Posts by PTR_K@dice.camp
(DIR) Post #Amzyvu3S9yVYzDo9HU by PTR_K@dice.camp
2024-10-14T13:43:41Z
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@futurebird Outside the scope of the poll, but in addition to the microwave, we also have an air fryer (basically a convection oven) and a bread toaster of the non-oven variety.I wouldn't personally have chosen to purchase either. But I have to admit, for what they each do, they're a lot faster than pre-heating an entire conventional oven.
(DIR) Post #AnBdW6tG34OK7qPyEK by PTR_K@dice.camp
2024-10-19T16:45:53Z
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Pumpkin pie?Random question: Anyone willing to a good recipe for a pumpkin pie that is less sweet?Like not completely unsweetened. Just something where the flavor of the pumpkin stands out more.I feel like I've eaten too many pies that were more a super-sweet gloop with a little pumpkin seasoning.[reposted cause I realized I originally posted with a pretty limited group]#Baking #recipes #Pumpkin #PumpkinPies
(DIR) Post #Anvp3riKV1Xui8GZUm by PTR_K@dice.camp
2024-11-11T11:26:17Z
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(DIR) Post #AqCMmfiGL68qCix0hk by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-01-18T06:43:43Z
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@futurebird Nursery rhymes: A gateway drug.#LofiChillBeats
(DIR) Post #Ar95LIPJcSZrbIXcDA by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-02-15T14:34:41Z
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@Anke @futurebird @davidho c.f.#YoDawg #SuperGuppy
(DIR) Post #Ar99D4weBiMBLcT95E by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-02-15T15:19:39Z
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@futurebird I also love weird spaces stories/scenarios in general. Or stories about places that suggest a different purpose, but that now is unclear (or maybe deceptive).In some of them the spaces aren't even reality-defyingly weird per se. Just perplexing or awe inspiring.A few that come to mind:J.G. Ballard's "Report on an Unidentified Space Station" - No one is "trapped", but they gradually succumb to the mystique of a weirdly mundane place:https://sseh.uchicago.edu/doc/roauss.htm#Backrooms 1/x
(DIR) Post #Ar99xU6ixysei0JJia by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-02-15T15:20:32Z
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@futurebird BLAME!I've only seen the one anime movie, but the manga looks visually interesting.The premise seems to be that something about humans changed subtly and the machines that worked for them decided humans were squatters to be eradicated.After this, the construction machines just started building on arbitrary styles and scales, as if obeying the letter of architectural principles but ignoring the spirit of them.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gOLP_f7NGXY#BlameAnime 2/x
(DIR) Post #Ar99xbct0nla1mPbJw by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-02-15T15:26:31Z
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@futurebird Girls' Last TourHuman civilization has collapsed, resources are scarce, but most city megastructures are intact and occasionally functional. Two girls journey through this area. The tone is bleak and introspective, but with occasional happier moments.The areas they travel through suggest different uses and priorities of those who came before, but it is unclear why many things are the way they are. And most external trappings and decorations are gone.3/3
(DIR) Post #As6KLRZfwbNdAF8QSW by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-03-16T04:32:21Z
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@futurebird c.f. the short story "God's Hooks!" by Howard Waldrop.Apparently set shortly after the Great Fire of London, it starts as kind of slice of life vignette about a gathering of dudes who just love eating and catching fish. Toward the end takes on themes of faith, obsessive pursuit of The Big One, and apocalypse.https://www.lexal.net/scifi/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/waldrop5/waldrop51.html#FantasyFiction
(DIR) Post #AtOqhn4wu4FZaL7VVg by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-04-24T00:51:51Z
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@futurebird G.K.Chesterton's "Napoleon of Notting Hill" starts with a chapter on how humans constantly play the game Keep Tomorrow Dark or Cheat the Prophet, wherein we strive to against fulfilling the predictions of the wise of our era.The upshot is that, as of this writing, there were so many clever prognosticators it seemed impossible to evade them all.So when the story starts 80 years later, the only way to cheat the prophet was to keep things exactly the same.https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/20058/pg20058-images.html#Page_13
(DIR) Post #AtyUXmsG7lXmyLl5jk by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-05-11T05:33:06Z
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@futurebird @wakame Bite him nose.
(DIR) Post #AxLfoKwJXHgIQ5qdIO by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-08-20T03:34:03Z
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@futurebird The old "Vampire: the Masquerade" role-playing game used to have setting supplements that were called like "New York by Night" or "Los Angeles by Night".I'm just imagining an myrmecological equivalent series, all titled something like "Delmarva by Pheromone Trail".
(DIR) Post #Ayf5Hl8wNMmwOH7ChE by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-09-28T10:11:06Z
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@futurebird I always thought the primary concern wasn't about losing one's pants, so much as encountering them under alarming circumstances.
(DIR) Post #B0J8ukzhDl0Tm51KwS by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-11-16T15:52:20Z
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@futurebird "It's like the sound that The Bionic Man made when he jumped? Anyone know what I mean?"So...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNVU23knqZw&t=11s
(DIR) Post #B0efAlQ6c18ptrwhWq by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-11-27T01:02:43Z
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@futurebird 1990s PSA Voice: "Friends don't let friends drive Grok."
(DIR) Post #B1WvK4EkNYuZ8VgLQ0 by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-12-23T05:18:06Z
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@futurebird Finally, an excuse to bring out this old chestnut:https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/114526520529716908
(DIR) Post #B1Y7YrT1X2ySU28lsG by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-12-23T19:09:57Z
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@futurebird This sounds like the kind of insult that, as a kid, I used to hear someone level against two or more other people who were acting in a poorly thought out manner:To humans: "Do you both have just one brain cell you have to share together!?"To ants: "Do you all share one mushroom body between ya's?"
(DIR) Post #B1kt94dD5lkbTmC3Zw by PTR_K@dice.camp
2025-12-29T22:59:39Z
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@futurebird On the other side of the coin, see also:The Team-Mate Reference Problem in Final-Stage Demon Confrontationhttps://escapepod.org/2006/02/06/ep-flash-the-team-mate-reference-problem-in-final-stage-demon-confrontation/#Fiction #TheRuleOfNames#EscapePod #ConstanceCooper
(DIR) Post #B27S4HUoHgdor99IXI by PTR_K@dice.camp
2026-01-09T20:14:37Z
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@futurebird @gbargoud @MisuseCase With Tiefings, who knows?Could be nature, nurture, or something else. Epigenomics maybe?https://fantasyheartbreak.blogspot.com/2019/11/mommy-why-am-i-tiefling.html#Tiefling
(DIR) Post #B2fDGRAYgulJRpkTSa by PTR_K@dice.camp
2026-01-26T03:08:55Z
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@futurebird Into mogging before it was cool.https://youtu.be/kJ26RApuQJo#Spaceballs