Erric

@stderric.bsky.social

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Lawful Chaotic. Mostly just emphatic pointing and gesturing, with occasional grunting noises voiced as rising declaritives.

A picture of Jim and William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain, possibly from the late 80s or maybe the early 90s. Who knows, exactly? It doesn't really matter. Mid-20th century studies showed that choline and inositol deficiencies could lead to hair loss. They did not show that taking supplements would actually help grow more hair. Nonetheless, I gave it a shot; I did not grow a massive shoegaze hairdo... but what the hell, what else did I have to do? To return to the picture: Jim does not have enough hair. William may or may not have too much hair. No, on second thought, William has the objectively correct amount of hair.
Picture of an Apple IIc computer, nested under a monitor. It's color is somewhere between computer beige and computer platinum. Let's call it a washed-out ecru.
A picture of the cover of art of noise's album below the waste. A note in the bottom left corner of the cover reads "Emphasis Speakers Designed by Morten V Warren for B&W". The objects pictured are a set of speakers with the drivers mounted on the outside of the main bodies, with the bodies themselves appearing to be a minimalist version of saxophones (basically convoluted elongated funnels, hinting at the intestines of a cartoon robot) in white enamel, oriented to suggest that they might serve as ad hoc urinals in a desperate, weird moment. (Warning: I am bad at describing things.)
Pokey the Penguin. He is so lorez that Gumby fans think he is a horse.
A Gemini AI Overview search response to the query "What did Gumby always say?" reads "Gumby's most famous catchphrase is 'I'm Gumby, dammit!'", followed by a link to check the source for the response. The response continues with the statement "While Art Clokey's original 1950s claymation character was wholesome and polite, the iconic phrase was actually popularized much later" followed by a reference link icon. The following bullet items are then listed: 1) "The SNL Origin: The catchphrase was born on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s when Eddie Murphy played Gumby as an irascible, cigar-chomping, demanding celebrity" followed by a Wikipedia reference link. 2) "The Creator's Vision: In response to the SNL parody, Clokey's official merchandise and later shows sometimes playfully retorted to the cursing by having Gumby say, 'I am Gumby, by Gum!'" followed by a Wikipedia reference link 3) "Other Pals: Gumby's sidekick, Pokey the horse, is also famous for his exclamation, 'Holy Toledo!'", followed by an IMDb reference link
A Gemini AI Overview search response to the query "What did Gumby always say?" reads "Gumby's most famous catchphrase is 'I'm Gumby, dammit!'." That response is followed by a link icon to check the source for the response.
Picture of a person who obviously lacks a functional basolateral amygdala standing on top of the St. Louis Arch polishing its surface with a mop.
A still from Repo Man (1984), with Miller talking to Otto. A word bubble extends from Miller, framing the quoted skeet.
The cover of Randall Munroe's book "Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words" in which the author describes various technologies/machines and how they work, limited to using only the one thousand most commonly used words in (American) English.
A copy of Gary Larson's Cow Tools Far Side comic panel. The tools have been removed and there is no caption. (More succinctly: a drawing of a cow standing behind an empty table.)
Poster for Touchstone Pictures 1994 movie Cabin Boy starring Chris Elliott. Chris is sitting on an anchor suspended over the ocean by a fraying anchor line. The surface of the ocean is broken by a shark's dorsal fin. For what it's worth, Chris is wearing snazzy swashbuckler/pirate boots and a red and white Breton shirt, which look great... depending on one's definition of "great." Peep.
Nada and Frank after their fight in the movie They Live. Frank has just put on the damn glasses, and the two are looking into the distance. The caption reads "Looks the same."
Frame from Ark in Space with Noah looking at his transforming hand. Other than the space-wasp larva appendage, Noah looks quite stylish in his 70s disco uniform. Depends if you ask a Wirrn or a human, I suppose. Maybe it's the hand that looks spiffy, and the rest of him could use some work.
Sam Morey post reading "There's no reason anyone in NZ needs to know who is Brad Lander" LOWρUFO reply reads "Yet"
A picture of someone holding a padded case for cellphones. Someone else is inserting a cellphone into a foam slot for storage. The perspective superposition of one hand with another plus reflections from the phone screen makes it appear that there is an excess of thumbs and possibly a Carpenter's Thing-ish tissue melding. Everything is in fact just fine. As far as the hands go, at least... the rest of the universe? Who knows.
A basic solid green flag on a white background.
A can of Testors gold spray paint.
A picture of a creek with overhanging foliage in a newspaper article. There may be carcasses. The caption reads "State apologizes after roadkill dumped at edge of Greene County creek"
Small section of Garden of Earthly Delights showing some of us vaguely defined damned souls crawling over each other in an attempt to escape one or another of infinite torments. A red arrow indicates a barely visible, shadowed head of one individual which I have no reason to doubt might be yours truly. Of course it might not be me, but I'm pretty sure I was at least in that particular crowd... the lighting was not, to be honest, great.
Various printed notices posted in the windows of businesses declaring access to ICE agents being barred unless they have a judicial warrant.
An frame from the boxing match in Cool Hand Luke. The image shows Dragline knocking Luke on his ass.
A still from The Blues Brothers, showing the Naziwagen plummeting to earth after speeding off the end of an unfinished overpass ramp.
A still from Repo Man in which Miller (Tracey Walter) hands a Pine Tree Air Freshener to Otto (Emilio Estevez). Find one in every car. You'll see.
A still from episode 1 of Alien Earth showing a very brightly lit, glowing yellow control room with very bright, light green glowing caption describing the setting overlaying it. Legibility is laughably and obviously bad.
The movie poster from Linklater's Slacker, featuring the Butthole Surfer's Teresa Taylor.
A two ounce packet of Buddig turkey lunch meat.
A still from the movie Cool Hand Luke, in which Dragline has his left arm wrapped around the neck of an obviously overpowered and exhausted Luke.
gemini generative ai image of a jar of preserves with a label reading "100% pure culture: now with more recursion," with a "result ready" comment reading "Here's that jar of recursive culture jam for you!"
A Rep Marjorie Taylor Green X post/tweet dated July 5 2025 that states: "I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity. It will be a felony offense. I have been researching weather modification and working with the legislative counsel for months writing this bill. It will be similar to Florida's Senate Bill 56. We must end the dangerous and deadly practice of weather modification and geoengineering."
James Burke, '70s stlye
Curtis Sliwa raises fist in triumph.
Google AI Overview for a search for "there are no cats in logans run" says "...there are several cats in the movie Logan's Run" but the results for a follow-up search for "cats in logans run" says "There are no cats in the movie Logan's Run"
DJT Truth Social post reads "All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially 'docked.' For those Air Traffic Controllers wh were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn’t take ANY TIME OFF for the 'Democrat Shutdown Hoax,' I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country. For those who did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am not happy with you. You didn't step up to help the USA against the fake democrat attack that was only meant to hurt our country. You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record. If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind! You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering. The last administration wasted billions of dollars trying to fix antiquated junk. They had no idea what they were doing! Again, to our great American patriots, god bless you - I won't be able to send your money fast enough! To all others, to all others, report to work immediately. God bless America! President Donald J. Trump"
Mr. Kyle seemed happy enough with the job. That's a happy smile, right?
Battle Pope enjoys a cigar while firing guns. (Plentiful shell casings rain down on Jesus, who is standing behind BP. JHC finds it a bit too noisy for his taste.) One is left to assume that just out of frame, Vance has been thoroughly excommunicated.
Henry made sure that he never left others living with this sort of uncertainty. (Recaptioned "Henry never knew what hit him" Far Side comic, with aliens landing a spaceship, one getting out and punching a man, and then returning to the ship and leaving with no explanation.)
Johnny Mnemonic cityscape.
Creepy Clown waving.
Melania Trump's letter to Putin. Last two paragraphs read In protecting the innocence of these children, you will do more than serve Russia alone -- you serve humanity itself. Such a bold idea transcends all human division, and you, Mr. Putin, are fit to implement this vision with a stroke of the pen today. It is time.
Gilligan and the Professor as cavemen. The Professor has invented the wheel, but he tests its ability to roll by pushing it from the side. The wheel falls flat. Gilligan applauds anyway.
The characters Bele and Lokai fight in a scene from Start Trek ToS's episode "The Last Battlefield"
Ryan Walters standing in front of press microphones.
Cow tools. Just cow. No tools.
Larson Cow Tools panel. No cow. No tools. No table. No barn.
Larson's Cow Tools panel, tools absent. The rest is trivial and is left as an exercise to the reader.
Cow Tools with three Lumps captioned Three Lump Prongler is the oldest con out there.
Robot arm on space station Freeside putting loose junk-food into a cardboard box.
A picture of Glenn Greenwald