AFKBRBChocolate

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Can someone ID this comic strip? (lemmy.world)

Some time ago, I pulled this sticker off our old fridge before we got rid of it and put it onto my PC’s side panel (don’t ask me why, I guess I thought it looked cool). I don’t exactly know where it came from or who put it there, although I suspect it was put there by a Australian relative that was visiting us a long time...

AFKBRBChocolate,

It does look like his style.

AFKBRBChocolate,

This comment has the whole quote. It’s usually a mistake to try and make sense out of what he says, but it kind of looks like he’s trying to invoke the image of the cannibalistic serial killer and then saying that’s the kind of criminal we’re releasing.

AFKBRBChocolate,

Okay, but now I want to chase an ice cream truck with a convoy of vehicles…

AFKBRBChocolate,

I wonder how much of this change is the result of the whole world saying “Well, he’s 18 and getting into politics - the gloves are off now.” Wouldn’t surprise me if it was his mom’s doing. I don’t like her, but good on her if she pulled the plug on this.

What's a (fiction) book that's written intimately and will make me feel awe?

I read Martin McInnes’s In Ascension recently. What I loved about it is that it felt both intimate and sweeping. Intimate in the sense of going deep into the protagonist’s thoughts and feelings; sweeping in the nature of the things she thinks and does. Discovering and investigating things beyond all human knowledge,...

AFKBRBChocolate,

If you liked Annihilation, you might enjoy Leech, by Hiring Ennes. It’s not the same at all, but kind of has a similar feel. Very unusual plot, very well told story.

[Solved] [Rock] (lemmy.ca)

spoilerHelter Skelter by Mötley Crüe When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide I get to the top and I go for a ride I get to the bottom and I see you again I see you again Do you, don’t you want me to love you I’m coming down fast but I’m miles above you Oh tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the...

AFKBRBChocolate,

I guess it’s also Helter Skelter by The Beatles, since the lyrics are the same.

AFKBRBChocolate,

I am no expert here, but when I was single I had a pothos that I kept forgetting about until it looked completely dead. I would always figure that was the end of it, but I’d go back to watering like normal and it always came back. I named it Lazarus (the guy in the bible that Jesus brings back from the dead).

I won’t say it was the best looking plant after that treatment, but it did live. I’d let it dry to the point where you’d normally water it, then go back to normal if it survives. Good luck!

AFKBRBChocolate,

I’ve seen a few of them in the wild now and each time I’m struck by how cartoonishly awful they look. Somehow the pictures don’t do them justice - they’re worse than that. They always remind me of those “futuristic” cars they put in low budget 80s sci-fi movies.

AFKBRBChocolate,

Exactly. They even seem to drive like those kinds of things - like the suspension wasn’t made for the extra weight - but maybe that’s just my brain extending the impression.

AFKBRBChocolate,

Isn’t that crazy? I’ve seen other people say that, but you just don’t get it until you’ve seen one. I feel like the astronauts who say they can’t really describe the experience of seeing the earth from space because the pictures don’t do it justice, except this is in a bad way.

AFKBRBChocolate,

Years ago I was walking through a park area of UC Berkeley while on vacation and this squirrel walked right in front of me and stood there, so I stopped and watched it. I realized I had some food in my backpack and there might be something squirrel-appropriate, so I very slowly took it off and opened it up, hoping the squirrel wouldn’t get scared and run away. I found something - like a grape or something, don’t remember what - and got it out to toss to the squirrel, but when he saw it he ran up my pants leg and stopped at about my waist. Scared the crap out of me. I held out the food and he took it with one hand, stuck it in his mouth, and ran away.

That’s when I learned that there are apparently tame squirrels all around Berkeley.

AFKBRBChocolate,

I feel sorry for that hyena

AFKBRBChocolate,

Necessary in public if you insist on letting a hyena as a pet. I didn’t think you should keep a hyena as a pet.

AFKBRBChocolate,

It was disputed by Trump

Trump documents trial start delayed indefinitely, judge orders (www.reuters.com)

Donald Trump’s trial in Florida on charges of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office has been indefinitely postponed, a judge decided on Tuesday, greatly reducing the odds he will face a jury in either of the two federal criminal cases against him before the Nov. 5 U.S. election.

AFKBRBChocolate,

Cannon shouldn’t be on the bench

AFKBRBChocolate,

That’s quite an image - interested to see what it is.

AFKBRBChocolate,

That’s an amazing video

AFKBRBChocolate,

I think this is the first of these I’ve seen with correct spelling and punctuation.

AFKBRBChocolate,

Man, I love Kliban

AFKBRBChocolate,

I had a number of his collections and used to keep them in the bathroom for people before everyone had phones.

AFKBRBChocolate,

What books are those? Sounded like murdebot diaries until the end.

AFKBRBChocolate,

Oh, the sequel to Lock In, by Scalzi. I haven’t read Lock In yet, but I know about it. It would probably have been a Hugo nominee except a whole bunch of right wing types banded together to vote for books that were less inclusivity-minded. They were successful, and Scalzi was one who lost out. Here’s an article from the time it was happening.

AFKBRBChocolate,

Seasons in the sun?

What happens to those who are severely disabled while in prison?

For some reason began going down a rabbit hole thinking about this. Let’s say you are blind, and reliant on a guide dog, but end up in prison for a non-violent crime like possession of illegal drugs. Are you allowed to keep the dog? No, right? But if you are entirely reliant on the guide dog to perform daily tasks, how do you...

AFKBRBChocolate,

My understanding is that jail is where you go when you’re awaiting trial for something or being held pending charges. Prison is where you go as punishment when you’ve been convicted.

Notes from a year of reading science fiction and fantasy [potentially minor spoilers]

Below are books I’ve read over the last year, with notes about on what I thought of them. I started this list just to remind me what the books were about and if I thought they were worth reading. As the year went on, my notes became a little more substantial. The list was for me, but I thought I’d share in case it’s useful...

AFKBRBChocolate,

Off hand, the only Stephenson novels I can think of that I’ve read are Snow crash, Seveneves, and Fall. All of them are excellent, but they’re very different from each other, so it’s hard to think of another author that’s similar.

All that being said, you might try Project Hail Mary, by Weir, and maybe Saturn’s Children by Stross.

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