en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2572796 Comments by TheEmbiggening https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/wild-weekend-open-thread-12/#IDComment1129181432 Let Nurse Hiro and the delights of being Home sweep you away, pics later! Sat, 6 Jun 2026 21:22:39 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/wild-weekend-open-thread-12/#IDComment1129181432 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/wild-weekend-open-thread-12/#IDComment1129177033 I hope AI is getting every bit of David Attenborough's soothing vocal tone, because his is the only voice I want to hear as the machines tuck my body away to serve as a battery. Fri, 5 Jun 2026 19:55:58 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/wild-weekend-open-thread-12/#IDComment1129177033 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/wild-weekend-open-thread-12/#IDComment1129177004 Fun & delicious picnic, I'd go! Fri, 5 Jun 2026 19:47:17 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/wild-weekend-open-thread-12/#IDComment1129177004 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/wild-weekend-open-thread-12/#IDComment1129176990 Eat it, Fuckers! Fri, 5 Jun 2026 19:43:48 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/wild-weekend-open-thread-12/#IDComment1129176990 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/weekly-politics-open-thread-40/#IDComment1129172641 This appointment is seeming a step too far for some, the fallout has been notable. Thu, 4 Jun 2026 19:12:02 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/weekly-politics-open-thread-40/#IDComment1129172641 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/midweek-open-thread-79/#IDComment1129169548 Dude, the first thing I'm doing is taking a pic of the face and making a nice flyer that says "DO YOU KNOW THIS KITTY OR THEIR OWNER?" and put it up on every telephone pole and baby stroller available, a cat this fat and well-groomed and friendly to people has not been out in "the wild" for long. Maybe someone "let" it out because they could no afford to care for it anymore, maybe her owner is one of the delicate-looking old people who I see at the grocery with a huge cart and only four things in it. ETA the cat ran away, so Partner coming home without new cat, thank goodness. Thu, 4 Jun 2026 02:28:56 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/midweek-open-thread-79/#IDComment1129169548 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/midweek-open-thread-79/#IDComment1129169492 Ohhhh-kaaaaaaay: Partner just jumped out of bed and said he's going over to his mom's. I ask why and he says apparently some cat is bothering her and needs feeding and I'm gonna go see and maybe bring it home. Then he shows me a pic of a very very fat siamese cat. There are many older people in my MIL's nabe, and Texans aren't all up in each other's business like Southerners are, and I am fairly certain that that cat belongs to someone, and that maybe something happened to their owner and then the cat got out and that's why it's meowing and "upsetting" my MIL at her house. Partner might bring this cat home, stay tuned. Thu, 4 Jun 2026 02:11:03 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/midweek-open-thread-79/#IDComment1129169492 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162822 Maybe he's doing deep undercover work for John Ossoff? Tue, 2 Jun 2026 21:40:28 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162822 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162638 Everyone deserves love, even the Bots-pilled! Tue, 2 Jun 2026 21:09:39 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162638 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162606 Yeah, I'm behind the Times on earbuds, I'd been an earphones person for a long time, I have different colored ones for different voice over jobs, and I never thought earbuds could compete, but I was wrong! I also think my experience was influenced by it being a Disney movie and Disney being Disney, but still, it sounded cool! Tue, 2 Jun 2026 21:03:54 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162606 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/weekly-politics-open-thread-40/#IDComment1129162543 Forget it Sprinkles, it's crazy town. Tue, 2 Jun 2026 20:50:27 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/weekly-politics-open-thread-40/#IDComment1129162543 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162527 We upped our phone plan and I finally got some AirPods and have been enjoying them thoroughly for music, or phone calls. Fine useful product. But I was BLOWN AWAY by the quality of these earbuds when I hooked them up to the AppleTV to watch Zootopia 2 - it felt like I was in the theater watching Star Wars for the first time! I was fully immersed in a lush soundscape that stretched as far as the ear could hear and was rendered with such care, such precision - 'twas a cacophony of Talent in that sound mixture, and the Apple AirPods helped me experience it ALL, 'twas AMAZEBALLS! Tue, 2 Jun 2026 20:43:45 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162527 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162497 Fuck yeah, hold that line. Tue, 2 Jun 2026 20:35:53 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129162497 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129158376 I hope you did! Tue, 2 Jun 2026 04:02:12 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129158376 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129155660 CUUUUUTE!!! And YOU'RE the sweetheart here! Mon, 1 Jun 2026 20:26:51 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/06/new-week-open-thread-67/#IDComment1129155660 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/weekend-time-open-thread-13/#IDComment1129147753 Treat it like everything's covered with bacteria and you'll be fine, just use extra protection everywhere and get some sun and fun! Sun, 31 May 2026 18:40:07 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/weekend-time-open-thread-13/#IDComment1129147753 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/rest-of-the-week-open-thread-2/#IDComment1129129353 Talent and likeability, for sure! Thu, 28 May 2026 20:17:55 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/rest-of-the-week-open-thread-2/#IDComment1129129353 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/rest-of-the-week-open-thread-2/#IDComment1129128599 FUCK YEAH my Daddy got through his cardioversion just FINE! Sigh of relief, at least for today! ETA oh yeah there was a lost Pony Express person with some news from HDF, I sent them on their way in your direction, Maxi Thu, 28 May 2026 16:56:47 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/rest-of-the-week-open-thread-2/#IDComment1129128599 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/rest-of-the-week-open-thread-2/#IDComment1129117060 No for me, because I enjoy life in the moment, and people who are always "Wasn't it so much better back then" and "I wish I could go back to being in high school" annoy the fuck out of me because they are not living in the moment, plus also they don't really want to go back in time, they just want to go back to Not Knowing Any Better so they don't have to face their own complicity in Knowing Better But Not Becoming Better. Do I keep physical reminders of past occurrences/relationships? Sure, but not too much, because everything is passing through itself all the time so one can't really hold on to anything and I'm good with that, unlike people who are focusing on the Past at the expense of the Now and the Future. Tue, 26 May 2026 21:53:28 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/rest-of-the-week-open-thread-2/#IDComment1129117060 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/rest-of-the-week-open-thread-2/#IDComment1129116059 And where am I escaping to today? Why, the Apple '90s Summer Hits playlist, of course, so do excuse me while Kriss Kross makes me jump, jump. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:40:13 +0000 https://crasstalk.com/2026/05/rest-of-the-week-open-thread-2/#IDComment1129116059