j16 in idea barrages

I read someone referring to themselves as “natural blonde” and my eyes saw “neutral blonde” and instantly my brain generated a Hair Colour Alignment Chart for Dungeons and Dragons. I think my hair is “chaotic brown”.

All this wild discourse about the newest star war The Acolyte, & I just can’t get past how bad the costumes look, to get into any of it. It’s like a community theater production of SPACEBALLS THE MUSICAL forming an unsettling uncanny valley of almost-but-not-quite Star Wars.

The lecturer stumbled into the room, ten minutes late, clearly drunk and probably high as well. “I’M GONNA RUN A TRAIN ON YOU ALL!” he bellowed “A TRAIN OF thought!”

Is a gender-neutral template a themplate?

Why say “The Creature From The Black Lagoon” when you can say “Moistferatu”?

Why say “currency spent on sexual services” when you can say “love-me tender”?

Y’know, I was probably 11 or 12 before I realized Richard Simmons and Slim Goodbody were different people. Maybe he just had both of those jobs! Often in the old days, the weatherman would also be the horror host or the afternoon kiddie show host or whatever.

Stay with me. Nacho-cheese injected. Onion rings. I don’t know how one would inject that coherently and safely but that’s what engineering is for. But one you have that, hoo boy, people are gonna line up for YOUR state fair food booth.