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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 17h

Honestly surprised the chart didn't look like this.

Fake chart, exactly like the original except at the very low end I've added the "Executive Decisions" task which goes up in "Skill Level" past "Expert", past my fake "Super Expert" to "Genius" and the role where Genius and Executive Decision meet is "C-Suite Executives". The "skill level" axis caption now reads, "Skill level, see sheet 7, "logical commensurate salary"". Yeah, it's a bit on the nose for a parody, I admit.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Looking at the "Latest" headlines. Ya'll are overusing the word "official"

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Speaking for myself, I'd take a Schindler's List set over this.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Oh yeah? What about 3,300 one-pound bags of GOLD? I bet it couldn't support *that*, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social !

Snippet from Smithsonian Magazine online talking about the tensile strength of snail teeth vs. spider silk. To explain the strength, it says, "That's comparable to a single strand of spaghetti holding up about 3,300 one-pound bags of sugar, the study's lead author, Asa Barber of the University of Portsmouth, told the BBC." Such an oddly convoluted, yet also hyper-specific, way to say "3,300 pounds"

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Old as hell, but for "essence" it still holds up.

Guy in a 70's polyester suit, bushy mutton chops, thin mustache, gun holster, play squirt gun, sunglasses. Halloween costume I wore decades earlier as a "detective from the 70s"

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I'm not sure which one is the real person and which is the secret persona, but I'm pretty sure these are the same guy. #adamsavage #altonbrown

Adam Savage on the left, Alton Brown on the right. They look damn similar with black, thick rimmed glasses, tufted white hair that starts way toward the top of the head, white beard, and general "gettin' older" lines on the face.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Truly, a slippery slope. (pro tip: Google Font "Cinzel")

The dumb text by Vincent Vallelong has been replaced to say "Today it is snowballs. Tomorrow it could be Evas piloted by depressed teens with daddy issues." The font matches perfectly. It is Google Font "Cinzel" should you wish to make your own.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Glad someone is finally protecting the irreplaceable cultural food ways of tuna casserole and gelatin-based fish dinners.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Repost with an iconic fictional band.

The Be Sharps, from The Simpsons season 5, episode 1 "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

B&W bitmap graphics, you say? Fool's Errand, you say? Dark Tower, you say? (OK, not technically a "castle")

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

That opening image looks spooookily familiar.

Opening image from the first graphic adventure game, Mystery House, by Ken & Roberta Williams.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This is fake. Not just her weird blobby hands, but watch the chair. It spins around when she jumps up, but then she sits down as though it were oriented properly. Then she places her hands *under* the tabletop to continue away from her notes.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Dang, what we could have had. Disk with slideshow here: www.exotica.org.uk/mirrors/ami_...

Slide 1 from an EA demo disk describing Pinball Construction Set for the Amiga. "This is the first construction set ever, the design that introduced computer owners to the creativity of computing. It's a video pinball game that plays like the real thing with real pinball sounds, tilt, exciting music and 28 different working parts. It's also an easy-to-use build it yourself set. Put a bumper here, drag some flippers over there, add some rollovers and a chute and - Voila! - you have a working game. This one must be seen to be believed. That's probably why it has won 9 Game of the Year awards. 1 to 4 players; Requires mouse or joystick."

263p Screen capture of the same "CARS" pinball table that was on the Info cover in the first post in this thread.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

@gamesthatwerent.com I don't see anything on your site about this, but today I stumbled across a screenshot of Pinball Construction Set for the Amiga. Cover image for Info, issue 9, Dec. 85 - Jan 86 archive.org/details/Info...

Full color Pinball Construction Set, allegedly for the Commodore Amiga. The table has (relatively speaking) detailed artwork of two vintage automobiles and says "CARS" above it, with an arrangement of bumpers and such. The palette of pinball construction tools on the right mimics the C64 and Apple 2, no new tools, but more detailed with drop shadows to add dimension. Inset is a small screenshot of the C64 version for comparison.

Clipping from inside the issue reads, "About the Cover. The December/January issue of INFO is traditionally our games issue, and cerainly (sic) one of the all-time great games ever written is Bill Budge's PINBALL CONSTRUCTION SET. Electronic Arts, who published the original (small cover photo) for the C64, is now working on a version for the AMIGA (large photo). How fitting it is that a classic like PINBALL should open the new era of computer recreation made possible by the AMIGA. It is interesting to note that the AMIGA version is only using low resolution (320 x 200) graphics, but that the availability of 32 colors (from 4096) makes a drastic difference. Add to this the AMIGA's ability to digitally sample and re-create realistic sounds, and one can immagine (sic) a truly convincing pinball simulation."

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I suddenly remember eating little tins of vienna sausages and chocolate pudding, bologna sandwiches, and apple slices in a baggie. Thermos was full of milk. My box of choice, shown.

A Six Million Dollar Man lunchbox with thermos. Steven Austin's head is surrounded by images of his strength and speed: bending a railroad tie, racing a stallion, ripping a tree out of the ground, jumping over a speeding car.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This one?! Looks to me like it didn't fuckin' change at all, buddy.

Ronald Reagan 1980 campaign button with his slogan, "Let's Make America Great Again"

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Post a robot not from Star Wars or Transformers

The scarlet, blocky menace of the robot Maximilian from the movie The Black Hole stands before four robed, masked figures, who man a large bank of technical readout video consoles.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

If you se this, post your getaway vehicle

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Don't forget this hand-cramping travesty designed for ants, with wishy-washy A/B font choices, gaudy gold finish, and a pretentious roman numeral for no reason.

A GameBoy Micro in Famicon homage gold/red color scheme and lettering.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Kung Fu Master, Atari 2600 God of War 2, PS2 God of War: Ragnarok, PS5 One of these visual gaps is not like the others.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The plot is difficult to follow. Something about Sinestro tricking Weather Wizard into... <mumble> <mumble> something or other... and anyway, this is one of those "a power ring can basically do whatever we need it to do" moments.

Green Lantern pointing at The Flash accusatorily, saying, "Great guardians! Flash! It is you! You are the menace who has been triggering these disasters!" Flash responds with a "Wh----AAAT?!"

Green Lantern explains the plan, "Sinestro's power ring synchronized your heart to the heart of the earth -- its core! Whenever your heartbeat speeded up...it causes a catastrophe to erupt on the earth's surface!"
It really doesn't make any sense, even having read through the entire issue.

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Don't give up on your dreams. Become a lobster!

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

20+ years, 829 games owned (829 on Steam; many more on GOG, Epic, Humble, itch, boxed copies from the store, etc.) Still, much lower than I expected it to be. Thanks, Humble Bundle!

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Christopher Drum @christopherdrum.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Unfortunately, I saw this more than I'd have liked.

The "Guru Meditation" error screen of an Amiga. It reads "Software Failure. Press left mouse button to continue. Guru Meditation #00000025.65045338". The text is red on a black background and is framed in red.

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