Derek Van Dyke
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Derek Van Dyke
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Queer neurodivergent dweeb. That super textured voice on Castle Bravo. Trying my best, despite all odds.
I'm glad you didn't know that was already a term because I was trying REAL HARD to figure out how the wrestling move could factor into a hookup and it was hurting my brain
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We could call it Toonami
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Expand that to retail workers in general and you have a deal
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yes and it's incredibly silly and I love it
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I love how the list of exclusions is prohibitively extensive, but a taxidermied ferret is in the clear
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
You see we leave a big ass pot out in the hotel hallway and
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The defensive reaction would of course be "it's not gross because they're gay, it's gross because they're gross, look at them", to which I'll gesture towards other older gay men who may no longer be conventionally beautiful in their age and ask if they're gross too.

Think it through, all the way.
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My motto is usually "if I recognize a joke topic might be sensitive to a group of folks I don't belong to, I let them crack the jokes and just RT the funny ones" but that's mostly just because of how I weigh the risk/reward of being seen as funny for cracking a joke vs hurting someone's feelings.
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm not gonna be precious about straight people (again, especially men) leaning on the gross out factor. I already know that for a lot of folks my queerness only isn't disgusting because I'm One Of The Good Ones. I've long chosen to weaponize that against people rather than be sensitive about it.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
You know, I saw the first post and was like "wow, wish I could unsee that". Little did I know that phrase would come in handy again instantly.
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Samus is this close to starting a LiveJournal. I know you don't want to hear that but it's true.
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A true all-timer selection
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Most vindicated man of all time
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My CPAP mask is not really designed for side sleeping but I soldier on, every time I try to sleep on my back I feel CRAZY. No way to explain it. Real ones just know.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is a strong point, it's one thing to see her be silent in a conversation with a surprise Chozo elder, but you do think there'd be a BIT more in the context of cooperating with other soldiers
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One game does not a pattern make, but I wonder if Dread shows the formula intended for Samus going forward: a mostly silent character whose outward communication to player and NPC alike is communicated through slightly larger than life body language and only chooses to speak at specific rare moments
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM