Quite possibly the single greatest passage in any of the Discworld books.
Micah@rincewind.run · yesterdayDiscworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
Bocchi the Aussie
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Anime fan, computer nerd.
Micah@rincewind.run · yesterdayDowngrade a movie: Leon: The Amateur
Louis Patterson@theboatend.bsky.social · 3d agoDowngrade a movie: 2001 A Space Aeneid.
What kind of jerk schedules a special screening of Terminator 2 at 10am on Fathers Day? First of all, that’s a Mothers Day film.
Thinking about that World of Tanks player whose strategy was to post "Rommel wasn't a good commander actually" in chat, and while all the wannabe Afrika Korps were busy angry-typing their replies, he'd roll up and flank them
Downgrade a movie: Fight Informal Association
Louis Patterson@theboatend.bsky.social · 3d agoDowngrade a movie: James Bond in _Diamonds are Metastable at STP_
honestly one of the things we hate the most about the whole "i hate yuri by men" thing is that on top of very clearly ignoring the very real possibility that said artist is deeply in the closet, 99% of the time the "male author" in question is them literally just misgendering a known female artist
I know exactly why, poindexter. It’s because it looks cool as fuck
Look, just make "the purported victim was harassing people by filming them with pervert glasses / asking them about their genitals in the toilet / wearing fascist badges / w/ev" a complete defence against "assault engendering actual bodily harm" and see the problem solve itself.
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · last wk.Smartglasses should automatically blur people’s faces while filming, Australia’s online safety regulator says
I could never talk to coworkers about anime because they were a bunch of guys who watched Attack on Titan or whatever and meanwhile I was watching lesbians do this
Counterpoint: fuck you, I have experienced being dehydrated, and I will *not* cut back on the water, nor will I ever tell anyone to hydrate less.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2w agoYou don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4hUsBWd
Chat is it bad when they start manufacturing consent for "you dont REALLY need water"
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2w agoYou don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4hUsBWd
when even matt walsh is like "guys this is kind of embarrassing"
Spreadsheet enjoyer@bluser12.bsky.social · 2w agoLmfaoooo
It's the exact same kind of insane to me as anti-seatbelt discourse. "This incredibly easy safety measure that can be the difference between life and death and is at worst an extremely minor inconvenience? I will pick not doing it as the hill to die on. Oh, accidents? I'll just not have any."
Elon Green@elongreen.bsky.social · 2w agothe anti-bike helmet discourse is, to me, insane, and I expect would still feel that way even had I not had my life saved by a helmet at least once.
“by a celebrity 💅” fuck her god she’s SO MAD someone else besides her is being lauded as the patron saint of child literacy. you had your chance and blew it, lady! that’s not who you are anymore! gotta force HBO to reboot your movies just to feel something smh
@cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social · 2w agoHow the BBC is reporting Dolly Parton's passing.
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
You cannot separate art from artist when supporting the art enables the artist to cause harm You can read Lovecraft 'cause he's dead. You can't read Rowling 'cause she funnels money into transphobic shit. Learn this shit. Make people understand.
my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.
dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it
there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy
Make a band bigger: The Notorious H.U.G.E.
Charlotte thinks Your Deck Rules!@jaqalyte.bsky.social · 2w agomake a band bigger: Boney L
He may well have 1000 Einsteins and Mozarts working in his warehouses right now, but they can't do anything with their abilities what with having to work 18 hours a day under constant threat of being fired for taking a piss
one of the most important things you have to learn as a parent is that your children are their own people and some parents actively refuse this lesson their children are more than entitled to leave those parents behind
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3w agothe sense of generational entitlement from conservative parents has been a really strong factor in Trumpism - the rage that their children are not replicas of them and their beliefs, of being told no, of being left behind.
Media doesn’t “make” anyone do or believe anything. But it does provide permission structure and prioritization for what people think society will accept them doing or believing. This can be much more powerful and determinative than the seterotypical didactic propaganda we typically imagine.
Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social · 4w agoWhat’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
Now that Luigi has confessed, can we get back to turning him into a modern day folk hero? He did it, he was right to do it, hopefully he will not be the last. Remember, we can all attain heaven.
Corey Jae White 🏳️⚧️@coreyjwhite.com · 4w agoWould it be cultural appropriation if I started a new religion based on traditional Korean theatre?
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.