Cracks_InTheWalls @ Cracks_InTheWalls @sh.itjust.works

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Manually drawn, using a very basic OSS painting app.

Aaannd the Atomic Testing Museum is added to my Vegas list. The pop culture exhibit seems especially cool, I love the atomic age aesthetic.

The Family Guy table looks really cool! Lol, yep, pinball within pinball can be a bit tricky. Will have to keep an eye out if it pops up when folks swap out machines. Come to think of it, your post reminded me that there's a pinball museum not too far from Ottawa I've been meaning to check out.

the poutine down here in the States sucks.

Unless it's served by in a roadside chip stand with a dirty fryer by a surly Quebequois, it's just sparkling gravy curd fries. Or worse ... disco fries shudder. You have my deepest condolences, and I hope you are reunited with poutine soon.

I've gotta admit, I miss visiting the United States - I used to go to Palm Desert/Palm Springs every few years and actually really like it (have a thing for mid-century modern architecture etc., so lots of cool stuff to see wandering about ... you know, until the heat stroke hits). That and I had a short list of things I wanted to visit - don't ask me why, but stuff like Cadillac Ranch and other roadside oddities has a strong pull for me. Hopefully I'll feel ok about visiting again.

Any place in Canada you particularly like, or really want to check out but haven't yet?

That's awesome! Yes, some of those older machines are amazing time capsules for their eras. Not the biggest fan of more old school games (though I do find myself playing Bobby Orr's Power Play when I'm running low on tokens at my haunt), but I can see the appeal.

My two top games right now are Stern's Godzilla (I don't know what it is, but I keep coming back to it. Has to be the Blue Oyster Cult song for Godzilla multiball), and a Ghostbuster's machine at one of the more well known pinball spots in town. What can I say, I have a soft spot for gimmicks (like the piercing scream out of the Ghostbuster machine, it always draws a couple startled glances). Like other Stern machines too, but I find myself gravitating to my old standards. Also dig games with a 'sub-basement' table mechanic (Haunted House is one), just seems neat.

Will keep this in mind if I find myself in Vegas! Not high on my list given the ... well, everything going on right now on that side of the border, but that does look right up my alley.

Did you check out anything else cool in Vegas? Omega Mart's also high on my 'check this out if sanity is restored' list.

Just some stuff man.

[Made wallpaper thing, meant to keep the line things as a separate image to use later, accidentally merged with the background and saved over my original file. Still wanted the lines so with my basic af program, had to manually erase the background from the white space - the fill function left lots of crap over. Felt like cleaning Delfino Plaza for like ... well let's just say I had lots of plans for my day off, and have nothing to show for it except my lines with a transparent background back.

Green circles were to help me keep track of which spaces I already went over pretty well]

Also 'cause it's funny in this context too, my dating profile (irl I have a distinct lack of dreads and my glasses are far less bitchin'):

Yeah, you fucking get it Rose! slaps tail on ground

Tonic water is your friend. Works for both low-alcohol options (bitters, preferably citrus bitters but you can experiment) and boozy ones (G&Ts are obviously a classic, whiskey tonics are pretty nice sometimes, herbal liqueurs work very well, etc.)

Often when I'm out and want another drink, but don't want to keep drinking, plain tonic water is the preferred choice recently. I got 99 problems, but malaria ain't one 😎.

Beyond that, you can look into the wild world of drinking shrubs.. Haven't been arsed to try it yet but I like the concept.

To join, just post your profile in the comments! We at (un)hinge(d) don't sell your information, we just keep it filed away until the time is juuuust right ;)

[Real talk, it'd be kinda fun to see others' takes on this.]

Damn...

Part of what makes the internet wonderful is being able to access movies from all eras. Why limit yourself to only new stuff?

As an aside, the OG Little Shop of Horrors still holds up IMO.

A little bit, yeah. I think it's actually really common, for a variety of reasons. Some people just do it as a time-filler, or a self-reflection exercise, or just for pure creative pleasure. They may feel no need to share it at all, or may want to share it but aren't sure how.

I'd say if you're in the latter camp, most places I've been have at least a small literary scene, with open readings, zine exchanges, or even small publishers. If you want to, you can go out and meet the other weirdos sharing their stuff, and I think there's value in doing so in meatspace.

But if you want to write poems purely for the pleasure of the activity, or whatever other personal purpose, that's 100% valid. There are worse ways to fill time.

Eh, I'd say it just takes the right event. Beers with the boys at the blue-collar bar? Probably a bad idea. Any event that says 'semi-formal' to 'formal'? Fuck it, we ball.

A combo of Hinge and Bumble, apparently. Seems to be working for my buddy anyway (to the absolute fury of the people he complains to re: the number of matches/dates he gets because they don't meet his marriage standard, which is high)

What I think is funny is every time this gets reposted, people start talking about food orders when it's obviously* a Canadian weed dispensary.

This was 100% bound to happen.

*To Canucks who stopped buying all of their weed from Steve.

Great, now I'm reminded of a project I abandoned and the pile of weird business cards I have in my junk drawer...

I set up a toll-free number a year or so back with the idea of finding (eventually) all remaining payphones in public spaces in my city, white listing the numbers and leaving a card inviting folks to call. I stopped after about a week and like 10 phones, meaning to get back to it and never did.

Did run into people legitimately using them while doing so though, which was slightly unexpected.

Love this!

100% possible, making it even more punk af (hand sanitizer was used after taking this photo, though)