That peerage system is headcannon now. Kind of adds weird drama and subtext to the erotic video industry. I’m imagining Hamlet, except instead of Prince of Denmark, he’s COO of a large adult film distributer.

I heard the project was scuttled.

I had a similar experience:

When I was younger, maybe junior high, I got roped into watching my 3 month old niece while my sister got her hair done. So when there i am, sitting in the waiting area of a hair salon with my niece and who walks in but Crispin Glover. I was nervous as fuck, and just kept looking at him, as he read a magazine and waited, but didn’t know what to say. Pretty soon though my niece started crying, and I’m trying to quiet her down because I didn’t want her to bother Crispin, but she wouldn’t stop. Pretty soon he gets up and walks over. He started running his hands through her hair and asking what was wrong. I replied that she was probably hungry or something. So, Crispin put down his magazine, picked up my niece and lifted his shirt. He breast fed her right there in the middle of a hair salon. Chill guy, really nice about it.

Are we sure this isn’t Crispin Glover?

Yes, ceramics galore, with gilded inlay and reliefs depicting the glory of historic soup bacchanalia of eons past.

Sign me up, too. In my mind, it comes with unlimited baguette slices and/or garlic bread sticks as well as a bar with an assortment of dozens of shredded cheeses. Also there are various soup spoons available, including the deep asian ones.

Edit: Spelling, although chesses are welcome, too.

He also makes unpredictable comics.

I had never heard of that tactic. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be looking for IRL examples now.

Nixon should have started a hobby in hydraulic engineering specializing in the design and production of water gates, specifically for the Potomac River, including one near that hotel/office/apartment complex that’s name I forget.

Touché

Wow, thanks for doing the research! Did you find anything especially interesting?

Always has been 🔫

And just to rub salt into the wound, someone created a clothing store named after the political corruption imposed on those countries to accomplish this: Banana Republic.

I can’t think of what an equivalent would be in terms of offensive marketing, Starving Irish brand potatoes? A Saudi demolition company named after September 11th? A clothing store inspired by antebellum southern US clothes? I guess some companies still use imagery of indigenous people for tobacco products. That seems like it’s in the same vein.

Generally, I try to focus on how beautiful life can be, but damn if there isn’t a crowd trying to make it ugly for others.

Dear [Your Name],

Condolences/Congratulations! (Please select one) regarding your recent [Event].

[Closing of appropriate intimacy for this relationship]

Tooth et. al.

A misatribution of Hemingway leading all the way back to Babylon is one hell of a rabbit hole. I love the Fediverse for this.

A misatribution of Hemingway leading all the way back to Babylon is one hell of a rabbit hole. I love the Fediverse for this.

Replied at wrong level.

But is there a relevant XKCD about recursion?

That got dark quickly. I’m sincerely impressed. Good job.

Five panels on famous six words.

I see what you did there.