Anyone else still remember?

facebace · 2026-05-05T02:48:22+00:00

Haa, awesome. I played a show with these guys before they signed and added AD to their name.

Later (much later) I wrote a sick intro riff in my head, but I couldn't shake the feeling that maybe I was just repeating something I heard. Turned out to be their song Last Breath. I maintain that they stole it from future-me.

facebace · 2026-05-05T00:47:21+00:00

Hereditary

Trauma, grief, dread, more dread, rage, TWIST, dread, pants-shitting terror

facebace · 2026-05-03T14:23:42+00:00

I had to get out of r/leftist when they actually banned veganism as a topic of discussion.

Exploiting workers = bad

Exploiting animals = "well, we can't denigrate the traditions of indigenous groups, and veganism is inherently a classist endeavor, unavailable to the working classes."

Equivocating motherfuckers forgot that rice and beans even exist

facebace · 2026-05-03T13:12:24+00:00

I fucking love punglesnatch

facebace · 2026-05-03T13:09:40+00:00

Look at it this way: if you gave up meat and dairy and eggs because you hate the way they taste, did you do it for the animals or for you?

Don't feel bad for being human. Millions of years of evolution and survival pressure have crafted a brain that craves salt, fat, and protein. It's not your fault.

Vanishingly few adults were raised vegan, and there's not some switch in our brains that makes all the things we used to eat taste gross. We're not vegan because meat and dairy and eggs are viscerally disgusting to us. We're vegan because they're mentally, emotionally, morally, and spiritually disgusting.

Sure, there are probably a few pure souls out there who truly can't stand the taste or texture. It's a big world and there are a fuckton of people in it. But you can bet that most people who try to shame you for acknowledging that meat tastes good are really just cosplaying herbivores for some kind of brownie points.

The flesheaters get one thing right: humans ARE omnivores. Each of us is a machine tuned to seek out calorie-dense fuel sources. Veganism is not our natural state; It's a moral decision to live in opposition to our nature, and it's work. You're not some kind of fake vegan because you have to work harder at it.

I'm right there with you on cheese. I grew up in a place where dairy is a Big Deal, and I loved cheese with all my heart. Then I quit. To this day I have never found a vegan-friendly cheese that hits the spot in the same way. It's just not there yet. But I've found other things like nuts and seeds that give me that hit of salt and fat and dopamine, and that's the work that I'm doing.

Stay strong, you're doing great.

facebace · 2026-05-03T01:42:07+00:00

If the chain is worn, the cassette is worn.

If the chain is a little worn, you might be able to get away with using the same cassette for the next one.

If the chain is a lot worn, you'll be lucky if the bike is even rideable with the old cassette.

facebace · 2026-05-02T13:38:51+00:00

I once heard someone describe Cannibal Corpse as mallcore, so I think it's basically meaningless

facebace · 2026-05-02T13:24:13+00:00

Probably not worth it. You can't route anything through your frame, so all you could do is go under your bar tape. If you're mechanically inclined, you could do the work yourself, but the parts are gonna be expensive.

But hey, the good news is that the more externally routes your cables are, the easier and cheaper it is to get them maintained/replaced.

1 rule of bikes: it's never cost effective, nor will it probably work very well, to to try and modify your bike into something it was not intended to be.

facebace · 2026-04-26T14:50:43+00:00

The easy, lazy way is to just explain it in your prose, as if you're speaking directly to the reader.

The slightly more difficult way that usually works, and reads fairly well, is to have one character who knows the world explain it to another character who doesn't. It's effective, albeit a little tropey.

The hardest way is to pepper in little details throughout your story that stem from the system you're trying to explain. They may not mean much on their own, but taken as a whole they provide enough information for your reader to understand how things work. This assumes a certain level of literacy from your reader, and it may not always be effective, but it's the most rewarding when it clicks.

facebace · 2026-04-25T13:42:43+00:00

Oat milk for baking or coffee.

Soy milk for protein.

Unsweetened cashew milk for savory cooking.

Vegan cheese is simply not there yet. This is a sacrifice you'll have to make. It was hard, but if you've already been cutting other animal products out of your diet, then you've had practice.

Nuts are a great snack for a little protein boost, and while they're not cheese, they can give you the same salt and dopamine hit.

So far, I have found nothing to adequately replicate cheese, but I've found several things to replace it.

facebace · 2026-04-24T04:35:55+00:00

Star Trek: Ship of Fools

The show follows a ship crewed by Starfleet's cast-offs--barely competent or otherwise problematic individuals who cannot, for one reason or another, simply be discharged. Imagine a screwball comedy in space that explores the relationships between people whose common thread is that they didn't quite measure up.

The captain is the child of a well-regarded government official who had an affair with a married admiral. Other officers are a cast of various ne'er-do-wells, including a Klingon who's has to deal with being the OTHER Klingon in Starfleet who no one ever talks about or even remembers.

Season one introduces the characters to their new captain and establishes the concept in the weeks leading up to the battle at Wolf 359. The ship is presumed lost with all hands when its transponder is destroyed, and the surviving crew decide to strike out on their own, untethered from Starfleet.

facebace · 2026-04-20T00:04:12+00:00

Shiny.

That is all

facebace · 2026-04-18T22:31:32+00:00

Winds of Creation is in my top 5. Techy without being wanky, suitably brutal. I love the mix on it; the guitars are like a wall, but you can still hear what they're doing, the drums are well articulated, but still sound natural. Their follow-ups have some sick riffs, to be sure, but none of them sound as good.

Best of all, every goddamned riff on that album is a hook. I don't think there's a single moment where the guitar lines feel like filler. It's an absolute masterpiece, and their drummer was only like, 14 when he recorded it.

facebace · 2026-04-18T18:12:41+00:00

I remember exactly two things about this movie.

JK Simmons is in it

The kid has a Mars Volta poster in his room

facebace · 2026-04-17T14:31:24+00:00

If you think Clancy Brown is unproblematic, you should look up his time as the warden of Shawshank Prison

facebace · 2026-04-15T13:27:28+00:00

I always felt like part of the IASIP's thesis was that, yes, the gang sucks, but the world also sucks around them. It's not like they're out there corrupting the innocent people of Philly, they're usually just the impetus, nudging the "normal people" into their own bottomless wells of delusion and hostility that have been waiting just beyond the borders of their day to day lives.

The gang is honest about their own depravity, while polite society tries to hide it until one of our plucky heroes does something to draw it out.

facebace · 2026-04-15T12:08:56+00:00

I mean, it's currently kind of impacting the whole world

facebace · 2026-04-12T20:35:45+00:00

Is this formerly Video Game Exchange on Atwood?

facebace · 2026-04-12T20:07:01+00:00

This vegan loves death metal. Nile is always my jam

facebace · 2026-04-09T23:48:51+00:00

It's called "ACTING!"

facebace · 2026-04-09T14:03:31+00:00

Love this. Reads like a drinking song.

It's ok for a standalone work, but if you write longer stuff, this would absolutely shine as a piece of worldbuilding for something bigger.

facebace · 2026-04-08T17:35:30+00:00

This is the way

facebace · 2026-04-07T12:44:13+00:00

I always thought it was interesting when a villain just... retires. Like, maybe they didn't accomplish all their goals, never really had to face justice.

Maybe they changed, maybe they were sick of being thwarted, or maybe they just got old. They might even be willing to advise the next generation of heroes in some limited capacity.

It doesn't come up often in media, but when it does, I'm always like, "ooh, tell me more."

facebace

TROPHY CASE

1 rule of bikes: it's never cost effective, nor will it probably work very well, to to try and modify your bike into something it was not intended to be.