RIP 4chan. And may a flight of angels sing thee to thy rest.

"They're taking the hobbits to Isengaza."

Trillionaires don’t crowd into Costco at the start of every month and take my samples and my rotisserie chickens and my 32-packs of hot pockets

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving. Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free. I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these." "They just come with the table, man." They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared. "Did we…?" "Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless." Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude." Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most. Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

Six seven.

Rolling the d20... clatter clatter. You got a 7! Barovia just got bombed. The High Elves sold Trump hard on those mists being a national security risk. Strahd's castle is probably taking heavy fire right now.

Here's a d20 roll chart for which fantasy country the High Elves are talking Trump into bombing: 1-2: Drow Underdark 3-4: Mordor 5-6: Isengard 7-8: Barovia 9-10: The Abyss 11-12: Nine Hells 13-14: Goblin Empire 15-16: Dragon Isles 17-18: Lich Kingdom 19: Giant Realms 20: Feywild (internal conflict) Roll for your fate. What'd you get?

Drumpf is a high elf puppet. We're going to war against the Drow. I ain't dying for Faerun.

Took my niece to a Peppa Pig play place. Waited for the moments when there weren't kids around to get some pictures. Got sort of a Lynchian/Burtonian feel.

Europeans when they finally come to America:

Your boy Karmelo got beasted on. Get over it sis

Karmelo Anthony has been found Guilty of Murder!

This is the type of thing that will make young black men think twice about stabbing people in the chest and that’s really sad

Playing dice towers with my niece.

LMAOOOO

Child actor Natalie Portman celebrates her 20th birthday.

As someone who covered the region for a dozen years for the WSJ, and reported in astonishment how even under conservative Pres Ronald Reagan USAID was funding socialist projects in Latin America, I can assure you that this is 💯 accurate.

Bored with grok