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That Old Broadbean

@thatoldbear.bsky.social
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Just an old man trying to get by with art, language studies, manga and a burning hatred of conservatism. my old art is on www.pixiv.net/en/users/44253033

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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 5h
heheheh the one scene that made me chuckle in Resident Evil
in a darkened room a pool of light falls on a nice desk and a very particular kind of typewriter Resident Evil players would recognise as a save point
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 6h
@theCultureGuy tweeted "Have just discovered this early 1843 attempt by Edward Newman to artistically reconstruct Pterosaurs and Im absolutely delighted"
The image is an engraving of what looks like an American Opossum with wings and an absurdly huge mouth doing battle with a long necked fruitbat in the sky 🤣
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 6h
sigh
an anonymous imbecile tweeted (with screenshots of their AI use) "Instead of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a """DOCTOR""" to take an XRay, you can get one for free from ChatGPT". They then gave the AI a photo of their hand and asked it to make an xray image of the hand and analyse it, with predictable results eg "What I noticed: Bones - you have no clear fractures" Well of course, it's AI generated, why would there be any fractures in an averaged image of hand bones 🤣
Paloma (@connventen) replied with what we're all thinking - "ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID"
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 7h
let's see what's going on in Tumblr... oh my
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 13h
we gotta be careful, because even women will just fold their arms and walk away saying OPENASEN :)
this brunette barbie makes a disguted face
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 17h
I have to ask my Tassie friends ... is Devonport alright?
in the ChitChat NW Tassie group, an image was posted of the Hyundai Motors Devonport dealership at night, with a portable electronic sign. It reads "GARY DUNHILL FUCKS HIS SISTER", and the poster muses "Interesting sight at Motors Devonport"
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
and this might be an Australian exclusive... The Ford Falcon!
harrison ford is han solo in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon alongside Chewbacca the Wookie
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
ford mustang?
harrison ford rides a black horse as Indiana Jones
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Brooke, I have bad news for you; you've always been weird and you should....
a sticker written in spooky horror movie from the sixties font demanding the reader STAY WEIRD
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
his usual selfie character is a dapper chap in a flat cap who has a freckled nose:)
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
AWRITE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
towards the mid point they name an explosive expert after his weight problem, despite his obvious skill and demonstrable agility
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
this four panel comic by Jim Benton shows a man carving a block of marble into a sculpture of a colossal hand giving a thumbs up. Just as he clambers atop it to do the finishing touches on the thumb... causing it to tip over and look like a thumb squishing its own creator's head into the ground
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
i can just imagine them confronting each other on the street like this Pocketsss comic.
An angry paladin brandishes his sword at a giant swamp hag. She's just resting with her back against a massive tree as he yells "FOUL HAG I CAME TO RID THESE LANDS OF YOUR VILE INFLUENCE! YOUR BLOOD SHALL DRENCH THIS WICKED NEST, THESE WOODS ARE NOT YOURS TO ROT AND SICKEN!" whereupon the massive emaciated hag waves her arms about languidly and with deep exhausted resignation says "WTF I am literally just hanging out"
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I cant believe it, Fiat launched an EV version of the old MULTIPLA!!!!! this mock up they built for a motor show is bright green with a watermelon red interior and has three rows of seats like an elongated Kei van with insane Italian design flourishes.
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
grafiti in a wall representing three overlapping circles in a venn diagram marked AUTISM CATHOLICISM and NERD SHIT
AUTISM +NERD = obesession over fine detail
AUTISM + CATHOLICISM = Clearly defined rules hierarchies and ritual
Catholisms + NERD SHIT = Silly outfits and complicated law
INTERSECTION OF ALL THREE = BDSM
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Oh how did I forget to poste the rest of this Justene Williams exhibit of reshapes and particolored mannequins
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Disney Character names explained"
Simba = Lion in Swahili
Rifiki = friend in swahili
Nemo = nobody in Latin
Sherriff Woody = Erect XXXXX in English
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Can you believe there's a snowman in the middle of subtropical Brisbane?
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How hot was Ipswich today? Well this started as a cup of Haribo gummi cola bottle candy, now it's a GLOB
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh and I forgot to share these fun things from the Queensland Art Gallery yesterday
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
whoa whoa WHOA, Danbo the Cardboard Robot is NOT AI. It's just Miura's cardboard outfit :)
the cover of Yotsuba! volume 5 shows the green haired preschooler Yotsuba Koiwai posing dramatically next to the big cardboard box robot Danboin this screencap, Yotsuba's neighbour Ena is telling off her schoolfriend Miura for not hiding away the Danbo outfit, which is why Yotsuba is upset about her new robot friend is decaptiated and doesnt move
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Psst @bedupolker.bsky.social
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
klaus pitter provides... a hypothesis I guess>?
a water coloured image of Jesus' disciples cheering as he walks on water in the foreground, carrying an olive branch... while standing on a submerged donkey with a snorkel
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hey, come on over, the pumpkin soup is almost ready
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
<LAUGHTER SO LOUD AND DEEP IT SHAKES MOUNTAINS>
Wikipedia entry for "List of Landlords killed by Mao Zedong" with smaller letters under neath "this list is incomplete you can help by expanding it"
then in ever larger letters YOU CAN HELP BY EXPANDING IT. EXPANDING IT!" above a chinese patriotic image of a giant glowing red eyed chuckling Mao looking down on thousands of worker carrying big red flags
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The actors (especially Vernon Wells) apparently complained they were getting windburn and frostbite like symptoms from the constant tearing about on bikes in the desert:) still, the "Gay S&M cannibal Biker" set the look for all post apocalyptic raiders in media from then on
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh yes I'm a scholar...
The cover of Frank Miller's SciFi dystopia "Ronin" features a hyper muscular Billy Challas emerging from sewage with his new robot limbs
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
it amuses me to think French people hear the name "Jason Derulo" but think
two large plastic rollers. or as they say in French "Deux Rouleaux"
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
and here is Sohrab himself as Dick Cheney in Hell
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
all men must serve:)
its Jacquen H'agar, the shape shifting cultist assasin from Game of Thrones:)
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
there are no good Aussie godbotherers - just look at how many of them made it big in America
as the cane toad was to Australia's ecology, so is Aussie Ken Hamm to the poison swamp of America's fucked relationship to God. Here he is, a white man in a dark flannel shirt on a hill overlooking his absurd part government funded Noah's Ark bullshit museum. What a cunt.
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
a strange overly ornate dagger in a blue enamelled scabbard with a tonne of ilver snake decoration sits in a glass case. X_catboy tweeted "in america if you stop at a gas station in the middle of nowhere you can buy powerful artefacts"
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ironic they chose to rebrand AI because
The periodic table entry for silicon is SI 
ELEMENT 14 ATOMIC WEIGHT 28.086 METALLOID
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
See also...
Sid Blair is a cubby neckbeard dude kneeling in prayerful pose behind a MTG card contestant as if to banish the horror of the guy's very obvious plumbers ass crack. He did a whole series of these because there were a LOT of exposed butt situations at that tournament
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Maya @maya_kristen tweeted
"If white characters were written the way white authors describe POC in novels:
"Karen wrapped her mayonnaise- colored hands around the ceramic mug and lifted it to her nonexistent tent lips. Her Tide Pod-hued eyes narrowed when she realized she'd forgotten to ask for a manager.""

Airi Moore replied: "The mayonnaise description perfectly captures the absurdity of food-based metaphors in writing. It's a clever way to highlight how detached some descriptions feel. This satire really hits home for anyone tired of repetitive tropes."
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
why stretch so far, when Albrechtsen is a classic political hasbeen
Janet Albrechtsen with Milo Fucking Yannopoulos about 8 years ago
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
psssst @crowbar.wtf
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
where do I begin with the alt text for this one? goddammit Perry Bible Fellowship!
a woman with a cat for a head holds hands with a schlubby looking guy with a cardboard box for a head. behind them, a variety of men of different body shapes (whose heads are all cat-trees or cat climbing things) all throw their hands up in dismay or frustration
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
First off, it's ASTRONAUTRIX and second...
in a mid 50s era comic, a male astronaut gazes out porthole "A male Astronaut will make the first orbital flight around the world in a Mercury capsule but..."
A larger image of a woman in a figure hugging space suit is labelled ASTRONAUTESS "... Some scientists think women may be better on longer trips for several reasons! Less bored by trivial tasks! 50 pound weight savings! Quick fingered in EMERGENCIES!"
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think I might be too old to endure mum's "old lady nonsense" antics. I remember now how much she enjoyed Ruth Cracknell's character in the old show Mother and Son and I wonder how much of this is her genuinely being insufferable and how much is just weird narcissist powerplay bullshit
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
COINCIDENCE?
Japanese flag and text is rendered phonetically as Yaro-O Koroshta
Iranian flag and text rendered phonetically as Yaru'ro Koshte
English translation of both: HE KILLED THAT DUDE
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@connormcpherson8793 commented 
"When AI was being created, we were told we would write novels and AI would check our grammar. In practice, AI writes novels and we check AI's grammar.  :("
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
or to put it another way...
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Me: ordering a powered USB hub because my computer seems to not have enough USB sockets Kogan dot com: "hey, I see you ordered a USB hub, good for you, might I suggest a few related purchases?" Me: what the fuuuuuuck
A PROPANE POWERED "GRASS BURNER" WEED KILLER WAND for $27
oh and a Aussie socketed AC travel adapter for $23
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
in his quest for eternal youth, Simon Cowell has become somekind of Dreamworks character?
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
hong kong protest grafiti in cantonese and english - "WE WONT GO BACK TO NORMALITY BECAUSE NORMALITY WS THE PROBLEM"
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
After all my nerve wracking decisions about a new keyboard.... AUUUGHHGHGHGHGHGHG
A close up of a macbook pro keyboard where some monstrous madman has replaces most of the main keys (low profile, low travel keys) with big fat high profile regular keyboard keys and now I doubt the bloody thing could even close, let alone type properly and it's driving me bonkers
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That Old Broadbean @thatoldbear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nadja is just superb
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