"If the present were not so horrible and grim, and the future so mysterious and enigmatic, one could go mad with joy." — Konstantin Kavelin

digger (2026)

I know that "Baudrillardian" got overused for a while there as a descriptor but Digger and You Can See Everything really are up there in terms of the most simulation-simulacra tension films ever made.

Digger is the Metal Gear Solid 2 of films.

Digger is a genuinely good film

The funniest “compulsory LARP” story is that Imperial Brazil didn’t really want to LARP Portugal for obvious reasons, and it did sorta LARP indigenous peoples but that was hard to do with a clearly European court structure, so it decided to LARP *Britain*. The hierarchy of titles closely matched the hierarchy of British peerages rather than the Franco-Latinate idea that a peerage’s cache comes from its *ancientness* primarily, and a count from time-immemorial could socially outrank a Duke created by letters-patent. Despite the fact that real power to invest the President of the Council of Ministers clearly belonged to the Emperor, the country was dedicated to LARPing the *image* of liberal parliamentarianism so much it actually annoyed every international observer. Politics were dominated by a Liberals vs. Conservatives model which *barely had any real ideological differences* other than wanting to LARP as Whigs and Tories. It was the most random LARP imaginable

The problem with the new riddle booths on the highway is sometimes the guy in front of you can’t answer and blocks traffic.

if you brake a lot while you're driving you SUCK at it and its anti art, the car was meant to be driven and the brakes could be likened to emulator save states or rewind features. a real skilled driver appreciates the road design and has "game sense" of when to accelerate

RT @CowGirlKisser: took my photo with a real nugga today

Today the Virgin stands in the church, and with hosts of Saints, and invisibly prays to God for us. Angels worship with Hierarchs, and Apostles rejoice with Prophets, for the Theotokos prays to the Pre-eternal God for us 🙏☦️

The America.gov chatbot is very hesitant to answer questions that aren't directly related to United States federal services but VERY open to anything regarding them.

I'm transracial apparently

you never know bro she could be into sensitive chopped antisocial broke dudes. shoot your shot

I have to make a trip out to Kansas City, Oklahoma for work next week 😒

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