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Erstwhile Muse
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NB/GQ geek doing their best to evolve from a filthy monkey man with the help of modern pharmaceuticals.
They're easing into it before they start bitching about Idris Elba playing Man-at-Arms.

*<quickly scans internet>* Oh wait, of course they're on about that as well…
January 22, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Boo, and I mean this wholeheartedly, boo…😑

😁
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Aha, good to know the context, thanks.
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Oh, and *of course* they have a stupid Tolkein pun as a username…🤦🏼
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I…just…what the fuck am I looking at here?

Is this some christofascist chud trying to rationalize his religious based bigotry and then posting a fucking Khornate warrior? Dafuq‽

Talk about missing the point—of both your supposed religion AND fictional lore (but I repeat myself).
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This needs a mashup of the "Are we the baddies?" and "Subtext is for cowards" memes for its blatantness.
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I played If Found back in October, and it was utterly charming. It's short (~3 hours or so for a full play-through) but it is an endearingly sweet look at finding oneself. Plus it's on sale right now for $5-8 bucks with an awesome soundtrack.
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Save 62% on If Found... on Steam
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
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January 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
a GitS style full cyborg body is my own thing to ponder that is unrelated to this article.

I won't claim to understand, but your writing has made it far easier for me to empathize with a much wider range of experiences, so I'm very grateful for you sharing something this personal and painful.
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
As someone who's approaching this from the Salmacian angle—and I will most certainly be picking up that 'zine—I had to sit and ruminate on this for a bit.

I also need to amend an earlier comment; "disagree" is definitely the wrong term to have used. My own personal body/existential horror at(cont)
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I'm looking forward to it. I suspect it's going to be a viewpoint that is quite different to mine*, but that makes it all the more interesting to hear.

*(based solely on comments thus far surrounding GitS, I could be quite wrong)
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 AM
It was definitely good to get out of the house!
January 5, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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January 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Can I have it more in the mental trauma of "thing X is how old‽" rather than the increasing physical damages of selling my body to continue my basic existence in the grist mill of capitalism though?
January 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM