Taleslinger
@taleslinger.bsky.social
That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change. But that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
In a movie, when a bunch of tough guys in leather jackets enter a room where another guy is tied up, you just know those guys are gonna be bleeding on the floor in 5 minutes tops.
July 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In a movie, when a bunch of tough guys in leather jackets enter a room where another guy is tied up, you just know those guys are gonna be bleeding on the floor in 5 minutes tops.
There would be far fewer murders in the world of Agatha Christie if people stopped writing these incriminating letters all the time
May 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
There would be far fewer murders in the world of Agatha Christie if people stopped writing these incriminating letters all the time
One comic device in P.G. Wodehouse I greatly appreciate but I feel is underdiscussed: Bashing the French.
April 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
One comic device in P.G. Wodehouse I greatly appreciate but I feel is underdiscussed: Bashing the French.
I've once heard tharmt going off birth control can change someone's sense of smell so they literally can't stand their partner's smell anymore. Is there any truth to that? 🧪
March 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I've once heard tharmt going off birth control can change someone's sense of smell so they literally can't stand their partner's smell anymore. Is there any truth to that? 🧪
Im (hopefully) the mellow kind of vegetarian, but there's also quotes like this:
February 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Im (hopefully) the mellow kind of vegetarian, but there's also quotes like this:
I've got a full copy of Sandman for my birthday before all the stuff came out. Is it still okay to read it? Will I even be able to read it without feeling icky about it?
January 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I've got a full copy of Sandman for my birthday before all the stuff came out. Is it still okay to read it? Will I even be able to read it without feeling icky about it?
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Grateful to all the bsky users tirelessly posting screenshots from X/Twitter. It’s just too bad there’s not some sort of app that the rest of us could use if we wanted to see X posts ourselves.
January 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Grateful to all the bsky users tirelessly posting screenshots from X/Twitter. It’s just too bad there’s not some sort of app that the rest of us could use if we wanted to see X posts ourselves.
4'33 by John Cage is just perfect. No notes.
December 29, 2024 at 9:13 AM
4'33 by John Cage is just perfect. No notes.
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kate bush running past sisyphus
December 23, 2024 at 4:13 AM
kate bush running past sisyphus
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THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOD DOESN’T UNDERSTAND
December 12, 2024 at 2:44 AM
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOD DOESN’T UNDERSTAND
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My big project: The Death Generator.
It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything.
deathgenerator.com
It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything.
deathgenerator.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:17 AM
My big project: The Death Generator.
It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything.
deathgenerator.com
It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything.
deathgenerator.com
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@jdyer.bsky.social Do you ever feel the need to pop in, say, GTAV, get a bit of a breather from all the text games?
December 3, 2024 at 6:03 PM
@jdyer.bsky.social Do you ever feel the need to pop in, say, GTAV, get a bit of a breather from all the text games?
I want to write an IF game, about Greek mythology.
I'm hazy on the plot and characters. All I know is it'll have Atlas as a supporting character.
#dadjokes
I'm hazy on the plot and characters. All I know is it'll have Atlas as a supporting character.
#dadjokes
November 30, 2024 at 1:18 PM
I want to write an IF game, about Greek mythology.
I'm hazy on the plot and characters. All I know is it'll have Atlas as a supporting character.
#dadjokes
I'm hazy on the plot and characters. All I know is it'll have Atlas as a supporting character.
#dadjokes
Halloween gave me unrealistic expectations about babysitting.
Dune gave me unrealistic expectations about what spices could accomplish
Jurassic Park gave me unrealistic expectations about employment opportunities for chaos mathematicians
November 29, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Halloween gave me unrealistic expectations about babysitting.
I'm watching Harper's Island. Anyone seen that? I liked it, though it's aged a bit.📺
November 28, 2024 at 6:23 PM
I'm watching Harper's Island. Anyone seen that? I liked it, though it's aged a bit.📺
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Tabletop has come a long way in the 25 years or so I've been involved in it, but it still has a long way to go on inclusion and treating everyone like humans. Arkham Horror 2nd edition has 7 women and 9 men as investigators because I knew if I went 8 and 8 it was going to be a nasty fight.
November 27, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Tabletop has come a long way in the 25 years or so I've been involved in it, but it still has a long way to go on inclusion and treating everyone like humans. Arkham Horror 2nd edition has 7 women and 9 men as investigators because I knew if I went 8 and 8 it was going to be a nasty fight.
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in case it was ever in doubt which of us is the Too Online one in this relationship, my husband just pronounced incel as inkle 🥺
November 25, 2024 at 8:37 PM
in case it was ever in doubt which of us is the Too Online one in this relationship, my husband just pronounced incel as inkle 🥺
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Inform 7 author: These are both valid ways to refer to a cup in my code, but implementing liquids is a pain and I should seriously reconsider the plan for this puzzle
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Inform 7 author: These are both valid ways to refer to a cup in my code, but implementing liquids is a pain and I should seriously reconsider the plan for this puzzle
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Senior software engineer: This is an extremely imprecise metric and I don't see any way to set an alarm, please revisit your plan for monitoring the cup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Senior software engineer: This is an extremely imprecise metric and I don't see any way to set an alarm, please revisit your plan for monitoring the cup
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Writer: …did I have a plan for this cup? Was it supposed to link to some other part of the plot? Crap. I really don’t want to go through and take every mention of the cup out. Maybe I can kill someone with it.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Writer: …did I have a plan for this cup? Was it supposed to link to some other part of the plot? Crap. I really don’t want to go through and take every mention of the cup out. Maybe I can kill someone with it.
November 24, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Inform 7 author: These are both valid ways to refer to a cup in my code, but implementing liquids is a pain and I should seriously reconsider the plan for this puzzle
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Inform 7 author: These are both valid ways to refer to a cup in my code, but implementing liquids is a pain and I should seriously reconsider the plan for this puzzle
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Having finished Justified, I kinda wanna wear a hat.
November 20, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Having finished Justified, I kinda wanna wear a hat.
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Oh, you "heard" there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord? Cite your sources, bro. This is how misinformation spreads
November 17, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Oh, you "heard" there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord? Cite your sources, bro. This is how misinformation spreads