Yeah, on one of his sick holodeck adventures.

“Freestyle” chess (aka “960” or “Fischer Random”) has gained a lot of popularity lately. Big tournaments with big funding, spearheaded by Magnus Carlson.

It’s what you’re describing, except it’s the entire back row, including the king and queen.

Right?! They were like Twilight Zone episodes, but in space.

Sausage is often sold in links, so it’s a play on words.

You’re probably right. I bet I’m being US-centric to just assume everyone there values free speech/expression with the same cultural intensity.

What is happening in the UK in the last year or so? I keep seeing crazy headlines like this every so often.

The online safety act requiring ID, police showing up at old people’s houses for their Facebook/twitter posts, or that one time someone suggested they would try to extradite Americans for the same thing. Where is this coming from all of a sudden?

It was “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge”, S2E9

I dealt with something similar with Discord once. It was infuriating. These companies often contract out this type of responsibility, and nobody has any incentive to care or spend any time with any individual case, so you can just be completely cut off.

It’s the current meta

I’m mostly jealous about being able to lie down and watch TV without having to worry about smashing my glasses.

You’ll probably be broken of that eventually, lol

At least that means you have the lethal weapon episodes!

That’s egregious, wow.

Oh no! I better start posting more.

It’s a meme that came from the show The Orville

Man, color theory is intense.

The hero we needed

Hey, the joker pulls it off!

It’s apparently legit and from a British author named Blanche Ebbutt.

I was watching something from the late 60s the other day, and there was a line by a young actress explaining that young people don’t think there will be a future for them and are living accordingly.

It was the exact same sentiment you would expect to see while doom-scrolling today.