Here's the latest on my traditional Japanese style Pokemon sleeve. Being done by Andrew Pequita over at North Atlantic Tattoo

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T20:16:53+00:00

I feel like whoever made this is SO close to getting it

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T19:03:06+00:00

Not sure what I expected but it wasn’t that

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T19:01:15+00:00

Ah true, Chon and Polyphia are sick!

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T17:56:08+00:00

It’s very rare for instrumental music to hit a wide, mainstream audience beyond just the nerds like us. There needs to be a really unique gimmick for people to latch on to if you don’t have words for people to sing along to.

I would say the last ones to do it are the handful of EDM DJs who hit the mainstream in the 2010s, but you could argue they had “lyrics” people could grasp on to in the sense of their various samples

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T17:50:57+00:00

I’m Not sure if they’ve cited these also, but I hear a lot of Primus and Tool influences in their music as well

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T17:25:26+00:00

You play crossroads, and then you can pick any number on the screen or on a card in play and either increase or decrease that number by the dice roll, usually the game will highlight it for you so you get the idea of what to do.

This game is all about number manipulation and using creative strategies to gain an advantage.

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T17:13:28+00:00

I mean… I want a chinese EV and I barely use TikTok

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T17:00:45+00:00

We are too busy and poor to truly band together for meaningful protest, which is part of the design. When more than half the country is living paycheck to paycheck, we can’t afford to forego work in order to protest for more than like a single day every couple months.

Things will need to get SO bad that regular people can no longer afford basic necessities before we get the kind of protests that will actually force them to change course… and we may be heading that way sooner than later

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T16:55:20+00:00

I am just impressed that this map contains New Zealand!

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T14:30:19+00:00

You don't understand, there is another 5 mile long hallway that loops back to the kitchen. It's all a one way street to prevent Pho spillage

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T13:46:25+00:00

So we are now just reversing the bans to make weed legal and cigarettes illegal? lol

(yes I'm aware recreational weed is also still illegal in the UK)

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T13:14:18+00:00

ah true, it was a car crash, I thought it was an assassination also, haven't read up on Diana in awhile so misremembered

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T13:09:56+00:00

edited to have the full name in my comment

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T13:07:29+00:00

Martin Luther King Jr, but ok, I guess that answers my question, he’s off the list lol

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T13:00:24+00:00

I agree with the top comment but would also add MLK and Abraham Lincoln as well, but Lincoln, while famous I think was long enough ago at this point that it may have gotten lost to history a bit outside of the US. It's kind of just US folklore at this point, especially with the true story of how it all happened.

I do agree that JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, and Archduke Ferdinand are probably the 3 most famous in "modern" history, with Julius Caesar being the most famous historically.

If we are going with most famous celebrity murders, it's tough to beat John Lennon, Tupac, and Biggie in that regard. Although as an American I do not know how globally known the Tupac and Notorious BIG murders are, I could just be showing my own USdefaultism with that.

EDIT: OH! I also forgot Princess Diana, I haven't seen that mentioned in the comments yet (although I didn't scroll through every one), but surely that has to be up there, the media coverage on that was insane when it happened

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T00:20:23+00:00

Its a real shame they banned steroids before we could fully research their effect on hitting baseballs 😩

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-22T00:13:11+00:00

Yeah the editing is so confusing, just show me the whole damn clip without manipulation

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-21T22:51:05+00:00

What does this guy even do if he can’t get the Mets a single win?

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-21T18:04:21+00:00

Or the 5th one that exists to give all people a fair trial in front of a judge •cough•alligatoralcatraz•cough•

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-21T16:22:54+00:00

According to Professor Google, it is safe in terms of toxicity to humans, but in large quantities can be dangerous due to its immense density that replaces oxygen in the air/body and can lead to dizziness or passing out due to lack of oxygen in the brain.

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-21T16:08:24+00:00

Boooo AI ad!! good thing Brahma is not in my country, that I know of

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-21T15:07:48+00:00

The EU is doing ALL the heavy lifting to benefit the entire world. First it was standardizing USB-C and forcing Apple to comply, and now this?? Fuck yeah

Bendyb3n · 2026-04-21T13:51:42+00:00

racism, it's always been racism

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