I just read a sentence that referred to “the decades since” 2005 and I feel personally attacked.
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@benroyce @401matthall @overholt
I remember my kids referring to a request for help with homework as "seeking the wisdom of the ancients", or even "asking the ancestors" if they were feeling particularly scamp-like. They're teenagers now, so they only consider us ancient, not wise.
yeah the chatty age above eventually yields to the age of monosyllabic interactions and amorphous resentment
dad above should enjoy it while he can. despite being driven to ego death
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@benroyce @mloxton @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt Not sure about that one, but Nirvana t-shirts remain as popular as ever over here with the teens (exact same designs as 30 years ago too!).
I've also noticed Dr. Martens, Converse and Vans have made a big comeback with the yoof. It's surreal to find myself surrounded by kids dressed no differently than the grunge crowd when I was their age.
The only difference is that they have more tattoos now!
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The increase in tats and piercings is noticeable.The only time I ever briefly danced with the thought of a tat, was maybe to get my military ID number engraved on my wrist as a daily reminder never ever to do that again.
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@ApostateEnglishman
The increase in tats and piercings is noticeable.The only time I ever briefly danced with the thought of a tat, was maybe to get my military ID number engraved on my wrist as a daily reminder never ever to do that again.
@mloxton @ApostateEnglishman @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
i have one on my leg from a trip to new orleans long long ago
somewhere out there is a woman with the same tattoo on her posterior
we are united in cringe eternal reminder of one week long ago, and nothing else
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@tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
i've always been confused as to if the ancient aliens that helped the maya are the same ancient aliens that helped the egyptians
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@benroyce @tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
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@benroyce @tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
Naw, the Ancient Aliens who helped the Egyptians were Egyptians and the Ancient Aliens who helped the Maya were Ancient Maya.@Burn_this_ @tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
get out of here with this reality bullshit! reality isn't entertaining! think about what's important here!
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@ApostateEnglishman @mloxton @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
the rise of tattoos is amazing. i love it. but it's *so* different from the attitude towards tattoos that used to be out there
@benroyce @mloxton @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt Yeah, I've got a few, and would have more if they weren't so bloody expensive now! The surge in demand has driven prices up.
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@benroyce @mloxton @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt Yeah, I've got a few, and would have more if they weren't so bloody expensive now! The surge in demand has driven prices up.
@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
I didn't have the courage to get a sleeve length tattoo until I was in my 50s. I had a series of incredibly traumatic events happen in sequence, and as I was trying to put all the pieces back together, I looked at the art I'd had on my office wall for years while I doddled and hemmed and hawed about getting a piece that big. It's one of my favorite arts that I've done, and one day I took it off the wall, called my friend who owns a shop and said "I'm getting a tattoo today. Do you want to do it, or am I forced to let amateurs lay hands on me where you can see it?"
It took 6-8 hours, I had to get up and walk around a couple of times, but it's gorgeous. The looks I get sometimes though, standing there looking all senior executive consultant, then I push my sleeves up and it's serpents and moons and torches and keys and spears. Heh.
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@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
I didn't have the courage to get a sleeve length tattoo until I was in my 50s. I had a series of incredibly traumatic events happen in sequence, and as I was trying to put all the pieces back together, I looked at the art I'd had on my office wall for years while I doddled and hemmed and hawed about getting a piece that big. It's one of my favorite arts that I've done, and one day I took it off the wall, called my friend who owns a shop and said "I'm getting a tattoo today. Do you want to do it, or am I forced to let amateurs lay hands on me where you can see it?"
It took 6-8 hours, I had to get up and walk around a couple of times, but it's gorgeous. The looks I get sometimes though, standing there looking all senior executive consultant, then I push my sleeves up and it's serpents and moons and torches and keys and spears. Heh.
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@ApostateEnglishman
Paisley printed shirts though, and a cravat, did he have those?I have only known one person who wore wooden clogs outside of the Netherlands, so deep points for that.
@mloxton @ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
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@benroyce @MissConstrue @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt Spare a thought for my ex-fiance, whose eccentric academic father would pick her up from school sporting a "mullet" haircut, wearing fitted floral shirts, flared corduroy trousers (corduroy has made a bit of a comeback in the UK today, but was deeply unfashionable at the time!) and...clogs. Wooden clogs.
She actually became quite tearful one evening after too much wine, remembering the shame and trauma it caused her to see him arrive.
@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt I deeply feel her pain. After my father became one of Them, he took to wearing paisley golfing pants. And golfed. It was all so embarrassing. A man who once hung outside the windows of the Prankster bus,handing out lsd to passersby...a paisley wearing republican golfer. And they wonder why I cut off contact...
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@ApostateEnglishman
The increase in tats and piercings is noticeable.The only time I ever briefly danced with the thought of a tat, was maybe to get my military ID number engraved on my wrist as a daily reminder never ever to do that again.
@mloxton @ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @TheBreadmonkey @overholt Wait, do you have a green eggs and ham tattoo? Ben! Baby!
(I jest, I’ve always been a perfect lady in New Orleans. As one does.)
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@mloxton @ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @TheBreadmonkey @overholt Wait, do you have a green eggs and ham tattoo? Ben! Baby!
(I jest, I’ve always been a perfect lady in New Orleans. As one does.)
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@MissConstrue @tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
yeah luckily lewis and clark could get the ancient alien tech from the grand canyon to george washington just in time to beat the british in the revolutionary war. napoleon almost got it instead. that would have totally screwed with history, and i understand history well and can appreciate the implications (/s)
@benroyce @tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @TheBreadmonkey @overholt It’s how we got Mt Rushmore too! They say it was dynamite and decades, but I’ve seen dynamite, it just makes craters, it doesn’t make faces! And how would dynamite even know what George looked like? Whereas ancient aliens, they were there with him, propelling that boat across the Potomac. They made the artist paint the alien tech out. Because conspiracy. True story!
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@benroyce @tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @TheBreadmonkey @overholt It’s how we got Mt Rushmore too! They say it was dynamite and decades, but I’ve seen dynamite, it just makes craters, it doesn’t make faces! And how would dynamite even know what George looked like? Whereas ancient aliens, they were there with him, propelling that boat across the Potomac. They made the artist paint the alien tech out. Because conspiracy. True story!
@MissConstrue @tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
ah
i see you've seen the PBS historical documentary "National Treasure: Book of Secrets"
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@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
I didn't have the courage to get a sleeve length tattoo until I was in my 50s. I had a series of incredibly traumatic events happen in sequence, and as I was trying to put all the pieces back together, I looked at the art I'd had on my office wall for years while I doddled and hemmed and hawed about getting a piece that big. It's one of my favorite arts that I've done, and one day I took it off the wall, called my friend who owns a shop and said "I'm getting a tattoo today. Do you want to do it, or am I forced to let amateurs lay hands on me where you can see it?"
It took 6-8 hours, I had to get up and walk around a couple of times, but it's gorgeous. The looks I get sometimes though, standing there looking all senior executive consultant, then I push my sleeves up and it's serpents and moons and torches and keys and spears. Heh.
@MissConstrue @ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @overholt
I absolutely love this
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@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
I didn't have the courage to get a sleeve length tattoo until I was in my 50s. I had a series of incredibly traumatic events happen in sequence, and as I was trying to put all the pieces back together, I looked at the art I'd had on my office wall for years while I doddled and hemmed and hawed about getting a piece that big. It's one of my favorite arts that I've done, and one day I took it off the wall, called my friend who owns a shop and said "I'm getting a tattoo today. Do you want to do it, or am I forced to let amateurs lay hands on me where you can see it?"
It took 6-8 hours, I had to get up and walk around a couple of times, but it's gorgeous. The looks I get sometimes though, standing there looking all senior executive consultant, then I push my sleeves up and it's serpents and moons and torches and keys and spears. Heh.
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@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
I didn't have the courage to get a sleeve length tattoo until I was in my 50s. I had a series of incredibly traumatic events happen in sequence, and as I was trying to put all the pieces back together, I looked at the art I'd had on my office wall for years while I doddled and hemmed and hawed about getting a piece that big. It's one of my favorite arts that I've done, and one day I took it off the wall, called my friend who owns a shop and said "I'm getting a tattoo today. Do you want to do it, or am I forced to let amateurs lay hands on me where you can see it?"
It took 6-8 hours, I had to get up and walk around a couple of times, but it's gorgeous. The looks I get sometimes though, standing there looking all senior executive consultant, then I push my sleeves up and it's serpents and moons and torches and keys and spears. Heh.
@MissConstrue @ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt I got my first tattoo at age 45 after wanting one for decades.
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@MissConstrue @ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt I got my first tattoo at age 45 after wanting one for decades.
️️@courtcan @MissConstrue @benroyce @mloxton @TheBreadmonkey @overholt A fleck of something on my phone screen made that look like "4.5" which made me think (for a split second), "That's very young. Is that even legal anywhere?! But also oddly precise...".
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@tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt
i've always been confused as to if the ancient aliens that helped the maya are the same ancient aliens that helped the egyptians
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@benroyce @tantramar @mina @Bugspriet @MissConstrue @TheBreadmonkey @overholt I think positing *two* alien space faring civilizations with a pyramid fetish is going to fall afoul of Occam's razor.
