Quackcast 642 - Gatekeeping

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 4, 2023

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Gatekeeping can be a pretty dickish practice… but not in every case.
Generally we see it as a social pop culture trend where older established fans of something will try and put down new people and ...



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Raise your Flag

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 11, 2023



Hey all! Wasn’t in the mood to put up another poem for this Sunday post, so I’d thought I instead dedicate this Sunday post to something I’ve done recently. Last Tuesday June 6th it was Swedish National Day and the day before that day I spent the ...

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Quackcast 637 - Rumours

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 30, 2023

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Rumours can be damaging stories deliberately spread to harm people, they can grow organically of their own accord. Salacious rumours replace truth and stick around in history ...



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Poetry Time 33: The Blood of a Culture

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, May 21, 2023



I am the mucky-footed bullfrog that leapt out of the well of dreams
A place to be killed in what I leave behind
You are beautiful and you are growing up. but I am getting sick and I am getting old.
Am I your master or am I your slave ...




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Wrapping Up

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 13, 2023




So as some might know, my 12+ year-old webcomic Without Moonlight is about to end!

Ok well its first volume is about to end. I have probably something like 3 more volumes to go.


If I live long enough

Still though, it is basically one book done, and it does ...









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Quackcast 634 - Boomer-myth

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 9, 2023

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Generational tensions are a cultural constant. It's popular to pick on the young and say they're lazy, irresponsible, stupid, changing things in silly ways etc ...



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Quackcast 634 - Boomer-myth

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 9, 2023

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Generational tensions are a cultural constant. It's popular to pick on the young and say they're lazy, irresponsible, stupid, changing things in silly ways etc ...



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The 1990's Whiny Slacker Protagonist

Banes at 12:00AM, May 4, 2023



In rewatching some 1990's movies, I saw quite a few of these Protagonists show up - they're these disaffected types, usually quite intelligent or at least verbose, who are wrapped up in their emotions and sort of spinning their wheels in life as they analyze their problems and face ...

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A Sense of Entitlement

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 8, 2023



Entitlement. Privilege. Obnoxiousness.

We all deal with these things every day, whether we want to or not. It comes in all shapes and sizes. From the kid that throws a tantrum if they can't take some other random kid's toy to the adult that is pissed they stole ...



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Folktale Parodies

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 27, 2023


Photo: “The Stinky Cheese Man and the Fox”. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. By Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. (1992)

Any the book that was ever available at silent reading was always a book that the teacher read aloud to the class. The Stinky Cheese Man ...


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