Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@Austin_Dern Proposed for your opinions:

Agent Smith, Loki, Hannibal Lecter, Ursula, Roy Batty, Lex Luthor (some versions), The Master (Dr. Who), Moriarity (some versions), Gus Fring, Gus Fring again, Hans Gruber, Norman Bates, Jareth, Pennywise (either/both), The Babadook, Shere Khan, Dracula, Cruelle da Vil, Magica De Spell, Ozymandias (Watchmen), Anton Chigurh, Khaaaaaan!

@Austin_Dern Sea Witch energy. :>

I've noticed something about my "evil huntress" urges on Reddit.

There are three main triggers: aggression, ignorance, and the (conscious or unconscious) use of verbal tricks to obscure valid rebuttals from self or others.

And meeting just one of those criteria is generally not enough to Make Kitty Smell Prey, but two almost always is.

I can be very patient with someone proposing a daft idea and cheerfully guide them to some facts. I can calmly point out someone's cognitive biases or dogma in a constructive way, and downright praise them if they end up listening. I can even put up with someone being rude and sarcastic IF they've done their homework and have earned the right to throw a little salt... because that's me, and I'm not a total hypocrite.

But once somebody hits two of those three buttons? OOPS, CAT ON YOUR NECK!

I'm not sure any of the above is good nor something I'm proud of, but I am proud of myself for at least being able to recognize it.

@packbat I didn't get to read it in detail, so no guarantees, but this TVTropes entry could be helpful?

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrokenAce

You might also find some useful examples in:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoreHeroThanThou
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MustMakeAmends

I just wanna put the whole Earth between my jaws and bite down until I feel it crunch.

Man, if you cute little earthlings didn't live here...

@zx3 Did you eat a magnet again? Tsk. <3

After about a month of casually tormenting and mocking my Chosen Arrogant Libertarian Asshole Quarry on the New Orleans subreddit, I've pulled one of my favorite tactics: suddenly pulling a 180 and being very friendly and collegial with him on non-political threads, as if we were buddies all along and I never said word one against him.

It's awesome. Oscar Wilde was totally right. It's driving him bugfuck. 😺​

@LexYeen@snouts.online HYDRATE MOTHERFUCKER <3

@kobi_lacroix@snouts.online I did a little research into its origin and as far as I can tell... it's been widely debated by cartoon fans, and absolutely nobody knows.

@kobi_lacroix@snouts.online Old Bugs Bunny gag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw9JvHBklUo

🖼

🎵​ Oh, pluggin' up the plotholes
🎵 In our weird comic book
🎵 Why did I make this plot so convoluted
🎵 Fans are total jerks
🎵 So we know they'll point them out
🎵 Oh well, I hope they'll still give us moneeeeeey...

(apologies to Bugs Bunny... and to our Parallax characters)

mfw i see a leftist editorial prophesizing nothing but imminent doooooom... but every single one of their cherry-picked examples had a direct equivalent happening when i was growing up in the 80s

#AFacepalmThatShallCollapseTheVerySkies
#EeyoreSyndrome
#HumansDontFutureGood

@dodec Tragically, she was pulled away before she got to explain. Scholars will be left to speculate for millennia, no doubt!

@anthracite YES.

🖼

Aww, apparently the property manager assigned to our rental has just passed away.

We never even met him, but there's a very flattering obit for him on their website, and everybody from there has been SO FUCKING NICE to us far, I do feel a bit bad...

@anthracite New rule of thumb: except in Serious Arc Scenes, whatever Atber is currently doing/saying should never have anything whatsoever to do with what the adult Mixolynes are doing/saying...

@anthracite Atber definitely needs, at some point, to build themselves a tiny functioning glider—out of components that should never, ever been usable to construct a vehicle of any kind. :)

They left. D':

Shine on, you crazy 0.1 carat diamond. <3