But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger
With the big iron on his hip.

I, by contrast, have lived past 24 by not doing that.

Why not link the original?

2nd place is a fantastic drawing of a frog.

1st place is an absolutely spot-on FROGGO.

When entering a contest, it's important to understand the judging criteria.

Yeah it's more like asking the village wise man to read a letter to you, but he's also mostly illiterate and just makes stuff up.

Maximum Derek. 👍

…in service of his fantasy epic.

This is wrong. The the histories, cultures, etc. were in service of the conlangs. Sure, he eventually wrote some stories set in that world, but that wasn't the reason he created it.

"The West" has no desire to conquer Russia. That is a lie that Russians tell to justify their aggression.

Top left somewhat resembles a real life technique called half-swording.

For anyone who hasn't seen it:

TRON Legacy is the best Daft Punk music video.

The fun thing about this meme is that the film showed SGI's fsn file manager running on IRIX.

The Mierdas Touch.

But I use I/me pronouns for myself. That'll get confusing real quick.

My cabbage music!

There's a "cute AF" joke in here somewhere, but I can't quite put it together.

"Cable elves"? Ridiculous.

They're called machine elves, and if you want those pictures to come out you'll have to load that camera with DMT.

I have a wireless mouse that charges over USB. The way my desktop is setup it's more convenient to use a phone charger, so I do this unironically.

It's a Valinor expression.

To me, the real benefit of growth is the ability to have active communities focused on niche topics, like discussion of a single book series rather than a genre or books in general.

I don't know if it's possible get there without creating an Eternal September situation in the broader communities, but it would be nice if we could.

Clockwise, from "making".