I think about this interview with the distinguished philosopher Conan O'Brien a lot. I actually think this is a healthy way to live your life! www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/a...
![Is this how you want to go out, with a show that gets smaller and smaller until it’s gone?
Maybe that’s O.K. I think you have more of a problem with that than I do. [Laughs.] At this point in my career, I could go out with a grand, 21-gun salute, and climb into a rocket and the entire Supreme Court walks out and they jointly press a button, I’m shot up into the air and there’s an explosion and it’s orange and it spells, “Good night and God love.” In this culture? Two years later, it’s going to be, who’s Conan? This is going to sound grim, but eventually, all our graves go unattended.
You’re right, that does sound grim.
Sorry. Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.
I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qnyq7wies2uc56bzqmfz4q25/bafkreief4hu7c6hd6ymgqnsaejlaipfuj7fq4ka2tkix72pionkb3dkkdy)
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Look I’m just happy I got off that hellsite. Lego / Horror / Art
My last week in a city I’ve lived for over 30 years. So excited & nervous but can’t wait.
Chicken Nuggets with Caviar are the thematic equal to Ram-Don/Jjapaguri from Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite.
Went to confirm an appointment with my psychiatrist only to find out he died. What the fuck??
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
Mr. Tyler CroOoOoOoOok@mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 4w agoRT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
the never-ending quest for literalism/simulationism is maybe the worst design tendency in the history of video games
Steve@stevetown.bsky.social · last mo.We talk about early games abstracting game worlds so you can traverse them quickly and it's fine, then modern games wanting to "flesh things out" and you end up with world bloat and slogs of games that take way too long to do anything and go anywhere. Rebirth had this problem.
“Be Strong enough to be gentle.” Peter Cullen tells the story of how his brother inspired the voice he would use to play Optimus Prime. It’s a simple yet poignant quote that sums up why Optimus and Peter are so beloved. Til All Are One. 💔
@stephengrahamjones.com Hey there, big fan - Will you have any events/signings down in San Diego to coincide with that Buffalo Hunter Hunter /One Book One San Diego announcement? Favorite book of mine & I’m moving to SD next month. Would love to attend.
The copy on this story is so good. I keep thinking about it.
Dolly Parton Troubled To Find God Illiterate
THE HEAVENS—Her heart breaking when she discovered the Almighty fumbling over the most basic words on the page in front of Him, country music icon and noted humanitarian Dolly Parton was reportedly tr...
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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.
I love all the of stories coming out about Dolly, her private acts of kindness & grace. There has never been anyone else like her & never will be. What a loss.
Brb going to punch a fuckin wall because we never go to see Dolly’s sleeve tattoos
Went to check out the Resident Evil overlay for Universal Horror here in Vegas. Takes over the entire area outside of the haunted houses. There are actors dressed as zombies & RPD officers wandering about, puzzles to solve, etc. Best part was the zombies had the same outfits from the RE2.
The prologue of every Stephen King novel published between 1975 and 1988: Under thy shadow by the piers I waited Only in darkness is thy shadow clear. The City’s fiery parcels all undone, Already snow submerges an iron year...--Hart Crane We've got the biggest balls of them all --AC/DC
Can't get enough of the Natalie Harp stuff. The 1:1 parallels with the girl from Obsession. Everyone in rightwing media pretending she's 16 years old so they can be mad, their favorite mood. The phrase "over-the-diaper handy" entering the lexicon. Keep it up everybody.
Death to the self-playing game. www.jank.cool/death-to-the...
Death to the self-playing game
You auto know better
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A few podcasts I listen to have ads by this dude Bill Simmons & I’ve always hated his nasally voice but now he’s doing Chat GPT ad reads. I want to strangle this dude.
Tom Savini is a fucking legend. And he lost everything. His home. His beloved pets. His life's work - work that served as the foundation of the horror we hold most dear. There isn't the character count to list his legacy here. If you can, please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-to...
Donate to Support Tom Savini After House Fire, organized by Jason Baker
Tom Savini, special makeup effects legend, is facing a heartbreaking loss after Tom’s … Jason Baker needs your support for Support Tom Savini After House Fire
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Stole this from the comments because this shit shouldn't be behind a paywall.
Jeremy White@jeremywired.bsky.social · 2mo agoPOWER TRIP: ICE’s new electric shock gloves are designed to overpower subjects through intense pain. But it turns out there is a simple way to stop them working. Read the full story on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-pa...
Still mad about Annie Jacobsen’s Biological War: A Scenario. Fuckin packed with AI images made by her son. So disappointing.
Hoping the Olivia Rodrigo Lego line is a success. Need them to give Chappell Roan a buildable Pink Pony Club next.
Everytime I see a good picture of Sarah Squirm, I think “I wish Wampler was here to see this”
Look man, if you’re drawin a picture of Absolute Wonder Woman, Diana of the Wild Isle & you don’t include her huge beautiful nose, you just drew a woman in cosplay. All I’m sayin
watching people you love and respect cutting corners to keep creative pace with an idiot machine, starve themselves to keep pace with a new, more impossible ideal, it is overwhelmingly sad some days and no one is truly immune to it
"yeah i just ask chatgpt and-" cool i no longer take you seriously as a person
Elliot Page is in the biggest blockbuster of the summer, Hunter Schafer is in the new Blade Runner. Keep up the pace. Inundate the normies with trans representation until the regressives pop like a balloon Alex Jones style. Trans people make up 1% of humanity. Get us in 1% of pop culture.