Mark Christian

beer? chocolate? waffle?

A Complete History of Birdo’s Gender — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games In English and Japanese, from Doki Doki Panic to present, Nintendo’s stance on the pink egg-spitter has evolved.

Hey! My piece on the history of the way Nintendo has gendered Birdo over the years was included in @critdistance.bsky.social’s write up of the best video game writing in 2025! www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/birdo-g...

happy new year

Forgot I had scheduled this frankly banger tweet so saving it here

@gretchenleigh.zone dude @randochrontendo.famiconsumer.com is so good, thank you ✨

"It's a Blacked Our Blur But I'm Pretty Sure It Ruled; On the long 2010s (2008-2023) and its symptoms." something I am joking about but will write about for money

cool birds listen to vinyl on a tern-table no you shut up

WE KNOW HOW IT ENDS. WE’RE ALL READY FOR IT. (pop-tart standing atop toaster slot)

going into 2025 with this energy

when I say men need a healthy alternative to manosphere media I mean chess in the park

Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into 2025

A casual glance last night made it seem like even that goes through the third-party providers; was I wrong?

Oh no, this is so much worse than it used to be

Genuine question, why use a third-party service? I get mine through Nexus but that’s a government program.

Nosferatoo fast nosferatoo furious

This has got to be one of the stupidest things ever posted on the internet

placing your voodoo doll by the fireplace with a nice cup of hot cocoa and a book

Something I never got about conversation pits is, when do you use it exactly. Do you hang out in there waiting for a conversation to start? Or do you start the conversation somewhere else and at some point say, "we should take this to the pit." Either option seems mortifying

I can’t add to this thread because this is the Correct Answer

Deleting my dating apps because I want to meet someone the old fashioned way (I'm sitting in my living room, he's a large jug of red juice that bursts through the side of my wall)

I’m jonesing man. Need another six-hour YouTube video about some petty shit I don’t care about. “The Racist History of Twizzlers.” I’ll take anything

the real Crazy Town was Bethlehem all along

Statler and Waldorf as ghosts in chains in A Muppet Christmas Carol

The Ghosts of Shitposters Past

People are saying it's impossible for Jeff Bezos to spend $600 million on a wedding but that's because they're poor and have never gone to a Second Invasion of Grenada themed wedding

me: [carefully placing a baby on my boss’s desk]
my boss: and the other one
me: [pauses, then unstraps an ankle holster that cradles a smaller, but just as deadly baby]

Tired: Twelve-factor app
Wired: Twelve-factor auth

My fav macOS image editor just hit 8.0; congrats @flyingmeatinc.bsky.social! Easily worth the price of admission.

flyingmeat.com/acorn/

Here's a true story about my dad. When I was little, we were on a beach in Oregon and he found a message in a bottle.

The note contained an address, with a plea in a young boy's handwriting to send a postcard and let him know how far the bottle had traveled.

There’s no interpretation of this image that makes it allowable under international law

a man is holding a plant in front of his face with a star on the bottom right that says adultswim.com ALT: a man is holding a plant in front of his face with a star on the bottom right that says adultswim.com

LaserDisc enthusiasts:

Really hoping the retro nerds eventually make a new MD recorder a la all the new tape players