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the most exciting downstream development of removing any/all expectation of public masking is that now all of my friends are getting sick with the many other diseases that *aren't* covid, and they're hitting harder than ever because no one's gotten sick in two years

of course chris pratt is using his normal voice for mario. how could he do anything else? he's not a character actor. he's barely even an actor. we don't live in a world where trained professionals portray unique characters, we live in a world where one brand ("chris pratt") synergistically complements another brand ("mario the italian plumber") for the sake of juicing quarterly profit projections for a cabal of stakeholders who think konami's pachinko-ification is an aspirational story

seattle.

god fucking damn it

oh what, i'm supposed to care about these characters just because they're white?

wait a minute, you're telling me the entire world economy runs on layers upon layers of gambling debt and it's *not* working out for the ones making bets?????????????????

do i know anyone in the seattle area with a 12 inch or smaller tablet/portable monitor they'd be willing to lend to me tomorrow? the one i use for my teleprompter no longer works and i'm. a little bit stuck

i am so glad that every single platform i utilize to sustain my career is owned by private companies that can fundamentally alter or even completely destroy literally any aspect of any of those platforms on a whim without ever once consulting me or anyone else who uses them

it's so cool that i and countless other "independent contractors" create multi-billion-dollar value for these companies and yet are treated like incidental flies in the financial ointment. this is good, to me

39,000 covid deaths in the united states since june 1 2022

me, who has lived paycheck to paycheck since 2009: i can't wait to give the multibillion dollar disney corporation literally any of money

someone at hbo has a sense of humor

this moment really goes to show that posting is at its best when everyone has time to rehearse

checking the news every morning like