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BitterOldPunk

@bitteroldpunk.bsky.social

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I could tell you but I’d have to bore you. Fan of tuna noodle casserole and ugly music. Alabamian lucky enough to live on Vancouver Island. I talk too much about tabletop role-playing games.

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · Aug 16

I no longer trust my ability to distinguish real people from bots so going forward I’m not following anyone back.

Were it not for the friendships made and grown across multiple platforms over decades I’d close this account too.

The well is poisoned, at least for me it seems to be.

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Mad Carew @madcarew.bsky.social · 16d

“This is not a time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for.” — Henry Rollins.

“He”, in the quote below, is Joe Strummer, Punk Rock Warlord.

La La La Llorona @marisasandlin.bsky.social · 16d

He stopped at my door and looked me in the eye, and I’ll never, ever forget this. I repeated it recently. He said, “Jim, our job is to protect empathy at all costs, and to live groovy lives.”

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 10h

Strangers dressed as witches riding around handing out candy to children before speeding off into the night, I see no flaws in this plan

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 10h

Quite the panoply of gourds. I like spoopy birb

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 12h

Guitar Solo

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 22h

a man with a mullet is smiling and saying `` celebrate small wins '' while standing in front of a carnival .

ALT: a man with a mullet is smiling and saying `` celebrate small wins '' while standing in front of a carnival .

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 23h

Just realized that my friend’s birthday is on the day the world celebrates the Dave Matthews’ Band Poop Bus Incident, so that’s nice for him

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 1d

gosh what a startling and unexpected turn of events

Headline reading “Leaked Young Republicans Chat Filled with Slurs and Praise for Hitler”

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 2d

no but he is pretty Great

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 2d

My heart, it aches

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 2d

I’m dying. The first session the kid runs and he TPKs the party in a wildly imbalanced encounter, clearly enjoying every second until the final blow and then he got the WHAT HAVE I DONE look and almost burst into tears. Oh to be a 12-year-old boy discovering RPGs

This is the best weekend ever

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 2d

He artfully re-railed it so skillfully that she didn’t even notice, kid’s a natural

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 2d

flipped the script, asked my nephew to GM. He dove into the adventure tables at the back of the Dragonbane rulebook and started us off in the market and that was a mistake

We’re still in the market and he and his sister are arguing over whether she can “steal an elf”

WELCOME TO THE BIG CHAIR KID

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 3d

a man wearing glasses and a beanie sitting on a couch

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a beanie sitting on a couch

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 3d

Huh. That sounds marginally better to me than a Tron movie, now that I think about it

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 3d

things are bad, but i had no idea that they were Jared-Leto-in-a-Tron-movie bad

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 3d

Those folks obviously never drank Bailey’s from a shoe

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 3d

And when first-pass resources are depleted we’ll resort to aura fracking

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 3d

A Trudeau dating a celebrity, but how will Canadians react

a cartoon of winnie the pooh sleeping in a chair with his eyes closed

ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh sleeping in a chair with his eyes closed

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like a Cramps song

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 3d

The kids are down at the pond practicing yelling

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 4d

punk as fuck

Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 4d

My 2yo just informed me that her favorite food is gummy bears wrapped in salami. Then she held eye contact while wrapping a gummy bear in salami and eating it.

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 4d

I once attended a counter-protest at a Klan march. Every time they shouted “Wh*te P*wer” a group dressed like clowns shouted “White Flour!” and threw handfuls of flour into the air. It was silly. And it was great watching those puffed-up racists deflate immediately when ridiculed.

Michelle Harney @mlh2025.bsky.social · 4d

Say it again and again and again. Music, costumes, dancing, and anything absolutely ridiculous is a great way to fight back. It is hard to say any of these things are "violence attacking ICE".
We aren't attacking anyone, we just want our constitutional rights back.

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 4d

Lothar Mourningcloak IV, vanquished of the Minotaur, has fallen in combat to the combined forces of a manticore and a cave troll. Henceforth he shall be known as Lothar, Who Bit Off More Then He Could Chew, But Damn He Sure Did Kill That Minotaur Once

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 4d

Pleased to report that Lothar Mourningcloak IV has at last vanquished the Minotaur

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 4d

Lothar Mourningcloak has fallen beneath the Minotaur’s battle axe. Farewell Lothar, we hardly knew ye. Welcome now to the Battle Arena Othar Mourningcloak, Lothar’s identical twin

BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 4d

And a brother Nothar, but we don’t talk about him since The Incident