The Villabouts of the Wherin Kelly
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Unicode is hard
One time I asked Siri to play Hüsker Dü and she pronounced it “H-u-diaeresis-usker Du-diaeresis”. I’ve never been able to get her to do it again.
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Unicode is hard
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
This is my new favorite spelling of enshittification
No doubt tech companies are going to keep inserting AI into all the nooks and crannies and ridiculous places that we never wanted them. New forms of in shit if vacation. Oh, they will be very innovative and we will wish they would just go away.
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is my new favorite spelling of enshittification
I see nobody learned anything from the Horizon IT scandal in the UK.
Or maybe they learned all the wrong things.
Or maybe they learned all the wrong things.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I see nobody learned anything from the Horizon IT scandal in the UK.
Or maybe they learned all the wrong things.
Or maybe they learned all the wrong things.
I’ll admit I laughed at VER for not making it out of Q1.
But we can’t forget that he won this race from 17th place last year.
But we can’t forget that he won this race from 17th place last year.
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I’ll admit I laughed at VER for not making it out of Q1.
But we can’t forget that he won this race from 17th place last year.
But we can’t forget that he won this race from 17th place last year.
Achievement unlocked!
I went to the ER for stitches (skill issue; nothing serious) and did the whole thing in German.
I went to the ER for stitches (skill issue; nothing serious) and did the whole thing in German.
November 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Achievement unlocked!
I went to the ER for stitches (skill issue; nothing serious) and did the whole thing in German.
I went to the ER for stitches (skill issue; nothing serious) and did the whole thing in German.
Tech support bots, Amazon reviews. Many such cases…
To borrow a bit from Postman’s arguments in 𝘈𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, I think what we’re seeing with GenAI could be the medium, computing, showing us its essence: automation.
Just as TV tends toward entertainment, computerized communication tends toward automation.
Just as TV tends toward entertainment, computerized communication tends toward automation.
the meta ai video slop TikTok is I think the first tech thing where I have been 100% on the side of the Luddites (vernacular usage, I know the actual Luddites were more complex than that, nerds). Usually I think there's a little too much of that reflexively on the left tbh, but no this shit sucks.
October 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Tech support bots, Amazon reviews. Many such cases…
To borrow a bit from Postman’s arguments in 𝘈𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, I think what we’re seeing with GenAI could be the medium, computing, showing us its essence: automation.
Just as TV tends toward entertainment, computerized communication tends toward automation.
Just as TV tends toward entertainment, computerized communication tends toward automation.
the meta ai video slop TikTok is I think the first tech thing where I have been 100% on the side of the Luddites (vernacular usage, I know the actual Luddites were more complex than that, nerds). Usually I think there's a little too much of that reflexively on the left tbh, but no this shit sucks.
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
To borrow a bit from Postman’s arguments in 𝘈𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, I think what we’re seeing with GenAI could be the medium, computing, showing us its essence: automation.
Just as TV tends toward entertainment, computerized communication tends toward automation.
Just as TV tends toward entertainment, computerized communication tends toward automation.
“Flood the zone with shit”
Wait: so the President of the United States shared a video of a fake news report, rooted in a conspiracy theory, that features an AI-generated version of himself promoting a policy that…doesn’t exist?
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
September 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Flood the zone with shit”
Random find on the internet. You can guess what it relates to.
How does to/too/two continue to flummox native speakers? Are they just functionally illiterate? Like, if you’re going to the trouble of printing on coru-plast you’d want to run a quick grammar check, right?
How does to/too/two continue to flummox native speakers? Are they just functionally illiterate? Like, if you’re going to the trouble of printing on coru-plast you’d want to run a quick grammar check, right?
September 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Random find on the internet. You can guess what it relates to.
How does to/too/two continue to flummox native speakers? Are they just functionally illiterate? Like, if you’re going to the trouble of printing on coru-plast you’d want to run a quick grammar check, right?
How does to/too/two continue to flummox native speakers? Are they just functionally illiterate? Like, if you’re going to the trouble of printing on coru-plast you’d want to run a quick grammar check, right?
Working through an HMFD infection right now because small children bring home the most interesting biology from school/nursery.
I’m reminded of that SMBC comic where kindergarten teachers inherit the earth in the wake of an alien pandemic.
I’m reminded of that SMBC comic where kindergarten teachers inherit the earth in the wake of an alien pandemic.
September 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Working through an HMFD infection right now because small children bring home the most interesting biology from school/nursery.
I’m reminded of that SMBC comic where kindergarten teachers inherit the earth in the wake of an alien pandemic.
I’m reminded of that SMBC comic where kindergarten teachers inherit the earth in the wake of an alien pandemic.
You guys! The code point for 🫰 is U+1FAF0.
Could be a useful shorthand for FAFO?
Could be a useful shorthand for FAFO?
September 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
You guys! The code point for 🫰 is U+1FAF0.
Could be a useful shorthand for FAFO?
Could be a useful shorthand for FAFO?
Reposted by The Villabouts of the Wherin Kelly
Goodhart’s Law isn’t real, I tell myself as I force all my employees to use the confabulation engine to create all my infrastructure.
September 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Goodhart’s Law isn’t real, I tell myself as I force all my employees to use the confabulation engine to create all my infrastructure.
LMAO. Divine intervention?
“Dead AfD candidates: Police don’t suspect foul play”
www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
“Dead AfD candidates: Police don’t suspect foul play”
www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
Tote AfD-Kandidaten: Polizei hat keine Hinweise auf Fremdverschulden
Nach dem Tod von vier AfD -Kandidaten vor den Kommunalwahlen gibt es laut Polizei keine Hinweise auf Fremdverschulden.
www1.wdr.de
September 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
LMAO. Divine intervention?
“Dead AfD candidates: Police don’t suspect foul play”
www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
“Dead AfD candidates: Police don’t suspect foul play”
www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
One of my favorite parts in The Dark Forest is when 张北海 ensures the future of nuclear rocket propulsion.
he thinks we’re a petrostate and he wants to align us with petrostates
I lack the vocabulary to express how deranged this is
August 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
One of my favorite parts in The Dark Forest is when 张北海 ensures the future of nuclear rocket propulsion.
Sifting through my spam folder, I found something interesting: An advertising message from REALLY Wireless in which they mentioned my data being in the 2021 AT&T breach (correct) and the last 4 digits of my SSN (incorrect, those were digits from my phone number).
August 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Sifting through my spam folder, I found something interesting: An advertising message from REALLY Wireless in which they mentioned my data being in the 2021 AT&T breach (correct) and the last 4 digits of my SSN (incorrect, those were digits from my phone number).
(Me and my 4 y.o. son looking at a newspaper)
Son: *points at picture of Hulk Hogan* His mustache is sad.
Me: lol, yeah I guess it is kinda frowny looking
Son: *points at picture of Hulk Hogan* His mustache is sad.
Me: lol, yeah I guess it is kinda frowny looking
July 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
(Me and my 4 y.o. son looking at a newspaper)
Son: *points at picture of Hulk Hogan* His mustache is sad.
Me: lol, yeah I guess it is kinda frowny looking
Son: *points at picture of Hulk Hogan* His mustache is sad.
Me: lol, yeah I guess it is kinda frowny looking
I’m think Bitcoin is a performance art project that has spun wildly out of control.
I don’t have any proof other than the incredibly wealthy Satoshi addresses that have been dormant for years.
I don’t have any proof other than the incredibly wealthy Satoshi addresses that have been dormant for years.
July 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I’m think Bitcoin is a performance art project that has spun wildly out of control.
I don’t have any proof other than the incredibly wealthy Satoshi addresses that have been dormant for years.
I don’t have any proof other than the incredibly wealthy Satoshi addresses that have been dormant for years.
In Texas? Where there are already tornado sirens everywhere? Are you fucking kidding me?
In a 2016 discussion, Commissioner Baldwin said, dismissing the idea of updating warning systems:
"The thought of our beautiful Kerr County having these damn sirens going off in the middle of night, I'm going to have to start drinking again to put up with y'all."
"The thought of our beautiful Kerr County having these damn sirens going off in the middle of night, I'm going to have to start drinking again to put up with y'all."
legacy.co.kerr.tx.us
July 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In Texas? Where there are already tornado sirens everywhere? Are you fucking kidding me?
German is hilarious with English loanwords sometimes.
Verbs in particular:
interviewen; downloaden
So hard to take seriously when I read or hear that.
Verbs in particular:
interviewen; downloaden
So hard to take seriously when I read or hear that.
July 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
German is hilarious with English loanwords sometimes.
Verbs in particular:
interviewen; downloaden
So hard to take seriously when I read or hear that.
Verbs in particular:
interviewen; downloaden
So hard to take seriously when I read or hear that.
Just heard a German lady sing a folk rendition of “Gangsta’s Paradise”
I feel old now
I feel old now
June 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just heard a German lady sing a folk rendition of “Gangsta’s Paradise”
I feel old now
I feel old now
The Industrial Revolution
5. What event do you think has had the biggest impact on the modern day world?
June 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Industrial Revolution
Nice use of Cunningham’s law…
donald trump is actually, literally illiterate. he cannot read.
June 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Nice use of Cunningham’s law…