My Wife And I Have A Little Game We Play Called "Speaking From Ignorance."

My wife and I have a little game we play called "Speaking From Ignorance."

To play Speaking From Ignorance, all you need is a phone with a voice recorder, and another person who knows considerably more or considerably less about a topic than you do. The topic can be anything: from "how to bake a quiche" to "what happens in the Peter Jackson Hobbit movies" to "who is Florence Pugh" to "how does the traveling salesman problem work." All that matters is that one of you has a firm grasp on the material, and one of you absolutely the fuck does not.

Then the person who knows about the topic turns on the recorder, and says to the person who knows barely anything: "Hey - tell me everything you think you know about [X]."

The speaker is then not allowed to ask any questions. Nor is the expert allowed to volunteer any information. The expert is allowed to pipe up with a faintly incredulous "Oh--really? Do you--do you think so?" from time to time, but for the most part, the expert's job is just to sit there and make encouraging sounds while the speaker digs their own grave.

This is never not funny.

The reason you record it is because, very often, the first thing the speaker wants to do after finishing the recording is find out how you actually make a quiche, or whatever. Then you both get to go back and listen to how wrong they were.

We have a small library now of Speaking From Ignorance recordings, and I'm going to be listening to them until I'm eighty.

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4 months ago

This is actually beautiful. When I was a kid, I enjoyed Sesame Street, I'd say, about an average amount for a little kid. I have the same birthday as Abby, so once I saw her, I loved her. Now, I always enjoyed The Muppets more, but as an openly queer person who was raised with these characters, seeing them do and say exactly as the characters they present would do is a little magical.

Thank the gods for kids shows and puppets, amirte?

the way sesame street, a pbs puppet show for literal babies, is pressing on with pride content despite vitriolic monsters descending on every post to insinuate they're pedophiles or demons while some of the biggest companies on the planet who could swim in olympic swimming pools of money like scrooge mcduck on steroids buckle and cave just emphasizes how completely and utterly pathetic these corporations are. they'd butcher a baby if it meant saving a penny.

9 months ago

....🤭😳😳😳😳❤️❤️❤️❤️

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3 months ago

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

10 months ago
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1 year ago

bro no way you are believing your own actions are inherently wrong or selfish that, if done by another person, you would have met with understanding and sympathy... no way you refuse the mercy of humanity to yourself only


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10 months ago

The first bit of actual novel WIP content!!!

The poll came out in a three way tie, so I'm planning on redoing the post... Until then, here you go! Absolutely no context! :]

'I gotta say, I never understood the concept of tentacles being hot, but now I *really* don't get it'

@deadandgaysetanta @queen-of-hobgobblers @redkarmakai

Reblog with a line from your current work-in-progress fanfiction taken COMPLETELY out of context.

Mine is:

“Oh I’m swell,” Leo said, before promptly coughing up blood.


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8 months ago

I mean, *I* wouldn't but I wouldn't bone anyone 🤣🖤🩶🤍💜

I would, however, give you, like, three fake numbers saying they're my friends numbers, just to piss the better off

I’m going to save up for a new motorcycle by running a scam where I bet straight dudes at bars twenty bucks that I can get a girl’s number in under five minutes and then politely walk up her and say, “I just bet that asshole twenty bucks that I could get your number. I’ll split it with you if you pretend to laugh like I just said a good pick up line and then write a fake number on my hand.”

Like, I never understood those kind of bets in those shitty teen movies. Everybody loves being part of a scheme, man. Use your head.


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8 months ago

oh WAIT A MINUTE we've all been getting it wrong. in a magical AU, Eliot Spencer isn't the one with healing powers or immense strength—he's the psychic.

"it's a distinctive____" no the fuck it isn't. he just KNOWS. but people get uneasy when a guy just KNOWS stuff, so eliot learned a line that keeps everybody calm, gives everybody just enough plausible deniability to keep the unease at bay.

he's always got that extra bit of knowledge to help him out. not more than he can handle, not like some kind of savant in more ways than it's possible for one human to be. nothing flashy. it's not that eliot's never lost his keys before. it's just that he always, always knows where to find them.

8 months ago

Dandy dribbles

Am I working on a dandy AU fic? Yes, I am.

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10 months ago
**Update For The People Asking I Asked Her And She Bought The Frog Tea Set HERE 🐸
**Update For The People Asking I Asked Her And She Bought The Frog Tea Set HERE 🐸

**Update For the people asking I asked her and she bought the frog tea set HERE 🐸


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