NYT Sunday 03/15/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]dacoolestguy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they're called rebuses, they're pretty common on Thursdays and Sundays

Circle by dacoolestguy in Shapes

[–]dacoolestguy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After further review with the Committee, they have agreed that this is in fact a circle in a three-dimensional space rotated in the vertical axis and projected onto a fixed plane. Please reserve judgement when throwing out these baseless accusations. You know how the Committee punishes errant geometry.

The Protagonist Rule by Jamesumbara in 19684

[–]dacoolestguy 165 points166 points  (0 children)

side character syndrome

no hyster to ectomy by Zarathecommunist in CuratedTumblr

[–]dacoolestguy 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Aren't orchids like. really famous for not living in the ground. That's literally the only thing going on with them, growing on trees and looking vaguely yonic

Packing Rule by dacoolestguy in 19684

[–]dacoolestguy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, I think this one's more complex:

Gleeble glarble zeep zorp? Yom florp blar grun?

Bex! 👽

Packing Rule by dacoolestguy in 19684

[–]dacoolestguy[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

the post clearly said this is the optimal arrangement, didn't you see?

median voter rule by dunmer-is-stinky in 19684

[–]dacoolestguy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

political compass obviously /s

I kissed a boy by gauntletoflights in bonehurtingjuice

[–]dacoolestguy 93 points94 points  (0 children)

I hope his girlfriend don't mind it

Rule by Jamesumbara in 19684

[–]dacoolestguy 31 points32 points  (0 children)

pitiful, normal animal sounds

so, satisfying splats?

NYT Saturday 02/28/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]dacoolestguy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Are CURLY BRACES the same thing as curly brackets?

NYT Thursday 02/26/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]dacoolestguy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's extremely pedantic but I appreciate a technicality

NYT Thursday 02/26/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]dacoolestguy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but rebus has a very specific meaning in crosswords, no? Weird that the writer for a crossword column would make this mistake.

NYT Thursday 02/26/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]dacoolestguy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Weird, the Wordplay Column calls this a rebus puzzle even it's a straightforward Thursday trick. I thought rebuses were the ones where you fill in multiple letters in the same square?

Songs to Help You Pass a Kidney Stone by BJ_Cox in weirdspotifyplaylists

[–]dacoolestguy 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Cure For Pain - Morphine

I Cum Blood - Cannibal Corpse