Kaye @kaye@octodon.social

The day my childhood ended was when I realised the solution to the Masks of Mayhem is that the name of the wizard - who is obviously the traitor - is "Ifor Tynin." As in, "iFOR TYnin". As in, when the book tells you that "you should know what to do if you know the traitor" it expects you to turn to section 40. That was some bullshit.

TROKK only collapsed because of a nuke, so

You can't tell me that everybody just went "a choice between a soul crushing corporate dystopia or a lawless gang warfare dystopia, sounds good to me"

Where's my sweet Coastal Anarcho-Syndicalist Association

Yes, yes, not the point of the book

I know it's extremely not the point of the book, but I wonder what other states there are in Snow Crash. We hear about the corporate franchise-states and the somewhat more loosely-managed burbclaves, but you can't tell me that TROKK was the *only* attempt to establish an independent mini-country.

Look, all I'm saying is like... if you told me there was a comic book set in the Back to the Future Extended Universe, where Doc and Marty must depose President Tannen by exposing his affair with a porn star, I'd believe you.

I just read an interesting article about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmanskop and the shit the colonists did to the local workers, and it got me thinking. There's never been a real debate about Germany's colonial past, I think? I guess the two world wars - and, you know, the Nazi stuff - kinda overshadowed it.

They all laughed when I introduced the extensible and future-proof n-state boolean. "What, do you expect the nature of logic will change?" Those fools. Who is laughing now?! Well, events no longer follow causes, but

Get it get it do you get it
Because of polygons, see

"She seems a lot happier now with her new partners. I guess increasing her poly count really rounded out her personality."

Do u think we could enlist subs to protest for democracy by giving them signs asking for "free doms" 🤔👏🤑

I'm starting to think that part of the reason I like coffee so much is semi-conscious self-medication? I get terrible headaches and caffeine helps a lot. Doesn't make it easy to keep intake levels reasonable, haha

[Small brain] Saying "happy birthday"
[Large brain] Saying "hippo birdies"
[Galaxy brain] Posting a Phelddagrif with no context

Microfiction

This is meant to be a cool city, but it looks like there are exactly three events this weekend:
1.) Brutalism in German Post-War Architecture: A Guided Tour
2.) 29°: Speed Dating for Lesbian Women at Age 29+
3.) Rock against Immigrants

Internet culture is checking to see if someone has been Cancelled Forever before linking to their content

Do you ever wonder about the timeline where something actually changed after 2008

"So we take this sword, right? It's an ancient magical artifact intended to empower the meek."
Uh huh...
"We smelt it down and make a small robot."
Sure...
"The robot is small enough to activate the sword's magic."
Why not?
"Then we use the scraps to reconstruct the original sword!"
Wait what

I find it aesthetically pleasing that combo decks in Magic: The Gathering - a game nominally about wizard duels - are mostly about violating conservation of energy.

It's been many years, but I still can't figure out if I like XKCD 341 through 345.

I've noticed that all the painful once-a-year expenses group together. I have the savings to absorb them without issue, but it seems almost designed to screw you over if you live paycheck-by-paycheck.

I'm used to wacky headlines from shitty right-wing newspapers, but... "Street Artists Riot Against Poverty Beggars?"