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HerrBawl
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A very young GenXer or a very old Millenial (depending on how you define those generations) that has decided to play games on stream. twitch.tv/herrbawl - Streams www.youtube.com/@realherrbawl - VODs he/him / ˈhɛərˌbɔl /
![Comic. [Chart with track length on x axis: 10cm, 1m, 10m, 100m, 1km, 10km, 100km; collision energy on y axis: 1eV, 1keV, 1MeV, 1GeV, 1TeV, 1PeV, 10^18eV, 10^21eV, 10^24eV, 10^27eV. Scatterplot increases in a mostly linear shape with points for first cyclotrons, ADA, cosmotron, bevatron, BEPC-II, J-PARC, CEBAF, RHIC, tevatron, large Hadron Collider. An outlier near the top of the chart is Daytona Speedway.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigb7y4wjazav26yc36vymk7d5ixfbk3amnkpbdf6w6ntskaweftjy)
![A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Mounch-present” [MUNCH-prez-unt], defined as “A knave who eats the choicest portions of edible gifts entrusted to him for his master, leaving only the least desirable bits behind.” At right, an antique illustration shows a woman in a crown and black gown decorated with hearts standing beside a table of tarts, with a child peering from behind her. Below, the example sentence reads: “Clair realized her assistant was a mounch-present when the Edible Arrangement reached her desk conspicuously devoid of every chocolate-dipped strawberry.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkqphsznycugmyz7hqvna3f/bafkreidbrtg6y22q5ub573dnsjzmsomlk5soxldvtr6q7oncksvcapy3mi)
![A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Porcine” [POR-syne], defined as “Of or relating to swine; resembling or having the characteristics of a pig.” At right is a black-and-white antique illustration of a large, bristly pig resting on the ground. Beneath the definition, an example sentence reads: “Decades of gluttony and self-satisfaction have given him a porcine aspect that even the presidential portraitist was either unable or unwilling to disguise.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkqphsznycugmyz7hqvna3f/bafkreic7zuftr4lxbe3zcuj6extf65m55o2jyfv4uk7hgxfbqksxlmdcqa)
![Comic. [Two people flailing high in the air. Three people on the ground running ahead of them. Arrows and a dotted line indicate that this second group is within roughly one body length of the surface.] [caption] The “ground effect” explains why sprinters can run most efficiently if they stay within roughly one body length of the surface.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcig3lsvbr35da6d4ylsw4wwdj2pzkrcplyvuot5tkx6siqxxfim)
![A “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme featuring the word “Aretaloger” [air-uh-TAL-uh-jur]. The definition reads: “A braggart; one who boasts excessively of their own virtues, merits, or accomplishments.” At right, a black-and-white vintage illustration depicts a self-assured, bare-chested gladiator holding a long trident, posed with one hand on his hip. Below, the example sentence reads: “After spending the entire evening giving an account of his wealth, accomplishments, romantic conquests, and innumerable virtues, the aretaloger was incredulous when Miss Junetinkle declined the offer of a second date.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkqphsznycugmyz7hqvna3f/bafkreih5zpy4a3p3b2m63ip3qty6khpc2zod75aykrsclj2ceysiccetsu)
![A “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme featuring the word “Slounge” [slunj]. The definitions read: “(n.) A greedy scrounger that prowls about in search of food. (v.) To skulk about in hopes of obtaining food.” At right, an old-fashioned ink illustration shows a ragged, weary-looking man seated outdoors with his chin resting on his hand. Below, the example sentence reads: “Abercrombie was a notorious slounge—too idle to work, too sly to starve, and invariably present wherever food was freely obtained.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkqphsznycugmyz7hqvna3f/bafkreihqiimqpojczlplmk3zrmwb2zg4x3kajcazlhi6kao6bckjn3cwxa)
![4-panel comic. (1) April 2023: [JUICE space probe flying away from Earth] FROM EARTH: *JUICE* is en route to explore the icy moons of Jupiter! JUICE: *Wheee!* (2) August 2024: [JUICE flying past Earth] JUICE: ...So which planet was I visiting again? I got distracted. FROM EARTH: Jupiter! JUICE: Right, OK. (3) September 2026: [JUICE flies past Earth again] JUICE: Is Jupiter the one with all the rings? Or... FROM EARTH: No, the big one near it. JUICE: Got it! (4) January 2029: [JUICE returning to fly past Earth again] JUICE: And *which* moons am I looking at? FROM EARTH: Oh my *god*. FROM EARTH: Now I get why we budgeted for so many Earth flybys.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreih2hocndvj6rupk5itttpmxce7tdl465uzaf5iibkzipzyvoy4tuq)
![A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Guerdon” [GUR-dun], defined as a reward, recompense, or requital, and as a verb meaning to reward or recompense. An antique engraving at right depicts a classical warrior holding a spear beside a robed woman placing a wreath above his head. Example sentence: “Archduke Volodymyr bestowed a handsome guerdon upon the young swain who found his missing niece, the princess, unaware that the lad knew rather more about her disappearance than he let on.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkqphsznycugmyz7hqvna3f/bafkreihajwkkt73cvzicquknaz7q5tj3xiezjv7ah56eagj2jzogvs6o5y)
![A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Wanion” [WON-yun], defined as “A curse or imprecation; ill luck or misfortune.” The illustration shows an old-fashioned house-maid in an apron standing dramatically with arms flung outward, a feather duster in one hand. To the left is a pedestal and on the floor lie the fragments of a broken vase. The example sentence reads: “‘Aroint thee with a wanion!’ barked the old apothecary, pitching the aspiring Widow Runklowe headlong into the muddy street.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkqphsznycugmyz7hqvna3f/bafkreifmeschhtelc4tcy6ajjgaruhanelba2cfftgbyj62tpb6mfxyseq)
![4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: Any plans for Halloween? PERSON 2 with beret: Me and my friends are gonna check out a slab graveyard! (2) PERSON 1: What’s that? PERSON 2: When dense crust subducts, geologists think it might pile up at the bottom of the mantle. [illustration of Person 2’s related theory] (3) PERSON 2: We’re going to hide in the crust and ride it down to see. Wanna come? It’s gonna be spooky! (4) PERSON 1: Won’t that take millions of years? PERSON 2: Lots of time for ghost stories! PERSON 1: I think I’m good. PERSON 2: Too spooky? I understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigwl2q77jwcmcdvj6n4hvgfxrpkw5f5gzu2pzlofn3rawdh46vlmy)
![3-panel comic. (1) [Person with shoulder-length hair gestures at diagrams on wall in front of table with three people.] PERSON 1: As the radioactive power source on *Voyager 1* weakens, we’ve been turning instruments off to conserve power. (2) PERSON 1: Only two instruments remain. Do we want to lose the plasma wave subsystem or the magnetometer? (3) PERSON 2 with ponytail: You know, if we just turned off Greg’s LED underlighting– PERSON 4 with short hair: Absolutely not. PERSON 3: Dammit, Greg. PERSON 4: I will *not* allow us to look uncool in front of aliens.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreif7mauuvcdwzdpudh4qgynso2alimxydznfrdls5gpxsslzrxvk3u)
![4-panel comic. (1) [Black background with person with shoulder-length hair with raised arms in front in white, with figures in gray in the background.] PERSON 1: Welcome to stargazing! I’m back, despite efforts by astronomers who hate cool space facts to cover me up so I can’t see the sky anymore! Nice try, losers! Next time buy a tarp that’s harder to chew through! (2) [Person looks toward binoculars in hand.] PERSON 1: Now, let’s spy on some stars! Does everyone have binoculars? If you don’t, find someone looking at birds and try to grab theirs. Stars are the birds of the sky. (3) [Close-up on Person but with white background.] PERSON 1: But stars aren’t the only weird lights. Sometimes the sky fills with rippling colors. That’s the sky’s screensaver. It’s very pretty, so don’t move your mouse and ruin it. (4) [Switch back to black background, person points up while figures in background look toward where she’s pointing.] PERSON 1: That blob is a comet. People used to think they were harbingers of doom. We now know they’re boring, so we have to find new reasons to use the word “harbinger.” I’m a harbinger of astronomy! Cool facts are nigh!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiawgxezuuhswsusbwt5gayq2532hpqjf3subfia57gpj3cnt4jnh4)
