Tangentially related, press your tongue as flat as possible against the roof of you mouth to speed up recovery from brain freeze.

Well shit, my bad. Fixed, thanks!

It’s from an old Penny Arcade, Ctrl+Alt+Del, often mocked for its sudden melodramatic tone in an otherwise silly comic series:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(comic)

It means Rick Deckard won’t be coming for you any time soon.

I suggest checking out the Keys to the Kingdom podcast to understand how needed this is (it’s also just a great listen):

https://podnews.net/podcast/iau8v

When we worry about AI taking over art, there ain’t no AI that can pull that masterpiece off.

It’s from the image post.

Which often led to visible confusion, as people could hear John Cena, but not see him.

Naw, musta been Warm Bodies.

Pictured: James Hetfield and the producer of “St. Anger”.

Nintendo has entered the chat

Shadow the Hedgehog for everyone!

Layoffs.

What, you’ve never seen squirrels bury their nuts before?

So friggin good, like if a kit kat and a Reese’s had a giant baby.

Just be aware with this technique that going to the ER to patch up your sliced open finger is probably more distracting than the sound of the can opening.

I’m going Blockbuster, just because I’d love to be able to rent new release video games again. Redbox used to scratch that itch, until they stopped carrying them.

The VCR isn’t flashing 12:00 am? What sort of witchcraft is this?

Well, you have to answer to make sure that nobody died; otherwise, if you let it go to voicemail, then you just sit and wait to see if a message is left, and then oh shit, they did. Now, I’m going through the 2 fucking minutes it seems to take to get to my voicemail, my heart pounding, oh God, what happened? And then it’s just a robot trying to reach me about my car’s extended insurance.

(End scene)

With that said, I think that a companion pet can often help one make those changes. Since it sounds like money and allergies are a bit of an issue, I would suggest looking at rats. They are incredibly loyal and affectionate, clean, intelligent. They only live about 2-3 years, which sucks, but if you find that pet ownership isn’t for you (and it’s okay if it isn’t), you aren’t beholden to an animal that will live 4-5 times as long.