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Impatient Linguist who drinks too much coffee and judges your ontologies unfairly.
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2038, you have to watch 2 Chinese Military Recruitment ads on your Samsung Fridge before you get your allotted 500kcals of Food Product.
There isn't a door on it anymore. You just have to hold your hands under a spigot.
There isn't a door on it anymore. You just have to hold your hands under a spigot.
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
2038, you have to watch 2 Chinese Military Recruitment ads on your Samsung Fridge before you get your allotted 500kcals of Food Product.
There isn't a door on it anymore. You just have to hold your hands under a spigot.
There isn't a door on it anymore. You just have to hold your hands under a spigot.
"Over years, I have built up an immunity to Tiny Tim AND his Ukelele."
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"Over years, I have built up an immunity to Tiny Tim AND his Ukelele."
Random thing: Poor people often put their kids in Catholic-run Orphanages/boarding schools.
Cost relatively little.
In order to make ends meet - Frank put his younger sister in St. Rose's Catholic Orphanage in Mwaukee.
Of course, if she didn't have TB BEFORE she […]
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Cost relatively little.
In order to make ends meet - Frank put his younger sister in St. Rose's Catholic Orphanage in Mwaukee.
Of course, if she didn't have TB BEFORE she […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
January 8, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Random thing: Poor people often put their kids in Catholic-run Orphanages/boarding schools.
Cost relatively little.
In order to make ends meet - Frank put his younger sister in St. Rose's Catholic Orphanage in Mwaukee.
Of course, if she didn't have TB BEFORE she […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
Cost relatively little.
In order to make ends meet - Frank put his younger sister in St. Rose's Catholic Orphanage in Mwaukee.
Of course, if she didn't have TB BEFORE she […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
I have a crazy ocular fault when I get migraines (had one 3x this weekend): I get the classic fortification spectra and then lose entire fields of my vision.
Beyond the edge of the jagged line, there's Nothing. Not black, not darkness, not blurriness. Nothing! […]
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Beyond the edge of the jagged line, there's Nothing. Not black, not darkness, not blurriness. Nothing! […]
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January 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I have a crazy ocular fault when I get migraines (had one 3x this weekend): I get the classic fortification spectra and then lose entire fields of my vision.
Beyond the edge of the jagged line, there's Nothing. Not black, not darkness, not blurriness. Nothing! […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
Beyond the edge of the jagged line, there's Nothing. Not black, not darkness, not blurriness. Nothing! […]
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*me lookin at the dog, unable to walk in the snow because his damn paws freeze and he pulls up lame*
(I've developed severe Raynaud's in my own hands and feet after 2020)
(I've developed severe Raynaud's in my own hands and feet after 2020)
January 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
*me lookin at the dog, unable to walk in the snow because his damn paws freeze and he pulls up lame*
(I've developed severe Raynaud's in my own hands and feet after 2020)
(I've developed severe Raynaud's in my own hands and feet after 2020)
Paraphrasing Arendt:
If you erode power (which is the consensus you have to act) to the point that it's only concentrated in a tiny group...
Your group better be a helluvalot stronger than everybody else.
If you erode power (which is the consensus you have to act) to the point that it's only concentrated in a tiny group...
Your group better be a helluvalot stronger than everybody else.
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Paraphrasing Arendt:
If you erode power (which is the consensus you have to act) to the point that it's only concentrated in a tiny group...
Your group better be a helluvalot stronger than everybody else.
If you erode power (which is the consensus you have to act) to the point that it's only concentrated in a tiny group...
Your group better be a helluvalot stronger than everybody else.
As you Normal Types suffer through your 83rd bout of respiratory misery this year, just a Reminder:
We could've permanently eliminated Influenza even with our half-assed measures we took for a little while.
Some entire lineages were extincted, just in that little […]
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We could've permanently eliminated Influenza even with our half-assed measures we took for a little while.
Some entire lineages were extincted, just in that little […]
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December 31, 2025 at 5:37 AM
As you Normal Types suffer through your 83rd bout of respiratory misery this year, just a Reminder:
We could've permanently eliminated Influenza even with our half-assed measures we took for a little while.
Some entire lineages were extincted, just in that little […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
We could've permanently eliminated Influenza even with our half-assed measures we took for a little while.
Some entire lineages were extincted, just in that little […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
Archaeologists: Dig up bog body, throat cut rope around neck.
In papers: Some kinda criminal I think, idk
On TV: HE WAS A PRIEST IT WAS A RITUAL OFFERING TO THE GOD OF THE BOG
In papers: Some kinda criminal I think, idk
On TV: HE WAS A PRIEST IT WAS A RITUAL OFFERING TO THE GOD OF THE BOG
December 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Archaeologists: Dig up bog body, throat cut rope around neck.
In papers: Some kinda criminal I think, idk
On TV: HE WAS A PRIEST IT WAS A RITUAL OFFERING TO THE GOD OF THE BOG
In papers: Some kinda criminal I think, idk
On TV: HE WAS A PRIEST IT WAS A RITUAL OFFERING TO THE GOD OF THE BOG
@elliek Also btw: If that coyote is actually coyote-sized, then the cat one is definitely a bobcat. The Canada Lynx is pretty big. The ones we have here are basically the size of coyotes.
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@elliek Also btw: If that coyote is actually coyote-sized, then the cat one is definitely a bobcat. The Canada Lynx is pretty big. The ones we have here are basically the size of coyotes.
C'mon. Be original. Think for yourself. Give me a new category.
COVID IS THE FAULT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHOVEL THEIR SIDEWALKS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S AN ORDINANCE IN OUR CITY FOR IT.
POVERTY IS CAUSED BY COLORS BEING MIXED WITH WHITES IN THE WASH.
COVID IS THE FAULT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHOVEL THEIR SIDEWALKS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S AN ORDINANCE IN OUR CITY FOR IT.
POVERTY IS CAUSED BY COLORS BEING MIXED WITH WHITES IN THE WASH.
December 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
C'mon. Be original. Think for yourself. Give me a new category.
COVID IS THE FAULT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHOVEL THEIR SIDEWALKS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S AN ORDINANCE IN OUR CITY FOR IT.
POVERTY IS CAUSED BY COLORS BEING MIXED WITH WHITES IN THE WASH.
COVID IS THE FAULT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHOVEL THEIR SIDEWALKS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S AN ORDINANCE IN OUR CITY FOR IT.
POVERTY IS CAUSED BY COLORS BEING MIXED WITH WHITES IN THE WASH.
These days, when someone makes a good point about any of our current disasters, I just wait for them to drop the other shoe.
Jews, White People, Black People, Brown People, Israelis, Palestinians, Men, Women, Religious People, Russians, Atheists, The Gays […]
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Jews, White People, Black People, Brown People, Israelis, Palestinians, Men, Women, Religious People, Russians, Atheists, The Gays […]
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December 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
These days, when someone makes a good point about any of our current disasters, I just wait for them to drop the other shoe.
Jews, White People, Black People, Brown People, Israelis, Palestinians, Men, Women, Religious People, Russians, Atheists, The Gays […]
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Jews, White People, Black People, Brown People, Israelis, Palestinians, Men, Women, Religious People, Russians, Atheists, The Gays […]
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This is why old people who still have their brains are like they are, btw.
December 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This is why old people who still have their brains are like they are, btw.
I love my cars.
EXCEPT YOU MURANO.
YOU'RE A RIDICULOUS CAR
OMG MURANO I HATE YOU SO MUCH.
EXCEPT YOU MURANO.
YOU'RE A RIDICULOUS CAR
OMG MURANO I HATE YOU SO MUCH.
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I love my cars.
EXCEPT YOU MURANO.
YOU'RE A RIDICULOUS CAR
OMG MURANO I HATE YOU SO MUCH.
EXCEPT YOU MURANO.
YOU'RE A RIDICULOUS CAR
OMG MURANO I HATE YOU SO MUCH.
You guys all hate Scrooge - and that's fair.
Me, tho, I hate the son of a bitch @ Toyota who decided to block the front control arm bolts with the engine.
On ALL THEIR FUCKING CARS.
Angel Of Death can't come fast enough to put some fear into that fucker.
Me, tho, I hate the son of a bitch @ Toyota who decided to block the front control arm bolts with the engine.
On ALL THEIR FUCKING CARS.
Angel Of Death can't come fast enough to put some fear into that fucker.
December 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You guys all hate Scrooge - and that's fair.
Me, tho, I hate the son of a bitch @ Toyota who decided to block the front control arm bolts with the engine.
On ALL THEIR FUCKING CARS.
Angel Of Death can't come fast enough to put some fear into that fucker.
Me, tho, I hate the son of a bitch @ Toyota who decided to block the front control arm bolts with the engine.
On ALL THEIR FUCKING CARS.
Angel Of Death can't come fast enough to put some fear into that fucker.
Me waking up to the Nissan Murano gone, having been towed by a guy who bought it for parts
December 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Me waking up to the Nissan Murano gone, having been towed by a guy who bought it for parts
[This was Alberta, btw. Because of course it was Alberta.]💀
Ontario doesn't track Covid in most of its official data anymore, either, btw.
Hence the hospital is now closed for "Respiratory Outbreak".
What outbreak?
Ontario doesn't track Covid in most of its official data anymore, either, btw.
Hence the hospital is now closed for "Respiratory Outbreak".
What outbreak?
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
[This was Alberta, btw. Because of course it was Alberta.]💀
Ontario doesn't track Covid in most of its official data anymore, either, btw.
Hence the hospital is now closed for "Respiratory Outbreak".
What outbreak?
Ontario doesn't track Covid in most of its official data anymore, either, btw.
Hence the hospital is now closed for "Respiratory Outbreak".
What outbreak?
"The exception proves the rule!"
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"The exception proves the rule!"
It's really funny for a species that eats, drinks, kisses, and talks out of the same set of organs to be ironclad convinced that causation
a) is singular and
b) proceeds in an orderly, perceivable, linear manner
It would be funnier if this wasn't why everybody's […]
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a) is singular and
b) proceeds in an orderly, perceivable, linear manner
It would be funnier if this wasn't why everybody's […]
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December 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It's really funny for a species that eats, drinks, kisses, and talks out of the same set of organs to be ironclad convinced that causation
a) is singular and
b) proceeds in an orderly, perceivable, linear manner
It would be funnier if this wasn't why everybody's […]
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a) is singular and
b) proceeds in an orderly, perceivable, linear manner
It would be funnier if this wasn't why everybody's […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
A lot of fumb ducks out there like to say "YEAH BUT [X] WAS IN DECLINE BEFORE COVID."
Meanwhile, the data:
Meanwhile, the data:
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A lot of fumb ducks out there like to say "YEAH BUT [X] WAS IN DECLINE BEFORE COVID."
Meanwhile, the data:
Meanwhile, the data:
TOO BAD is always the best response.
"Masks DOnT WORK"
TOO BAD.
"You can't avoid infection forever"
TOO BAD.
"It's Just a ColD"
TOO BAD.
"Masks DOnT WORK"
TOO BAD.
"You can't avoid infection forever"
TOO BAD.
"It's Just a ColD"
TOO BAD.
December 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
TOO BAD is always the best response.
"Masks DOnT WORK"
TOO BAD.
"You can't avoid infection forever"
TOO BAD.
"It's Just a ColD"
TOO BAD.
"Masks DOnT WORK"
TOO BAD.
"You can't avoid infection forever"
TOO BAD.
"It's Just a ColD"
TOO BAD.
> Spirit of Halloween Security Guard
> Armed for no good reason, police patches
> Crack-head steals bucket of shit
> Guard chases guy down outside, wrassles, ends up shooting the guy 3x in the chest @ point blank range.
> during interrogation, he tells the cop […]
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> Armed for no good reason, police patches
> Crack-head steals bucket of shit
> Guard chases guy down outside, wrassles, ends up shooting the guy 3x in the chest @ point blank range.
> during interrogation, he tells the cop […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
December 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
> Spirit of Halloween Security Guard
> Armed for no good reason, police patches
> Crack-head steals bucket of shit
> Guard chases guy down outside, wrassles, ends up shooting the guy 3x in the chest @ point blank range.
> during interrogation, he tells the cop […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
> Armed for no good reason, police patches
> Crack-head steals bucket of shit
> Guard chases guy down outside, wrassles, ends up shooting the guy 3x in the chest @ point blank range.
> during interrogation, he tells the cop […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
"Two people are currently in ICU due to flu-like symptoms"
Flu-like.
Flu-like.
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Two people are currently in ICU due to flu-like symptoms"
Flu-like.
Flu-like.
My favorite scene in all of fiction, I'd say, is probably in the book Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson.
It's the moment Moominpappa finally faces The Sea in its great inscrutableness and he realizes a) not only can he NOT systematize it completely but b) he […]
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It's the moment Moominpappa finally faces The Sea in its great inscrutableness and he realizes a) not only can he NOT systematize it completely but b) he […]
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December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My favorite scene in all of fiction, I'd say, is probably in the book Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson.
It's the moment Moominpappa finally faces The Sea in its great inscrutableness and he realizes a) not only can he NOT systematize it completely but b) he […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
It's the moment Moominpappa finally faces The Sea in its great inscrutableness and he realizes a) not only can he NOT systematize it completely but b) he […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
The great thing about The World is exactly the thing everybody is mad at it about - it doesn't give one fuck about you.
Sure, that means it's not going to Respect You and Your Ideas.
But it ALSO means that, when you're in it, you can literally set your dumb ideas […]
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Sure, that means it's not going to Respect You and Your Ideas.
But it ALSO means that, when you're in it, you can literally set your dumb ideas […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The great thing about The World is exactly the thing everybody is mad at it about - it doesn't give one fuck about you.
Sure, that means it's not going to Respect You and Your Ideas.
But it ALSO means that, when you're in it, you can literally set your dumb ideas […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]
Sure, that means it's not going to Respect You and Your Ideas.
But it ALSO means that, when you're in it, you can literally set your dumb ideas […]
[Original post on zeroes.ca]