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Prospero

@abysmoftime

Mostly Harmless Antiquarian

Joined September 2023
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"The kings go up and the kings go down, And who knows who shall rule; Next night a king may starve or sleep, But men and birds and beasts shall weep At the burial of a fool.
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Everyone's on about Patrick Stewart but I just now realized Walter Koenig died last week
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Mighta been comic relief on Star Trek but on Babylon 5 he was legit terrifying
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It continues to confuse me how people who profess a nigh-theological dedication to inevitability and trend-extrapolation can dedicate themselves so thoroughly to wailing and gnashing their teeth as the inevitable trends play out.
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Darwinists who hate Darwinian fitness, tribal antitribalists shocked their tribalism can't compete, realpolitik-appreciators blindsided by actually-existing realpolitik. Lol. Lmao, even.
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bottleneck
Tricky (@trickylabyrinth) profile pictureTricky
@trickylabyrinthOct 30
what's the term we should give to the human who a swarm of agents reports to? manager works but can get confused with the agent role of managing other agents, owner feels weird, etc
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Picard's accent implies England reconquered France at some point
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I would EMPHATICALLY rather be a stupid embarrassing loser.
Chair (@_chair) profile pictureChair
@_chairOct 30
tech startups are like men: they want you to call them evil, and if you want to hurt them you have to call them stupid embarrassing losers, not "evil"
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Alcoholics with pseudonyms, even!
Georgie Porgie (@itsjustnewsbruh) profile pictureGeorgie Porgie
@itsjustnewsbruhOct 30
Replying to @theghostofsf
I’m honestly sick of pretending a bunch of alcoholics didn’t build this country from the ground up to begin with.
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somehow had never before realized Mr. Burns' assistant is named for Vǫlundr
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mfw Istanbaul rug merchants cajole me into their store, where I will merrily consume 2kg of biscuits and a gallon of tea, spending a grand total of 0 lira
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Prospero (@abysmoftime) profile pictureProspero
@abysmoftimeOct 28
Replying to @abysmoftime
Easiest thing to learn in any new language -- all you need are yes, no, counting numbers, and at least one exclamation of exaggerated shock. "Çocuklarım açlıktan ölecek!"
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I am completely the opposite way; I will gleefully haggle for hours and buy nothing.
whoreaborealis (dubai, bali 10/18-11/14) (@Actualwebutante) profile picturewhoreaborealis (dubai, bali 10/18-11/14)
@ActualwebutanteOct 28
one of the craziest culture shocks I’ve had in Dubai is that I do NOT like being hawked at. nothing turned me away faster than a shopkeeper trying to get my attention. I immediately bristle like a cat and vow to never come back there again
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Easiest thing to learn in any new language -- all you need are yes, no, counting numbers, and at least one exclamation of exaggerated shock. "Çocuklarım açlıktan ölecek!"
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dusting off the 2007 meme folder
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hero thousandfaces (@1thousandfaces_) profile picturehero thousandfaces
@1thousandfaces_Oct 27
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT
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PROMOTIONS!
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Without looking it up, which of these denominations do you think is largest?
27%Greek Orthodox
45%Mormons
28%Presbyterians
96 votes • Final results
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Bathathon heled, im ú-cirath.
wɐɪf ɫʌvɚːː 🔆🟢🐑⏹️ (@AstroRose20) profile picturewɐɪf ɫʌvɚːː 🔆🟢🐑⏹️@AstroRose20Oct 25
Many people make jokes about having poor/basic knowledge of another language using certain stock phrases. English speakers say in Spanish, “¿dónde está la biblioteca?” Portuguese speakers say in English, “the book is on the table.” Do you know any other phrases like this?
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this book is amazing btw
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Prospero (@abysmoftime) profile pictureProspero
@abysmoftimeOct 25
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Giambattista della Porta considered this a delightful pastime
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also quite a bit of steganography and counterfeiting
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"noo Giambatista you can't just keep calling everything natural magick!" "blackface is natural magick"
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