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no way
screencap of a drafted tweet by an unknown user that's way too long for twitter's character limit that reads: (in prison) me: (reading dostoyevsky) prison warden (shocked): what the hell are you bozos doing? you cant let him read that! hes going to resign himself to the life of suffering to which he has been condemned and come to a newfound love for god and mankind which he lives out in peaceful solitude! (guards rush to snatch the book away from me) me: (looks silently and reverently up at the warden) warden: NOOOOOOOOO FUCK
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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me: hey I liked your movie about the giant ants
Stephen King:
Screencap of a preview thumbnail for a youtube video by David Hartley that reads, "i wrote it, not them"
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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An old favorite @catandgirl.bsky.social comic:
The Cat and Girl comic for April 8, 2002, titled "Cat and Girl's Circle of Life." In the first panel, Girl is sitting at a table reading a book with a steaming cup of coffee or tea nearby. The second panel is of Girl in bed at night, dreaming of sitting at a table reading a book with a steaming cup of coffee or tea nearby. These first two panels then repeat four more times. The 9th panel has Girl reading, as usual, with Cat peeking into the frame. In the final panel, Girl says to Cat, "I've been having prophetic dreams."
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Cool to see Cynthia Nixon get a cameo in a movie made 20 years before she was born
The Dark Corner (1946). Lucile Ball and Mark Stevens standing at the box office of a movie theater. The ticket seller looks a lot like Cynthia Nixon.
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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They called me a "mid bitch" with terrible vibes
Thumbnail for a youtube video titled "I Spent 30 Days With Bears in Remote Alaska. It Didn't Go As Planned"
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Trying to have a conversation with anyone after watching too much TCM:
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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I was watching the 1951 remake of M and they did one of these unironically. There weren't any lines like this in the original
M (1951). A bunch of gangsters sitting around the table, discussing the recent string of child murders and the increased attention they're receiving from the cops as a result. One says, "They're going to like that!" Another replies, "What an operation this is going to be." Same scene. The boss replies, "That's right. A major operation." Same scene. The boss continues, "Operation 'M.'" One of his underlings replies, "'M?' I don't get it." Same scene. Another one of the underlings replies, "'M' for murderer, dope."
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Fuck No Nut November in this house it's
Movie poster for Come September (1961). Rock Hudson winks at the viewer while Gina Lollobrigida looks back at him over her shoulder and bites a knuckle hornily.
September 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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video games: still good
Screencap of tutorial text from a game called cyberpunkdreams. It reads, "You can click on your avatar (currently a question mark) any time to view more details and kill yourself manually if you need to."
September 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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This bit from Hired Wife (1940) feels unusually like a Dynasty precursor for the period. Outside of like The Women (1939) I haven't seen a lot of direct vitriol like this between female leads in these movies
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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getting sick of all the misinformation on youtube
Screencap of the preview still of a youtube video. It shows a man sitting in an office, midway through explaining something. Superimposed over that is a yellow banner that says "FOUR > THREE"
September 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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screencap of the D&D 5e description of the spell Magic Missile
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Movie poster for Operacion Ogro (1979), the movie about the 1973 assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco by the ETA. The poster features the moment from the movie where a car bomb blasts his ride straight into the air.
September 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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I was looking at Fred MacMurray's filmography and this row of posters is such a funny cross-section of 1950s cinema
A row of 5 movie posters from Fred MacMurray's filmography. From left to right: a noir called Borderline (1950), a comedy western called Never A Dull Moment (1950), a romcom called A Millionaire for Christy! (1951), another comedy western called Callaway Went Thataway (1951), and a documentary short called Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing (1952)
September 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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huh, I completely missed that Destry Rides Again got a Criterion release
Cover image for the Criterion release of Destry Rides Again. An illustration of Marlene Dietrich sitting at a somewhat abstracted table with a couple of shot glasses, some cards, and poker chips in front of her. Holding a cigarette in one hand, she looks out of the corner of her eyes at Jimmy Stewart, who is leaning over with one hand on the table.
September 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I listened to Helter Skelter for the first time the other day. I really only knew of it through the association with Manson so I guess I was expecting something a little darker.

This might be controversial but I don't think Manson's "racial holy war" interpretation is supported by the text
Excerpt of the lyrics to Helter Skelter. It reads: When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop, and I turn, and I go for a ride 'Till I get to the bottom, and I see you again Yeah, yeah, yeah! Nota bene: a "Helter Skelter" in British English also refers to one of those twisty slides with a tower in the middle that you use to get to the top
August 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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The 1001 Albums site is like a skate park for hating
Someone else's 1 star review of Def Leppard - Hysteria from 1001 Albums Generator. It reads, "This album was so satisfyingly awful. I knew I would hate it going in, and every song confirmed my prejudice."
August 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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well, now they've got another body to hide
August 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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David Wayne ODs in the first 15 minutes and the rest of the movie is about Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm trying to hide or dispose of the body. The real Tender Trap was mixing uppers and downers.
The Tender Trap (1955). In his bachelor pad, Frank Sinatra says to David Wayne, "And if you can't sleep, there's some Seconal." Celeste Holm is all dressed up and ready to go out for the night. Same scene, but Celeste Holm has nearly walked out of frame. Frank continues, "If you have trouble staying awake..." Same scene. Frank continues: "...there's some Benzedrine in there." Same scene. Celeste Holm is now out of frame. Frank continues, "If you can't make up your mind, take one of each."
August 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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David Wayne always reads as a gay best friend to me. Spencer Tracy kinda implies it in Adam's Rib, even though David's (incongruously) always hanging off Katharine Hepburn
The Tender Trap (1955). David Wayne holding a martini the size of a goldfish bowl in one hand as he looks longingly offscreen, in the direction of Frank Sinatra and Lola Albright kissing goodbye
August 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I was never in a hurry to track down any Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis stuff so I had no idea that several of their movies were remakes of 30s and 40s romcoms?????
Excerpt from "States of Union: The Hollywood Romantic Comedy 1934-1965" which reads: Perhaps most bizarre were the reworkings of Nothing Sacred (1937), The Major and the Minor (1942) and The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944) as the Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin vehicles Living It Up (1954), You’re Never Too Young (1955) and Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958, without Martin). In each case, Lewis is cast in the role originally played by a woman (respectively, Carole Lombard, Ginger Rogers and Betty Hutton).
August 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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This actually grew on me a lot as it went on. It gets funnier once David Niven shows up. He plays at being a rival to William Holden but he's mostly just stirring things up for his own amusement.
The Moon Is Blue (1953). A close shot of David Niven supine on the couch while Maggie McNamara, sitting next to him, looks down into his eyes and smiles broadly.
August 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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I wonder how much a Picasso lithograph would run you in 1953. He's a pretty well-to-do architect but it doesn't seem to connote the extreme wealth it would today.
The Moon Is Blue (1953). William Holden and Maggie McNamara staring at a Picasso lithograph hung on the wall of William's bachelor pad.
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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I was feeling a little burnt out on noir so I put on The Moon Is Blue (1953). It's not very funny so far. I'm not sure Otto Preminger is cut out for comedy
The Moon Is Blue (1953). Maggie McNamara as Patty O'Neill and William Holden as Donald Gresham. The pair are standing in front of a mirror in the bedroom of his bachelor pad with the word "STINKER!" written on it in lipstick. She looks at him questioningly while he shifts uncomfortably.
August 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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oh he was down historically bad
Screencap of the wiki page for The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good, under the "Critical reception" subheading. It reads: In his review for NME, Steven Wells gave the album an unconventional score of fifty out of ten, awarding ten points each for "cheekiness", "naughtiness", "sexiness", "silliness" and "scariness".
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM