Department of Exasperation
@patrickcentral.bsky.social
UX Designer, voiceover guy, freelance imagineer, technology user
I have opinions on matters of varying importance
I have opinions on matters of varying importance
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Guy who spins a car to a stop across both directions of traffic, gets out holding a blinking sign saying “you all still dumb?” while live streaming it, somehow shocked that a pile-up occurs
So tired of bad faith assholes concern trolling
So tired of bad faith assholes concern trolling
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Guy who spins a car to a stop across both directions of traffic, gets out holding a blinking sign saying “you all still dumb?” while live streaming it, somehow shocked that a pile-up occurs
So tired of bad faith assholes concern trolling
So tired of bad faith assholes concern trolling
I bet his dad was more a Thunder in Paradise fan
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I bet his dad was more a Thunder in Paradise fan
You poor, sweet child. You never stood a chance in the US.
Day #168: The Exciting World of the Metric System (1976)
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
You poor, sweet child. You never stood a chance in the US.
React hello worlds coming in at 2MB is a cancer on the web
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
HTTP Archive: Page Weight
This report tracks the size and quantity of many popular web page resources. Sizes represent the number of bytes sent over the network, which may be compressed.
httparchive.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
React hello worlds coming in at 2MB is a cancer on the web
Can you really call it Genesis if it’s based on a bunch of stolen data
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Can you really call it Genesis if it’s based on a bunch of stolen data
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People don’t want to see it because they’re desperately solicitous of a political solution which requires nothing personally of them and they’re not terribly interested in what happens to marginalized people.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
People don’t want to see it because they’re desperately solicitous of a political solution which requires nothing personally of them and they’re not terribly interested in what happens to marginalized people.
Stop platforming James Carville Challenge 2000
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November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Stop platforming James Carville Challenge 2000
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The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
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dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
Surely the longest running sitcom she was ever in
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Surely the longest running sitcom she was ever in
Some product managers think the customer works for them and are not at all subtle in this belief
Not only did the email provider that I use (besides Gmail) try to opt me into an AI "form builder," but when I declined, it is now forcing me to respond to a survey answering WHY I declined.
You can't click out of it. If you log in again, it just pops up again and blocks your emails.
You can't click out of it. If you log in again, it just pops up again and blocks your emails.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Some product managers think the customer works for them and are not at all subtle in this belief
There should be a clinical term for management that conflates maturity with cowardice
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
There should be a clinical term for management that conflates maturity with cowardice
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I love the fact that the Technodrome theme music from original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is just ONE key press on a standard Roland D-50 patch called "Sweep Loop on C".
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November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I love the fact that the Technodrome theme music from original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is just ONE key press on a standard Roland D-50 patch called "Sweep Loop on C".
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Elon musk’s digital fluffer is a sequence of words I am no fan of processing
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Elon musk’s digital fluffer is a sequence of words I am no fan of processing
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Sensitive to Bees - feat. Marian Call & Marian Call
YouTube video by Alaska Robotics
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Chris Farley Show sketch except it’s about how decapitating a journalist was awesome
I have never seen Trump looking genuinely delighted before
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Chris Farley Show sketch except it’s about how decapitating a journalist was awesome
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I am once again asking white people to handle their Nuzzi/Lizza business in the privacy of their own pumpkin spiced brunch table and leave the rest of us the fuck alone with this poorly written bullshit
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I am once again asking white people to handle their Nuzzi/Lizza business in the privacy of their own pumpkin spiced brunch table and leave the rest of us the fuck alone with this poorly written bullshit
Becky accomplished more than many of us put together before age 30. Learn about her and say thanks while you can.
I never thought I’d get this wish. Odd seeing eulogies before I expire
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Becky accomplished more than many of us put together before age 30. Learn about her and say thanks while you can.
Hard to believe that statutory rape landed you on the sex offender registry
What kind of madness is this
What kind of madness is this
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Hard to believe that statutory rape landed you on the sex offender registry
What kind of madness is this
What kind of madness is this
Sunday afternoon, it's chilly, and I have time to sit under a blanket and click virtual lego together.
Recharge for the upcoming horrors, friends.
Recharge for the upcoming horrors, friends.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Sunday afternoon, it's chilly, and I have time to sit under a blanket and click virtual lego together.
Recharge for the upcoming horrors, friends.
Recharge for the upcoming horrors, friends.
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Are all Sams born in Cambridge MA?
Happy 85th Birthday to
🇺🇸 American theatre, film and television actor, director and producer #SamWaterston born #OnThisDay in Cambridge, Massachusetts
🇺🇸 American theatre, film and television actor, director and producer #SamWaterston born #OnThisDay in Cambridge, Massachusetts
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Are all Sams born in Cambridge MA?