Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty
@irhottakes.bsky.social
Political science PhD student. World’s third best Bigfoot colonial governance simulation expert. Had to drag myself kicking and screaming to she/her, but she/her nonetheless.
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Just going to make today a wiki day for the D&D campaign, I think. Goal is to have all the useful things up and links to the pinned thread here by the end of the day. Character bios and sheets, daily briefs, transcripts of previous acts, etc. People have said it's easy to get lost, want to help.
The House Explained: There’s a representative gaggle of idiot dickheads because voters are idiot dickheads.
The Senate Explained: So, the Chief Florbglubbler has to wiggle her ears and fart the Korean alphabet backwards three times on leap years due to a precedent set by a segregationist in 1972…
The Senate Explained: So, the Chief Florbglubbler has to wiggle her ears and fart the Korean alphabet backwards three times on leap years due to a precedent set by a segregationist in 1972…
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The House Explained: There’s a representative gaggle of idiot dickheads because voters are idiot dickheads.
The Senate Explained: So, the Chief Florbglubbler has to wiggle her ears and fart the Korean alphabet backwards three times on leap years due to a precedent set by a segregationist in 1972…
The Senate Explained: So, the Chief Florbglubbler has to wiggle her ears and fart the Korean alphabet backwards three times on leap years due to a precedent set by a segregationist in 1972…
Yeah… I think *some* of the criticism aimed at him in this particular instance is unfair, but I also think as a politician you need to build reserves of trust for those times you need to say “dude, trust me” on a hard sell and I don’t think he took building that reserve seriously enough, IMHO.
Like there was always going to be some kind of cave to end the shutdown because that's how shutdowns always end, but Democrats should be expected to support Democratic primary winners.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Yeah… I think *some* of the criticism aimed at him in this particular instance is unfair, but I also think as a politician you need to build reserves of trust for those times you need to say “dude, trust me” on a hard sell and I don’t think he took building that reserve seriously enough, IMHO.
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
Is it just me, or is he unusually… orange?
Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Is it just me, or is he unusually… orange?
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RETVRN to stupidly horny hand-painted schlocky sword-and-sorcery covers
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
RETVRN to stupidly horny hand-painted schlocky sword-and-sorcery covers
What happened to Civ games? Because I heard Civ 7 was a flop and Humankind, which was supposed to be the Civ killer also flopped.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
What happened to Civ games? Because I heard Civ 7 was a flop and Humankind, which was supposed to be the Civ killer also flopped.
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currently rereading it and by god this post just sums it up perfectly
Soviets in Red Storm Rising: Alexi grimaced. “The damn fools in the Politburo would doom us all,” he thought. And yet, what of his duty to his men, his country? The weight of responsibility…
Americans in Red Storm Rising: Jim Armyman shot his gun freedomishly at a commie who died. Everyone clapped.
Americans in Red Storm Rising: Jim Armyman shot his gun freedomishly at a commie who died. Everyone clapped.
Red Storm Rising is the only actually great Clancy book I’ve read. It’s also not in the RyanVerse. That is not a coincidence.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
currently rereading it and by god this post just sums it up perfectly
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I don't really have anything useful to say about the current political moment, so would anyone like to talk about RPGs? Curious if anyone has played Cubicle 7's Old World game, it looks like it might be the lighter alternative to WFRP 4e I'm looking for but I'm not sure if it will tick all the boxes
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I don't really have anything useful to say about the current political moment, so would anyone like to talk about RPGs? Curious if anyone has played Cubicle 7's Old World game, it looks like it might be the lighter alternative to WFRP 4e I'm looking for but I'm not sure if it will tick all the boxes
-The primarch Lorgar attempting to convince his brother Guilliman the Horus Heresy was just a prank, bro, circa M31.
if you are on a spacecraft and you are in space and you don’t like the way the spaceship is being piloted, jumping out the airlock does not make you look powerful
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
-The primarch Lorgar attempting to convince his brother Guilliman the Horus Heresy was just a prank, bro, circa M31.
Something I try to force myself to remember is what the world looked like a year into Obama 2 and what the “smart picks” were for the 2016 GOP nomination. I think it’s fair to say most of us were a bit off in our guesses. Trying to have a degree of humility.
I too am a Pritzker fan. But we’ll see how it all pans out.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Something I try to force myself to remember is what the world looked like a year into Obama 2 and what the “smart picks” were for the 2016 GOP nomination. I think it’s fair to say most of us were a bit off in our guesses. Trying to have a degree of humility.
Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
Juche for the Party, Order 227 for the wobblers is probably the most healthy outlook tbh.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Juche for the Party, Order 227 for the wobblers is probably the most healthy outlook tbh.
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*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Honestly comes across as trying too hard. Would have benefited from a sleeker and more elegant design.
Today we're unveiling our eighth locomotive in Metro-North’s Heritage Series—a moving tribute to our nation’s veterans.
Created and designed by Metro-North veterans, this locomotive embodies gratitude to those who have worn the uniform, both within the Metro-North family and across the country.
Created and designed by Metro-North veterans, this locomotive embodies gratitude to those who have worn the uniform, both within the Metro-North family and across the country.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Honestly comes across as trying too hard. Would have benefited from a sleeker and more elegant design.
Only half joking when I say this is affirming care and the gender is “asshole.”
someone's already writing a take about how making light of this offends the vast majority of americans who aspire to look like their faces were rendered using the super fx chip
D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in "Mar‑a‑Lago face" requests from Trump insiders
"[They] want to look like they had something done."
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Only half joking when I say this is affirming care and the gender is “asshole.”
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270 damage says Bingo
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
270 damage says Bingo
My honest take is that Ds played a bad hand poorly and the TL is split between people pretending a Pikachu, an expired debt card, and a five dollar coupon for Taco Bell was aces over kings and people pretending shitting on the table and yelling YAHTZEE is 69 dimensional chess.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My honest take is that Ds played a bad hand poorly and the TL is split between people pretending a Pikachu, an expired debt card, and a five dollar coupon for Taco Bell was aces over kings and people pretending shitting on the table and yelling YAHTZEE is 69 dimensional chess.
Honestly, I just don’t want to get yelled at or made fun of or lose any friends. Just pretend I agreed with whatever your opinion is of the latest shitshow.
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Honestly, I just don’t want to get yelled at or made fun of or lose any friends. Just pretend I agreed with whatever your opinion is of the latest shitshow.
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I think 3/3.5 was Built to Splat in a way 5e was not, which is both a blessing and a curse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I think 3/3.5 was Built to Splat in a way 5e was not, which is both a blessing and a curse.
I think you can make a case that Dungeons and Dragons 5e in 2014-2015 was as good as the game has ever been, but it fell victim to its own good design choices in that it felt like a “complete” game and the inevitable feature creep that comes with games like this undermined its charm.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I think you can make a case that Dungeons and Dragons 5e in 2014-2015 was as good as the game has ever been, but it fell victim to its own good design choices in that it felt like a “complete” game and the inevitable feature creep that comes with games like this undermined its charm.
If you guys want something new to yell about, I bought the 5e adaptation of The One Ring off eBay instead of the bespoke custom rules everyone else did because I’m lazy and part of the problem.
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you guys want something new to yell about, I bought the 5e adaptation of The One Ring off eBay instead of the bespoke custom rules everyone else did because I’m lazy and part of the problem.
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This old man cat is nearly eligible to run for senate
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This old man cat is nearly eligible to run for senate
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I like this one personally
a cartoon drawing of sesame street character elmo in front of a fire
ALT: a cartoon drawing of sesame street character elmo in front of a fire
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I like this one personally
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And here's our little girl, Pixi.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
And here's our little girl, Pixi.
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Here's one of mine, Mortimer!
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here's one of mine, Mortimer!