I always feel awful for the elves. You took the job 80 years ago to make some whimsical rocking horses, 4 parts tops. And now you're soldering an iPad motherboard with your arthritic, cinnamon-scented hands. A brutal gig.
Using a document from 1789 to ban abortion because it isn't mentioned, but allow semi-automatic rifles and Kevlar is such next-level fuckery that the brain starts to black out.
For perspective, if you somehow made $200,000 every single DAY from Columbus' landing in 1492 until now, you still wouldn't have the $44 billion to buy Twitter. It's pretty gross.
I guess I wasn't aware that the full phrase was "Believe Women, unless you enjoyed the Pirates of the Carribean franchise so much that you developed an insane parasocial relationship with an actor"
During WW2, soldiers could mail a voice message to loved ones on a super flimsy 78. My dad found one that his dad sent his mom but he has no way to play it, so it's up to me to transfer it to mp3. So I got a mic, added some crackle, and I'm about to record some absolute FILTH.
Every awards show, I'm blown away by the secretly-British. Like someone always wins for playing Al Capone and goes, "oy, I wanna thank me nan, who's in hospital, innit." Absolute mayhem.
One time I spent Christmas with an exes family and they asked if I'd ever seen A Charlie Brown Christmas, and I said "no, I'm allergic to peanuts" and nobody got the joke and her mom spent all week avoiding putting nuts in stuff and we broke up like 3 weeks later. Carry on.
SNL always has episodes where a musician is the host and musical guest, but they never do that with the actors. Come on Paul Giamatti, sing some tunes, it's your night.
A few years ago my dad was driving me to my chemo appointment. Silence. He looked intense. I couldn't imagine what he was feeling, I'm not a parent. I took his hand and said "what's on your mind?"
He said "man...having antlers would be crazy".
Hardest I've laughed. Carry on.
The next step is perfect "WW2 voice". It comes heavily from keeping the tongue as flat as possible. We'll also be making several references to how the "real Battle of the Bulge is in my pants whenever I think about you. The only casualty is my wrist"
We all have 8 great-grandparents and none of us can name them all, so I advise focusing on your legacy a little less and just trying to have a cool, weird happy life.
Patience, people. Pro Tools template is set up, decent record crackle, good background ambience, EQs sound pretty "40s" (3-5k spike). I take making my father uncomfortable very seriously. Now, to write the voice message. Will update as I record.
The first step of faking an extremely sexual 1943 voicemail from your grandpa to make your father uncomfortable is proper equipment. We'll be using a Shure Model 51 into a 1073 pre with super heavy tube compression.
@AceCombatter
No, that's how Apple does it. Elves still hand-solder, using nutmeg scented flux paste. Their toy workshops lack the infrastructure to even support surface-mount robotics. Everyone knows that.
I'm a PROUD bidet user, but it didn't occur to me how losing power in 0° weather would affect the water temp. I think I just had what could be called a religious experience with that bidet. Like, I saw things.
Our country is so broken that we treat mass shootings like natural disasters. Like "hope it doesn't happen" is the only option available. These aren't earthquakes.
Living in Nashville is weird because it's all dodging drunk bachelorettes on a "party-tractor" and then every 3 months it's the apocalypse. It's like the world's weirdest video game.
I don't love that M*rjorie Taylor Gre*ne keeps saying the most dangerous shit and people just dunk on her mispronunciations. She'll be like "we need to build consternation camps for the libs" and we just lolz our way into fascism. Focus, people.
One time in 7th grade I had a panic attack before I knew what they were, so I went to the school nurse and said "it's hard to explain, I just don't feel good" and she said "well nobody FEELS good."
I think about that lady like once a week.
"Gen-X", "Millennial", "Zoomer", it's all too complicated. Should just be the name of the Batman you grew up with.
"Oh you're a Keaton? Cool, cool. Damn you're dating a Bale? That's crazy"
Being a dude in your 30s is rough. You TRY not to get into Steely Dan. You try as hard as you can. One day you catch yourself with horror doing a toe tap to the radio. 5 months later you're researching boats with room for a piano.
Getting older is kinda fun because pop culture eventually becomes complete gibberish. Every article is like "2-Tyte left the Coochie Crew after the Crab Dad discourse to hang with Madisyn Blakely on the set of Fiancé Farm" and you're just like "aw, word"
Most people don't realize this, but the Macy's parade keeps going after it airs on TV. It's currently in New Jersey, beginning its long journey back to the sea.
The Family Feud prompt was "names for the devil" and the teams only got 2. Meanwhile, as a heavy metal enjoyer, I'm basically screaming ancient Aramaic cult chants at my tv and would have breezed my way to a free vacation. Infuriating. Carry on.
One time I was checking my mailbox and it was empty and a guy driving by shouted "AIN'T NOBODY CORRESPONDING WITH YOUR ASS!" and I laughed so hard I threw out my back. Carry on.
"Boomer", "Gen X", "Millennial", "Zoomer", it's all too hard to remember. Should just be the name of your childhood Batman. Oh you're a Keaton? Cool, cool. Damn you're dating a Bale? That's crazy.
One time as a kid on Christmas I tried to bake a pie that required caramel sauce and we didn't have any so I microwaved a shitload of Werther's Originals and we almost had to move
It's amazing to me that we can fire photon beams at a tumor cell's nucleus and use mRNA to create customized antibodies, but when we get the hiccups we still have to do whatever insane thing our grandma said once and hope for the best.
I have a ton more all the way through '45. May do a dumb lil series. For all concerned, my dad thinks it's hilarious, the real audio is very cool (converting soon). My hilarious old grandpa was the jam, and fought fascism❤️. Grandma is still around (she's 100)!
Okay save Roe thx
I'm 5 years sober today, which is rad and probably why I'm alive.
If you're struggling with all that stuff, I got your back and I'm always down to chat.
Carry on.
@PretendEditor
They did! And it was pre zip code. I have 3 of them from 43-45. One literally just has my grandmother's name and town, not even a street address. Maybe she picked it up at the post office? I'm amazed they survived.
This tweet is doing alright I guess so I'll just say you're all very good looking, good job on that, and also check out my weird cat. Okay, that's all.
I recently had to explain to the cops that I'm not a Peeping Tom, I'm just secretly spying into my own house to see if the cats get along when I'm gone.
I'm at an age where literally anything could trigger my mid-life crisis, so I have to be cautious. Inviting me bowling? No can do. I may love it, go all-in, and try to convert my garage.
Accidentally watched the Dee Snider cut of Justice League. 3 minutes long, most of which was a hot babe dancing on a car while a dude wailed on a Flying V.