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Oh also: yesterday morning they were debating whether a line from The Avengers was a direct homage to Dr Who and yeah here in 2018 it's a joke to think that any of that is "nerdy", when it's at that level of social saturation.

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Though, if you listen to both shows carefully, it's clear that they're both carefully calibrated to never say anything that could *actually* offend someone enough to stop listening once you get past the general tone, even though The Men's Room is pretty edgelord.

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I call 'em shock jocks since I don't know a better term, but tbh the morning show hosts on KISW are reasonable people with non-awful politics? There's a bad take every once in a while but they actually do seem to lowkey want to make the world a better place with the show, even as they're loud and crass.

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Albuquerque local restaurants, questioning people's tastes 

One of the morning show shock jocks here in Seattle occasionally mentions that Dion's pizza in Albuquerque is the best pizza he's ever had.

And I'm like ???? that's not even the best pizza in that city.

when you're wigglin' your bare toes and you feel something soft and damp very gently *boop* AND THEN SUDDENLY TINY CLAWS AND TEETH

honestly that's my writing advice: don't take it too seriously
look at a meme or a joke, say "Oh ha that's just like my character"
think about what that says about them, can you build on that?
it goes even better with a friend
in a few minutes, them dumbest idea can become tragic backstory, intriguing plot point, a goal, a trait, anything!
know about your characters more than the serious moments, they need something more to have depth

US Politics (---) 

I've started referring to the political climate in the US as a cold civil war.

lewd, therapy 

@noelle so she's really depressed and she figures she'll order a pizza... or two... or three... and then the pizza delivery guy shows up, and the music starts up, right? And he helps step her through realizing that the incessant dread she feels is about future events which haven't happened yet, rooted in a condemnation of herself which she'd never apply to other people.

lewd, therapy 

"I hear this confusion [about "CBT"] all the time, but I think you're the first to take it from the the angle of "Wait, there are cognitive behaviour therapy pornos?""

I wonder if there's been any research done into folk epidemiology, i.e. how people believe a given illness has been transmitted.

I wonder how accurate "oh yeah I got that cold from alice" etc actually is.

Does anyone have any good idioms for "changing an ongoing plan on-the-fly in response to new information"?

I've picked up "calling an audible" from IDEOTV but the sports metaphor doesn't fit in my mouth quite right.

Oh that's actually a common misconception. "Harry Potter" is the name of the character. The series is called "JKR's Monster".

hot take about distopias and capitalism 

Distopias are everywhere nowadays, in fiction.

I think it's because it is a tool to navigate what's wrong with our world today. Painting a distopia is a way to point at what is problematic around us or where we're going.

But I think there is something else too. Critique of capitalism is everywhere. You can even see it in mainstream media. Capitalism is fine with it. What it can't stand are alternatives. ⬇️

"Galactic Community: Oh no, a giant cylinder is destroying Earth, what will we do?

Kirk: I’m gonna take this stolen Klingon Kia that we barely know how to fly and was dispensing poison food up until last week, and I’m gonna time travel into the past convince some whales to come back with us, abduct a marine biologist, and let the two crew drunks change the course of history by giving out futuristic tech. So no worries, right?"

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cannabis! (Input requested!) 

Hi friends!

Does anyone have suggestions for their favorite kelp strain for cuddliness/sexiness? And if you have a different one for each of those, I'd be super interested to hear about that too!

cannabis! (Input requested!) 

Also, boosts /very/ appreciated on this!

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:thaenkin: I wonder how we'd explain the concept of "cute" to aliens...

"aww, isn't he cute!"
"what?"
"over there, he's adorable!"
"human, that's an apex predator that routinely kills and eats mammals far larger than you"
"his box was too smol but he still sits!"
"fucking humans"

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