And, even though I feel cringe writing this I'm gonna power through: if you're feeling stuck in a rut, ask for help. Friend, therapist, activist organizers; whoever makes sense. But don't feel like you need to solo muscle through whatever is blocking your way.

FWIW coming unsolicited from an anonymous rando, I try to take comfort in the knowledge that small acts of kindness and courage by other people have a meaningful impact on my life in ways that their authors will never know. And that likely holds true in the reverse.

More like let's break things for fungi, amirite

Christ, I haven't posted in ages and this is what I break the silence for

Such a Vonnegut-ass answer (complimentary)

And let us never forget this...

Bo hurr

I def hear molespeak burbling from the kitchen, though the speaker's unseen

Yessssssss

Hilarious, stellar cast. Barrymore and Olyphant were made for those roles and I wish they got to occupy them longer.

In general, pretty much all video game adjacent IP from the 1990s is an utter disaster today rights wise. It's why GOG has to hire private detectives to figure out who even is the IP holder for a lot of games. The constant cycle of studio closures and mergers created a real mess.

See: The Last of Us

Where it's very explicit that The Chosen One is burdened with sufficient generational trauma to be rendered Just Another Person Struggling to Make It Out Here

Nihilism as a state-sanctioned philosophy really makes me upset at pretty much everything

Hard agree. I mean that's more or less what the USDS and 18F were driving towards, until USDS became the shambling undead host for an alien parasite.

"Ah, a beautiful snowy morning, just like I remember from my childhood spent in a glass cabin. What better way to enjoy this than with a cup of hot apple cider. Let me just take a big sip before turning, as I do every morning, to the front page of euronews.culture --"

AI generated oatmeal cookies turning to ash in his mouth because of woke

Rs have committed so hard to the "drown it in the bathtub" bit that I think it will be a stretch even for the median voter to absorb in their heart that Dems are the obstructionists inhibiting govt function in this act

Can't? Or WON'T
seems to always be the vibe

At this point, I’m convinced even people from the distant past have heard of her. King Tut living 3,000 years ago somehow anachronistically knows who she is. Her fame has broken causality.

Going the other way seems like madness to me. I ain't staying up to date on which services are using what adtech domains; ain't nobody got time for that.