Ben Tallen
@bentallen.bsky.social
Actor/Writer/MNUFC Fan/occasional Farker. Excited to spend the next 3-6 months on this platform until the next one comes along.
A quite fine idea I see you've got here
To mimic the song of the hour.
The meter brings to mind a most serious time
The time of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
To mimic the song of the hour.
The meter brings to mind a most serious time
The time of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A quite fine idea I see you've got here
To mimic the song of the hour.
The meter brings to mind a most serious time
The time of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
To mimic the song of the hour.
The meter brings to mind a most serious time
The time of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Those emails immediately go in the penalty inbox. 2 hours for a minor, 2 days for a major.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Those emails immediately go in the penalty inbox. 2 hours for a minor, 2 days for a major.
Fuckery. Fuckery everywhere.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Fuckery. Fuckery everywhere.
Reposted by Ben Tallen
I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
![A meme depicting a woman staring at her phone with one hand on her head, with the following text below:
IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD?
What your Great Lakes maritime history-obsessed teen's text messages actually mean:
brb = bell rang bro
rofl = rang out for lost (crew)
bff = big freakin' freigher
lol = Load of Ore on the Lake
smh = shift minutes to hours
glhf = Great Lakes hella freighter
tbh = taconite be haulin'
stfu = steer the freighter upwind
tfw = that freakin' witch (of November)
asl = a ship lost
gg = Gitche Gumee
idc = immoderate deadweight capacity
btw = beneath the waves
afk = a freighter kaput
hbd = hauler's beacon down
ily = iron load yonder
jk = just [24] kilometers
lmao = lost my abyssal ore
nbd = north bound draft
glhf = good lord, hold flooding
omg = obliteratingly massive gales
tmi = too much iron
wtf = White Fish (Bay)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccm7gttkbfs2eyyrlpshmeun/bafkreib6ughtj23oqdskaisavrueyn6fijujbp2e663h6p6ukx74lbibyu@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
Saw it for the first time when I was 18 and in school in New York City. A formative experience.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Saw it for the first time when I was 18 and in school in New York City. A formative experience.
Because you angered the gods with your hubris. I assume.
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Because you angered the gods with your hubris. I assume.
Gosh, that sounds serious. What happened after that? Describe it. Slowly.
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Gosh, that sounds serious. What happened after that? Describe it. Slowly.
Wasn't Boxy talking to a Seattle player with an absolute shit-eating grin on his face at one point? Or did I dream it?
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wasn't Boxy talking to a Seattle player with an absolute shit-eating grin on his face at one point? Or did I dream it?
I... would not be having a good time.
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I... would not be having a good time.
