#swears /

[paulgadzikowski]

Hey, I recently attributed this quote to Movie Tonight but that was season five and this looks like Big Mac so I was wrong

[goodugong]

I don't know where it came from, but several years ago this idea popped into my head unbidden, and for some reason it tickles me. I don't know if it's funny, but I like it and I made it into a zine, I hope you enjoy it.

It lays out really nicely as 3-up spreads on A4 paper, so you can print, staple and fold it, then cut it into 3 zines. It made it really easy to print up 20 of them to trade at this art social thing I went to

micron, rotring and sharpie on printer paper, coloured and screentoned digitally, 2024

If you want a digital or physical copy

[papier-ciseaux]

I am very entertained by the french dub's liberal use of swears, it's been fun and never cease to amaze me that they can just SAY that

Tried my best to translate but alas. The meanings get a bit lost.

[queerdraws]

favorite moments from opla

[dashdotshows]

[start id: a black and white drawing cropped from p.29 of the Usborne Guide to Computer and Video Games (1982). The image shows a chessboard with lights and mechanical arm built in.

Image caption reads: "The robot arm on this chess-board makes all the computer's moves, and removes your pieces when the computer captures them. If the computer loses the game, it flings its arm about, flashes its lights and shrieks." end id.]

I assumed this emotionally dysregulated chess robot was just a 1980s fever dream, but apparently it exists, and glories in the name of "The Novag Robot Adversary":

Quoth the gorgeously Web 1.0 (but still updating in 2023?!) Chess Computer UK:

The Novag Robot Adversary is the most iconic of chess computers. There are several reasons. Firstly, for a product of 1982, its startling futuristic appearance. Secondly the robot arm which in terms of robotic character, comparative speed and range of movement is extraordinary for a consumer product. Thirdly the variety of functions - including autoplay, automatic setting up of the pieces for a new game, trace and review, best move, sound, lights, printer support, and not forgetting the tantrums produced by the ‘emotions’ button which involve waving of the arm, flashing lights and noisy sound. These functions all contribute towards a very impressive and entertaining machine, which was outstanding when it was first sold, and has not been bettered since.

That page also has videos of the machine in action, including this heart-rending footage of it losing its shit:

I am inordinately happy to learn about this.

[luizastarry]

haha i made this last year. get it. get it. because i made it on thirty fir

[safe-ship-harbored]

[miwachan2]

im so sleep deprived

[yourdadsbasement]

when i tell you i would die for this man

autism.jpeg

all right everybody just calm down

SHUT THE FUCK UP 🤣

STUPID

again, i am not trying to start any fights on here i am just noticing stuff

[yaspup9000]

behold I’ve finally drew something!!

anyways enjoy rat bastard

[slowandsteddie]

Robin: “hey, Steve? Can I borrow your red sweater?”

Eddie, immediately: “absolutely fucking not.”

Robin: “wha— never mind the what, actually. Tell me why.”

Eddie: “because it is a crime to separate our boy from that sweater. He looks so fucking hot in it, Birdie. And I know you won’t give it back for ages.”

Steve, walking in on the conversation: “I don’t think our sex life would survive the loss of that sweater.”

Robin, covering her ears: “GOT IT I GOT IT PLEASE STOP.”

Pic I got off google below the cut ❤️

[onetruechromosome]

I love how Rebels and Mandalorian made up their own swears and then Andor just had someone mutter “shit.”

It was an experience like no other.

[blue-drink]

Gifts

Hera: When I said “bring me something back from the beach” I meant like a conch shell! Zeus: *struggling to hold a seagull* Fucking say that next time!

[rrredgi]

Here's an article on ancient french swearing words and phrases that might be interesting to someone who (like me) is reading Dumas and is wondering wtf is "morbleu" and "vertudieu"

(there's no "ventre-de-biche" which "expresses surprise, disapproval, indignation" according to this article and is frequently used by Chicot)