VinLAURiA
@vinlauria.bsky.social
Vincent Lauria
IT professional/hobbyist. CG artist.
Unapologetic "gray logo era" (3/DS/Wii/U) Nintendo enthusiast.
Millennial, leftist, US citizen, straight male.
Call me Vin.
Camden County, New Jersey • Born 1992-03-01
IT professional/hobbyist. CG artist.
Unapologetic "gray logo era" (3/DS/Wii/U) Nintendo enthusiast.
Millennial, leftist, US citizen, straight male.
Call me Vin.
Camden County, New Jersey • Born 1992-03-01
"We've done boxes what make thing hot, cold, and clean. You'll never guess what this next box is for..."
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 AM
"We've done boxes what make thing hot, cold, and clean. You'll never guess what this next box is for..."
And here I thought the guy above was doing a bit. What on earth?
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
And here I thought the guy above was doing a bit. What on earth?
How wry. (yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy)
December 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
How wry. (yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy)
American education has for decades prioritized obedient busywork over actual comprehension. They're not trying to inform kids or make 'em think, quite the opposite: they're training 'em to follow orders even if they find it pointless. That's what makes a good labor cog.
![A satirical chart of a school schedule in the American educational system, comparing kindergarten in the mid-1990s and senior year in the late 2000s. After over an hour of wasted time after the late bell before class finally starts, the schedule across both years is largely identical, focusing on the same basic concepts year after year:
[SCIENCE] Mitochondria
[SOCIAL STUDIES] Boston Tea Party
[SPANISH] Abuela
[TECHNOLOGY] Home Row
[LITERATURE] Edgar Allen Poe
[MATHEMATICS] Long Division
With the only difference being a change in the small sliver of time for the lunch break replacing "recess" with "study hall" for the older student. At the end of the school day, both students are inevitably held in detention for minuscule infractions stemming from not having been made docile enough by the indoctrination, the faculty taking out their own issues on their students, or even technically doing nothing wrong at all, which combined with the waste of time at the beginning of the school day has the student held at school for eight hours despite only ostensibly "learning" for barely over half of that.
The image ends with a mockery of the school's cloying attempts to have the students "Get Involved!" in extracurricular activities.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gz5e25z263owwg3cwqgocbo5/bafkreib7su4d7mnzmlidsbq44uvdn3gucaqtvvptafhycbspouojkztgri@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
American education has for decades prioritized obedient busywork over actual comprehension. They're not trying to inform kids or make 'em think, quite the opposite: they're training 'em to follow orders even if they find it pointless. That's what makes a good labor cog.
I'm going to have to disagree here. I see it less as a self-defeating "but sometimes!" and more a reminder that the sooner we address said "sometimes", the better. And on that point, I think he's right in that we need to be focusing on the rollout of energy storage just as much as energy generation.
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I'm going to have to disagree here. I see it less as a self-defeating "but sometimes!" and more a reminder that the sooner we address said "sometimes", the better. And on that point, I think he's right in that we need to be focusing on the rollout of energy storage just as much as energy generation.
That's the conclusion I've come to as well. As much as 2024's election was a worst-case scenario for the US itself, it's been heartening to see the way the rest of the first world has picked up our slack. Now we just hunker down and wait to collapse politically while working to conserve our culture.
December 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
That's the conclusion I've come to as well. As much as 2024's election was a worst-case scenario for the US itself, it's been heartening to see the way the rest of the first world has picked up our slack. Now we just hunker down and wait to collapse politically while working to conserve our culture.
My dad seems insistent that starting a blog is still a viable choice, and while I have been writing some articles, I can't help but feel like this guy is right and text doesn't get you anywhere.
The real problem is that if some people have a "face made for radio", I've got a "voice made for print".
The real problem is that if some people have a "face made for radio", I've got a "voice made for print".
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
My dad seems insistent that starting a blog is still a viable choice, and while I have been writing some articles, I can't help but feel like this guy is right and text doesn't get you anywhere.
The real problem is that if some people have a "face made for radio", I've got a "voice made for print".
The real problem is that if some people have a "face made for radio", I've got a "voice made for print".
New name for a band: Nuclear Kettle.
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New name for a band: Nuclear Kettle.
And then—still in my fever haze—I decided to take things one step further. Apparently, weird pointless math happens when I'm delirious and sneezing up a storm...
Still, I wonder if you could make some sort of tabletop game that utilizes this second set. Maybe as like a "deck" of sixty unique chips?
Still, I wonder if you could make some sort of tabletop game that utilizes this second set. Maybe as like a "deck" of sixty unique chips?
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
And then—still in my fever haze—I decided to take things one step further. Apparently, weird pointless math happens when I'm delirious and sneezing up a storm...
Still, I wonder if you could make some sort of tabletop game that utilizes this second set. Maybe as like a "deck" of sixty unique chips?
Still, I wonder if you could make some sort of tabletop game that utilizes this second set. Maybe as like a "deck" of sixty unique chips?
This is like when Kira Buckland got in as Jolyne Cujoh—cast a massive fangirl to play the character because you know she'll put her all into it.
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is like when Kira Buckland got in as Jolyne Cujoh—cast a massive fangirl to play the character because you know she'll put her all into it.
Ah yes, another "box what makes thing cold/hot/clean" video.
My favorite.
My favorite.
October 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ah yes, another "box what makes thing cold/hot/clean" video.
My favorite.
My favorite.
Hopefully this'll fix not being able to record audio loopback while using a USB headset? I always have to switch my Windows audio output to HDMI to record computer audio and then have Audacity pass that through to the headset.
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hopefully this'll fix not being able to record audio loopback while using a USB headset? I always have to switch my Windows audio output to HDMI to record computer audio and then have Audacity pass that through to the headset.
Ah yes, the "bottom text" phenomenon. It's because the internet has for over a decade prioritized pithy zingers and easily-bleated soundbites over nuance and comprehension. Funnily enough, I was skimming through the Penny Arcade archive yesterday looking for some other strip when I came across this:
Muskovites - Penny Arcade
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
www.penny-arcade.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ah yes, the "bottom text" phenomenon. It's because the internet has for over a decade prioritized pithy zingers and easily-bleated soundbites over nuance and comprehension. Funnily enough, I was skimming through the Penny Arcade archive yesterday looking for some other strip when I came across this:
As a matter of fact, let me go one step further for my alternative. I always wanted to try something like this anyway with the original logo, and this seemed like a good time to shoot my shot.
October 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
As a matter of fact, let me go one step further for my alternative. I always wanted to try something like this anyway with the original logo, and this seemed like a good time to shoot my shot.
I think it's pretty obvious.
October 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I think it's pretty obvious.
I don't think the new logo is unsalvageable—I get the MuseGroup identity, and again, I like that it forms a lowercase 'a'—but it's TOO foreign to what it was. At the very least, returning to blue is a given. I also think we can work the waveform back in, as if it were the old logo shown at an angle.
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I don't think the new logo is unsalvageable—I get the MuseGroup identity, and again, I like that it forms a lowercase 'a'—but it's TOO foreign to what it was. At the very least, returning to blue is a given. I also think we can work the waveform back in, as if it were the old logo shown at an angle.
Perhaps something like one of these?
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Perhaps something like one of these?
Agreed. I'm reminded of that "BLUE: THE MOVIE" comic.
By all means, I think the new logo is actually rather clever: retaining the headphones to form a lowercase 'a' to match MuseGroup's other branding. It's just a bit TOO different at the moment. I wonder if there's still room for the waveform too?
By all means, I think the new logo is actually rather clever: retaining the headphones to form a lowercase 'a' to match MuseGroup's other branding. It's just a bit TOO different at the moment. I wonder if there's still room for the waveform too?
October 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Agreed. I'm reminded of that "BLUE: THE MOVIE" comic.
By all means, I think the new logo is actually rather clever: retaining the headphones to form a lowercase 'a' to match MuseGroup's other branding. It's just a bit TOO different at the moment. I wonder if there's still room for the waveform too?
By all means, I think the new logo is actually rather clever: retaining the headphones to form a lowercase 'a' to match MuseGroup's other branding. It's just a bit TOO different at the moment. I wonder if there's still room for the waveform too?
I was always kinda fond of this title card. As a kid I thought it was meant to say "VVB" though.
September 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I was always kinda fond of this title card. As a kid I thought it was meant to say "VVB" though.
Ooh, looking forward to that.
Though, a note: I personally thought the Finale video went too heavy on the non-sequitur material in a much less welcome fashion than prior videos, such as spending six minutes straight on that Ryan Kelley thing. I'm hoping this next video doesn't get so... distracted?
Though, a note: I personally thought the Finale video went too heavy on the non-sequitur material in a much less welcome fashion than prior videos, such as spending six minutes straight on that Ryan Kelley thing. I'm hoping this next video doesn't get so... distracted?
September 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Ooh, looking forward to that.
Though, a note: I personally thought the Finale video went too heavy on the non-sequitur material in a much less welcome fashion than prior videos, such as spending six minutes straight on that Ryan Kelley thing. I'm hoping this next video doesn't get so... distracted?
Though, a note: I personally thought the Finale video went too heavy on the non-sequitur material in a much less welcome fashion than prior videos, such as spending six minutes straight on that Ryan Kelley thing. I'm hoping this next video doesn't get so... distracted?