Holding the orb for 2 minutes vs. Holding the orb for 5 hours. (B/w @zerojackal.bsky.social @drevin.bsky.social @coopertom.bsky.social @coyotesweets.bsky.social )

I absolutely cannot believe how insane fast food has gotten. Went to BK the other day - two burgers (some fancy whopper, NOT the combo) and two sides came out to $33. Meanwhile the real burger joint up the street charges $9 for a burger 2x the size, and is made of real meat. Not doing THAT again

I tried to watch the first episode of that "Mating Season" show and don't think I lasted more than 8 mins before turning it off. I GUESS I can kind of see why some furries like it (it's incredibly horny, every other line is about sex or fucking). I just wish the jokes were actually... funny?

Extremely important thread. I've been feeling this way for a while now, watching people who would otherwise be considered "normies" suddenly invading our little queer, weird fandom. They come in, buy fursuits as if they were Prada, and seemingly have no attachment to anything but surface level shit

It's always a great time when the first thing a newly hired dude does is show everyone he has no clue how to do his job. My man, you have "20 years IT support exp", but you don't know how to check if a program is installed on any computer? The fuck did you do for two decades, play Minecraft?

Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek. Undomesticated Equines could not keep me away from this one.

One of my biggest frustrations in media is when people say dumb stuff like "Oh you hate it now, but you only played 2h, you really need to play at least 20 before it gets good". Or "That show gets good after the first 10 episodes". Like sorry guys, but if it takes THAT long, it's probably shit.

I love watching people like AA play the game "Kenshi", since from watching it always felt like a sort of third person Rimworld to an extent. Bought it on sale. I really need to stop trusting Steam reviews. For an "Overwhelmingly positive" game, the UI is as bad as Dwarf Fortress and 0 tutorial..

Saw Hoppers over the weekend finally. Holy shit that's such a good movie. Funny from start to finish, fantastic characters, no notes. Already want to watch it again!

This is really well said and honestly I sorta feel the same. I don't entirely think the new look is "bad", but it's a step backward. Not everything needs to be this weird uncanny valley / "realistic" look. It's FINE for things to be toon-ish!

Love the shitbag at work who has no issue whatsoever asking me to do favors for him - but the moment *I* ask for a quick change, I literally get ignored for a day+. It's fine - enough is enough, we're on the same team. Now he can be satisfied with me replying to HIM a day later,see how he likes it

Dear local breweries (except my fav / the best one who actually does variety): PLEASE stop with releasing nothing but IPA's. Yes, they are occasionally tasty. I think we are all collectively sick of the things though? Please make lagers and drinkable styles again,I do not want pinesol-everything

Ah, yes. Because changing the number is the important part. This is the equivalent of going "Sure, the last two times I shoved my dick into the electrical socket I got a hell of a jolt, but THIS time will be different, its a 220v instead of 110!"

I'm really not sure if it's just a local phenomenon or what, but the latest "batch" of newcomer furries are some of the most obnoxious, self important, "tourist" folks imaginable. Most have like no character, little interest in anthro, and seem to be using the fandom as a hookup app. I hate it.

Man, every now and then I get really nostalgic and wonder where certain friends who completely vanished from the fandom are now, and what / how they are doing. Folks who were good friends and for one reason or another "quit" the fandom. Not sure any will ever see this, but ya'll are thought about!

Man, looking at prices of a lot of restaurants nowadays (I hardly ever do "sit down" anymore) - I really have to wonder how the hell people afford to go to these places anymore. Like everything outside burgers and pub food is $20-25 a plate, plus expensive drinks and sides. Was half that 3-4 yr ago

Seeing a review online by a "Yelp Elite" who says they "know what Mexican food is supposed to be", leaving a 1 star review on one of the most beloved local taco trucks because: "They didnt have flour tortillas, and no cheese or lettuce!" ..is exactly why I can't trust online reviews anymore.

Catholic School. Was a really good student, straight As. Got a 2 day detention for "questioning gods will" when asking "why" during religion class. Immediately realized organized religions are just means to control people. Another 5 day suspension for standing up to my bully (turn the other cheek).

There is seriously nothing more lame, more "hello fellow kids" energy, than seeing photos of people doing the annoying 4chan "soyjack pointing at thing with mouth open" meme. Yes, yes, you look very clever and not at all like a person without their own sense of identity or humor.

X:4 really is a pretty space game when you stop to take in the sights. I especially love the Boron (an aquatic race) ships, which is iridescent in the dark and has a very "organic" design. Steep learning curve, but a really fun economics focused sim (entire game economy is simulated).

Watching my coworker (who has Sr. in their title) frantically using chatgpt for every issue and asking it how to fix it, is seriously frustrating to see. Now I know why everything is taking forever and nothing works properly the first time. Ugh.

Well that sucks. I had my suspicions since the guy had a redneck accent. Turns out the guy who posts all the coyote (Weave) videos on YouTube is a republican that ran for a government position and (like clockwork) got caught violating ethics laws. I don't think I'll be watching that yote anymore =/

Telegram just updated to be more like a shitty Apple mobile app I guess, and I hate it. The UI has buttons where buttons shouldn't be, menus that were neatly tucked away now in full view always, and just a messy UI in general. I wish Apple's "walled garden" kept all their shitty UI design inside

Red Dead Redemption 2. Everyone talked it up as the best thing ever, and it was really pretty, but that's about it. Boring plot, really unlikable characters. Forced myself to finish, regret not just giving up. Cp2077 is my runner up, but I didn't pay for that so..

I don't know if it's the whole "stuck indoors" thing of the winter, but I've been weirdly wanting to play Minecraft again for whatever reason. And I don't know how to feel about that, haha. Last time I played was some "high seas" version like 8 years ago

I've used chatgpt / AI crap exactly once ever, when it first came around to popularity(?). I had it write really bad StarFox erotica, went "well that's mildly amusing at best" and never went back. Legit do not know anyone who actually "uses" it.

Thoughts on S2 of Fallout (TV): Not bad so far, the art direction and set design looks exactly like the game world, a huge plus. I'm not really liking the pacing or narrative so far - it feels a little disjointed. Huge emphasis on comedy also takes a bit of seriousness away from the 6 plots. ->

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

I will never understand the sheer intellectual laziness of people who refuse to EVER google anything to attempt to solve a problem, or learn / clarify something they don't know. Never doing anything themselves, always expecting the easiest result. The internet is in most folks pockets - try!

Amazing show, 11/10, no notes. Amazing antagonist who keeps you guessing - constantly. (Marisa Coulter - His Dark Materials, HBO)

Haha, the northern border of CT proclaims themselves the "submarine Capitol of the world". I swear, this is what stolen valor looks like (in terms of cuisines). XD (At least this is more believable than the pizza one. I swear CT thinks a calzone is an Italian sports car, given the billboards)

Driving into Connecticut and seeing their absurd "Pizza capital of the US" sign just has STRONG "nerdy kid wearing a shirt that says 'Alpha Chad' on it thinking they're the coolest" Approx 0 people in the US associate CT with pizza. I proclaim NJ the palm tree state, because one shore bar has them

They're opening a stupidly expensive seafood restaurant in my town in literally the same building where 3-4+ other "upscale / pricy" restaurants have failed within the last 8 years. Im sure this one will be different though! People have SO much disposable income these days to afford a $87+ dinner

For folks who have played it, would you recommend Expedition 33 to someone (me) who utterly hates Fromsoft games / soulslikes / QTE's with a passion, but otherwise loves a good story and turn based combat? I don't wanna buy it and get pissed that the combat is "press X NOW to not die" forever.

When it comes to AI and most automation, I swear I'm basically Amish. I don't care if it makes my life easier, I don't care about "lesser evil" llms, I don't have any interest in literally anything within its orbit. There's pretty much nothing this stuff does that I wouldn't rather do myself.

Went to the brewery for a beer and burger for lunch. Awesome! Not awesome: dude who shows up and sits next to me, and I swear smells straight up like a men's bathroom at a carnival. Holy shit how does anyone smell this bad and not notice!!? I legit had to move to the other side to building.

Anybody still on twitter at this point is willfully ignorant, and has CHOSEN to be an enabler by refusing to do the absolute minimum of getting off a site run by a literal nazi. I don't care about their "engagement" excuses, kick these people out of anything you can. Ostracize them. It works.

I swear, nobody makes good monitoring software that's not an absolute chore to use. Work uses Solarwinds and it's seriously the most confusing, convoluted, utter mess of a system. Setting up a simple alert you have to practically know another language and it's a 50 step process. Zabbix was the same

Saw Zootopia 2 yesterday! I was really surprised by just how good it was - probably on par with the first movie (although the whole "exploring forgotten things" aspect might push 2 over 1, at least for me. It's my alltime favorite trope in anything). Well worth a watch, theres SO MUCH stuff in it

With the announcement of new Stargate coming out, decided to throw on SG: Universe during my lunch break. It really is unfair that this show got such a weak reception - it's VERY much the "ST: Voyager" of Stargate, full of interpersonal relationship stuff and exploration. Worth a watch imo.

Tried getting back into Elite: Dangerous again recently. Still pretty. Still a neat flight model. Still incredibly shallow and boring. Plus like everything else nowadays, the entire thing has been turned into a grindfest laden with an *insane* amount of microtransactions. Maybe I'll spin up X4.

Seeing chat admins in the fandom going all "don't discuss politics" in this era is wild. Seems like an easy way to eject the conservative twats from our social spaces, but I guess performative progressivism is more important than actually doing anything. I get conflict sucks, but then don't lead?

This is your friendly reminder that no matter what you're doing today, no matter how much you don't want to - PLEASE go out and vote. Yes, the "opposition party" fucking sucks. But in order to save the 'patient' (country, localities), you need to stop the bleeding. THEN we can start fixing.

Yappy halloween everyone!

Forgot to post pics of the awesome TWRP show I went to a week ago! These guys are absolutely amazing and if you haven't heard, you absolutely need to listen (especially if funky grooves is what you enjoy)

Man, being a new musician in 2025 must be awful. I use YTM for my streaming music, and lately like 1 out of every 5 songs is some AI slop. It's gotten to the point that if I see 2024 or 2025 in the release date (and don't know the artist), I immediately become suspicious.

I never put much thought into the disappearance of 'third places' before, but I had a sudden realization the other day that there's really nowhere to go anymore for the classic 'bar' experience (eg: not Applebees), nor is there anymore 'neighborhood hangout' sort of joints, and it sucks.

Pork Roll

I really wish Telegram had a speech to text thing for voice messages, because I swear I will never actually click on one of those things, ever. I'm almost never in a position where I want to hear a random person speaking who knows what, out of my phone speaker

Minor gripe but *man* can US restaurants knock it off with trying to cram "hot honey" into everything? It's the early 2000's bacon fad all over again. I like the stuff, but we don't need everything to taste like honey and cheap hot sauce.