A Door on Other Time

Title is from Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories". Handle means "storyteller" in Nahuatl. This'll mostly be about pop culture, linguistics, philosophy, history, and other things that interest me, but also about writing.

[tlaquetzqui]

[beardedmrbean]

[tlaquetzqui]

The correct response is “ask your mom how gay I am, bitch”.

[mossadspypigeon]

[fuck-customers]

[magnetictapedatastorage]

I Watched a 55-Year-Old Law Break the AI Hiring Industry — And It Was Overdue

The Eightfold AI lawsuit exposed what happens when companies treat employment decisions like ad targeting — and why the fix requires enginee

a bit more context

[heyfruitcake]

Now that everyone is discussing Nolan's Odyssey movie, I feel like it's a good time to let non-Italians know that the production dumped plastic props into the Italian sea. Weirdly enough I could not find any article in English about it but it's a fucking problem nonetheless.

I might translate this article later today. This one was the most complete one, even in Italian news it's not talked about that much.

L'Odissea di Nolan tra "scheletri spazzatura" e relitti: Arpa al lavoro in Sicilia, che succede

Non è la prima volta che la produzione solleva un vespaio in Sicilia. A Lipari una squadra di sub sarebbe però già impegnata a bonificare i

[ignitelimelight]

They dumped plastic skeletons in environmentally protected areas, against the literal contracts they had to sign to get the permits to film in environmentally protected areas. Like they not only did a bad ecological thing that freaked out some divers, they literally broke environmental protection laws and their contract with the Italian government

[mornington-the-crescent]

Canada refuses to practice responsible forestry management, so every few years the air gets to be toxic to living things.

[mornington-the-crescent]

The fires are in Ontario, right above Lake Superior. And the wind is blowing all that shit south. In northern Michigan, visibility is down to about 500 feet from all the smoke:

I heard someone say that the level of smoke is such that being outside for even one minute is roughly equivalent to smoking a full pack of cigarettes.

[brosef-von-dudehomie]

Money saver

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong of kiwi

[captain-price-returns]

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[animentality]

[theriu]

[assortedcrackers]

The more I hear about this story the better it is. After so many stupid tourist shits its nice to see a story where you can just say that Bison was a dick.

[the-davest-of-uncles]

Well, you can't really fault the bison. The tags just above say some teenagers were provoking it earlier.

[yetanotherdayofdrudgery]

As often happens in life, innocent people receive the stupid prizes some idiot won.

[beardedmrbean]

[apricops]

we talk about how “let people enjoy things” has destroyed people’s brains but “good comedy should punch up” has convinced so many people that being pointlessly mean to strangers is not only justified but virtuous

[rohirric-hunter]

Hnnnnnnnng the first time I heard the phrase "good comedy should punch up" it was a comedian answering a question about why he never did bits about things "relatable to black people" and he said "because good comedy should punch up." Hey! Buddy! I think you could have just said, "Because I am white and unfamiliar with that culture and I'm afraid I might be accidentally insensitive!" You could have said that! Instead!

Anyway aside from the way it -- I'm sure unintentionally -- came off, it kind of opened my eyes to the fact that most of his humor basically boiled down to insulting "acceptable targets" and wasn't actually all that funny.

[peyeter-thinking-out-loud]

There is an important distinction people should consider, and the phrasing this guy used IMO goes the wrong way.

"Good Comedy should punch up" implies punching is needed for comedy, so pick a better target.

"Good Comedy should never punch down" is subtly different, but allows for non-punching comedy.

I think these distinctions are important

[tlaquetzqui]

The trouble is, nobody fucking knows what direction they’re punching.

For example 37 of 50 US states have laws, “Blaine amendments”, whose sole purpose is to make it more difficult to run a Catholic school. On the other hand, New York and California allow first-cousin marriage pretty much entirely because of the Orthodox Jewish lobby.

Are jokes about Catholics punching up, in the US? Are jokes about Jews punching down? One of these groups is deliberately targeted by laws designed to make it harder to raise children in their religion. The other has the two wealthiest states in the Union legally enshrining what the American mainstream considers incest.

Or, humor is an interrupted aversion response: you have to create an aversion before you can interrupt it. Sometimes the aversion response is it being offensive. The interruption needs to be better, though, if offensiveness is the other factor—laughing at weak offensive jokes is indeed a sign of a bigot.

[the-punforgiven]

Show up at work like hi boss sorry I'm late my I was helping my mother track down one specific 90s dungeon crawler for the purposes of obtaining a muffin recipe the developer hid in the files

[the-punforgiven]

Anyway shoutout to Stonekeep (1995)

[mushroomsandteeth]

I'M MAKING THE MUFFINS

[mushroomsandteeth]

Burnt my hand picking it up to show. Gonna wait to taste.

[mushroomsandteeth]

Taste review: Make the video game muffins oh my GOD.

[knightjockey]

These are DELICIOUS! I substituted chocolate chips for pecans because its what i had on hand.

It tastes like a pumpkin gingerbread cake! Great treat for fall and winter!

Definitely make these!

[sadhoc]

Text from recipe

Tim Cain's Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins -- They're the shadow king's favorite!

1 and 2/3 cup flour

2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup sugar

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup pumpkin (half of a 16 oz can)

1/2 cup (one stick) butter, melted

preheat oven to 350. grease muffin tins (one dozen regular size) or use baking cups. mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Break eggs into another bowl. add pumpkin and butter and whisk until blended. stir in chocolate chips. pour over dry ingredients and stir until just blended. do NOT overstir! scoop batter into tins and bake 20-25 minutes. after cooling, keep muffins wrapped in plastic to avoid drying.

[dollsahoy]

I'm sure people have pointed it out already, but

Tim Cain is one of the creators of Fallout

and he is an overall delight

Timothy Cain

I am a video game developer, mostly known for creating Fallout. I plan to use this channel to tell stories about game development, including

[deslizada]

man sometimes friendship really is just "I saw this and knew it would give you psychic damage. please respond with agony" and then they do. and it's great

[tlaquetzqui]

“Hey dude smell this, it’s disgusting!”

[dofliescalluswalks]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[tlaquetzqui]

It wasn’t an accident, the shrimp’s tutor conspired with the Helium Drinkers to murder its father.

[thepromiscuousfinger]