Aaron

Aaron

@abrab.bsky.social

Barely social, social networker

149 followers462 following801 posts

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The key to my social media success is that no matter where I post (X, Meta, Peach, a napkin left at a table at Pete’s Coffee, etc.) is they all get equal levels of disinterest

The power to tax, is the power to destroy

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

i don't think anyone should run explicitly on banning online gambling but i do think that a democratic-led government should just quietly take steps to undermine the industry and create an inhospitable regulatory environment

The films "America America," "Europa," and "Europa Europa," shall now be a trilogy called "America America," "America America Part II: America," and "America III"

Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social

New York should also immediately change its name to New America. We are not York, we are the United States of America! Likewise for New Hampshire, which will also now be called New America! And we will also have New America, formerly New Jersey! And New America, Louisiana as well!

“Big strong men, tears in their eyes come up to me and said ‘I didn’t think you could get rid of a press secretary faster than Scaramucci but you did it! Thank you, sir’”

“I don’t think you need this” indicates we may need to invent a shorter unit of time than a Scaramucci.

Nice to see the Palm Beach County, FL County Elector's Office team took their design passion on the road

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The adage to give someone some grace because "it is not that nobody has talked about it/done it/etc. you're 19" does not apply when they are actually middle aged and a professional in that field and still doing that very irritating thing for attention

Aaron reposted

The important part is to overreact to whatever is happening right now regardless of historical context

I old enough to remember how every year they would show on TV the Bob Hope Christmas Special for the troops, where he would always end with his signature song "Hanks for the Memories"

Blue sky nice ghost@rajandelman.bsky.social

Do you ever read a series of words

They include the "TP sniffing dog" (?) and the "street value" of it too. How did they come up with that? Did they ask a dealer? Go to Krogers?

The wise Daredevil asks "what are the laws of crime fighting?" The wicked Daredevil asks "what does crime fighting mean to you?" The simple Daredevil asks "what does crime fighting mean?" The Daredevil who does not know how to ask because he has no word balloons.

Jay Edidin@edidin.bsky.social

The cover of Daredevil #1 asks, "Can you guess why Daredevil is different from all other crime-fighters...?" and a lifetime of seders lead me to assume based on that phrasing that while all other crime-fighters dip only once, Daredevil dips twice.

AmEx not only is farming annual fees but it is also a company that screws over merchants the most with the transactions fees it charges them, even compared to other credit card companies

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net

so my mom pointed out to me: amex knows what I make. and they're still trying to sell me the platinum card, which they know is outside my income bracket. that says something about consumer credit // status symbols, and it's not good

I can't help but notice that the police are decked out like they need to throw down with the gang from Heat in order to pick up a show snake and hand out a $500 ticket

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When I worked in government helmet laws had a lot of problems being put in place partially because there was a dedicated group of single issue voters against it who were willing to flip parties over that one issue

Boo!-per Lund@cooperlund.online

Boy, I think it's a bad idea to get mad at the Mayor for demonstrating good behavior. This reads like a cartoon of an annoying urbanist. Nobody's going to be persuaded by it who doesn't already agree and some people will get pushed away because of how obnoxious it is. Useless!

The cowards at IHOP should have made it with olestra because it can’t slow down

Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social

IHoP Sonic’s Blue Blur Special (2024-2024): A stack of 4 blueberry pancakes, topped with a double scoop of blueberries, blueberry-flavored syrup, and whipped cream. Part of a promotional menu for the "Sonic the Hedgehog" franchise

The dirty secret of the American stock market for generations was that for a lot, and I mean a lot, of day traders and regular guy traders, it was just gambling but legal and socially accepted in a way that going to your local bookie was not

10+ yrs ago my job required I drive to work due to the nature of it, so they covered employee parking at our office building; 2 wks in they ended covering it but we still had to drive every day and just figure it out; guess how motivation in the office went after that; place was bk/gone in 5 years

ghost malone ergo propter bones@proptermalone.bsky.social

everyone is correct here and also everyone is kinda rude: that question is not worth Zuck's time, but it's absolutely worth *somebody's* time, and Diet Peach Snapple in the micro kitchen is almost certainly the cheapest way to buy employee satisfaction for the guy who asks this question

Everything I learn about this movie makes me come to be more confused and have a lower expectations at quality of the filmmaker’s work; by the time I see it I probably will love it since my expectations will be between a snuff film and The Day The Clown Cried

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

‘ONE NIGHT ONLY’ director Will Gluck says they cut out “so much nudity” from the film because he thinks audiences dislike sex on screen. “Whenever people now see nudity or very adult situations in a big theater, they get uncomfortable.” (Source: variety.com/2026/film/fe...)

Based on talking to people during canvassing over the years, a lot of people have no idea who is running for anything until they look at the ballot

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social

Truly wonder if people who vote for candidates who are no longer running in competitive races are doing it as some sort of protest vote or truly are so tuned out they don't know the candidate they voted for dropped out.

The AV Club turned into The Daily Bugle so slowly we hardly noticed

The A.V. Club@avclub.com

If #LittleCaesars has no lovers, Peter Parker is gone. Read our full sound-off at the link in our bio.

The new Air Bud trailer is out and I need to once again address the issue of him playing. 🧵 Maybe I am proven wrong and the movie will deal with this but I have to again note there almost certainly is a rule, if not many rules against a dog playing in that league. (1/x)

For example, it is likely the player must be a student of the correct age and Air Bud is neither an enrolled student nor likely old enough to play. (2/x)

Just because he is a dog doesn't mean every other rule in the book does not apply. It is like saying "nothing in the rule book says I can't swing a flail around the court as I run around" and while it does not say that specifically, no, no you cannot do that, it is in the rules already. (3/3) End 🧵

Forsooth, we shall sojourn to the research library; we shall not tarry on this endeavor for the great light of truth shall shine upon us at the end [me trying to find out what Three Stooges shorts are in public domain]

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social

I'm actually fine with sounding old.

Based on follower count, I am pretty sure the breakfast drink full of lead that has been in trouble in the past for advertising violations is picking fights online just to get noticed, treat them as you would normal trolls, block and strike their memory from time

A lot of big accounts are following a substacker that likes to tell "you know" to die in a gas chamber while being a general school yard bully to anyone they interact with othewise

What it must feel like to argue with someone who thought Minority Report was a movie about a utopia that Tom Cruise ruined

Sam@very-simple.com

…I spent several days on here arguing with someone who insisted that “the law” was just a series of programmable rules to be followed and as such AI was going to kill the legal profession, which…no.

Wake up, a new I can win a fight with a bear just dropped

YouGov America@today.yougov.com

Jul 9-10 poll of 6,260 U.S. adults (±1.7 points) % who say if they took a penalty in the World Cup, they'd definitely or probably score U.S. adults: 19% Men Overall: 24% 18-29: 41% 30-44: 32% 45-64: 18% 65+: 11% Women Overall: 15% 18-29: 23% 30-44: 19% 45-64: 10% 65+: 6% yougov.com/en-us/articl...

A lot of people on Bluesky seem to not understand the difference of a difficult job market like entertainment or academics and literally being legally banned from working where you want even if your employer and you want you to work there like in sports league that uses drafts

I have been warning about Bonk vs. Bonk's Adventures for 3 years without knowing what Bonk is

Aaron@abrab.bsky.social

Pick the best Bonk to invest in

Everyone knows an unsecured proxy of Signal is where you shit post undeclared military actions you are running; not plan civil disturbances that get you 5-15

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What a difference it is between putting Fred Myers at the center of Venom and putting Fred Meyer at the center of Venom

AIPT@aiptcomics.com

🕷️🔥 Boomerang is back... and now he's a symbiote hero?! Fred Myers takes center stage in Amazing Venom, a new 5-issue series from @jordanmorris.bsky.social and Luke Ross. As Comeback, he'll head to Klyntar on a cosmic adventure! #comicsky #Venom Details:

The speed of media means this will be gone by Monday; circa 2003 the cold open of SNL in September would be Matt Damon dressed as a rock with a Sox hat on, facing the camera and shouting "LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!"

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

you know social media isn't what it was a decade ago because back then The Masshole Meteor gimmick account would already have 30,000 followers