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Start with something super unbelievable, that way the stuff that’s only mildly unbelievable is pretty believable in comparison.
Sunday, 30-Jan-22 04:52:32 UTC from web-
@zeldatra Just about the exact inverse of what I'm trying to do. Want them to believe a near-future cyberpunk urban center, with human/animal hybrids, which eventually develops real-deal Magic and ends up making contact with >3rd dimensional intelligence? Start with something standard, like a murder procedural, so they're not entirely flippin' lost lol
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@scribus the way I see it - since *my* universe is usually grounded pretty firmly in reality, starting with some really crazy grape off the bat means nothing’s off the table. Futurama’s first season goes from 1999 New York to literally the edge of the universe, so for the entire rest of the show they could go literally anywhere in between.
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Welp, the “my employee is a neo-Nazi” situation has very rapidly escalated into “we now have to have security on-site during business hours until further notice”
Saturday, 29-Jan-22 21:48:54 UTC from web-
@zeldatra I wonder how much of this kind of crap you won't be able to use in Swole Foods because nobody would believe it even in a cartoon
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@scribus it’s probably helped by the fact that I’m planning to do a couple of over-the-top high concept episodes right off the bat so people don’t start telling me I’ve jumped the shark after I do something really out there. “Kat’s new co-worker is a neo-Nazi” is waaaay less over-the-top than “Kat accidentally joins a mafia family after volunteering at an old folks’ home”.
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hitler would not have been your friend bro
Saturday, 29-Jan-22 14:20:05 UTC from web -
I'm at a point that if the destination is within 4km I rather use the bike. Well... Only if it's not pouring rain. I bought a rain poncho and have it always in my backpack but it's already uncomfortable enough when the moisture accumulates under my jacket. I don't need more from the outside.
Friday, 28-Jan-22 19:03:25 UTC from web-
@adiwan My poor bike got so rusted and sun-destroyed over the pandemic, but I also just can't ride the damn thing anywhere. Super jealous, lol
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@scribus Oh yeah. The USA is not very bike friendly from all the videos I've seen. I'd be terrified to cycle there and would do only that on the sidewalks if at all. To protect my bike from the elements and thieves I always put it back into the cellar. It takes a few minutes to put it in and out but at least it'll last a bit longer. A neighbor has a steel frame bike and it has developed an even rust coating.
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I am driving my car to and from work two miles down the road, and once a month I make a round trip to Richmond, I’m not racing at batcavein Talladega, just give me the one that works.
Friday, 28-Jan-22 05:43:34 UTC from web -
I have to replace all four of my tires and I’m choosing to blame Governor Youngkin for not immediately abolishing the state inspection process like he probably said he would.
Thursday, 27-Jan-22 22:39:45 UTC from web-
@zeldatra ugh I hate that, because yeah it's usually on "sale" to buy 3 and get one "free," and sure it's convenient to not have to worry about which ones are the old ones, but damnit four expensive things all at one time?? :(
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@scribus could tell the guy was getting paid extra to push a particular brand too… he showed me the most expensive one first and was like “this one’s good for snow”, then showed me a seemingly identical one from another brand and was like “this one’s ok too, I guess… it’s made for all weather conditions… but it’s really not as good, I wouldn’t even bother”
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Wondering if there are any fellow bronies/MLP fans in Montreal, since I can't travel out of Montreal.
Wednesday, 26-Jan-22 07:03:08 UTC from web-
@tetrahedron As far as I know there are no active users here at the moment who come from Canada, except for you.
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@adiwan There may be a Canadian or two to pop back in every couple of months, but I don't know if any of them were from/around Montreal
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I’m thinking about these things because I’m about to get stranded at work because of a snowstorm so I’m gonna have a lot of time to myself.
Sunday, 16-Jan-22 15:25:00 UTC from web-
@scribus funny thing about that: our fresh truck came in finally and the dry shelves have been fully stocked for weeks, no idea where the media is getting those photos of bare shelves in the DC area
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@zeldatra I've seen a couple of bare shelves out here, but I suspect a lot of the news photos come after-hours or something.
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The Eternals movie was a dud. The actors were all good but the plot and direction were my main issues. Good that I didn't waste my money going to the cinema for that.
Thursday, 13-Jan-22 18:39:20 UTC from web-
@adiwan I've heard it was pretty aggressively "meh," I'm kind of over most of the Marvel movie scene right now.
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Suddenly curious how many people who were perfectly into "everypony" can't handle "they/them"
Sunday, 09-Jan-22 21:30:50 UTC from web-
@scribus <sarcasm>It's "everycreature" now because "everypony" is excluding all the other species.</sarcasm>
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Going to England in the spring, maybe.
Sunday, 09-Jan-22 01:28:28 UTC from web -
Update: he threatened to beat me up, what a stand-up guy you are
Wednesday, 05-Jan-22 01:10:58 UTC from web-
@scribus Employee, he pushes carts and sometimes runs registers. Well, soon to be former employee after tonight.
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Senator Kaine lives in Richmond and takes I-95 to work. Took him 26 hours to get to the Capitol building. Richmond to DC is ordinarily a 3 hour drive, it’s a drive I make constantly. 26 hours.
Tuesday, 04-Jan-22 22:11:07 UTC from web -
Just had a snowstorm so I showed up to work at a nearly empty store….. except some crazy guy screaming at the few people who are here about how they’re all complicit in a conspiracy to keep Americans masked forever.
Monday, 03-Jan-22 21:25:48 UTC from web -
I tasted wine and it gave me the impression of vinegar.
I tasted champagne and it gave me the impression of very stingy vinegar.
I tasted beer and it gave me the impression of half-digested and thrown-up bread.
I tasted mead and it gave me the impression of acetone.
I tasted vodka and it gave me the sensation of a burning esophagus.
I think alcohol will never be a thing I can enjoy like any normal person. I am not sad about it. I'm just curious why it is as it is.Tuesday, 04-Jan-22 18:05:13 UTC from web-
@scribus I have not. I've tried some variants like OJ with vodka. At this point I just give up.
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Is next year A New Hope or Rogue One?
Saturday, 01-Jan-22 20:12:02 UTC from web-
@scribus It's only over after "The Sneeze Strikes Back" and "The Return of the Fauchi"
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Windows Edition is making me think about how much better Kingdom Hearts could be. The character switching mechanic in particular would make battles feel a lot less like you’re just mashing A for twenty minutes, and it’d be especially fitting post-III where there are now two trios of Keyblade wielders (plus Kairi)
Saturday, 01-Jan-22 22:19:59 UTC from web -
Damn found out on my bro's discord server that my hs gf's husband and son both have breakthrough covid infections
Thursday, 30-Dec-21 17:57:33 UTC from web-
@scribus I may or may not have had COVID over Christmas, couldn’t get tested though because no appointments were open. Whatever I did have is gone now so I guess it’s moot now, but I’m one of the only people at work who didn’t get a booster shot and the other one who didn’t was out sick before and after me, so it’s an easy conclusion to come to.
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@zeldatra Ex GF reports 65% of people at her Xmas are now infected, with the boosted faring the best so far. Shame is, it's a total bone trying to get the booster. My grandma was told by her doctor that the earliest appointment was February; then, at Walgreen's, the guy in line behind her asked the cashier about boosters and she jumped in on the spot, no waiting! I got mine, no appointment, from the CVS in Target, but my brother went to (a different) Walgreen's even with no line, and was told to make an appointment.
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Nowadays I'm pretty much #HorseFamous on twitter http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/763113
Friday, 06-Jun-14 06:58:51 UTC from web-
@lyokotravels the context for this post didn't age well has it.
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@lyokotravels Most things don't age well beyond a certain point. Fruits, vegetables, one's own body....
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i have never seen people so willing to suck off the Mouse
Thursday, 30-Dec-21 04:27:15 UTC from web -
oh boy hey guys seriously don’t ever say anything bad about Disney films
Wednesday, 29-Dec-21 21:27:41 UTC from web-
@zeldatra You can get away with some smacktalk to the Mouse in Anaheim, a lot of residents are pretty burned by DLand
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@scribus I am actually, no joke, getting accusations of racism thrown at me because I think Disney’s movies are all stylistically samey now, which really says a lot at how starved for representation we, as Latinos, are, that we feel obligated to FrankerZiate a less than perfect film with Latinos in it because we think it’s the best we’re ever gonna get.
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@zeldatra Man, that's exactly what They're hoping for, for everyone "else" to be content with scraps and crumbs, why give it to them on a digital blue platter? ugh
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got a speed run world record and I’m not proud of the category: The Sims 2 social worker%
Wednesday, 29-Dec-21 03:20:17 UTC from web-
@scribus If you have the discs, yes. If not, there are no legal ways to get it digitally at ALL anymore. EA took it off of Origin because they were no longer supporting it and only previous owners can download it. For a while there was a product code you could put in to trigger a download but I think k it’s been taken off now.
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@zeldatra Damn. It seems that if I can source a pre-2012 disc for Sims 3 (2009 release) I can play without Origin, but I don't know if the expansions will just put me back in the same place :-/
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@scribus I have the Steam version of The Sims 3 with all the expansions that didn’t require Origin. Ben a while since I’ve played it though so I dunno if they changed the requirements.
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Petition to classify vaporware as a cryptid
Monday, 27-Dec-21 18:54:04 UTC from web-
@scribus I'd imagine more a creature that affects people/corporations to become greedy with ambitions that results in vaporware. I imagine a millipede and snake hybrid (tail end rattle snake, body millipede, head snake with fangs) with large bug antennae with floofy balls at the ends. The cryptid uses the floofy balls to distract the victim and hide its hideous body and then bits the victim at the back of the head. The fangs inject some kind of venom that causes the feature creep/greed, which itself causes headaches and frustration. That is the nourishment it needs to asexually reproduce itself and affect others in the company.
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@scribus As any good cryptid should be. A hideous creepy crawler that "explains" a bad thing in life and that multiplies itself by inflicting more of the bad thing.
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just found a metric kiwi ton of alt-right memes featuring the character "columbo"
Wednesday, 22-Dec-21 07:24:07 UTC from web -
I'm surprised Equestria Daily is still kicking after all these years
Tuesday, 21-Dec-21 00:56:51 UTC from web -
anyway, i like bees now. Sorry mom http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/876053
Monday, 20-Dec-21 22:06:19 UTC from web -
Enjoyed s4 of Aggretsuko.
Monday, 20-Dec-21 06:37:40 UTC from web-
@scribus I perceived the season more on the meh side. As much I appreciate the layoff narrative and commentary I think that the season was a little bit all over the place. The aftermath of the idol career was extremely side-lined and Retsuko's relationship plot with Haida was weirdly piecemealed. The rest was fine.
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@adiwan Yeah, it wasn't the best season, but it helped pull me out of my funk for a while. I agree it felt scattered, like they were told this would be the last and they needed to cram two seasons into one. By the end I almost missed having a job, but that's probably just the two++ years of isolation talking, heh
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Hmm, maybe I just needed 12 hours in bed, so I could actually get 8 of sleep? Of course I wake up with a dehydration headache, heh
Sunday, 19-Dec-21 19:21:52 UTC from web-
@scribus Nope today still sucks and it was only half length and that isn't even half over and I didn't do jack squat
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I was 160lbs before Covid started and now I’m 230, it’s honestly disgusting how much weight I’ve put on in such a short amount of time
Friday, 17-Dec-21 05:06:55 UTC from web -
Evidently I'm in a kiwi mood today
Friday, 17-Dec-21 01:17:20 UTC from web
