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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 18h

Jason Vorhees. Great story. Kid is bullied, beaten, nearly drowned. Pulls himself up by his bootstraps. Grows up to be an astronaut.

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 1d

Ok. One king

Big wall sized graffiti of a Dragon Ball guy. He is Super Saiyan. I think he is Vegeta but please don't get mad at me if he isn't

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 4d

eh, i don't think ad rates are there anymore. like, let's say I love a publication and give it 2000 pageviews per year -- looking at 5-6 articles per day. If my subscription is $50/year, they'd have to be making better than $25 CPM to be losing money, and that doesn't sound right.

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 4d

to be fair, it's really helpful for revenue to be predictable and subscriptions do that. but it's an awful experience

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 4d

somehow i've always used up my free articles for the month the first time i go to a site i've never heard of before

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 4d

ok but i've been looking down gopher holes the last couple weeks and it's the most fun i've had on the computer in a decade

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 4d

I'm collecting as many micro mini 7th gen computers as I can and installing unholy Linux distros on them, but I'm only one person

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 4d

I guess creating a machine that helps people masturbate until they get schizophrenia does technically meet the definition of "building something extraordinary" but I won't be missing out on my life to help with that project

A screenshot of a Yahoo Finance article in dark mode, that reads, "“This notion that somehow you can achieve greatness, you can build something extraordinary by working 38 hours a week and having work-life balance, that is mind-boggling to me,” Andrew Feldman, cofounder and CEO of $8.1 billion AI chip company Cerebras, stressed recently on the 20VC podcast. “It’s not true in any part of life.”

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 5d

RFK Jr seems so preoccupied with autism. Almost like it's his special interest and he fails to perceive social cues that other people want him to stop talking about it. very interesting.

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 11d

engaged with many NFTs -- naughty fuckin trolls

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 12d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 11d

Part of what's happening is that the 40 months from Mar '20 to Jun '23 were spiritually just one year, and the 18 months from Jun '23 to Jan '25 were also one year, but the 9 months from Jan '25 to Oct '25 have been two and a half years. Anyone is bound to feel a little off-kilter after all that

Conky @conky.bsky.social · 11d

You'd think I'd remember after looking it up so many times, but every time i go for a job interview i have to google "which generations understand irony" all over again

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 13d

Right now this is "just" a shit post, but i believe we'll see the first tombstone with an affiliate link in the next couple years

Conky @conky.bsky.social · 13d

Here lies Robbie D. Died from skankin' in the shower to Reel Big Fish without a suction cup mat. Scan the QR code to buy a suction cup map using our affiliate link, all proceeds go to the Robbie D Fund To Promote Ska.

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 16d

Ah

Conky @conky.bsky.social · 16d

slowed-down version of Hamster Dance is just the opening song from Robin Hood again: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BFu...

Robin Hood vs the Hamster

YouTube video by abalfourtube

www.youtube.com

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 16d

i will not hesitate to leave. i will post anywhere else, on anything else. i spent 1986 to 2000 posting "58008" on a four function solar calculator and i will go back to it if this site sucks.

Conky @conky.bsky.social · 16d

(guy with his dong stuck in a vending machine) "if they deny my worker's comp claim, what do you think they'll do to you?"

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 16d

nobody better write a poem in which my 100 acre data center is a metaphor for man's hubris

Conky @conky.bsky.social · 18d

I was watching Young Sheldon the other day, and holy shit, NO WAY you could make this today!! (Sheldon too old)

Conky @conky.bsky.social · 23d

my opps will be the stops on the regional rail network of my success

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · 24d

i only take two drugs. one is like steroids on crack, and the other is basically crack on steroids.

Conky @conky.bsky.social · Sep 19

do you have core beliefs? do you stand for anything? do you go blank and null when there aren't poll results in your line of vision?

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · Sep 18

point out to them in a spirited public debate that their name is "the FREE press" and that it's illogical and hypocritical for them to charge you, and trust that the force of your brave and heterodox argument will win the day

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Conky @conky.bsky.social · Sep 18

if you don't understand the conversation it's 100% ok to sit it out

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