A Bean
@thetoughestbean.bsky.social
Medium sized bean with a love for manga. Unskilled laborer. Nietzschean Last Man
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A Bean
@thetoughestbean.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Had a very good conversation with a customer in which I gently suggested that if you think that One Piece has the best storytelling of its era, you probably should read more genres than shonen action
Destroy All Humans They Can’t Be Regenerated is great. Using the power of friendship to power up and cast Thrashing Wumpus
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Destroy All Humans They Can’t Be Regenerated is great. Using the power of friendship to power up and cast Thrashing Wumpus
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romantasy reader: how DARE you criticize our important genre, you amab socialized manly man woman!
romantasy novel: he did a torture on me. he did a torture real bad. but I was strong, and wet. it took 75 more pages and 12 content warnings yet somehow no descriptions. my womb then taught him to love
romantasy novel: he did a torture on me. he did a torture real bad. but I was strong, and wet. it took 75 more pages and 12 content warnings yet somehow no descriptions. my womb then taught him to love
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
romantasy reader: how DARE you criticize our important genre, you amab socialized manly man woman!
romantasy novel: he did a torture on me. he did a torture real bad. but I was strong, and wet. it took 75 more pages and 12 content warnings yet somehow no descriptions. my womb then taught him to love
romantasy novel: he did a torture on me. he did a torture real bad. but I was strong, and wet. it took 75 more pages and 12 content warnings yet somehow no descriptions. my womb then taught him to love
Just basically solo’d a fight in Starfinder 2e. Another player gave my guy Runic Weapon and my main weapon deals d10s in a 10ft burst
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Just basically solo’d a fight in Starfinder 2e. Another player gave my guy Runic Weapon and my main weapon deals d10s in a 10ft burst
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Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Man, the Bluesky Wrapped 2025 is pretty brutal
I guess the question is what is qualifies as a review—there’s a joy in discussing the art you consume afterwards
you would be so much happier if you didn’t feel the need to review every piece of media you consume
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I guess the question is what is qualifies as a review—there’s a joy in discussing the art you consume afterwards
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We have built endless machines to stimulate us at all times and evoke a neverending torrent of strong feelings, and nothing is so stimulating, so evocative, as cheap nostalgia paired with the assurance that you’re right to feel everything good has been taken from you, you’ve been wronged by history
this is why i prefer the term "the malaise." there is *demonstrably* a malaise. nobody likes The Current Thing™️. but *what* they're mad about? or more precisely, what *caused* them to be mad? that is a much harder question, and one it does not do to presuppose
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We have built endless machines to stimulate us at all times and evoke a neverending torrent of strong feelings, and nothing is so stimulating, so evocative, as cheap nostalgia paired with the assurance that you’re right to feel everything good has been taken from you, you’ve been wronged by history
Sure but the idea that you can move to the US and have your descendants do significantly better than you financially is the core of the American Dream
I understand those sharing that their grandparents migrated here with very little & the children and grandchildren ended up doing highly valued jobs. I also hope we don't just value one another according to income or job. There are so many other ways people contribute to society and communities.
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Sure but the idea that you can move to the US and have your descendants do significantly better than you financially is the core of the American Dream
Been playing Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight. It has strong trans girl energy
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Been playing Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight. It has strong trans girl energy
Hmm I would appreciate it if I could stop feeling like shit today
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hmm I would appreciate it if I could stop feeling like shit today
Today I told my very offline coworkers about the iconic vagina bones tweet
I said it was “like 30-50 feral hogs but for gamers”
Then I had to explain 30-50 feral hogs
I said it was “like 30-50 feral hogs but for gamers”
Then I had to explain 30-50 feral hogs
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Today I told my very offline coworkers about the iconic vagina bones tweet
I said it was “like 30-50 feral hogs but for gamers”
Then I had to explain 30-50 feral hogs
I said it was “like 30-50 feral hogs but for gamers”
Then I had to explain 30-50 feral hogs
My understanding of Metroid Prime 4 not having played it is that it’s a good not great game and that that’s melting the brains of Metroid fans despite the vast majority of the franchise being good not great
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My understanding of Metroid Prime 4 not having played it is that it’s a good not great game and that that’s melting the brains of Metroid fans despite the vast majority of the franchise being good not great
Fucking *fantastic* episode of Digimon Beatbreak today
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Fucking *fantastic* episode of Digimon Beatbreak today
I don’t have a lot of time until I have to go to bed tonight. Should I:
watch the new Digimon episode
Read some manga
Doomscroll
Stay up too late doing all three
watch the new Digimon episode
Read some manga
Doomscroll
Stay up too late doing all three
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I don’t have a lot of time until I have to go to bed tonight. Should I:
watch the new Digimon episode
Read some manga
Doomscroll
Stay up too late doing all three
watch the new Digimon episode
Read some manga
Doomscroll
Stay up too late doing all three
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The way people talk about Metroid Prime 4 NPCs would make you think they're like Fi from Skyward sword, popping up and talking to you every 5 minutes
When in actuality after about 15 hours in this game I've met 2 NPCs and they've had..15 minutes of spoken dialogue total if I'm being generous
When in actuality after about 15 hours in this game I've met 2 NPCs and they've had..15 minutes of spoken dialogue total if I'm being generous
December 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The way people talk about Metroid Prime 4 NPCs would make you think they're like Fi from Skyward sword, popping up and talking to you every 5 minutes
When in actuality after about 15 hours in this game I've met 2 NPCs and they've had..15 minutes of spoken dialogue total if I'm being generous
When in actuality after about 15 hours in this game I've met 2 NPCs and they've had..15 minutes of spoken dialogue total if I'm being generous
Games Journalists, man
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Games Journalists, man
Picked this up today in honor of the most recent chapter of Dandadan
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Picked this up today in honor of the most recent chapter of Dandadan
But enough about the No-Nothing Party
the most successful rebrand in history was turning being an asshole that doesnt understand anything into a political identity
December 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
But enough about the No-Nothing Party
Well look what showed up. I can finally run the damn game
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Well look what showed up. I can finally run the damn game
I gotta say, this Warner Brothers/Netflix news goes down a lot smoother when you don’t give a shit about Amercian movies and television
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I gotta say, this Warner Brothers/Netflix news goes down a lot smoother when you don’t give a shit about Amercian movies and television
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wonderful christmastime is mid at worst. you don't know from actually bad christmas music.
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
wonderful christmastime is mid at worst. you don't know from actually bad christmas music.
Comics are great. Tonight I’m going to read a comic that asks the question “what if Cupid had a gun? And was also a lesbian?”
How can you not love this literary genre. Lives with its heart on its sleeve
SAY THE LINE.
I mean, just a perfect panel. It's so funny that probably THE definitive Cap moment comes in a Daredevil comic.
I mean, just a perfect panel. It's so funny that probably THE definitive Cap moment comes in a Daredevil comic.
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Comics are great. Tonight I’m going to read a comic that asks the question “what if Cupid had a gun? And was also a lesbian?”
Jesus Christ, these protesters are completely out of line
Today at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in LA
Protesters justify their disturbances (school was in session at the time) by saying "it's no longer holy"
As usual & per their training, the refuse to have a discussion.
1/3
Protesters justify their disturbances (school was in session at the time) by saying "it's no longer holy"
As usual & per their training, the refuse to have a discussion.
1/3
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Jesus Christ, these protesters are completely out of line
Middle Schoolers don’t know that these cards even exist. Their favorite card is one of the Aangs and the SpongeBob Secret Lair
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Middle Schoolers don’t know that these cards even exist. Their favorite card is one of the Aangs and the SpongeBob Secret Lair