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The last time we were on a long flight, my wife and I invented a game we call "Little Guy."

You start a game of Little Guy by saying, "I'm gonna hand you a little guy." The little guy is some kind of baby animal you are imagining. "Oh," she might say in response, "Okay," and hold out her hands for it. I will then mime handing her the animal. This provides some clues as to the little guy's size, weight, and general ungainliness.

She then gets to ask questions about what kind of little guy this is, BUT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTUAL APPEARANCE OR SPECIES ARE ALLOWED. Qualitative questions, or questions about his behavior, are the only ones permitted. She can ask "Is he soft?" or "Does he seem nervous about being held?" or "If I put him in the bathtub, does he seem okay with that?" or "Would he like a lil grape?" or "Is he the sort of little fellow who would wear a vest in a children's book?" but not "Does he have fur," "Is he a reptile," "Is he from Asia," etc. Some questions are in a grey area so you have to follow your heart, but the point is not to identify the animal as fast as possible: the point is to guess the animal purely based on vibes + how he would act if he were in your living room right now.

And I'm not limited to yes or no answers! If she asks, "Would it feel appropriate to see this little guy in a propeller hat?" I can reply, "Oh no, he has a gravity to him. A bowler hat would be a more appropriate hat." Or if she asks, "Does this little guy have protagonist energy?" I can say something like, "he probably wouldn't be the main character in a children's cartoon. He'd probably be the main character's ditzy best friend who's always eating sandwiches, or something."

We're big Twenty Questions to kill time in a waiting room people, but Little Guy is more about the journey than the destination. It's got a different kind of sauce that's nice if "killing time" and "lowering anxiety" need to happen hand in hand.

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The sub for Ms. Frizzle

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just got a second official warning for my use of "from the river to the sea, palestine will be free" on the OTW volunteer slack

people are also currently asking board to ban saying that the founding of israel was colonialism—equating this to saying racial slurs—and were complaining about my status back when it was "palestine will be free", too

suffice to say, fuck that place, don't give the OTW your money, and don't fucking volunteer there

(the second screenshot is from the warning I got a few days ago)

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So happy for these two to have found love at this traffic disruption. ❤️🚗❤️🚘❤️🚗

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SLEEP I want to try

Pillow is my favorite guy

REST I need some more

into bed where I go snore

PHEW I go honk and shoo

have a blanky feel the snooze

Tired system overload

Everybody SLEEEEEEPINGGGG

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sorry for posting a tiktok but i can't stop watching these

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emperor kuzco was clearly gay

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Oh no.

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#my last two brain cells

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watching a movie at home circa like, 2001 was like

put your TV on channel 2 so the VCR will work

open up the clamp shell case that held the VHS that has that satisfying crrlikkkkkk

put in the movie

gdi it has to be rewound

press STOP and then rewind because its so much faster that way

start the movie and it takes a few seconds for the movie to actually start cause you rewound to the VERY beginning

FBI will get you if you illegally distribute or exhibit this movie

and then. because you forgot that movies are always so much louder than TV

COMING SOON TO OWN ON VIDEO AND DVD

QUICK LOWER THE VOLUME LOWER THE VOLUME LOWER THE VOLUME OH FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay crisis averted.

although. these ads are kind of quiet. a little hard to hear.....

better turn up the volume...

THX

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So far this show is about how a self help book and horniness lead to people forming unions.

In your face, Musk.

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i need more of my friends to watch kinnporsche so i have created this very useful and informative powerpoint to show them to the light <3 

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when i see a familiar url: oh hey it’s blorbo from my notes

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Lans Never Kiss and Tell by feelsforbreakfast 💖 Wangxian feat. chef's choice of side pairings 😈 31k, rated E ✨ Modern Diaspora AU, humor, party games adjacent, Lan Zhan fucks

Summary: The gang finds out that everyone has kissed Lan Wangji except for Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian has a meltdown about it and then fixes the problem as quickly and thoroughly as he possibly can.

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I arranged Qinghe Jue (aka the Nie brothers’ song) from The Untamed and Fatal Journey! I will post the sheet music….eventually. whenever I remember my Sibelius password and can update the arrangement bc I kept changing it as I played. Also, this is only part of it because I wanted to keep it short enough to put on Twitter (which I did! retweetable here.)

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The wedding is about to begin!!