King Darius looking down at Daniel in the pit:

Norm Charlatan@normcharlatan.bsky.social · 5d ago

Man, what are the Lions doing?

there's something in the way that our internet-mediated parasocial attachment to entertainers, streamers, &c dovetails nicely with rape culture something about not *wanting* to know that your "heroes" could be part of it

fish are friends

tiger balm is great because it doesn't actually relieve any of my pain but it does make my hand feel extremely cold and hurt in a new and different way

we are rapidly approaching the ideal videogames industry

loathsome dice

big day for people who like watching ads

"realism" is fun when it reflects love, affection, and interest. "realism" is a plague when it's assumed to be a virtue on its own

i hate NoSaLgIaCoRe so much like "hm. im feeling wistful for a time in my life where i was curious and constantly trying new things and living fully in the present. i will attempt to capture that feeling by doing the complete opposite and mentally stagnating forever"

this is what Coquette Dragoon is about

if you're a normal person please do not play the fucking strip mahjong game. do not let the fun and friendly appeal of something as inoffensive as pornography trick you into playing a game as evil as mahjong

Hijacker: Everyone stop talking. I am armed and I am taking control of this plane. Guy from the Netherlands: Wow, in Netherlands we just purchase a plane if we want one. But typically we will bike somewhere Guy who has been to Japan once: In Japan planes are rarely hijacked. It's a cultural taboo

and the king of the sabines, he says to me, "take my wife...please!"

some people appear to be under the impression that fighting games have only existed since 2016

i think it's really cool that you can run a senate campaign on a mixture of gutter racism and putting on a cartoonish fake accent and suggest that it's your *opponent* who disrespects michigan

in my restless dreams, i see that tool. Socket Hammer. you promised you'd use one again someday. but you never did. well, i'm alone with it now... with our "special tool"... waiting for you

transfem noir detective called sam spayed

its called forced feminization, Tone. its when a broad does you up like a shemale

okay i still feel like a corpse but at least i feel like a corpse full of diner food

it looks like the new ghost in the shell anime has retired "autistic mode" (自閉モード) in favor of "lockout mode" (閉鎖モード) rip to a real (fictional) one

this is what it's like

Oh, is the deflection turning out to be subject in the last instance to the very social realities we were trying to forget? Should we hold a funeral for culture?? Should we invite Horkheimer and Adorno???

michael lutz@ztul.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Oh, is a massive ritualized deflection of our cultural anxieties happening?

simoun is a really excellent show to watch over a few days of experiencing the intense presence of gods love i do recommend it even if you are not being dragged bodily out of the world

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

vtmd&d finally answers the question tabletop players have been asking for decades: what if you could play wotd but with even worse dice mechanics

did you know you're allowed to write and publish articles that are good? or that say...anything?

anyway i feel like complete dogshit so im starting simoun

studio deen is so cool because there's absolutely no way of knowing in advance whether one of their shows will be good or not. it could be terrible, it could be the very definition of mid, it could be genuinely incredible and gorgeous. you have to roll the dice

"no, please don't put on justin bieber, i'm trying to have sex with you"

For some reason I always thought Weird Al was Jewish, even though his work is all but explicitly Rosicrucian and alchemical.