Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@001zlnv I'm tempted right now, hun, I'm real tempted. :> Apparently that meme may-or-may-not lead back to a milkshake duck.

I honestly can no longer tell if it's Well-Meaning Leftist Pareidolia, or if someone is genuinely playing us in 5th-Dimensional Axis And Allies as Germany.

I'm... I'm gonna go drink a lot of cheap Uranian ethyl alcohol, eat a lot of good wholesome Martian fish, listening to some nice brain-emptying Saturnian radio, and pretend Terra just ain't a real thing. *sigh*

I rarely say it—in part because I have some genuine clinical-grade compulsive issues, that make me fear if I say it out loud some force will come along and ruin it— but yeah, I'm in a good mood tonight and things are going OK.

Still plenty of things to fret about: future, friends, stepbrother, health, expenses... But this is kinda working. I've reconnected with a couple of friends I was concerned had lost interest in me, and confirmed that we were all just kinda busy and preoccupied. Work is still great and I'm busy but feeling valued. And I'm living somewhere that's going to be hospitable year-round (give or take the occasional drowning attempt).

There's still that pervading, Stoical sense of DOOM COULD YET COME TO US AT ANY TIME. But I kinda feel like as long as I keep the cruise control on and nothing falls into the road from above... this is a pretty decent road. I'm at least reassured that I took the right path—or more like, the right crazy dragonlady picked me up and flew me 10' above it—and if we don't crash, something good could still be at the end of it.

Shh. Don't tell anyone. 😽​

@hystericempress Damn right you are. <3

@hystericempress Yupper, you pretty much got it.

@hystericempress SPOILER: you're pretty much on the right track, since all 5 examples have the same issue...

@001zlnv You're SUPER close, functionally correct. All 5 are European microstates, basically too small to even have an airport.

Today's trivia question:

There are five sovereign states in the world that have no airport within their borders. Can you name all five without looking them up?

ANSWER/HINT (via rot13.com):

Naqbeen, Yvrpugrafgrva, Zbanpb, Fna Znevab, Ingvpna Pvgl

@anthracite Yeah, I was reading about this whole mess the other day, in the vicinity of this Wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_revolts_in_the_United_States#Louisiana

@Aradia Madam, I assure you, there is no such place!

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/44623/oh-my-god-we-have-fallen-map-or-new-zealand-amazin

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@anthracite "Muse finally lost her shit; called back to studio to clean up scattered supplies and put out trashcan fires."

@anthracite #AnthraciteMadLibs 😼​❤️​♠️​

@Phorm These are all VERY fair and salient points, and I hope nobody has pressured you to wear one. Those are all points of basic consideration that anyone handing out pronoun ribbons—excellent and progressive of an idea though they are in some-but-not-all circumstances—should really take into account.

Proud of you for speaking up about your concern, geniefox. *hug*

However, I'm afraid Julie is right about the rubbergear. Close your eyes and think of Goodyear... *zzzzzzip* Your new pronoun is "tigertoy."

@hystericempress I'm so glad to hear that. <3 I got to check in on his protege, the good Dr. Marid, when I visited Ohio, and he asked after him. =^__^=

And yeah, Lance Reddick is about right, if I recall our many late-night strategic briefings. 😽​

#MartianSolidarity
#MédecinsSansSquelettes

@hystericempress I love the title <3

Speaking of "am lion," how IS Comrade Omolara doing these days?

@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