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soulren

“Ghosts are real” I can see how you could believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real” it’s very fair and rational that you believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real anymore” I’m about to hear a poem or very sad story

“Ghosts aren’t real yet” the fuck are you going to do

luminous-in-obscurity

I have an unfinished story[1] working title "inventing the afterlife" that just about answers to this description.

[1] I.e. a huge pile of worldbuilding and a handful of scenes

There's "when all you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail" for sure, but there's also "just got a shiny new hammer and every problem looks like it wants to be a nail so badly"

#peregrine op #true story #I just got a new-to-me Vitamix and I am suddenly super into blended foods

prokopetz

Today's aesthetic: pretending you think every male video game protagonist is Mario.

prokopetz

@spinningthehamsterwheel replied:

*Pointing at nephew playing GTA* Is that the marios?

Nah, pretending that you think every video game is a Mario game is a different thing. I mean displaying full understanding of what the game is about, but interpreting that understanding through the lens of assuming that its player character is intended to be Mario.

luminous-in-obscurity

Ok, well, now I'm picturing Gerudo disguise Mario

luminous-in-obscurity

#my art

prokopetz

Today's aesthetic: pretending you think every male video game protagonist is Mario.

prokopetz

@spinningthehamsterwheel replied:

*Pointing at nephew playing GTA* Is that the marios?

Nah, pretending that you think every video game is a Mario game is a different thing. I mean displaying full understanding of what the game is about, but interpreting that understanding through the lens of assuming that its player character is intended to be Mario.

luminous-in-obscurity

Ok, well, now I'm picturing Gerudo disguise Mario

luminous-in-obscurity

#my art

prokopetz

Today's aesthetic: pretending you think every male video game protagonist is Mario.

prokopetz

@spinningthehamsterwheel replied:

*Pointing at nephew playing GTA* Is that the marios?

Nah, pretending that you think every video game is a Mario game is a different thing. I mean displaying full understanding of what the game is about, but interpreting that understanding through the lens of assuming that its player character is intended to be Mario.

luminous-in-obscurity

Ok, well, now I'm picturing Gerudo disguise Mario

#I don't think that was the assignment #But it was the consequences

They enshittified my shirt

Enshittified my shirt

So shitty it hurts

-- Wrong Said Fred

#peregrine op #based on a true story #this is a callout post for the Target corporation

Panoptic'mon

#peregrine op

I really enjoy conjugating shrinky-dinks. I'm going to shrink these dinks. I have shrunk the dunks.

#peregrine op

foone

the first car that uses shibari instead of seatbelts

luminous-in-obscurity

#How dare you leave this in the tags etc etc

I had enough free time today to follow through on a silly impulse

#peregrine op #dear hank and john #kurt's fleas

200-word-rpgs

200 Word RPGs 2025

Each November, some people try to write a novel. Others would prefer to do as little writing as possible. For those who wish to challenge their ability to not write, we offer this alternative: producing a complete, playable roleplaying game in two hundred words or fewer.

This is the submission thread for the 2025 event, running from November 1st, 2025 through November 30th, 2025. Submission guidelines can be found in this blog's pinned post, here.

pomrania

THERE IS A FUCKING FLY IN THE ROOM

You are in a room, and there's this fucking FLY just buzzing around.

Grab the dice you have access to with the most amount of sides. Record the results of each roll you make; those are your attempts at dealing with That Fucking Fly. If you roll the maximum value for that dice, you have successfully swatted the fly. If you roll the MINIMUM value for that dice, the fly has left the room, and no longer bothers you. In either case, add up the results of all your prior rolls, not counting the one which gave you the maximum/minimum result. If that total is LESS than the maximum value on the dice, then you didn't look like an absolute fool when you were trying to deal with the fly.

luminous-in-obscurity

Right after I read this post there suddenly was a fucking fly in my room. I think I got Jumanjied into this game.

I've been playing around with acrylics for the first time, just getting a feel for how the brush moves them around, and I ended up with this piece I love so much. I'm calling it Printer Malfunction.