a few 2025 movies and watched Frankenstein last night. This might just be my favorite adaptation of Mary Shelley's book with stand out performances by Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. Guillermo del Toro doesn't miss.

Okay, maybe this is me enjoying some schadenfreude, but seeing terrible internet tough guys like a Tate brother and a Paul brother get knocked on their asses in the span of a day is very satisfying to see.

I hate how social media turns literally everything into a culture war. It sounds exhausting. Whatever happened to simply enjoying things or ignoring something you don't like?

Wait, the Clair Obscur devs used AI? Well, that's disappointing. But yeah, I don't care if it's just for a placeholder, this is the correct decision. GenAI has no place in the creative process at all.

I've always found that debates, especially online ones, are pointless and performative exercises by partisans who already have made up their mind before going into the thing and it feels like the only people who want to sit through them are other partisans.

Star Trek, and especially Captain Picard, is a gold mine for some good quotes.

"How can you enjoy things when there's bad stuff happening in the world?" This mindset is so toxic and performative. There's ALWAYS going to be bad shit happening in the world. Are we supposed to never enjoy anything? People need escapism and joy in our lives.

Even as someone who doesn't care about boxing, it's very satisfying to see someone finally put one of the Paul brothers in their place.

If "god doesn't make mistakes", then why are none of these politicians trying to ban plastic surgery? Why do so many GOP women get that hideous Mar-A-Lago face? I'm so tired of these hypocritical ghouls hiding behind the god excuse for their cruelty.