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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Meme Friday has returned and for the love of all that's holy, don't fall for outrage bots. I'm begging you. Instead, go outside. Enjoy the fall air. Step on crunchy leaves. Hope the crunch isn't snails. Really hope the crunch isn't some sort of skulls. Freak out. Remember you're drunk. Go inside.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You’re invited to the Bluesky Hallowe’en party. Show off your costume. Don't know how I'd pull it off but I would.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

LinkedIn, you can eat the entirety of my ass - butthole INCLUDED. What's next? Satan is popular in your network? The Lord of Darkness posted something recently? (ex-girlfriend's name) wants to connect?

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's another Meme Friday and I'm done with the world for the week. It's spooky season so do it right. Watch a scary movie at night. Double-check your locks. Jump at the slightest sound. Realize you're in too deep. Get your firearm from the safe. Sneak around the house. Fire randomly. Feel safe.

It's October

Time to get spooky!

Buttons: Yes, Hell Yes

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There are a few litmus tests to determine if someone has gone too deep into The Internet or is still okay mentally. 1. The song 'Funkytown'. What is your reaction? a. Oh, that disco song? It's fine. b. NO NO NO NO 2. This meme. How uncomfortable are you? a. What's that? b. First one's sick c. NO

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Maybe this accurate, maybe it's not, but at least adults in 1884 didn't have to figure out self-promotion or navigate AI shittery.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Time for another Meme Friday. The weather is gray and getting chilly so let's warm up. Sleep in tomorrow. Watch something mindless. Read Catcher in the Rye. Go one of two ways - either realize it's not very good or decide to kill John Lennon. Remember Lennon already got got back in 1980 and give up.

When you're losing an argument but don't want to admit you were wrong

Man in medieval garb standing on tree limb over cliff, about to chop the limb and plummet

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Glenfarclas 25-Year scotch to ring in turning 40. I won’t say I’m excited. I’m feeling a lot of ugly things right now. But it’s another year and we’ll see how it goes. May hope and optimism prevail. Cheers.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Do not get this. It is straight up dog piss. Shiner didn’t whiff - they let the bat go, it flew into the stands, and it demolished a kid.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Meme Friday once again. I think the world just needs one big nap. Buy that thing you want. Cheer about something (not political - ain't nobody got time for that). Take a shot of bourbon at 9 AM. Take another at 9:02. 9:04. 9:05. 9:07. Go to sleep in the car. Wake up at a truck stop. Accept fate.

Me being dragged to Hell after Jesus showed me the Memes I laughed at:

Cat yelling and being pulled away

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There have only been a couple times in my life where, after one bite, I had to stop and ask myself what even is my life. One was in Stillwater with frozen corn dogs. The other was just now with THIS. It was VISCERALLY upsetting. It had the physical taste and texture of depression. Life’s too short.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is still, by far, the image on the Internet that has made me laugh the hardest and the longest. Bar none.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh!
It's 3 AM! Time to scream like a rock hyrax!

Mike Bastard
If I can't get any sleep then neither will anybody else Book 1

Monsters gathered around with dumbass smiles and sharp teeth

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Another Meme Friday and holy damn do we need it. Sleep in. Drink until you go dead-eyed. Don't steal your sister's book club, you selfish bitch. Set off fireworks in a culvert. Realize you short-fused it. Run like hell. Drink to drown out the pain from the burns. Go driving. You can handle it.

When you are trying to get dressed to go out but none of your clothes fit anymore

Toad: Welp, plans are cancelled. I'm fat.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My Liked Songs playlist is absolutely spiraling out of control. The genre shifts alone are like swerving into traffic. I think I need help.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Slap on AI toaster-fucker usage, 67, mogging and maxxxing, and every other dumbass thing we have in 2026...I welcome the fall.

"Hawk Tuah is brat. Inside Out 2 is demure. The Rizzler is cringe, and Lil Yachty is bas-"

You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217 BC. You are the general Hannibal. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just saying. It's September, it's closing in on my birthday (40th...*shudder*), this book has incredible cover art, and I love the little Pringles-style horror stories which - since it's spooky season - should fit right there in your TBR. www.amazon.com/October-Musi...

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Necessity is the mother of invention. Laziness is the father of ‘let’s effing see’ lunches which, in this case, is an overstuffed chicken and cheddar and cheesy rice quesadilla.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It is Meme Friday once again. Take a moment to rest. Relax today. Focus on breathing. Drink lots of water. Get some sleep. Tomorrow is Gameday so your liver is gonna get Punished. Turn off your social media. Block your ex's phone number. Remove any potential for embarassment. You know the drill.

Corndog with cells inside

Mitocorndriog

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Right! Cheap books, many books, all for the taking! The Narratess Indie Sale is going on NOW and you can get The October Music and other great books for a song (or, like, two or three bucks at most). indiebook.sale

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Most of us made it through another week (RIP legends) so it's time for another Meme Friday! Go for a walk. Stretch those muscles. Eat something healthy. Immediately ruin it by horking down a full chocolate cake. Set fire to the rain. Realize you're not Adele. Set fire to something tangible instead.

Image: Angry black cat

Therapist: "Love yourself"
Me: I'm not my type

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Another week, another time to breathe. It's Meme Friday! Do the bare minimum today. Go for a walk in the sun. Go on a dating website. Realize that's a terrible idea. Close it. Eat some fruit with lunch. Steal a stopsign. Want more. Steal more signs. See the legal danger. Throw them off a bridge.

Some childhood pleasures have no explanation

Dude in yellow shirt sitting atop a stack of plastic chairs

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you're anything like me, you get a tiny itch in your brain when you have uneven numbers (as in, not a 5 or 10, etc.). As you can see here, all five categories (4 books and 1 total) are at that 'create an itch' level. You can help! Any reviews get me slightly closer to the brain itch going away.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Right! We survived another week. Time for your reward with Meme Friday. Breathe. Exhale all the pent-up energy from this week. Drown the memories with whiskey. Eat something terrible for you though not fatal. Rearrange library books. Take copper wiring from a warehouse. Steal a catalytic converter.

Title: When it was time to watch a movie in school

Image: Two kids wheeling in a large CRT TV with VHS player on a cart

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Or siblings, as the case may be. You're not alone in all this and the brain raccoons aren't right.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think there is a difference between standard writer's block and the kind of block you get when it simply doesn't feel worth it. I don't have the first kind. Patreon and website are dead. Sales are dead. Reviews are dead. AI is ruining everything. Every publishing outlet sucks. Can you blame me?

Text: I'll guess I'll just go fuck myself - thanks for nothing Dickbag McShitstain

Picture: Cartoon in bunny outfit looking angry

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'll follow the lead about the outro being consumed and thank #HorrorWritersChat and @erynmccee.bsky.social for a great, as always, Horror Wednesday! You can get my stuff here: www.amazon.com/stores/A.C.-... and here: www.patreon.com/c/aaronccross and here: www.aaronccross.com Buy and review!

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Your last saved meme is now your moral philosophy (I'm cheating because I don't want to post here the actual last meme I saved - it's gross and would get me LOOKS)

Calvin in the car with parents

Lyrics for Livin on a Prayer by Bon Jovi rather than them arguing

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Both true and real. Buy my books. Review my books. Free me from the Tuesday vibes. www.amazon.com/stores/A.C.-...

Therapist: So how have you been coping with everything?

Me: (pictgure of a man pressing a button with Memes underneath)

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I think there's a word for the single-minded focus that comes into play when I hunt my prey, I mean, a fly...don't know what that would be though.

Picture: Russell Crowe as Javert

Top text: *fly zipping around my room*

Bottom text: Me: I will find you. 2460buzz!

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

me after being on social media for thirty seconds

Krusty the Clown has issued the following statement:
This - I don't need.

Picture: Jesse from Simpsons being fingerprinted

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Anyway, here's a meme for putting up with this angsty bullshit. Feel free to ignore it all.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Friday Meme time! Give yourself a break this weekend. Sleep in later than normal. Eat something that loads your dopamine. Drink something that makes your head fuzzy. Set fire to a trashcan. Get married to an 1870s dockworker. Form a life together with Ephraim. Be happy.

Title: Me being escorted out of the all you can eat Chinese buffet

Picture: Tiny black kitten with huge eyes and food smeared all around its mouth and paws

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Adopted by extraverts and forced to engage.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

When you cook breakfast, you can make eggs or you can Make Eggs. This is the latter. I’m in a full-blown ‘my life is meaningless’ spiral so I’m at least holding onto the fact that I can freaking cook.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I talked a lot yesterday, so I want to get back to my Friday Meme habits from a while back. It's Friday! Rest this weekend. Take a nap. Drink something strong that makes you feel better. Eat something maybe not great for you. Take out a load-bearing beam at a Walmart with your car. Take another nap.

Candy house with kids nearby

The second time Hansel and Gretel found a house made of cookies and candy, they sent someone else in to test-nibble it first.

This technique became known as Munch Housen by Proxy

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I almost posted a VERY different Thomas the Tank Engine meme. I am glad I caught it 😂

Thomas the Tank Engine image

It was time for Thomas to leave. he had seen everything.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Some of us maybe shouldn't be seen as people.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

...bluff has been called. That is four new stories that are going on my website - not my Patreon, my actual website - in the month of August. Won't lie, I'm a little anxious about the First Book Humilation potential now.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's Monday. Just a reminder that you don't have to post everything that comes to mind. You can just walk away. Go outside. Feel the sun for a few minutes. If you think this applies to only other people, it applies to you too.

Clippy the Paperclip talking

"Hey, it looks like you're waiting for ideal conditions to do that thing you've been wanting to do. Need I remind you that ideal conditions do not exist and will never happen?"

Option 1: I'm aware
Option 2: Wow, rude

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

If my writing career is gonna die, I may as well usher it along with horrific memes. Enjoy your Saturday.

Can of something green labeled 'Pikachu Foreskins'

Sorry.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We must imagine Diogenes happy. ...I may have gotten just all of that wrong, but I don't care anymore.

plato: I was expecting a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.

diogenes: your mom suck me good and hard through my jorts

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?

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