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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Far Cry 6 on sale for a couple bucks, and still not worth it. You shitheads got me with 3, 4, and even 5. (Technically, I also own Primal but that was a Humble Bundle thing.) "Oh, hey, let's make a game series where the point is that maybe bad guys are cool, maybe good guys are manipulative, and

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

After a series of meetings, I've come to the conclusion that the business-specific phrase "all up" needs to die a quick, but ideally painful death. Seems like people think that inserting those 2 words into any nonsensical-ass sentence instantly make it a cogent, relevant, & all-around great answer.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today I learned "Derry Girls" isn't an "IT" spin-off.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Had an odd dream last night. I never remember 'em whole, but I do remember that in the midst of whatever was going on, I'd occasionally go to the grocery store, and Weird Al worked there. Not like "Weird Al if he wasn't famous" but like, actually him, just no one except me recognized him so it was

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Two things I'm tired of are, first of all, the "character who knows everything in all fields but also is an arrogant, insufferable asshole" archetype. It's one or the other, idiots. Either they understand everything and that includes how humans operate in society and relate to each other,

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'd love to find out the names of the people who were responsible for the decisions to make you sit through 20 seconds of unskippable company logos at the start of every game and every reload and every reset on Metal Gear Solid 2 in the Master Collection, as well as whoever's idea it was to hold

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10/09/2026

Goddammit I’m never going to not think of this now www.tumblr.com/dungeonmaste...

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Saw a comment that Elizabeth Holmes looks like a mouse wished to be able to commit wire fraud and now I can't unsee it

With a still of Elizabeth Holmes from the documentary

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Remember, blue-dot-in-a-red-state friends, if your state decided to go along with USPS voter suppression and you personally live in a heavily red area, your ballot looking suspicious could result in a lot of your neighbors' getting thrown out, so definitely don't do that! (No, but for real, don't.)

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Hi, I'm in a villain's inner circle willingly because I like money! After being struck in anger with an inoffensive object, I've now had enough, and am willing to do the right thing, but only if you'll go out with me, person I'm attracted to, otherwise the world can f'in' burn! Sound good?"

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MC Lars @mclars.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My wife Ashley is an amazing science teacher. No pressure, but if you're able to help her stock her classroom this year, here's her Amazon wishlist. Anything helps and it goes straight to her students. Thank you! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Millions of Americans may not receive their mail ballots in time, or at all, because of a secretive, court-defying system being rushed into place by the Trump administration. Two months before the midterms. This isn't by chance. It's a blatant attempt to steal an election. Share this everywhere.

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USPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claims

A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms,…

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

For my own reference, last night's recipe: sautee sliced onions (half a small one) and about 2 heads of crushed garlic in butter (maybe 4 tbsp?), add Calabrian chilis at the end, then dump it into just cooked egg noodles, add parm, stir on heat 'til melty.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm watching a reaction to a Marvel movie and thinking of tropes that I could really do without. Tropes where something makes literally negative sense, but in the world of the story - which we're told is basically our world with the difference of whatever the plot is - it goes entirely unquestioned.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Bought the Master Collection of Metal Gear Solid, then realized that 3 wasn't in the pack, that Peace Walker is something else, so bought the other one, too. Now I'm playing through the first game again, and here's hoping I can find key card 5. I rented that game over and over back in the day,

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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If the only time you stand up for free speech is when you’re defending Nazis, it might not be free speech you’re really into.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So at a friend's (gentle) urging - but urging me to try a place to get food that's within walking distance is, ultimately, irresistible - finally tried Ma'ono Fried Chicken. Worth it. I mean, as an experience. $17 for a chicken sammich is honestly a bit much, and presents a downside of Belltown.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Honestly - and I'll add to this after work, but work laptop's on updates, so screw it - I think my issues with the recent Marvel stuff come down to a few base concepts, but the root of them all seems to be the idea that Marvel Studios seem to believe the early MCU bought them infinite goodwill.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Kinda wild how in the past almost all alternate timeline same people are around universes were generally goatee'd evil universes, but now I think I'd kinda prefer the mirror universe.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I see a lot of people talking about Google search being ruined, and I think they're talking about AI, but the problem I'm having is that about 50% of the time, it just doesn't work. Literally. Anything I type, it just decides to only search the first word. Useless.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Holy shit, why do I keep getting Amazon Business emails? You know what, Amazon? If I were a business owner and received one email, that might be a help. I, a non-business-owner don't need 4 emails a week prompting me. If I'd somehow forgotten that I owned a business and needed your reminders,

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was making my Google assistant thing reply to, "If a ghost were made of Indian bread, would it be a naan-entity?" by saying it was a clever play on words.

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The Old Hack @the-old-hack.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

You know, it's tough being a pirate. Normally you plunder a ship and the most you're getting is some seaworthy food and maybe . . . wool? Who is exporting wool? What destination is this intended for that they can't grow sheep of their own? Great, I guess until I get rid of this, I'm a wool magnate.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Saw someone on Reddit posting pictures of public spaces NOT used for World Cup events now that the games *here* are over, like, "And just like that, Seattle stopped giving a shit about soccer." Yeah, man, fucking duh. You think that person thought that was actually a clever insight?

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

So maybe I'm like 13 years late to the party, but I got a question about Iron Man 3. This Extremis grows back injuries. Got it. They give it to vets. Cool, sounds good. Some of them are willing to become soldiers for Killian. OK, that fits. Some people beg for more, can't handle it, and explode.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Now that I'm getting into Star Wars Outlaws, hoping they follow up on Disney+ with Star Wars In-Laws. It's the wacky tale of Han and Leia getting married, then the force ghost of Anakin moves into the spare room above the garage, and he brings Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru to live in the guest room.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Realistically, the only fault in Terminator 2 - literally the ONLY fault (and we're talking the Special Edition here so there aren't any apparent plotholes, but it applies to the regular version, too) was Sarah's little rant when smoking at Dyson's house. "All you know is how to destroy . . ."

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Nabbed Star Wars Outlaws while it was on sale. I'd been dreading the start of it (which I'm not quite through with yet) because of the tales of a dreaded "stealth or die" section, but if it's the part I'm thinking about, it took like 45 seconds and had almost zero risk, so I dunno, y'all.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/07/2026

Asteroid Threat xkcd.com/3265/

Comic. [Two images of Earth, one centered on Africa, with a dotted line behind, and the other in the foreground with a target marked in the Indian Ocean.] [caption] Dire news: An asteroid is on course to hit the Earth exactly *opposite* the Yucatán Peninsula, bringing *back* the dinosaurs.

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 01/07/2026

well that's fucking amazing. good lord, lmao, thank god this comedian pulled it out of the fire.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Look, like most people, I loved Project Hail Mary - so what I'm about to say isn't a complaint, it's kinda the opposite.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Watched Mortal Kombat II the other day (the new one) and really enjoyed it. I'm not expecting something offering earth-shaking takes and I didn't get one. Before I proceed, lemme say that for the most part, the only good thing about the 90s MK movies were the actors and characters.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

So I've been on a Stephen King kick lately, and some Joe Hill as well. That's not new, mind you - someone got me Strange Weather a few years ago for a secret santa thing and I enjoyed the hell out of it. I'd even heard previously about the pseudonym, but forgotten it by the time I got the gift.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I just remembered that I know a guy whose family said that he ate his boogers into adulthood on the premise that germs were trapped in there and it was like a mini-vaccination. Not that he was anti-vax or anything, this was just, by his logic, a booster. And now that I've remembered that:

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Shout out to 90s science fiction, where the apocalyptic, lawless future was always like 2 years away. Talking about Demolition Man, Predator 2, and Strange Days here. Frankly I'd take any of the above over what we got stuck with NOW.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm not trying to imply that this is a profound new insight never achieved by any human ever, but it's a realization for me - I think the reason for a lot of AI hallucination (this is based on people posting stuff and from my own experience seeing the nonsense that Google AI summaries come up with)

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Stopped at Moubak Fritta again at the market this year. SO freakin' good. Normally I'm not a huge fan of foods where it's like "it's meh, but with the dipping sauce...!" well then give me the dipping sauce and I'll use it with something awesome instead. But there's something positively magical here.

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Karl Olson 🎃 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 13/06/2026

This doesn't tell me that journalists so much have power, as billionaires are insecure dweebs who probably shouldn't have so much money & influence, as they're just not strong enough to wield it responsibly if one random journalist's caustic bon mot sent them into tears. They need therapy not cash.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

So apparently the new pro-data-center talking point is to tell everyone (most of whom hate data centers for great reasons) that anyone who hates data centers (which they do) is in fact a Chinese agent, which, statistically, almost none are. I'm sure that's gonna work out great.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The 1/3 of the year when there's a farmer's market on the street a block over on Saturdays has begun! Just got some cookies, some air fresheners for the car (which I was just talking about with a friend the other day) and some 88 Cues pancit bihon, lumpia, and pork belly adobo! Delicious!

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Possible explanations for what the hell the designer of the aliens in Mac & Me were going for: They look like blow-up dolls for guys with a Silly Putty fetish.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I've mentioned TV Tropes before - in fact, I can see I've re-posted slightly re-worded thoughts on a few things before, but this thing ABOUT TV Tropes is all new to my timeline, so that's nice. But "Space Whale Aesop" is dumb, and 99.9% of the people who use it are dumb.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Clarified a lb of butter yesterday, but won't use it 'til today. So when making some egg noodles with garlic and olive oil (and parm, and Calabrian chilis), dumped in a bit spoonful of the skimmed-off butter solids for some extra flava! Sounds like a good idea, in practice I'm not sure I noticed.

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE "UPGRADE" INCOMING. There, you've been warned. Anyway, I was talking with a friend about James Wan, my friend has a lower opinion of him than I do (primarily for making a movie franchise where inveterate con artists, charlatans, and all around awful people the Warrens are

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

How to Be a Real Man, 2026 GOP Edition: -Drink whiskey, smoke cigars, make sure it's on camera -Claim you'd kill for your kids, but barely parent -Say you could beat up a bear -Say an out-of-shape 80-year-old can beat you up -Express pants-wetting fear of cities -Be an asshole to women -Whine a lot

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Gabriel Slabchunk - A Real American Rowsdower @no1-special.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Well the homemade mayo idea SEEMED great, but it turned out (after a lot of trying to fix it) more like a hollandaise, really. Not that I'm complaining (much). It'll still keep juices from the veggies from soaking through the bread, I figure, and it's garlic-y (roasted garlic, that is) as hell.

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