Tailsteak

Have I mentioned recently how much I despise the smartphonification of the Internet?

I will admit, I haven't been spending any time on Twitter, but I was, at least, posting my daily puzzle scores there too... but they've finally managed to completely lose me.
Not because of politics or whatnot, but because I simply can't tweet from a web browser on my desktop anymore.

Okay, wait, no, now that I zoom in, there *is* a straight line, but then he drew over it with wobbly freehand for some reason? Weird.

It's a line under tension. A tight rope, if you will. Degenerative whatnot notwithstanding, surely my guy can source a straightedge, yes?

The vibes of the solutions are lucky today, too (no spoilers, but I referred to Dungleon as "easy payday"). It's a good day to roll dice. Can do.

nerdlegame 1512 3/6
Dungleon 1495 3/6💠
Squardle 1497 6 Guesses Remaining
Referdle1202 8/25

Obviously, very lucky today with Referdle. When I saw that first guess pop, what came out of my mouth was "oh, fuck right off", and I got a similar stroke of luck in Metazooa.

A factory you can upgrade, which allows you to make better vehicles, but, like a lot of car brands, you get a shit ton of publicity and sales (and R&D) from racing, but each race requires not reflexes, but assembling words from the letters you prompt your car to give you... yeah, I could see it.

They call it a military-industrial complex, but it's really not that complex.

I don't want anybody else
when I think about you, I touch my elf

(There's more, I have a whole outline... I'm particularly proud of the gnome "gnabgnag". They're like ants, you see, with a queen that everyone can bang, but she's challenged before he can get to her, loses the danceoff, and the new queen has to eat royal jelly for a month before she'll be ready.)

The evil king, on the other hand, only ever had sex begrudgingly with his wife for reproductive purposes. He may have boinked, but boinking isn't in his *heart*. The demon takes the dad, prince winds up with the kingdom, settles down with Mara who actually *does* want to boink him.

In the end, the prince is summoned back to be sacrificed, but the demon rejects him - he may not have stuck his P in a V, but he was open to all manner of other sexy stuff with all sorts of other partners - as far as the demon is concerned, he smells like someone who has enjoyed eroticism.

The prince uncovers the plot, and escapes with the intention of losing his virginity in one day to save his life. He goes on a whirlwind tour of a fantasy kingdom, engaging in all sort of sexy shenanigans... but never, technically, ejaculating into a vagina, which is what he's convinced sex is.

Had an idea for a fantasy erotic comic about a young prince who is raised in isolation to be sacrificed as a virgin. Once per day, his companion Mara is brought to him and offers sex and he must turn her down (it doesn't count if you're an incel, you see, you have to *choose* virginity.)

Just learned that the word most often translated as "box" in the myth of Pandora is "pithos" which is more like a large ceramic jar... and is the same word for the type of big barrel that Diogenes lived in.

The European robin (shown here in Turdidae).

The helpfully linked Wikipedia article, showing that the EUROPEAN robin is NOT in Turdidae.

Also, for the record (sorry for the spoiler, but this must be documented), today's Metazooa is WRONG. That's the WRONG ROBIN.

nerdlegame 1511 4/6
Dungleon 1494 4/6💠
Squardle 1496 5 Guesses Remaining
Referdle 1201 8/25

Not great, not great, unforced error, then YES great.

Similarly, my government name is "Mason", despite the fact that I am not a stoneworker, and my username is "Tailsteak" despite the fact that I am not a cooked slice of tail, and neither particularly needs to say "Human", as that is clear simply by looking at me.

That is what it *is*, yes, but that's not its *name*. A logo, generally communicates an identity, not a nature. FedEx communicates the identity of a specific delivery company (with a negative-space arrow implying what they do), it doesn't communicate that they supplied food to a former lover.

I appreciate the tongue.

[Star Trek: Starfleet Academy comes out]
60 Years Later, Star Trek Returns!

The ball is even bouncing where the apostrophe should go if it's "Pet's Mart", showing that there's no apostrophe there (and the ball itself is certainly not shaped like the missing punctuation). I choose to believe this person is singing on behalf of their dog, who is colour blind.

Red "Pet", blue "smart", red ball, blue action lines.

The "PET" is a different colour from the "SMART". The ball (a THING, aka, a NOUN) is RED like PET and the motion lines (an abstraction showing that the ball is MOVING, aka, what it's DOING and what it's LIKE) are BLUE like SMART, the rare case of a picture that demonstrates the intended grammar.

helpful infographic for the chronically online

Back with another one of those hump plumpin' beats

My Internet went out! I'm back now.

Had an internet hiccup, back now!
picarto.tv/Tailsteak

nerdlegame 1510 2/6
Dungleon 1493 4/6💠
Squardle 1495 6 Guesses Remaining
Referdle 1200 11/25

Streaming now! Come on in!
picarto.tv/Tailsteak

Well, Lee *is* a tad distracted. Also, the hatch may have been decommissioned and no longer in use, therefore the associated platforms were removed, and it was not expected that anyone would be approaching it from the other side. Also, it's funny.