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Fun fact: the DIYer can be identified in two ways. First, if at the beginning of their project cycle, they can be identified by their call of “OOooooooo!” as they spot new and interesting supplies. Imagine if bower birds could yell “wow!” At a particularly interesting stick and you have the idea.
Unfortunately as the project cycle wears on they lose interest in the unique variety of the environment. At this stage they can be identified by their habit of standing in front of a wall of screws, holding an exemplary screw and comparing the contents of the wall to that one screw.
They can also be spotted snoozing while leaning on a cart in line. During particularly intense parts of the project cycle sleep is at a premium and any time they are out of range of their spouse’s call — “hey honey can you come hold this a sec?” — they will instantly doze off.
*releases pack of dads into home depot* go……be free
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“Well that explains all the murdering earlier.”
literally anything could happen to my body and if there were blood in my underwear later i would be like, "oh, that explains it". insomnia. manic episodes. stigmata. my period feels like a plausible explanation for any of these things.
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At least I got the side of the family that can spell
Compilation of Lois Lane being terrible at spelling.
Bonus:
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No context theater: I think Cousin It just shit in my cornflakes
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Just saw an ad promising to show me the way to inner peace.
In the last two weeks the basement has flooded, the heater has required replacing, we’ve racked up $1,500 in vet bills, I’ve wrangled a huge project at work, and taken care of my husband.
I need OUTER peace.
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Privy parade! Let’s go! Out and go poo!
#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
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if you combine the theory that, due to age and behavior differences, humans were to elves as dogs are to humans, I think I'd be the elf going, "The age of men is beginning? Damn, I gotta see this. They have GOT to run this joint better than we did."
if I were an elf and bitches were like "the age of elves is ending...we must go into the West..." ok??? I can live being a minority??? I don't really need magic I'm chill with like. being here? "the age of men is beginning" great. fantastic. I'm friends with quite a few men actually. they have really good cuisine. Maybe they'll do a better job handling things than our lot who consistently have apocalyptic wars. I could live in a city if I really had to. Damn head off into the west if it's all that to you. have fun on your weird boats.
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It’s not a Discworld joke unless you read it, don’t parse it as a joke, and then carry on with your life for ten years until someone stops you to say something like “It’s a pavlovian response because the dog ate a pavlova” and you scream Terry’s name with enough indignant rage you hope it rattles the pillars of the multiverse so wherever his soul is he’ll hear it.
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wait is it friday again already?
you ever get surprised by your own recurring issues. like come on man. I thought we were past this.
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there are so many kerning crimes, and so few scare quote crimes. it was a simpler time.
Another Perry Mason series: signs from episodes without context.
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ICYMI! Are you a SFWA member reading for the Nebula Awards?
Try the short story "Bad Doors" by John Wiswell!
It is a finalist for Best Short Story!
Click on the link below!
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Zoë found all the bunny poop. Are you going to go join her eating the bunny poop?
Did you have to pee on the hardwood when the carpet was right there?
#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
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Ah, mammals. If their head fits through the opening, the rest of them can generally follow. [Not valid for humans because collarbones.] One more way we confuse the aliens.
Turned into orange juice for a second
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Note that evil boop requires hover and no hover on mobile so no evil boop if touch user.
Which is technically an accessibility violation I think
I actually don't know what the boop animation looks like since I can't see it. :(
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1. I’m looking forward to playing this machine even though Multimorphic’s “pinball kit” approach results in fairly boring playfields most of the time.
2. The Cliffs of Insanity sound amazing but I hope they’re a toy (that *is* the technical term) that holds up better than the Alien in the Alien pinball machine or the ship in the original Pirates of the Caribbean.
The challenge with high caliber players is they’re rough on machines. Not in the “beat them up” sense (though some collectors wince when a machine takes a slap save) but in the “was it actually developed to withstand a 30 minute game?” sense.
If you’ve seen the Technology Connections pinball videos you know just how complex and wire-filled pinball machines are (and if you haven’t, pop some popcorn, this is a two parter. https://youtu.be/ue-1JoJQaEg?si=G86FzPhIfG0nMpgy )
3. God I love that movie
4. While the video presenter makes it sound like playing with only one hand is a new development, there are a couple other machines with similar modes. (Hell, Tommy makes you play without being able to see the flippers, much less decide which hand to use.) The wall climbing mode looks like a play off of Bonzai Run (I might be forgetting the name) or a couple others that either load the back of the playfield with toys or put them in the backbox. Pinball has tried a lot of crazy stuff over the years.
That being said, just like a new version of meat, cheese, and lettuce doesn’t make tacos worse, a new version of “light shot, smack ball” is always appreciated.
All told, good review, good (looking) pinball machine (for a Multimorphic) and god I love that movie, so I’m looking forward to adding it to my list of games played.
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Adapting a movie into a pinball machine is a surprisingly difficult task. But the Princess bride pinball machine does it really well!
#princess bride#pinball#please don’t use it for tournament play#not a fan of pinball kit machines usually#Youtube
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