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Oh boy an entire Overwatch session puked and the queue to log in is hundreds long. I wonder if, upon rejoining, I will get a temporary ban and reputation hit?

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My favorite joke of all time is still one of the worst.

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Today I also had to report someone on Overwatch for overtly racist nonsense. It had been a few months since I had one of those. But here we are.

A friend of mine who got me into playing World of Warcraft back in like 2004 is trying to get me excited about playing WOW Forever or whatever it's called. To do so, he posted a screenshot that included text from Trade chat. It is about the same as 2004. I will not be joining him.

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not sure which is worse: the double bee sting or the Benadryl hangover

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hate that I have to, occasionally, watch a clip of these fascists being fucking stupid once in a while to know what they're up to and to be informed and I fucking hate it. I miss the days when watching the fascists being stupid was like.... tax policy debates.

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The guy who runs the local nursery/garden center by my house, Gary, markets his own soil blends called 'Gary's Best Soils' and the guy is apparently locally famous. I mentioned to a person at the farm market I met Gary and he got all wide eyed and said, reverently, 'Gary's a legend.'

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Instagram has pushed the envelope to where most of the time I don't see content from people I'm following until I scroll for a bit. It used to be an occasional annoyance but now it's basically all the time.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Flood warnings on both coasts? Sheeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiitttt

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've made a mistake. I had coffee after 2pm.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Woke myself up TWICE last night because farting. Mine, no one else's.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I wonder how long it will take for a new media outlet to arise that isn't just a giant capitalist-fascist wannabe quisling. The means of creating media have become immensely easier than 30 years ago. Do we really need to rely on the legacy studios to produce the things we love?

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ok so the Santa Ana flea market is pretty amazing

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I used AI today oh boy Ten thousand water bottles down the drain Although the prompt was rather small We had to drain them all I hope the modem didn't hallucinate at all I'd love to turn... You.... Off....

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

After I attempted to pronounce her name and she corrected me, my new physician took care to inform me that her surname, while resembling a Jewish name, is NOT Jewish and she is, in fact, German. Red flags?

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just remember outside of a Terminator type catastrophe, which requires a lot of really dumb decisions by people in security apparatus, who tend to be quite bearish on giving up the keys to the apocalypse, the warnings are fantasy. Humans have this way of dropping technology that doesn't work.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My new house has a ring camera and while I dislike the surveillance system BS I do get a tickle whenever I see someone struggle with the aggressive spiderwebs that encircle our home. I've never seen these spiders but their webs are like FutureTech™

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Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think we should let non-sociopaths run things for a change

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"The Transformers do not endorse the views of the President" okay, great, yeah, it's very normal that you had to say that. This is an ordinary world where things make sense. It's normal that I'd wake up to an official statement from cartoon robots denouncing the man who has the nuclear codes.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm not saying I'm in favor of this, but if they are promising bread and circuses, it would be cool to get bread and circuses.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I recently bought a house with a pool. After some discussion with the family, I named the pool vacuum thing. 'Herbert.' As in Hoover. I look out at the pool at least once a day and say, with some intention, 'Are you One, Herbert?' and no one, literally no one, gets it.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Last night, for the first time since moving to a new place, I slept a solid 6:51:00 without getting up for any reason.

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have started using Claude at work for some research summaries for topics I know well but want a handy reference. So far it hasn't done me wrong on stuff I've asked it to dig up or summarize and I have to say, at least 20% of the time it will tell me, "the link doesn't work so I don't fucking know"

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My teenage son keeps texting me 'what's for dinner' and I regularly respond, 'FOOD' Today he told me 'that's not a valid answer' Oh poor lad

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Maybe they should bring back the FDA

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In the early 2000's, I was an intern at the county prosecutor's office. I was asked to join an evidence review project because I had a background in graphic design. The project involved reviewing around 4000 digital images of CP to determine which were photoshopped. Only about half were 'fakes'.

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

One of my cats is a sweet lovable love sponge. I'm pretty sure she doesn't care about ME, just whatever port she finds in a storm... Or calm weather. Filthy hooer

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I bought a trash can at Costco. Instagram now serving me ads for a $1500 trash can.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My realtor just made a Macbeth reference in relation to a painting issue.

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thank you, HP, for making it feel like 1998 again, as I'm simply trying to update the Wi-Fi settings on my 3yo printer. I have to factory reset the printer, delete and reinstall the app, and definitely not wear my jacket inside out or whistle in the woods at night.

Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm getting a smog check for my car and the guy doing the work speaks an incomprehensible romance language and has a police siren as his phone ringtone. CALIFORNIA, BABY.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's difficult to mourn properly when bad things happen in quick succession. My parents died about 2 years apart and that wasn't enough time. Dolly Parton followed by Tim Curry and half my childhood crushes perished in a day. What further horrors shall we endure?

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Every now and then Google serves up some photos in a slideshow called 'Cuddles and Purrs' with pictures of my cat looking supremely pissed off (she is usually pissed off) and hating being near people (she tolerates me and me alone).

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Jesse nails so many of my thoughts as someone who truly loves Dark Sun as a setting and is passionate about the meaningful stories you can tell there.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I am a classic DS super fan. I will buy the new version and fully intend to run it like Eat the Reich. Inglourious Bastards in the desert. Regardless of how it is published, I'm going to build a game that is about fighting oppression and killing sorcerer kings. Nibenay, we are coming for you.

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Jonaya Kemper @violetriotgames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I mostly agree with this, and I'd go further in one place. If you're going to have things like slavery in a game, you owe it to your players to know the purpose of it being there and to not half ass it. Let's talk about the horror of what it really is and what it means. Or don't do it at all.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Just checking but... In the transformers movie (1986), they basically proved that no one gives a shit about Ironhide, yes? Because that guy sucks. Still owes me twelve dollars.

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Lord Emp @emperorgoblin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I have of late, and wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth... Oh yeah, it's August.