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Xander O’Connor

@xanderoconnor.bsky.social

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I’m a writer and SAG actor of no repute but my wife and toddler like me so that’s nice. I think you’re pretty neat too, friendo! acting bio/clips/representation: https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/866894-2403462 I do swear and such so caveat emptor lol.

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

made another short silly video for all several of my fans.

this is ChadCath priest Father Diesel giving you an eternal life hack about confessing in the third person (2ish mins):

ChadCath PSA: Confession Hack
youtube.com/shorts/LVCo-...

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

this is awkward because Jesus is my Copilot+ and now i have to sext with him, is my understanding.

post skeet for victory.

The Verge @theverge.com · 4h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

i, too, only sext with verified adults.

LLMs are really just like us, huh?

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

and the iconic-to-tease avocado toast? with a poached egg? (And potentially other, less important bonus things)

fucking phenomenal.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

yeah that’s the bonus stupid part about the rant: making the server arbitrarily white when that is generally not the case at Mexican restaurants in uh fucking SoCal, lol.

(granted, may be slightly more common elsewhere! but also still lol.)

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

edited this to fit in the Oxford comma, if anyone cared how strongly i feel about those things, even when i’m writing in the lower case sloppy form we like for our skeets.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

i’ve been playing with “give it a goddamn min after you wake up” the last few days and it’s been great!

the horrible news, the fun takes, and the sober analyses can actually wait an hour after i wake up, it turns out!

…and then i hit it hard on my big set up, stridin’ with pride, blasting coffee

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

many are calling it his strongest statement yet, in terms of cooking oil.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

i just cringed so hard that i chipped a tooth.

which, among other things, means i should look for ball gags made of softer materials.

The Verge @theverge.com · 4h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 3h

it must at least be granted that Trump arguably shitposted himself into the highest office in the land TWO fucking times.

(of course that’s not *all* that happened to get him in office but goddamn)

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 3h

I try not to not make the global attribution error on the regs but I’m gonna say “I’m not surprised the pieces of shit eventually also were pieces of shit to each other”.

lol might be the “global attribution absolute correct thing” here

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 3h

surely one more 15-45 dollar tech accessory will fix me.

LET’S FIND OUT

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 3h

i’m certainly not going to dox him…whoever it is.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 4h

best affordable premade for sure (in terms of taste and calorie to protein ratio)

less affordable champ, imo, is core power elite pro in vanilla or chocolate (i presume the other flavors are well executed as well tho)

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 4h

i saw muscle milk pro on the list in the "ok" category (limit servings to 5.5 times a week).

my beloved nutricost whey isolate powder no where to be seen and can't find it flagged anywhere else with a cursory search so, phew? (i have two servings a day, 7 days a week)

this is the whey

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 4h

"yes and i laughed so hard at Coffin Flops that i cried"

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 4h

pretty fucked up of you, ngl

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 4h

needless to say, i'm happy they made choices that let them tell that fairly brutal and moving story!

i would likely not remember it, let alone get misty thinking about it, if they had just set him up on epstein's island (where he'd live in comfort after everyone else died or whatever), for example.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 4h

i forgot that context. but also yeah they silo things when convenient or the solution to so many problems would be "can't we just ask Reed Richards to build something (or Forge) or Dr. Strange to cast something" and the central characters for that series lose agency.

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 4h

how i’m gonna protect my identity on Saturday:

Medium close up of me using my finger as a mustache. I did not properly commit and draw a mustache on the finger.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 5h

yeah i fail to see the crime here.

"what's the crime? enjoying some succulent images?!"

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 5h

that issue of ultimate x-men, IIRC, where wolverine is sent to put down a poor kid who secreted acid out of his pores and vaporized everyone in town.

it was quite powerful stuff, again, IIRC. kid's drinking his first and last beer like "so i get to become an x-man?"

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 5h

i've seen places in Chicago do pretty well with "take the edge off the cold outdoors with heat lamps and wind breaks" but that's easier said than done.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 5h

lol yeah i figured. i'm a filthy casual these days re: comic books but at this point i assume that "simpsons did it" concept applies to both major comic book universes.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 5h

the first couple Wearing the Cape books do a great job trying to figure out how it would all work.

superhero teams being a subset of FEMA was very clever, among other thoughtful takes.

Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social · 5h

and more insidiously, a mutant like the professor with something like Cerebro could just subtly or overtly control world leaders and even populations and...that seems like an important thing to, uh, keep an eye on?

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