monkeyborg

monkeyborg, 2 months ago to random

The dog and I walk single file to hide our numbers.

monkeyborg, 2 months ago to random

True story: my siblings and I were among the first kids to ever play with pool noodles.

Around 1990, my Dad, who worked for a furniture mfg. company with a foam rubber plant, told us that they had taken on a contract to make foam tubes for a new construction toy called “Toobers & Zots.”

He brought some home for us. We quickly figured out their best uses: floating in the pool and smacking each other.

Never did see T&Z in the toy stores, but a few years later pool noodles were everywhere.

monkeyborg, 2 months ago to random

I knew the sport was big down there, but this is ridiculous.

monkeyborg, 2 months ago to random

I accept LinkedIn requests from other people at my university even if I havenʼt worked with them directly because maybe they have some reason for wanting to get in touch with me and thatʼs their preferred way of reaching out.

This morning I got a request from someone whose profile photo was so perfect I thought they must be fake. It looked like an AI-generated image of a stock photo model.

But I dug a bit and theyʼre real.

It is apparently possible for a headshot to be too professional.

Alice, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

There was a span of time when it seemed like every kid was named something like Jaxyn or Brynleigh but I haven't seen those types of names in a little while so my best guess is that they all died doing dumb TikTok challenges.

monkeyborg, 2 months ago to random

Alt text, motherfuckers. Itʼs not optional. Every time you post an image without it youʼre telling blind people to get fucked. Is that who you want to be? I know thatʼs not who you want to be.

monkeyborg, 2 months ago to random

For a long time I’ve had this idea of just being a Basic Guy, of having an ok diet and exercise routine, house and car and clothes that are decent but nothing special, friends that I like and who like spending time with me, a job that pays the bills and leaves a bit left over for savings and leisure, hobbies outside of work, maybe a girlfriend.

And I am confounded at how I can never seem to get to this idea I have in my mind of not some ideal version of myself, but just an adequate one.

Gina, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to fediverse

I once again need your opinion on a very important matter, dear #fediverse friends.

If there was a place called Sushi & Tacos thats sells.. 🍣 sushi and tacos 🌮, how much of your life savings would you spend there? #daretoask #businessidea #sushi #tacos

monkeyborg, 2 months ago to random

The meaning of “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra” as a reference to communication by metaphorical cultural reference has completely eclipsed its original meaning of two strangers becoming allies through a shared trial, and thatʼs a real Shaka When the Walls Fell if you ask me

faraiwe, 2 months ago to random

monkeyborg, 2 months ago to random

Hall & Ass

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time was 19 years, 364 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes ago

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

Chillin’ like a villain, smellin’ like a felon

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

Albizia julibrissin, the pink silk or mimosa tree, is an extremely common sight in our area. Itʼs invasive, but itʼs also a beautiful tree whose delicate pink flowers signal the arrival of summer.

And you know summer is almost at an end when those blooms give way to a bounty of green seed pods.

These things grow themselves, and I would love to find a use for those seeds. Theyʼre toxic for humans and livestock, unfortunately. But maybe soap? Or biodiesel?

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.08.004

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

I started watching Space: 1999 and the set design and costumes are AMAZING but the dialogue hurts, it hurts so bad. I donʼt know how much more Iʼll watch but Iʼm pretty sure Iʼm not going to make it through 48 hours of this.

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

Already seen some henbit and the purple deadnettle will be out soon. Let’s see how many meals I can make this year from a whole grain, a legume, and foraged greens.

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

Trans people are here to remind us that itʼs who you are on the inside that defines you, not who you are on the outside — and boy does that piss the Christians off

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

Finally, fashion that speaks to me

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

I have lots of apps installed on my phone that are very useful in my alternate timeline life where I go places and do things

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

They say that if you feel like you hate everyone, you should eat. If you feel like everyone hates you, you should sleep.

Me: eats

Nope, didnʼt work

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

The definition of insanity is repeating “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result” over and over again and expecting a different result

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

Whipping my dick out at the Google Street View car to keep the rent down… and to make my dick Google famous

monkeyborg, 3 months ago to random

Sure, let’s be a “person.” Why not? Let’s be a meat guy. Some evolved monkey in a clothes suit. Let’s “eat” “cereal” and “wear” “pants” like some kind of freak. Let’s have bilateral symmetry and “genitals” and “hands”