Kijyata: 2 GOP members on the floor. Both named Cheney. Arethinn: Liz and...? Kijyata: Her dad joined her to be like "wtf happened to my party?" Arethinn: ... Dick Cheney is alive? Arethinn: i mean. "alive" Kijyata: Well, walking at least.
Violet: "FDA expert panel blesses vaccine for kids 5-11" I'm just picturing... like... the FDA-mobile Violet: like it's vaccine Easter and they're blessing it before distributing it to the faithful
arethinn: Doesn't this look as if it were a Monkey Island dating sim? enotsola: Yeah. uwu. arethinn: [agreeing] UWU. arethinn: ... arethinn: Now, I'm not saying I wouldn't play that...
joshuawise: hiya Ed. was good to see you in the club two weeks ago! joshuawise: also totally wild. I don't think I've ever seen an entire club sing along to Wolfsheim - Once In A Lifetime joshuawise: later, I think during Mollie's second set, there was a big crowd of ... non-goth-dressed folks ... packing the stage, 'woop woop'ing along to VNV - Tomorrow Never Comes, which is *also* something I've never seen before, and to be honest, something I don't have any need to see again joshuawise: though, as far as I can tell, they were doing an excellent job of buying alcohol from the bars at the club, so, you know, support your local venues!
Me, facetiously, after having looked up the Wikipedia entry on hovercraft to find out when they were invented: But when were eels invented? (reference) enotsola: You'd have to ask Jesus. Me: ... Me: .... Me: ..... Me: ......Is he widely known as the inventor of eels? enotsola: ... enotsola: .... enotsola: .....Sure.
enotsola: Mister ... explodey face... arethinn: ??? enotsola: The guy who is to explosions as JJ Abrams-- arethinn: Michael Bay? enotsola: *squeals with laughter* arethinn: "As JJ Abrams is to lens flares"? Is that where that was going? enotsola: *laughter intensifies*
me: Would you like a cider or the last 805? enotsola: ...Nah, not right now. I was thinking of showering. Just reading the internet for now. me: That has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
enotsola: So I lost my mind and cussed out Ted Cruz. [on Twitter] arethinn: I'm not sure you lost your mind. You may have lost your composure, but it seems like the only rational response to Ted Cruz.
Stygian Syzygy: https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/next-democratic-debate-to-feature-hot-questions-and-even-hotter-wings Eldrynn: oh no Eldrynn: that'd be hilarious Eldrynn: so how can we make this actually happen? :D Eldrynn: and is the hot sauce kosher? Stygian Syzygy: I would watch the shit out of it, but they'd both die. Hillary comes in and just slams Da Bomb like a shot of tequila, eats both the last dab wings, and wins. Becoming president of YouTube.
Stygian Syzygy: One of the girls in ASL [class] described herself as having less attention span than a goldfish. In fact, she has the attention span of a mcnugget. Eldrynn: i suppose a mcnugget is less than a goldfish Stygian Syzygy: I argued maybe not. They seem super focused on just sitting there and listening all the time. Eldrynn: have you just said a chicken mcnugget is a good listener Stygian Syzygy: I did indeed say that. They never interrupt! Eldrynn: i cannot refute this assertion
Stygian Syzygy: ... Stygian Syzygy: Dennis Hof, a brothel owner who was running for the Nevada state legislature, died in his sleep at one of his brothels after celebrating his 72nd birthday with porn star Ron Jeremy, rapper Flavor Flav and ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio. Stygian Syzygy: I mean, holy crap, the writers have just.. given up exuberant squawktube: i didn't know they even had sharks in nevada Stygian Syzygy: I think we've got a case of the execs being like "we don't need writers, we can do this ourselves" and firing the whole writing staff exuberant squawktube: or there's a strike; but last time we got dr horrible, whereas this all is just horrible
Stygian Syzygy: Lego Movie 2 trailer. Which includes a Garfunkel and Oates cover of Everything is Awesome tea dalek: oh no [a few minutes later] Stygian Syzygy: Apparently the world has gone full Mad Max tea dalek: no kidding? Stygian Syzygy: Except, of course, for Emmet, who is still himself. tea dalek: i don't understand tea dalek: keep in mind i've never seen any of the mad max movies so i only understand this as a general post-apocalyptic thing Stygian Syzygy: Yeah. But just, Lego world has gone full post-apocalyptic with a mad max flavour, except for the lead, who is still his dang bubbly self. Also, they go to space with Intergalactic playing. Because why not tea dalek: .... i didn't realize you were still talking about Lego. I thought you meant the real world and was like "trufax, who's emmet though?" tea dalek: sdlfjdsljkfs
He reads political stuff on Facebook and Twitter that I don't and often pastes links, so (especially with the pause that meant it could easily be a new topic) it just seemed perfectly reasonable to me that he would say that as a lead-in for something he was going to show me. FFS.
lord of potatos: i wonder what christopher will say in the foreword [to The Fall of Gondolin], since in Beren & Luthien he was like "i'm fucking old and i may not live to do another book" Stygian Syzygy: "Still alive, mother fuckers" lord of potatos: LOL
Stygian Syzygy: “[The GOP are] the ones who promised their constituents they would do some simple things like repeal and replace Obamacare, get real tax reform and tax relief for their constituents, put ISIS in retreat if not full-on defeat, and keep us safe and prosperous,” Conway said Wednesday during an appearance on Fox News. Stygian Syzygy: simple things. Stygian Syzygy: ... simple old-fashioned hurgusburgus: ... Stygian Syzygy: something here is simple, that's for sure. old-fashioned hurgusburgus: LOL old-fashioned hurgusburgus: harsh