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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 7h

Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 10h

Check high school science teachers. For some reason, a lot of science stuff was put out on the format and some teachers kept those things

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 11h

Please nobody tell professional writer praising professional journalists Caitlin Flanagan what "out of whole cloth" means

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Not now but soon enough, there will be major stories about The Free Press being the creation of three female founders who constructed a hugely successful digital business out of whole cloth.

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 12h

The elderly and the astronomically wealthy

Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 12h

One thing about the whole Bari Weiss CBS takeover that gives me comfort: yeah, it's terrible and disgusting, but who out there in the world under the age of 70 forms their opinions on the world based on what they're saying on CBS News?

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 13h

Folks, we're receiving new updates on this story as it breaks. Apparently, and I can't believe I'm hearing this, the new TRON movie has underperformed at the box office.

Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 5d

*touches ear piece* The news desk is receiving shocking reports that the new TRON movie is visually slick and has a cool score but is narratively unsatisfying. Our entire team is on the scene to analyze this breaking news.

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 13h

If you use Chat GPT to romance someone, not only is it deeply dishonest and pathetic, I think you can make the case that it's a rape-adjacent level of false representation and violation of trust.

Aunt Mrgladys @mrgan.com · 15h

A charitable reading of this is that insecurity leads folks to turn to a supposedly magical, confident advisor, like a cyber-Cyrano. A less charitable reading is that a lot of people have gone completely insane.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 13h

The fact that people treat him like the fatuous little weasel he is means that Vance will never be able to pick up the Trump mantle.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 13h

Anything heart shaped from the nearest drug store

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 14h

Wait, why did that movie need an animatronic?

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 1d

RIP to the grand matriarch of quirky queens everywhere

a woman wearing a hat and vest says la-de-dah on the screen

ALT: a woman wearing a hat and vest says la-de-dah on the screen

media.tenor.com

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 1d

My apartment complex sent out an email about observing Indigenous Peoples Day, so I can rest a little easier knowing they’re woke as hell.

RotLDanielle Ryan 🎃 @danirat.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wait it's Columbus Day weekend?

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote a paper about ROBOCOP using her model as a framework and sure enough, it lined up perfectly

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 2d

The typical Hollywood screenplay is actually a 4 act structure according to scholar Kristin Thompson, and she makes a very compelling case

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 3d

My wife got offered a good paying full-time job today. My arc to pampered trophy husband is nearly complete.

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 3d

Feeling more and more disconnected from my peers and more and more like this place is my only social outlet. Probably healthy and normal, no cause for concern.

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 3d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 3d

That doesn't stop the citizens of Star's Hollow from enjoying it every year

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 4d

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 4d

Damn, on the verge of rounding 4000 myself

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 4d

And who were they opposing in Germany, Jack? Please, let the entire class know who those ruthless antifa thugs were fighting.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 4d

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 4d

#NowWatching The Smashing Machine (John Hyams, 2002)

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 5d

(Apparently the same amount of Hackman, but for some reason his stuff feels better)

Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 5d

No stupid amnesia kiss, no weird cellophane S throw, way more Hackman, the return of Brando, Lois wearing Superman’s shirt after sex, way more action and characterization for Zod and co, Lois shooting Clark with blanks, all big pluses.

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