Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

I wish you all a joyous post-capitalist Samhain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP3yivaOcJA

(cw: nightmare comedy; surreal body horror and infohorror)

Also, this episode of TOTU turned out to have a not-actually-all-that-young Elaine Stritch, so all is forgiven. Totally worth the price of admission, even if the "twist" is "yeah, let's do the bad thing we saw those other people doing." 🙄​

"Oh, this is a quillberry and sourgrass cordial! Ooh, and it's a fourth pressing! Hmm, a bit sweet, must have been a light winter back home. I think this is from the Jazbivali region. Somewhere hilly, lots of ice runoff. YOU OLD RASCAL, YOU MARRIED A BOY FROM KAZBEK!"

*swishes beverage between his cheeks and swallows pensively*

"A bit of tannin... I think he's an orthodontist! Very nice!"

OTOH, I shouldn't complain, because TOTU gave me a slick idea for Parallax: we demonstrate the absurd courtly culture of Baron K's planet by having an old rival of his send him an anonymous gift of an extremely expensive bottle of G-Rated Native Beverage. The Baron's palette is so sophisticated he can detect the exact varietal origins of every flavoring agent... and Planet K's etiquette is so hyper-refined that this conveys a LENGTHY hidden message.

Last night I apparently dreamed that there was a Ramones cartoon in the 80s (I blame @Leucrotta) and now I'm all sad that there wasn't.

In other news, I've been watching the old UK mostly-Roald-Dahl anthology Tales Of The Unexpected. The main thing I'm learning from it is that twist-ending technology has advanced dramatically since 1981.

"And it turns out the chap was quite mistaken." "And she decided NOT, in fact, to eat the poisoned food." "And then the murderer MURDERED him!" Rubbish.

(None of you all, obviously. Some foodtube on Reddit was playing the "you can't blame me for thinking it was real, because it sounds like something those tumblr types would say anyhow" game. It was over somebody saying that learning a foreign language was "cultural appropriation," FFS.

What pisses me off the most is it means this 4channer false-flag shit consistently WORKS. If humans don't learn some basic memetic hygiene real fucking fast, we are SCREWED. -__- )

God I hate it when people use Poe's Law as an excuse for missing blatant satire. I especially hate it when they misquote it to justify their confirmation bias. And deliberately exploiting it, to get away with billing real sentiments as satire after they're challenged, is just plain evil necromancy. -_-

For the millionth time, Poe's Law doesn't say *nobody* can tell *any* real opinion from satire. It says *somebody* will mistake any satire you write for the truth. FFS.

Holy fuck. The voice of Professor Coldheart from the very first Care Bears special?

Ross from You Can't Do That On Television. Mind blown. Childhood narrative totally shattered.

I don't talk nearly enough about the *good* days, so I'm trying to make an effort to be less of an Eeyore. =n.n;=

Today is good. Peg's unwinding from the con. The day job is a bit grueling today but it's left me feeling really clever. I'm still basking in all the unexpected good wishes about Parallax from the con. My stepdad's weight's back up to 140, which is awesome. I get a mini-vacation in a couple of days. We'll probably retake the House.

Things are sort of okay.

🎵​ rowr rowr
🎵 Anthy's orange tiger
🎵 chews gently on your head!
🎵 rowr rowr
🎵 Anthy's orange tiger:
🎵 be grateful she's been fed!

mfw when i'm referred to a right-wing site that's not only down for the count, its downtime message is "Get updates on our Gab page!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshenq

Huh. As I recall, this was a really sad period in Egyptian history.

I hope they found redemption.

NO. BAD ORANGE. BAD STUBBY. THAT IS OUR NUMBER. YOU DO NOT GET TO USE OUR NUMBER.

YOU ARE NOT THE ANSWER TO THE GREAT QUESTION. YOU ARE THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION. THE ANSWER TO THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION IS NOT GODDAMN FORTY-TWO. 😾​

I am subscribed to a fair number of right-wing spam lists as a "know thy enemy" thing, and I have to say, I am quite pleased by the pants-shitting tone of the "emergency" donation request I just got from Newt Gingrich begging to help the GOP keep the House.

None of these people sound very happy, and my own happiness level increases proportionally. There are all sorts of things the Right could have done to get into my good graces; they haven't done a single goddamn one.

I think the folksinger they're currently playing at this cafe has had a Dylanization procedure on his nasal passages.

Possibly a botched one that caused some collateral neurological damage, since he's... he's... he's so SAD about something or other. -_-

This is actually a pretty good show. Unfortunately, it's strictly for cats only, please. We can not be held responsible if one of the rest of you watches it by mistake.

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

That was exhausting and kind of awesome. I honestly don't know what felt better, the consistent praise for where Parallax is going from random fans at our table-- or the renewed sense that I can be male-presenting at a con, be myself, and at the _very_ worst be treated like a Tame, Civilized Being capable of gentleness and charm.

Wait, nah, definitely the first one, but they were both pretty awesome. So's getting to do nothing and talk to nobody for the next 6 hours!

(In case you skip the article but are worried about the future of Corgi Imperialism: on the other hand, the Royal Family still has a couple corgi-dachshund mixes who are youthful and hale. And I have it on good authority they both vote Plaid Cymru. ^___^ )

https://www.vogue.com/article/its-the-end-of-an-era-queen-elizabeths-last-corgi-has-died

I feel like I should, like, sing God Save The Queen or Nearer My Dog To Thee before I go to bed tonight, or something. :'(

TL;DR: If you're the sort of person who would block someone just for following somebody, without even first asking the details of WHY and what the follow actually MEANS... I am not really enthusiastic about knowing you and will probably try to bite you. 😾​