Proper Dave

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weird AI music: (person frowning & grimacing) Weird Al music: (person looking thoughtfully approving. With Weird Al's hair, glasses, moustache, Hawaiian shirt, and accordion Photoshopped in)
Promotional photo for Prime series "Ride or Die". Hannah Waddingham & Octavia Spencer are in a red muscle car, driving on a mountainside road, towards the viewer. The hood & windscreen are peppered with bullet holes. Olivia is driving. Hannah sits in the passenger seat, looking over her sunglasses, and holding a pistol. Both are smirking at the viewer.
Nonce may refer to: Cryptographic nonce, a number or bit string used only once, in security engineering Nonce word, a word used to meet a need that is not expected to recur The Nonce, American rap duo Nonce orders, an architectural term Nonce, a slang term chiefly used in Britain for alleged or convicted sex offenders, especially ones involving children
Edit of the Dune "Pain Box" scene. In 4 frames. 1. Paul: What's in the box? 2. Gaius: Popcorn. 3. (Paul puts hand in box) 4. (Paul looks like he's putting popcorn into his open mouth)
Photo of purple aeonium arboreum plants, with other green plants in the background. These ones are in pots. Mine are in the garden, and spread themselves all over the place.
IMAGINE FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE THAT SHARES ITS BELIEFS ABOUT GENDER WITH THE NAZIS SIT WITH THAT FOR A MINUTE.
Parody of Bob the Builder. Picture of Bob with caption in a circle around him: Can we fix it? No. It's fucked!
The Paradox Of Tolerance By philosopher Karl Popper Should a tolerant society tolerate intolerance? The answer is NO. It's a paradox, but unlimited tolerance can lead to the extinction of tolerance. When we extend tolerance to those who are openly intolerant... The tolerant ones end up being destroyed. And tolerance with them. Any movement that preaches intolerance and persecution must be outside of the law. As paradoxical as it may seem, defending tolerance... Requires to not tolerate the intolerant.
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Promotional art from Pugmire TTRPG. A humanoid dog in priest's robes stands in a doorway, arms raised, with sunlight shining from behind them. Tagline at the top says "Be a GOOD dog!" Title at the bottom says "Pugmire"
Photo of a large moth sitting on a concrete path, with a brick wall in the background. The moth is roughly as long as the height of a brick.
Screenshot from Twitter. JKR posts some transphobic bullshit, as usual. Musk replies, "While I heartily agree with your points regarding sex/gender, may I suggest also posting interesting and positive content on other matters?"
(Image: Heart in trans flag colours) Real people are more important than imaginary wizards and those who write them
Photo of Soundgarden on stage, at Adelaide Big Day Out, Feb 2012. Left: Kim Thayil on guitar. Middle: Matt Cameron on drums. Right: Chris Cornell on guitar. The Badmotorfinger logo is on the projector screen behind them. White spotlights shine above. Photo is slightly blurry, because my phone camera at the time wasn't coping well with the lighting and movement.
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Phone screenshot of D&D Beyond, with caption added. Added caption: What does a Crusader wear under his armor? Screenshot of magic item list: Crusader's Shorts...
A smiling cartoon dragon, with the caption: No "New Year, New Me" I plan on just getting weirder
A card from Clues by Sam: "Thor painter This year I won't mix up rows and columns!"
Source: The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien; Image: Tolkien in 1955, via; Thanks to William Vodrey.) 25 July 1938 20 Northmoor Road, Oxford Dear Sirs, Thank you for your letter. I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. FOLLOWING SENTENCE IS HIGHLIGHTED: But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. My great-great-grandfather came to England in the eighteenth century from Germany: the main part of my descent is therefore purely English, and I am an English subject - which should be sufficient. I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride. Your enquiry is doubtless made in order to comply with the laws of your own country, but that this should be held to apply to the subjects of another state would be improper, even if it had (as it has not) any bearing whatsoever on the merits of my work or its sustainability for publication, of which you appear to have satisfied yourselves without reference to my Abstammung. I trust you will find this reply satisfactory, and remain yours faithfully, J. R. R. Tolkien
Screenshot of seeks.quest website. "This is an expired domain at Porkbun. If this is your domain you can renew it by logging into your account."
Electoral region map for the Australian state of Victoria (with 2022 federal election results)
A woman sitting in a chair, reading a magazine, with a hairdryer dome over her head.
A piece of ginger root & some leaves, next to a bottle of Bundaberg Ginger Beer, and another of Bundaberg Diet Ginger Beer
Cast photo from Bones. Phyllis Logan, Emily Deschanel, and Danny Woodburn
Close-up of a jacket lapel covered with enamel pins. Top to bottom: The Prodigy Experience (album logo/title) Fallout mascot Vault Boy winking & giving a thumbs up Sword & shield with "I'm on a side quest" Ghostbusters logo Wyld Stallyns logo
A 6-panel sequence of screenshots from Star Trek: The Next Generation, with altered dialogue. Panel 1: exterior view, a shuttle close to a sun. Panel 2: Dr Crusher at the shuttle controls. "Computer, notify me if external temperature gets too hot." Panel 3: computer replies "*BEEP BEEP* PLEASE DEFINE 'HOT' " Panel 4: Dr Crusher says "Let's say, 1.9 million Kelvins." Panel 5: (caption at top: "LATER:") Captain Picard stands in front of a replicator. "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot." Computer responds "*BEEP BEEP*" Panel 6: everything is fiery. A humanoid shape can barely be seen in the middle of it.
Panel from a Batgirl comic. A group of Gotham thugs see Batgirl for the first time. "Kill him!" "But... He's a she!" "It's a bat-chick!" "So what? Maybe he had an operation?!"
Screenshot from the Wikipedia page about the Echidna. Etymology Echidnas are possibly named after Echidna, a creature from Greek mythology who was half-woman, half-snake, as the animal was perceived to have qualities of both mammals and reptiles.[citation needed] An alternative explanation is a confusion with Ancient Greek: ἐχῖνος, romanized: ekhînos, lit. 'hedgehog, sea urchin'.
14 COMMON FEATURES OF FASCISM 1. The cult of tradition. "look at the syllabus of a fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements." 2. The rejection of modernism. "The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity." 3. The cult of action for action's sake. "Action must be taken without reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation." 4. Disagreement is treason. "To distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge." 5. Fear of difference. "The first appeal of a fascist movement is against intruders. Thus it is racist by definition." 6. Appeal to social frustration. "One typical feature of fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, suffering from economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, & frightened by the pressure of lower social groups." 7. The obsession with a plot. "followers must feel besieged. The easiest way is the appeal to xenophobia." 8. The enemy is both strong and weak. "By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak." 9. Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. "there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle." 10. Contempt for the weak. "Elitism is typical of any reactionary ideology." 11. Everybody is educated to become a hero. "This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death." 12. Machismo and weaponry. "Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance & condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality." 13. Selective populism. "the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented & accepted as the Voice of the People." 14. Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak. "Fascist schoolbooks use impoverished vocabulary & elementary syntax, to limit the instruments for complex & critical reasoning."
Left half of Tron Ares poster, right half of Morbius poster
Text in the style of an anti piracy ad reads "you wouldn't cast Jared Leto oh shit nevermind"
Text in the style of the old anti piracy ads, says "you wouldn't steal THIS movie"
Scene from Jaws. Caption says "we're gonna need a bigger hard drive". Original quote was "we're gonna need a bigger boat".
A white sign with red text is concealed within an overgrown bush. All that is visible is "NO".
In Lisbon, a black car heated nearby air by up to 3.8 °C more than the asphalt beneath it. Light colours and shading cut the effect.
Promotional photo of Cracker Barrel Extra Sharp Yellow cheddar cheese. Blurb on the wrapper reads: "Our rich & bold cheddar, perfect for pairing"
Screenshot of a locked phone. The background looks like dark tiles, with a yellow Aperture logo, from the Portal game series. Top centre are the time & date in white. Bottom corners are white-on-grey icons for phone & camera.
A "no to this, yes to that" meme format. (No) "weird AI music" (Yes) "Weird Al music" In the second frame, the person has been edited to resemble Weird Al.
A design by Tee Turtle. 4 grey cats sitting in a row, in an implied comic strip, like a time lapse of a cat yawning. First one has its mouth closed. Second one has a small mouth opened. Third one has its mouth almost the size of its own head. Last one has its mouth closed again.
A blank version of the "salesman slaps roof of car" meme
Splayds, the best spork-like utensil
Text in gothic calligraphy that looks like all "mmm", with below it a plain text transcription: mimi numinum nivium minimi munium nimium vini muniminum imminui vivi minimum volunt
Calligraphy that looks like "mmm mmm mmmmmmmm mmmmm..." but is actually a sentence in Latin, containing a mix of the letters m, n, i, u, w. The last word also has recognisable o, l, t.
Screenshot from DC Heroes Unlimited, showing the username "Amazing Robin 70"
IKEA Andy
Diagram of plane with bullet hole markings, to illustrate Survivorship Bias
Bottom half of the "hey how's it going?" meme. 1st panel: cartoon man with closed mouth, processing what he's just heard. 2nd panel: cartoon man says "Jesus Christ."
Newspaper clippings from 2022 back to 1894, all with claims that "nobody wants to work anymore"
Scene from the first Ghostbusters movie, picturing the 4 Ghostbusters in uniform. Text says "when someone asks if you're a god... YOU SAY YES!"
Six enamel pins on a black velvet jacket lapel. From top to bottom, left to right: A black dragon with a green book titled "book wyrm"; A Ghostbusters logo on a map of South Australia, in Pride colours; A TARDIS with door panels in Pride colours; A blue circle with a medical logo & white text saying "Emotional Support Human, Do Not Pet"; A green diamond with "Be Excellent To Each Other"; and a hand in Pride colours, giving the Vulcan salute
The "guy thrown out of window" meme, without text
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A pixel-art image of a pirate-era swordfighter, with the caption "How appropriate. You fight like a cow."
Title art for Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition
Darth Vader is Luke's father!
A close-up of a Black Beauty tomato plant. The tomatoes are almost totally black.
Cartoon of a kangaroo, labelled "America First". In its pouch is a kangaroo labelled "Nazis". In its pouch is a kangaroo labelled "Fascists". In its pouch is a kangaroo labelled "Communists". Dialogue reads: "Relatives? Naw... Just three fellers going along for the ride!"
Poster for the videogame, Beyond Eyes
Game controller for Nintendo 64, being held by 3 hands