Pessimistic Square
@cioran-was-right.bsky.social
I read. I accumulate. I listen. I divulge. I quit. I work. I watch. I periodically post my favorite snippets from books and poems. You can call me whatever makes you feel comfortable.
Don’t you want to lift my shirt and see the huge beating genius machine that thinks, no, it knows, it’s going to come in first.
Ada Limón
Ada Limón
January 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Don’t you want to lift my shirt and see the huge beating genius machine that thinks, no, it knows, it’s going to come in first.
Ada Limón
Ada Limón
If you’re feeling recommendy today send me some new music to try out…I’m a promiscuous listener so I’ll try anything once (except that fucking blasphemous new country shit…sorry not sorry).
January 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you’re feeling recommendy today send me some new music to try out…I’m a promiscuous listener so I’ll try anything once (except that fucking blasphemous new country shit…sorry not sorry).
Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 20
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Day 20
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 20
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Day 20
Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 19
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Day 19
January 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 19
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Day 19
Reposted by Pessimistic Square
Hey everyone! My cat had dental surgery today so I'm reposting this to see if anybody wants to buy some original art from MILES DAVIS & THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUND or SPECTRUM! Hit me up, DM's open!
Look at these pages. There’s something here for you or for a loved one. More affordable than you think, maybe?
And my pages almost always have some extra medium on them, colored ink washes, colored pencils, etc.
DM for info!!
Or email:
Davechisholmcomics at gmail
And my pages almost always have some extra medium on them, colored ink washes, colored pencils, etc.
DM for info!!
Or email:
Davechisholmcomics at gmail
January 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hey everyone! My cat had dental surgery today so I'm reposting this to see if anybody wants to buy some original art from MILES DAVIS & THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUND or SPECTRUM! Hit me up, DM's open!
Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 18
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Day 18
January 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 18
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Day 18
One must work and riot and throw oneself into the whirl. Boredom and denseness are the two unforgivable sins. We’ll have plenty of time to be bored when the little white worms crawl about our bones in the crescent putrifying earth.
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
One must work and riot and throw oneself into the whirl. Boredom and denseness are the two unforgivable sins. We’ll have plenty of time to be bored when the little white worms crawl about our bones in the crescent putrifying earth.
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos
Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 17
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Day 17
January 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 17
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Day 17
Reading Mike Grell’s Green Arrow is like coming home again. Those 1985-1990 era comics are my jam as old people like to say.
January 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reading Mike Grell’s Green Arrow is like coming home again. Those 1985-1990 era comics are my jam as old people like to say.
This is gonna be my new favorite movie….cults are a particular favorite genre of mine.
youtu.be/5owo-kbx8X0?...
youtu.be/5owo-kbx8X0?...
Opus | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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January 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is gonna be my new favorite movie….cults are a particular favorite genre of mine.
youtu.be/5owo-kbx8X0?...
youtu.be/5owo-kbx8X0?...
I am taking a sabbatical from the news, but I hope someone will tell me if we go to war with Canada.
January 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I am taking a sabbatical from the news, but I hope someone will tell me if we go to war with Canada.
Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 16
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Day 16
January 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 16
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Day 16
If Ian MacKaye doesn’t answer I ask Guy Picciotto , then Joe Lally, and then Brendan Canty. If none of them answer then I just lock myself in my room and read comics and listen to NOFX until someone sends the cops to do a welfare check on me.
January 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If Ian MacKaye doesn’t answer I ask Guy Picciotto , then Joe Lally, and then Brendan Canty. If none of them answer then I just lock myself in my room and read comics and listen to NOFX until someone sends the cops to do a welfare check on me.
In bad times and in good I always ask myself what would Ian MacKaye do?
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In bad times and in good I always ask myself what would Ian MacKaye do?
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Day 15-ish
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Day 15-ish
January 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Day 15-ish
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Day 15-ish
I firmly believe the only thing that can save us now is a new Fugazi album.
January 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I firmly believe the only thing that can save us now is a new Fugazi album.
Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 14
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Day 14
January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Day 14
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Day 14
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Day 13
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Day 13
January 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Day 13
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Day 13
I’d love a new Question book set in the “real world.” He could debunk all the stupid conspiracies floating around and confront corrupt politicians. Who doesn’t want to see @denyscowan.bsky.social draw a bunch of politicians getting punched in the mouth?
January 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’d love a new Question book set in the “real world.” He could debunk all the stupid conspiracies floating around and confront corrupt politicians. Who doesn’t want to see @denyscowan.bsky.social draw a bunch of politicians getting punched in the mouth?
Has anyone picked up the Cartoonist Kayfabe torch since the we lost Ed?
January 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Has anyone picked up the Cartoonist Kayfabe torch since the we lost Ed?
I’ve become a Smudge/Living the Line addict. If they keep reprinting these bizarre 1970s horror books I’ll be a fan forever. I don’t buy a lot of physical books anymore because my shelves are full, but I’m making space for all the Smudge books. SO WEIRD! Beautiful.
January 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I’ve become a Smudge/Living the Line addict. If they keep reprinting these bizarre 1970s horror books I’ll be a fan forever. I don’t buy a lot of physical books anymore because my shelves are full, but I’m making space for all the Smudge books. SO WEIRD! Beautiful.
Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 12
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Day 12
January 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Day 12
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Day 12
My favorite panel I read this week…the helicopter sounds made me smile.
January 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My favorite panel I read this week…the helicopter sounds made me smile.
Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 11
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Day 11
January 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Day 11
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Day 11
We are always so dismayed by death but Cioran was right when he said:
And ahead of old age and death he places
the fact of birth, source of every infirmity, every disaster.
And ahead of old age and death he places
the fact of birth, source of every infirmity, every disaster.
January 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We are always so dismayed by death but Cioran was right when he said:
And ahead of old age and death he places
the fact of birth, source of every infirmity, every disaster.
And ahead of old age and death he places
the fact of birth, source of every infirmity, every disaster.