Diptych
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Why are people so insufferably tedious.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Why are people so insufferably tedious.
Or 'how could I have been so stupid, irresponsible and short-sighted to make such a mistake? I must be a truly unforgivable person.' without taking into account the important context that it happened when I was four.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Or 'how could I have been so stupid, irresponsible and short-sighted to make such a mistake? I must be a truly unforgivable person.' without taking into account the important context that it happened when I was four.
52 (Baddie). I'm really not a baddie; I'm just in my forties.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
52 (Baddie). I'm really not a baddie; I'm just in my forties.
It's like the House of Leaves but no-one's ever measured the inside to see if it's bigger than the outside 'cause they keep nicking their fingers.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It's like the House of Leaves but no-one's ever measured the inside to see if it's bigger than the outside 'cause they keep nicking their fingers.
This is worse than the time I dismissed something as banal!
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is worse than the time I dismissed something as banal!
Ted Nugent's alleged to have tried the same thing, too.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Ted Nugent's alleged to have tried the same thing, too.
Of the ones I've played, yes. I recall reading somewhere that 'emergent sim' would be a better name than 'immersive sim', because the unifying factor is problem-solving emerging indirectly from the rules of the simulation, rather than simply the feeling of being immersed, which I think holds true.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Of the ones I've played, yes. I recall reading somewhere that 'emergent sim' would be a better name than 'immersive sim', because the unifying factor is problem-solving emerging indirectly from the rules of the simulation, rather than simply the feeling of being immersed, which I think holds true.
I heard someone pronounce it 'topper toko' once and I still get the shivers from it.
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I heard someone pronounce it 'topper toko' once and I still get the shivers from it.
Toebean replacement therapy.
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Toebean replacement therapy.
This appears to be the most up-to-date archive, as of... 2003! www.ganymede-titan.info/docs/pip/pip...
Ganymede & Titan: PLOT INCONSISTENCIES PROJECT v.7.1
www.ganymede-titan.info
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This appears to be the most up-to-date archive, as of... 2003! www.ganymede-titan.info/docs/pip/pip...
Some of the very first internet content I remember accessing was a USENET Red Dwarf goof compilation called the Plot Inconsistencies Project, and I have just now this minute discovered that someone has archived it and made it available all these years later. I know what I'll be reading tonight!
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Some of the very first internet content I remember accessing was a USENET Red Dwarf goof compilation called the Plot Inconsistencies Project, and I have just now this minute discovered that someone has archived it and made it available all these years later. I know what I'll be reading tonight!
Weirdly, I somehow ended up with a book about the making of VIII - the series I've seen the least, and the last one I've seen at all.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Weirdly, I somehow ended up with a book about the making of VIII - the series I've seen the least, and the last one I've seen at all.
Oh, lord, is that from the failed US series? I've never dared watch it. How bad was it?
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Oh, lord, is that from the failed US series? I've never dared watch it. How bad was it?
Sometimes, though, the colon can be load-bearing. For instance, Thief: The Dark Project is a very good game, while Thief is... not so good.
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Sometimes, though, the colon can be load-bearing. For instance, Thief: The Dark Project is a very good game, while Thief is... not so good.
Calling your base cretins for not being inspired by your candidate's tepid policy platform is definitely the way to rally crucial support. Well done.
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Calling your base cretins for not being inspired by your candidate's tepid policy platform is definitely the way to rally crucial support. Well done.
It's fresh ground coffee!
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
It's fresh ground coffee!
If the bloc supporting Palestine was large enough to lose the Democrats the election, surely the fault lies with the party for failing to deliver a policy platform that would secure their support?
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
If the bloc supporting Palestine was large enough to lose the Democrats the election, surely the fault lies with the party for failing to deliver a policy platform that would secure their support?