Micah
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild
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yeah, I agree on that front - I think steps 1-3 are necessary for there to be any chance, I just worry that step 4 is simply not something that can happen because the whole party is so far gone
fingers crossed that we get a chance to find out, at least
it really feels like they got cold feet at leaning fully into the larp aspect because they don’t want to chase off the normies but I think that’s the only way something like this actually works (as an experience, not necessarily a market-viable product)
yeah, the problem at this point is that I’m not sure how many of the “regulars” even still exist
a lot of the folks we put in that category have gone full MAGA at this point - I think you’d basically have to have Mitt Romney win the Presidency, but he could never win a primary now
right
and like, Jenny is the exact target demographic for this sort of experience, few of the guests there would be as enthusiastic and invested
she loves that shit
but regardless, nobody paying that price should have any risk of this happening to them
this is, again, a uniquely terrible consequence of Donald Trump and I’m not sure how you even begin to put this particular genie back in the bottle
“don’t accept the results if you lose” doesn’t become party orthodoxy without him, but it will outlive him
Even in the case of another Blue victory, I don't think that "normal politics" is going to be on the cards for the next decade or so
the fact that the entire story experience just… didn’t work, at all, is completely unacceptable
she’s paying 3K to quite literally not get the entire experience they advertised because for whatever reason the app didn’t connect her to any storyline
it’s one I see mentioned a lot as people’s favorite, I think it’s definitely top 5-10 on every list I’ve seen
this is quite possibly the most emotional quote in the entire series but it’s hard to express to non-Disc fans because it relies so much on the actual story of Dorfl to hit as hard as it should
but I love it very much and it is my birthday
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
“WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN.”
today I begin my final year before I turn 40 and can no longer pretend I have not entered middle age
as if having two kids and a mortgage didn’t already qualify me
but I did get birthday hugs from the kids so I got that going for me, which is nice
this is probably my favorite ever Onion page, because this is probably how they were all actually feeling inside
it’s not the most quintessential, but one of the runnings gags I loved the most was their extended series on Tim Duncan
Citing Battle Of Agincourt, Tim Duncan Urges Lakers Not To Get Too Discouraged By Game 1 Loss
SAN ANTONIO—Following the Lakers’ 91-79 loss in Game 1 of their playoff series, Spurs power forward Tim Duncan reportedly urged his opponents Tuesday not to be discouraged, reminding them of England’s...
www.theonion.com
“Sorry, we can’t afford to pay the star quarterback despite jacking up the prices 2x - we have to pay consulting fees and our new lease on the stadium we previously owned
now excuse us, we have to go argue in court about why a salary floor is unconstitutional”
Honestly, letting private equity work its destructive magic on an NFL team might be the best way to show the country how malevolent it is
a very instructive moment in Cop History is de Blasio doing some gentle pushback against the NYPD and the NYPD immediately doxing his daughter and him backing down
you can elect people with the best of intentions and when they realize they’re up against an armed gang they capitulate anyway
Oh, that IS really depressing. But it IS true. It turns out there are so many steps between "electing different reps and Mayors," and "really different police contracts that assign penalties to police unions when police officers brutalize and murder the citizenry," that it's impossible to get there.
more Republicans will laud the cop who does it in public than Democrats will condemn him
in a horribly depressing way, the George Floyd protests were to the cops what Newtown was to the gun lobby
the worst case, most damaging possible scenario, and they came out the other end of it stronger and more entrenched than ever
watching the videos out of bay ridge, brooklyn, today of NYPD beating the shit out of protesters it’s unbelievable how many cameras there were. cops assaulting people in broad daylight on camera and they keep going because our leaders have made it clear they’ll never suffer a single consequence.
what if Kendrick ends the diss track with "Chotiner on Line 1"
and then the phone rings
what if Drake ends the diss track with "Chotiner on Line 1"
and then the phone rings
I’m glad I can time it for you
(I am usually fairly consistent on my evening repost, I think)
it’s always a war vs Dallas but Minny is better I think
still rather face either than Denver
we must politely yet firmly ask you to leave
King Of The Hill Angry GIF
Alt: Hank from King of the Hill with his eyebrow twitching
media.tenor.comI am on at least a handful of Posts Good lists and I will take those over the rest of them
just used the skechers/prada backpack analogy from 10 Things I Hate About You to explain to my wife the difference in how much I enjoy chocolate chip pancakes versus chocolate chip raspberry pancakes
ideally the league would be made of half muggsy bogues and half victor wembanyama
I’m glad Chet Holmgren is actually really good in the NBA
professional basketball is better when it’s full of goofy seven foot motherfuckers
I have a friend who went and did really enjoy the experience - he went with friends and really tried to engage with it
honestly it sounded like I could have enjoyed it a lot with the right group
but I’m not surprised it failed
all of us, I believe, would like the ability to upload new skills to our brain matrix-style
but as a parent of multiple children, what I would really like to do is upload the ability to take turns to both of them
exactly - like, is it the same scale as needing to switch the gender people see me as? no
but would I feel wrong and want to get back to where I was if I suddenly lost 40 pounds of muscle? no question at all
as a cis dude I have never once felt any sort of desire to be a girl
but as someone who was really skinny most of my life, working out seriously and becoming Large has made me feel dramatically better about myself, it feels much more me
I do not understand people who deny dysphoria as a concept
the winnowing post-2008 has thrown a lot of the real squishy mods out of the party (often in favor of Republicans, unfortunately)
my read on Fetterman is that he sucks ass on Israel but will be pretty good on procedural shit like filibuster bypass for important domestic stuff
at some point I was worried that we’d have trouble differentiating but AI art all looks the god damn same so we can at least filter them by sight
I got into it as a teenager, my mom had a ton of YA books as an elementary school librarian and at some point I picked up Interesting Times and then Mort and I was off to the races
just saw two young ladies wearing the most spot-on 80s outfits imaginable - bright blue spandex, roller skates, the whole deal - and I hope they have a phenomenal day, because that sure made mine
they need to invent a brand new level on the softness scale to account for puppy ears
they need to invent a brand new level on the softness to account for puppy ears
when they say “we’re running out of quality content to train on” they mean “we are running out of content, period, including the worst filth on the internet”
that is at least a word that adequately expresses how horrible the food in question is
every time I have a “trans people are pretty cool, actually” post do numbers my blocked by number goes up and you know I’m pretty sure I’m fine without interacting with any of those people
as someone who will forget five minutes after I take a pill if I actually did or not that actually sounds pretty purpose built for my use case