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@captainarlonj

Curmudgeon with hobbies: witty banter, UK canals, Britcoms, Sci‑Fi, tech overlord, history wizard—and any meal I don’t have to cook.

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Questioning its authenticity might be the most authentic thing about it.

15.03.2026 02:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fauxthenticity (noun) — The antonym of sloptical illusion; something that appears AI-generated or fake at first glance but is actually genuine upon closer inspection.

#NewWords

15.03.2026 01:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The prophecy is fulfilled.

15.03.2026 00:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here are two.

15.03.2026 00:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well played, dog. Well played.

#sixwordstory
#WritingCommunity

14.03.2026 18:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Give it three more searches and you’ll have a 14th-century plague too.

14.03.2026 17:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Decency laws prohibit most of what was muttered under my breath.

14.03.2026 17:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Are you f**king NEW?”
Can be applied in both cases.

14.03.2026 15:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are you referring to something I said directly to my co-workers, or something I muttered under my breath?

14.03.2026 15:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Bluesky doesn’t give me enough characters to explain why I love my wife — and if it did, it would instantly explode with jealousy, everyone coveting how lucky I am and wanting what I have for themselves.

13.03.2026 16:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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13.03.2026 14:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Goodnight ladies and germs.
I’ll be back in November with more ‘comedy’… or whatever this was.

13.03.2026 12:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It will be a slightly improved version.

13.03.2026 12:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Do you want it back when I’m done?

13.03.2026 12:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wait… those weren’t documentaries?

13.03.2026 12:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Even puppets have boundaries, apparently.

13.03.2026 12:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Friday the 13th walks into a bar.
Bartender asks “Weren’t you just here?”
Mirror behind the bar cracks up again.

13.03.2026 12:15 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Please keep your hobbies private.

11.03.2026 12:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Your fingers: Done!

11.03.2026 11:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How oddly coincidental that this should appear right after my mother-in-law’s cat did the same thing to her window blind.

10.03.2026 13:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Irregardless, I am now ironically reconsidering my entire approach to words.

10.03.2026 13:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Max Quordlepleen
welcomes all to final show,
stars boil into light.

10.03.2026 12:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Zarquon rushes in—
“Sorry that I’m a bit late—”
Universe goes dark.

#SciFaiku #Haiku

10.03.2026 12:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m great (just ask me).

10.03.2026 11:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In the end, your actions will be of your freewill.

08.03.2026 20:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You bet your life on that?

08.03.2026 19:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The answer is probably hidden somewhere in the subdivisions of your memory.

08.03.2026 19:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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“Hello, Richard! I’m looking forward to listening to this podcast!”

Sorry, I got the boat color wrong. 😊
@noswpod.bsky.social

08.03.2026 17:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

More like already irrelevant the second it was imagined.

06.03.2026 15:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah, yes! I fondly remember sitting by a lit fireplace, listening to some of the ad jingles on the wireless:

“A wand may glitter and sound real slick—
But it can’t out-poke the Poke People In The Eye Stick™!”

“Why trust a poke that’s sloppy and quick?
The Oculars Wand™ beats the poking stick!”

06.03.2026 15:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0