A penitent who is loud
@loudpenitent.bsky.social
Interfaith cis Jew, never posts on behalf of his employer, he/his
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
The thing I always find hilarious about the Hannibal Meme is the implicit belief that Hannibal CHOSE not to burn Rome and just sort of nobly abstained.
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The thing I always find hilarious about the Hannibal Meme is the implicit belief that Hannibal CHOSE not to burn Rome and just sort of nobly abstained.
Me, young(er) and naive, playing Darkest Dungeon 2 and watching my party of damaged heroes collapsing in a stress spiral and turning on one another while facing down an eldritch world-threatening: "wow, how unrealistic, can't they prioritize SAVING THE WORLD?!"
Me, older, now: "Oh."
Me, older, now: "Oh."
February 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Me, young(er) and naive, playing Darkest Dungeon 2 and watching my party of damaged heroes collapsing in a stress spiral and turning on one another while facing down an eldritch world-threatening: "wow, how unrealistic, can't they prioritize SAVING THE WORLD?!"
Me, older, now: "Oh."
Me, older, now: "Oh."
I feel the need to observe that now instead of focusing our energies on the Trump admin we're currently focusing on "how dare you try to stop agitators from setting pointless fires in dumpsters" and the latest iteration of the Endless Organizer Social Capital Fight.
Eye on the ball, people.
Eye on the ball, people.
February 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I feel the need to observe that now instead of focusing our energies on the Trump admin we're currently focusing on "how dare you try to stop agitators from setting pointless fires in dumpsters" and the latest iteration of the Endless Organizer Social Capital Fight.
Eye on the ball, people.
Eye on the ball, people.
You know, I feel like it is mutually exclusive to say "I hate globalization! But also I love diversity & multiculturalism!"
This is kind of an either/or! Ultimately this is one of those fundamental questions: are we aspiring to be one community or a bunch of atomic, isolated localities?
This is kind of an either/or! Ultimately this is one of those fundamental questions: are we aspiring to be one community or a bunch of atomic, isolated localities?
February 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
You know, I feel like it is mutually exclusive to say "I hate globalization! But also I love diversity & multiculturalism!"
This is kind of an either/or! Ultimately this is one of those fundamental questions: are we aspiring to be one community or a bunch of atomic, isolated localities?
This is kind of an either/or! Ultimately this is one of those fundamental questions: are we aspiring to be one community or a bunch of atomic, isolated localities?
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"I just can't get my meals at home to taste as good as what I get at a restaurant! What's their secret?"
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"I just can't get my meals at home to taste as good as what I get at a restaurant! What's their secret?"
On another totally superficial game topic, it fascinates me how visually and stylistically influential it feels like Morrigan and Lilith from Darkstalkers, specifically, are, despite that being the very definition of a cult classic?
Just goes to show ya, influential char design comes from all over.
Just goes to show ya, influential char design comes from all over.
February 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
On another totally superficial game topic, it fascinates me how visually and stylistically influential it feels like Morrigan and Lilith from Darkstalkers, specifically, are, despite that being the very definition of a cult classic?
Just goes to show ya, influential char design comes from all over.
Just goes to show ya, influential char design comes from all over.
That my politics rants take off & this blistering bolt of sacred truth does not is proof of the perverse incentives of social media.
Anyways the emphatic * is social media's land acknowledgments.
(To avoid wafflehate, I am not shitting on land acknowledgments, this is an alien custom called humor)
Anyways the emphatic * is social media's land acknowledgments.
(To avoid wafflehate, I am not shitting on land acknowledgments, this is an alien custom called humor)
consider, however
it is a display of respect for our noble internet traditions, our ancestral and most sacred ways. Every time we emphasize with the * in place of italics, we pay ritual obeisance to the noble chat roleplayer, the foremost pioneers of the wild and wacky realm that is Online.
it is a display of respect for our noble internet traditions, our ancestral and most sacred ways. Every time we emphasize with the * in place of italics, we pay ritual obeisance to the noble chat roleplayer, the foremost pioneers of the wild and wacky realm that is Online.
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
That my politics rants take off & this blistering bolt of sacred truth does not is proof of the perverse incentives of social media.
Anyways the emphatic * is social media's land acknowledgments.
(To avoid wafflehate, I am not shitting on land acknowledgments, this is an alien custom called humor)
Anyways the emphatic * is social media's land acknowledgments.
(To avoid wafflehate, I am not shitting on land acknowledgments, this is an alien custom called humor)
No. A man is not entitled to "genetic immortality."
Next question.
Next question.
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
No. A man is not entitled to "genetic immortality."
Next question.
Next question.
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we have a model of what betrayal of trans rights by a center-left party looks like! it's the British Labour Party, many of who will rest in the lake of frozen ice at the bottom of hell unless they repent. I am anti-eternal punishment and take no pleasure in this statement.
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
we have a model of what betrayal of trans rights by a center-left party looks like! it's the British Labour Party, many of who will rest in the lake of frozen ice at the bottom of hell unless they repent. I am anti-eternal punishment and take no pleasure in this statement.
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I was assured that Democrats were going to betray trans people and were just as bad as Republicans, etc.
Side note: None of the spending bills passed in the "minibus" had any anti-trans riders. This includes the bill that funds the Department of Health and Human Services
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
House votes to reopen the government–setting up a fight over ICE
The Senate and the White House will now negotiate guardrails for ICE and CBP agents after the killing of both Renee Good and Alex Pretti
www.independent.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I was assured that Democrats were going to betray trans people and were just as bad as Republicans, etc.
I am EXTREMELY UNHAPPY about how much recent news has been "Epstein! Chomsky! EpSTEIN! BAD INDIVIDUAL JEWISH PERSON!"
on the whole, i think 'all the evil in the world is reducible to a few wealthy criminal Jews' is generally a thing we should be discouraging. i have nakedly self-interested reasons to believe this i will admit.
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I am EXTREMELY UNHAPPY about how much recent news has been "Epstein! Chomsky! EpSTEIN! BAD INDIVIDUAL JEWISH PERSON!"
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transgenderism *is* transhumanism
eyeglasses *are* a perversion of the natural order
appeal to nature fallacies are dumb, stop letting "tech bros" negatively polarize you against genuinely good and cool things
eyeglasses *are* a perversion of the natural order
appeal to nature fallacies are dumb, stop letting "tech bros" negatively polarize you against genuinely good and cool things
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 AM
transgenderism *is* transhumanism
eyeglasses *are* a perversion of the natural order
appeal to nature fallacies are dumb, stop letting "tech bros" negatively polarize you against genuinely good and cool things
eyeglasses *are* a perversion of the natural order
appeal to nature fallacies are dumb, stop letting "tech bros" negatively polarize you against genuinely good and cool things
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I really, REALLY do not like the flourishing "wow, it turns out conspiracy theories are correct!"
January 31, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I really, REALLY do not like the flourishing "wow, it turns out conspiracy theories are correct!"
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to be kind of blunt, if the hardcore veteran activist organizer expertise that you bring results in "light a dumpster on fire, get mad that this is filmed" it's not really expertise anyone should respect, sorry. don't care how many little activism merit badges you have.
February 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
to be kind of blunt, if the hardcore veteran activist organizer expertise that you bring results in "light a dumpster on fire, get mad that this is filmed" it's not really expertise anyone should respect, sorry. don't care how many little activism merit badges you have.
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"Actually it's more traumatizing for our vulnerable elders & children to hear a whistle than be kidnapped by ICE" gtfoh assholes
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
"Actually it's more traumatizing for our vulnerable elders & children to hear a whistle than be kidnapped by ICE" gtfoh assholes
Retvrn (to shitpost live action comedy skits on YouTube gently parodying Final Fantasy)
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Retvrn (to shitpost live action comedy skits on YouTube gently parodying Final Fantasy)
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having memories of when people insisted that self-immolation had only ever been the most righteous of political actions and then got mad when I pointed out that it had been used, for instance, by people protesting the lack of caste privilege at Indian universities, or in defense of rapists.
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
having memories of when people insisted that self-immolation had only ever been the most righteous of political actions and then got mad when I pointed out that it had been used, for instance, by people protesting the lack of caste privilege at Indian universities, or in defense of rapists.
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Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
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The president of the United States just sued the government of the United States for $10 billion said before God and everybody that he plans to negotiate a settlement with himself.
Rep. Tim Burchett: "When you pay your taxes this year, remember the $14 billion that illegal Somalis stole from you"
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The president of the United States just sued the government of the United States for $10 billion said before God and everybody that he plans to negotiate a settlement with himself.
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If you were designing an op to discredit protest you could not do better than this
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
If you were designing an op to discredit protest you could not do better than this
Ok it's actually really upsetting how much off the cuff skeets keep getting positive responses, honestly.
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Ok it's actually really upsetting how much off the cuff skeets keep getting positive responses, honestly.
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I feel like there should be a rule. If you spend all your time railing about Israel you no longer get to make fun of Charlie Kirk or posturing about how you'll punch Nazis. No. That's your people now. That's your side. Go sit with them and guzzle their filth.
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I feel like there should be a rule. If you spend all your time railing about Israel you no longer get to make fun of Charlie Kirk or posturing about how you'll punch Nazis. No. That's your people now. That's your side. Go sit with them and guzzle their filth.
Really Fucking Hate how people now throw in "Israeli" as just the Extra Spice of Evil about any given thing, in ways they don't with anything else. Then they coyly pretend they aren't using it for (((Evil))).
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Really Fucking Hate how people now throw in "Israeli" as just the Extra Spice of Evil about any given thing, in ways they don't with anything else. Then they coyly pretend they aren't using it for (((Evil))).
Not only is this economically good (for the same reason that upwelling from the deep sea can cause unusually abundant biodiversity) it's also why Stephen Miller is here and a citizen, so he really just has no room to talk.
February 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Not only is this economically good (for the same reason that upwelling from the deep sea can cause unusually abundant biodiversity) it's also why Stephen Miller is here and a citizen, so he really just has no room to talk.
One of the interesting choices in Chernobyl (the series) is the choice to hide the fact that Legasov was, at least in his youth, an antisemite and blocked the advancement of Jewish students in the Party.
It's interesting because of course we have seen him forced to rise to the occasion up til now.
It's interesting because of course we have seen him forced to rise to the occasion up til now.
February 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
One of the interesting choices in Chernobyl (the series) is the choice to hide the fact that Legasov was, at least in his youth, an antisemite and blocked the advancement of Jewish students in the Party.
It's interesting because of course we have seen him forced to rise to the occasion up til now.
It's interesting because of course we have seen him forced to rise to the occasion up til now.