Retronymous
@retronymous.com
he/him, Chapel Hill, NC, computer talking guy, sometimes games, Honda Acty fan
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oh no
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
oh no
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I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
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my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
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this is one of my favorite Kate Beaton strips that gets overlooked. I say “SWORD” to my kid every time he’s about to forget something
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
this is one of my favorite Kate Beaton strips that gets overlooked. I say “SWORD” to my kid every time he’s about to forget something
me, leaving Phantom Menace, starting my grudge and not seeing any subsequent Star Wars:
We gotta declare a pause on Star Wars discourse until they make another good movie
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
me, leaving Phantom Menace, starting my grudge and not seeing any subsequent Star Wars:
I really like Canon laser printers
They build the HP laser printers, but have small business admin interfaces/drivers instead of HP's fleece the customer approach, so there's toggles for everything including the "use genuine toner" and "don't let me print with an almost empty toner"
They build the HP laser printers, but have small business admin interfaces/drivers instead of HP's fleece the customer approach, so there's toggles for everything including the "use genuine toner" and "don't let me print with an almost empty toner"
my stupid shitty HP inkjet printer is out of ink should i finally just buy the brother laser printer that everyone has?
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I really like Canon laser printers
They build the HP laser printers, but have small business admin interfaces/drivers instead of HP's fleece the customer approach, so there's toggles for everything including the "use genuine toner" and "don't let me print with an almost empty toner"
They build the HP laser printers, but have small business admin interfaces/drivers instead of HP's fleece the customer approach, so there's toggles for everything including the "use genuine toner" and "don't let me print with an almost empty toner"
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I don’t know why it’s so hard for people to understand how expensive it is to have children in the US. I’m not a martyr, there’s a reason I only have one. But listen to the people actually going through it instead of lording over us like we’re just bad at budgeting, for christ’s sake
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I don’t know why it’s so hard for people to understand how expensive it is to have children in the US. I’m not a martyr, there’s a reason I only have one. But listen to the people actually going through it instead of lording over us like we’re just bad at budgeting, for christ’s sake
monday on a short week
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
monday on a short week
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Planning our Lunar New Year trip to China and it looks like I’m going to get to visit one of my favorite global odd spots - O’Leary’s, the Boston sports bar in the Hong Kong airport. Last time I was there they were playing a taped Pats game from like two years prior.
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Planning our Lunar New Year trip to China and it looks like I’m going to get to visit one of my favorite global odd spots - O’Leary’s, the Boston sports bar in the Hong Kong airport. Last time I was there they were playing a taped Pats game from like two years prior.
just is doing a lot of heavy lifting here (not picking on you, checking in from a state that is squeezing funding via a variety of methods)
I'm seeing these prices for some cities and thinking that the public schools need to just build out the space.
Goodness.
Goodness.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
just is doing a lot of heavy lifting here (not picking on you, checking in from a state that is squeezing funding via a variety of methods)
I repeat
You can’t hurt me, I knew everybody involved was gross already
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I repeat
Look
Sometimes you might need a centronics printer cable
Sometimes you might need a centronics printer cable
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Look
Sometimes you might need a centronics printer cable
Sometimes you might need a centronics printer cable
I buy a new phone every 5-7 years, when Apple or whoever forgets that most people don’t buy small phones
hey for real what the *fuck* were you guys doing buying new phones *every year* btw thats so many re-entering passwords why the hell would u subject yourself to that, for one
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I buy a new phone every 5-7 years, when Apple or whoever forgets that most people don’t buy small phones
“Today In Biscuits” should replace the Sunday morning political shows
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Today In Biscuits” should replace the Sunday morning political shows
You can’t hurt me, I knew everybody involved was gross already
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
You can’t hurt me, I knew everybody involved was gross already
Relatable
I saw this posted on the other site--you need to serve 5 years to get a pension in the House.
MTG--retiring 2 days after she is eligible for her pension
MTG--retiring 2 days after she is eligible for her pension
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Relatable
same, it's uncanny
When my father was struggling with dementia he would completely shift opinions on people like this because he couldn’t remember a word of what he said before and in his brain the most recent information processed about someone always became his first ever impression of them.
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
same, it's uncanny
holding lapel mic: awful, distracting
using weird long thin Bob Barker mic?: classy, debonair
not sure why given they're basically the same type of mic, but it's true
using weird long thin Bob Barker mic?: classy, debonair
not sure why given they're basically the same type of mic, but it's true
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
holding lapel mic: awful, distracting
using weird long thin Bob Barker mic?: classy, debonair
not sure why given they're basically the same type of mic, but it's true
using weird long thin Bob Barker mic?: classy, debonair
not sure why given they're basically the same type of mic, but it's true
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I feel like they're trying at this point to harm the menswear guy specifically
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I feel like they're trying at this point to harm the menswear guy specifically
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Every skeet I have ever saved was a slip of the thumb
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Every skeet I have ever saved was a slip of the thumb
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Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Whenever certain people say “sketchy part of town” I know exactly wtf they mean
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Whenever certain people say “sketchy part of town” I know exactly wtf they mean
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Paranormal Snacktivity
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Paranormal Snacktivity
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Does anyone have any idea about the timeline in the Triangle?
Border Patrol's immigration enforcement operation in Charlotte, North Carolina, is over, local officials say. https://cnn.it/4oqPPD3
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Does anyone have any idea about the timeline in the Triangle?