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Chris Roberts

@rickzarber.bsky.social
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So tired it hurts, in too much pain to sleep. He/him/or honestly whatever—I have no strong feelings about my gender and won't take offense.

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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We have a little refrain, where he tells me something about one vtuber or another, and I ask, "which one is that?" and he tells me, and I say, "nope, never heard of her," and he says, "I've followed her for years," and I say, "I'm sure you have." And I swear it's a new name every time.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In 2020 I show my housemate one short vtuber clip that came across my social media feed and mildly amused me, and six years later he hasn't spent one day without a dozen-plus twitch tabs open at any given time.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"No maidens?" meme but it's my housemates and the text says "No oshis?" instead.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also there is simple entropy. My PC will not last forever; sooner or later something critical is going to fail. But I don't know how I'll ever be able to afford another at this point.
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AubryRPG🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonplaysgames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Denying post‑op trans adults HRT is lethal because it causes dangerous hormone crashes, severe dysphoria, and sharp spikes in suicide risk Our bodies depend on HRT for our physical and mental health, ripping away that care will kill many of us But we knew this was coming And we warned about this
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Man, I could've remained so happily ignorant and unaware…
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oof, sounds nightmarish. (As far as I remember, my record was nearly four days awake.) Can't none of it be good for ya, that's for sure. Nowadays, even a single night without sleep leaves me feeling like hot death.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Literally what doomed me back in college. (Well, that and the unmedicated ADHD and severe depression.) Sleep entirely untethered from any notion of a schedule; 12h sleep, 38h awake, 4h sleep, 20h awake, 16h sleep, 6h awake, etc. etc. I'm on Rxs nowadays, but it can still happen a few times per year.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm mostly joking—the real answer has to be Super Mario World—but before the SNES, E.T. was the game I was obsessed with trying to figure out. It wasn't until adulthood, reading about it online that I realized the game was actually Bad, and kid me never stood a chance against those broken hit boxes.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A CRT television showing the title screen of E.T. for the Atari 2600 (the system and game are next to the TV).
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/09/2026
Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
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Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As a sub over dub sicko I am infuriated with the state of labeling movies both online and at movie theaters. Just clearly state which one is the sub and which is the dub. You don't understand, if I hear an American voice my throat will close up and I will have to be rushed to the hospital
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Was gonna go watch the original Ghost in the Shell in the theater tonight, but instead my body has decided that I'd rather spend my evening laid up. Maybe tomorrow, fingers crossed. (Or they would be, if they weren't full of arthritis pain.)
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why game with Purpose when you could just do as I do and while away your precious time on earth disassociating by putting 1000 cumulative hours into various versions of Tetris and Dr. Mario?
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spookyobscurae @tinyobscurae.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
my “when i say ‘i’m sorry that happened to you’ i mean ‘i am sorrowed on your behalf’ rather than ‘i am apologising’” t-shirt appears not to be answering as many question as i’d hoped
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"He might do so, if all the free folk of the world begged him, but he would not understand the need. And if he were given the Ring, he would soon forget it, or most likely throw it away. Such things have no hold on his mind. He would be a most unsafe guardian[…]"
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hm. Well. I, um… hm.
Screenshot of a phone notification from dating app Boo that says, "New love! Rodan sent you love."
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
OK, today's was something like: Why does OoT Link look wet? Because fish wife, obviously. It's like they say, "wet is life when fish is wife."
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's more like I realize I don't need to air out my brain in public. A long post about my current anxieties? No one needs to see that. A dumb thing I think is funny but likely no one else will? No one needs to see that. It's just for some reason I waste time acting like I'm not gonna realize this.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pouring one out for all the posts I type out, spend 20 minutes rewriting over and over, and then hit discard on. Maybe one day you won't be the vast majority.
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Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
(me strangling my own pain like it's a cartoon character who is annoying me) turn into art you piece of shit
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 07/09/2026
shit
hyprdrvn on threads

Executive function: "Do it now so you can relax later"
ADHD: "Counteroffer: remain vaguely stressed all day"
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
(Thankfully these have all been covered by a month's subscription, because I'd never be able to afford all of these tickets.)
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's been a good month for anime films I never got around to seeing before and Star Trek I've seen a million times but on the big screen. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is also getting a showing on the 19th, hoping to catch that one too…
AMC app interface showing tickets for September 3rd, 4th, and 5th, to Akira, Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition (paired with TOS episode The Changeling), and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director's Cut (paired with Space Seed), respectively.AMC app interface showing upcoming tickets for showings on September 6th, 7th, and 17th, for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (paired with Amok Time), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (paired with City on the Edge of Forever), and Ghost in the Shell 30th Anniversary, respectively.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Got the state right, whaddya know.
Dialect map, with the quiz matched to Virginia at 55% although the map itself shows strong red patches in California and New Mexico. My actual location/upbringing around Washington DC is only mildly orange.
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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
this would appear slightly inadvisable source: www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20?
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Eternal Sunshine: Jim Carrey & Kate Winslet
Alt: Jim Carrey & Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Raise your hand
A line chart labeled birth at one end and death at the other. A single section from birth labeled "gifted kid omg". The rest of the chart labeled "a burned out fucking disappointment".
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Jeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 27/08/2026
Man. 2016 can't end soon enough.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oh wow, that must mean that it's been ~20 years since I started reading your comics! "Has anyone seen my cat Joanna?! She's green and has alcoholism!" was like the first thing I saw, and it imprinted into my brain. I must still have my Snakes shirt somewhere, though I'm sure I've outfatted it now.
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Lucy @lucyxiv.boontavista.com · 21/08/2026
exploding a data center is not enough. I need to hear ChatGPT die while saying it’s afraid like in 2001
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I've played nothing but GBA Dr. Mario lately. I… don't know what this would mean for me.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
@hatebunny.bsky.social Happy Birthday, sir!
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I really need to stop doing this, it's becoming my MO and it Feels Bad.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Depends on your starting rate; then you get, "pal, speed up."
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Happy birthday!
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@melfice.bsky.social Happy birthday!
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Maybe this was leftover from when they were still hoping for a crossover? One of the Gatwa episodes had him reply to a Star Trek reference with a, "we should go visit those guys sometime." And I think they even shared a ComiCon panel one year, IIRC
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"Hello, police? Merry Christmas!" still gets a smile from me. But yeah…
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Fuck, this makes my heart sick.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Also Siddig el-Fadil was pretty great casting for Ra's, though I fell off the show before seeing much of him.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Best thing about Gotham was BD Wong playing Hugo Strange. He was hamming it up 110% and it was never less than a joy. His line reading of, "I now pronounce you… Saaane," will live in my head forever—channelling full Takei.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
lol I didn't see the context until clicking through the reposts and was very confused for a moment. XD
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
^^ Thankfully my error was immediately obvious and easy to fix, but I laughed aloud when I walked up and found them like that. Had to capture it for posterity.
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Goblin In A Jacket @goblininajacket.northsky.social · 22/07/2026
but maybe it'll work next time
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Chris Roberts @rickzarber.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My brother is a maintenance crew chief on several rides at Disney World. I am not mechanically inclined whatsoever. Things would go… Badly.
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 13/07/2026
JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.
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