Larry
@larryskorke.bsky.social
Just Some Guy (he/him) in the USA. Engineer in food plant construction. Probably too Online. Medium-left politics.
This isnt really germaine, but the first time I saw Mononoke it was a Japanese edition VHS during which my friend who had previously seen a dub ad-libbed approximate translations from memory
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This isnt really germaine, but the first time I saw Mononoke it was a Japanese edition VHS during which my friend who had previously seen a dub ad-libbed approximate translations from memory
Old joke I heard:
To a foreigner all Americans are Yankees,
To an American a Yankee is from the Northeast,
In the Northeast a Yankee is from New England,
In New England a Yankee is from Vermont,
In Vermont a Yankee is somebody who still has pie for breakfast
To a foreigner all Americans are Yankees,
To an American a Yankee is from the Northeast,
In the Northeast a Yankee is from New England,
In New England a Yankee is from Vermont,
In Vermont a Yankee is somebody who still has pie for breakfast
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Old joke I heard:
To a foreigner all Americans are Yankees,
To an American a Yankee is from the Northeast,
In the Northeast a Yankee is from New England,
In New England a Yankee is from Vermont,
In Vermont a Yankee is somebody who still has pie for breakfast
To a foreigner all Americans are Yankees,
To an American a Yankee is from the Northeast,
In the Northeast a Yankee is from New England,
In New England a Yankee is from Vermont,
In Vermont a Yankee is somebody who still has pie for breakfast
Imagining a sort of puffed corn snack-food that's a mix-pack of rainbow colors where each color is a different flavor (red = chili, green = onion, orange = cheese, etc etc) called "Wokez"
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Imagining a sort of puffed corn snack-food that's a mix-pack of rainbow colors where each color is a different flavor (red = chili, green = onion, orange = cheese, etc etc) called "Wokez"
Feel like "the one that was the professional wrestler who invented the chokeslam" is maybe over-determined here
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Feel like "the one that was the professional wrestler who invented the chokeslam" is maybe over-determined here
I feel like he is categorically not a good architect, given the judgement he has demonstrated by getting involved in this project
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I feel like he is categorically not a good architect, given the judgement he has demonstrated by getting involved in this project
Yes, but entirely possible its wishcasting
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Yes, but entirely possible its wishcasting
I dunno how recent this is, it's been around for a good long while. Virtue signaling, for the particular virtues of frugality and humility, that kind of thing generally
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I dunno how recent this is, it's been around for a good long while. Virtue signaling, for the particular virtues of frugality and humility, that kind of thing generally
Did a job in a pie factory once
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Did a job in a pie factory once
At least for this one he's not exactly wrong
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
At least for this one he's not exactly wrong
you ever had Baked Apple? Cut out the core, pack with fillings (nuts, seasoning, butter) and bake on a tray until soft
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
you ever had Baked Apple? Cut out the core, pack with fillings (nuts, seasoning, butter) and bake on a tray until soft
given to understand that it's a split between Haiti (1) never got as big into baseball because of a worse relationship with the US; (2) is too poor to really afford to invest in the youth programs that produce good players, and somewhat-relatedly (3) Haitians good at baseball go to the DR firstly
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
given to understand that it's a split between Haiti (1) never got as big into baseball because of a worse relationship with the US; (2) is too poor to really afford to invest in the youth programs that produce good players, and somewhat-relatedly (3) Haitians good at baseball go to the DR firstly
(the angriest pigeon you've ever seen yelling at its reflection in a glass door) "When and IF you are recalled to active duty, we are starting with a Uniform Inspection!"
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
(the angriest pigeon you've ever seen yelling at its reflection in a glass door) "When and IF you are recalled to active duty, we are starting with a Uniform Inspection!"
Luke Skywalker was gonna join the Empire because signing up was a way out of his dead-end life. Then storm troopers brutally burned his family to death. Like an hour later he's volunteering for some kind of suicide mission to blow up the Death Star
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Luke Skywalker was gonna join the Empire because signing up was a way out of his dead-end life. Then storm troopers brutally burned his family to death. Like an hour later he's volunteering for some kind of suicide mission to blow up the Death Star
disagree with the editorial decision to leave Star Wars (Wikipedia disambiguation page) entirely off the list
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
disagree with the editorial decision to leave Star Wars (Wikipedia disambiguation page) entirely off the list
extracting the excess production of photosynthetic bacteria as the monopsony buyer in the endosymbiotic mode of biological progress
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
extracting the excess production of photosynthetic bacteria as the monopsony buyer in the endosymbiotic mode of biological progress
I assumed it was entirely aspirational, in the sense that he'd rather complain about this, rather than talk about anything at all to actually do with his job
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I assumed it was entirely aspirational, in the sense that he'd rather complain about this, rather than talk about anything at all to actually do with his job
not sure I reckon that "we are souls trapped in mortal flesh, which we should shed" vs. "we are animals made of meat that experience consciousness as a emergent biological phenomena" necessarily maps onto progressive vs. conservative here
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
not sure I reckon that "we are souls trapped in mortal flesh, which we should shed" vs. "we are animals made of meat that experience consciousness as a emergent biological phenomena" necessarily maps onto progressive vs. conservative here
As a further thought, I dunno it's all more moral to invent completely novel kinds of conciousness that exist on computers, with the potential to suffer completely novel kinds of pain, and just kind of muddle through figuring all that out; compared to raising kids, I mean
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As a further thought, I dunno it's all more moral to invent completely novel kinds of conciousness that exist on computers, with the potential to suffer completely novel kinds of pain, and just kind of muddle through figuring all that out; compared to raising kids, I mean
I guess my point is that, like, I think the dolphins and dogs and octopuses are all just about as "conscious" we are, if we're leaving aside "humanness" as the experience of being a particular kind of primate
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I guess my point is that, like, I think the dolphins and dogs and octopuses are all just about as "conscious" we are, if we're leaving aside "humanness" as the experience of being a particular kind of primate
good news I guess: we've got about a billion years before the sun cooks the atmosphere and oceans away, so we're on a time limit as the green moss growing on the surface of a rock
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
good news I guess: we've got about a billion years before the sun cooks the atmosphere and oceans away, so we're on a time limit as the green moss growing on the surface of a rock
I guess I'd say that this is, at base, an assertion that "life" is bad, that like, Mars is morally superior to Earth by dint of being uninhabited
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I guess I'd say that this is, at base, an assertion that "life" is bad, that like, Mars is morally superior to Earth by dint of being uninhabited
hammocks are like, a normal place to sleep? It's a technology that is directly solving the exact same use-case as a mattress. I dunno that a dog bed is all that different than a mattress either
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
hammocks are like, a normal place to sleep? It's a technology that is directly solving the exact same use-case as a mattress. I dunno that a dog bed is all that different than a mattress either
want the Mom Party to keep up the house even while thinking the Dad Party is cooler
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
want the Mom Party to keep up the house even while thinking the Dad Party is cooler
getting pissed off at the gods for suffering being real has persisted even as the gods have been abstracted to 'Science' in the lay imagination
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
getting pissed off at the gods for suffering being real has persisted even as the gods have been abstracted to 'Science' in the lay imagination