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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐@semperbufo.bsky.social |
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Son of Dangerous Cliff; Hal's little bro; Bazooka Girl's guy; Potato Pup's human; Monkey's dad. (In chronological order.)
Esoteric outsider touring reality. All pronouns welcome.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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A house around the corner from my mom's always has pro-Trump crap, but they clearly ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ their giant "Biden sucks!" sign written in black marker on a white sheet. Every time I drive by all I can say is: "Yeah, basically. What's your point, moron?" (They can't see outside the binary either, duh.)
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Yeah, I try my best not to crap on the people who start celebrating every big holiday two to three months in advance, but this is why. I. ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐. Christmas. (And Halloween too, for that matter.) The trickle-back effect (which seems like some evil capitalist plot) doesn't make it better.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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YES PLEASE. (And no sneaky "this is a dial but really it's just a glorified mousewheel" either.)
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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I can't even imagine which one I'd prefer: tap is play/pause and long hold is skip, or tap is skip and long hold is play/pause. Either way seems like I'd find some really annoying use cases.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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I give Trek some grief, but Wars is the one where Natalie Portman had a magic button on the dashboard of her fancy starship that literally did whatever the hell they wanted to do right then and there. ๐
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Big Bro and I managed to save/transcribe/scan almost everything we ever did (writing, art, photos, our games/programs we transferred to DSK emulator filesโฆ), but I have a list of (at the moment) exactly 61 items I might plausibly do a murder for hire if someone could find, say, the top five for me.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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I appreciate a lot of what modern tech has done, but I feel some mistakes have been made.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Even those of us who know (hi there ๐โinquisitive kids who were into enough Western fantasy that we looked up the real life versions to see how they worked) really, truly don't care, largely because the vestigial plutocratic cosplay of another country's sociopolitical scene is largely irrelevant.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Saw a "Quote your earliest drawing vs now" prompt and, well, it kinda feels like cheating for me to do it. The earliest drawing I still have is from when I was ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ. Then, completely out of the blue, I redid it ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. (I'm glad I did. He died the year after that.)
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Hah! ๐ The similarities don't end there. (Height, foot follicles, an odd predilection for a ring I found once [not making that up!]โฆ)
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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And it's not that I ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ to be the center of attention (my dad really did; jarringly so, in some cases). It's more just that I really enjoy it when I'm the center of attention ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ something cool I do, and I don't like parties in general, so that at least makes up for having to be at a party.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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I'd love to say "strangely" but I'm aiming to be very honest here, and it's ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ "strange," more just obvious when I take a step back: I have zero interest in being at parties that are not, in some way, "about" me (a cast party when I'm a lead, awards where I'm nominated, a party for/by meโฆ).
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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๐โ ๐โ ๐โ
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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They're just overlooking your qualifications.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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I'm (thankfully) so far away from ever hearing these sorts of conversations that when I was introduced to the phrase (literally just now, by this post) my first thought was: "Like, when one partner loves the other one a ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต more than the other loves the one? Yeah, I've been on both sides of that."
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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[Doing math furiously] "Okay, weight in kilos divided by twoโฆplus sevenโฆuh, carry the oneโฆit's not ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, dammit!"
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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An ex kept saying when I hit a "certain level" (in acting) then ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ I'd be a dick; she kept moving the goalpost every time I hit it and wasn't a dickโespecially when I reached ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. Sometimes feels like most people that ambitious just wanted to be an unaccountable dick in the first place.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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"They say this dog McGruff is a badโ-" "Shut your mouth!" "I'm talkin' 'bout McGruff!" "Then we can dig it!"
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Small clients can be reasoned with. And sometimes "small guys" in big clients are awesomeโno lie, one the best I ever had was Chase Manhattan! I was ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ young, and the guy (friend of friend) was cool; asked me my quote, and then said "Yeah, we'll double that 'cause that's the budget we set aside."
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Theโฆ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ of honey? Hell, for me, it's at least three or four times a day, if it's available. It's delicious.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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One of the things I love about big corporate clients who decide I'm "just a little guy"โmy contracts have payment due dates and spelled-out late fees. They sign and then try to say "Oh, we're Net30!" and I point to what they signed and say "I'm not. Looking forward to seeing that check on Tuesday."
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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It's practically "I'm going to commit a pretty fucking abominable act of sexual assault on you right now, but if you just let me do it, you won't die, and you get to raise my babies the way I tell you to." Which isโฆwell, yeah, pretty SOP for what these cretins want. No analogy; just another goal.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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So heโฆdidn't eat a dog ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ sidestepping sexual assault allegations. Because he was taught it wasn't polite to prevaricate with your mouth full, I guess.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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I don't genuinely advocate violence, especially when there's any good alternative. However, I find it a little difficult to identify with any mind that thought this sort of thing would be "far-fetched" in 2021. (๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ the first term?!) I was already thinking how necessary it might become in ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฑ.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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We got lucky: our pup is actually remarkably fine with fireworks (and thunder)โฆbut when ๐ get annoyed (because it's really been ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ over the past 10 years, and ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต just on the 4th of July), ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตยด๐ด when he picks up on it and starts barking. Feel so bad for some of his friends, who are terrified.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Which is why none of them point out the "emperor" (read: career criminal and douchebag) is "nude" (read: should be nowhere ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ an election, let alone any government office), because then they have to (probably pretty easily) drum him the fuck out of politics and the junkies wouldn't get their hits.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Professional sports followers: hey, wear the Underoos with some other person's name on the back and then if they win you (somehow?) did ๐ข๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ and if they lose you can yell about it and it has no real effect on your life! Professional politics followers: hey, wearโฆwait. Yeah, just copy/paste.
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Functional political systems are *supposed to be* boring! It should be sewage specialists arguing over what size pipe is most efficient for the city layout! It should be debates over whether to put a mural or a frieze in the new park! โInteresting politicsโ are when people start dying!
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Skimming quickly, I initially misread "the lack of humor" as "it's like a mirror" and, well, yeah, it's all too ironic and plausible that this was some kind of inverted Freudian slip where I read into someone's writing the meaning they actually ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅยด๐ท๐ฆ written behind what they wrote.
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Geez, maaaan, it's like if you're a career criminal, serial creep, total asshole, and complete putz they wanna ostracize you from civilized society and bar you from stuff like [checks notes] holding the most powerful office in the nation (and, by some accounts, the world). Just ๐ด๐ฐ unfair.
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Given the variety of weird flexible things I can do with my tongue, I imagine I'd be able to do some particularly cool things if I got it split, but I am entirely and wholly averse to doing that. (No judgment on the practice for others; just pure squeamishness toward most body mods for myself.)
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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I always like to hope that the ๐ they're using stands for "works" (plural), 'causeโฆyeah. I'm almost never (๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ!) working on less than a half dozen projects in any given week. (๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ half dozen out of, um, substantially ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ does rotate occasionally, but that's yet another issueโฆ)
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Geoph Essex ๐คจ๐ญ 11742d/4h/3m; 16940d/18h/34m ๐
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Cast me, you cowards.
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๐๐๐จ. It's crap that politicians have allยน agreed that civility matters more than calling bullshitยฒ in a nation where people insisted Stewart or Colbert should have run for officeยณ. ยนExcept the far right asshats. ยฒLiterally. ยณThey shouldn't. But someone willing to say "bullshit" in a debate should.
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I swear these are people who would wake up in a hospital during the zombie apocalypse, see a fire alarm box that says "In case of emergency break glass," break the glass and then fold their arms with a smug: "Well, I've done my part." No, I didn't "skip" any part where they actually pull the alarm.
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Every "Centrist" I Know in 2020: "Who the hell ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ are you going to get? He's the Democrats ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ against that monster!" Every "Centrist" I Know in 2024: "Obviously, we've got to ditch him and get ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ else to run against that monster in [checks watch] the next four months!"
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We need local franchises of "Leverage" teams to take out little twits like this store owner who aren't Big Enough for the main Leverage team to take out. I'm in. (Part Parker, part Hardison, part Sophie.) We heist the dog food, hurt their profits, your supply lasts until you find another source.
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Oh geez, he replaced all of Arnie's snappy one-liners with progressively crazier and borderline inappropriate puns, didn't heโฆ
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STIX NIX HIX PIX!
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I wasn't expecting off-model terrified and terrifying Mike Wazowski.
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Always thought it was a silly aphorism, yeah. You can compare literally ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ two things to each other, and it's pretty easy to come up with better examples of "two things that are really not very alike at all" than "these two different rather common round fruits."
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Hehโthey didn't even ask that particular question, and they still bullseyed me within 20 miles. (For some reason, they suggested "sneakers" was the giveaway, which was surprising to me. Most people I've known across four very distant states I've lived in say "sneakers"โฆ) ๐ค
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These maps always bullseye me, because there's only something like a thirty-mile-radius of places where anybody grew up calling the night of October 30th "Goosey Night" and I lived somewhere in the middle of it. (First time I heard "Mischief Night" I thought my friends were saying "Miss Jiff.")
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In a lot of jobs, when you get it that wrong, that often, you no longer have a job.
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That right there feels like the inevitable perversion of anything capitalism gets its hands on: something that could, in fact, have some real, useful, comforting and sustaining results in certain contexts will be boxed up and sold to the masses to make a quick buck and turn that idea into a joke.
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I guessโฆ? But "talking to" the dead with a ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ making up responses seems like the charlatan "medium" mania of the early 2000s all over again. They lied (for money), derailing the grieving process. Will this version charge money? (You betcha!) Will it derail grieving, or assist it? I dunno.
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My biggest mistake was having zero interest in being a doctor, which is the one area in which I would have had money and connections. (Every nurse at the nursing station when my dad made his rounds and tiny me sat there ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: "Oh, you're going to be a doctor like your dad!" Um. Nah?)
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Watching some of our particularly brave (or stupid?) neighborhood squirrels today, it struck me that the old 1980s Frogger videogame should've been Squirrels, and you get more points every time you go ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ a lane before crossing the entire road. Those ballsy little bastards are taunting the cars.
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I absolutely, unequivocally hear all sorts of things in my head, constantly, and it's part of what makes me a better musician, a better writer, and a better actor. (Needless to say, I never went to another class with her again. Not a fan of smug ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ incorrect pronouncements from alleged mentors.)
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