Blocking people is funnier when you know you’re funny cause then they dont get to read my funny ha ha jokes anymore haha haha

Found myself thinking about when - back in grade school - I was taught by teachers, "You can't believe everything you read on the internet, so make sure to use nonfiction books for research. They're all vetted for accurate information." And it's kind of sad to realize just how untrue that is/was. 😮‍💨

This is Millie approximately an hour before every walk and meal. 😅 I've tried to keep her on a fairly consistent schedule for years now (sometimes we'll do things a bit early, but rarely later than "the time"), but there's no way she'll let that stop her. 😝

I think that saying, "I have a Chat-GPT subscription," should carry with it the same shame and social stigma as, "I subscribe to Twitter Blue," or, "I have a collection of NFTs". People really do be out here saying, "I'd rather let the plagiarism machine think for me," with their whole ass. 😅

Introducing… the Runaway Brothers and…

Ah yes, my favourite Mario Kart World character: the Koopa Loaf.

How many board gamers does it take to change a light bulb? 1 to 5 but I wouldn’t recommend it at 1 or 5 or even 2 really.

first, place the lightbulb in the center of the play area within easy reach of all players.

A lot you have three day weekends. PLEASE READ: you have to start tonight if you want to ruin your sleep schedule. Do not put it off until Sunday or god forbid Monday night. If you want to absolutely obliterate your Tuesday, tonight is when it begins. Try to see the dawn, there’s so much to watch.

Single board computer…more like “Single? Bored? Computer!”

Daily bunny no.3228 is too close to the screen

Discord lied. they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company. “facial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.

This is what peak game design looks like

Seeing a complicated new board game and trying to figure out gameplay just from the components:

your strange dream after passing out before you gave your cat wet food for dinner

pocket sized shark 🦈 #art #shark

feels like i should re-post this every few weeks

Random thought I had while driving today: why are discs still the de-facto standard for physical movies and non-Switch video games? Are they less error-prone than cartridges? They certainly require more mechanical hardware to read (which could be good or bad) and seem less durable generally. 🤔

npc dialogue writers were the original posters

I named this rabbit that lives at my work and guards my car while I'm at work. His name is Sir Floppsageddon

Ah yes, I too enjoy *checks notes* making non-sequiter "jokes" about a fascist dictator's imperialist agenda in my *checks notes again* movie review about a Canadian music mockumentary. Frick off.

every driving game on pc needs to have a folder to put mp3s in so you can replace the ost with whatever volumes of super eurobeat you desire

the Hello Kitty(tm) Tactical Nuclear Deployment System

Me looking at the map: "Boooo, why am I sitting amongst a bunch of programmer clusters, and even then I'm kinda isolated from all them?!" Me seeing all the cluster names were generated by an LLM: "Alas, one more problem I can blame AI slop for." 🤷🏻‍♀️

Fell down a depression rabbit hole browsing right-wing accounts on the hell site, and while obviously, 0/10, do not recommend, I also realized the comments about them having nothing to say outside of politics is so true.

Me being at a loss for words while writing: "It's okay, writer's block is normal; give it some time and it'll come to you." Me being at a loss for words while talking to someone: *trying not to melt down from doubting and questioning every facet of my writing ability with each new 'umm' and 'uhh'"*

If anything the saying should be, "The city is beautiful! There's more to it than boring-ass skyscrapers and businesses owned by billion-dollar companies!"

Neurodivergent dating means stimming with your partner's boobs

PSA: You may want to avoid using Backloggd for game tracking. Turns out their game database is pulled from IGDB, so if a game isn't present there (or is hidden), it won't show up in Backloggd. And IGDB is run by Twitch (and Amazon by extension), with all the inconsistent moderation that implies. 🧵

As someone who is terrible at character design (hell, I'm terrible at coming up with names, let alone aesthetics, otherwise I'd do this myself!): Yes please, give me more nasty freak women characters who aren't the butt of the joke for being nasty freaks! 😍 youtube.com/shorts/LWZyc...

stargazers

Okay, I teased it the other day, and now after over 10 hours of writing, editing, and adding alt-text to screenshots, my first review of 2026 is here! Shame it wasn't for a better (and less morally questionable) game. 😮‍💨 olivigarden.ca/2026/01/26/r... #gamereview #videogames #indiegame

Remind me to never enable comments on the Steam reviews I post. Of all the reviews I've written, every one that mentions a serious ethical issue with a game has been marked as "funny" by at least one person, and frankly, I don't want to know what those individuals might write, given the chance.

I love Twilight Imperium 4th Edition and don't know if I ever want to get rid of my copy. It's also probably the game in my collection that has generated the most salt, at minimum when measured on a per-play scale. 😅

About six years ago, Bobby Kotick’s name came up in Epstein’s “little black book.” It really was only a matter of time before we saw how deeply he associated with a sex trafficking nonce. I wonder if he thinks this is worse for his dating life than the devil horn photoshops were.

Is it just me, or - despite how many avenues for quick and easy communication we now have - has it become increasingly difficult to reach out and try to reconnect with old friends?

Dreamt my cat had somehow started a Youtube channel that was just videos of her sleeping and was having issues with YT repeatedly demonetizing them because she's not wearing clothes.

Hey Bluesky! Wondering if anyone has recs for a service where I can upload audio recordings and then embed players for those recordings on a website. Toying with a new idea, but need this before I can make it work! PS: No YouTube/SoundCloud/other platforms that train AI on your uploads, please!

It will be okay

“How’s that boot taste?” “It tastes like freedom” is an incredible joke and I’m so MAD this dumdum said it 100% seriously. What a waste. I could have gotten triple digits with a shitpost like that.

Probably the biggest problem with being a game critic is you never hear what other people think of you

For the record, I agree with Swen that you shouldn't have to grow a callous on your soul to make something. This, believe it or not, is a feeling many game critics (ESPECIALLY marginalized writers) deal with! You have to protect yourself! Which probably means quit the fuckin namesearching, Swen.

Okay, I teased it the other day, and now after over 10 hours of writing, editing, and adding alt-text to screenshots, my first review of 2026 is here! Shame it wasn't for a better (and less morally questionable) game. 😮‍💨 olivigarden.ca/2026/01/26/r... #gamereview #videogames #indiegame

I Have No Mouth And I’m Like Ninety Percent Sure This Cute Goth Lady At The Party Would Be Really Impressed By My Pickle Rick Impression

big papa huge time is a jovial…JUBILANT cat as proven by his big grin and closed eyes…whenever you can, be happy like big papa huge time! he is happy and joyous, enjoying the moment; just like how you should allow yourself to be! be like big papa huge time!

I know I'd have to be a bit more careful with them as a result, but I'd happily give up waterproofing on basically all my devices if it meant I could actually reliably open them up, replace parts, and seal them back up after. Far too many gadgets have hit the bin thanks to that one "feature". 😮‍💨

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

Yup, this thread does a good job of summing up a lot of my feelings on the Pitchfork paywall. Scores are often what hook me into a review, and while I know I'm a minority there, paywalling and limiting the number of reviews someone can even read to four(!) a month is such a deeply asinine move.

Fellow dog owners: do you ever find your dog smells bad? Mine definitely has a bit of an odour about her sometimes, but I actually find it really pleasant? Trying to figure out if I love her so much that I'm overlooking some serious stinkiness, or if she really is just a perfect little angel, haha.