breathing gives me gas ¯\(ツ)/¯

it’s an awesome power, if you’re a morning person

there’s a scene in “Silo” where a character needs to repair a massive steam-powered turbine that is off-balance, scraping at the housing, and heading towards collapse. all fine and we’ll, it’s sci-fi, so whatever, they can make magic quick fixes to move the plot along.

what really bugged me, for some reason, is how characters started touching the internal components immediately after it powers down - I have to wait for significantly smaller motors to cool off before handling them, especially if they’re rotating poorly with a bad bearing, and burning from friction.

the grift that keeps on grifting…

a small number of wealthy Americans riled up a large number of poor Americans, using single-issue voter tactics that prey on irrational fears, and gained control of more wealth and decision-making power than they know what to do with.

I can’t fathom what the point is, other than some doomsday scheme, where they plot to outlive us poors with hoarded resources, and the remaining bootlicker class as slaves.

Peggy Hill!

appropriate how 88 lines up on the dial…

animale!

from the people who brought us illusory double walls of the Great Hollow and Ash Lake, go figure

and remember, everybody: no spoilers!

I love the feeling of discovering something for the first time, and would never take that away from anyone. there are so many games I would gladly have wiped from my memory so I could get that feeling back.

gives me Goosebumps just thinking about it

Shake Your Screen" Optical Illusion refers to a fetish drawing category

how could a dancing frog meme be turned into a…

popular on Japanese Twitter

ah, right-o. carry on, then.

Yamaha makes nice basses, no doubt about that. I’d love to own a vintage BB series bass someday.

I bought a different brand of massager, for massaging, and it works really well for loosening tight muscles and easing pain. Highly recommend getting one.

It did come with some attachments that seem tailored to groin muscles, but those can live in the junk drawer.

And yes, everyone who sees it in my house makes a joke about using it to whack-off, but I have no problem with that.

solid like a fresh, crunchy cool ranch dorito

keep running up that hill

those bridges flipping upside down and the shapeshifting staircases were some next level platforming action back in the day! and that is also the song I go to most when going for sonic soundtracks. I jammed with a band for a while that played it, and also mystic cave zone.

run the whole trilogy, and keep those speakers cranked up

how are you gonna sell more cars that way? petroleum doesn’t buy itself, you know

The extra cost is directly from gadget companies knowing that the cheap version is perfect, and they add functions and flair to increase profit. Understandably, if you work in R&D and need some job security, making bluetooth work in a microwave may keep your department afloat for a little while.

Noble pursuit of elegant design and business? Nope, but if people are willing to buy it, then there’s nothing stopping them from doing it.

I hate ads, with a burning passion, but when I get stuck with one that’s wildly irrelevant to my interests, I know that I’m doing something right. Feels good to be a blank spot on the algorithm.