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I cannot stand the parodies of modern major general, they're overdone and simply not as good as the original. They've done them about everything, whatever topic, big or small.
And when i notice one of them my eyes will always start to roll.
The diction's always slurry when they rush the complicated words, and adding many fricatives will turn it so cacophonous. The slanted rhymes are silly and they keep just making more and more, please someone stop the parodies of modern major general.
The scanning of the lyrics in the meter is unbearable, they emphazise the syllables in ways that are untenable, in short in matters musical, prosodic and ephemeral, i cannot stand the parodies of modern major general!
And when i notice one of them my eyes will always start to roll.
The diction's always slurry when they rush the complicated words, and adding many fricatives will turn it so cacophonous. The slanted rhymes are silly and they keep just making more and more, please someone stop the parodies of modern major general.
The scanning of the lyrics in the meter is unbearable, they emphazise the syllables in ways that are untenable, in short in matters musical, prosodic and ephemeral, i cannot stand the parodies of modern major general!
m3moellering
I cannot love this more!
Goddamn
Took me a minute.
😳 Not until the last line.
I need more G&S, more G&T, or both 🎖️
I need more G&S, more G&T, or both 🎖️
This has some serious slant rhyme crimes, but I guess that's the point.
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<photo of Werner Herzog edited to look like a speech bubble so he is saying the post below>
“ Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him”
“ Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him”
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
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I miss when websites were ugly and usable. So I redesigned my photography website to have some ugly turn of the century vibes. Check it out. https://www.kpraslowicz.com
2006 vibes, fershure. Could be a Google Site.
Bookmarking thank you
I've been pleased to receive your new photograph email blogs as of late.
I should redo my page to make it more friendly to modern machines, but make it look like it did when I first made it, right down to the link bar on the right and hard-coded pages for blog entries. Like this:https://web.archive.org/web...
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"I learned a lot from making this" is artist talk for "making this sucked ass and I'm not entirely happy with the result."
<image of a fighter pilot in a jet that is in the air. the pilot is reading a book called "So You Want To Be a Pilot">
"^ what artistic growth feels like"
<image of a fighter pilot in a jet that is in the air. the pilot is reading a book called "So You Want To Be a Pilot">
"^ what artistic growth feels like"
I say this a lot and that’s exactly what I mean. Further proof that computer science is an art, not a science. Or maybe I’m engineering instead of sciencing. Not sure.
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Fossil of cannabis plant from 12 million years BP
Steal this, make t-shirts.
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Chalk is the least of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Have we already forgotten the 2007 melamine contamination tragedy?
We've already exceeded the total number of 2025's measles cases and it's only late July.
And that's keeping in mind those are only the reported cases. People who can't afford or are antagonistic to healthcare are keeping their kids at home and getting advice from Dr. Facebook.
And that's keeping in mind those are only the reported cases. People who can't afford or are antagonistic to healthcare are keeping their kids at home and getting advice from Dr. Facebook.
... or Dr. ChatGPT
@ardgedee I asked Lawyer ChatGPT about this and it said it's fine! (Joking)
@dad Thank you! This is a personal issue for me and I need to see others who understand.
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Social media screenshot.
Wife: Just take the 10-year-old to the pool party and don't make a scene with the other parents.
Me: <image of Zohran Mamdani sitting at a desk with his fingers laced and a serious look on his face. USA and NYC flags are behind him>
Image is captioned "Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal."
Wife: Just take the 10-year-old to the pool party and don't make a scene with the other parents.
Me: <image of Zohran Mamdani sitting at a desk with his fingers laced and a serious look on his face. USA and NYC flags are behind him>
Image is captioned "Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal."
one sip of beer later....
@travis I don’t even need the beer.
@caitlinburke *a slightest breeze occurs*
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the 2001 Sony Vaio PCG-GT3, which appears to be a laptop that's also a camcorder that's also a personal digital assistant
source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
I wanted all the VAIO things
Oh how I longed for a Psion when I lived in New York, how I would use it to write things for my web journal, and maybe I come up with something rally good and Maura would want to hang out with me.
@y95 i had a psion 3a in new york in the late 90s. I didn't have Maura.
We used to be a country
Still have my VAIO PC running all my DAWs and audio stuff👍👍.
And only learned fairly recently the logo design was to represent analog waves being converted to digital ones and zeroes
And only learned fairly recently the logo design was to represent analog waves being converted to digital ones and zeroes
@jive_t Cool. If I knew about the analog to digital VAIO motif I'd forgotten it. My first work laptop was a tiny VAIO.
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The four panel Anakin and Padme meme, but with a bust of Socrates put over Anakin's face. In panel 1 he says "The unexamined life is not worth living." In panel 2 Padme is smiling and saying, "But if I examine my life it will definitely be worth living, right?" Panel 3 is a close up of the bust. Panel 4 is Padme looking worried saying, "It'll be worth living, right?"
Source: https://beige.party/@HG...
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A wire fox terrier lounges on two stacked orange cushions atop a blue-gray sofa, wearing bright blue and neon green protective boots on all four paws. The dog looks calmly toward the room while afternoon sunlight fills a tidy mid-century styled living room with wooden chairs, a low bench, and a sculptural vase in the background.
Tomorrow is Popcorn’s birthday. She’s wearing her new hiking boots, which she hates.
There is a part of me that finds it amusing that dogs, who will happily tromp into the nastiest, most horrifying substances that Earth can produce and prance off again to show you how proud they are, mostly hate having their paws touched and will fight off any human who wants to squeeze their paw pads.
HPBD popcorn!
Happy birthday, Popcorn!
Fergus sends a birthday salute!
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This image is a visual gag of a flow chart in the pattern of "Loss" which was a strip by the web comic Ctrl+Alt+Del.
There is a history of using this pattern to hide a reference to Loss in memes as documented here: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-this-loss
The flow chart is as follows:
Start => Have you heard of the Loss Meme?
Have you heard of the Loss Meme? => No => Do you want to know what it is? => Both Yes and No direct to "NORMIE" (Ends)
Have you heard of the Loss Meme? => Yes => Do you think it was overused?
Do you think it was overused? => Yes => Ok boomer (Ends)
Do you think it was overused? => No => Are you good at spotting Loss memes?
Are you good at spotting Loss memes? => No => Step up your game mate. (Ends)
Are you good at spotting Loss memes? => Yes => Wait… is this… (Ends)
There is a history of using this pattern to hide a reference to Loss in memes as documented here: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-this-loss
The flow chart is as follows:
Start => Have you heard of the Loss Meme?
Have you heard of the Loss Meme? => No => Do you want to know what it is? => Both Yes and No direct to "NORMIE" (Ends)
Have you heard of the Loss Meme? => Yes => Do you think it was overused?
Do you think it was overused? => Yes => Ok boomer (Ends)
Do you think it was overused? => No => Are you good at spotting Loss memes?
Are you good at spotting Loss memes? => No => Step up your game mate. (Ends)
Are you good at spotting Loss memes? => Yes => Wait… is this… (Ends)
Context in the alt text.
Damn
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screenshot of a tumblr post by @jason-derulo: "for sale: Baby Shoes Stylish Infant Boy Girl Unisex First Walker Shoes Toddler Walking Crib Shoes Lightweight Non-Slip Sneakers For 6 9 12 18 24 Months Baby Shoes New With Tags New In Box Excellent Condition Never Worn"
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Once upon a time there was a small desert village with a single well outside town. One day a young woman went to the well to fetch water, and the well heard her crying, and asked What's wrong?
She stopped her sobbing and asked the well You can talk?
"Yes," said the well. "Long ago, the witch who lives in this town gave me life so could serve as a guardian to the townspeople."
"Alas," said the young woman. "I am the daughter of that witch. She lived in peace with the townsfolk for many years. But the new mayor, who is a violent and hateful man, riled the people up against her, and they burned her at the stake. I am young and still do not know very much magic. I tried to curse them, but my curses fizzled. Now I worry I will never avenge my mother's death."
"Do not be afraid," said the well. "I will take care of this."
The next morning, when the Mayor came to fetch water from the well, he heard an odd noise coming from the bottom. He peered over as far as he could to see what was happening. Then an impossibly long arm shot up from the bottom of the well, grabbed the mayor, and pulled him into the well shaft. There was a horrible crunching sound, and nobody ever saw the Mayor again. The townsfolk apologized to the witch's daughter, and they all lived happily ever after.
Moral of the story: living well is the best revenge
She stopped her sobbing and asked the well You can talk?
"Yes," said the well. "Long ago, the witch who lives in this town gave me life so could serve as a guardian to the townspeople."
"Alas," said the young woman. "I am the daughter of that witch. She lived in peace with the townsfolk for many years. But the new mayor, who is a violent and hateful man, riled the people up against her, and they burned her at the stake. I am young and still do not know very much magic. I tried to curse them, but my curses fizzled. Now I worry I will never avenge my mother's death."
"Do not be afraid," said the well. "I will take care of this."
The next morning, when the Mayor came to fetch water from the well, he heard an odd noise coming from the bottom. He peered over as far as he could to see what was happening. Then an impossibly long arm shot up from the bottom of the well, grabbed the mayor, and pulled him into the well shaft. There was a horrible crunching sound, and nobody ever saw the Mayor again. The townsfolk apologized to the witch's daughter, and they all lived happily ever after.
Moral of the story: living well is the best revenge
👩🍳💋
*chef's kiss
@Lockjaw Thank you for annotating. It’s possible that I was altered when I responded.
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Meme of two burley arms doing a tough guy handshake. Likely inspired from the film Predator.
One arm is labelled "two-toed sloths" and the other is labelled "me".
The handshake is labelled "have 8 white claws & sleep in a tree"
One arm is labelled "two-toed sloths" and the other is labelled "me".
The handshake is labelled "have 8 white claws & sleep in a tree"
Overexplaining a thing: this is the "Epic Handshake" meme, which is a long-running meme template that uses a painterly rendering of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers manfully clasping fists near the start of Predator as the basis for jokey Venn Diagram juxtapositions.
The joke here on its face is an anodyne play on getting drunk on hard seltzer and has nothing to do with race. I'm not sure what plausible interpretation would bring that under consideration. Like if it turns out there's some attested derogatory association between Black people and two-toed sloths that'd be good to know but, uh
The joke here on its face is an anodyne play on getting drunk on hard seltzer and has nothing to do with race. I'm not sure what plausible interpretation would bring that under consideration. Like if it turns out there's some attested derogatory association between Black people and two-toed sloths that'd be good to know but, uh
@joshmillard Thanks for helping me feel less insane.
I guess if someone sees black skin and the word "sloth" and jumps to THAT'S RACIST then there isn't a lot I can do for them.
I guess if someone sees black skin and the word "sloth" and jumps to THAT'S RACIST then there isn't a lot I can do for them.
Lol, checked in to see how the conversation was developing here.
“Conversation”.
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Manhole cover with "teleport" written on it
It worked, it just teleported everything.
No wonder your magic circle sucks. You didn't close all the lines.
@jpoulos This mental model is what helps me skateboard. I am not moving (and therefore stable), and everything else is moving.
It teleported you 24 hours into the future.
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I have no idea if this is an original or not. But with a family of five who spent their entire summers in this three room cabin, it certainly got lots of use.
All of the pieces are there.
All of the pieces are there.
have never seen this iteration of the box before. i love it.
and hah, my family had so many of these well-loved games, literally held together with tape. my brothers and i recently had to do a big purge of our parents house and we went through dozens of 'em
and hah, my family had so many of these well-loved games, literally held together with tape. my brothers and i recently had to do a big purge of our parents house and we went through dozens of 'em
Given the state of the box (duct tape holding it together) I'd say this was a VERY well-loved game.
I didn't realize until WAY past loving this game that all the character names were colors.
I bought a copy of this version from Value Village a few weeks ago, missing only one of the murder weapons, for about five bucks! It's pretty fantastic.
@shaniber 😳
According to Google Lens, it's the 1963 edition. I had one from either late 60s or early 70s. This is really cool!
@Lockjaw The cabin was built by hand by one man and his children. Our friend Sylvia was born in ‘55 and the cabin was built in ‘58. So, that absolutely checks.
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Image from TMBGareOK. The Official They Might Be Giants tumblr
Yard sign reading:
"IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE:
WE DIE ALONE
WE DIE AFRAID
WE LIVE IN TERROR
WE'RE NAKED AND ALONE
AND THE GRAVE IS THE LONELIEST PLACE"
Yard sign reading:
"IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE:
WE DIE ALONE
WE DIE AFRAID
WE LIVE IN TERROR
WE'RE NAKED AND ALONE
AND THE GRAVE IS THE LONELIEST PLACE"
Planning for a live burial, then?
And torn. Wide awake, lying naked on the floor, and torn.
But now you gotta buy me some antlers
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A picture of a vintage Mr Natural comic book.
Was visiting my parents recently and my dad revealed he has a big box full of these he saved all these years. Also a lot of Groo The Wanderer and Herald Head.
bummer I can only like this once
Loved these
That’s way cooler than a box of Archie comics.
A whole box of old funnybooks? That's a great rainy afternoon's worth of reading coming up, right there...
Mr. Natural is kind of a dick, like Superman
@thelonius don't look too closely into Crumb's recent thoughts on the state of things. Vaccines and such. Yikes
@owl yeah I bought "Tales Of Paranoia", yikes indeed
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This is my middle child Tosca. She's running for city council in Pine Island, Minnesota. I'm pretty stoked.
https://toscawohlforcitycouncil2026.com/
https://toscawohlforcitycouncil2026.com/
I know Pine Island! Good luck to Tosca and her campaign!
Good luck in her race!
✊️
You raised her right. 🇺🇸
My Mom got her elementary school teaching career started in Pine Island in the 70s. Go get 'em, Tosca!
Good luck to her! Is she running as anti-data center? It sounds like Google has kicked the hornets nest there
So long as she promises to keep Cheesefest running she has my support
Woohoo!!!
@jpk Yes she is!
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I would not have marked Texas as being less weaponized than Vermont. I'm guessing this has more to do with the methods and age of the survey.
There are quite a few "Armed and Liberal" bumper stickers that roll around my town. Not that you need to be liberal to do yoga but I expect there's correlation.
@ardgedee VT resident here who has never been to Texas - I wonder if its the fact we're in the wilderness. I think (many/some?) folks have guns cause there are bears and coyotes?
@misslivie Maybe? There's a big hunter culture there (along with most of the northeast; I grew up in Pennsylvania for which deer hunting is such a thing that schools close for the first day of deer season in most of the state), which means a lot of guns are around whether or not accompanied by the stereotypical gun culture.
Added to /infographics
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A dark green ramshackle house hangs from a pulley that rolls along a cable. The house is suspended in the middle of a slightly cloudy blue sky. It is heavily patched together with boards and has a few graffiti tags on it. It has a door, a window, and then a round window under the roof. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
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Phone keypad and a speaker form a relatively early phone phreaking device
A Blue Box on display, designed and built by Steve Wozniak and sold by Steve Jobs before they founded Apple.
What reminded me of this was hearing how Chipotle's Customer Service AI ("Pepper") had been hacked to run other tasks besides order tracking and people have been using Chipotle's tokens instead of paying
What reminded me of this was hearing how Chipotle's Customer Service AI ("Pepper") had been hacked to run other tasks besides order tracking and people have been using Chipotle's tokens instead of paying
"Chipotle Max"
ChipotobbleBot
Funny story: My, now, 97 year old grandmother was an operator for AT&T for years, and part of her retirement package was a free phone line with all the bells and whistles for life. They tried to turn it off this week and she called customer service and got nowhere. My aunt found a VP and lit them up for trying to deny agreed upon contractual benefits to a "phone service pioneer."* Her phone service is apparently back today.
Second fun fact: she refuses to use a cell phone for any reason. "Why would I want to carry a phone around with me?" She knows what's up.
*she connected the first cellular phone call in the state of SC... in 1974.
Second fun fact: she refuses to use a cell phone for any reason. "Why would I want to carry a phone around with me?" She knows what's up.
*she connected the first cellular phone call in the state of SC... in 1974.
@1f2frfbf I unequivocally FUCKING LOVE THAT STORY.
@1f2frfbf What @MackReed said! That's awesome!
@1f2frfbf ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@1f2frfbf +++
I’m delighted to hear that people are starting to phreak ai customer service robots. I need to learn this art immediately.
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A photo of me, wearing headphones, in preparation for a video interview. In the background is the Norwegian forest I was sitting in for the call.
Had a Zoom interview I scheduled while on family vacation here in Bergen, Norway, because I was too excited about the role. Chuckled with a friend via text beforehand because instead of a fake green screen background I just had a literal Norwegian forest.
i hope the interview went well and you were boosted by ✨magical forest vibes✨
Norway is known for it's strong Forest WiFi system.
@nikkuneko It went well! I’m doing my damndest to not get too excited/get my hopes up, but would be so so so excited if I landed it.
I think the Norse forest magic DID help, thaaaanks!
I think the Norse forest magic DID help, thaaaanks!
@homerj The funny thing is that my phone died halfway-through and I quick plugged it into a mobile charger and got back on. They said they were surprised by the fact that my reception held up as long as it did - I explained I had full bars, just didn’t pay attention to my battery level. 😂
I wanted a job
Or should I say it wanted me
They set up a Zoom
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?
Or should I say it wanted me
They set up a Zoom
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?
@jer wins the thread.
Here is a short story you may like that is relevant to this picture (also good vibes for the job)
https://reactormag.com/the-futu...
https://reactormag.com/the-futu...
Where in Bergen are you? Norwegian here, but I live in the south. All my wife’s family lives in Bergen.
@hassebasse we were only there for a day trip - we started in Voss, then spent about 12hrs in Bergen (mostly just by the harbor, but this was up in Bergens fjellstrekninger), before heading to Oslo for a few days. Tomorrow evening we’ll take the night ferry to Copenhagen for a day or two before flying back to Iceland and back to the states.
As much as part of me wishes we could have gotten up to Lillehammer where my great-grandparents were from, I think we nailed it for a trip with a squirrelly 7yo.
As much as part of me wishes we could have gotten up to Lillehammer where my great-grandparents were from, I think we nailed it for a trip with a squirrelly 7yo.