In any case, that’s all I have for you…

How are these not more of a thing? So much better than caltrops.

Thyme is an illusion. Lunchthyme doubly so.

I also don’t know about ripping off movie and TV characters and just swapping out the names. I suppose it depends on the character, but I feel like this is the easiest one to tell that it was “stolen”.

You wouldn’t put them wholesale into a game. For example, you’d mentally label an NPC as a ‘Spock’ and play him as intellectual and logical. Another as a ‘McCoy’ and play him as compassionate, emotional, and a bit of a catastrophiser. Obviously, you wouldn’t use them together as the crew of a ship (along with a ‘Kirk’ and a ‘Scotty’), that would be a bit on the nose. And you wouldn’t steal characters’ history or catch-phrases, you would just use the core of the character as a shorthand for personality, as a guide for how they might present themselves, think, and interact with others.

There’s no reason, say, a fantasy city council couldn’t be run by:

• a ‘Hannibal Lecter’ (brilliant, urbane, lover of the finer things)
• a ‘Lesley Knope’ (energetic, rules follower)
• a ‘Sarah Connor’ (determined, uncompromising)
• a ‘Stringer Bell’ (confident ambitious, maybe with a secret past)
• a ‘Dr. Gregory House’ (cantankerous, confrontational, cynical)

VAMPIRE-ON-A-BEAR

Anally?

Bless you for the old.reddit link.

I… am paid less than a Google code monkey… I’d… tell him"That’s stupid and you should feel bad for suggesting it.”

I feel like these things are connected.

It was never about money

“My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted…”

Utterly hilarious.

https://youtu.be/_pDTiFkXgEE?si=5teihnjaNxr-pOut

Star Wars.

Watched the matinee every day for a week when it first came to our local cinema.

Meta AI: Some people are just snakes and stab u in the back Im not saying more but u know who u are

Meta AI2: u ok babe

No it wouldn’t!

Aw. I was hoping to see him seamlessly fly to the Volii system, seamlessly fly to Volii Alpha, seamlessly land on the Neon landing pad, seamlessly enter the Bayu Plaza and, seamlessly interact with dozens of NPCs, many of whom have branching dialogue trees, and seamlessly loot the ever-loving crap out of hundreds of interactable objects.

Vanilla is the finest of the flavours. There’s even a song about it.

I’ve tried handle out and handle sideways, but they scatter rubbish all over the road so now I flip it upside down to make it easier for them.

That’s our doing. We finally gave up on summer and put the sun loungers back in the shed yesterday.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to be tempted to get them out again.

I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is a certain je ne sais quoi - oh, so very special - about a firm, young carrot…

My car passed its MOT 100%. Sadly they forgot to reset the next inspection date so now I either have to live with it getting increasingly annoyed at me or take the time to go back to the garage and have it reset.

Masterchef Australia pisses all over the UK and US versions, it’s true.