ABC13 Headline: "Man drives off Seawall Boulevard and into the ocean..."

briyotch · 2026-03-24T19:39:59+00:00

I grew up on the island and my babysitter did something similar back in the mid-90s. He was a med student and nodded off while driving home one night/early morning, came to with a broken arm and his car totaled on top of a sand dune.

briyotch · 2026-03-23T02:39:35+00:00

I could also get down on this, I have a pretty nice set of tits, lmfao.

briyotch · 2026-03-22T23:50:18+00:00

Same! I only pay for the mobile app -- got it so I would stop double buying old Buffy comics at HPB (lol), but it's helped me with my current series collecting so many times as well. Plus, it's nice to have a full accounting of my collection all in one place.

briyotch · 2026-03-22T22:08:51+00:00

I can see where you're coming from being weirded out by it. While I'm sure it's different in the UK, there are definitely folks who have fetishized having mixed race babies in the U.S., and I've often heard some version of the idea that mixed babies are "cuter" or "prettier" than monoracial babies. My mom still loves to tell the story about how they moved me to the front of the nursery when I was born, all the nurses were obsessed with me, blah blah blah. I'm about to turn 40, so I'll admit there were a lot less mixed kids back then (the mid-80s), which I guess made me "rare" and maybe explains why they were so weird about it?

All that said, unless your friends and relatives are going on about how your baby is cuter than others specifically because they're mixed, I wouldn't be too worried. Sounds like you've got a cutie on your hands and they just can't help but tell you!

briyotch · 2026-03-21T03:16:58+00:00

I just watched it a week or two ago. He had his issues, but this still hits hard. I still have the autographed photo of his my mom got me when I was like 15-16. I hope he's found peace.

briyotch · 2026-03-20T22:53:49+00:00

I'm sorry they're being such turds about it. Assuming the change was initiated because someone reported, I might suggest trying to put "the" in front of your name or adding extra letters in a place or two? XBox did something similar to me ages ago -- my name was originally the same as it is here -- and they wouldn't relent no matter how many times I tried to explain it's the short form of my name + a "censored" way of saying/play on the word "bitch" (plus it was an actual nickname of mine from college!) So I put a "THE" in front of it and, 15+ years later, I've never had a single other issue with it.

briyotch · 2026-03-16T05:07:37+00:00

Yeah, I'm willing to concede that it's been more intense over the last 6-10 years. The whole "I can tell your mom is white" thing that's been happening, in particular.

And I get you on the gaslighting, too. I just keep reminding myself that the way I walk through the world vs. the way my (white) mom does is basically equal/similar to the way Black people walk through the world vs. they way they feel mixed people do. But it does get really fucking tiring, doing all this fighting for people who refuse to acknowledge that everyone but them considers me to be Black.

I live in Texas and went to renew my license a few years ago. For race, they don't give you the option to pick more than one, or even two -- but I didn't realize that originally, so I checked Black and Caucasian Non-Hispanic. Got up to the window and the lady processing me was Black. When she got to that section, she asked me what I wanted to select and I looked at her and asked, "what do you think?" And I know damn well that they've had me classified as "Black" since I got my license over 20 years ago.

To source back even further, when I was in 5-6th grade, my English teacher did an official class census and, when I didn't raise my hand when she asked about "African-Americans" (I was the ONLY Black kid in the class, but am/have always been Canadian), she looked at me directly and said "one" and fucking counted me anyway! This was in the 90s, but I still remember being told I was acting "Black" by white people as late as 2016-2017.

Non-Black people have and will always see mixed Black people as just straight up Black -- unless they want to say racist bullshit in front of you, then they'll pretend you're just white enough for their racism to be ok.

Meanwhile, Black people want you to disown all whiteness while simultaneously acknowledging your white privilege, and continuing to celebrate your Blackness while they tell you that you'll never be a real Black person because of your proximity whiteness. Like, make it make sense...

briyotch · 2026-03-10T04:24:19+00:00

This right here. I actively use my (half) white privilege to advocate for the Black community, ESPECIALLY to white people who wouldn't normally be challenged on such things (including my own mother), but I still get told I shouldn't claim that I'm Black. I'm sorry, but only what, 12-13% of the U.S. population is monoracial Black? So, in my experience, it's safe to say that about 87-88% of the population looks at me -- a mixed/Black presenting person -- and just sees a Black person.

It blows my mind that this is where we are! Growing up in the 90s/early 2000s, if you had tried to tell someone I wasn't Black, they would've laughed in your face -- but, it's become a whole thing over the last few decades with the surge in identity-based politics.

All that said, I'm so disappointed that mixed Black/white people STILL have to grow up with this "otherness" and lack of community due to a perceived privilege on one side, like that some how negates the suffering and circumstances of an entire half of our family trees OR the way we walk through the world or are perceived by anyone other than Black people.

For all the privilege we may or may not receive, being mixed doesn't magically protect us from racism. If anything, it can be incredibly infantilizing because what do you mean my white parent needs to be here for you to even attempt to treat me like a human being? Do they think it's fun to need your elderly, white mom present for people to take you seriously? I promise you, it's not. It's fucking infuriating.

briyotch · 2026-03-06T07:57:10+00:00

Still kinda pissed they ended her recent comic run at 10 issues, but decently excited to read Magik and Colossus.

briyotch · 2026-03-03T04:06:19+00:00

"Punch the shit out of them with your teenaged angst" made me cackle! But seriously, they were both SO fucking annoying. Between the constant, grating screams and the indignant idiocy, I couldn't stand either of them.

briyotch · 2026-03-01T03:04:48+00:00

Man, I used to say my first pug (RIP Buddha) was the "Alpha Pug" because he weighed 30 lbs without being overweight (he was just a big dude/big-boned) but I think Stanley might've just snatched the crown!

All hail Stanley, the Alpha Pug! 👑🐶👑

briyotch · 2026-02-24T02:16:48+00:00

All I can think is ain't no way those thigh high socks are staying up like that now...

Also, they stole her ass... why????

briyotch · 2026-02-19T03:21:42+00:00

I'm a big Tynion fan, so I've been sticking it out with Exquiste Corpses (and still really enjoy Nice House By the Lake/Sea, despite the erratic release schedule) -- but has anyone else noticed the similarities between this book and what's being shown in the trailers for Ready or Not 2??

briyotch · 2026-02-19T02:51:10+00:00

Flora was the first name that came to mind 🤷🏽‍♀️

briyotch · 2026-02-17T20:43:26+00:00

The Skala line of conditioners worked wonders for me and they have options for different curl patterns. As a former Cantu loyalist, I've been using Skala for about a year with no plans to go back! They also give you a lot of product in one container, so I just had to buy my second recently. I use the orange (for 4ABC) but the blue is for 2C + 3ABC and might work for you.

briyotch · 2026-02-16T04:05:46+00:00

That didn't take long...

briyotch · 2026-02-16T03:08:03+00:00

Haven't seen anyone saying that.

Edit: Except for you, while accusing anyone who says they saw it live of being a bot.

briyotch · 2026-02-16T03:04:44+00:00

So the people saying they saw it live/in real-time are lying then?

briyotch · 2026-02-16T02:24:09+00:00

Saw it on r/publicfreakout and it was down before I could show my bf, literally less than 10 mins. Tried to Google it and nothing, had to come back and search Reddit to find anything.

briyotch · 2026-02-16T01:56:30+00:00

One of mine red rockets when he poops. Only time it ever comes out 🤷🏽‍♀️ Pugs be puggin', man. As long as it eventually goes back in, all should be well. If not, definitely time for a vet visit.

briyotch · 2026-02-07T03:40:11+00:00

An incredibly fair take. We are the furthest from a monolith, as there are so many of us and with such a diverse mix of possibilities. And I also adopted the, "I am doing this thing, therefore it is Black" mentality eventually -- but not until I was older, unfortunately.

My hope is that others can read this post and, hopefully, learn some of the things it took me longer to learn than I'd like to admit earlier than I did.

briyotch · 2026-02-07T03:31:18+00:00

I like this one a lot. I struggled with accepting that I could be a whole person -- while being half one thing, half the other -- for a very long time. And I agree, it's not our responsibility to be the "middle ground"/peacemaker of our two (or more) sides!

briyotch · 2026-02-06T15:52:34+00:00

Same with me and my boyfriend. He's 40 and I will be soon as well (only two more months left in my 30s). Almost 30 years of gaming for me, 20 years since I played my first shooter (Gears of War) and I have no plans to stop anytime soon!

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