Casually Odd

What am I even doing? Carrying on for Walt, I guess. I need to get a different background. What a stream of consciousness this is... The profile pic is art I bought from this artist: https://www.instagram.com/mikealtmanart Support art and artists!

[grapnel]

An example of why one should use the Oxford comma.

[lizardsfromspace]

Penn & Teller: Bullshit was an odd show bc it kept rotating between actual skepticism and libertarian screeds. Probably the most famous episode is the one about how GMOs are good and Norman Borlaug is the greatest man in history and anyway two episodes later they argue that we need to be skeptical of global warming and frame environmentalists as hysterical morons. Show that argued persuasively that vaccines are safe and don't cause autism, and also did an entire episode denying the dangers of second hand smoke and one saying we should get rid of the endangered species act

[lizardsfromspace]

I gave up on the show in its fifth season when they did a episode about how Walmart is good actually where their main evidence was interviewing one person who worked at Wal-Mart, and how she said working there was good and created jobs. It looks like I missed episodes arguing in favor of the right to display female-presenting nipples, supporting nuclear power, and opposing exorcisms & a border wall...and also an entire episode yelling about how handicap parking and the ADA are unnecessary bc businesses will just support disabled people in the name of profit

Obligatory note: Penn Jillette renounced libertarianism in 2020! He called the individualism he promoted an "illusion" and that it's all "rich white guys who don't want to be told what to do". Apparently the moment that made him swap to the left & endorse Biden in 2024 was feeling ashamed when a libertarian group asked him to speak at an anti-mask event. So I doubt he agrees with most of that part of the show anymore (he certainly backtracked on global warming and secondhand smoke back then). Teller is silent on the matter

[lizardsfromspace]

Remembered another thing they did

So in one episode - I can't remember the topic - they showed someone going out with wacky petitions, and showed that people are signing 'em. We've all seen a stunt like that and its usual framing of showing off everyone who signed and letting us laugh at how dumb they are

But this time they ended with a montage of the many, many more people who refused to sign. They told us that only a small minority signed, that nearly everyone said no, and talked about how every stunt like that depends on selectively excluding everyone who doesn't agree instead of honestly telling you how many people agreed with their strawman. This was a good way of showing off a common deceptive media trick!

Anyway over in Bad Libertarian Bullshit their environmentalism episode makes one of its key arguments that they sent out a guy with a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide and all these dumb people totally signed it you guys

[thehorizonmachine]

there should be like secret extra editions of dnd that wotc denounces as false like christian apocrypha

[athelind]

[IMAGE: The logo for the Pathfinder TTRPG]

[liberalsarecool]

Classic: MAGA asshole deplorable playing victim.

[casuallyodd]

no no no you misunderstood. I said "fuck YOUR feelings". MY feelings are very important and must be handled gently, like a tiny baby hummingbird

[asystolle]

Romeo + Juliet (1996) dir. Baz Luhrmann

[edgebug]

"wholesome" and "pure" are not antonyms of "sexual" btw

[drtrinitysantos]

sdxfcgvzdxfcgvhzdxfcgvhbjnkmlcgvhbjnk science

[dizzyhslightlyvoided]

#the reason that lab safety regulations are the way they are is because literally all chemists are like this #as in 100% of them #no exceptions (via @prokopetz)

[juicetrump2]

It Sure Looks Like Trump Was the One Who Damaged Reflecting Pool

The president has been complaining about vandals destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But now that the pool is being drained, a

[casuallyodd]

[captain-price-returns]

they had 19 year old /pol/ users going through all federal spending and deleting anything where the words were too big to understand

[palominojacoby]

X

[landoverwater]

So apparently copper thieves are targeting AI Data Centres and nicking all the supplies.

Ea Nasir... is that you? Have you come back to save us all?

Thieves Are Now Targeting AI Data Center Construction Sites for Copper and Expensive Equipment

Investigators recovered two stolen trailers carrying $1.3 million in data center supplies, including copper wire and infrastructure equipmen

[styro-sometimes]

[sparklywaistcoat]

FYI Meta now allows your Insta photos to be mined for AI without your consent unless you opt out.

[angstbotfic]

allegedly they have backed off as of 7/10:

Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash

Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts.

[casuallyodd]

Quick reminder: it says suspends and even if they use stronger language, they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. They might try to bring this back when things die down in a different form. If they think they can make money off it, they will try to force it again, just quietly.

[valencians]

fantasy: the kingdom has been ruled by one family for 10,000 years

science fiction: a new species evolved in 30 years

[calllynx]

Op turned off reblogs but I MUST

[millenniallust4death]

I love that photo of Martin and Bosco playing at the water park. Every time I see it it makes my day. Do you have any other favourite photos of them together, if you're up for sharing? I totally understand if you don't feel up to it tho, so no pressure!

Thank you! It's so cool that you enjoy the blaze photo too.

I love these candid photos of Martin and Bosco. They were always having conversations with each other.

[millenniallust4death]

genuinely fuck you for giving tumblr so much money. stop blazing that damn post

Thank you for taking time out of your day to send me Anon hate! Unfortunately, your ire is misplaced.

I whimsically blazed Martin and Bosco’s post once on July 13, 2022. Anyone on Tumblr can blaze the original if they choose to. Tumblr itself also promotes it as a “special post”, so Martin and Bosco randomly appear on people’s dashboards without my involvement. I suggest blocking millenniallust4death to improve your dashboard experience.

[casuallyodd]

The above and I wanted to highlight this comment from @livingdeadpoetsociety-blog

I personally smile every time I see that post. I'm glad people keep blazing it and I'm glad that someone can make so many people smile even in death. It's unfortunate that you can also set off a loser's anger even in death, but you know what they say about how you can't please everyone.

Martin and Bosco bring a smile just by being who they were and the moment of connection they bring to strangers that will never meet.

The anon's ugly hate is uninformed, cowardly, and unhinged.

More Martin and Bosco in this world.

[thehmn]

It has come to my attention that it’s not a common “belief” in most countries that the weather on your birthday is indicative of how good or bad you’ve been all year.

When I say belief I don’t actually mean that people in Denmark truly believe it. It’s more like a funny thing you can say like “The sun is shining so I’ve been good” or “Its not my fault its raining. Must be all the other people who have their birthday today”

As someone who was born in December I’ve apparently never been good a day in my life according to the weather while people who were born in late summer are apparently angels walking the earth.

[captain-price-returns]

they had 19 year old /pol/ users going through all federal spending and deleting anything where the words were too big to understand

[learntmyspots]

Cooking your produce is a way to protect yourself from cyclospora fyi

[agirlwithachakram]