Post AzBG5dmzD0sGf3zJEe by jillL@theblower.au
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(DIR) Post #AzBFvLhFcbCLeWOiie by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-13T22:41:08Z
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My husband and I have this running joke based on an old Daily News article we saw a decade ago. The article was about a suspected arsonist. They had a little inset photo of the suspect who the Daily News clearly thought was guilty (and I think they were correct but that isn’t the point) the photo frame was an oval shape and had little victorian curlycues around it. A graphic frame used for over half a century— the caption “fiend on trial”“fiend on trial”you know that will be a FAIR trial.
(DIR) Post #AzBG5dmzD0sGf3zJEe by jillL@theblower.au
2025-10-13T22:42:49Z
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@futurebird A dastardly fellow ...
(DIR) Post #AzBG9SKpjkAyINdfl2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-13T22:43:41Z
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The use of the word “fiend” put me in a laughing fit where I couldn’t breathe for an hour. But that was just how they always featured photos of people on trial. This was only a decade ago— I wonder if they still do it. WHY do you need a TRAIL if you know he is a fiend??
(DIR) Post #AzBGi9hD1pA2cfePlg by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2025-10-13T22:49:54Z
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@futurebird someone had a term for words that only still exist in newspaper headlines, like fiend and boffin, and I wish I could remember what it was.
(DIR) Post #AzBHJGGVZC15iBr56m by snork303@toot.community
2025-10-13T22:56:35Z
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@futurebird
(DIR) Post #AzBLTKYoqpaFkJTd0S by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-10-13T23:43:17Z
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@futurebird remember _Friend Folio_, which included grrreat friends like the Flumph and the Guardian Familiar?
(DIR) Post #AzBMwzKoQu7QYZdBfk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-13T23:59:51Z
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@snork303 It wasn't quite THAT fancy, but close enough. I guess after reading the informative and shocking article I could say "I have seen him! That fiend they have put on trial at the court house for his dastardly fire-setting. What is the world coming to?" etc. etc.
(DIR) Post #AzBN0eYpbzDDHmw5XU by mrbruno@mstdn.social
2025-10-13T23:59:56Z
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@snork303 @futurebird Is punishment tool? Any surprises like knives?
(DIR) Post #AzBN0g1EBtWLo9EHRI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-14T00:00:30Z
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@mrbruno @snork303 Having an article like that about you *is* a punishment.
(DIR) Post #AzBzR8u9DHKxBOxrbk by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2025-10-14T07:11:00Z
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@futurebird @snork303 fiend-shaped