Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@Austin_Dern "I own you! You dumb moon! I walked on your face! Don't you know it's day--idiot?!?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvG8qI0HCfY

@Phorm That's our good fox. <3 And yeah, seriously, if the gods were taking names and kicking ass... they would've taken me out a LONG time ago.

Who are they gonna smite, the cute genie whose worst crime is dancing (and mmmmaybe a little spirit-summoning), or the damned fool apostate who's stood on a bridge and openly shouted "ALL GODS ARE BASTARDS (except antler mom)" at the sky while shaking her angry stripey fist? 😺​

@Phorm I _still_ flinched when I saw the Number of the Beast and had to do a little OCD ritual, for like 20 years after leaving the church. I finally Learned To Stop Worrying And Love 2•3^2•37, but... yeah, I've been there, darlin'. *squeezes*

@Phorm [And sorry to adopt the Stern Debunker Voice, but you sounded like you needed it. *hug* I've been through many such fears myself in the years since I ran screaming from the hollowed-out, parasitized version of Christianity that had lured me in. So you've got all my sympathies -- I'm not lecturing *you*, I'm lecturing that frightened subconscious voice that seemed to need a handsqueeze and an "Antler Mom and her friends have got this." <3 ]

@Phorm What you're describing, if it were a retaliation, assumes (a) your ritual was powerful enough to create consequences at the NATIONAL LEVEL, which sounds [a1] unlikely [a2] desirable; (b) it's from the most powerful bastard on the block, and not just some local demiurge puffing itself up to scare us; (c) it's not as scared as us as you are of it.

Hush, toy, and keep dancing like you were built to. Speak only if you need rewound, or feel the urge to sing. <3

@Phorm From *whom*, though? If they're omniscient, we're already screwed... and it raises the question of why they didn't go full Ananias and Sapphira on you and just strike *you* dead.

If they're not, well, yeah. You invoke one god of ideology, another one with a beef just might take a shot at you. If somehow all this *is* real and efficacious... isn't that all the more reason to double down and put faith in the one(s) you asked for shelter?

@troodon I read that and had one very serious problem with it: have you ever HAD cole slaw on a taco? It's freakin' delicious.

Still, the article's got a solid 10/10 in all the lesser, non-food categories, so... 9.5. *nod* 🐯​

#tigerpriorities
#martianpolitics
#ManyTacosKnewWhatItWas
#ToBeRoastedInTheBelly
#OfACatThatDayLetMeTellYou

https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/9v0mi8/adopting_a_new_kitten/ (cw: doggo; see below)

(Once again, the management would like to provide Ms. @LeDiva with this alternate menu selection for the canine-averse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE_GfJJYfyg <3 )

Okay, this is possibly the most successful commercial I've ever seen, though at 3.5 hours, it fails the "efficacy:time" ratio pretty horribly.

Granted, I'm an easy sell, since I'm a huge Andy Daly fan and actually think Malört, Vegemite, and by extension, old Band-Aids are pretty tasty. But I actually kinda want to try Laphroaig now.

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

I AM BEING LICKED BY A TINY DOG AT THE BALLARD COFFEE WORKS.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND HELP.

Of course, we've all got a *little* of that going on in our heads... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPIuDOihRlQ (cw: extremely mild self-satirical racism in video)

I'm strongly of the opinion that most neurological "disorders" are things that happen in the brains of most "normal" humans, just turned up to 11. Nobody, *nobody* with a forebrain is wholly sane and rational.

(And as someone with recurring OCD issues, it's all... weirdly familiar. Basically, this is what you'd be seeing if you saw the inside of my brain-- I just am lucky enough to have the standard neural stuffing needed to suppress it. It's a constant stream of weird, weird repetitive babble in here-- colorful obscenities, fears about loved ones, rituals, 20-year-old media references, and REALLY bad hindbrained lyric filks you're so glad I don't share. 😳​)

(I hate eggs. :p )

Video by a charming, funny teen with Tourette's, showing us what dealing with the condition is actually like. Spoiler: it involves a lot more muscle spasms (and collateral ovoid damage) and a *bit* less cussing, than you usually hear about.

http://digg.com/video/girl-attempt-omelette?jwsource=cl

An elegy for the old American Left, for better or worse, whatever happens tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx2eCO3DgKk

#moodsnapshot #americananalogset

Hope you had a productive experience in the voting booth!

#VoetNoOnPrapazishunRawr
#NoMorStuopidHyenuzStielRFud

@mawr "Pupset" is my favorite coinage of 2018. <3 <3 <3

@Oneironott I think I had something like 85 MUCK characters all told. *blush*

Here's that promised update on my Head Council rearrangements, BTW. (cw: weird weird kinstuff)

https://dragon.style/@enmerkar/101026682376282951