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rian c. johnson

@riancj

i study weird, boring videogames and fantasy fiction and teach teens media literacy. phd, writer, cat dad, and football nerd. riancjohnson.com has 12% more information about me.

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I respect Luigi of Mario & Luigi more than I do Mario, because while Mario is naturally gifted and full of courage Luigi is a timid humiliating creature who still endeavors to protect those around him

12.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 2197 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 32

the internet is generally evil and malevolent and techno-utopianism was more or less a trojan horse for techno fascism but every once in a while something neat, banal, and kind happens online in a vacuum where no one can see it and for just a moment, I imagine the possibility of redemption.

13.03.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

trying out building a single page scrolling presentation for scms and 50% of me feels like a tryhard and the other 50% of me is just so so into Not Slides.

11.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

all the same, considering we'll more than likely never get a definitive answer, we should all bask in the real time production of a whole new generational nfl feud.

looking forward to our great grandchildren trying to figure out why the raiders and the ravens hate each other.

11.03.2026 05:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

internet bickering around the crosby un-trade is underselling the angle where, whether his knee is jello or cold feet, 2 1sts one of which is the 14th are incredibly valuable, perhaps more so than any single player, and any transaction of that magnitude has the potential for failure at any point.

11.03.2026 04:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

well this is awkward

11.03.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 274 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

geno "time is a flat circle" smith

10.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it feels like at least 3 teams in the nfl are now also the packers. gonna need a whole division for them soon.

09.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we have saved daylight

but at what cost

08.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 2468 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 25

i keep thinking about eddington and how in 20 years it will be a foundational text in the cinematic microgenre of maga horror.

08.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hotels are cool for when you want to take 63 showers in one day but face no reprocussions.

07.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i think its neat that no players seem to want to deal with the 49ers front office but its also never the front offices fault.

05.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my point is, oz is a pantheon of contemporary archetype gods and we should give them their due.

01.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the same can be said for the oscillating catholic narcissism of ryan oreilly, the sociopathic charisma of chris keller, the constant contradictions of said, mcmanus' weakness and freudian performativity, the pointless, drugged genius of adebisi, and the crit theory quotidian christ that is hill.

01.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

theres something incredibly resonant in its depiction of the sheer unrelenting cruelty of schillinger as a villain who is both entirely bad and no less complex for it. something we need right now is a recognition of the profound complexity of evil.

01.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ive been watching oz lately and i think we could benefit from revisiting it on a broader cultural scale right now. if someone could drop it on netflix, that would help.

01.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The purpose of this website is to help unburden your brain by releasing horrible sentences that live in there like demons

28.02.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 4584 πŸ” 775 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 42

Eddington erasure!

27.02.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

the psychological Saw trap that is my work's unspoken limit on office printing

23.02.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like were not talking enough about nioh 3 culturally. (I just started it and I think its very good.)

21.02.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 21769 πŸ” 7743 πŸ’¬ 299 πŸ“Œ 637
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New winter sport idea - octoluge.

17.02.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 420 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 8

i just saw a commercial for imvu in the year of our lord 2026 and i am TERRIFIED.

17.02.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

im sorry--the ps6 was scheduled to release Prior to then??????? no. my large, white son is not ready for the grave (the old Playstation shelf.)

17.02.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
FLAMING SKULL
TWO FLAMING SKULLS
THREE FLAMING SKULLS

FLAMING SKULL TWO FLAMING SKULLS THREE FLAMING SKULLS

opening a restaurant with only these three items on the menu

15.02.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 2276 πŸ” 703 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 11

kirk cousins is the rightful heir to the joe flacco career arc (immortal sentient arm)

14.02.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i keep putting off watching bugonia and honestly I know i might like it but something about remaking save the green planet just still feels like fundamentally wrong to me in a nebulous ethical way no matter who was involved.

12.02.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am just aggressively uninterested in the Olympics this year to the point that I'm somewhat worried.

11.02.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I for one am hype to fall asleep on a plane listening to podcasters argue about will campbells arms for a second consecutive year.

09.02.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0