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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

I just want people to have a safe and fun time and I want to be the person who stands up for others, and I did, I know I did but I could’ve been better and faster about it. I’m not looking for thanks or praise I just don’t want people to suffer when I know I can do something about it

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

And what if we meet again?? Would they hate me? Would they care or even remember?? Would they lump me in the same box as the people who harassed them?? Would it be weird to apologize out of the blue if we ever did meet again?? They don’t know me, we may never see each other again but I worry so much

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

There’s nobody here anyways but I feel the need to state, only if you feel safe to do so. I’m big and loud and mean and I don’t mind physical altercations which is what scared these dudes off but obviously stay safe within your means, don’t be a hero and get yourself fucked up

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

Anyways, the world is fucking awful and scary and if you see shit, say shit. Fuck it, jump the gun and be wrong rather than be passive and be right. No one deserves to be harassed, especially not at a fucking Taco Bell bathroom in the middle of clubbing

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

No one got hurt and they got home safe and that’s what matters but that looks of distrust and anger and fear even when I did step in, even when I cussed them out and backed them up, and asked if they needed anything like that’s a look I’ll never fucking forget it’s fucking haunting

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

Feeling like a service dog who fucked up so impossibly bad, I’m supposed to be big and strong and protect others, how the fuck did I fuck up so bad??? My whole purpose is to help others how the fuck did I fuck it so bad?????? Fuck dude!!!!

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

They got home safe I think, I was sure to watch the whole way out, but man I felt so fucking awful about everything and they were so defensive and mean to me too and they have every fucking right and I deserved it absolutely they can’t trust anyone we truly only have ourselves and each other

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t care how it makes me look, I promise I’ll do better in the future, heaven forbid it happens again, but I promise I’ll swing for the fucking fences before I ever let shit play out like that again, thank fuck no one got hurt and nothing happened but it never should’ve been an issue period

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

And even then I dropped the ball by not being fast enough, by not picking up on shit quick enough. I should barked immediately and asked for forgiveness if they were your friends, everything is so fucking dangerous and it makes me mad holy fuck you didn’t deserve that and I’m so sorry

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 4h

Just gross, gross behavior from every fucking corner and I’m disgusted with myself for not trusting my gut from the get go, fucking ewww, I hate it I hate that we live in a world where the people trying to protect you are just as gross as the people trying to harm you and all we have is each other

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 5h

Even the security guard was being gross as FUCK and I cussed him out too, but you shouldn’t have to deal with that. You shouldn’t have to justify going out and being together, and you shouldn’t have a group of dudes thinking they can be weird as fuck because y’all are partying

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 5h

You deserved to have a nice night out and I should realized in that moment those dudes were NOT your friends and barked as soon as I saw them hanging around you. I’m glad I did cuss them the fuck out and they left y’all alone but that never should’ve fucking happened

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 5h

Have to get this off my chest: to the ladies who were being harassed by the bathrooms of a fucking Taco Bell, I’m so sorry I didn’t step in sooner and you had every right to be pissed as fuck, I deserved every mean look and word because of it

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⋮ 𝖘𝐚𝔦𝐧𝔱 ᯽ 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑛 @insectoid.bsky.to · 21h

thinking about when guillermo del toro said "since childhood, i've been faithful to monsters. i've been saved and absolved by them, because monsters are the patron saints of our blissful imperfections.”

guillermo del toro and the faun from pan's labyrinth behind the scenes

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Steeeve Duffy @stevenduffysstuffy.bsky.social · 21h

parenthood [1/3] #mgs

Fan comic of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
We’re in the Nomad from MGS4-
Panel 1: Sunny peeks out from the top of the stairs, and asks “c-c-can we get i-i-ice cream?”
Panel 2: downstairs, Old Snake reads a newspaper and sits in Martin’s chair from the 90’s sitcom Frasier, a spinoff of the sitcom Cheers featuring the character Frasier Crane as he navigates work, family, and romance in the bustling city of Seattle. He replies “Still can’t leave the plane, Sunny.”
Panel 3: closer on Snake, continued: “You can make your own. We have eggs”
Panel 4: Sunny does not appear to like this idea.

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lou-ellen 🎃 @louceph.com · 23h

Disgusted! Reached to the back of the shelf to get icing sugar at my local store and got bitten by a beastly rodent! I’ll be reporting this to the health inspectors at once!

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Lun's not so SUPER SECRET ACCOUNT! @lunydoobles.bsky.social · 22h

Mother Hen's got talons

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SOVKA ✶ @monstersovka.bsky.social · 18h

✨🌙 Moon Wolf 🌙✨

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maud @peloriemate.net · 20h

i got so many people calling this tweet fakeposting back when i made it but since this is bluesky and things have less reach on here im just going to post the photo

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Staladus @staladus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Tream... (Truth Beam)

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tobias 🍃🎐🌱 @godbirdart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

『 Distance, safety, detachment. It had been nurtured since early on, its presence bellowing and gnashing its teeth capriciously without tire; but your volatile wake was never who you are. At one point, it had protected you. Now, it is time to finally connect. 🪐 』 ─ ✧˖°

image is a digital illustration of small, kirin creatures gathered on a glassy, water surface. One stands alone to the right warily while a number huddle curiously on the left. In the cloudy blue sky above, an immense black hole looms. #furryart #furry

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Clutch", the second 2026 graduation short film from French Gobelins school, is now online. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxx_... Directed by Aduniyi Akin Oluwatomiwa, Christopher Carte, Pochih Ko, Gaïa Locque, Adriano Correia, Jia Guo.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just a gang of mates meeting up to vibe out. Animation : Andrew Clarke (instagram.com/atomiclarke)

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Katherine Lam @ LBX 431 @katherinelam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

for the new statesman on the revival of the death penalty in america

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Viewing this video changed the trajectory of my day earlier

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yo this is the coolest thing ever??? You’ve just handed me the keys to a buffet I didn’t know I needed, I have to get drawing again STAT!!! Thanks dude!!!

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In case anyone was wondering, the thermos type Columbo uses in S4E1 “An Exercise in Fatality” is a 1971 King Seeley thermos Model 2434. That’s all.

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Also beautifully tooted up in that stance, soldier. Fantastic ass in that uniform

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Unrelated, but I love the lines on the officer, like real simple but you can really feel the weight of em, very very nice

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

‘Be very angry about how the world is being fucked.’ King Guillermo, I adore you. 👑♥️ [Not my video! Saw on Reddit!]

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DitzyFlama @ditzyflama.com · 04/10/2026

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Don’t ask me the color of SHIT I’m not here right now

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The what of who now??? Good morning???

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Zeurel @zeurel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Make stuff. For the love of all that there is, please just keep making stuff! Doesn't matter if it's bad, good etc. Just *keep* making stuff.

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But i also think it’s a bit of kids (and adults!) without strong irl role models are searching for mama and papa in fiction, and because everything can be curated to never make you challenge yourself or be uncomfortable ever, it hits a certain reactivity button in people, insecurities or otherwise

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Blorbo Johnson won’t tell you not to speak over them, or tell you you’re wrong and that their culture is not monolithic or that you’re misinformed. That’s Blorbo Johnson and you fight for their rights in fiction land because it parallels things you see irl without having to Actually Do something

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is also apart of this big theory I have called “baby’s first activism”, where media with Themes™️ present easily digestible, low stakes playgrounds to explore and act out against injustices without having to engage with any of the nuisance of irl issues

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A more succinct thought: despite living in a world where everything is curated for you by you, personal gratification is not enough to deliberately be uncomfortable. There has to be a purpose or reason to put in that effort that extends outside of self fulfillment, and most don’t care to seek it

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

But like the stakes are much lower for reading books and all, but I think that mindset is there. If there is no reward for this effort, why am I putting in the effort?? And so literacy literally deteriorates because it’s not something transactional. You get experience, but how do you flaunt that??

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Being uncomfortable is, to many, a crime and a personal failing. And with no real immediate gains, likes or money, why try? It’s why so much stuff is so irony poisoned, sincere efforts are to be mocked until it’s successful, then it’s praised. The wait time until success is what drives most off

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think what it boils down to the fact that these things take effort. Effort is uncomfortable when you don’t know if you’ll get a reward at the end of it. People don’t care for the quietness that comes with personal accomplishment, there’s a drive for social validation, immediate and constant.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't disagree with the thread below but frame it somewhat differently as an academic who regularly sees people who read for a living fail in the way described here. From that perspective it seems more a cultural crisis than an educational one

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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Furry Found Footage ➡️ FURPOC @furryfootage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

my favorite late night channel surfing cable tv watch Bio Hunter (1995) directed by Yuzo Sato, Studio Madhouse

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

LIKE??? Did everyone forget he CARRIED that man in his own mind, his essence, his very psyche until they could bring Spock back???? HELLO???? That is an old Cowboy with a big heart and a sharp tongue and complicated feelings and I LOVE HIMMMMMM

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#1 Old Man Appreciator @saintocculus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

!!! It’s a hill I’m willing to die on too, bones cares about you!! He cares about everyone but he shows it differently!! He’s actually very attuned to the people around him!!! He’s so incredible in the novels!! Please please please read the novels!!! Your honor I LOVE HIMMMM

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