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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender)

@strumphs.bsky.social
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"That's not my name." Just here to chat and read. Comfort the afflicted and vice-versa. Some labels to easily judge me by: Atheist | Geek | GenX | White | Cis-Male | Progressive | Dad Pokémon Go: 3846 9631 4673

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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Depends who asks it. You can probably tell which is which. Not that there's anything wrong with being honest, but a lot of non-friends will be annoyed. Their fault for asking, of course, but they won't see it that way.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
We are in a hostage situation with our billionaires. They've made it clear that their accumulation of wealth (and the attendant degradation of democracy) only works in one direction. If it moves even an inch the other way, they blow the whole thing up and inaugurate fascism. Completely untenable
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here"
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You're asking for people to shoot him AND each other. Not sure who you think is going to do that.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm not sure you know what "circular firing squad" means
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I always say some version of "if your vote didn't matter, they wouldn't spend so much trying to buy it." Even if your state always votes one way on most things, not all races are pre-ordained (especially this year), and if nothing else you should vote to send a message.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was going to say. '84 for me but a gay guy from 2010 would be a huge improvement.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I used to check Bsky daily because of 3 people I followed who posted a LOT. Well, 2 of them left Bsky and I had to unfollow the 3rd, so there's almost no one for me to listen to here anymore. I glance at my feed every few days but I might delete it, not sure.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When I read "lactose intolerant" in the commentary, it took me half a second to figure out what that was about. I use oatmilk in everything and I'm not lactose intolerant, I do it for personal moral reasons. (Also it tastes better to me)
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it also depends how long you knew their old name, and I've found that remembering new pronouns is a lot harder than remembering a new name, but the point is to try. It's just good manners to respect someone's choices over their own life.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oglaf fillers are the True Slut Adventures strips. I'd rather have it a little late than be replaced by a TSA 😛
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A celebrity has to try really hard to make me care about them at all outside of whether I like their work. Definitely not there with TS.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Or more like it's a shame that it didn't come true before he died. I agree with you on the ideal order of things, just not the timing.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Edna Mode: NO CAPES!
Alt: Edna Mode: NO CAPES!
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's like the thing about Religions being cults that lasted. Every modern-day religion is a verifiable con, but after long enough they become more or less legit. In the same way, fiction created in our lifetimes is just a story; after 100 years it's tradition, and after 1000 it's legend.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Reminds me of how conservatives deride leftist women as "blue-hairs." I love blue hair!
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's true though? I'm no expert on the definitions but it seems like covid has been pretty stable for a couple of years now. Some people think that "over" means "cured" but that's just ignorant.
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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CharliCenter-CX @cambrianera.radical.town · 12/09/2026
The trans rights position is very straightforward: Simply being trans should not exclude you from any part of society. If you can't get behind that, then maybe you really ARE a bigot.
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Fights🏳️‍⚧️4🇵🇸Love @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A donkey man yells at a fleeing trans woman with a black eye “bitch you better not leave! What are you going to live in the streets and vote for nobody? You’ll regret this! I’LL SEE YOU IN THE CAMPS, BITCH!”

Tag line “Vote Blue no matter how many times he hits you”
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There are SO many "science explainer" YouTube channels with stick-figure graphics that are AI ripoffs of some OG explainer channel, it's not "uncanny" enough to be obvious other than that there are just so many of them. So yeah, making it look amateur on purpose is a sneaky move.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thank you, same here. I get it in context but the way the skeet started I just assumed that since it was talking about AI everywhere, that the picture was an example of it.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Short weeks with holidays are the only time this sentiment is less relevant to me. It doesn't even feel like Wednesday, let alone a full week. It's a welcome change. I'm sure next week will be crazy as always.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
To my American ears, the idea of saying it "bean" in. Any context sounds like a parody of a British accent. It only sounds natural to me as "bin"
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
post by leyawn

jester, roast this peasant child for saying i have no clothes on. more vulgar, jester. use the forbidden words
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Phil Hartman as Frankenstein on SNL
Alt: Phil Hartman as Frankenstein on SNL saying "Fire bad!"
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Agnostic vs Gnostic is a different axis than Atheist vs Theist. I'm atheist (literally "without a god") but also agnostic (no one can be 100% sure there's no god [or equivalent] even though it sure seems that way). I'm open to new evidence but it'd have to be "extraordinary" to match the claim.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life?
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Those two plus "it's just a little ___, it's still good! It's still good!" are the only ones that come to mind for me. I'm not familiar with any of the other ones that were mentioned. But as you said, I'm sure there are more that I use without even remembering where they came from.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Red Snapper Wheel Of Fish
Alt: "Wheel Of Fish" gameshow in the movie UHF
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Impossible to hear "Anne Hathaway" and not reply, "Doth she?"
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
About 5 years ago the lady in the BK drive-through told me she liked my hair, and it still makes me smile to remember it. Compliments from strangers are as rare and valuable as diamonds.
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
From a senator 5 months ago (first couple seconds of the clip) bsky.app/profile/atru...
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yeah, seriously. If I decide to unsubscribe from something I let that decision be my voice; the "I didn't like this" is implied.
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 05/08/2026
media when maga wins an election: we must travel the country and speak to these voters and extend empathy to them and give credence to their bigotry and false beliefs media when the left wins an election: is this the end of the american experiment
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Burger Bender (Bargain Blender) @strumphs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
FWIW, I don't think she looks at all like Janet Jackson, and if this is how she looks now it's fine by me (it's been a while so I'd have to go back and check what looks different anyway).
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ashley (spooky) 🕸️ @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
if you are bigoted against trans folks you will not stop there and I know it you are either already racist, sexist, or homophobic or you are on your way there and I will not join you for your journey
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 30/07/2026
Squishiness on trans rights is a dealbreaker for me because (a) it’s a straightforward issue of personal freedom and bodily autonomy much like abortion, and (b) the right is obviously coming after us cis gays next.
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
the whole "buy it once but buy it for life" thing doesn't really work when the product costs 40 times the median price
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 23/07/2026
There's a famous story about Joe Stalin making a speech in 1937. When he was done, the audience began clapping wildly but then everyone was afraid to stop. They kept going for 11 minutes. Finally one guy had enough and stopped, and then everyone else could too. That guy was imprisoned for 10 years.
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