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Since a friend was talking about noir mystery tropes wondering where this string corkboard thing comes from, have seen one meme about it (with the demented Einstein-hair dude with the marker) but feel like there's more to it than that? Though maybe it's just shorthand for "excessively convoluted >>

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1. Go to doctor appointment 2. Pick up meds 3. Ramen shop in the same parking lot so naturally, ramen Also was amused to note they were playing the Frieren anime opening in the restaurant at one point. Also fall is best season.

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>Read Bsky >Trending: "Twatwaffle says..." Nope, not reading. One of the worst things of the last decade from a media POV is forcing so many people to pay attention to some of the worst people in the world and I'm not doing that.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1. I guess this guy hails from a game where merchants drop their inventory when defeated 2. not!Alucard is so chuuni cringe it's almost cute 3. Gun mages are awesome

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1. Cafeteria menu: "Octoberfest Sausage Fest" 2. 'Err that name is a bit..." 3. "Well yeah the second "fest" is redundant" 4. "No that's not what I mean" 5. "...oh" Brain is wired more for linguistic jokes than slightly lewd slang I guess. Also whole not a fan of hard pretzels soft ones are nice >>

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

...okay man whatever you say😅

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dunno why this cat loves bellyrubs so much.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Have you thought about figuring out what this boss actually does?" No, because it's "use these characters you don't have/want" and was a huge PITA when first introduced. Now, however, what it's going to do is melt into goo before the end of the first turn. Petty spite is a powerful motivator.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

1. Is this really something you want to be picking up? 2. The system of needing Bond levels to recruit characters is useful in introducing these characters who aren't (yet, anyway) part of the main story 3. Tsundere ojosama apparently subscribes to every tsundere ojosama trope

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Hong Kong cafe in downtown actually has a lot of good menu options including an amazing chicken curry but since I don't go there all that often wemt with the noodles this time. Also hit up Kino and it's nice that the random gachapon makers have clued in on the fact that, like cats, mushrooms >>

Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

m.youtube.com/watch?v=zmfs... Apparently they're making a Starcraft open world shooter, which is irrelevant to my personal interests, but the trailer feels almost satirical of, eg., certain government departments. This is likely precisely because those people have the reading comprehension of a >>

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Coworker: Sorry can you explain the question you want me to convey to our customers in extremely simple terms because I just spent an hour and a half wrangling with my timesheet in the new system and my brain is fried It's one of "those" Fridays.

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Infold Shares Toxic Love and Deepspace Drink Recipes on Social Media

I have no interest whatsoever in playing this game but the secondhand drama surrounding it is really the gift that keeps on giving🤣 www.siliconera.com/infold-share...

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Infold shared some Love and Deepspace drink recipe suggestions on social media that include toxic plants as suggested elements.

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"MacDonald's uses AI to determine pricing based on how much customers are willing to pay" Ok so if my willingness to pay for fast food burgers is $0 do I get food for free?🤔

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Mochi ice cream is a bit like xiaolongbao in that it has a short half-life window for optimal consumption, as the external mochi is hard if you eat it immediately after removing it from the freezer but if you wait too long the ice cream inside melts.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But of course this game has a mid-autumn festival event, and of course it involves making mooncakes 🥮

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1. Message medical provider for refill on prescription 2. Get message back "we're looking into it also we tried to call you about this" 3. See voicemail about "please call us back" 4. Call back, wait on hold for 5 mins, turns out they wanted to confirm what medication I wanted

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This cat has figured out that I don't have the bandwidth to wave her off when I'm in a meeting or on a call so the moment I start talking it's a signal for laptime

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

>How many layers do you want? >>Yes. As I still remember the old days of Not Very Fancy Computers where using more than like 10 layers in a large PSD file would cause your computer to crash what I appreciate the most about modern computing is allowing me to have as many クリスタ layers as I want.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Went to T&T and apparently they believe that everything is better with salted egg yolk. Also not sure how kosher packaged tanghulu is but I guess we'll find out. Also went to Tofu 101 as I like their steamed buns and zhongzi better than the T&T ones, and store remained crowded as usual, ad with >

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For Reasons [tm] the ojou-sama character is now shooting people with a rainbow laser handgun.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

>Play FE >>Get email from Nintendo with a wallpaper and gameplay tips Admittedly I don't buy a whole lot of 1st/2nd party games but I don't recall this happening with 3H at least so it seems like their marketing team is stepping up a bit?

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Speaking of Fire Emblem, today's weird merch is 3H tableware. I guess you could make an argument that the "socializing" bits involve food but still a bit of an odd choice.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

FEFW: Once you get to the free-action section of the game (which takes like 5 hours as the "prologue" is very long) the structure is basically Metaphor RE Fantazio, or maybe Zill'O'll - there's a world map with travel spots and activities and sidequests, and traveling and doing stuff takes in-game >

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Also while we're complaining about character designs, FEFW: >Variety of outfits/skintones! No longer in Magic High School so characters with different ages and backgrounds! 🎉 >But except one old lady different faces only applies to male characters, all females are conventionally young/attractive 😑

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1. HSR: We are implementing a real-money only gacha for pets 2. The pets in question: I didn't realize it was possible to make cat-themed cute critters freakily uncanny valley but I appreciate helping players not spend money. And apparently future characters are gonna be Miss BOOBS and meido-san >>

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Finally got to the free movement part of FEFW and it's apparently basically Metaphor RE Fantazio, in that you get x days before the next story event to do stuff and going to places, exploring dungeons, and traveling takes time units. You can apparently replay chapters though it's a bit annoying >>

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Q. What is my purpose? A. Discovering new shops, restaurants, and heretical mooncake flavors I sometimes wonder if "ethnic" restaurants do funky grammar/spelling as an in joke of sorts, like a reverse stamp of authenticity or something. "Big White Rabbit" has been a major CN food brand for decades,

Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

1. Hey this figurine is really pretty 2. Ok but the preorder lead time is like 2 years are you still going to be into <thing> at that point? 3. 🤔 On the other hand I also have no use for cheap merch like acrylic standees or whatever (what would I even do with this?) so despite having >>

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Dogs: There are many different breeds of dogs and they vary greatly between sizes, shapes, temperament, etc. Cats: Mostly standard cat-shaped. May have longer or shorter hair and some size variation 🤔

TGS weekend but a lot of the new stuff announcements seem to have been make at other shows so nothing particularly new, though trailers and playable demos and such. Oh and whatever is going on with FF7 Remake part 3/6181😶

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No context is best context.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Romancing SaGa series is also pretty fun with the character diversity, as 3's potential party members include a vampire, fairy, elephant, lobster (named Boston because why not) and snowman. Also the vampire is apparently voiced by Koyasu because lolwhynot. (One of the fun things about remakes of >>

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Tendon Kohaku in Bellevue, absolutely delicious but also super busy, thankfully reserved in advance but also parking is a nightmare so light rail is probably the best method to get there. Lovely desserts and seasonal menu.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Q. Why do you have your phone on DND all the time? A. Because weird spam calls The one time I took it off DND in 2 weeks due to driving into work I immediately get a scam call so I feel completely justified in this behavior.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

FEFW: -General system/combat similar to previous FEs but they seem to have retired the RPS weapons/magic, magic has use limits while weapons have durability but only when using skills -Dinky "dungeon exploration" mode which I'm not sure adds much but you can auto through fights

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

❤️ Took 30 mins at lunch to start it and got as far as character creation. Aside from basic concept have not tracked info on this installment at all so will see how it goes.

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Eclesis @eclesis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You wot mate 🤣 Today's fun word is 職業病 (occupational hazard), which is means exactly that but is used in slang to mean "weird habits you pick up due to your work" and in my case it's noticing minor funky spelling/grammatical/translation errors.