Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@Leucrotta I mean, I've learned not to trust my suicidal urges one bit, because I've learned my brain is NOT a good prognosticator of my actual odds of happiness at all...

But there's gonna come a point where I can really, truly look forward to nothing but suffering and being a burden on others. When it's obvious my body would be ready to die, but for the social impetus to Preserve Life At All Costs Despite Suffering Because Jesus Or Something... yeah, no, I'm outta here.

I've been known to call it "pulling a Lafargue," and ethically and politically speaking, I would defend it to the hilt. Life in suffering as a moral hostage to others is totally contrary to everything I believe is dignified about the human prospect. (Though I am willing to put up with a certain amount of shit if I can truly still help and inspire others, which is keeping me WELL afloat these days...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lafargue#Last_years_and_suicide

That's for all you kids playing Martian Bingo at home. Hope you got a jackpot!

#DammitRezy
#SomeoneShouldExplainSubtootsToHer

MARTIAN BINGO

- misanthropy (FREE SQUARE!)
- sushi scoreboard
- Hey They're Gonna Eat That Guy
- blatantly fake "subtoot"
- clawing at windmills

- cat emoji
- pics of her queer comicbabies
- "lewd" but !genital
- mooning about ex-housemates
- Old Person Music

- Antler Mom
- calling Peg "Anthy"
- new epithet for the Orange King
- foodcrime
- missing the drugs

- impenetrable media reference
- "St. Hobbes"
- "quarter plush on granddad's side"
- non-tiger headfriend cameo
- vestigial centrism

- welcoming raccoon/crow/coyote overlords
- literally rooting for plague/nuke
- day jeorb
- "submitted without comment"
- cw: anthropophagy

*cafe plays Jim Croce's "Operator"*

NO, FATHER! COME NOT IN THIS FORM!

This is a big as hell "missing my late father" trigger. Anything by Croce, really. My dad loved his music—it was one of the only really sentimental things I remember him listening to. Bore a bit of a resemblance to him, too. And like Croce... *sigh*... he was a tiny bit of an asshole, but still generally a stand-up guy who died WAY the fuck too young.

Had a dream about him the other night. Oddly, it was the same dream as the VERY first time Peg's ever shown up in one of my dreams. Weirds the fuck outta me how bad the human unconscious is at telling one era from another... which in turn gives me horrifying reminders of seeing my grandma in her last years at the nursing home, mistaking me for him, and generally getting lost in time.

It leads me to an interesting bucket list challenge: die late enough that I've got a good legacy, feel like I've protected my mom and Peggy from the threat of loneliness, and have really fucked over the Darker Forces that want to rule this world... and die early enough that I'm never stuck in that shadow realm, and nobody ever has to endure the pain of seeing me like that.

🎵​'Cause Terra's not my home... 🎵​

I've been dithering on posting this, because some of the lyrics are rather problematic, but... god damn it, it's just such a fun song otherwise, especially the "rat/bat" verse, and it's nice to see Sifl still doing his thing, in human guise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAODBS2G1sQ

@zx3 They were, and I miss the hell out of them. There are still days when I'm sorely tempted to post here in the form of "confessional playlist." But thus far I've managed to spare everyone. :)

@zx3 *nostalgic sniffle*

This was on the first mixtape anyone with a crush on me ever gave me, along with "Punk Rock Girl" by the Dead Milkmen, "Fishheads" by Barnes and Barnes, and "Heather" by the Wedding Present.

I really should have kept touch with Heather, but she lived three hours away.

I think I've basically worked out the ending(s).

If that's the direction we go... Parallax could basically be subtitled "Those Who Drive Away From Omelas In A Stolen Lambo Doing 160 MPH In The Dead Of Night With Someone Else's Ill-Gotten Life Savings In The Glovebox."

@chr@cybre.space I have been trying to push this really hard at my own job—and I have the power to do it, because I GET TO USE IT IN PERFORMANCE REVIEWS. >:D

=== KITTY BULLETIN - LEVEL 5 ===

So, you remember a month or two ago, when we'd thought the neighbors with the cats had moved out?

Well, they moved their stuff back on their porch a few days after, but I hadn't really seen much of the cats so I didn't bother updating. (Also, there is a bit of domestic... unrest next door, so I didn't wanna get too attached.)

Well, long story short, Sugarfoot actively sought pettings from me for the very first time. This may or may not be due to Sushi Hands.😼​

Tonight on the Martian Rawrcasting Service: Gather the whole pride for a heartwarming Fishmas story of a hungry tigress stuck on Terra, whose sushi delivery was supposed to only come with two pieces per order, but... came with THREE!

Based on an inspiring true story. Be a good kitty and it could even happen to you!

(Final score:
🐯 — 24
🐠​ — 0)

@Austin_Dern @porsupah I deeply resent you for not cw:ing that cthulhoid abomination of a pizza. 😾​

*grins, but shudders again*

@Leucrotta Yeah. *hug* Yeah.

I think I've figured out what's on the Martian coat of arms.

@hummingrain i was AMAZED they didn't take my bottle opener when i flew to ohio, especially after they dithered for TEN MINUTES about it and damn near made me late -.-

@001zlnv Season 10, FWIW. Huh. That's surprisingly late.

I feel fat.

@001zlnv Just outta curiosity, what season? I think the Homer Phase (e.g. "Lovable Goof," "Captain Wacky," "Jerkass Homer," "Adventure Dad") is an important consideration here...

@001zlnv Yeah, I believe the exact figure is 238, but I can't swear to where I found it or what episode it's allegedly from. And... yeah, that does seem pretty low by 2019 standards, doesn't it. FWIW, I think it's from before "big wacky fat guy" was Homer's main personality trait instead of "lovably gruff working-class dad."

@001zlnv I'm 44. You shush. :)

Worse, I'm EXACTLY his canonical weight. That's a hell of a burden to carry around.

A local ex-monument.

"ONLY COMM. DESTROW HISTROY."

Truer, dumber words were never written, and I hope we destrow far more of this COMFEDARIT nonsense in the years to come.