Maxim Dorky, the Delaware Disparager
@maxim-dorky.bsky.social
aka Paul Ward, Funk King of Delaware. Formerly Prufrock1974 on Twitter. Sarcastic pop-culture references to be found here. If I've blocked you, it's because I think you're an asshole.
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Anyway, hello new followers! Fair warning, campists are not going to have a good time here.
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I never had any favorite movies later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I never had any favorite movies later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
Anyway, I think I'm the only HOI4 player out there who exclusively plays either straight Historical USA or straight Historical USSR. What effect this has had on my political views I leave as an exercise for the reader.
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Anyway, I think I'm the only HOI4 player out there who exclusively plays either straight Historical USA or straight Historical USSR. What effect this has had on my political views I leave as an exercise for the reader.
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I think a chyron reading simply "Fuck." would about do it.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I think a chyron reading simply "Fuck." would about do it.
The "Time for Timer" PSAs about good nutrition they'd run in between Saturday morning cartoons in the 80s. "I hanker for a hunk-a / A slab, a slice, a chunk-a / I hanker for a hunk-a cheese!"
Also, "Pizza pizza!"
Also, "Pizza pizza!"
My kids asked if any meme has ever been as big as 67. I suggested that pre-internet our memes were ads, because they were the only videos everyone saw over and over again. "Wassup" and "where's the beef?" and "tastes great less filling" were so huge they became cultural catchphrases. Any others?
December 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The "Time for Timer" PSAs about good nutrition they'd run in between Saturday morning cartoons in the 80s. "I hanker for a hunk-a / A slab, a slice, a chunk-a / I hanker for a hunk-a cheese!"
Also, "Pizza pizza!"
Also, "Pizza pizza!"
Remake of _Serenity_ that ends with Mal broadwaving the truth about the Reavers to the whole 'Verse, and Parliament not only wholeheartedly stands by it but the local RFK Jr. analogue says "You won't turn into a Reaver if you drink raw milk and eat raw meat". The people love it.
December 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Remake of _Serenity_ that ends with Mal broadwaving the truth about the Reavers to the whole 'Verse, and Parliament not only wholeheartedly stands by it but the local RFK Jr. analogue says "You won't turn into a Reaver if you drink raw milk and eat raw meat". The people love it.
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I wouldn't say I have a favorite Christmas movie, but I am very fond of _Scrooged_. Whether this may be because I was bent at a young age by Michael O'Donoghue's "How To Write Good," I leave as an exercise for the reader.
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I wouldn't say I have a favorite Christmas movie, but I am very fond of _Scrooged_. Whether this may be because I was bent at a young age by Michael O'Donoghue's "How To Write Good," I leave as an exercise for the reader.
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The PLA is preparing for this vision of future combat. Why aren't we?
By the Editorial Board
By the Editorial Board
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The PLA is preparing for this vision of future combat. Why aren't we?
By the Editorial Board
By the Editorial Board
Jumping into this hashtag to share the trivia that the two-word review of Spinal Tap's album _Shark Sandwich_ (the review: "Shit sandwich") was based on J.D. Considine's review of Quiet Riot's album _Condition Critical_ (the review, in its entirety: "Prognosis terminal.") #ThisIsSpinalTap #TCMParty
What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap and couldn’t be have rested on that day too?
#ThisIsSpinalTap #TCMParty
#ThisIsSpinalTap #TCMParty
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Jumping into this hashtag to share the trivia that the two-word review of Spinal Tap's album _Shark Sandwich_ (the review: "Shit sandwich") was based on J.D. Considine's review of Quiet Riot's album _Condition Critical_ (the review, in its entirety: "Prognosis terminal.") #ThisIsSpinalTap #TCMParty
Also, no spoilers, but there are two diegetic "needle-drop" musical bits in the movie that are absolutely perfect. You will know then when you hear them.
Spent the evening watching #WakeUpDeadMan and I really, really enjoyed it. If you liked the other Benoit Blanc movies, I can pretty much guarantee you'll enjoy this one.
December 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Also, no spoilers, but there are two diegetic "needle-drop" musical bits in the movie that are absolutely perfect. You will know then when you hear them.
Spent the evening watching #WakeUpDeadMan and I really, really enjoyed it. If you liked the other Benoit Blanc movies, I can pretty much guarantee you'll enjoy this one.
December 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Spent the evening watching #WakeUpDeadMan and I really, really enjoyed it. If you liked the other Benoit Blanc movies, I can pretty much guarantee you'll enjoy this one.
Miss Pross x Madame Defarge toxic yuri when
December 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Miss Pross x Madame Defarge toxic yuri when
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🌟 rolling 🌈 rolling 🎶 rolling 🌐
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🌟 rolling 🌈 rolling 🎶 rolling 🌐
Cursed Dickensian blunt rotation: Beadle Bumble, Josiah Bounderby, Uriah Heep, and Seth Pecksniff.
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Cursed Dickensian blunt rotation: Beadle Bumble, Josiah Bounderby, Uriah Heep, and Seth Pecksniff.
Getting seasonal depression when there isn't even any snow on the ground is a special kind of "fuck you" from my brain to me.
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Getting seasonal depression when there isn't even any snow on the ground is a special kind of "fuck you" from my brain to me.
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I want to be even clearer here, if you see anyone making this claim they are very LITERALLY giving Trump credit for something Biden did.
If Trump ever makes weed legal federally one day, I don’t want a word from this gaming-addicted site that “Trump did more for me than Biden”
🍃 SCOOP 🍃
President Trump is preparing to order his administration to dramatically loosen restrictions on MARIJUANA.
The order would reclassify cannabis from Schedule I — the same level as heroin — to Schedule III — the same level as Tylenol and codeine and some steroids.
President Trump is preparing to order his administration to dramatically loosen restrictions on MARIJUANA.
The order would reclassify cannabis from Schedule I — the same level as heroin — to Schedule III — the same level as Tylenol and codeine and some steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I want to be even clearer here, if you see anyone making this claim they are very LITERALLY giving Trump credit for something Biden did.
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"You, boy. What day is it?"
"It's misconstruing economic and material conditions from a work of fiction day, sir."
"I would not be able to afford Homer Simpson's house on the same salary, I say!"
"It's misconstruing economic and material conditions from a work of fiction day, sir."
"I would not be able to afford Homer Simpson's house on the same salary, I say!"
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"You, boy. What day is it?"
"It's misconstruing economic and material conditions from a work of fiction day, sir."
"I would not be able to afford Homer Simpson's house on the same salary, I say!"
"It's misconstruing economic and material conditions from a work of fiction day, sir."
"I would not be able to afford Homer Simpson's house on the same salary, I say!"
Now I'm getting an idea of a cursed courtship between Scrooge and Miss Havisham, the more I think about it...
Dickens is very clear that he's not spending anything at all on himself - not even to heat, light, or staff his house, or to eat anything more than thin gruel. Scrooge makes money just to possess it, full stop.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Now I'm getting an idea of a cursed courtship between Scrooge and Miss Havisham, the more I think about it...
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Also, I think it's worth pointing out all the "small" ways life would be better for even a poor American now, compared to Cratchit: readily potable water (no cholera!), indoor plumbing, medicine that actually cures you (even if it's expensive, a different conversation), etc
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Also, I think it's worth pointing out all the "small" ways life would be better for even a poor American now, compared to Cratchit: readily potable water (no cholera!), indoor plumbing, medicine that actually cures you (even if it's expensive, a different conversation), etc
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No, this is wrong, stop reposting this absurd and miscalculated meme.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
No, this is wrong, stop reposting this absurd and miscalculated meme.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
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So what you have *actually* discovered is that an American family working at minimum wage is *meaningfully better off* in terms of access to real resources than someone on the lower runs of Victorian Britain's educated *urban middle class.*
Quite the opposite of the intended implication!
Quite the opposite of the intended implication!
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
So what you have *actually* discovered is that an American family working at minimum wage is *meaningfully better off* in terms of access to real resources than someone on the lower runs of Victorian Britain's educated *urban middle class.*
Quite the opposite of the intended implication!
Quite the opposite of the intended implication!
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I went over the 'grain wage' conversions, which are more relevant here: bsky.app/profile/bret...
In calories, a modern minimum wage worker has something like 17 times Cratchit's buying power.
In calories, a modern minimum wage worker has something like 17 times Cratchit's buying power.
A good example of why direct inflation adjustment of this sort is more deceptive than clarifying when applied over very long stretches of time where consumption patterns are very different.
Basic foods (bread/grain) probably devours a third of Cratchet's income, but not the modern worker's.
Basic foods (bread/grain) probably devours a third of Cratchet's income, but not the modern worker's.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I went over the 'grain wage' conversions, which are more relevant here: bsky.app/profile/bret...
In calories, a modern minimum wage worker has something like 17 times Cratchit's buying power.
In calories, a modern minimum wage worker has something like 17 times Cratchit's buying power.
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Is Bosnia not in fucking Europe lol
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Europe must “persuade younger Europeans that their heritage, culture and way of life — a fundamentally Christian civilization leavened and improved but not erased by the values of the Enlightenment — are worth defending,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes.
Europe must “persuade younger Europeans that their heritage, culture and way of life — a fundamentally Christian civilization leavened and improved but not erased by the values of the Enlightenment — are worth defending,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes.
Opinion | Europe, Too, Is Worth Fighting For
Provided Europeans want to fight for it.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Is Bosnia not in fucking Europe lol
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I get why everyone jumped to the conclusions they did today, I did too, but you also need to update your takes as more information comes out in a volatile situation
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I get why everyone jumped to the conclusions they did today, I did too, but you also need to update your takes as more information comes out in a volatile situation