Cows and clowns compete for resources in their natural habitat. The species' are innately adversarial and their interactions are often violent. Rodeos simply exploit this combative relationship for entertainment.
The candy shop door swung open and he strode in. Patrons gasped and clerks hid under the counter. He put a smoke out with the heel of his boot, pulled another from his leather jacket, and gripped it with his yellowed teeth. "Oh my god," a woman whispered, "it's the fifth dentist"
How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again
I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious
Can we offer up a tax credit?
Little bags of shrooms?
Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools?
This is actually part of the early selection process. The Vatican initiates The Silly Sacraments (Funny Hat Vetting to the laity) for potential Popes *decades* in advance.
Screenshot from the end of Mac and Me (1988): a giant speech bubble reading "WE'LL BE BACK" emerging from a pink convertible. This threat remains mercifully unfulfilled.
How would I get by without AI?
If I need a factually-dubious opinion expressed in a cliched manner with unearned confidence, I’ll just talk to a straight white cis man.
I can get by on small-batch, locally-sourced, artisanal mansplaining, the way we always used to.
if you're interested in taking up a heterodox position, write an essay entitled "valerie solanas was right," boys. let's see how contrarian you really are
Can I interest you in a moist owlette as a timeline cleanse?
This is Sassafras the Eastern Screech Owl from the Cincinnati Zoo (@cincinnatizoo.bsky.social, but via their FB) and I love him very much.
Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops asio) are native to eastern North America.
January 17,200,345 B.C.
Evolved into a crab again. Scuttled along the floors of silent seas all morning. Saw Andy in the p.m.. He'd just invented a "wheel" and could speak of nothing else. Didn't even mention my carcinization. I feel like I'm invisible even to close friends.