Alex
@grimalex.bsky.social
Even eldritch horrors can be queer (it/its)
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Alex
@grimalex.bsky.social
· Mar 18
I basically just use my account as a way to keep track of cool stuff I like.
So, if you like the sort of stuff I like, you'll probably like the stuff I (re)post!
So, if you like the sort of stuff I like, you'll probably like the stuff I (re)post!
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We have passed a point of no return.
30 years ago I asked my dad how to fix a flat tire on my bike. It was one hour of work and $10 for all the parts I needed.
It was faster and cheaper than taking it to the bike shop, paying $200, and waiting a couple days.
30 years ago I asked my dad how to fix a flat tire on my bike. It was one hour of work and $10 for all the parts I needed.
It was faster and cheaper than taking it to the bike shop, paying $200, and waiting a couple days.
We have passed a point of no return.
Yesterday I fixed the headlights in my car with ChatGPT. It was one hour of work and $10 for all the parts I needed.
It was faster and cheaper than going to the garage, paying $300, and waiting for ten hours.
Yesterday I fixed the headlights in my car with ChatGPT. It was one hour of work and $10 for all the parts I needed.
It was faster and cheaper than going to the garage, paying $300, and waiting for ten hours.
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
We have passed a point of no return.
30 years ago I asked my dad how to fix a flat tire on my bike. It was one hour of work and $10 for all the parts I needed.
It was faster and cheaper than taking it to the bike shop, paying $200, and waiting a couple days.
30 years ago I asked my dad how to fix a flat tire on my bike. It was one hour of work and $10 for all the parts I needed.
It was faster and cheaper than taking it to the bike shop, paying $200, and waiting a couple days.
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This is also a good example of how D&D aficionados are real fickle fans. Yes you will get more eyes on your work if you connect it to D&D, but every accomplishment you make will be attributed to D&D even when you accomplish things in spite of it.
(Ex: the itemization in BG3 is nothing like 5e RAW)
(Ex: the itemization in BG3 is nothing like 5e RAW)
Every body of water looks deep when you can't swim.
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is also a good example of how D&D aficionados are real fickle fans. Yes you will get more eyes on your work if you connect it to D&D, but every accomplishment you make will be attributed to D&D even when you accomplish things in spite of it.
(Ex: the itemization in BG3 is nothing like 5e RAW)
(Ex: the itemization in BG3 is nothing like 5e RAW)
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A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
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Skate Story is a good time
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Skate Story is a good time
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If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
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Performing one's civic duty as part of something that at least pretends to be a democracy shouldn't have the constant feel of begging someone not to shoot you, I think
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Performing one's civic duty as part of something that at least pretends to be a democracy shouldn't have the constant feel of begging someone not to shoot you, I think
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Saying that the video games industry is in a really bad place right now is obviously true but I do think that by leaving it at just that, there's been some flattening of that conversation which tends to conflate two distinct phenomena.
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Saying that the video games industry is in a really bad place right now is obviously true but I do think that by leaving it at just that, there's been some flattening of that conversation which tends to conflate two distinct phenomena.
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sorry. a bunch of really stupid guys with a bunch of money who think they're smart got in a group chat together and started sharing facebook memes and now the government has decided curing cancer is not only not a priority, it's actually bad
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
sorry. a bunch of really stupid guys with a bunch of money who think they're smart got in a group chat together and started sharing facebook memes and now the government has decided curing cancer is not only not a priority, it's actually bad
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horns and armor. done in painter
December 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
horns and armor. done in painter
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Blight adds counters but not blight counters, and blight counters are not -1/-1 counters. #MTGLorwyn
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Blight adds counters but not blight counters, and blight counters are not -1/-1 counters. #MTGLorwyn
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AI bros going "haha! They admit AI made a good game!!" like it's a victory and not a labor rights nightmare.
I'm going to be honest. I do think art needs to be made deliberately, with care, by a human, to be art. I have a philosophical argument to make here.
However.
I care about people MORE.
I'm going to be honest. I do think art needs to be made deliberately, with care, by a human, to be art. I have a philosophical argument to make here.
However.
I care about people MORE.
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AI bros going "haha! They admit AI made a good game!!" like it's a victory and not a labor rights nightmare.
I'm going to be honest. I do think art needs to be made deliberately, with care, by a human, to be art. I have a philosophical argument to make here.
However.
I care about people MORE.
I'm going to be honest. I do think art needs to be made deliberately, with care, by a human, to be art. I have a philosophical argument to make here.
However.
I care about people MORE.
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And as others say: you want the placeholder to be obvious so you remember how to replace it
Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
And as others say: you want the placeholder to be obvious so you remember how to replace it
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CARTOON/KTOON4.GIF
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
CARTOON/KTOON4.GIF
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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here is a frame from pluribus btw
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
here is a frame from pluribus btw
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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I am 100% pro Larian doing whatever pervert shit it wants and I can’t wait for another game where you can like, fuck a squid or whatever, but it really does further drive home the two-tier system of enforcement on storefronts. Bg3 contains basically everything small games get banned for
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I am 100% pro Larian doing whatever pervert shit it wants and I can’t wait for another game where you can like, fuck a squid or whatever, but it really does further drive home the two-tier system of enforcement on storefronts. Bg3 contains basically everything small games get banned for
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Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
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"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
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I always know when my cat has been watching snowflakes with her forelegs propped against the window-glass because when she's done she invariably comes straight to me acting all affectionate-like and sticks her ice-cold paws directly on my face.
December 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I always know when my cat has been watching snowflakes with her forelegs propped against the window-glass because when she's done she invariably comes straight to me acting all affectionate-like and sticks her ice-cold paws directly on my face.
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You know that thing where it's like "Hey maybe cops shouldn't get the money they get from fines and tickets because it creates perverse incentives?"
That's basically an awards show having trailers and announcements.
That's basically an awards show having trailers and announcements.
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
You know that thing where it's like "Hey maybe cops shouldn't get the money they get from fines and tickets because it creates perverse incentives?"
That's basically an awards show having trailers and announcements.
That's basically an awards show having trailers and announcements.
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It's very apparent that "board games" can mean very different things to different people when one game feels the need to warn you that it can take up to 30 minutes to play, while another prides itself on being "quick playing" on the basis that a minimal two-player game should only take 2 to 3 hours.
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It's very apparent that "board games" can mean very different things to different people when one game feels the need to warn you that it can take up to 30 minutes to play, while another prides itself on being "quick playing" on the basis that a minimal two-player game should only take 2 to 3 hours.