The Basement

trick or treat

wheres seasons greasons

its that time of year again

It doesn’t have to be

its not optional

Apropos of (almost) nothing: I'm the kind of pedant who dislikes calling tentacle porn "tentacle porn" not because I think it's aberrant but because, 98% of the time, what's being depicted are octoform arms or tendrils, not tentacles. Tentacles are defined by the clubbed ends, which are the only part that have suckers. If it's tapered and has suckers all the way down, it's an octoform arm; if it has no suckers at all, it's a tendril.

You're welcome.

This site has gotta be the weirdest way to learn things

new knowledge for me and all my fellow mobster fuckers dropped

Eh, boss. We nose you and Tony are ya know, badda boom, but I thinks ya made a typo dar.

Gawd damn it, Frankie. This is what I get for trying to type with these tentacle thumbs.

This should actually be mandatory

I'd be fine with this.

official boob post

As the mother of twin former toddlers, I feel for this woman like you would not believe

everyone shut the fuck up and look at this snake named barcode

I love it when the CEO is in stuff

There are too many guys who look like this. I thought this was Adam Savage or Alton Brown or Adam Conover, until I realized this is probably a fourth guy

He's so unique his name doesn't even start with A. He's a bearded white guy with a whole different letter! Diversity!

There does seem to be significant overlap in morphology, behavior, and ecological niche, but is it enough to justify grouping into a new taxonomical Type of Guy?

The research is ongoing...

Yeah we can probably consider the incongruous letter to be a minor mutation that distinguishes him but he's still part of the same breed. Like a murder of crows with one albino crow.

Watch this guy who just played Portal for the first time absolutely lose his mind at the end credits song

#god it's so great to see someone that somehow never interacted with ANY part of the portal hype#and just see them having as much fun as back then when it came out#it feels like a time capsule but it's happening today#god

He calls Valve "the Steam company" and points out that they've also released video games as if it's a little known interesting side fact, so this might just be an age issue. He could've been a little kid when we were all hyped as fuck and memeing the shit out of this game.

#OH MY GOD????#THIS SONG?????#IS INSANE???????!!!!!#WHAT THE FUCK????!!!!?#?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!#i have to play portal. oh my god i HAVE to play portal#AAAAAAAAAAA#gr2103

Yeah we all went pretty feral over this when it came out. You remember Undertale? The hype was a lot like that.

At it's peak Portal was maybe bigger even than Undertale. "Still Alive" was the "Let It Go" of nerd culture 2013

And it deserved to be. It's such a banger.

Funny story from the other night:

A dad came into my cafe with his 3 year old daughter.  He bought her a cookie and himself a coffee.  They sit down, and I go back to my pre-closing cleaning.  Three minutes later the dad walks up to the counter again, so I stop cleaning and walk over to greet him again.

As I’m in the middle of saying “hi” he cuts me off and says “Water.”

Not “Can I get a glass of water, please?” not “Where can I get water?” not even a confused “water?” like he’s not sure how to get water in this cafe.  Just a single word demand.

I work in silicon valley, so I’m kind of used to techies talking to me like I’m Siri or Alexa, but it still always drives me crazy when they do this.  Like, I don’t even care about the “please” anymore, I just want people to talk to me in complete sentences.  So I get the guy a cup of water, and he sits back down. 

As I’m about to go back to cleaning I hear his daughter go “Daddy, you did that WRONG.  You have to say ’CAN I have a glass of water PLEASE’”

My jaw hit the ground.  The dad suddenly became flustered and tried coming up with excuses “I-I said please…” “No you didn’t!” “Well she was busy…. I didn’t want to bother her…..” “You still got to be polite!”

When they were done eating the dad brought the dishes back to the counter and said “Thank you so much!” It’s amazing how fast someone’s manners can improve when a 3 year old calls them out.

Shout out to whoever is teaching that little girl manners, because you know it’s not her dad.  I hope she never stops calling rude people out.

Dr. Gachey with foxglove, 1890

Some of Van Gogh’s best work was done during a period of his life that he spent in a hospital being treated for his mental health problems. I could be wrong but I think Starry Night was among those.

This is consistently the case. Creators tend to do their best work when they are in a healthy place and receiving proper treatment and not being self destructive in their efforts to cope. Go figure.

All our experiences, good and bad, inform what we create, but suffering is not the price of great art. Suffering is what prevents artists from completing great art.

(I bring to mind this @tkingfisher / Ursula Verson quote about once a week <3)

adhd paralysis sucks bcuz im just sitting there and my brain is like

YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME

no work done no rest gained. literally no point of this at all

just wanted to share these executive dysfunction comics i am so sorry to whoever drew them these have been saved on my phone for like 6 years

Putting the term "male gaze" on top of the fridge until everyone remembers that it refers to a cinematographic trend and not the act of looking at things while being a man

we shpuld make a tumblr bar with drinks like sonic screwdriver and the baker street mule

just got out of my time capsule btw

Super! Who locked you in there?