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Thomas

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I read. I watch TV and movies. I play video games. I get mad about politics and history.

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I'm sad there was only one season again :(

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Just don't use season names. Or month names. Or day names. Or plant names. Or animal names. Or place names. And don't use references to any mythologies. Or the book's theme/their role in the book. Or professions. Or anything culturally inappropriate. Or historical figures. Or current celebrities. Or

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You ever screw up a job so hard they not only fire you, but expel you from your home country?

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Absolute art.

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You should write a comic about coffee. Oh, or a coffee shop! with lots of S-Tier weirdos as both staff and customers!

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"They're just fearmongering about Project 2025," brought to you by the people behind "They're just fearmongering about a coup" and "they're just fearmongering about abortion bans"

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He looks like he's just waiting for an excuse to write a manifesto.

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This is a feature, not a bug, of the block system on Bluesky and I love it.

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This is unbelievable. Running out of glue isn't something Warhammer players do. Nor not having paint. I'd buy not having the *right* paint, though. Gloss black everywhere, not a drop of matte to be found...

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It's just so hard to deal with how much we lost because of critics saying "but her emails!"

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I wish I could explain what it's like to have never heard of James Rolfe/AVGN before. Especially with the meta-criticism, all of this has been like a YouTube version of House of Leaves for me, with Dan as both Johnny and Zampanò and all of AVGN as The Navidson Record.

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So where, exactly, were you aiming and is it going where you expected?

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"Dan isn't making art; he's making YouTube videos." ALMOST made me stop watching.

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I love that I've got zero context for this. The blocking system here is amazing.

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I was under the impression that the biggest moral problem with cannibalism was murder. Like, the actual consumption could be argued down to desecration of a corpse, a misdemeanor in most states. So, if the polymorphed cow is sentient, the problematic bit remains, otherwise it's just delicious.

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I could've posted the comic to deny him the site traffic. I could've just not even talked about it. He isn't even on bluesky. I thought about it. I think it needed to be said, though, and I think what he does is work and is generally worth rewarding. And I guess I'm take it down when the link breaks

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Pearls Before Swine is usually worth a chuckle from me with the puns and breaking the 4th wall. Today's was disappointing, though. "The PC police are coming to get you" is a bad joke, and not in a good way. 🫤

www.gocomics.com/pearlsbefore...

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no respect for the HOLIE FOBE

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Evangelion reasonably follows Christian and Jewish mythology. Weebs claiming it's a bastardization need to read more. Evangelion's major award should be for most unrealistic depiction of a post apocalyptic world. We couldn't build retractable skyscrapers today, and this is after 2nd impact? gtfo

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Some newspapers just want to tell you why the world burning is bad for Joe Biden.

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If you haven't read House of Leaves, you should do that. Physical book form, though. The medium is (part of) the message.

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For me, the basic message of tradwives reminds me of a quote from Loki in the first Avengers movie, only slightly edited for the target audience.

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One minute in and my skeet is already covered and left in the dust. Encouraging, but also embarrassing 😂

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I've made two mistakes here. First is ignoring the actual displayed name for a person because I've gotten used to it being nearly as useless as their handle in reflecting who it is. The second is using default masculine, which is a bad habit I need to correct. I was talking about Emily.

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Straight to the memory pit with this guy. Richard Kind is cool, though.

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I was halfway expecting this to follow all the other graphs of poor human behaviors that trace out the introduction, then removal of lead to gasoline.

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I've been married for over a decade and there is, honestly, no one in the world I'd rather annoy for the rest of my life.

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I want to believe I'm Zorak, but I'm probably Brak if I'm being honest.

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And it really did give me insight into why his fans have turned on him/his wife, and how absurd all that is given your conclusion (which is definitely justified by your presentation) that he hasn't really changed at all. I'm still getting over the Madela-effect-ness that he even exists, though. /fin

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So, I managed to entirely avoid absorbing that AVGN even existed, despite engaging in the culture 20 years ago of white guys complaining about video games with absurd, hyperviolence a lá Penny Arcade, Ctrl+Alt+Del, PvP, etc. That being said, I enjoyed the emulation of him in the analysis/critique 1/

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