Yichao
@michaelyichao.com
Professional nerd making games & theater. Cofounded Jam & Tea Studios. Previously: Riot Games, Wizards of the Coast, ArenaNet, Imagineering. Most often found in Seattle. http://bio.site/michaelyichao
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Yichao
@michaelyichao.com
· Sep 24
very amused that to some folks this meme is my greatest contribution to game design
Spot on. Grindcore manosphere behavior doesn't actually improve productivity or yourself; it's about performative loyalty and chasing a desperate facsimile of community with other men, driven by the loneliness created by these very actions and which adherents ironically decry as feminine and weak.
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Spot on. Grindcore manosphere behavior doesn't actually improve productivity or yourself; it's about performative loyalty and chasing a desperate facsimile of community with other men, driven by the loneliness created by these very actions and which adherents ironically decry as feminine and weak.
Hello please pause your scrolling and pet this puppy with me
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Hello please pause your scrolling and pet this puppy with me
…you know you’re in trouble when the sound that breaks your focus on your late night project is the sound of morning birdsong
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 AM
…you know you’re in trouble when the sound that breaks your focus on your late night project is the sound of morning birdsong
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"2026 is going to be my year," I whisper, clicking refresh on fifteen different social media apps to make sure I'm not going to be drafted into the Canada-US-Greenland Critical Minerals War tomorrow
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 AM
"2026 is going to be my year," I whisper, clicking refresh on fifteen different social media apps to make sure I'm not going to be drafted into the Canada-US-Greenland Critical Minerals War tomorrow
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
What I hear when you say “let’s go camping”
January 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
What I hear when you say “let’s go camping”
…we need more trains in this country
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
…we need more trains in this country
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As you already well know by now, it's all lies.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
As you already well know by now, it's all lies.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Answering “are you a morning person or a night owl” with “yes” in 2026
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Answering “are you a morning person or a night owl” with “yes” in 2026
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Please pause your scrolling to pet Burrito with me
January 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Please pause your scrolling to pet Burrito with me
It’s “merry protein” not “happy calories”
January 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
It’s “merry protein” not “happy calories”
Impeach every last one of them.
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Impeach every last one of them.
Server: how many?
Mom: four
Server: are all 4 of your party here?
MBF: yes hi I’m just white
😆😆😆💙💙💙
Mom: four
Server: are all 4 of your party here?
MBF: yes hi I’m just white
😆😆😆💙💙💙
January 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Server: how many?
Mom: four
Server: are all 4 of your party here?
MBF: yes hi I’m just white
😆😆😆💙💙💙
Mom: four
Server: are all 4 of your party here?
MBF: yes hi I’m just white
😆😆😆💙💙💙
Resisting sending this to friends with many abandoned hobbies bc I know all that will happen is I will be impaled by very nice and never used knitting needles
January 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Resisting sending this to friends with many abandoned hobbies bc I know all that will happen is I will be impaled by very nice and never used knitting needles
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I found this to be a really clear presentation of some of the political and social dynamics that have brought us to this moment with respect to the United States’s current international positioning
new video up on the youtube page youtu.be/N1DVvGlzGEs?...
Everything is Gender
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I found this to be a really clear presentation of some of the political and social dynamics that have brought us to this moment with respect to the United States’s current international positioning
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“Who in the United States of America wants a war between the United States and Europe … over GREENLAND??”
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 3:37 AM
“Who in the United States of America wants a war between the United States and Europe … over GREENLAND??”
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
My parents just told me “we’re just very tired of American tv and movies that are all just the same old boring cookie cutter hero’s journey” and I’ve never been more proud of them
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
My parents just told me “we’re just very tired of American tv and movies that are all just the same old boring cookie cutter hero’s journey” and I’ve never been more proud of them
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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This war is completely illegitimate: 60% of Americans disapprove of going to war with Venezuela—74% disapprove war without Congressional approval. Only 19% are in favor.
The people oppose it. Our representatives didn’t approve it. Trump should be removed for this unconstitutional war.
The people oppose it. Our representatives didn’t approve it. Trump should be removed for this unconstitutional war.
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This war is completely illegitimate: 60% of Americans disapprove of going to war with Venezuela—74% disapprove war without Congressional approval. Only 19% are in favor.
The people oppose it. Our representatives didn’t approve it. Trump should be removed for this unconstitutional war.
The people oppose it. Our representatives didn’t approve it. Trump should be removed for this unconstitutional war.
Excuse me what do you mean we’re four days into the new year already could we hold on for just a ding dang second
January 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Excuse me what do you mean we’re four days into the new year already could we hold on for just a ding dang second
I was walking at the Grove in LA and I got shoulder checked by a random girl in a crowded part of the mall and I laughed and jokingly said to my friend who was with me “lol, that was rude amirite,” and she stared at me and said “that was Miranda Cosgrove”
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I was walking at the Grove in LA and I got shoulder checked by a random girl in a crowded part of the mall and I laughed and jokingly said to my friend who was with me “lol, that was rude amirite,” and she stared at me and said “that was Miranda Cosgrove”