Escape Velo

June 17, 2025, 12:41 PMJune 17, 2025, 12:45 PM Chill Killin' It

I have a theory that everyone consumed a piece of media between 9-13 years old that is the foundation of their entire worldview. Everything they learnt since was stacked on top of this. It's a great dinner question to ask people.

— George Mack (@george__mack) June 16, 2025

I wouldn’t say it’s the foundation completely, but for me this was watching MTV in general. MTV showed me there was a less closed-minded, freer, better world that I too would be able participate in when I could escape from Lake City, Florida.

And there was. And I did. Go me.

Ham

June 17, 2025, 10:20 AMJune 19, 2025, 5:59 AM Chill Clowns

Hamas? It’s Israel’s Leaders Who Are Hiding Behind Civilians Again.

I see someone has never been to a city before. Lord. And they’ve definitely never been to Tel Aviv (I have!).

FUCKING CHRIST MILITARY HEADQUARTERS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS IN BIG CITIES WHERE EVERY-FUCKING-THING ELSE IS TOO.

Jesus fuck people are godawful stupid.

The Pentagon is only a few hundred meters away from a playground, a Costco, and a Whole Foods. And other stuff. Of course. Because the Pentagon is — check this out — near where people live!

Do people even think for a single second about the wacky-ass crap they come up with?

Locked and Unloaded

June 17, 2025, 4:04 AM Chill Clowns

Microsoft Locked My Account – I Lost 30 Years of Photos & Work, and They Won’t Respond.

But…nothing is ever lost in the miraculous Cloud!

I’ll say it again: if you depend on any cloud service for anything important or that you want long-term, you’re a chumpish numpty.

Final Dest

June 17, 2025, 3:01 AM Chill Movies

I love the Final Destination movies so much.

They remember that film-making is supposed to be fun.

June 17, 2025, 1:19 AM Chill Links

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