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Boring accountant.

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They get mad when people on SNAP want to buy soda

10.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 2194 πŸ” 926 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 80

I recall there was some prize if you got a rare blue princess toadstool

09.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs aftermath.site/nintendo-tar...

www.scribd.com/document/100...

06.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 7254 πŸ” 2024 πŸ’¬ 225 πŸ“Œ 1363
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Most of the footage of the famous 2000 "Super Mario 128" tech demo was recorded with handheld cameras by the audience, with the presenter drowning out the game sound. Only 10 seconds of direct feed footage exist, which reveal that the sound was a cacophony of Marios screaming.

02.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 3833 πŸ” 1260 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 46

SNES games for $75 USD, or about $150 now. Pretty insane to remember how relatively cheap videogame software is now.

02.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa, memory unlocked. I'm always fascinated when you watch something you haven't seen in like 25+ years that doesn't seem familiar at all until your brain just settles in and suddenly it's major deja vu, only it really did happen.

01.03.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

28.02.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 19202 πŸ” 8209 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 122

How DOES enforcement work here? Is Hegseth going to mandate that scoutmasters do genital checks on all the kids? I'm sure that will be a big hit with parents.

27.02.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English.

He spent a year in jail for this.

27.02.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 3963 πŸ” 1779 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 115

"Mr. Piscatella, I still don't understand what this all has to do with an antiquated term for two weeks."

25.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really interesting that RE5 isn't really in the conversation like other titles and it's #1, which is why I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't get a remake. It was personally a big letdown after the masterpiece that is 4.

25.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: β€œI received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

23.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 13409 πŸ” 5905 πŸ’¬ 399 πŸ“Œ 438

No joke, my switch 2 on launch day randomly came with a coke zero and a can of Pringles. Stealth bundles are wild.

21.02.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

every high profile anti trans critic has an origin story that goes "years ago someone asked me to respect trans people and instead I chose to go insane"

19.02.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 2646 πŸ” 706 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 7
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FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.

This is a bombshell: One of Epstein's victims accused Trump of sexually and violently assaulting her when she was "13 to 15" and the FBI deemed her credible enough to warrant an interview.

17.02.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 5564 πŸ” 2157 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 111
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Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

17.02.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 6564 πŸ” 2220 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 242
A screenshot from Pokemon Scarlet.
HEADLINE: Nintendo and The PokΓ©mon Company Receive Patent on Running Games at 12 FPS.

A screenshot from Pokemon Scarlet. HEADLINE: Nintendo and The PokΓ©mon Company Receive Patent on Running Games at 12 FPS.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently granted Nintendo and The PokΓ©mon Company a patent that states any game running at 12 frames per second is a direct infringement of their copyright.
paletteswap.site/dif...

16.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 289 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is hilariously accurate and why I often say....

15.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A fabricated statement from Nintendo of America's Twitter account addressing a fictitious scenario in which the Earth's oxygen supply is presumed to be depleting at a rapid pace, leaving humanity with mere days to live.

"This is Miyamoto. On behalf of everyone who is employed at Nintendo Co. LTD and its subsidiaries, we deeply mourn the countless human lives which will be lost due to the depletion of the global oxygen supply. To anyone who has ever played one of our games, we are eternally grateful to have created long-lasting fun and memories for you. To ease the suffering of families and children across the world, the Mario Kart World game for the Nintendo Switch 2 system will be available as a free download on Nintendo eShop for the foreseeable future. We hope this small gesture of kindness will ease the pain as humanity prepares for a worst-case scenario."

The statement is distastefully plastered with logos for Nintendo and Nintendo Switch 2, as well as with a render of Mario from Mario Kart World.

A fabricated statement from Nintendo of America's Twitter account addressing a fictitious scenario in which the Earth's oxygen supply is presumed to be depleting at a rapid pace, leaving humanity with mere days to live. "This is Miyamoto. On behalf of everyone who is employed at Nintendo Co. LTD and its subsidiaries, we deeply mourn the countless human lives which will be lost due to the depletion of the global oxygen supply. To anyone who has ever played one of our games, we are eternally grateful to have created long-lasting fun and memories for you. To ease the suffering of families and children across the world, the Mario Kart World game for the Nintendo Switch 2 system will be available as a free download on Nintendo eShop for the foreseeable future. We hope this small gesture of kindness will ease the pain as humanity prepares for a worst-case scenario." The statement is distastefully plastered with logos for Nintendo and Nintendo Switch 2, as well as with a render of Mario from Mario Kart World.

A fabricated Twitter thread responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement.

John Default Profile Picture: "No one read this statement and thought it was distasteful? Why did Miyamoto think this would help anyone?"

NintenDeen: "Simple: Nintendo is so depraved that they'd exploit a global crisis to boost the player count of the failed Mario Kart World and force consumers back into the Switch 2 ecosystem to boost sales and player numbers."

A fabricated Twitter thread responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. John Default Profile Picture: "No one read this statement and thought it was distasteful? Why did Miyamoto think this would help anyone?" NintenDeen: "Simple: Nintendo is so depraved that they'd exploit a global crisis to boost the player count of the failed Mario Kart World and force consumers back into the Switch 2 ecosystem to boost sales and player numbers."

A fabricated Twitter thread responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement.

PlayStation Nation: "What the fuck are you doing falsely advertising sales during these trying times? I went to the website and Mario Kart World is still selling for $80 USD."

Kremling Kevin: "If you actually read the statement, it clearly says the discount is available on Nintendo eShop. Meaning the application on the Switch 2 itself, not the web browser version."

PlayStation Nation: "Point still stands."

A fabricated Twitter thread responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. PlayStation Nation: "What the fuck are you doing falsely advertising sales during these trying times? I went to the website and Mario Kart World is still selling for $80 USD." Kremling Kevin: "If you actually read the statement, it clearly says the discount is available on Nintendo eShop. Meaning the application on the Switch 2 itself, not the web browser version." PlayStation Nation: "Point still stands."

A fabricated Tweet responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement.

Isaboner: "Nothing for Switch 1 owners?"

A fabricated Tweet responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. Isaboner: "Nothing for Switch 1 owners?"

Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not

14.02.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 17739 πŸ” 6103 πŸ’¬ 233 πŸ“Œ 178

They talk and act exactly like Nazis in pursuit of the exact same objectives as Nazis using the exact same tactics and rationales as Nazis but it would be wrong to call them Nazis until they grow the little mustache.

15.02.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 2652 πŸ” 732 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 8
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

14.02.2026 09:53 πŸ‘ 12766 πŸ” 2954 πŸ’¬ 314 πŸ“Œ 265
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RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.

12.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 3463 πŸ” 1300 πŸ’¬ 1185 πŸ“Œ 2684

having your city noticed by the president is now a natural disaster on par with a hurricane or major flood

11.02.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 8110 πŸ” 1304 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 53

Recall these guys were so horrified at the prospect of a Puerto Rican talking about love and unity that the β€œfamily-friendly” Christian alternative was an aging sleazebag who gleefully sings about how it’s β€œmandatory” to statutorily rape underage girls.

10.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 645 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

DHS data show 14% of immigrants arrested by ICE in the past year had been charged or convicted of violent crimes.

09.02.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 6

The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children

08.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 11284 πŸ” 3856 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 39
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man β€œpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

07.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 17905 πŸ” 9171 πŸ’¬ 492 πŸ“Œ 701
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β€œWeight Up” from Valiant Comics’ Super Mario Bros. (1990).

07.02.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

[clears throat, steps up to mic]

Howard Nutlick.

07.02.2026 06:40 πŸ‘ 619 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 0
β€˜I Was Called a Body’: Minneapolis Resident and US Citizen Aliya Rahman Describes ICE Horror | APT
β€˜I Was Called a Body’: Minneapolis Resident and US Citizen Aliya Rahman Describes ICE Horror | APT YouTube video by APT

My god, her testimony. It’s just infuriating.

youtu.be/E5-m5u0qzDU?...

05.02.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 510 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 15