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courtcan

@courtcan@mastodon.social

#author & #bibliophile: #fantasy #scifi #specfic
Amerigerman cultural mutt #ThirdCultureKid
#ADHD #DAVE
leaning into lack
mischief
a/theist tarrying in the "slash"
critical thought #neurosparkly
she/her
#Abi '96

courtcan.com

profile pic: me. white woman. 40s. chin-length dark blond curls w multi-colored streaks. gray & black t-shirt

header: from my YA fantasy THE ACCURSED cover: teen girl, back to viewer, traversing ominous forest. long frizzy hair, long red dress. hopeful light beyond trees

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GrimmReality, to random
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At the store a delightful looking worker smiled at me a little too long, like all shiny as if she'd just heard a great joke - which I realized later maybe was because I had one of my funny tees on - and I smiled awkwardly and nodded back but suppressed the words that came immediately to mind, which were "What's YOUR deal, happypants?" so I may have some issues of nonresocialization to work on.

courtcan,
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@GrimmReality The other day, a store clerk complimented me on my shirt, which is green and emblazoned with the Loki quote "THIS IS ABSURD."

Me: Thanks! That's surprising, I really need to re-dye it!

I thought she was talking about my hair. facepalm

courtcan, to random
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me logs on to Social Media

me: o mighty Social Media, please bestow upon me knowledge of the current state of affairs

Social Media: EXCEPT FOR THE ORANGUTAN THAT CREATED A MEDICATED PASTE, THE AFFAIRS SEEM TO MADE OF SHIT AND ARE ON FIRE

me nodding: that tracks

me logs off of Social Media

flexghost, to random
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    courtcan,
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    @flexghost Apparently they also sang the Darth Vader theme at her as she walked across campus. 😆

    donni, to random
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    Life is thousands of normal and boring days, and then one day when you decide to wrestle an elephant

    courtcan,
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    @donni

    WorkWithKirk, to random
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    Snow White and the Se7en Dwarves

    courtcan,
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    @WorkWithKirk I would watch this so hard.

    davepolaschek, to USpolitics
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    Sometimes you just have to laugh. “This machine bonks fascists!” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/water-jug-meme-university-protest-palestine

    courtcan,
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    @davepolaschek IT IS FUCKING INSPIRATIONAL 😄🖖🤘

    GrimmReality, to random
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    Ah, Seinfeld being a multimillionaire pseud who will want for nothing until his dying day but remains ultraperturbed at time passing and people trying to make society less shitty - always sparkling material and maybe a sufficient prompt for me to do a shot-for-shot repost of my other-medium thread of his last and profoundly dogshit stand-up special/basic-as-fuck litmus test. I shall have a beer or two and mull this prospect.

    courtcan,
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    @GrimmReality @catsnfats Kramer was the only part of that show I enjoyed. His unhingedness spoke to me.

    Still does, tbh. 😆

    augieray, to random
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    The casual dismissal of continuing risks drives me crazy. This chart notes that 2023 concert revenue "shatters records in Post-COVID comeback."

    Post-COVID?! In four months of 2023, over 21,000 people have died of COVID. That's more than the gun homicides in the US in ALL of 2023. Where is this "post-COVID" world everyone talks about?!

    https://www.statista.com/chart/32177/box-office-gross-of-the-global-top-100-music-tours/

    courtcan,
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    @augieray The "post-COVID" dwells in the non-reality dimension all of those people are living in.

    I don't get it.

    courtcan, to washington
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    Last week's statements by the of State:

    "We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool.... We do not want to be a democracy.....

    "We encourage Republicans to substitute the words ‘republic’ and ‘republicanism’ where previously they have used the word ‘democracy'.... Every time the word ‘democracy’ is used favorably it serves to promote the principles of the Democratic Party, the principles of which we ardently oppose....

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    courtcan,
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    “We…oppose legislation which makes our nation more democratic in nature.”










    https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-wa-gop-put-it-in-writing-that-theyre-not-into-democracy/

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    atomicpoet, to random
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    When I was a teenager, I was quite bitter that I missed out on being a Gen Xer by a mere year.

    Whatever you want to say about Gen X, they really knew how to market themselves. 😆

    courtcan,
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    @SynAck @atomicpoet Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent. 😁🖖🤘

    Sylkykat, to HashtagGames
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    When Chewbacca retired, he went to a rather backwards planet in the Sol system and lived in seclusion in the woods. The people of the area where he lived called him Bigfoot because they couldn't understand his language.

    #FictionalCharactersRetiredLife
    #HashtagGames

    courtcan,
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    @Sylkykat Since Star Wars took place "a long time ago," I now have the headcanon that the Bigfoots are all Chewbacca's descendants. I'm assuming he brought his wife & kid(s?) to Terra with him. 😁

    courtcan, to books
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    Seen elsewhere: name 10 authors of whose books you've read more than 5:

    Elizabeth Moon >5
    Margaret Atwood =5
    Stephen King >5
    Dean Koontz >5
    Jennifer Roberson >5
    Anne Rice >5
    CS Lewis >5
    Octavia Butler =5
    Susan Cooper =5
    JRR Tolkien >5

    Bonus:
    PC Hodgell =5




    courtcan, to til
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    the top 5 hits in the year I finished (Abi '96!) were:

    1. "Lemon Tree" by Fool's Garden 🍋❤️

    2. "Insomnia" by Faithless ❓🤔

    3. "Macarena" by Los Del Rio 🎶💃❤️

    4. "Children" by Robert Miles ❓🤔

    5. "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees 😑

    I even looked up the Miles & Faithless songs. They still ring no bells. Fugees gets a 😑 bc it got overplayed for a decade, which soured me in it forever & ever & ever.

    We do the Macarena at sometimes. Still a banger. 😁

    18+ Mrfunkedude, to sourdough
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    It needs a name.

    courtcan,
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    @Mrfunkedude Trevor

    RickiTarr, to random
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    That Novelty Cup you had to have on vacation, you'll never use it again.

    courtcan,
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    @RickiTarr Can confirm. I took home a novelty cup from a party last year and did not use it once, forgot multiple times that it existed. It went to Goodwill.

    courtcan,
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    @RickiTarr In related news, a few years ago I switched to buying only fridge magnets as souvenirs, and I've never felt less cluttered. 😁

    EvilBunnyPottymouth, to random
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    from Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer

    Little reminder !

    from Lindsey Graham
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    1. May 2016🚨
      If we nominate we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
    courtcan,
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    @EvilBunnyPottymouth Offering alt-text for this because it's too important not to be perceived by all! 😊🤘🖖

    Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
    Lady Liberty lies in on an exam table, her back to the viewer. The doctor, labeled "SCOTUS," stands near her, performing an ultrasound on her belly. He says, "This baby will likely kill you, but you're legally required to carry it to full term...."

    The ultrasound screen shows an image of a tiny Xenomorph of ALIEN fame, inscribed with the name "Trumpism."

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    Currently feeling nostalgic about the future.

    courtcan,
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    @amiserabilist @Mrfunkedude Headcanon says Flintstones was always secretly set in the future. 😫

    courtcan,
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    @qurlyjoe @amiserabilist @Mrfunkedude nods vigorously 😳

    courtcan, to linguistics
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    Concerning & , I no longer adhere to as I once did. dovetails far better with my acquired understanding of language as a living, growing, metamorphosing creature that will not be contained or constrained by any rules we humans try to place upon it.

    However.

    Choices such as

    orientate
    conversate
    nucular
    alot
    realitor
    michievious
    definatly
    apart of

    will never fail to make me wither away a little on the inside.

    Sorry, y'all. 😆🖖

    !

    courtcan,
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    @cy okay I laughed until I CRIED 😂

    CRICKEM NIGFOPS 🤣🤣🤣

    GottaLaff, to legal
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    Let’s start with this, via @darthstar, because NY has laws that govern . I heard the Legals on TV say the same thing as Sean here:

    https://mastodon.online/@darthstar/112320741962522803

    courtcan,
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    @GottaLaff YES PLEASE. Let the buffoon speak for himself!

    courtcan,
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    @GottaLaff That analogy is actually spot-on. Doesn't matter if it's a news article or someone else's personal opinion -- he grabbed it and paraded around with it as a proxy for his own statements.

    courtcan,
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    @GottaLaff Laffy, your threads are always chef's kiss gold. Thanks so much, and I hope the rest of your day goes smoothly! 😊🤘🖖

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