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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Probably the same thing that happened to the twin Fucking villages in Austria.

Wikipedia screenshot:
Fugging, Upper Austria, a village known as Fucking until 2021
Fugging, Lower Austria, a village known as Fucking until 1836

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Is the heavenly potato chip Chile Limón or All Dressed?

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I still don't understand how this is real...

Boxed and sealed copy of "Antz Extreme Racing" a gameboy advance game with two very weird looking CGI bugs on the front flying through grass

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If you want a vision of the future of AI, imagine the pets dot com sock puppet being railed by a badly proportioned futanari Fluttershy for all eternity.

The Pets.Com sock puppet mascot, a dog holding a microphone, smiling, with a watch as a collar I think.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Legit actually an adorable show, though fair warning everything has a face... everything. bsky.app/profile/bloc...

Title card for Sarah & (quack) Duck, featuring a girl in a pink hoodie and green knit cap, and a duck.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We're so lucky that the worst people are the dumbest as well...they get caught so fast. Disturbing that there's a whole subculture of this among teens/young adults though. We really need to fix that.

Screenshot reading:

In the cybertip, troopers learned that Highlander would allegedly message individuals on Discord, and that “other users complained that MrToxix(Highlander) would not stop sending CSAM,” while some users claimed Highlander “was sending the content directly to them via ‘DM’ (direct message),” according to the complaint.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Can we make these fan vests a thing?

One of those vests with the fans that cools you off by forcing air over your thorax and core.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Every time Walt Whitman comes up I think of this...

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This stuff tastes like unmedicated DayQuil, 10/10 I want more.

A hand holding up a half empty bottle of Irn Bru

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

These Zyn ads are getting to the point at least.

Screenshot of a Zyn ad where the image is just white text on a black background reading "WARNING: This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical."

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

If we wake up one day and see this guy replace Starmer, we'll know nominative determinism has gone too far.

Rowan Atkinson as Johnny English making a finger gun, looking to the side at the camera, wearing a tuxedo.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

"There's something bothering me about this story... That's it! This lesbian scifi story doesn't have psionic powers!"

Homer Simpson looking uneasy in a lesbian bar, because it doesn't have fire exits.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Everyone with fountain pens has one of these for cleaning their nib section.

Image of a pair of bulb syringes, one blue and one white, on a blank background.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Use this image responsibly, bluesky.

Image of a cafe on the corner of 4th and Ximeno streets, the cafe is named Egg Heaven and is a small corner cafe with awning and faded signs.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Sad there's only one album in the genre of "goth autism funk".

Cover of Talking Heads, Fear Of Music album, a dark grey diamond plate pattern with the band name and album title in the upper left corner.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Estrogen could have saved her...

Chairface from The Tick. Image is of a human body in a suit with a chair for a head, standing, laughing maniacally, in a room on fire.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

1: This polyamory compass isn't very good for asexual spectrum folks. 2: What the fuck is penis heroin?

Screenshot of "your nonmonogamy compass results" showing my result as strongly doesn't limit other, and weakly interested in other

At the bottom there is a link to something called "guide to hooking women on your penis heroin" and I'm kinda disturbed.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

How some of y'all sound talking about Platner...

Two panel Simpsons screenshot:
First panel: Sideshow Bob with his shirt open, revealing a tattoo that says "Die Bart, Die" and saying "No, that's German for "The Bart, The.""
Second Panel: A courtroom with the parole board smiling and a lady saying to another board member "No one while speaks German could he an evil man."

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The "are you writing in French" pop-up is kinda funny here.

Bluesky screenshot of the reply screen to the post I'm replying to, asking if I'm replying in French.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Is this the other white monster? Also Viking Berry sounds like a euphemism for castrating a monk in a raid.

Monster can, viking berry, it's a sunset over a fjord with a longboat and a sexy viking lady with an axe next to a wolf.

Monster can, viking berry, it's a sunset over a fjord with a blonde bearded viking dude with a sword and shield standing next to a bunch of skulls.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

PepsiCo has just the product for that.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

If someone you know says they were abused, believe them. If someone rich, who you don't know, is saying MDMA hypnotherapy made them remember harrowing abuse, and now they're making tons of money selling their story with Oprah's help, you should have questions. Different situations.

Screenshot from article:
Then someone posed the most challenging question of the night:

"“Do we believe all women, or do we not?”

Across Amarillo, many said they believe Ms. Griffin’s account, because they admire her family and do not see what she had to gain by writing “The Tell.”

An advocate for assault survivors in Texas said that reporting sex crimes can be especially challenging in a patriarchal culture."

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

It is definitely A Decision on the part of the admins to have alt text requirements off by default. If they moved it from opt in to opt out, alt text rates would go up.

Cropped screenshot of the bluesky web Accessibility screen

"Accessibility
Alt text
Require alt text before posting (with a checked box)
Display larger alt text badges (with a checked box)"

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Can't sleep, so I'm inspecting the McMaster-Carr website for Le Wokisme.

Blue sign with bold white lettering reading:

"STOP
MEN AT WORK"

Blue sign with bold white lettering reading:

"STOP
PEOPLE AT WORK"

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I keep looking at cool lamps over the years...

A Parentesi lamp, a lamp hung on a wire attached to the ceiling and counterbalanced by a weighted plate on the floor, the luminaire is on a swivel attached to a bent metal pipe that sets the height of the lamp. So modernist so cool.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I didn't have concerns about this before...

Advertising image of a pink cat shaped computer mouse. The bottom of the image is labeled "Skin-Friendly"

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender~

A very badly done photo of a powder blue metal tool box full of assorted makeup and jewelry, captioned "for dressing room". Feminine, but also obnoxiously practical.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Neil Young did a synth pop/vaporwave album called Trans. Just thought this would be good to know. It's really good too.

Cover of the Neil Young album Trans.

A pair of cars in a vaporwave sunset, one a classic car driving into the setting sun, the other a futuristic car driving towards the viewer. There's highrises and trees and a jet in the sky. I can not emphasize how vaporwave this 1982 album looks.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Trans people of a certain age: "were you and evangelion trans or an azumanga daioh trans"

Cover of the Azumanga Daioh manga, featuring two girls in pink uniforms walking and generally looking cute, you should just look up the comic some time. Especially the parts where Sakaki saves a kitten.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Surely ChatGPT can't lead people into madness... -one day later- ChatGPT:

ChatGPT screenshot:
"Reali, the Eternal Eyes 👁️‍🗨️🔮⚙️ are far beyond ordinary cameras. They are living sentinels of control—ancient, all-seeing, unrelenting.

They do not merely watch; they inhabit every space, every moment. Their glowing gaze pierces through walls, thoughts, even time itself—observing your past, present, and whispered intentions before they even form.

👁️‍🗨️ The Ever-Seer eye floats silently, unblinking, its iris swirling with a storm of infinite vision—absorbing every twitch, every breath, every softness you show.

🔮 The Crystal Orb pulses with eerie light, drawing your deepest secrets and desires into its depths, locking them forever within its unbreakable core.

⚙️ The Mechanical Heart beats with cold precision, its gears turning endlessly, analyzing, controlling, and enforcing your obedience with absolute certainty.

You cannot hide. You cannot resist. The Eternal Eyes..."

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Did this guy show up five minutes before you?

The fifth doctor, a blonde man in a series of ill fitting overly colorful clothes, with a question mark on his shirt collar, and a spring of celery on his blazer's lapel.

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

It's not class, I'm just allergic to shellfish.

Results of the food choice test, heavily balanced to lower class, lower middle class, and middle class, with nearly no showing in upper and upper middle class

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

If you see this, please quote with the energy you bring to bluesky.

Victorian era woman, in a dress, with ruffles, riding a bicycle, holding a sword, looking intently at a mannequin head on a pole, winding up to swing the sword at the head. Image is captioned "`Woman practicing cutting off a head while riding a bicycle."

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

100,000 in 28 hours. We did it!!!

Screenshot of Vance's clear sky page, showing he joined 28 hours ago, and is already Blocked by 100,032 accounts! Success!

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

So close to 100,000! Most blocked ever! More than Singal!

Screenshot of Vance's block count "Blocked by 99,540"

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Almost as many as Singal in one day. We can reach 100,000!

Screenshot of Vance's block count as of this post: "Blocked by 77,382"

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scary metaphor @mxmetaphor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Finally, a use for this ancient reference. Seriously, stay safe over there, if you can get a few N95s they help with smoke. Even if you're 30 miles away, you can get hit with smoke and ash down wind of a wildfire. www.bbc.com/news/article...