Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose…
www.twopercentco.com/rants/archiv...
(From almost twenty fucking years ago…)
![[Screenshot of text excerpt from a website, which reads:]
Listen, here's the point we constantly find ourselves having to explain: swears, like *all* words, convey several layers of meaning which *cannot be conveyed* by the use of other words. This is easily illustrated: if we say that Jim is a jerk and John is a motherfucking cocksucker, you can readily understand the not-so-subtle difference in our opinions of Jim and John. It is a simple fact of the English language — and, in fact, language in general — that approximate or even exact synonyms, through common usage, take on their own uniquely varying flavors which entirely color our perceptions of phrases that contain those words. We're talking about *all* words, here; it's the same story if we say that Dapper Dan in the fourth race at Preakness is "excellent," while Goes The Mile in the second is "magnificent" — again, there is a *difference* that is conveyed by the use of the two different words. The difference *itself* may be interpreted differently by different listeners, depending on their own past experience with such words, but it's clearly *there*.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jnwhlckbw7xogdsrmmibmbrj/bafkreihhdlqzyb7joevkzjnzldjiom5yheajbobdbn3jpankrqjz3pap5y)
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![[Excerpt from Chapter 6 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams]
“Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jnwhlckbw7xogdsrmmibmbrj/bafkreif2mshdwy5umoz67zzoc2nkwgwyrrmlkhxhint7htnuuqvnf2lwbm)
![[Text of a casting call on a website, which reads:]
TALLER THAN 6' PHYSICAL COMEDY PERSON PART OF DUO
Ages 18-60, all genders, ethnicities, and looks. Should have improv and physical comedy training and experience: **please highlight any of this in notes for priority consideration/make sure to upload any footage to reel**. Please make note of Any experience with Clowning, Dance, Improvised Movement, Stunts, this is a huge plus. This person should be taller/larger sized compared to the other role. Please include current sizes. The character is lighthearted, funny, silly, able to lead as well as play off your scene partner.
SHORTER THAN 6" PHYSICAL COMEDY PERSON OF DUO
Ages 18-60, all genders, ethnicities, and looks. Should have improv and physical comedy training and experience: **please highlight any of this in notes for priority consideration/make sure to upload any footage to reel**. Please make note of Any experience with Clowning, Dance, Improvised Movement, Stunts, this is a huge plus. This person should be shorter sized compared to the other role. Please include current sizes. The character is lighthearted, funny, silly , able to lead as well as play off your scene partner.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jnwhlckbw7xogdsrmmibmbrj/bafkreidkyjsoomtn2xcccmflrofrv74m3cggc4ttjol57h3pe2lxyzf4ga)
![[Text, as if in a novel, that reads (as it fades into view at the top):]
[…] muses as the wind gently shifts the curtains by the window. "So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible…a…a…"
As if in answer, a huge horse flies in the open window.
"A horse!" Bruce exclaims triumphantly. "That's it! It's an omen. I shall become a HORSE!"
And thus is born this weird figure of the dark…this avenger of evil, "The Horse-Man."
As he enters the Horse Cave later that night, he parks the Horsemobile and carefully removes his cape and bridle. Upset that he lost one of his prized Horsearangs when he threw it at […]
[The text fades out at the bottom.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jnwhlckbw7xogdsrmmibmbrj/bafkreihdwvtcculcgbkkhcc7kum4wrybmh4i3h6hhipwd44zjuivcdyga4)
![[Altered version of the link-card originally posted, with an image of RFK Jr. up to his bullshit, only now the copy reads:]
RFK Jr. wants Dunkin' to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe - The Boston Globe
The warning comes as Kennedy is leaning heavily into his agenda to ensure Americans die. [instead of "improve American diets"]
www.bostonglobe.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jnwhlckbw7xogdsrmmibmbrj/bafkreihqceu6qmeekrlvar6ik62tnodgcwfkrx2n3r4dyrwcidk72f5x64)
![[Excerpt from "Cake - Book 1: Marley" (by me):]
ONE
The Distinguished Yaks ... have you seen this child? ... the sentinel ... Sleeper ... déjà vu ... a glass of ice cold Coca-Cola ... midnight birdsong ... all good ... an infinite second ... unconditional love.
She stops at the mouth of the alley, scans the shadows. A moment; a bulk of clothes, hair and odor shifts away from the rest of the darkness and shuffles slowly over to her. Anastasia speaks through a tired, tight-lipped smile: “I brought dinner.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jnwhlckbw7xogdsrmmibmbrj/bafkreifexp6dbfiw6dmocweg3sh5v6r3dqyccmbhr3x4nbmw5e25c653ci)
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273rd UBI Trial Successful, Parliament Cautions "Need More Data"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jnwhlckbw7xogdsrmmibmbrj/bafkreibbrlqwybtgucqr3dpbmsxhu5x3zxtefo7uw2ky2vqqp67vu7376e)