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salt creator at the academic salt mines. union thug. UX librarian. mother of horrible goblins. agender. ask me about the tv shows I’m watching from 2003 and the games I’m playing from 2017.
Is there anything worse than how kids with stomach bugs act completely normal when they aren’t actively barfing on you
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Is there anything worse than how kids with stomach bugs act completely normal when they aren’t actively barfing on you
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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Family Enters Crisis Talks After Learning Restaurant Has 45-Minute Wait http://theonion.com/family-enters-crisis-talks-after-learning-restaurant-ha-1819577952/
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Family Enters Crisis Talks After Learning Restaurant Has 45-Minute Wait http://theonion.com/family-enters-crisis-talks-after-learning-restaurant-ha-1819577952/
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pronouncing it "flort"
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
pronouncing it "flort"
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Rashomon but it's the worst journalists you've ever read in your life discussing how their engagement fell apart
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Rashomon but it's the worst journalists you've ever read in your life discussing how their engagement fell apart
Things I have borderline shouted today, somehow:
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Things I have borderline shouted today, somehow:
I’m on like, the verrrrry edge of becoming brain soup and I have a three hour meeting starting soon
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m on like, the verrrrry edge of becoming brain soup and I have a three hour meeting starting soon
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Me before this video: I don’t give a fuck about hockey
Me after this video: I’m the only Canadian AHL fan
Me after this video: I’m the only Canadian AHL fan
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Me before this video: I don’t give a fuck about hockey
Me after this video: I’m the only Canadian AHL fan
Me after this video: I’m the only Canadian AHL fan
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I cleaned out the real closets today, not the metaphorical ones, so that was pretty exciting
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I cleaned out the real closets today, not the metaphorical ones, so that was pretty exciting
What is the best sensory experience and why is it things cracking
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What is the best sensory experience and why is it things cracking
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*shakily removing glasses*
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
*shakily removing glasses*
I just got an email from a swimwear company that said “the perfect outfit for your fella” and I genuinely thought they meant me when I’m feeling more masculine
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I just got an email from a swimwear company that said “the perfect outfit for your fella” and I genuinely thought they meant me when I’m feeling more masculine
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"Were" in werewolf is from the old English "wer", meaning man. The old english for woman was "wif", which is where we get wife from.
So a girl with lycanthropy would actually be a wifewolf
So a girl with lycanthropy would actually be a wifewolf
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Were" in werewolf is from the old English "wer", meaning man. The old english for woman was "wif", which is where we get wife from.
So a girl with lycanthropy would actually be a wifewolf
So a girl with lycanthropy would actually be a wifewolf
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conversely: you can go to bed at 7 pm if you want. it's pretty good honestly. sleep for 12 hours buddy nobody's stopping you. I'll never leave my house
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
conversely: you can go to bed at 7 pm if you want. it's pretty good honestly. sleep for 12 hours buddy nobody's stopping you. I'll never leave my house
I feel like I’ve been sick forty separate times in the last two months
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I feel like I’ve been sick forty separate times in the last two months
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
My oldest kid just pouted that we didn’t have more bread ends to eat and then asked me to peel the crust off her regular middle piece because she “doesn’t like crusts”
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My oldest kid just pouted that we didn’t have more bread ends to eat and then asked me to peel the crust off her regular middle piece because she “doesn’t like crusts”
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
We’re at the final bosses and resolution of Silent Hill 2 remake and I’m literally like, sitting on my hands waiting to explain shit to my spouse at the end
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We’re at the final bosses and resolution of Silent Hill 2 remake and I’m literally like, sitting on my hands waiting to explain shit to my spouse at the end
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sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
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