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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 27/09/2026

Oh, this is going to be an OUTSTANDING view for tonight’s SUGAR show.

David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 18/09/2026

QT with your first console. Glorified Pong with electrostatic TV overlays and “horizontal” and “vertical” knobs on the controller. Video gaming via Etch-a-Sketch.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 03/09/2026

Post a 90s photo of yourself.

An incredibly pixelated (c'mon, it's only 390x270) photo of this user from about 1998. He's sitting at a very messy desk in a very cluttered office. There's a 19" CRT monitor in front of him and another on the table behind him. Papers are thumbtacked to bulletin boards beside him and behind him. There's a circular fan and a small boombox-style radio on the desk as well.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 30/08/2026

I am not really a “oh, have to take a picture of that cosplay” person, but this guy at GalaxyCon San Jose today definitely triggered that.

Photo of a person dressed as Chuft Captain from the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode “The Slaver Weapon”. He’s in a screen-accurate pink and purple spacesuit and holding the Slaver weapon. Over his shoulder is a cross-body bag with a picture of Telepath with a pink ribbon in his hair and the words “Hello Kzinti” stitched on.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 25/08/2026

The five Simpsons lines I've uttered most: 5) Me fail English? That's unpossible! 4) My cat's breath smells like cat food. 3) Sleep! There's where I'm a Viking! 2) All work and no play make Homer something something. AND

Screenshot of Homer from The Simpsons S6E2 saying "Bees are on the what now?"

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 30/07/2026

Is there a definition for “the Canadian Encyclopedia” that I don’t know that would be accurate here?

Screenshot of a Google AI “answer” to a search for “bagged milk” that says, in part, “It is popular in parts of The Canadian Encyclopedia like Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes”

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 24/06/2026

The enshittification of Google continues. I threw in the text of an SMS I got from a random, unknown number to see if anyone else had posted anything about the wording and... well....

Screenshot of a Google response. Text entry box reads, in quotes, "can i take up a little of your time tomorrow" and Google's AI responded:

I'm entirely at your disposal! Since I'm an AI, I don't have a schedule to manage—you can drop your questions, tasks, or projects on me whenever you're ready.

Just let me know what you'd like to work on!

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 18/06/2026

Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 12/06/2026

Little excessive there, San Jose. Dial it back just a smidge?

Picture of the status screen on my motorcycle showing that it’s 102° F at 5:25 PM.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 05/06/2026

Or when it’s just shit-ass snarky?

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 05/06/2026

I do find it just a little creepy when Duolingo uses my actual name in its buttons.

Screenshot of a button from the Duolingo app that reads “NICE, DAVID”

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 21/05/2026

* Lwaxana Troi has entered the chat *

From an early episode of Star Trek: TNG, we see Lwaxana Troi on the ship's main view screen. She's introducing herself as "Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed".

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 20/05/2026

They're trolling us by calling it "Star Wars Themed", aren't they?

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 20/05/2026

Fictional band that is not Spinal Tap.

The Folksmen, a folk music band from the mockumentary "A Mighty Wind". L to R, we have Mark Shubb (Harry Shearer) on stand-up bass, Jerry Palter (Michael McKean) on guitar, and Alan Barrows (Christopher Guest) on banjo.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 25/04/2026

I have reminded me how alone I am in my enjoyment of Jerry Bruckheimer’s 2004 “King Arthur” *sigh*

Clive Owen and Kiera Knightley in a scene from “King Arthur”. Owen, as Arthur, stands in Roman-style armor, pointing a sword at someone off-screen to the left. Knightley, as the Pictish princess Guinevere, stands beside him.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 01/04/2026

Sometimes, it's almost amusing.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 20/03/2026

QT with a ship that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek.

From the movie “Silent Running” (1972), the Valley Forge and one of her sister ships float in space, carrying the forests of Earth under protective domes.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 09/03/2026

This is how I access Bluesky

In a scene from the movie "WarGames", David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) sits at a terminal with Jennifer Mack (Ally Sheedy) looking over his shoulder. To his left, you can see two 8" IMSAI disk drives sitting underneath an IMSAI 8080 computer.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 05/03/2026

You can almost *hear* the sigh.

Screenshot of a footnote from a ruling on a preliminary injunction issued in CAIR v DeSantis reading, in part, "It also pains this Court to have to point out that not all Muslims are terrorists."

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 18/01/2026

Post the first game you completed. I definitely eliminated all the Zylons on Cadet and Pilot difficulties.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 12/01/2026

What four classic video games do you find yourself replaying, no matter how old they are?

Screen from the first level of Kid Chameleon on the Sega Genesis

Bonk's Adventure on the TurboGrafx-16. Bonk is jumping from island to island over burning lava.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 11/12/2025

BREAKING: White House Releases Photo of Man Trump is Constantly Shaking Hands With

Creepy early-2000s meme character Salad Fingers

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 12/11/2025

If you see this, post a Star Trek

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 19/10/2025

Amazing show at the Ritz in San Jose last night. Arigato, #ShonenKnife

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 25/09/2025

Post a concert photo you took.

Liz Phair, from a performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco in 2018.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 08/09/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

Cover art for Suzanne Vega's 1992 album "99.9F" (or "Ninety-Nine Point Nine Fahrenheit Degrees". Suzanne is looking directly into the camera with one hand over her mouth and nose. Her middle finger is bandaged. Her hair, which falls over her left eye, is colored orange and red, like flames.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 21/08/2025

Silent Movie. Slapstick done well can be genius, and it’s very well done in this one.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 06/08/2025

If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that's iconic to you.

Title screen for the HD edition of "Heroes of Might and Magic III" (because the screenshots of the title for the original version were all potato quality). Under the title is an Archangel wearing a gleaming blue breastplate, his wings wide while he prepares to swing a flaming sword over his head. Down the right side of the screen are menu options, "Single Scenario", "Multi-player", "Campaign", "Tutorial", and "Back".

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 02/08/2025

Picked up a little reading material at today’s Vintage Computer Festival West. #retrocomputing #atari8bit

Two spiral-bound books: Compute’s First Book of Atari (blue) and Compute’s Second Book of Atari (red)

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 10/07/2025

If you see this, quote post with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who and Transformers

Drone #1 ("Dewey") of the American Airlines space freighter Valley Forge caring for a small section of forest. Dewey's short and bipedal; his body is blue with a painted "01" and his legs are red.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 10/07/2025

You've missed their other other other brother, Skeet Ulrich

Black and white photo of a young Skeet Ulrich, star of Scream, The Craft, and Jericho.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 09/07/2025

Show me one picture from Star Trek that perfectly embodies your aura.

In a still from TOS: "The Doomsday Machine", Commodore Matt Decker stares directly at the camera with his right hand against his right temple. He's grimacing, obviously very distraught. Mere moments after this image, his shuttle will be engulfed and destroyed by the Doomsday Machine.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 09/07/2025

I think I upset someone by pointing out that unsolicited advice is always criticism.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 07/07/2025

TOS. I was 5, almost 6 and saw it on my grandmother's TV while we were visiting her for the holidays in upstate NY. Less than a year later, TAS premiered.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 03/07/2025

If you see this, quote this post with your first gaming console! I need no further proof that I am old after this. My first gaming console, if we can call it that, was the original Magnavox Odyssey. (1/3)

Image of a Magnavox Odyssey videogame console from 1972. Shows are the console itself, the two paddle controllers, a select of 'game card' circuit boards, and a CRT TV with a tennis game overlay attached.

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David Romerstein @hanov3r.com · 12/06/2025

u have been kidnapped and a character from the last tv show u watched is trying to rescue u who is coming to save u You know, I feel pretty good about this.

Elliot Stabler, from Law & Order: Organized Crime, in his "bald and goatee'ed" era. He's wearing a dark blue shirt and staring intently at something just over the viewer's left shoulder.

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