Eric David Ribner - Tabula Non Grata
@tabulanongrata.bsky.social
I think I was a teen before realizing that other people don't hear the noises that flourescent light bulbs make, or if they can, have to *listen for it* to notice it.
Hearing the noises of electronics unwillinglynot is not great in most circumstances - but when fixing them is your job....
Hearing the noises of electronics unwillinglynot is not great in most circumstances - but when fixing them is your job....
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I think I was a teen before realizing that other people don't hear the noises that flourescent light bulbs make, or if they can, have to *listen for it* to notice it.
Hearing the noises of electronics unwillinglynot is not great in most circumstances - but when fixing them is your job....
Hearing the noises of electronics unwillinglynot is not great in most circumstances - but when fixing them is your job....
It's also extremely useful when you *are* the IT team, because you can hear that noise before most of the users notice their computers are making it.
October 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's also extremely useful when you *are* the IT team, because you can hear that noise before most of the users notice their computers are making it.
I own that comic!
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I own that comic!
I wish people understood that "being smart" cannot immunize you against things that operate on you below the level of conscious awareness.
The majority of what human brains do is *not available to the consciousness generated by them*, period.
Immunity therefore isn't always even possible.
The majority of what human brains do is *not available to the consciousness generated by them*, period.
Immunity therefore isn't always even possible.
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I wish people understood that "being smart" cannot immunize you against things that operate on you below the level of conscious awareness.
The majority of what human brains do is *not available to the consciousness generated by them*, period.
Immunity therefore isn't always even possible.
The majority of what human brains do is *not available to the consciousness generated by them*, period.
Immunity therefore isn't always even possible.
I'm getting really tired of people insisting that it's only OK to identify someone as a "Nazi" if they're wearing regalia from the original Nazi regime, or publicly "seig heiling".
Nazis had ideas (incoherent and self-contradictory as they were). People espousing those ideas are Nazis. Period.
Nazis had ideas (incoherent and self-contradictory as they were). People espousing those ideas are Nazis. Period.
October 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm getting really tired of people insisting that it's only OK to identify someone as a "Nazi" if they're wearing regalia from the original Nazi regime, or publicly "seig heiling".
Nazis had ideas (incoherent and self-contradictory as they were). People espousing those ideas are Nazis. Period.
Nazis had ideas (incoherent and self-contradictory as they were). People espousing those ideas are Nazis. Period.
In my experience, bosses think *every* day is their day.
October 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In my experience, bosses think *every* day is their day.
So...that industry that has literally never made any money, can't possibly ever achieve break-even, and is predicated on theft?
That the industry that would be killed?
Wait....you think an industry that meets *that* description is even alive to begin with? WHY?!
What exactly is lost if it dies?
That the industry that would be killed?
Wait....you think an industry that meets *that* description is even alive to begin with? WHY?!
What exactly is lost if it dies?
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So...that industry that has literally never made any money, can't possibly ever achieve break-even, and is predicated on theft?
That the industry that would be killed?
Wait....you think an industry that meets *that* description is even alive to begin with? WHY?!
What exactly is lost if it dies?
That the industry that would be killed?
Wait....you think an industry that meets *that* description is even alive to begin with? WHY?!
What exactly is lost if it dies?
And then, if one of them happens to catch on to the fact that you saw it coming and were right, they go "How could you have known that?!" As if we couldn't lay out all the reasons that we saw that shit coming and have weird psychic powers rather than just....you know, evidence and reason.
October 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
And then, if one of them happens to catch on to the fact that you saw it coming and were right, they go "How could you have known that?!" As if we couldn't lay out all the reasons that we saw that shit coming and have weird psychic powers rather than just....you know, evidence and reason.
Needing to have information to have an opinion you are certain others need to hear?!
That is un-American!
Possibly un-human. But definitely un-American.
That is un-American!
Possibly un-human. But definitely un-American.
September 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Needing to have information to have an opinion you are certain others need to hear?!
That is un-American!
Possibly un-human. But definitely un-American.
That is un-American!
Possibly un-human. But definitely un-American.
If we're not allowed to do this, what the fuck is the point of relationships?! Relationships with people are *enormously* more work for me than they are for neurotypical people *even with people I really like, respect, and enjoy*.
If I can't do this, people aren't worth their cost.
If I can't do this, people aren't worth their cost.
August 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If we're not allowed to do this, what the fuck is the point of relationships?! Relationships with people are *enormously* more work for me than they are for neurotypical people *even with people I really like, respect, and enjoy*.
If I can't do this, people aren't worth their cost.
If I can't do this, people aren't worth their cost.
Dude. Gen Con. With her? You've already had your share of the available luck in the universe. Leave some for the rest of us.
July 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Dude. Gen Con. With her? You've already had your share of the available luck in the universe. Leave some for the rest of us.
I'd really rather not.
Ewwww.
Ewwww.
July 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I'd really rather not.
Ewwww.
Ewwww.
Well we *know* they didn't hire her. A woman that smart? The techbros both would not believe it possible and couldn't stand it being true.
July 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Well we *know* they didn't hire her. A woman that smart? The techbros both would not believe it possible and couldn't stand it being true.
I mean...they didn't hire Dr Jackson to work on the project, so what did they expect?
July 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I mean...they didn't hire Dr Jackson to work on the project, so what did they expect?
It's like every dude that sees something like this believes you're talking about eliminating *his* potential children, personally.
Like, guys, this is not about YOU at all.
This is about the people deciding whether to have children or not are and should the ones who have to carry them to term.
Like, guys, this is not about YOU at all.
This is about the people deciding whether to have children or not are and should the ones who have to carry them to term.
July 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It's like every dude that sees something like this believes you're talking about eliminating *his* potential children, personally.
Like, guys, this is not about YOU at all.
This is about the people deciding whether to have children or not are and should the ones who have to carry them to term.
Like, guys, this is not about YOU at all.
This is about the people deciding whether to have children or not are and should the ones who have to carry them to term.
This shit is SO stupid that if you used this a plot point in a fictional story, an editor and any readers would argue that it's an unrealistic stretch to depict LEOs as this incompetent and clueless.
July 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This shit is SO stupid that if you used this a plot point in a fictional story, an editor and any readers would argue that it's an unrealistic stretch to depict LEOs as this incompetent and clueless.
Why do you even have that lever?!?
July 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Why do you even have that lever?!?
It's really weird and disturbing how up-their-own-asses people can get, where they literally cannot accept that other people do not have the same thoughts they do.
I've seen this in people who aren't right-wingers too, of course, but it sure does seem to happen a lot more with them.
I've seen this in people who aren't right-wingers too, of course, but it sure does seem to happen a lot more with them.
June 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's really weird and disturbing how up-their-own-asses people can get, where they literally cannot accept that other people do not have the same thoughts they do.
I've seen this in people who aren't right-wingers too, of course, but it sure does seem to happen a lot more with them.
I've seen this in people who aren't right-wingers too, of course, but it sure does seem to happen a lot more with them.
I totally need something like that, but with really dense north american forest rather than jungle. Been using your modular forest tiles, but adding tons of extra tree tokens to make it look like a fully canopied forest, where you can't really see much of the ground from above except on trails.
June 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I totally need something like that, but with really dense north american forest rather than jungle. Been using your modular forest tiles, but adding tons of extra tree tokens to make it look like a fully canopied forest, where you can't really see much of the ground from above except on trails.
I didn't get ABA because I wasn't diagnosed until I was 30.
I *just* had social exclusion and teachers/school staff with "Reagan Years" 80s mindsets.
I have PTSD, and in almost every single romantic relationship I have had, have been abused.
ABA is worse than what I endured. Asked and answered.
I *just* had social exclusion and teachers/school staff with "Reagan Years" 80s mindsets.
I have PTSD, and in almost every single romantic relationship I have had, have been abused.
ABA is worse than what I endured. Asked and answered.
June 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I didn't get ABA because I wasn't diagnosed until I was 30.
I *just* had social exclusion and teachers/school staff with "Reagan Years" 80s mindsets.
I have PTSD, and in almost every single romantic relationship I have had, have been abused.
ABA is worse than what I endured. Asked and answered.
I *just* had social exclusion and teachers/school staff with "Reagan Years" 80s mindsets.
I have PTSD, and in almost every single romantic relationship I have had, have been abused.
ABA is worse than what I endured. Asked and answered.
Groovy.
June 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Groovy.
Who isn't comforted by blank white walls lit with flickering flourescent lights?
I mean, besides autistic people; we obviously don't count.
I mean, besides autistic people; we obviously don't count.
June 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Who isn't comforted by blank white walls lit with flickering flourescent lights?
I mean, besides autistic people; we obviously don't count.
I mean, besides autistic people; we obviously don't count.
Does anybody think it's a coincidence that the first senator they're willing to wrestle to the ground was *our guy*, who happens to be Latino?
I sure don't. Fuck these Nazi assholes.
We're well into the "invading Poland" phase of the Trump administration turn to open Nazism.
I sure don't. Fuck these Nazi assholes.
We're well into the "invading Poland" phase of the Trump administration turn to open Nazism.
June 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Does anybody think it's a coincidence that the first senator they're willing to wrestle to the ground was *our guy*, who happens to be Latino?
I sure don't. Fuck these Nazi assholes.
We're well into the "invading Poland" phase of the Trump administration turn to open Nazism.
I sure don't. Fuck these Nazi assholes.
We're well into the "invading Poland" phase of the Trump administration turn to open Nazism.
But doesn't everyone?
June 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
But doesn't everyone?