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  1. Für son Halbzeitprogramm während eines #WM-Endspiels bin ich einfach zu alt. #absurd

  2. Für son Halbzeitprogramm während eines #WM-Endspiels bin ich einfach zu alt. #absurd

  3. Seit dem Kurshöhepunkt kurz nach Börsengang hat #SpaceX eine Billion Euro an Marktkapitalisierung verloren.

    (Naja, nur ein Bruchteil der Aktien ist tatsächlich ausgegeben, es gibt keinen "Markt" und der Kurs ist komplett absurd, aber immerhin.)

    #Börse #KI #absurd

  4. Seit dem Kurshöhepunkt kurz nach Börsengang hat #SpaceX eine Billion Euro an Marktkapitalisierung verloren.

    (Naja, nur ein Bruchteil der Aktien ist tatsächlich ausgegeben, es gibt keinen "Markt" und der Kurs ist komplett absurd, aber immerhin.)

    #Börse #KI #absurd

  5. Eurokołchoz
    Eurosojuz
    Eurokracja
    Eurokomuna
    Reichunia
    Czwarta Rzesza
    Unia Sowiecka
    Berlińskie dyktat
    Brukselski reżim

    A jak trwoga to do Boga - Unio ratuj

    #Hipokryzja
    #Ironia
    #Sarkazm
    #Absurd
    #AJakTrwogaToDoBoga
    #PrzemysławGrzegorek
    #PolskaPolityka

  6. Ist das nicht #absurd? Wir bekommen von der Stadt #Königswinter eine Abmahnung, die Pflanzen, die voll #Bienen und #Hummeln sind, zurück zu schneiden wegen Verkehrssicherheit. Aber PKW, die gegenüber auf dem Gehweg und der halben Straße stehen sind kein Problem?

  7. Ist das nicht #absurd? Wir bekommen von der Stadt #Königswinter eine Abmahnung, die Pflanzen, die voll #Bienen und #Hummeln sind, zurück zu schneiden wegen Verkehrssicherheit. Aber PKW, die gegenüber auf dem Gehweg und der halben Straße stehen sind kein Problem?

  8. Ist das nicht #absurd? Wir bekommen von der Stadt #Königswinter eine Abmahnung, die Pflanzen, die voll #Bienen und #Hummeln sind, zurück zu schneiden wegen Verkehrssicherheit. Aber PKW, die gegenüber auf dem Gehweg und der halben Straße stehen sind kein Problem?

  9. Ist das nicht #absurd? Wir bekommen von der Stadt #Königswinter eine Abmahnung, die Pflanzen, die voll #Bienen und #Hummeln sind, zurück zu schneiden wegen Verkehrssicherheit. Aber PKW, die gegenüber auf dem Gehweg und der halben Straße stehen sind kein Problem?

  10. Ist das nicht #absurd? Wir bekommen von der Stadt #Königswinter eine Abmahnung, die Pflanzen, die voll #Bienen und #Hummeln sind, zurück zu schneiden wegen Verkehrssicherheit. Aber PKW, die gegenüber auf dem Gehweg und der halben Straße stehen sind kein Problem?

  11. Dam randomowy sen, jaki miałam:

    No to jakaś postać mieszkała chyba w schronisku (Wygląd?), no i był tam Spongebob, więc w sumie się zaprzyjaźnili, oraz dyskutowali jak Nickelodeon zjebał jego postać…

    Tia… I pewnego dnia wróciła do domu, a Spongebob został rozszarpany…

    No i coś było ze zbieraniem grzybów, ale no, specyficzny sen


    #Dream #sen #Spongebob #lmao #absurd
  12. Dam randomowy sen, jaki miałam:

    No to jakaś postać mieszkała chyba w schronisku (Wygląd?), no i był tam Spongebob, więc w sumie się zaprzyjaźnili, oraz dyskutowali jak Nickelodeon zjebał jego postać…

    Tia… I pewnego dnia wróciła do domu, a Spongebob został rozszarpany…

    No i coś było ze zbieraniem grzybów, ale no, specyficzny sen


    #Dream #sen #Spongebob #lmao #absurd
  13. Dan Houser’s American Caper Volume 1: Red-Pilled Blues Review
    Dan Houser’s American Caper Volume 1:...

    #American Caper #American Caper Volume 1 #Red-Pilled Blues #Dan Houser #Lazlow #David Lapham #Chris Anderson #Lee Loughridge #Nate Piekos #Tyler Boss #Dark Horse Comics #Dark Horse Books #Absurd Ventures #crime comics #crime satire #comic book review #graphic novel review #Comic Crusaders #Al Mega #mature comics #noir comics #political satire comics #independent comics #comics review

  14. Dan Houser’s American Caper Volume 1: Red-Pilled Blues Review
    Dan Houser’s American Caper Volume 1:...

    #American Caper #American Caper Volume 1 #Red-Pilled Blues #Dan Houser #Lazlow #David Lapham #Chris Anderson #Lee Loughridge #Nate Piekos #Tyler Boss #Dark Horse Comics #Dark Horse Books #Absurd Ventures #crime comics #crime satire #comic book review #graphic novel review #Comic Crusaders #Al Mega #mature comics #noir comics #political satire comics #independent comics #comics review

  15. The Makeshifts: Temporary Band With a Fleeting History 🎤

    The shortest band to ever have lived is The Makeshifts. Formed in Manchester in August of 1992, the band named themselves after makeshift scaffolding, before splitting up in August 1992 due to artistic differences.

    During that time, the band was able to release one single: The Makeshifts. It performed poorly in the charts and contributed to the band splitting, although a notorious incident with some scaffolding (not makeshift) also (notoriously) added to the band’s demise.

    Not Even a One Hit Wonder: Have a Go Losers The Makeshifts

    “I wanted to get a band together, so I did. Then I realised I had no discernible talent for being in a band, so I wanted out, and the others didn’t, but then we realised we all hated each other. It was a bit shit, really.”

    The words of Stu Jones, lead singer of the band, in a BBC interview from August of 1995. The group consisted of him and:

    • Drummer Barry Barryson
    • Guitarist John Johnson
    • Bassist Lucy Lucyson

    They dreamt of making it big, driven along by their extreme genius, complemented by not at all being in for the money at all, because it was all about the music.

    After three rehearsal sessions performing Foo Fighters covers, the band penned the instant classic single The Makeshifts. The lyrics are outstanding:

    Near my house there’s some scaffold,
    It makes me a bit baffled,
    Like I’m being raffled,
    But I am well travelled.

    Makeshift scaffolding,
    Ooooh ooh ohhh na na na naaaa,
    Makeshift scaffolding,
    Ooooh ooh ohhh na na na naaaa.

    Certain of the song’s success, the band headed to a recording studio and spent £1,000 of their own hard earned cash to get the song recorded and set for release.

    The Scaffolding Incident

    To promote their debut single, the band decided to host a gig on some makeshift scaffolding near to Manchester city centre. A small crowd of 33 people congregated around the event, but fled in panic when the scaffolding collapsed due to the weight of the four members.

    All four members suffered broken limbs in the incident. Whilst they recovered, this derailed any further possibility of recording new music. Stu Jones recalled in an August 1998 interview with OME (Old Musical Express):

    “My legs and pelvis were shattered. It were a good song, but I couldn’t not even enjoy it. That were a bad time… thankfully, since then I’ve discovered cocaine and my addiction to it has enabled me to move on to an exciting new phase of my life—being a drug addict!”

    The other members formed a new band, The Scaffolding, still believing the angle of makeshift construction equipment was the ideal route to take for modern rock music. They released their debut album in 1999: Scaffolding of Love. The album met with dire reviews, commercial failure, and the group disbanded for good.

    Subsequent Makeshift Reformations

    In February 2022, all four members reunited as The Makeshift Scaffolding, but separated two months later without releasing any material. They reformed again in 2023, 2024, and 2025 without releasing any new material, each reformation lasting for less than a month.

    In January 2026, Stu Jones announced the band would never reform again.

    In February 2026, The Makeshifts reformed and attempted to sell out the Heaton Park venue outside of Manchester city centre. They sold two tickets and disbanded (also in February 2026) due to a lack of interest in the latest reformation.

    The band members have since pledged to never reform ever again, except maybe in 2027 and 2028.

    #absurd #Bands #chartMusic #Humor #IndieMusic #Lifestyle #Madchester #Music #popMusic #RockMusic #Satire #satirical #scaffolding #Silly
  16. This guide to left-clicking a mouse examines the historical evolution of pointing devices, the neurological implications of finger-to-button contact, and the systemic philosophy underlying graphical user interface design.

    the-kalvin-blog.obulou.xyz/how

    #tutorial #guide #mouse #computing #parody #philosophy #hardware #interface #absurd #humor #technology #howto #interaction #design #comedy

  17. This guide to left-clicking a mouse examines the historical evolution of pointing devices, the neurological implications of finger-to-button contact, and the systemic philosophy underlying graphical user interface design.

    the-kalvin-blog.obulou.xyz/how

    #tutorial #guide #mouse #computing #parody #philosophy #hardware #interface #absurd #humor #technology #howto #interaction #design #comedy

  18. A Serious Man: Underrated Coen Brothers Gem on Absurdity 😲

    When we first watched A Serious Man (2009) about 16 years ago, we were disappointed by the Coen brothers film. Watching it again the other week and we’re much more appreciative of its absurdist themes and quietly bleak premise.

    Starring Michael Stuhlbarg as physics professor Lawrence “Larry” Gopnik, the absurd, Kafkaesque narrative follows his life quietly imploding for a multitude of reasons, with no purpose behind each ridiculous development.

    Why the Hell is Everything Going Wrong in A Serious Man?

    16 years is a big old gap between watching films. Maybe we were just a bit annoyed that day 16-ish years ago when we watch the film, but it disappoint. We’re big fans of the Coen brothers and A Serious Man just seemed… flat.

    Watching it again and in that flatness lies its brilliance.

    The film is set in April of 1967 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Across 106 minutes, it shows Larry Gopnik’s life slowly unravelling as a ridiculous series of events upend his middle-class suburban existence. That begins with his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) suddenly announcing she wants a divorce as she intends to marry the much older Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed).

    Then the South Korean student Clive (David Kang) tries to bribe Larry into providing a better grade, which the student’s father later threatens to enforce.

    Around that, Larry’s son Danny (Aaron Wolff) is often stoned, loves Jefferson Airplane, is vaguely practicing for his bar mitzvah, but more preoccupied with the poor TV reception at the family home. His daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is belligerent and obsessed with washing her hair with a variety of shampoos.

    Then Sy Ableman suddenly dies in a car crash, with Larry expected to foot the bill for the funeral.

    As these absurd events stack up, they take a toll on Larry’s mental health and he has a crisis of faith. He tries to seek moral and philosophical support from various rabbi. This results in further bizarre, useless experiences.

    Definitely one of the Coen brother’s best lines right there.

    “Things aren’t so bad, look at the parking lot, Larry! Just look at that parking lot…”

    What impresses us more is the film doesn’t offer any clear narrative conclusion. It ends with Larry thinking his life is returning to normal, before receiving an ominous phone call from his doctor. All of which creates the overriding themes of absurdity and the nature of suffering.

    Larry is baffled on a cosmic scale. Why is everything going wrong when he’s done everything right? Where not even the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment can help him understand what in the name of bejeezus is happening to him.

    We can understand why A Serious Man had a mixed reaction on launch. It’s very distinct in the Coen brothers’ canon, really unlike anything else they’ve done before.

    It’s so quietly uneventful we can imagine some random cinema attendees watching it in 2009 baffled. We guess we were one of them, really, as it went over our heads.

    A Serious Man followed on from the quirky black comedy Burn After Reading (2008). This effort is still comedic, but a dryly absurd sense. The ridiculous issues that pile up leave viewers watching this man questioning reality, seemingly powerless to process events despite his knowledge of physics.

    But now watching it in 2026, our brains more fully formed, and we think this is one of their best films.

    Understated, with some fantastic writing, and Michael Stuhlbarg’s performance wins the day. A mixture of perplexed, meets baffled, meets full blown existential crisis.

    The Production of A Serious Man

    The film was a moderate commercial success, making $31.4 million off its $7 million budget. Despite the mixed critical reception, it did make its way to many best films of 2009 lists for the American Film Institute and National Board of Reviews.

    Plus, it was nominated for two Oscars with Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

    This was also the breakout role for Michael Stuhlbarg. He had been intended to play a minor role, but the Coen brothers liked his performance so much they bumped him up to the lead. He’s since had roles in films such as Lincoln (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Arrival (2016), and in the TV series of Fargo (2017).

    Of the wider cast, the Coens allowed open casting for Larry’s kids. This resulted in Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus getting those roles. Excellent as they are, since then they’ve not been in any other films. Wolff has, instead, pursued a music career.

    Filming took place in Bloomington, Minnesota, as the location still had a suburban rambler home appearance (as of 2009, anyway). This was still similar to how it would have looked in the 1960s.

    The shoot took place in September 2008, wrapped in early November 2008, and all of it was done in 44 days. This always amazes us how quickly talented crews can get these projects wrapped up.

    Since its launch in 2009, it kind of become an obscurity in the Coen brother’s canon. Films such as Fargo (celebrating its 30th anniversary recently) are the more emotionally heavy-hitting experiences. But recently, we saw it start popping up on social media getting mentions and retrospective fanboying. And that triggered us off to watch it again.

    We’re glad we did as it really is an impressive work, just one that’s quite astonishingly subtle. It simmers away quietly and doesn’t have any major set pieces, buts its calm pursuit of Larry’s struggles offers all of us a lesson in life.

    Ordinary inaction in a world of random unpredictability and how true meaning is, sometimes, just right there in a parking lot.

    Just look at that parking lot, readers…

    #ASeriousMan #absurd #Absurdity #blackComedy #Cinema #CoenBrothers #Drama #Films #Jewish #Kafkaesque #Lifestyle #MichaelStuhlbarg #Philosophy #pyshics
  19. DHL Express partners with Absurd Laboratory to create limited-edition fashion accessories using retired courier uniforms

    Winner of the Redress Design Award 2025 “DHL GoGreen Plus Alumni Prize”, Eric Wong has created “DHL x…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #DHL #Absurd #accessories) #courier #create #DeutschePost #Express #fashion #Laboratory #limited-edition #partners #retired #to #uniforms #using #with
    europesays.com/germany/38020/

  20. Da muss man ein VPN nach Deutschland anmachen, um sich über Youtube das Finale einer britischen Spielshow auf deren legalen Account in Dänemark angucken zu können … #GeoBlocking #Absurd #Taskmaster

  21. Ende eines #Wal|es: #Biodiesel. Ich habe in den letzten zwei Wochen ab und zu in den Kanal von #News5 reingezappt, wobei meine Reaktionen sich zwischen Lachtränen und an die Stirn tippen bewegten. Wie der #Influencer und der #BILD-Reporter sich über die Möglichkeit unterhielten, dass der Wal platzen könnte - das hatte schon Ähnlichkeit mit den Romanen von #TomSharpe (#Wilt). #Absurd|er ging es kaum. Vielleicht haben ja zumindest einige daraus gelernt.

    tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/b

  22. Ende eines #Wal|es: #Biodiesel. Ich habe in den letzten zwei Wochen ab und zu in den Kanal von #News5 reingezappt, wobei meine Reaktionen sich zwischen Lachtränen und an die Stirn tippen bewegten. Wie der #Influencer und der #BILD-Reporter sich über die Möglichkeit unterhielten, dass der Wal platzen könnte - das hatte schon Ähnlichkeit mit den Romanen von #TomSharpe (#Wilt). #Absurd|er ging es kaum. Vielleicht haben ja zumindest einige daraus gelernt.

    tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/b

  23. My couch is secretly a time-traveling portal, and it keeps bringing back increasingly bizarre items.My Couch is a Time TravelerFollow @quietcipher for more content🔗 Link in bio for more | quietcipher.comLike if your furniture is also more interesting than you are!#comedy #funny #humor #darkhumor #quietcipher #absurd #hilarious #lol

  24. ✮ Anatomy of Brokenness ✮

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  26. The Fediverse Stats Paradox

    Reading Time: < 1 minute

    The more I use WordPress, and the more they change the UI, the more I want to dump it. These stats, instead of encouraging me to use wordpress, and the fediverse, encourage me to dump both.

    Blogging shouldn’t be about metrics, it should be about the development of thoughts and ideas, and the occassional feedback. These stats turn blogging and writing into accounting. I don’t want to see disengagement quantified. I want positive signals, and here I only see negative signals.

    #absurd #disengagement #fediverse #ROI #stats
  27. The Fediverse Stats Paradox

    Reading Time: < 1 minute

    The more I use WordPress, and the more they change the UI, the more I want to dump it. These stats, instead of encouraging me to use wordpress, and the fediverse, encourage me to dump both.

    Blogging shouldn’t be about metrics, it should be about the development of thoughts and ideas, and the occassional feedback. These stats turn blogging and writing into accounting. I don’t want to see disengagement quantified. I want positive signals, and here I only see negative signals.

    #absurd #disengagement #fediverse #ROI #stats
  28. The Fediverse Stats Paradox

    Reading Time: < 1 minute

    The more I use WordPress, and the more they change the UI, the more I want to dump it. These stats, instead of encouraging me to use wordpress, and the fediverse, encourage me to dump both.

    Blogging shouldn’t be about metrics, it should be about the development of thoughts and ideas, and the occassional feedback. These stats turn blogging and writing into accounting. I don’t want to see disengagement quantified. I want positive signals, and here I only see negative signals.

    #absurd #disengagement #fediverse #ROI #stats
  29. The Fediverse Stats Paradox

    Reading Time: < 1 minute

    The more I use WordPress, and the more they change the UI, the more I want to dump it. These stats, instead of encouraging me to use wordpress, and the fediverse, encourage me to dump both.

    Blogging shouldn’t be about metrics, it should be about the development of thoughts and ideas, and the occassional feedback. These stats turn blogging and writing into accounting. I don’t want to see disengagement quantified. I want positive signals, and here I only see negative signals.

    #absurd #disengagement #fediverse #ROI #stats
  30. This is the moment of truth! :gutkato_kolereta:

    After that, we can go back to lies and mystifications. :gutkato_dikfingro_supren:

    #lang_en #absurd #phrases #words