Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

"[T]o carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." -- CS Lewis

@001zlnv Also, if it's any consolation, I sat there for like a full 2-3 minutes before I posted, paralyzed with anxiety about exactly how to stylize WApol (i.e. caps, no caps, camel caps, one word, two words...)

okay, anxiety might be a little strong-- paralyzed with sincere pedantry

@001zlnv (previous toot about waluigi redacted, realized it made no sense; it's my weekend as of an hour ago and i am stoned as fuck n.n; )

That's what I thought, you astroturfing scumbags. Knew it the moment I saw your disingenuous little commercial.

Guess I'm voting Yes on 1631.

(source: https://www.pdc.wa.gov/browse/campaign-explorer/committee?filer_id=NO1631%20507&election_year=2018)

I still hope we're going to meet again in the Supercontext, like Grant Morrison promised.

I always loved how TV shows like Danger 5 and Strangers With Candy would end with a big dance number or cocktail party during the closing credits. They'd have the entire cast there, in character, regardless of who was living or dead, friend or foe, just having a big party.

Maybe the afterlife will be like that.

Maybe if it is, I'll skip the party and hang out on the Cosmic Porch anyway.

what the fuck am i doing up at 7 am

why have i already done a full hour of work

why on earth would a tiger even have a morning, none of my food is awake yet

what the fuck is happening to me

@anthracite You didn't draw anything because you were doing 5-D architecture instead ffs. I wouldn't sweat it too much. <3

God, my emotions are supercharged today for some reason. Maybe it's the caffeine, but I've been from a 1 to 10 and everything in between, and back, several times today. If it keeps up, maybe I'll mention it when I see my doctor, but... cripes, I think today's just been a bit of a roller coaster. At least I'm getting a huge amount of work done.

@Aradia Don't say that until you've seen S2 and S3. You have no forking idea. :D

“I think you should kill him and eat his brain," Mr. Frostee said quickly.

"That's not the answer to every problem in interpersonal relations," Cobb said, hopping out.

--Rudy Rucker, _Software_

#FrosteeWasRight
#YesItIs

@troodon @001zlnv Yup, that's exactly how you handle Shaka. Say "you and I are pals forever" but say it with a great big rock in your hand. O:)

Today's #moodsnapshot is simmering right there in my slow cooker:

four cans of fiery chipotles, a lot of fermented things, and a can of hominy

fierce and complicated, yet kinda corny, just like me

I do, on the other hand, think we should round up alt-righties by the hundreds of thousands, force them into cinemas to watch this film Ludovico-style, and then feed them each a cookie and let (what's left of) them go home.

REINFORCEMENT: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF FILM BUT ABSOLUTELY YOU SHOULD NOT WATCH IT IF YOU ARE ALREADY DEPRESSED OR DESPAIRING.

I realize this will probably rule out a good half of us. :( Me, I'm having a pretty good day and am finding myself in kind of a "diagnose the problem, grab a needle, bite a leather strap, and lance the boil" kind of mood, which Härlig är Jorden suits very neatly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jElxWAdQ2fM

Be warned. This is a beautiful film, but only via its utter bleakness. There is a core of grim humanity to it, and its satirical intentions are totally humanistic and noble, but there is nothing fun here at all.

Be warned that it opens with a scene of a non-graphic but harrowing act of genocide. It gets better from there, but is never pretty. I share it because it's timely and important, not because it's at all pleasant.

@Balinares Ah, mystery solved, good old MeFi:

https://www.metafilter.com/176991/This-is-how-the-test-will-go

@Balinares I honestly can't tell you where I found it, because I can't recall, and I'm a bit worried about that fact now. O_o;

(I'm guessing one of the usual linkfarms...)

@001zlnv @troodon Based on my own C5 experience, no, surprisingly chill Shaka is basically just regular Shaka with a better-concealed knife. If he offers you a drink at the diplomatic summit, pour it in the nearest planter when he's not looking. >_<

@troodon Man fuck that guy. Even when he's beating up on your enemies, fuck that guy. >_<

NEW IMPROVED INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY

SPOILER ALERT: THIS IS A FILM ABOUT YOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCbJCcvX7P0