Derek
@ricketyshack.ca
Music guy who rambles about pretty much anything. Media, IT bullshit, MMA, Magic: The Gathering, whatever.
https://ricketyshack.ca
https://ricketyshack.ca
This is just lazy engagement bait.
also spotted on threads
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is just lazy engagement bait.
A woman said MMA fighter Rory MacDonald's girlfriend was actually a barrel full of eels. That was ~2013.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A woman said MMA fighter Rory MacDonald's girlfriend was actually a barrel full of eels. That was ~2013.
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it’s like Anthony Bourdain said: once you’ve been to San Francisco, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Marc Andreessen to death with your bare hands
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
it’s like Anthony Bourdain said: once you’ve been to San Francisco, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Marc Andreessen to death with your bare hands
Got a year-end review email from a grocery store rewards program for the second year in a row, like a spotify wrapped for people with the personality of a baked potato.
December 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Got a year-end review email from a grocery store rewards program for the second year in a row, like a spotify wrapped for people with the personality of a baked potato.
Sometimes you get really good synergy in your recommendations:
December 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Sometimes you get really good synergy in your recommendations:
I feel like anyone graduating from an American college in the next 3-4 years should have their credential viewed with suspicion and it should be assumed they are a knucle-dragging dipshit unless they make a strong case to the contrary.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I feel like anyone graduating from an American college in the next 3-4 years should have their credential viewed with suspicion and it should be assumed they are a knucle-dragging dipshit unless they make a strong case to the contrary.
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Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
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It is an undisputable fact—necessitated by cold, brutal logic and the irreversibility of Time—that there once lived a person, one of our species, who became the first to cook a potato in waaaaay too much fat.
Whenever I'm down, I picture the look on their face.
Whenever I'm down, I picture the look on their face.
May 16, 2024 at 10:15 PM
It is an undisputable fact—necessitated by cold, brutal logic and the irreversibility of Time—that there once lived a person, one of our species, who became the first to cook a potato in waaaaay too much fat.
Whenever I'm down, I picture the look on their face.
Whenever I'm down, I picture the look on their face.
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[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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Mark Cuban just sitting around in a mansion or on a private jet and thinking “hmm, methinks I should bestow the poor with my knowledge” and getting yelled until his feelings are hurt is really funny
December 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Mark Cuban just sitting around in a mansion or on a private jet and thinking “hmm, methinks I should bestow the poor with my knowledge” and getting yelled until his feelings are hurt is really funny
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From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
December 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
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Can't refrain from shouting slurs at your job? Also covered.
It’s sick that there is a conservative career path where you can make 6 figures for being too dumb to write a paper or lose in sports. The ultimate participation trophy
December 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Can't refrain from shouting slurs at your job? Also covered.
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
Remember: laws will deter any behaviour except gun violence, which people just have to live with.
So far 104 million packages have been stolen this year, costing families and businesses billions of dollars.
To combat the rise in porch piracy, this bipartisan legislation will increase penalties to deter theft and hold those responsible accountable.
Read more: pappas.house.gov/media/press-...
To combat the rise in porch piracy, this bipartisan legislation will increase penalties to deter theft and hold those responsible accountable.
Read more: pappas.house.gov/media/press-...
As Holiday Gifts Continue to Be Delivered, Pappas Pushes for ‘Porch Pirates’ Crackdown | Congressman Chris Pappas
As Granite Staters eagerly await the delivery of gifts for friends and loved ones, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) is pushing Congress to pass the Porch Pirates Act, which would increase penalties fo...
pappas.house.gov
December 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Remember: laws will deter any behaviour except gun violence, which people just have to live with.
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Dudes Rock
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Dudes Rock
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This is the news every day for the past 6 years
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is the news every day for the past 6 years
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Thank god no one is gambling. We’re trading futures on prediction markets to help gain insight into the public sentiment. One of my positions is all in on black.
December 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thank god no one is gambling. We’re trading futures on prediction markets to help gain insight into the public sentiment. One of my positions is all in on black.
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Big news for music fans: You can use the 'volume' button to increase the amount of music there is
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Big news for music fans: You can use the 'volume' button to increase the amount of music there is
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with respect to the old heads but still doing coke into your 40s & 50s produces the most pathetic types of people you’ve ever met - and that’s literally the entire operating core of the White House, uniquely embarrassing
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
with respect to the old heads but still doing coke into your 40s & 50s produces the most pathetic types of people you’ve ever met - and that’s literally the entire operating core of the White House, uniquely embarrassing