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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 1h

My multi-cooker is great. One tiny cup of rice and I have way too much rice.

Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 1h

Cooked my first golden curry. It was pretty good, and I have more for tomorrow. I'm looking forward to trying new things and improving my diet. I think cooking also helps with my anxiety, as I have to calm the heck down when something goes wrong to fix it, rather than go into the fetal position.

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 1h

Pretty sure if you combined them, you'd have a Playstation 16. You'd think that would be able to play anything, but... No, you'd need a very specific media format not invented yet. Things got smaller until they went digital, so it's probably a digital particle format.

Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 1h

(Yes, I know "Haha, Abye doesn't like a song with their name in it", shush.)

Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 1h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

Tizer. Gives me migraines.

Eden Lake. Shook me to my core, never rewatched.

Rockabye - Clean Bandit. Hearing this several times a day on an office radio burnt me out.

Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 3h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

Mushy peas. Can't go near them.

James Cameron's Avatar. Couldn't see what all the fuss was about.

Butcher Pete, which I only know thanks to Fallout 3. Revolting song.

OneEyedFleshBag @oneeyedfreakbot.bsky.social · 3h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

ONIONS. Cannot stand them.

Vampegeddon. Worst horror move I've ever seen.

Pretty much anything by Train. It's like they excel at making the lamest music possible.

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 5h

“You can’t afford a helmet, but you can afford elaborately made spikes that are often several inches?”
“Shut it Steve, these are top quality spikes awight?! I had to pick one! ‘elmet or spikes! It’s got nuthin to do with Terry and his spike factry hirin, awight?!”

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 6h

Nobody:

When the news is filmed live outside of a college:

Etecoons and Dachoras as seen in a monitor during the events of Metroid Fusion. Etecoons are bizarre little chimp like creatures mixed with raccoons or something. Dachoras are basically space chocobo.

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 12h

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 7h

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 8h

I don't know why Samus hates Ridley, he's a pretty chill guy...

*Bombarded by lore reasons why RIDLEY IS THE WORST*

A preeeeetty chill guuuuuuuy...

...Hey, where'd he go?

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 8h

She has so many looks, all of them are adorable.

I love her little kombat-mode where the eyes narrow and every point on her face goes sharp.

But here, she's just... :3 floofy cheeks.

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 8h

The famous "turns me into a frog" tweet with an illustration.
witch: *Turns me into a frog* now suffer
me: *chilling on a leaf*
witch: wait
me: *experiencing happiness for the first time in my life*
witch: wait no

The illustration includes a simple grey-tone image of a cartoon which zapping a frog with a wand, followed by a frog sat on a leaf staring at a sunrise or sunset. The witch looks stunned. The last image is of a frog with a tear of happiness flowing from their eye.

Sorry, I don't know the original artist, or I would credit them here.

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 8h

The speech I gave to the fly buzzing around my kitchen as I opened both French doors to let it out, rather than make excessive noise by hitting the walls trying to swat it...

Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 9h

I like the visible look of confusion after the shoulder flip.

"That's odd, they're usually lying on the floor, mumbling half conscious about purchasing a Sega Saturn... What's wrong with these guys?!"

SEGA City @segacity.bsky.social · 9h

The Japanese commercial for 'The House Of The Dead' on the SEGA Saturn.

Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 9h

I'm being dragged into maturity kicking and screaming.

As a child, I would feel a giddy moment of glee when hearing a console start up noise.

As an adult, I feel a giddy moment of glee when my multi-cooker beeps when starting up.

The spark has changed but the nature is the same.

Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 9h

It's a truly wholesome retrogaming sight to witness Link wielding a baby like a treasured item.

downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 9h

by all means, please talk to me and my son again soon

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 12h

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

A Wizard on a ZX Spectrum:

*Casts 'Bamboozle' on Abye…

...

it's super effective!*

Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 1d

I'll get some ZX Spectrum #ScanlineSunday action in with a gorgeous piece of demoscene artwork from Elysium State, a 2022 prod.

📺: Philips 14", RGB SCART, Spectrum +2.

A crt tv screenie with a medusa head with vibrant colours, yellows, oranges, greens, and reds, with sharp pixel definition and very little colour clash.

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 21h

"Will you go down?"
>No.
"We appreciate your determination, but we meant physically down rather than giving up. It's the only path forward, we were just being polite TBH."
>Yes.
"Made you do it. :D"

PlayStation Polygons @pspolygons.bsky.social · 22h

A single screenshot like this could keep Silent Hill 2 theorists talking for 8 hours straight.

A dimly lit image from Silent Hill 2 that asks, "Will you go down?" The player can answer yes or no.

Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 1d

I like that the reload at the end looks like a shrug.

"Well, that's never going to happen again." 🤷‍♂️

Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 1d

'Max Payne' - 2001

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 2d

I lament that there used to be a time where aliases and pseudonyms added a sense of mystery and wonder to celebrities, especially the most eccentric of them.

But now it's "Is this Al bullshit? I think it's Al bullshit."

Kimberly Spirit 👻🪦 @kimspirit.bsky.social · 10d

google search history

> who is Tilly Norwood
> how much water is used to power Tilly Norwood
> can you bully an AI
> can you bully an AI -ai
> Tilly Norwood social media accts
> is Tilly related to Grok
> can an AI self-destruct

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 2d

Not me envying cats, because if my neck was in that position for more than a femtosecond, it would be stuck at a 45 degree angle for several hours and can only turn my head like Batman.

a man in a batman costume stands next to a woman in front of a pizza parlor

ALT: a man in a batman costume stands next to a woman in front of a pizza parlor

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to hear Goku will finally be joining the game, rounding out the selection of Goku, Goku, Goku, Goku, Goku and Goku.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

Dragon Ball FighterZ: Goku (SS4, DAIMA) coming in Spring 2026. Balance update coming October 12th www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVtd...

Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 2d

Bear with you?! I'm happy that you're here!

just checking in on you hope you feel better soon with a heart

ALT: just checking in on you hope you feel better soon with a heart

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 2d

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 3d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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