I am tired of still seeing arguments like, "Trump voters didn't know any better because of Fox News, et. al." And yes, Fox News would have you think the country has been sliding into hell for the last two decades. But at a certain point, ignorance is a choice, and I am done forgiving that choice.

These pinup series from Max always deliver.

He never got over the "F" he got freshman year on his _Don Quixote_ book report.

JFC, grampa actually pulled out the "You'd all be speaking German now" gag. I honestly cannot stop laughing at it, in a dark, "I cannot believe this is the world we live in now" kind of way.

“Gom jabbar, they call it. I said, sounds a little Arab to me, a little Arab. They told me sir, you should take this test, it’s a test Sleepy Joe would never take. And I took it, with the very nasty old lady and the needle, and I got the highest, the tippy top score”

The worst/best part about all this is I can say, "I think that person is such a lying twerp" and that sentence does not really narrow it down.

This thread is a wild ride.

The way the Emperor of Azad in Banks' _The Player of Games_ reacted to losing has been on my mind a lot lately.

Dang if this doesn't capture the way I feel about current events and the talking heads defending it.

Ffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu...that last line is a kicking.

A scolding from Temu Barbie is basically a badge of honor at this point.

How is he so completely clueless?

Really looking forward to missing Roadburn as other countries decide they are sick of our shit.

I am not usually much for 45 minute videos about 3-minute songs, especially one from a movie I am not that big a fan of, but this is pretty neat. Tagging @michaelchu7.bsky.social for value. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJL...

A whole lot of people are out there having REALLY BIG FEELINGS about their fellow citizens not showing them the deference they believe is their due. Perhaps a moment or two of reflection on why that might be would not go amiss.

You can't go two hours without seeing some food touting its protein content on TV or the Internet. These people really think we're stupid.

This might be a hot take, but I am starting to suspect that Simon Nielsen is a really good Magic player.

If you've never read this, you should fix that, especially for threebux.

This is wholesome as heck.

Not looking forward to the stink eye I will be getting on vacation this year every time I open my mouth. But I guess this is my tax for living in a country where 25% of the population does not care what happens as long as libs and queer and brown people suffer worse than they do.

The U.S. spent 80 years building a world where we were at the top, and most countries just sort of went along with it. Things were relatively peaceful, at least if you lived in an industrialized nation. Watching that be thrown in the toilet in 8 months has been something I never thought I'd see.

Steph Curry Finally Finishes Eating Mouthguard

Git. Gud. Scrub. And in any case, a lot of games have a sliding scale of difficulty, just turn it down if it's kicking your butt.

These dumbfucks truly believe they are the good guys.

I got to play a cool Magic format all day with great people instead of doomscrolling, and I have to say that did wonders for my mental state today.

Blink if you are being held hostage, Sec. Rubio.

*Inter Arma has entered the chat*

I think the Stranger Things finale managed to stick the landing, more or less. I wasn't confident it would.

We banned lawn darts for less than this.

Knowles took that mayor's video in Somali and decided it would be funny to compare that language to Rhodian. It's dipshits all the way down. The tiresome, openly racist people I saw daily growing up in white, blue collar America now have an audience of millions instead of their three neighbors.

I wrapped up Ghost of Yotei. One of the things I really liked is that w/one notable exception, you got to use the abilities you've been leveling during boss fights. Way too many action RPG boss fights are like, "Nah, sorry, no cool stuff from your skill tree for you. Parry and counterattack only."

This is a very good book that you should read in any case. But if you have an e-reader and two bucks, you have no excuse not to.

I am begging these smug dipshits to actually think about the books they claim to take inspiration from.

Rush Clutch Imperial Triumphant Blackbraid Eternal Warrior Florence and the Machine Mastodon Hugh Jackman (his tour+ Music Man twice) Various Sondheim musicals

I hope every person back in 2016 who told me they were voting for Trump because as a billionaire, he "couldn't be brought," stays awake at night wondering how they could be so completely wrong about anything. And there were a lot of them.

What was your Red Ryder 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle? What was the present that made your eyes boggle in disbelief and joy? I think for me, it was getting an Atari 2600 after a full year of my brother and I pestering our poor mother at least weekly to get one.

@meddlingmage.bsky.social I think this might be a bridge too far, even for mayo aficionados such as ourselves.

One of my favorites www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-...

"Nice island you have there. Be a shame if something was to happen to it."

Every member of the Admin is aging at a rate that suggests they chose the wrong Grail. Eventually, lies and hate catch up to you.

A tiny little treat in Fallout S2E1 was Kyle Machlachlan enjoying what was clearly a damn fine cup of coffee.

How his heart has not exploded, struggling to contain so many bitter resentments, is beyond me.

The people in charge seem to think the "Streisand effect" is to do with the good feelings you get from watching Hello Dolly!

Exploiting poor people for entertainment and profit, a tale as old as modern civilization.

The Paul and Tate fights from this weekend are more proof of the need for one to live one's life in a manner that doesn't have the world cackling with glee when you get your butt whupped.

Stop scrolling and post two characters that bring you happiness.

If vaccines didn't work, and make health care cheaper, insurance companies would have been lobbying against them for years. Their actuaries have to be running so many models right now, figuring out how much an under-vaccinated population is going to cost them.

Learning that our country's rule of law can be sidestepped by someone just handing over the Ron Swanson "I can do whatever I want" permit has upended a decade of what they taught me in social studies class when I was a kid.