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[–] SVcross@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's the "I'm a communist" that does this for me.

[–] sgbrain7@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it really is the nice little bow that ties it together

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's even better if you imagine it in his voice.

[–] sgbrain7@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

oh my god it is. thank you for making me imagine that

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 132 points 3 days ago (1 children)

average conversation in this community tbh

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 98 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Hi Hungry, I’m tired.

[–] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

soviet anthem plays loudly

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 85 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean, Ariel had bottom magic, no surgery needed, right?

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I especially liked this part for some reason 😄

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We have a clumsy greyhound who always makes a bunch of noise going up and down stairs, so we always tell her she sounds like two horses.

Sounds adorable 🥰 😄

[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Ahhh, Neil, gotta be one of my favorite niche internet micro celebrities.

[–] alx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Okay i laughed too much, thanks

XD Thanks for the share!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

As long as it's seven.
Or more.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

... 'Bottom Magic' was my stage name ... but that was another time.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's great how, they might have list the contest, but it's undisputably the most "successful" piece of art that came out of it

I don't know what the contest was for, but the piece itself really struck a major cord with its target audience

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago

I want to see the winning piece

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Back in the 90s, all goths were nominally bi. Perhaps things have escalated since then?

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

When I was about 13, I started my path into goth subculture, in the late 90s . I am so very happy that this was the enviorment I was exposed to during my teens, when identity is formed and you are so very open to new ideas.

I grew up with a complete normalisation of gay and lesbian interactions, surrounded by men that were comftable wearing makeup and integrating elements of crossdressing into their outfits.

I could test out my ideas of a male gender and my sexuality without the boundaries that society troughs at us usually and I honestly think it was an absolute blessing.

no, but a bunch came out since.

[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 47 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Always knew that crab was red!

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Not sure where this is going but I've heard that crabs are actually only turning red when they're dead and cooked (something, something capitalism?)

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Blue crabs do turn red when cooked, but red crabs are always red.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But what if the crab is in a forest where no one can see it?

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

You say no one can see it, but the tree octopus would totally eat it

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I would have to explain color theory, and that shit is a cognitohazard.

I don't mean like 'rokos basilisk' "what if we reflavored the dumbest ideas of the dark ages, but cyberpunk flavor and with 200% more irrational dumbshit assumptions based on a pretty okay scifi story I read decades ago and now assume is a substitute for logic" 'cognitohazard' I mean genuinely shit that can break your brain, can consume you, can destroy you.

so there is an answer, and when you even approach it, you will become the abyss into which others should not stare. may there be a god to help you, because I will be unable.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I cannot explain that without defiling you. A portion of who I am now is forever locked away, a secret to the world, and should it ever be known I will destroy my audience, will drag them down into the incomprehensible dark alongside me. this is not a fate you should desire.

just stay away from fucking color theory. there are three primary colors and you make other colors by combining them. black is no colors. white is all the colors at once. you don't need to know anything else.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But what if I want to split colors apart instead of combining them?

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

perfectly straightforward; you just reverse it. don't think about it too hard. R G and B values each go from 0 to 255 (that's 256 if you want to be a barbarian and avoid zero indexing).

all is well. you don't need to think about it any more than that.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

K

(Just throwing shade)

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

You might be thinking of lobsters.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Let the crab cook! ... I mean, let him preach!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Iconic tbfh

[–] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

Band together with your commy friends and lets make some magic happen!

A normal example of what the proletariat is capable of united

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My friend, we're all crabs on this blessed day.

Ashes to ashes, crabs to crabs.

Here's more because I just find it to be hilarious: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-animals-keep-evolving-into-crabs/

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago
[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

What's Justin Trudeau doing in there?