Monument

joined 2 years ago
[–] Monument 1 points 7 hours ago

*Abracumdabra Rule

[–] Monument 5 points 1 day ago

I’ll just invent my own internet, with blackjack and hookers!
It’ll be called the sinternet and all the protocols will be the same, but prefixed with “s” so laws targeting the internet can be ignored. It’ll be the lazy persons dark web.

[–] Monument 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I have been asked on more than one occasion by folks who have heard enough of my story to know what I’ve come through how I managed to come through it, and my response is steadfastly: “Because I had to.”

There’s no great secret. No deep well of reserves. You just keep going.
It’s not exactly healthy, nor does it make one the most happy person. You unlearn what you can, when you can, or try to, anyway.

[–] Monument 6 points 2 days ago

Grew up teaching myself, except that my childhood was traumatic. Narcissists, drug users, abandonment, etc. Grew up expecting harm from others unless I gave them what they want. Also highly sensitive to the idea of fairness and perceived rejection (neurodivergence or trauma responses).

Service top. In control, but doing what others want. Needs reassurance and an expression of desire while in control of other people.
Partner selection is a pain in the ass.

[–] Monument 3 points 2 days ago

It’s a relic of an archaic operating system I’m required to use for work.

[–] Monument 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What do you mean you don’t know what win+ctrl+shift+B does?!

[–] Monument 4 points 3 days ago

Until I saw your comment, my (flippant) response to the person you replied was going to be “Because Congress hasn’t figured out how to use Polymarket.”

Which is a far less eloquent corollary to your comment.

[–] Monument 4 points 6 days ago

They did read my memoirs!

[–] Monument 4 points 1 week ago

It also causes ass cancer, dick cancer, and vulvular cancer!

In my research, I’ve found that most humans have at least one of the following: Mouth, ass, uterus, vulva, or dick. Many of them have 3 (or more!) of those things. A special few have collected the whole set!

Definitely a vaccine worth getting. If your doctor tells you that you’re too old, tell them their knowledge is too old. More importantly, ask them to note in your chart that they have refused preventative medicine against your wishes.

[–] Monument 5 points 1 week ago

Ah, fuck. I read an article earlier that painted it as an ask for help from Ecuador without the context of the leadership.

I thought “Okay, fair play. I feel weird about it, but I can’t be a geopolitical expert in all things, so I’ll try not to automatically assume it’s bad.”

But… needle solidly swayed.

[–] Monument 9 points 1 week ago

Horner also said Epstein made a $10,000 donation for his research and that he visited the ranch a second time in 2016 with a graduate student "as part of a geology tour".

Has anyone heard from this student? I would not trust a word of his version of the narrative.

[–] Monument 3 points 1 week ago

It’s all made up anyway!

(I thought the nose shadow was a weird mustache.)

 
 

Screenshot of the linked article, highlighting the publication date of September 8, 2025

So, did my Etsy curses work? Time will tell. […] For now, we can only trust in the timing of the great unknown. […]

And to you, Mr. Kirk: May the rash come swiftly.

 
 

I keep two old box knives in the kitchen junk drawer. One has a regular blade on it, and the other has a hooked blade because I think they’re safer and run less risk of damaging the stuff inside the box. But sometimes, you just need a regular box knife. They’re both old and handle rough, but they have seen a lot of use.

Last night I was painting. While trimming some masking tape against a hard edge I realized the blade on the regular box knife was a bit dull, so I went to change it. While flipping the blade around to the unused side, I noticed there were no more spare blades in the handle.

Today I bought a new pack of blades. They purport to be better quality and will stay sharper longer than the original set of blades that came with the knife, but I guess we’ll see how that holds up with use.
While adding the new blades into the handle, I decided to go ahead and clean up both knives - get all the tape residue out, and clean the internals. Then I gave the slightly rusty patina’d slide mechanisms a couple drops of 3-in-1 oil. I also gave the blades in the handle a drop along their sharp edges for good measure.

They open and close very satisfactorily now.

 

They were power napping between play fighting sessions.

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