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Update: Our dude has activated Jeff, who believes you will go to prison if you do not, at minimum, pay your taxes. OP’s counter: “They can’t actually do that. Think about it! Who do you know who’s gone to jail for tax evasion?” Fanduel is right now setting odds on Jeff exploding

"Early Black Friday sale"? No. Non. Nej. Nein. Hayır. Get thee behind me, retailers. It is October 24th and WORDS MEAN THINGS.

This is delightful and gorgeous, as so many things born out of spite are. I would legit hang this on my wall.

This is the thread for all those who wanted my proposition and judge opinions!

Well, eBay made it immensely difficult to find the AI opt out, but I’m stubborn. I do wonder if they’ll honor it.

Heads up, #yuletide participators: you only have 48 hours left to sign up! (Or, alternately, 48 hours to panic-tweak your signup.)

Gregory Powell and Mike Donovan from I, Robot by Asimov, although I didn’t recognize the source of the fascination until years later.

California voters: I have grimly and exhaustively researched the propositions and all the Southern California judges. Let me know if you want the info!

Your 9-1-1 Detective name is your last DnD class or race and your favorite color green. I’m Druid Olive, which makes me sound like your friendly neighborhood childcare-providing dryad

Me: Nessie has yet to learn that she’s supposed to run when I come at her with zombie arms. The earthling, pointing to Nessie: These colors don’t run from hugs. (Technically zombie arms is a chase game that ends in a hug. Nessie simply does not acknowledge the chase part.)

People who make a lot of casseroles (I’m a good cook but casseroles aren’t really part of my food background): are the recipes just a base and you roll your own spices? Most of these just have salt and pepper and, like, I can fix that! But it’s weird not to at least say “add spices to your taste.”

This is a Star Wars alien and you can’t convince me otherwise

I’ve accidentally invented vegan frico and I’m not even vegan

My wife and I: for sanity reasons trying to limit our knowledge of the political situation to just what we need to know Our daughter and all her friends: fully obsessed with the election, texting each other constantly about races in other states, non-stop gaming it out This feels backwards

This made me immediately think of several people here.

Me, trying to explain the cause of my vague malaise: There's just too much -- everything. There's too much everything ALL THE TIME.

All foods can become not-food to my persnickety brain, but leaves steeped in hot water never fail me. Waking up? Tea. Allergies? Tea. Sad? Tea. Meeting? Tea. Need a break? Tea.

If you follow me, please be aware that: 1. If you mention a book, I am going to ask you for the title. I simply cannot resist and tbh I’m not trying to 2. If you post a pic of a person and put their name in the alt text, I will look at the pic for extra time for the sheer joy of knowing who it is

Don’t watch this with a dog in your lap. Sid whistled to his assigned pup and Nessie whipped her head around so fast she bonked her snout into my phone and knocked it out of my hands.

The dentist’s front desk employees are discussing a patient who at her last dentist was quoted $170 and then charged $1,400. “She’s really anxious about costs now. I wish they’d do something about these scammer dentists.” Scammer dentists are a new concept for me.

Sitting in the dentist’s lobby with a sun headache and they’re playing Music For Tormenting People. It should be illegal to subject people to Frankie Valli without their consent. (Sorry if you like him, but for serious he is not for people with headaches.)

Friends, I am having a debate with the earthling. How many tabs do you have open on your computer and phone? Estimate is fine.

To the dude weaving in and out of fast-moving traffic on a LIME SCOOTER: Oh god please don’t

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@trelkez.bsky.social happy birthday!

Realized this morning that I’ve been refusing to read an author for years not because I dislike her work but because I’ve been conflating her with an entirely different author who is not for me

*Oh.*

"This was brand new sidewalk and now it's disgusting. Would you eat at a restaurant if their floors looked like this?" (Accompanied by a picture of a person walking while eating a wrap.) No, I wouldn't, Nextdoor neighbor, but you see, it's a sidewalk.

Wow. I’ve never seen the wordle bot fail to guess the word before.