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31 Dec 03:23

“Now here comes the barbaric finale.”

by tedder

“Now here comes the barbaric finale.”
05 Jun 16:10

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - LLM

by Zach Weinersmith


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12 Mar 23:18

theineffablecon: A poll over on Twitter: If w...

theineffablecon:

A poll over on Twitter: If we were to do a London-based Good Omens event (with an online option) for GO33, would those attending in person prefer Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon?

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08 Feb 18:24

Modern Stoic Philosophy

by Corey Mohler
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PERSON: "Use the techniques of Stoicism to DOMINATE your business rivals!"

PERSON: "The advantage of Stoicism means you can ride the waves of the crytpo market without fear!"

PERSON: "It's a good thing i'm a master of stoicism, or this would be quite upsetting."
05 Oct 17:45

mylordshesacactus: mylordshesacactus:mylordshesacactus:So my family has a Gay Pirate Plate.Stay...

mylordshesacactus:

mylordshesacactus:

mylordshesacactus:

So my family has a Gay Pirate Plate.

Stay with me.

We do not know how the hell the Gay Pirate Plate was first acquired. This being a point of contention is actually pretty plot-relevant; the saga of the Gay Pirate Plate began with my grandmother and her sister, who, for some ungodly reason, both BADLY wanted the Gay Pirate Plate and believed it to be rightfully theirs.

I should back up, firstly, to establish: The Gay Pirate Plate is the cheapest, tackiest, ugliest plate in existence.

It is in no way a collector’s item. It is physically impossible for it to complement anyone’s decor, because the colors in it are garish. It’s just a ceramic plate with a gay pirate painted on it, and the painting is, this cannot be emphasized enough, extremely bad.

(How do we know the pirate is gay if he’s just posing on a plate? Listen. Fully 100% to stereotype, but he is. He is gay. There’s an energy. That pirate is a flaming homosexual. That pirate has sex with men and does it frequently. That pirate is fucking gay, all right, he just is.)

Anyway. The point is that this is an extremely cheap and ugly plate with a poorly-executed painting of pirate on it who is like a nine on the Kinsey scale.

My grandmother and her sister fought a blood feud over this plate for their entire lives. It would be on the wall in my grandma’s house, and then her sister would visit, and then it would be gone. She’d visit her sister and the plate would be on the wall and her sister would pretend it had always been there. She would steal it back, hang it up, and, when her sister visited, pretend it had always been there. This continued for DECADES.

When the sister died, the Gay Pirate Plate lived triumphantly in my grandmother’s house. And then my grandmother died. And my aunt, who had lived with her and been her carer throughout her life, rightfully inherited their house.

We visit my aunt after the funeral and stay with her for a week or two.

Me, my sister, and our dad. Her brother.

The three of us look at each other. We don’t say anything. We studiously avoid making eye contact with the Gay Pirate Plate mounted proud and ugly on the wall. We notice one another studiously avoiding looking at it. We notice one another noticing. We say nothing. We come to a silent consensus. We pack up to leave. We get in the van. Our aunt comes out to say goodbye. I loudly announce I need to use the restroom before we leave. She obviously stays outside to continue talking to my dad.

I take down the Gay Pirate Plate, stuff it under my oversized sweatshirt, go outside, and get in the van. She happily waves goodbye as we drive off.

Two days later my dad gets a phone call that opens with hysterical laughter and “You FUCKING ASSHOLE did you seriously STEAL THE PLATE–”

Anyway. The gay pirate plate lives in my dad’s house currently.

But he’s trying to get me and my sister out to visit him. And plate mounts are cheap.

The rules of Gay Pirate Plate are simple by the way.

  1. The plate must be clearly and openly displayed in a place of great prominence whenever it is in your possession. When it is not in your possession, the display piece must remain in place. This is where you would put your gay pirate plate, IF YOU HAD ONE.
  2. No active steps may be taken to prevent the theft of the Gay Pirate Plate. That goes against the spirit of the game, as does attempting to hide it.
  3. The plate MUST be stolen and cannot be gifted or removed with permission. Should you witness attempted theft of the Gay Pirate Plate you are required to intervene and return it to its place.
  4. Every time your sibling successfully absconds with the Gay Pirate Plate, you must respond with indignant fury, as if you have not also repeatedly and blatantly stolen the Gay Pirate Plate.

WOE

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PLATE BE UPON YE

13 Jul 03:31

Apenas Outra Vez

by Ornitorrinco

A noite no lago é a mesma. Os olhos nos olhos, a visão acostumada com a luz da lua e só. Os dois sentados bem perto, ela encostada nele. O queixo dele, mais alto, sobre a cabeça dela, com a barba roçando no cabelo. Mão sobre ombro, força de atração. “Atração” é até uma palavra fraca.

É interessante estar com uma pessoa e, no silêncio, se pegar pensando nela, e não falar nada. Os olhos semicerrados testemunham de como a visão dela chega fácil aos olhos, e ao mesmo tempo abrem espaço pra pensar no depois.

Só uma das peles se arrepia com a brisa fria. A outra se arrepia com mais.

Uma única lágrima solitária pelo que já foi. Memórias doem.

24 May 16:17

In My Kingdom Cold




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