breathing gives me gas ¯\(ツ)/¯

it’s an awesome power, if you’re a morning person

there’s a scene in “Silo” where a character needs to repair a massive steam-powered turbine that is off-balance, scraping at the housing, and heading towards collapse. all fine and we’ll, it’s sci-fi, so whatever, they can make magic quick fixes to move the plot along.

what really bugged me, for some reason, is how characters started touching the internal components immediately after it powers down - I have to wait for significantly smaller motors to cool off before handling them, especially if they’re rotating poorly with a bad bearing, and burning from friction.

the grift that keeps on grifting…

a small number of wealthy Americans riled up a large number of poor Americans, using single-issue voter tactics that prey on irrational fears, and gained control of more wealth and decision-making power than they know what to do with.

I can’t fathom what the point is, other than some doomsday scheme, where they plot to outlive us poors with hoarded resources, and the remaining bootlicker class as slaves.

fo’ rizzle

Peggy Hill!

appropriate how 88 lines up on the dial…

animale!

and if they won’t/can’t, then there’s an easy answer as to whether it’s worth working there at all

and remember, everybody: no spoilers!

I love the feeling of discovering something for the first time, and would never take that away from anyone. there are so many games I would gladly have wiped from my memory so I could get that feeling back.

Shake Your Screen" Optical Illusion refers to a fetish drawing category

how could a dancing frog meme be turned into a…

popular on Japanese Twitter

ah, right-o. carry on, then.

where was Gondor when the Westfold swelled?

Yamaha makes nice basses, no doubt about that. I’d love to own a vintage BB series bass someday.

I bought a different brand of massager, for massaging, and it works really well for loosening tight muscles and easing pain. Highly recommend getting one.

It did come with some attachments that seem tailored to groin muscles, but those can live in the junk drawer.

And yes, everyone who sees it in my house makes a joke about using it to whack-off, but I have no problem with that.

it seems like a pro-communist programming message to me. the red dude looks super cool and supportive.

that’s so much better. I’m 100% incorporating that into my daily phrases

gotta nuke somethin’

¯\ _ (ツ) _ /¯

now that I think about it, yeah, pretty much

∞!

no, don’t do that