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_Mark 🏳️‍🌈 @marxgbaker.bsky.social · 1h

I love baseball so goddamn much

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

wow, that was probably the most dramatic conflict of exceptional talents that George Lucas has ever overseen

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Like, and I realize this example is absurd, but hear me out. There's a good argument that, without knowing anything else about their careers, you take a look at MJ standing next to his in-universe friend Stan Podolak and judge that the latter might be better at music, simply because Wayne shorter.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hell, it could be Tweety. Could be Bugs. Could be Lola. Could be the Tasmanian Devil. Hell, it could be the actor who played Newman! No way to judge that by height. Heck, it could even cut the other way. Guys who aren't as tall, so couldn't play ball, but still had to make their own path in life

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

IMO you just can't apply NBA logic to this. Chris Paul is 6'0" so it's likely just from knowing that fact that he's not in the same caliber as Jordan. Unfair, but a cruel reality. Whereas take (ridiculous example) Jordan's team from Space Jam and ask who's the best sax player, it's not clear at all.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jolene is about the power of a magical entity. Tennessee Waltz is about the power of a magical song. Choosin' Texas exists in a universe where magic has been outlawed in favor of frictionless real-estate preferences, one of which the song devotes its time to unpacking; a list song without a gimmick.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm not a hater. It's just inoffensive slop. It's not corrupting the youth or peddling hate. But god the reference to Hank Williams felt like a copy of a copy of a copy of real nostalgia. By contrast, I believe Leonard Cohen heard Hank Williams coughing at the Tower of Song, which is a real place.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Choosin' Texas takes the opposite approach.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tennessee Waltz works because it musically constructs a love triangle so immaculately that you can imagine her friend and sweetheart instantly bonding over how purty is said waltz. The song audaciously states, then proves, that this gorgeous waltz from Tennessee will literally haunt the listener.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The verses mainly exist to add banal, flat references to the differences between Tennessee and Texas. The singer actually literally calls it the Lone Star State. The studio, to judge by the vibes alone, was likely converted from a lab where some type of animal research that is now banned was common.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Like, okay, it's starting to drag here, let's resolve to the fourth and turnaround. The structure feels rote and almost comically uninspired. This song had to exist to make some contract math work out for various stakeholders and every aspect of the production followed from that dismal axiom.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's clever as an idea in the precise way that feels like it was the best song idea from 100 suggestions, and in its execution, it never really got past that phase. Whether a machine was involved is beside the point, given how mechanical and perfunctory the song feels from concept to execution.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Country appreciator here. Choosin' Texas is slop. I don't know or care whether it's AI. I just know that someone along the chain must've said to a human or a robot: "Write a hit song like Tennessee Waltz. Make no mistakes."

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026

NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No offense, but it kinda sounds like you went up to a group of people, insulted their religious beliefs, and expected them to laugh with you. Like you correctly recognized that they had formed a church, and, instead of respecting it, you were the local reddit theist to the evangelical atheists.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sorry, this is the type of shit I think about when I'm on a peninsular outcropping overlooking Madison

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Madison and Seattle and Panama are but among the most prominent subisthmuses, mere ligaments, on the great pan-American isthmus, oceans astride us as we collectively tread, sometimes gently, into our inevitable Patagonian oblivion

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Instantly cured my depression thinking about Hank Hill pronouncing "Nier: Automata"

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The fruit didn't advertise itself, nor was it advertised by others, as being anything except a persimmon. And it has a right to live. God knows I'm not saying you shouldn't like it, or should let my opinion dissuade you. But I was hoping to discover greatness, and that search will have to wait.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

However, you (the guileless novice, here meaning me) buy something in the fruit section at the co-op and you assume that just by showing up and paying fare, you can perhaps sample one of life's delicacies. And your most minimal expectations are rebuffed, and you feel a certain sadness about that.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't know anything about this fruit. I'm sure there's some brilliant chefs somewhere in Asia who have figured out how to exploit its properties as a perfect base for a curry. I probably, in short, interfaced badly with this fruit in my attempt to expand my horizons. I fully admit fault if so.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No matter how small I sliced it, it swallowed badly--always just slightly indigestible. No real flavor, just meaty perfunct of texture, coating my teeth with acidic pulp, seeds obsidian chunks that were randomly dispersed throughout the husky interior, dried leaves crowning a tomato-like sheen.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wow, just had a persimmon. Wow. That was a shockingly unpleasant experience. Goddamn. All of the autumn bother of a pumpkin project with none of the soul or earthy stench, just the astringent vacuousness of a cynical protein bar consumed 3 years after its best-by date.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gale brought coffee to his interview and it won him Walter White's acclaim and camaraderie. Gale basically sealed the deal with that coffee gambit, because it showed initiative and innovation in his field of expertise, along with attention to detail.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One year later and it’s just complete bullshit that Kaleb Horton is gone. A staggering loss. I miss him.

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Damon Agnos @damonagnos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Kraft is supposed to make macaroni and cheese, not Macklemore displeased!

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I always find it really obnoxious when people praise that one Soviet guy who defiantly saved the world from a devastating nuclear exchange. Oh, so just because I didn't do that, you're implying i'm less notable, less praiseworthy, etc.? What the fuck? What is with all this negative energy from you?

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/09/2026

Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 17/01/2026

neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now

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Grizzlam @happybirthday.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The memgrizz today announced the following medical update for Zach Edey:

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Jesse Myerson @jessemyerson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

25 years ago today, Barbara Lee cast the House’s love vote against the Afghanistan AUMF, to this day perhaps the most courageous act I have ever seen an elected official perform.

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"wow, everyone knew this already" is such a cynical, annoying and unfortunately extremely common response to tech news. assuming your privacy is being violated and proving that it is are two very different things, and the latter is the result of hard work and rigorous reporting

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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

kudos to macklemore here for —right off the bat— the perspective and acknowledgment of who the real victims are

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.

But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Now, I think it would be another matter entirely if they had already gotten an automatic first down. That's totally different situationally: You have a better field position (with a fallback FG if all else fails), but you can also start winding down the clock.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

the defensible reason that conventional wisdom says "always take the points" is because the sport of football is a Rube Goldberg pinball machine and anything and everything can go wrong and the more you've watched the better you understand that. going for it felt too clever in that context

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In all seriousness, the collapse GB experienced after that probably would've happened anyway. And it's not as simple as "3 pts for certain or 7 with <42% probability". OTOH, "always take the points" is much less cowardly and more defensible as conventional wisdom than punting/prevent defense

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Really think the Packers should've just taken the three points there.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

love when you get a situation where both players can serve-and-volley. always a delicate balance to get that right (if a player can mostly dominate with their serve, it doesn't happen, see: Shelton's last couple matches or the women's finals), but it's aesthetically-pleasing tennis

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You're allowed to say "please" and "thank you" in the supercilious/exhausted pan-Euro voice of a tennis chair umpire around the house while the US Open is happening. Do not let your spouse tell you any different.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Zverev just broke Shelton's ankles lol

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🏈 CHI 59 - 37 CAR FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1096th unique final score in NFL history.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

it's obviously not a fair comparison (especially because the initial pie is much smaller), but countries that rapidly industrialize frequently see 17% growth or better over the course of 5 years or less. Is the argument that 0.4% median household income growth somehow a laudable achievement?

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

17% over 40 years would be around 0.4% annual growth (which, again, seems to be an underestimate based on what I can tell) during a period where the US completely changed the structure of its economy into modern tech, largely on the promise of (and bipartisan obsession with) economic growth?

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

sorry, i seem to have stepped into a discourse i'm only faintly aware of, what's your point here? anyway, I looked into it and Devereaux's median-household 17% stat for this period seems actually to be an underestimate of true median growth, though it absolutely would be underwhelming for 40 years.

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

new to soccer so it's really funny to think for the first time about the practical dynamics of promotion and relegation. The Spurs are literally only in the Premier League because they beat Everton twice last season

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I don't like this showboating by Shelton. It's arbitrary, empty, perfunctory. Oh, you're happy you won a point? Is the tennis player happy about winning a point? Who is this random and why should any of us be happy for his success?

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The Joke Calculator @dewno.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Don't tell Gen Alpha about tennis; they will lose every set 6-7.

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