Friday Ephemera (792)
There are reasons not to do this. || Not entirely unrelated. || Her list may be longer than yours. || You’d never tire of it. || It’s a good-news-mad-news thing. || The thing that isn’t mentioned. (h/t, Aelfheld) || Modernity, baby. || “It’s the butter situation” and other worries, 1959. || How often do you wash yours? || His other senses must be heightened. || Only some kinds of dress-up-and-pretend are allowed. || Passions. || DIY project. || Rapper has jaw issues. || A test of patience. || The progressive retail experience, parts 678, 679, 680, 681, 682 and 683. || I couldn’t help but notice that Dad has quite the rack. || Train signals. || Status signals. || Newcomerliness. || A scoreboard of failed apocalyptic predictions. (h/t, Things) || And finally, it requires a quite vigorous back and forth motion.
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On declining a poisoned interview question.
Related memes.
A longer version of the interview clip, and its tendentious framing, can be seen here.
It’s much more fun to rant against the Baked Bean Menace, because you can do it without making enemies, all the while trading escalating barbs over the virtues/evils of baked beans, a-loo-min-um/al-u-minium, etc.
These frequently pop into my head for no apparent reason…
She dresses – including dyed pink hair and tattoos – to attract the most attention possible and wears pins to warn people on how to treat her … I’m the most special Princess that has ever lived! Better behave! …
I know people on the spectrum (family and friends) and they never want to draw untoward attention to themselves or be treated as ‘special’. They want to be treated as “normal” as anyone else. So, excuse me if I find this woman costumed as an escapee from the local Sanrio store a total fraud re: her “hidden disabilities.”
And that makes me mad because it’s like the fake “service pet” crap. It puts ME in the position of questioning “is this real or a scam” when there are individuals who are genuinely disabled and need accommodating.
Can confirm.
But how else can she find an excuse to list all of her fascinating complications? I mean, you’d never tire of that, listening to someone’s endless self-description.
Police called to Tractor Parts store parking lot…
https://x.com/Thefactsdude/status/1986750481709101194