cornpro
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She/Her // Interests include knitting, weightlifting, crying about LOTR, adding new hobbies I don't have time for, and overthinking
spoilers for Frankenstein...
okay but the modern need to tack a happy ending onto movies based on gothic novels is WILD. it feels so wrong, like the characters forgot what story they're in. Victor Frankenstein when did you have time to go to therapy?? it's just... no, let them be tragic, it's okay
okay but the modern need to tack a happy ending onto movies based on gothic novels is WILD. it feels so wrong, like the characters forgot what story they're in. Victor Frankenstein when did you have time to go to therapy?? it's just... no, let them be tragic, it's okay
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
spoilers for Frankenstein...
okay but the modern need to tack a happy ending onto movies based on gothic novels is WILD. it feels so wrong, like the characters forgot what story they're in. Victor Frankenstein when did you have time to go to therapy?? it's just... no, let them be tragic, it's okay
okay but the modern need to tack a happy ending onto movies based on gothic novels is WILD. it feels so wrong, like the characters forgot what story they're in. Victor Frankenstein when did you have time to go to therapy?? it's just... no, let them be tragic, it's okay
if i had a nickel for every movie I watched today where someone gets stabbed in the chest with a sickle, I would have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
if i had a nickel for every movie I watched today where someone gets stabbed in the chest with a sickle, I would have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
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gender neutral alternatives to “ladies & gentlemen”:
ships, barques, brigs, schooners, and what not
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
gender neutral alternatives to “ladies & gentlemen”:
millenial non-men as well - it started with me calling my dog "buddy," now I call every kid and dog that. it's a real slippery slope
it's carcinisation for millennial dads, we all become guys who say "buddy," there is no other ending
somehow becoming a dad transformed me into the kind of person that says "buddy" all the time, even though I never use it for the actual Sweet Baby I'm on diaper duty for
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
millenial non-men as well - it started with me calling my dog "buddy," now I call every kid and dog that. it's a real slippery slope
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All timer thread
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
All timer thread
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me boarding the Acela
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
me boarding the Acela
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The return of extremely skeletal bodies for women as a norm is deeply concerning.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The return of extremely skeletal bodies for women as a norm is deeply concerning.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
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Going even deeper into this rabbithole, it's arguable that even an instituted acolyte (that's a properly authorised acolyte, not just a rando performing the role of acolyte) can make holy water, since the order of acolyte is above that of exorcist in old minor orders, and thus implicitly contains it
In fact you don't even need a priest - deacons can make holy water too. And you can bypass even that requirement by getting holy water from a shrine such as the well at Walsingham or St Winefrid's Well; some churches even have a whole cistern of holy water you can fill up from, too
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Going even deeper into this rabbithole, it's arguable that even an instituted acolyte (that's a properly authorised acolyte, not just a rando performing the role of acolyte) can make holy water, since the order of acolyte is above that of exorcist in old minor orders, and thus implicitly contains it
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I'm in full agreement with IGN's 9 out of 10 review of Dispatch.
I finished it last night & absolutely loved it. It is a true revival of the Telltale game (it's made by ex-Telltale devs). It's funny, well-written & the strategy game layer is surprisingly fun. Play it!
www.ign.com/articles/dis...
I finished it last night & absolutely loved it. It is a true revival of the Telltale game (it's made by ex-Telltale devs). It's funny, well-written & the strategy game layer is surprisingly fun. Play it!
www.ign.com/articles/dis...
Dispatch Review - IGN
A true spiritual successor to the Telltale Games of the 2010s.
www.ign.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I'm in full agreement with IGN's 9 out of 10 review of Dispatch.
I finished it last night & absolutely loved it. It is a true revival of the Telltale game (it's made by ex-Telltale devs). It's funny, well-written & the strategy game layer is surprisingly fun. Play it!
www.ign.com/articles/dis...
I finished it last night & absolutely loved it. It is a true revival of the Telltale game (it's made by ex-Telltale devs). It's funny, well-written & the strategy game layer is surprisingly fun. Play it!
www.ign.com/articles/dis...
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The Doors of Durin are among the most iconic images in Tolkien’s world. There are many illustrations where they are shown closed, but I wanted to capture a different moment: when the riddle is solved and the doors open.
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Doors of Durin are among the most iconic images in Tolkien’s world. There are many illustrations where they are shown closed, but I wanted to capture a different moment: when the riddle is solved and the doors open.
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Thirty being the arbitrary age that women start being called “hags” is so funny, because every woman I know who recently hit 30s has become the most hot and cool and confident version of herself
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Thirty being the arbitrary age that women start being called “hags” is so funny, because every woman I know who recently hit 30s has become the most hot and cool and confident version of herself
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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it’s the freaking weeking baby!!
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
it’s the freaking weeking baby!!
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here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
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I was on a panel yesterday and the moderator said, “I love your optimism [about addressing climate change]”
I deadpanned, sincerely: “we have no choice”
I deadpanned, sincerely: “we have no choice”
June 7, 2024 at 10:23 PM
I was on a panel yesterday and the moderator said, “I love your optimism [about addressing climate change]”
I deadpanned, sincerely: “we have no choice”
I deadpanned, sincerely: “we have no choice”
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BREAKING: Democrat Jay Jones defeated Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in the attorney general race, completing the party's full sweep of statewide office elections in Virginia. virginiamercury.com/2025/11/04/d...
Democrats sweep Virginia’s statewide races, reclaiming full control of executive branch • Virginia Mercury
Democrats completed a clean statewide sweep in Virginia on Tuesday night, as former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears for governor, Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond,…
virginiamercury.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Jay Jones defeated Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in the attorney general race, completing the party's full sweep of statewide office elections in Virginia. virginiamercury.com/2025/11/04/d...
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Hivemind help me out, I'm chasing a thread. I'm looking for SOMETHING called TSL, a magazine or a journal, publishing in 1973/74, probably in UK or South Africa, but could be elsewhere. It COULD be the Times Literary Supplement just turned around, but I want to cover my bases. Anyone recognize TSL?
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hivemind help me out, I'm chasing a thread. I'm looking for SOMETHING called TSL, a magazine or a journal, publishing in 1973/74, probably in UK or South Africa, but could be elsewhere. It COULD be the Times Literary Supplement just turned around, but I want to cover my bases. Anyone recognize TSL?
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sometimes the most fascinating tolkien opinions come from people who don’t know that much tolkien. recently i was staying with an aunt and she smelled a middle earth candle she had lit and said “it’s nice but a little too sweet…middle earth should smell like turned soil and ash”
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
sometimes the most fascinating tolkien opinions come from people who don’t know that much tolkien. recently i was staying with an aunt and she smelled a middle earth candle she had lit and said “it’s nice but a little too sweet…middle earth should smell like turned soil and ash”
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almost ten years ago this lady at brunch ordered a “piglio griglio” (pinot grigio) and ive been calling it that ever since
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
almost ten years ago this lady at brunch ordered a “piglio griglio” (pinot grigio) and ive been calling it that ever since
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Know your subgenres,
Cracking open a cold one with the fellas: buddy comedy
Cracking open fellas with the Cold One: dark fantasy
Cracking open one fella with a cold: medical drama
A cold open with one cracking fella: sitcom
One cold fella with the open crack: public solo porn in winter
Cracking open a cold one with the fellas: buddy comedy
Cracking open fellas with the Cold One: dark fantasy
Cracking open one fella with a cold: medical drama
A cold open with one cracking fella: sitcom
One cold fella with the open crack: public solo porn in winter
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Know your subgenres,
Cracking open a cold one with the fellas: buddy comedy
Cracking open fellas with the Cold One: dark fantasy
Cracking open one fella with a cold: medical drama
A cold open with one cracking fella: sitcom
One cold fella with the open crack: public solo porn in winter
Cracking open a cold one with the fellas: buddy comedy
Cracking open fellas with the Cold One: dark fantasy
Cracking open one fella with a cold: medical drama
A cold open with one cracking fella: sitcom
One cold fella with the open crack: public solo porn in winter
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I MCed the costume contest at my husband’s underworld-inspired restaurant and so obviously I had to be Persephone. I didn’t have time to take proper photos so you’ll have to use your imaginations with these bathroom mirror selfies
November 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I MCed the costume contest at my husband’s underworld-inspired restaurant and so obviously I had to be Persephone. I didn’t have time to take proper photos so you’ll have to use your imaginations with these bathroom mirror selfies
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For Halloween this year, I dressed up as none other than Miss Frizzle. My students have been asking me to do it for years and so this year I finally obliged.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
For Halloween this year, I dressed up as none other than Miss Frizzle. My students have been asking me to do it for years and so this year I finally obliged.