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35 already. I prefer being an ambiguous impression rather than give anything away. Good luck :D (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into (")_(") your profile to help him gain world domination.

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · Sep 13

if we're gonna use this moment to crash course society on the state of internet discourse can we PLEASE get everyone familiar with sealioning, it's never been so important.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealion...

Wonderware webcomic by David Malki, drawn in a detailed black and white old timey style, depicts a couple whose conversation is interrupted by a sealion.
Woman: I don't mind most marine mammals, but sea lions? I could do without sea lions.
Man: Don't say that out loud!
Sea lion: Pardon me, I couldn't help but overhear...
Man: Now you've done it.
Sea lion: I would like to have a conversation about your statement. Would you mind showing me evidence of any negative thing any sea lion has ever done to you?
Woman: Go away!
Sea Lion: There is no need to raise your voice, I'm right here. I'm just curious if you have any sources to back up your opinion?
Sea Lion, this time at the woman's bedside: You made a statement in public for all to hear. Are you unable to defend the statements you make? Or simply unwilling to have a reasoned discussion?
Woman: You're in my house!
Man, later: Told you, dude. Sea lions.
Sea Lion: I have been unfailingly polite and You have been nothing but rude.
Woman: I am trying to eat breakfast!
Sea lion: Very well, we shall resume in an hour.

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Guillotine Hunger Force @themilfmag.net · 5h

post by user socialist sopranos memes which reads

"It's called emotional labor, T. It used to lean you had to smile at work or something but now a bunch a online weirdos say it means you don'g gotta be a good friend to someone no more"

below is the meme template of Christopher Moltisanti explaining an unfamiliar concept to Tony Soprano on The Sopranos

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 10h

oh no but me and several thousand other people already formed entire opinions on the image of the graph and nothing else

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19h

1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.

Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."

Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing

The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 13d

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two screencaps from 'Kamen Rider Fourze'

alien in tweed jacket and hat: you're jumping to conclusions by thinking it's ninjas just because the room was locked.

Kamen Rider, gesturing: first of all, this is the moon.

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 14h

man the lighting on these four especially

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 16h

If you are new to Bluesky, it has a rule that one person can’t eat all the fully loaded nachos

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 15h

was that label ever self-applied..?

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 16h

the indefinite comatose state of radio is...honestly it's just depressing

radio should be magic

Allie @rally.luckyraven.cc · 17h

One of the small things that's bothered me about the moment is the radio has been the same for 20 years. I grew up in an area with a radio station that played local bands and new talent, but so many FM radio stations are "classic rock" formats now, and they play the same old, in every state.

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 16h

I've got cds, I pay for satellite radio, i have my mp3 player I buy music off bandcamp

anything but the radio

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 16h

god it sucks I know all 50 songs on my state's classic rock station

I loathe the radio
the song spirit of radio is kinda depressing all things considered

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BY2K (Coming Soon...) @by2k.bsky.social · 17h

TRON'S NOT THE PROBLEM

IT'S FUCKING JARED LETO

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 1d

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

gizmodo.com

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 16h

I've definitely heard of this but don't know under what context

I also don't know why my original post got a resurgence of attention this week lol

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

plus everyone I knew that didn't play video games had a ps2 and a few assorted wrestling and sports games anyway

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

it's just always surprising to hear that it didn't do well because it sure felt like it was great

but playstation had three gta games and xbox had two halos so I guess it checks out

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

of all my physical games I think I have the most for my gamecube and my Xbox, I was pretty content

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

the drop off from the 360 to everything Microsoft released since is kinda funny

I loved my 360 but became a pc gamer after that

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

when you're ten and the gamecube is your only console and every Nintendo mascot is getting games it's hard to have any awareness that it's not selling as well as other consoles, and too busy having fun to care

(me, I was 12 and too young for most ps2 and xbox big name titles)

gc *was* great

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

youtu.be/mxcKEjDTSSA?...

lrt this track is great and still gets stuck in my head randomly

[Non Tech-Level Music 1] B.O.B. (SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Music)

YouTube video by MegaDrive Music 🎶

youtu.be

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

Bob!

Title screen for old Nintendo game B.o.b. featuring a bug-eyed orange robot with a gun arm

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

I saw this on my timeline the other day but didn't notice it was you that had posted it

amazing

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Jay Tholen @jaytholen.net · 21h

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

this is ideal because only the persistent will accidentally discover that it can be said, which feels like it would convey the actual experience fairly well

big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

You can't tell it's unselectable until you click it and the feedback says it can't be clicked

that way one of the times it does actually work and your character blurts it out interrupting who's speaking

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 19h

okay but I can see the vision, you could revisit the idea of unselectable dialogue options for the -really- funny quips

while the other person is speaking it just keeps popping up as a prompt but it isn't selectable

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Ori-Warui @oleivarrudi.bsky.social · 20h

this is good

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big_throwaway (仮) @secondthrowaway.bsky.social · 20h

Just for the sake of having a control group I think it would be super interesting to see the leaked telegram messages of various Democratic Party organizations

like just for the hell of it

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