fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Ow, fuck. I'll sacrifice a rubber chicken for your swift recovery. 100
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It ain't the fall that kills you When you're standing on a wall Lest fear of heights and heart attack Does for you, after all. You could climb down no bother But if you're feeling woozy And take the quick way down That third derivative is a doozy. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What makes you think I attribute naivete? I was aiming more for cynicism. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don't think they do think that. I think they think their audience thinks that. 100
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I've been told that's because some places legislate a mandatory hour of training. As I recall in that instance it was accessibility awareness. Very ironic. Restarting videos when the browser loses focus was the pinnacle. 020
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In total fairness, Sue Ellen is not *just* racist. 010
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's a crime that "the Vampire Diaries" isn't on this list. 020
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That's great, but there's something like a 50/50 chance your tiny travel tube of toothpaste will be confiscated and destroyed in a controlled explosion at any security gate. 240
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In seriousness, "you're dead to me" makes for fab listening on long car journeys. It's always surprising to hear something is true that you assumed must be false because you heard it asserted on QI. 220
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Crikey, @gregjenner.bsky.social liked one of my comments! I now feel a deep and abiding parasocial connection. Quick, let's park outside his house. 110
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"In what way are those the same" is a reasonable response, if asked in good faith. 011
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026That would be quite handy - but why is that "non-temporal"? 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It's situational irony; one part of getting old is realising that counts. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oh yeah, that's the one. The heady days on the trailing cusp of "anything goes." Anything goes again today, but only if you're burning water for the torment nexus. 010
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I was in Naples, trying to translate the local TV news for other non-Italian colleagues. I remember the pervasive islamophobia at the airport for the return flight just a few days later. There was an opposite Doonesbury cartoon that nailed that. 110
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Cheeseplants? I remember it being an object lesson in the accuracy of word-of-mouth. At one point the tally was eight planes coming down. 210
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Given all the incel rage about this I was expecting some extensive roles but just about everyone has as much screen time as Darth Maul got; Odysseus was insufficiently cunning or wankerish. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The one good moment, I think, is about half a second long near the end and features Zendaya; it has a potentially symbolic interpretation or a mundane one. I bet you Nolan intended the latter. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026That last fight felt like a multi-stage boss fight in a videogame. 030
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I hate to sound confrontational, but I don't think those pricks' concerns are actually legitimate. 010
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It's not; it probably won't make the list of most-used 600 words though. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Obviously not: there would be a ton more insider trading going on. 010
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026... all sprinkled with a dozen uses of "load-bearing". 100
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026All of your examples in the screenshot look backwards to me. 120
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Having read this I cannot but think: "hey baby, do you want to capitalize on my g?" 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I bow to the master. That was the kindest "you have only defeated yourself" I've ever received. My search has taught me how to pluralise "octopus" and I feel enlightened. 110
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Hang on what. Is it not pronounced like it looks like it is? 100
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The fraction of neanderthal men who said they could take a sabre-tooth cat in a fight is about as high as you might expect. In other news there are no more neanderthals. Except perhaps metaphorically. 020
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Death Stranding. Fabulous soundtrack, but otherwise it's Einstein's quote about insanity in "game" form. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026(It would've been much better if that expository slap in the face stuff never made it to the screen.) 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The Prestige starts with some excellent subtle self-reference (with the bird in the cage), but then it underlines it, shows it to you repeatedly, explains in a loud voice what you just saw, then spells it out again in case you were asleep. 101
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026More topically, every episode of "Ulysses 31" was basically: Telemachus and Yumi bully Nono and play a stupid trick on him, threatening the entire ship; the robot saves the day. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026It was nice to see what happened to Eric & chums too. (It's a sign of advancing years when you realise he was right and the others bullied him for it; like sympathising with Bueller's principal.) 110
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Utilitarianism is a countable set of almost-everywhere bad ideas, parameterised by whatever you mean by "utility", and how you choose to discount the future. It's definitely an excuse for a whole bunch of bad behaviour, much like prosperity Christianity. 010
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026No, it's checking the assigned value is in range. There's nothing stopping the low end from being higher than the high end, but validate will fail. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Saw the Odyssey. Was left a bit flat. It's okay, but they cut Nono out of it. 000
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Yeah, it's a curse. I have to beat my other half off with an oar when the muse takes me. 020
fcntl.bsky.social @fcntl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Her bright diamond ring - she can chuck it Her online boyfriend can go suck it An old pal that she knowed Wrote a fabulous ode To a gal he once knew from Nantucket. 110
