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I've had a really nice day, visiting the Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto and taking a limited express train home. But now I just wish I had an edible with which to wind down. Stupid Japan and their lack of legal pot.
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I've had a really nice day, visiting the Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto and taking a limited express train home. But now I just wish I had an edible with which to wind down. Stupid Japan and their lack of legal pot.
Feeling tired/crummy, so watching Keep Your Hands Off Eizoken. Kanamori, best girl.
a girl in a camouflage hat is standing next to a girl in a blue dress holding a clipboard
Alt: a girl in a camouflage hat is sitting next to a girl in a blue dress holding a clipboard. The standing girl collapses onto a sofa in an exaggerated manner.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Feeling tired/crummy, so watching Keep Your Hands Off Eizoken. Kanamori, best girl.
Guillermo del Toro, my man, ending your Frankenstein movie with a quote from Byron?! My man. What the fuck.
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Guillermo del Toro, my man, ending your Frankenstein movie with a quote from Byron?! My man. What the fuck.
"Kneepads are sexy because they suggest you're going to be on your knees."
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Kneepads are sexy because they suggest you're going to be on your knees."
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駅のおばさん (my train station ladies) update: I wore a tie for the first time and they told me it was pretty / lovely. Then I showed them my flamingo socks and said the tie was Business, the socks were for Fun and they laughed SO HARD.
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
駅のおばさん (my train station ladies) update: I wore a tie for the first time and they told me it was pretty / lovely. Then I showed them my flamingo socks and said the tie was Business, the socks were for Fun and they laughed SO HARD.
Me, checking the news first thing this morning
a woman with a surprised look on her face is standing in front of a plane
Alt: a woman with a surprised look on her face is standing in front of a plane saying, "oh no he died"
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November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Me, checking the news first thing this morning
Margie says she needs more exposure, whatever that means.
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Margie says she needs more exposure, whatever that means.
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Zohran caught in LIES: Mamdani claims to have "loved Final Fantasy III" when he was growing up. yet research indicates that the game he played was in fact the SIXTH Final Fantasy game
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Zohran caught in LIES: Mamdani claims to have "loved Final Fantasy III" when he was growing up. yet research indicates that the game he played was in fact the SIXTH Final Fantasy game
I swear. Hot bottled drinks in Japan are always mind-boggling to me just in their existence, but that they're always around the perfect temperature is also the best.
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I swear. Hot bottled drinks in Japan are always mind-boggling to me just in their existence, but that they're always around the perfect temperature is also the best.
I'm watching Signs and the doorbell rang right before the birthday party video tape scare. 😅💀
October 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I'm watching Signs and the doorbell rang right before the birthday party video tape scare. 😅💀
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
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My cat is so soft, sometimes it’s like man you couldn’t get any softer but he somehow defies softness expectations. He also carries an assortment of knives and daggers.
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My cat is so soft, sometimes it’s like man you couldn’t get any softer but he somehow defies softness expectations. He also carries an assortment of knives and daggers.
Japanese used bookstore is blaring out Welcome to the Black Parade
October 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Japanese used bookstore is blaring out Welcome to the Black Parade
The closest I ever got was in undergrad saying, "Leni made some good-looking movies. Also, she was a Nazi, no matter what she claims, she knew exactly what was going on."
this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The closest I ever got was in undergrad saying, "Leni made some good-looking movies. Also, she was a Nazi, no matter what she claims, she knew exactly what was going on."
Tubi starting a stream with "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen." was the biggest jump scare of the month.
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Tubi starting a stream with "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen." was the biggest jump scare of the month.
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ME: I dunno, I don’t really watch them. I liked Midsommar. Or I guess I read the summary on Wikipedia. I’m mostly on TikTok. Oh bro, did you see the one where the haunted doll came to life? So fucking scary. I like CreepyComps on YouTube. Top 5 scariest dashcams, shit like that
GHOSTFACE: For sure
GHOSTFACE: For sure
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
ME: I dunno, I don’t really watch them. I liked Midsommar. Or I guess I read the summary on Wikipedia. I’m mostly on TikTok. Oh bro, did you see the one where the haunted doll came to life? So fucking scary. I like CreepyComps on YouTube. Top 5 scariest dashcams, shit like that
GHOSTFACE: For sure
GHOSTFACE: For sure
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People at CBS who worked in scripted arena hated working for a whole array of assholes so much the place leaked like a sieve. At diff points, mgmt was so angry about my reporting, execs speculated furiously about my sources & methods. I know this bec I was sent recordings of those rants (twice lol)
so here’s the thing, Bari, you’re running an organization full of weapons-grade gossips who hate you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
People at CBS who worked in scripted arena hated working for a whole array of assholes so much the place leaked like a sieve. At diff points, mgmt was so angry about my reporting, execs speculated furiously about my sources & methods. I know this bec I was sent recordings of those rants (twice lol)
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They wouldn’t let me into the protests because I’m a short king.
October 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
They wouldn’t let me into the protests because I’m a short king.
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CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
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This is officially my favorite perspective on today.
folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
October 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is officially my favorite perspective on today.
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I mean, yes. I've been saying this all my life. 🧛♂️
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I mean, yes. I've been saying this all my life. 🧛♂️
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has to feel so good when you've been working really hard on your kung fu and another kung fu guy says your kung fu is like, so strong. but a lot of the time he's got a follow up about how your kung fu is actually bad and sucks compared to his own kung fu. so it's important you don't react right away
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
has to feel so good when you've been working really hard on your kung fu and another kung fu guy says your kung fu is like, so strong. but a lot of the time he's got a follow up about how your kung fu is actually bad and sucks compared to his own kung fu. so it's important you don't react right away