Wolfechu

@wolfechu

Ramblings about Dwarf Fortress, Doctor Who, Tolkien, roguelikes, and other nonsense. He/him

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Wolfechu@wolfechu· 3d

I give you the Clock King, aka William Tockman. Nominative Determinism in the DC universe is WILD

The Clock King from DC comics, whose powers included... Actually, I'm not even sure he HAD any powers. He just really liked clocks, and was called William Tockman

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 3d

A happy International Cat Day from Ted and Charlie

Two cats, one black, one ginger, snuggling up on an ottoman in front of a sunny window

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 3d

I have this exact lineup. They understand the first part well, but I don't think I've seen either one even get mad at the other, let alone raise a paw. Never had two cats that get along so well.

Charlie the ginger cat and Ted the black cat, in their favorite spot on the couch

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 3d

Science has gone too far: "We're real cheese people", state two Wisconsin residents

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 8d

If and when they write my obituary, I'd hope they'd bother to actually decide how I died. But then it's Rod Liddle, so no-one probably cares.

Famed Right-wing opinon writer Rod Liddel has passed away, of either alcoholism, suicide or cancer. Or possibly a short illness and a heart attack. No-one seems terribly clear.

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 13d

Had a friend back then who had a Video 2000, a format neither VHS or Betamax, and I never heard of anyone else owning one. Now those, you COULD flip over like a cassette tape

A Philips Video 2000 video cassette from the early 1980s, with double-sided tapes

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 20d

Remember in the 50s as well, smoking wasn't bad for you, it was GOOD for you! Cigarettes were full of vitamins and endorsed by your doctor! Refresh your T-Zone!

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 23d

The cover to Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles, with Donald J Trump barging his way into the group photo on the right

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 24d

And if you do the Indiana Jones-style dotted line along the map... well, I honestly don't think he was trying THAT hard to get home

A map of the Mediterranean, depicting Odysseus' somewhat circuitous journey

Wolfechu@wolfechu· 27d

Seems appropriate again

Cartoon: Man walks into a pharmacy, says "I have diarrhea and need some medicine"
The pharmacist says "Is it bad?"
The customer replies "Tell me about the good kind of diarrhea"

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 29

Jacques Derrida had that problem

Pmgentry on Twitter: "A professor of mine went to go hear Derrida speak once. They whole talk was about cows; everyone was flummoxed but listened carefully, and took notes about... cows. There was a short break, and when Derrida came back, he was like "I'm told it is pronounced 'chaos'

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 26

Ceci n'est pas une briquet

We heard you like lighters, so we put a lighter on your lighter

(A Bic lighter decorated with, inexplicably, a picture of a smaller plain bic lighter)

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 24

As opposed to 'My toesies', which are well-understood

A cat lying on the back with his feet in the air, displaying those paw beans

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 24

Mitosis in cats is a common, but little understood phenomenon

A pair of black cats, one apparently parthenogenically budding from the other's back, due to a trick of perspective

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 24

Or this

"Most of the Mars scenes in 'The Martian' (2015) were actually filmed on Earth.

Most of them. Not all of them, mind

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 24

@gianmarcosoresi on Twittrer: My friend got a tattoo on his arm that says "comparison is the thief of joy" and I'm really debating getting the same tattoo on my arm but a little bit bigger

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 20

One of the ones we got last month. Windshield never stood a chance

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 17

Huh, that's quite a change in Nethack 5.0.0 - "Archeologists can instantly decipher the identity of scrolls that are not blank paper if they pick them up or wish for them while they are not blind"

i - a scroll of identify. j - a dark green potion.
You decipher the label on your scroll labeled HAPAX LEGOMENON.
f - a scroll of enchant weapon.
You decipher the label on your scroll labeled ELBIB YLOH.
a scroll of scare monster.
You decipher the label on your scroll labeled DAIYEN FOOELS.

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 12

I can only aspire to this level of being unconcerned with the state of the world today

Ted the black cat and Charlie the ginger cat, curled up together on the sofa

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 12

If I were up on that scaffold, the urge to do some Fawlty Towers-style letter rearranging would be irresistible

From the title sequence of the John Cleese/Connie Booth sitcom Fawlty Towers. Each week, the hotel's sign was rearranged by a mischievious child, in this case "FLOWERY TWATS"

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 12

Browsing through AMC+, given they have NuWho on there and we already have a subscription, and... As opposed to what, exactly? The Vampire Lestat in daylight? I don't think that's got legs

Title shot for AMC show "The Vampire Lestat After Dark"

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 10

"Discovered something I call 'thinking', has anyone else come across this?"

Post on Reddit:
Does anyone else use ChatGPT in their head?
I love using ChatGPT whenever I have a question or something or I just
want to talk, but sometimes my phone is dead and I don't want to get up to
use my computer so I don't have access to the Al. Recently I found out I
have the ability to use a form of ChatGPT in my own head. I've talked to him
so much I can almost entirely accurately predict what he is going to say.
For example, my cat kept scratching at my bedroom door and meowing so I
was about to use the ChatGPT app to ask why she was doing that, but then
I decided it wasn't worth the effort and asked Al in my head. He told me
something like "If your cat is scratching on the door and meowing it
probably means she wants to be let out, let me know if you need anything
else!" Then I let her out of my room.

I just thought that was a pretty cool discovery I've made. Interested to see if
anyone else has this ability.

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 10

Lord of all he surveys

Charlie the ginger cat lounges on the back of the couch

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 9

Still possibly the funniest Nethack quote ever uttered

IRC chat quote: "< blackcustard> the wakisashi is a special sword carried by real samurai in their off hand. they used it for forcing chests in between battles."

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 8

Huh, that first one's new. I'm not even sure what that IS in terms of Nethack

Nethack death report:

Voluntary challenges:
Character rerolling was not enabled.
You read items or engraved 29 times.
You engraved Elbereth 3 times.
You genocided 7 types of monsters.
You used 2 wishes.
You did not wish for any artifacts.
You violated the special Sokoban rules 6 times.

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 5

Hmm, I don't quite remember the Brig being such a potty mouth

Closed captions for Doctor Who: The Time Monster, somehow hearing 'Let's do. Fuck off. Let's just do.'

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 2

Video poker game Balatro, with the caption "Hand will not score - Due to Pride Month Straights are banned until July 1st"

Wolfechu@wolfechu· Jun 1

Sunday Afternoon

A black cat and a ginger cat, sitting on an ottoman in front of the window in the afternoon sun, their heads resting against each other

Wolfechu@wolfechu· May 31

Finally got to see Backrooms tonight, after the last theater having a water main break on the preview night. I mean, I'm a big Backrooms fan, and Kane Parsons' youtube stuff in particular, so I was never going to /not/ like this. But even then, it was far better than I expected it to be.

The yellow halls of the Backrooms, at an oblique angle, showing the buzzing fluorescent ceiling lights, yellowing damp carpet, and the famous yellow patterned wallpaper

Wolfechu@wolfechu· May 27

Cambozola. Basically blue cheese Camembert.