Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

apparently my aging insides have decided that between greasy meat, acidic tomato sauce, and cheeses I can't make my own enzymes to digest, I no longer like calzones. Like you can imagine, I thought I loved calzones and this comes as a really unhappy surprise.

@kistaro but given that they're tech followers *here*, what're the chances they also have that as a kink?

related; I'd really recommend Donny Darko to anyone younger wondering what the 80s were like.

It really captures what the decade was like; something HORRIBLE is looming on the horizon, in fact horrible stuff is happening RIGHT FUCKING NOW, but the adult world doesn't want to even vaguely acknowledge anything bad or for that matter your needs (say, to get help for depression or be safe from bullies), instead you're supposed to cheer for the football team, praise Jesus, don't do drugs, enlist.

the future's open wide

I'll stop the world and melt with you
you've seen the difference and it's getting better, all the time
there's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you

... Okay the sudden urge to cry suggests swapping to DIFFERENT 80s like the B 52s.

underneath the chilly gray November sky
we can make believe that Kennedy is still alive
we're shooting for the moon and smiling Jackie's driving by and
they say, good try.
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die.

I wanna shine some pennies!
I wanna mend some leather!
I wanna crazy-glue my head to the bottom of a biiiiiiiiig
steel girder!
Please no CODs, don't miss out on this deal!

why do sharks suddenly appear
every time you are near?

... also, because the version in Mirrormask is JUST THAT GOOD, any time I sing the song, it's very slightly off key with stilted movements

@Cheff I don’t think it needs to affect national pride - I feel like in any war especially one fought that hard, you can point to leaders, men and materiel which were amazing (and similarly every country had leaders, men and materiel which were simply dismal) - it’s just that, whatever else wins battles, logistics wins wars. And logistics was on the allies’ side as soon as Lend-Lease.

Tangent from reading about British aircraft.

Ultimately, the Allies won because (despite instances of American/British/Soviet bravery, strategic brilliance, and incredibly good designs) the biggest contributions of all three nations were essentially unexciting. The USA contributed overwhelming logistics from factories and oilfields which weren't bombed; the USSR was simply so *large* that with any logistical support whatsoever it could grind down a Wehrmacht successful in going after smaller countries; simply by being *there*, Britain pulled German and Italian energy that would otherwise be directed eastwards, and provided a valuable staging ground later in the war.

This is not something that gets your country into the history books for brave, tough military men commanded by legit geniuses and supplied with fantastic equipment. Especially since afterwards the USA and USSR are trying to indoctrinate kids while they build empires abroad, and Britain's dealing with the national embarrassment of no longer being an empire. (The first step, before you get to embarrassment of empire being not actually a good idea.)

This transfers undue attention to the Pacific theater for Brits (Slim and Wingate were legitimately brilliant) and Americans (tough Marines, Nimitz's incredible abilities, awesome designs like the Superfortress and F4U, without having to credit Brits, Aussies, Chinese or Sovs). Throw in subtle racism too if you're American (remember, but as soon as Asians got involved, the same rightwingers who were trying to keep us *out* of a war were suddenly on board).

@DotMaetrix oh these are cool, where are they?

"what your favorite composer says about your personality"

my favorite composer is Schostakovich, a man who HATED the regime he was obligated to work for with an incredible competency, who obviously would rather have been left alone to make his own stuff, sympathized with Jews and Hungarians as victims of the regime, and who was a neurotic enough wreck to smoke himself to death. I dunno, you tell me what that says?

and I mean I see everything I did wrong now, but I dunno, beating myself up is not going to fix artwork.

Okay, art mistake corrected.

I'm not interested in your antisemitism and in fact, if I could I would teach you to cease spreading it.

I would teach you this PERMANENTLY, rich man.

#drawings today, I’m not sure why you get furry and D&D pinup art, but you do.

"inside you are two game masters," said the grognard. "One keeps PCs mostly human; monsters remain quasi mythical, as the adventurers move further from the known medieval world into the cthonic unknown. The other runs the fantasy world as a cosmopolitan place where bullywugs, orc, tabaxi and aarakocra PCs rub elbows with more conventional elves and dwarves."

"Which one of them runs the game?" asked the new player.

"The one you brought pizza," was the reply.

it should probably not be surprising that given asparagus is literally a vascularized stalk popping up from the ground like Diglet and has a sorta mild flavor on its own, pickled asparagus is basically a little crunchier than just drinking the brine directly.

inspired by the unexpected commercial success of 1972's Zatoichi tai Gyoza, Toho planned a sequel, Zatoichi tai Yakimeshi, but this never materialized

omg look at these little guys

Australian Shepherd Puppy Attack! https://youtube.com/shorts/NZJu7JMI4jU?feature=share via @YouTube

#drawing so far today is analog inking. Apparently today was “draw ugly toenails” day.

In the morning; laughing happy fish heads!
In the evening; floating in the soup!