The Random Thread Of Randomosity
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I was in TK Maxx today, browsing their eclectic art supplies section and I found these cool DC “Fan Art Like A Pro” Spectrum Noir marker sets.
You get four alcohol markers that have three colours in each (there’s a nib on each end and then also a third in the centre, which goes into a cap on the other side’s centre – all the photos I can find of these sets online have different markers) and then a load of A6 prints of line art to colour in. Each set is themed around one DC character with colours to match. They’re pretty nifty.
Spectrum Noir’s a good brand and these pens have a lovely brush tip (again, everything I’m seeing online has a wider variety of tips in them) which are certainly nicer than the fine and broad tips on the cheap 80 pack of alcohol markers I got off Amazon for £15 recently. Not convinced there’s enough ink in them to finish all the cards in the set though. But for £5 a set, they’re pretty sweet.
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Man the last few days were really unpleasant. Very cold for Novembers, only 2 degrees celsius, sleet, and a strong wind. Today it feels nicer.
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I wish something like this happened to me:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/original-superman-comic-found-attic-breaks-world-record/story?id=127857485
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These AI stuff is getting sofa king creepy. Seeing a still picture or image that’s been known for decades (ie. the Mona Lisa) moving and talking.
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Mofo got “drunk as a skunk…”
Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store – The Guardian
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That raccoon did what the rest of us WISH we could do!
Well, maybe not all of us.
Well, maybe just me…
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Give an envelope of cash as an Xmas gift? Y/N
No, not cash.
How about a gift certificate?
Yes, plus the giver gets to decide what business gets the help they need (especially nowadays).
Although be fair to what the recipient would want. Try to be “in the ballpark”.
As a counterpoint, by the time I was a teenager most of my older relatives just gave me cash in a card or envelope as a Christmas present and I was fine with it
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As a counterpoint, by the time I was a teenager most of my older relatives just gave me cash in a card or envelope as a Christmas present and I was fine with it
Same here. I always felt that gift cards were a worse deal because as much as I appreciate the thought it always felt like “here’s some money, but I’ve restricted what you can spend it on”.
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There’s a strong cultural element. In the west giving money has been seen as either a bit vulgar or more commonly means a lack of thought given to the gift. Hence even though Dave is right that a gift voucher is just cash but with a limitation on where you can spend it, it passes the ‘thought’ test of at least he or she likes Starbucks coffee or clothes at GAP.
In east Asia, cash is pretty much the default, on weddings and birthdays you get a red envelope with money in it. The vulgarity of money isn’t an issue, maybe because of the lack of Christian influence and the camel/eye of a needle stuff. Chinese New Year wishes are basically around prosperity and wishing you make a load of cash in the coming year.
This is massive when it comes to weddings, when I got married 18 years back the average cost in the UK was around £18k, usually borne mostly by the couple or if lucky a wealthy parent. Mine cost around that but every penny came back in the red envelopes given as gifts at the reception (the hotel keeps them in their safe). In a roundabout way (there is no set price and close family give more) you charge them for the meal and entertainment.
I see now that trend is heading westward and I think by necessity, young people don’t have that much money now with housing costs etc. Usually they live together in advance so they don’t need the cutlery, saucepans, tea sets etc for a new home they needed 40 years ago. It may be in 10 years time or so it becomes the norm, I’m not sure.
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Powerball at 1B now.
Next drawing on Saturday.Don’t worry… I won’t forget you all. I will remember you all fondly. 🤣
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Scott Snyder is in town.
He was at the Midtown Comics store by the South Street Seaport signing for Absolute Batman title.Absolute line is doing good.
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Absolute line is doing good. Less doom and gloom than Marvel’s Ultimate line.
Really? The whole point of both is that they’re new universes created by villains who designed them to be as hopeless and hostile to heroes as possible. They seem pretty similar to me.
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DC got these smaller trade formats
Yup, DC Compact Comics.
Putting a story in your hands at a very reasonable price.There’s about 35 of them, and they’re always adding more.
Frequent the Trades thread, we’ll keep you updated.Awesome for young people, you and me just need a magnifying glass.
(Actually, a couple of years back I gave magnifying glasses to friends (similar age) and they love and use frequently.
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With the Ultimate Universe it’s really only Hickman’s Spidey that seems to have been a real hit, everything else seems to be hanging off that.
Honestly, apart from the first two Ultimates and Bendis’ original Spidey back then, the UU was never up to much.
I enjoyed Ellis’ Ultimate Galactus trilogy and some of the early X-Men and FF stuff too. Some of the random minis like Ultimate Adventures and Ultimate Hulk vs Wolverine were also quite good fun.
It just ended up doing that standard Marvel thing of taking an initial hit, and then milking it with loads of substandard expansions and spinoffs that diluted the quality and appeal.
I think Ultimatum was probably the nail in the coffin and it just limped on towards death after that.
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Twitter automatically goes to the “for you” tab now, when you reload it. And the for you tab is giving me 50 % of Ruski propaganda and 50 % AI slop of cats driving cars.
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Twitter automatically goes to the “for you” tab now, when you reload it. And the for you tab is giving me 50 % of Ruski propaganda and 50 % AI slop of cats driving cars.
Maybe stop using it then?
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Read a book, go for a walk, paint a picture, learn to cook a new meal. Life isn’t an either/or between Netflix, Bluesky, Tiktok and Twitter.
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Ha yes I think you’re right about that. I’ve been thinking about getting a library card, for some reason I don’t even understand I never got a card from the local library.
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I saw a clip of this MCU guy doing stand up. He was in the Celestials. He spent about a year getting shredded and a lot of his scenes got cut. He thought it would be a hit and be in a 10 year franchise but… Now his standup routine is venting about it.
Do you mean Kumail Nanjiani? Because he’s a fairly big deal outside of his appearance in Eternals. Like he and his wife made The Big Sick about their relationship challenges around her health. He was one of the stars of Silicon Valley, he’s been in Star Wars…
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And The Big Sick is well worth watching, one might add.
So yeah, he was a standup comedian first. And of course his Marvel thing is now part of his routine.
(I don’t quite recall, but I think it was also he himself who already made fun back then of his getting shredded, saying that it wasn’t really required for the role and nobody actually expected him to do this, but he kinda felt it’d be the way to go for a Marvel movie… :))
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I did like his line in that rant of, paraphrasing, “oh so I’m the guy at which you suddenly decide it’s not ok for people to get fit to play a superhero?” Because that must have really stung for him, but also he kinda is that straw that broke the camel’s back, really. That even a beloved everyman comedian felt he had to fashion himself into some unattainable Adonis shape to be a character in an ensemble superhero movie.
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I did like his line in that rant of, paraphrasing, “oh so I’m the guy at which you suddenly decide it’s not ok for people to get fit to play a superhero?” Because that must have really stung for him, but also he kinda is that straw that broke the camel’s back, really. That even a beloved everyman comedian felt he had to fashion himself into some unattainable Adonis shape to be a character in an ensemble superhero movie.
And the supreme irony is that Brian Tyree Henry asked if he would have to get shredded to play Phastos. He was told no, could be himself.
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Has anyone here ever had a piece of lego that didn’t fit, that was wrong? I don’t think I ever had. They all fit on the other lego pieces.
I winder what their failure rate is for lego pieces in production, and how they get the wrong pieces out.
No, I think their quality control is generally extremely high on that front. It’s what separates them from their off-brand competitors, where pieces can sometimes feel slightly loose and not perfectly fitting.
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Nice pictures of the sea life and nature on the Frisian islands (Waddeneilanden)
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She chose lump sum (most do) which practically cuts the 1.8 annuity prize to half, and then after all the taxes and fees the 492.6M. But the mentality of people in general who stay away from it until it drags on and the prize gets bigger, then they decide to buy and the growth accelerates. Greed! 🤣
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We’re having more snow right now than we’ve had in decades. There is a really thick layer in the streets right now. And it is apparently going to keep snowing til Monday at least.
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The third day of snowpocalypse, and the traffic is fucked. Bicycle lanes are impossible. Schiphol airport is also crashing out. They cancelled like 40 % of all flights.
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I saw an actual goth girl in the supermarket, with the face paint and everything. Has been a long time since I’ve seen any of those around
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/amsterdam-airport-cancels-flights-amid-icy-conditions
Schiphol made it to the pages of the Guardian. This country truly sucks at dealing with weather conditions. Absolutely shameful.
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Schiphol made it to the pages of the Guardian. This country truly sucks at dealing with weather conditions. Absolutely shameful.
I don’t know about that, Arjan; from the article, it seems like they are trying to do the best they can in dealing with an extreme weather event. I believe you even called it a Snowpocalypse in another post. Flight delays and cancellations occur routinely in the busiest airports here in the US; it’s just safer to postpone a flight when high winds and low visibility make takeoffs and landings dangerous.
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Schiphol made it to the pages of the Guardian. This country truly sucks at dealing with weather conditions. Absolutely shameful.
I don’t know about that, Arjan; from the article, it seems like they are trying to do the best they can in dealing with an extreme weather event. I believe you even called it a Snowpocalypse in another post. Flight delays and cancellations occur routinely in the busiest airports here in the US; it’s just safer to postpone a flight when high winds and low visibility make takeoffs and landings dangerous.
But Schiphol is doing the worst by far compared to big aiports in other countries, which also had snow. Buses and trains are also running very sparsely.
Of course you could argue countries in Scandinavia are more used to snowy conditions, so they are better prepared for these circumstances than we are. But I don’t think it is a valid excuse for the way things are going right now.
I realize this previous post might sound a bit judgmental…I mean I respect the people doing the job of keeping the roads clear etc. It’s a difficult job and I am thankful for their service. However I believe some mistakes at the top have been made, in not being sufficiently prepared for this weather.
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I just had a very unpleasant incident with teenagers who kept following me and throwing snowballs at me in the dark. Felt very unsafe. At the end I confonted the one who kept following me and he sensed I was scared and ridiculed me.
It felt scary because there were four or five of them, and it was in the dark with no one else around.
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I went to the vodafone store today to get a new sim card for my new phone, the old one is broken. And I have to say the young man who helped me was extremely friendly and the service was impeccable. It was a nice experience to get good service and he was very helpful when I was anxious about my phone.
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