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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 14h

I hope things get better for you soon. <3

Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, I misread that. I thought it said "post your most UNPOPULAR literary opinion. But it says unhinged. I think my hatred of "Mr. Nice" is highly hinged.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 1d

"Mr. Nice" is the single most boring book I've ever read.

Bo-ring.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 1d

A literal PENCIL MUSEUM, presumably full of pencils... This reads like a bad joke.

Major facepalm moment.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 1d

I'm the same way with fish/seafood. Grosses me out, don't want to eat it. But, hey, that's the beauty of food: there's lots of variety. If there's something you don't like, you can eat something different.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 2d

Chapulines are a type of edible grasshopper. (Sounds gross, but they're crunchy and dry, not squishy.)

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 3d

I did spend a moment searching for the bird!

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 4d

Has a comedian ever gone onstage, told a joke, then pulled out a little tape player and played some canned laughter?

I don't know why, but the thought of someone doing that is cracking me up.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 4d

That depends very much on the individual bug.

Chapulines: tasty
Most caterpillars: <3
Those caterpillars you touch, and the pain is exquisite: :-(
Small-body spiders: aww
Big-body spiders: NOPE! (Too fragile, too breakable. They shouldn't be so big.)
Stick insects: coooooooool.
Fruit flies: HATE!

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, that's an excellent point. Better to get on with shooing the flies.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 4d

One time, I opened my window, and around 40 full-sized houseflies zoomed in. Took me FOREVER to get them back out.

(I think I'm on your dad's side, in that I'm perpetually annoyed at flies.)

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 4d

I'll look, but don't worry, I'm not interested in starting trouble either. I was just intrigued by the absurdity of the notion of Buddhism minus impermanence.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 4d

I am so curious about the context of this.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 5d

AHHHHH! That is terrible! There's been so much bad news out of the USA lately, I'd completely missed him doing THAT. But I did catch the bit where he paved over his rose garden. Who does that, who does that? He probably thinks a Photoshop lens flare filter improves any photo.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 5d

I knew about the steaks, but not about the game. I suppose tacky is kind of his brand, isn't it? Those terrible shoes, too, and his hotels and casinos...

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 5d

(I also say this as someone who routinely wears a Snoopy watch, where his arms are the hands. My dog-arms watch is easier to read than this bullshit.)

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 5d

Speaking as someone with a genuine love for cool watches...NOT COOL, MAN.

Seriously, these are some ugly-ass watches. You wouldn't think you could mess up the layout of a watch face too badly but these are cluttered and tacky as balls.

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Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, good point. Depressing point, but good point.

Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, it's like, seriously... Fun. Have you heard of it? Have you never done something for hours, just for fun? Wouldn't you feel cheated out of your fun if...I don't know, you pressed the wrong button and your Pokédex filled in, or a drone swooped in and shot your buck for you?

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