Me: I want a device that watches over me and the people I love while we sleep. It must be capable of such keen, decisive action that even absent actual flames it can rouse slumberers early enough to save their lives. It must last a decade and cost $30.
Smoke alarm manufacturer: we understand and accept the solemnity of this request, and we have built it.
Me: now I want something that will scream like a demon every time I boil water.
Smoke alarm manufacturer: you're not going to believe this
Wanda Sykes quote
In case anyone was curious the Wanda Sykes quote: “Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats eight kids to death with a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird, I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.”
Comes from her Netflix special "I’m An Entertainer"
which got a write up here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/wanda-sykes-takes-on-chappelles-hurtful-jokes-in-netflix-special
A lot of people have been really critical of HBO's rebranding as "Max", but I have to hand it to them about one thing: nothing makes you more excited about the renaming of a service than being automatically logged out of all your devices and having to spend over half an hour of your one and only life bouncing around broken phone apps, websites, and TV apps trying to reset your password to get in again
My "has not committed any crimes within the last 24 hours" shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.
Just a pine marten who likes to bake, art by billcatter
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