Ben Nothing

Ben Nothing

@knessjm.bsky.social

Apanthropic recluse ~Cats, wildlife, anarchism, Pro-Wres, music~

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When you find out that they define a "view" as like "was displayed on the screen of an internet connected device for at least 0.3 seconds" then suddenly all the bragging and fretting and complaining about view counts becomes much less serious

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Pumpkins Georg is fucking things up for everyone

batkaren@batkaren.bsky.social

If you can’t afford a pumpkin this Halloween, just know it’s because of this single house’s insatiable gourd demand driving up prices.

It's funny how, when you're voting by mail and have to lick the adhesive strip on the envelope to seal it, voting literally leaves a bad taste in your mouth

The most telling thing about the people who keep trying to float this concept every few years is that they have absolutely no understanding of punk culture (or that there is even a subculture of punk around the world) beyond the most basic, generic, pointless concept of rebelling against something

ceej@ceej.online

is being conservative the new “punk rock”? of course not you fuckin dip shit

To them, punk is a meaningless concept that can be lazily applied to anything, and yet somehow it's still managed to carry some level of cultural cache generations later These dipshits are completely incapable of getting over the fact that actual punks hate them and have hated them for decades

My cat walked up to me all friendly and meowing, then cringed and jumped back and it took me a moment to realize that he was freaked out by the roll of paper towels I had in my hand (???) He gets scared of the strangest things.

Tbh I think a big part of the reluctance by so many to seriously address cultural misogyny as being something that needs to be thoroughly eradicated is the understanding that it requires a complete overhaul of the basic structures of society as it currently exists

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Hence why anti-misogyny/pro-egalitarian work & movements are often decried as "anti-family" by those who oppose them, because there's a recognition (however dim) that misogyny permeates even the most basic concepts of family structures People are scared to uproot their foundations and rebuild

If I were really in the mood for trolling I could frame AI skepticism as being hostile towards the working class. "If you tell people not to use AI then you're being an accelerationist, trying to get the AI bubble to pop and wreck the economy, and that will devastate the working poor"

This is a good description of about 50% of Bluesky

ceej@ceej.online

you can be technically correct and an asshole at the same time. this is not, historically, a great organizing strategy

When I was 17 I worked in a fruit packing plant. On my second day they stationed me up on a rickety ladder, trying to keep a poorly maintained conveyor belt functioning. OSHA guidelines were thought of as a suggestion. After 4 hours I fell off the ladder, hurt my back, and just went home.

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I typed and deleted like four different posts about the mass shooting at an elementary school in Oregon today, but I just keep feeling like anything I could say is empty and hollow. I don't have any "take" except that it sucks that we just have to keep doing this over and over and over

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lately i’ve seen a lot of people complain that their roombas have started wielding swords. “how did it get one? i don’t even own a sword!” i don’t know man, you probably had one you just forgot about. stop being weird and just chill

This is the most that anybody has ever won a match

Richard@sirlariato.northsky.social

COOL REF FOR ALL THE MARBLES!!! HOLY SHIT #MysteryWrestling30 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNUM... | twitch.tv/EvilUno @mysterywrestling.bsky.social

It's always funny to see people act like they're completely above whatever discourse is going on, but they can't resist posting their hot take about it while insisting that they don't care and don't want to hear what anybody else has to say about it

Same energy as when the most dramatic and chaotic person you know keeps posting about how much they hate drama and that everything would be better if everyone just minded their own business

Somehow it's unsurprising that so many people who are replying to an MS Now post don't know the difference between MMA and pro wrestling It is a little surprising that some of them don't seem to know the difference between the FBI and the military

MS NOW@ms.now

The FBI announced its intention to seek a sole-source contract with the UFC to train FBI agents in hand-to-hand combat. MS NOW's @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social has the latest

I'm watching Smackdown for the first time in ages, just checking in with what's happening in WWE. Why do all the wrestlers talk like their promos are written by ChatGPT? Also they made sure to brag about a PR event they did with Linda McMahon and RFK lol

This show is literally half commercials. They cut away from every single match, but include the entirety of a dull 15 minute promo, including several entrances. I can't imagine watching this show every week.

Normally on Twitter I only interact with like 3-4 other people that I've known for years, but for some reason a simple post about my Mom's cat dying got picked up by the algorithm and is now being liked and commented upon by hundreds of people. What a weird site. Anyway, RIP to Bob the cat.

Fuck, dude, another sudden, shocking loss to the world of wrestling. I literally didn't believe the headline when I saw it, my immediate reaction was "that's obviously not true, must be clickbait" But goddamn. RIP Pac.

I just watched his old PWG match with Claudio from 2007 the other day and was talking to someone about how incredible it was the way that he grew and evolved in wrestling over the years. From the spectacular young upstart to the grizzled, ruthless veteran, he was always on point.

He always performed whatever role he was in perfectly, and always felt like he knew exactly who he was, which is a tricky thing in a business where identity is always half real half kayfabe and not always really under your control One of the true greats. Hopefully his influence will continue on.

I had a "Debate" phase that lasted from age 14-24 and then I learned that debate isn't about proving who's right or discovering the truth, it's about endurance and proving who's better at rhetoric and sophistry People who start to believe their own debate rhetoric are gonna have real problems

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby.

Over time it tends to push people to more and more extreme positions as the discussions spiral onward It's one of the reasons both theological and political theory debates tend to result in groups splintering into numerous factions, everyone deeply convinced they've discovered the REAL truth

I knew something felt off about the place when I visited there years ago. I don't trust a land without rats. It's like bragging that you don't have birds.

Ben Nothing reposted

THURSDAY NIGHT IS POTLUCK NIGHT This week: - matches, promos, weird junk - 2 tournament wheels! Marigold & NOAH! Pray we don’t hit a WHAMMY! - callers pitched CATCHPHRASES. They were sent to an affordable voice actor on Cameo to interpret - and MORE!?! Twitch.tv/MisterGreenMist 9pm est 🤼‍♀️📼⚡️👨🏻‍🍳📼🤼⚡️

The tennis people keep talking about Rybakina and I just keep imagining Ryback in a dress and a wig, trying to come back and join the women's division a la Santino Marella as Santina

Thank you for the information Hangman, I love you but that looks disgusting

HANGMAN PAGE@hangmanpage.bsky.social

youre probably looking at this fruit and thinking ‘wow, that must grow on a tropical island somewhere’, and you’d be WRONG AS HELL. its a pawpaw, the largest edible fruit native to north america. this is our first one and it tastes like banana, vanilla, and cantaloupe made a weird ass threesome baby

Describing something as being "better than my wildest dreams" is really damning it with faint praise, given how consistently awful my dreams are Oh, it's even better than getting hopelessly lost in Disneyland which is also somehow my Grandma's backyard and is infested with dog-sized beetles? Great.

I love the way it looks like she's setting her up for some massive suplex, but the moment she gets her up in the air, she decides "Yep, that's good enough" and just drops her on her head. Perfect.

Richard@sirlariato.northsky.social

Queen Bee Bomb from Manami Toyota for the win!! 🤼

There always seems to be some new album or movie or game coming out that I've never heard of, except for the fact that it's being amplified and basically advertised for free by people who are extremely angry about it and insisting that nobody should buy it

Hey! Guess what? Look at this new product! It's coming out in two weeks and you can buy it! But don't buy it, it's evil and if you buy it the evil will infect your soul! Don't forget! New product! Two weeks! Celebrities made it! Evil!