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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Mild cheddar is the La Croix of cheese.

Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I think there should be an extra-express lane at the grocery store for guys who are just there to pick up stuff their spouse forgot. Cash only, 2 items max. My new buddies, Yellow Onion and Tomato Paste, think it's a great idea.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Me: So yeah, I guess I'm just looking to lose some weight. Personal Trainer: (leaning in, almost touching my nose. Menacing) I am gonna make you eat more than you've ever eaten in your life.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

My favorite archetype of the convention scene is "Supportive But Baffled Parent."

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Young Un: Hey, Dad? Can I have a passport? Me: Why? Y.U: My teacher says they take a long time to get but then you can fly anywhere in the world! Me: Sure but your mom and I don't have any trips planned. Y.U: (looks confused) ... Me: You know we have to come with you, right? Y.U: ... oh....

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Young Un has to do a south London dialect for his next audition and the more we work on it, the more garbled and incomprehensible it gets. So we're definitely heading in the right direction.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Being sexually aroused by Muppets is called a feltish

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Peak adulthood is knowing exactly what point in the YouTube dishwasher repair video where you're about to make things a whole lot worse.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I'm 45 years old and I know what I'm about.

Text: What's your address?

Response: If you're about to invite me to a goddam wedding this friendship is over.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

[on the way to soccer practice] Young Un: Hey Dad! Truth or dare? Say dare. Me: Uh, dare. Y.U.: Stick your butt out the window and twerk at people. Me: I'm driving, bud. Can we do truth? Y.U.: Okay... Are you cheating on mom?

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Me: Okay, what do you monsters want for lunch? Kiddo: Mac and cheese! Young Un: Something chocolate! ... Me: Boys? Today we change the world.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Marriage is a sacred institution between someone who knows there is NOTHING FUNNY about being touched on bare skin with a pair of icy cold feet... ... and someone willing to risk everything to prove otherwise.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Young Un: Dad, can you give this to Mom? Me: That's great, bud. You drew the family and it says "I love you sooo much." She'll love it. Y.U.: Thanks! Me: But hey... You make stuff like this for your mom a few times a week. Ever thought of drawing something for me? Y.U.: But she's the one I love.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Harmonica solo. Fractured patella.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

So long story short, I've been banned from editing my own Wikipedia page. So if you have the time and inclination, I encourage you to edit my page with the most absurd crap you can think of. Get weird with it.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

For my birthday this year, the kids gave me a pointed reminder that I'm not special.

Calendar entry: "Buzz Aldron's b-day, Joel's b-day, Matt's b-day, 90,000 other people's birthday."

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Loophole! This year I'm putting the VS gift cards in MY stocking, courtesy of "Santa." And since I won't use them, it only makes sense to regift them to Wifey...

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Mariah Carey: 🎶 All I want for Christmas... 🎶

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

My birthday is coming up in a couple weeks so if y'all know of any artsy types in need that the collective might be able to help in my illustrious honor, drop links here. Please and thank you.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Kiddo: Dad, can you help me run lines for my audition? Me: Sure. But what am I gonna ask you? Kiddo: ... If I already marked all the beats and wrote my subtext in the margins... Me: And? Kiddo: (sigh) Okay, 10 minutes.

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a man says that 's my boy in front of a brick wall

Alt: a man says that's my boy

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Wifey: We should go out. Me: (grumble) Wifey: It'd be nice to get out of the house... Me: (grumbling intensifies) Wifey: ... maybe meet some people... Me: (grumbling reaches fever pitch) Wifey: ... I'll even wear that thing you like. ... Me:

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a man in a red shirt is saying where are my pants

Alt: Michael J. Fox asking "Where are my pants?"

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Sure, dunk on AI voiceover because yes, as of NOW, it's just a piss poor robot's idea of what humans sound like, funded by rich idiots and approved by bigger idiots who will never be rich. But don't forget! This is early days. And with another few years of practice THE ROBOTS WILL BE MUCH WORSE

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Kiddo: Mom, what's for dinner? Wifey: Well, I have my barre class tonight so that's up to your dad. Both boys: UGH, CORN DOGS AGAIN?!

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

For reasons I can't control nor do I care to explain, I have been stuck in a karaoke bar for the last 2 1/2 hours. 45 minutes to go.

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a man with a beard is looking at the camera with his eyes closed .

Alt: Dead stare

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

If you tell your potential coworkers "you have until X date to submit," that's your word. It's okay to have an early frontrunner. Happens a lot. But that can't affect your word. And bruh. The number of times an absolute banger slipped in right under the wire? Come on. Let your people flex.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

With the holidays coming up, don't forget this handy dandy actor's guide for the degenerate in your life. Paperback for the nerds: a.co/d/0Az9I7L Audiobook for the illiterate: Listen to Getting In by Joel McDonald on Audible. www.audible.com/pd/B0FSG7L3S...

a.co

Amazon.com

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Wifey made a batch of Human Treats (TM) and left for an hour. Gonna eat em all and gaslight the hell out of her.

Tray of Human Treats - pretzels with pecans and melted Rolos.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Talked with a non-actor friend who's jazzed about AI and I told him it's a major existential threat to art, my industry, and my livelihood. "Yeah, but you could just learn to prompt the AI and make it good!" Sir, you could also gargle these nuts.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I'd wager that roughly 120% of theatre kids know what play this is just by the set.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Kiddo: Hey, Dad? I lost a tooth. Me: Another one? You just lost one yesterday! Kiddo: Yeah, that's the one I lost. I was just looking at it and I dropped it and now it's gone. Me: Okay, where did you drop it? Kiddo: In your keyboard.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Best fan interaction of the day was the dude who said he wanted to be a voice actor but didn't think he had a very good voice. Then he heard me in something and was like, "Hey! If that guy can do it, I DEFINITELY can!"

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Welp. I think that's all I came to Chattanooga for. (only real ones will understand)

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Half the neighborhood just turned out with flashlights because we heard a kid crying and screaming outside for like 15 minutes. Turns out it was a baby goat with its head caught in a fence. So... partial credit, I guess.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Man. If there's one thing Borderlands 4 has taught me so far it's that for somebody who's spent the last 7 years working in game dev I am exceptionally bad at video games.

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a storm trooper is holding a gun and wearing a white helmet

Alt: a storm trooper is holding a gun and wearing a white helmet

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I cannot wait for you to love these people like I love these people. youtu.be/jDMojROhvKE?...

youtu.be

Borderlands 4 Voice Cast Answer Community Questions

YouTube video by Borderlands

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Got interviewed for This Week On Kairos on Steam News. You're free to ignore most of it but this is important:

If your life had a narrator, whose voice would it be and why? "Gabe Kunda. If you know, you know."

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

No, I don't *only* cast super attractive voice actors. Though I can see why you'd think that.

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Wifey: We need to buy new towels for our bathroom. Me: Why? Wifey: They've gotten really rough and scratchy and it's bad for my skin. [proceeds to scrape her feet with a $60 river rock]

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Joel McDonald @okayjoelokay.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Waiting on a tow truck. AMA. Well, not "A." Ask me something halfway interesting and I might respond. #AMSHIAIMR

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