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sometimes, I feel legitimate concern regarding what percentage of Tumblr accounts are actually being run from the planet Gazorpazorp.

(that planet)

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Song parody time is cancelled today.

It turns out that writing something called "The Most Offensive Song Ever", to the tune of "Best Song Ever" by One Direction, was not a wise way to go about doing it.

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I can relate, except I actually write all the stories.

apparently every 3-6 months i get inspired to write a story and begin plotting and everything only to then abandon it and possibly come back again later to take some details and inspo for a whole new thing

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Another thing I used to not know is: it took me until age 14 to realize that organ donors don't donate their organs until after they are dead.

what is something you figured out later in life?

I didn't know that independent media and indie media were the same thing until I was 16 years old. Before then, I used to think "indie media" meant media that was made by Native Americans.

It's good that I know better now

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Not that it matters, but I've updated my ranking of every Futurama episode in order of spaciness to account for the newest season. It was the least spacey season by far.

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I'm almost certain that's an allegory!

Nine passengers on a bus. Three people vote to drive over a cliff. Two vote to go get ice cream. Four hijack the bus because the driver is trying to murder suicide them. No one dies.

Like it or not. You're on the bus with everyone else.

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Alien species I'd like to hear more about

(Not drawn to scale.)

Walkers: a giant race that does nothing but walk around the surface of their planet

Digitigrades: a species who can have anywhere between two and seven fingers on each hand (they'd also have an alien form of segregation called digitism where people with more fingers look down on people with fewer)

Mirrorheads: a kind who can change the shape of their head to match who they're conversing with

Flattons: a race with a two-dimensional digestive system, that travel by walking "across" two-dimensional walls

Startlians: a dimorphic species who can only populate by being caught by surprise

Payshonts: a type whose bodies are made of concentrated patience, and who subsist off of the impatience of other species

Pretentiulons: a small, bookworm-like race that latch onto brains, turn them more pretentious, and replace them

Enphlaminglons: a sort with the exact same biology as an inflatable lawn flamingo (I don't actually care about them. I just wanted to use one to demonstrate an example of what a Pretentiulon does.)

Pedestrons: a species designed to look like traffic lights

The Clientele: a race who all have not a hive mind, but a hive stomach

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Need help? Just ask Siri™. Ask Siri™ again because she didn't understand the first 3 times you said it. Cortana™ knows some jokes! Bixby™ could help if you didn't disable it. Try talking to Hubert™. Wendle™ can assist you with that. Our AI assistant Suzly™ makes help even easier. Grunko™ is here to help! Why look up an image when our magical AI assistant Wizlo™ can generate one? He runs on the latest floonge-9™ model! We don't know what that means either. I know you've used our site for a decade, but now we've added Bumple™ who's always happy to inconvenience help you! Yeah, we fired everyone, but that's okay because now we have Scrumfy™ to assist them in finding new jobs!

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Quarterly recap of the things my pets and I have done

We all went to the beach.

Milkbone (the dog) and Sugarcube (the horse) became a comedy duet.

We summered at a hotel.

Buttermilk (the cow) recreated a poem and jumped over the moon.

Later, we went mountain climbing,

and, not like it matters, but we adopted a trouble-making fish for a day or so.

We post videos on an irregular basis at Paws-for-Effect - YouTube.

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My least favorite trope in shows is when they have an established 'jerk' character, and the reason given for why they're a jerk is 'they won't let me disrespect their boundaries'

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my opinion on the matter:

climate change? yep, it certainly does.

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SCP articles I'd like to see

Seeds that grow into houses

A ritual allowing people to turn themselves into bubbles

A human who can shoot lights from his hands, and is terrible at it

An explosive device that turns anything it blows up vegan (for example, a plate of pork would turn into tofu)

An entity that's only visible under blacklight, but blacklight is also its weakness

The tail of an animal that the Foundation is still trying to locate the head of... and its tail is getting shorter by the minute

A pet fish species that "purifies" water by turning into acid... also, it can't survive in acid, so their lifespans are short

Semantic glue, that glues things together at a semantic level, usually resulting in a pun (for example, a lemon glued to a cat creates a sourpuss) (maybe it can be a -J article)

Novelty glasses that make the wearer see the world as if it were an editorial cartoon when worn

Shoes that turn their wearer into the center of gravity when switched on

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Oh, hey! what a nice shopping list you've got there! ooh, I see you wrote "H2O" when you meant water. how innovative of you! I wonder what you did with that one second you saved. you must have had so much free time with that moment - you're obviously using that time to conduct something super-valuable, because you're spending $4 to buy something you could just get with a reusable thermos and your kitchen sink.

And you must be some kind of super-genius to know that the water you want to buy is chemically pure dihydrogen monoxide; it's obviously not salinated, chlorinated, iodized, or anything, according to what you wrote. how accurate you are to say "H2O"!

And you obviously need a lot of it. I mean, whatever super-scientific place you work for that would require you to write everything with its chemical name sure doesn't sound like the kind of place that would have water fountains... oh, I'm sorry, (H2O)Ca-2Si3O6-2Al2O3-Fe-K's... everywhere you go.

Oh, and it's also wise of you! drinking water sure is a healthy choice. no wonder you wrote an abbreviation. it must be so healthy that you want to cut as many corners as you can! no wonder the rest of your shopping list is canned fruits and freezer-burnt dinners. I should be worried sick... it looks like it would break your pretty little wrist if you had to put in the unimaginable effort it took to write down all five letters of W-A-T-E-R. I wish you the best of luck on your grocery shopping; you already have it so hard.

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Person Dies

A satirical news article by the Babylonion Clickbean

EVERYTIME, ANYPLACE - Recently in Celebrityville, known famous person A. Person has confounded fans and observers alike by engaging in an inconceivable process known as "dying". Nobody was prepared for such an occurrence.

Person was known to have one of many health complications, which historically almost never cause anything bad to happen, and lived until the age of ninety-bleven, which makes this especially sad, because humans usually live to almost four-fifths of that length of time.

One fan, who has never personally met Person and can't remember a single one of his roles offhand, called Person's death "heartbreaking", and within seconds, added his picture to the already-full heaven meme.

According to the tone of the responses of people, the tragedy is heightened because this is the first time in history that anybody has ever died. Person was later memorialized in a ceremony mentioning a lot of people, and buried in a very full place.

The event was made a little less surprising by the fact that the death happened to an Earthling, a species who is notoriously unfamiliar with the idea of mortality salience. One can only hope they learn to correct this memory lapse in time for galactic auditions.

The Babylonion Clickbean is your primary source for satirical news.

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The complete Mixed Breeds directory

To "celebrate" 30 years of "Mutts", just about the lamest thing ever written, I present to you the soon-to-be-complete archive of every strip of "Mixed Breeds", my single-handed rewrite of "Mutts" designed to fix everything it broke. Go and click on the links and read them and 'like' them to your heart's content.

Supplementary Information Exposition Meet the Cast

Beginning Phase 1994 comics 1995 comics 1996 comics 1997 comics 1998 comics

Reconstructive Phase 1999 comics 2000 comics 2001 comics 2002 comics

The Re-enlightenment 2003 comics 2004 comics

The Great Reconsideration 2005 comics

Early High Definition 2006 comics 2007 comics 2008 comics 2009 comics

Platinum Age 2010 comics 2011 comics 2012 comics

Golden Age 2013 comics 2014 comics 2015 comics 2016 comics 2017 comics

The Year of Pyrite 2018 comics

Post-Stabilization 2019 comics 2020 comics 2021 comics 2022 comics 2023 comics

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oh, you want a first job? come and work in this fast environment where you have to make things for scores of customers, and stack and lift and handle heavy things and scoop and wash your hands and work all night! here's minimum wage.

oh, you want a satisfying, well-paying job where you get to do no more than fill out spreadsheets, press keyboard keys, and have benefits? all you have to do is have a multi-page résumé and work at the above paragraph for years because before you get this job for the first time, you have to have years of experience working at this very job! it still won't help you make friends.

conclusion: THINGS ARE HORRIBLY, TERRIBLY WRONG.

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Named Businesses/Brands in the Sing Franchise: Sing 2

In a recent rewatch of the movies, I tried to find all the named businesses and brands that are in the movies for world building sake (minus bands and entertainment acts cause thats a different list). So here is, in semi chronological order, all the ones that appear in the second movie! There should be minimal overlap between the lists as I only included old ones if we learned new info. Anyways, I'll try to finish the shorts soon!

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New Moon Theatre - The new rebranding of the old Moon Theatre, including a name change!

Dusty’s - I did mention it last time but the color scheme has now changed from orange to green.

Sun’s Up! FM - A radio station seen on a billboard when Suki is in taxi. Also seen advertising on Redshore’s main strip.

Drama Club - An organization advertising on the street the taxi drives down.

Canal Promenade - The riverwalk and canal area that Buster falls into.

Antiques -  A business along the Canal Promenade.

Laundry Service - A business along the Canal Promenade. Funnily enough, it is also seen later advertising in Vacation Newspaper.

Gophers & Associates - A law or real estate group advertising along the Canal Promenade.

Tanning Lotion - A product advertising along the Canal Promenade. Also seen advertising on Redshore’s main strip.

Lounge - An establishment along the Canal Promenade.

Bee Rich - The magazine Eddie was featured on on Buster’s coffee table. I'm not kidding, that's the name.

Rick’s Club - The club Ash performed at.

Pop Soda - Also has returned but now we know it has a lime flavour! That’s my second favourite soda flavor so it gets a shoutout. 

Stage Left - A brand of storage for stage props and band equipment we see at Rick’s. We later see it at Crystal Theatre.

Safe Travels LTD - A travel company seen advertising behind the Canal Promenade and the Bus Station. It is then seen throughout Redshore.

Redshore City Bus - A bus line that seems to run from Calatonia to Redshore, though it is likely to have lines to other major cities nearby.

Critter Deli - A deli in front of the Bus Station.

Ginny’s Chips - A type of chips shaped like smiley faces.

Chips Potato - A type of chips in Mrs. Crawly’s supply box.

Babilonia - A hotel/casino on Redshore’s main strip.

Catty’s Bar - A bar on Redshore’s main strip.

Zeus - A hotel/casino on Redshore’s main strip.

PawJack - A hotel/casino on the Redshore strip,  it has several advertising billboards.

Raincow - A hotel/casino on the Redshore strip, it has several advertising billboards.

Atlas -  A hotel/casino on the Redshore strip, it has several advertising billboards.

Sand-Witches - A sandwich chain advertising on the Raincow billboards.

FireRock - A hotel/casino on the Redshore strip,  it has several advertising billboards.

Soda - A drink that has a new lime hibiscus flavour that was advertising on Raincow’s billboard.

Eclips Gagaming - A business on the Crystal Square bus stop, seemingly an arcade of sorts. 

O4A Fashion - A fashion brand advertising on a billboard next to a Loopee sign.

Karaoke Party Club - A business on the Crystal Square bus stop.

Money Exchange - A business on the Crystal Square bus stop.

Dony’s - A business on the Crystal Square bus stop seemingly associated with the Atlas casino/hotel.

KeyLight - A business on the Crystal Square bus stop seemingly associated with with the Atlas casino/hotel.

PNJ Agency - Another building behind Crystal Tower.

Crystal Entertainment - The entertainment company owned by Jimmy Crystal.

Crystal Tower - The seemingly main offices of Crystal Entertainment.

Mist - A cleaning product seen in the supply closet the troupe hides in.

bog - Another building behind Crystal Tower.

Hot News - A news station heavily focusing on gossip and celebrity culture owned by Crystal Entertainment.

Crystal Tower Hotel - A luxury hotel heavily featuring an indoor water park along with several restaurants and stores that is owned by Crystal Entertainment.

Ice Cream Paradise - An ice cream store in Crystal Hotel’s main lobby.

Donuts - A donuts and pastry shop inside Crystal Hotel’s main lobby.

Cherry Blossom - An establishment inside Crystal Hotel’s main lobby.

Tea Salon - Seemingly a tea parlor and spa in Crystal Hotel’s main lobby.

Crystal Tower Theatre - The theatre that is within Crystal Tower Hotel. It has a minimum of six stages. Out of this world was located on said sixth stage.

Lift-Bub - A construction equipment brand used by Crystal Theatre.

Redshore News - A newspaper used during the hunt for Clay Calloway.

Rock News - A newspaper used during the hunt for Clay Calloway.

Facilisi - A fashion magazine displayed in the costume and design studio.

Scene - A fashion magazine displayed in the costume and design studio.

Cars - A newspaper the tech crew frog is reading during rehearsal that is entirely about cars.

Vacation -  A newspaper the tech crew frog is reading during rehearsal that is entirely about vacations and only costs a dollar a year to get. Guys, this dude is like constantly reading these. I’m starting to think he doesn’t like his job.

Sylvia’s Bakery - A cake and coffee shop advertising in Vacation Newspaper.

Air Sun One - A airline advertising in Vacation Newspaper

Marock - A music store near the Crystal Hotel.

Eclips - A hotel/casino near the Crystal Hotel.

Newshore - A hotel/casino near the Crystal Hotel.

TV underdog - A TV studio near the Crystal Hotel.

Royalty Rental Cars - The rental place Mrs. Crawly got the red car from that specializes in luxury vehicles.

Loopee - The shop where Johnny buys his new skateboard, though we also see it advertise on the main strip as well.

StarTV Channel - A tv channel seemingly about celebrities that is advertising in the square where Nooshy is performing.

Digital Seeds - A company/brand that is advertising in the square where Nooshy is performing.

Canyon Cafe - The cafe that Johnny and Nooshy got to to discuss the training contract. It has a vintage western style.

Lunch Paris - A brand on one of Porsha’s shopping bags.

Alfonso’s Ice Cream - Alfonso’s ice cream truck that he has seemingly been running since he was a kid, which is super cool cause I knew a kid to do the same thing.

Raadio - The brand of speaker that Nooshy has.

Fruity Juicy - The food truck behind Alfonso’s that serves smoothies.

Sweet Jazz Cafe - A cafe near Crystal Hotel.

Community Food Service - The organization that the gang are working with during their parole.

Lantani Car Rental - A rental spot right across from the garage. 

WOAW - A brand that Porsha has a shopping bag for in her bedroom.

Flowers - An establishment along the road Jimmy is driven down to get to the theatre.

Orion - An establishment along the road Jimmy is driven down to get to the theatre.

Deckard Inc - An establishment along the road Jimmy is driven down to get to the theatre.

Beckaro’n Hotel - An establishment along the road Jimmy is driven down to get to the theatre.

Xendary - An establishment along the road Jimmy is driven down to get to the theatre.

Boom Vinyl Records - A records store right behind the Crystal Square bus stop.

Tattoo Shop - An establishment advertising on a billboard seen along Redshore’s main strip.

XEND - An establishment seen along Redshore’s main strip.

The Majestic Palace Theatre - Apparently a famous theatre and hotel combo, commonly shortened to ‘The Majestic’.

The Majestic Palace - The hotel side of the Majestic Palace Theatre.