web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:41:01 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Abi” https://topiclords.com/tags/abi Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week. en-us episodic The only place on the internet you can hear topics discussed! Jim Stormdancer Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week. yes Jim Stormdancer jim@goombas.org 239. Public Universal Snoopy https://topiclords.com/public-universal-snoopy 07eb98a7-ed02-4d64-b8a0-f2117e0ccaab Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Jim Stormdancer full Jim Stormdancer Lords: Abi and Eva. We discuss the year of Snoopy girls, whether living fossils are better than the rest of us, Helious, Certain Women, emulators on iOS, and Public Universal Friend. 50:13 yes Lords: * Abi * https://shielddoespixels.itch.io/ * Eva * https://eslee.bandcamp.com/ * https://eslee.itch.io/ * https://eslee.dev/portfolio/ Topics: * Will 2024 be the year of Snoopy girls? * https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/will-2024-be-the-year-of-snoopy-girls * https://www.deviantart.com/shenki/art/Human-Snoopy-393886831 * Are living fossils inherently better creatures or just really lucky? * Helious * https://www.mobygames.com/game/12740/helious/ * https://toot.cat/@smp * Certain Women * https://www.hazeljaneplante.com/songbook * Emulators are finally available for iOS, which is exciting until you realize you have to play Mario 64 with a touchscreen * Miko asks: "Public Universal Friend" Microtopics: * Working through mental struggles in the form of Zelda dungeons. * Donating to Red Cross for Snoopy Merch. * Snoopy's place in the cultural zeitgeist. * Transcending Peanuts. * Who doesn't want a fun bird friend? * Crocheting and knitting making a major comeback. * Every year is the year of Linux on the Desktop. * Influencers wearing a Snoopy merch. * NASA sending Snoopy to the Moon. * Giving your merch to NASA for free but charging the shit out of movie makers trying to make documentaries or authentic space movies. * Animals that are already so good they didn't need to keep evolving. * Leaving bacteria off your list because you couldn't even see them. * A little blobby thing. * Scientists trying to write for the general public. * Naming an organism after the concept of having three eyes when it only has two eyes. * Having two good eyes but evolving a third shitty eye just to annoy people. * Running executables of completely unknown provenance. * A game that was plausibly created by aliens if you haven't played very many interesting games. * Making up an incredible back story for your game to explain why you have no idea why colors work. * Good Wild Combo vs. Unused Insurance Bonus. * Looking up the artist of a work you loved in the 90s and they're still out there tooting. * Wizened game developers posting on social media about their farm animals. * Designing interfaces for the phone. * Finding out that a person made a work you loved and preferring to have imagined it came from space. * Striving to be a cozy follow. * Retweeting a thing that does not make people angry. * Putting the poise in poison. * Inherently terrifying bodies of water. * A big fish that's touching you now. * A level of repetition that is bordering on too much. * Songs of Love, Death and Pleasure. * Deliberately blurring the line between poems and songs. * The Emulators-on-iOS era. * Kirby Canvas Curse. * Playing Super Mario Land on a TI-84 calculator. * What old Nintendo games work well on an iPhone. * The EU repeatedly forcing Apple to get its shit together. * One- and two-thumbed smartphones. * The Society of Universal Friends. * The thought process that led to the creation of Human Snoopy. * The Cat Snoopy phenomenon. * Snoopy as a Psychonauts character. * Snoopy enjoying a pile of human femurs. * The Notorious PUF. * Someone who was interesting enough to enter the historical record. * An attempt to seize the Friend and carry them off in an oxcart. * The distinction between abstinence and celibacy, and whether it exists now or in the 19th century. * The Mouth of the Lord. * Naming yourself after a branch of the government. * DMing people on Discord. Lords:

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Working through mental struggles in the form of Zelda dungeons.
  • Donating to Red Cross for Snoopy Merch.
  • Snoopy's place in the cultural zeitgeist.
  • Transcending Peanuts.
  • Who doesn't want a fun bird friend?
  • Crocheting and knitting making a major comeback.
  • Every year is the year of Linux on the Desktop.
  • Influencers wearing a Snoopy merch.
  • NASA sending Snoopy to the Moon.
  • Giving your merch to NASA for free but charging the shit out of movie makers trying to make documentaries or authentic space movies.
  • Animals that are already so good they didn't need to keep evolving.
  • Leaving bacteria off your list because you couldn't even see them.
  • A little blobby thing.
  • Scientists trying to write for the general public.
  • Naming an organism after the concept of having three eyes when it only has two eyes.
  • Having two good eyes but evolving a third shitty eye just to annoy people.
  • Running executables of completely unknown provenance.
  • A game that was plausibly created by aliens if you haven't played very many interesting games.
  • Making up an incredible back story for your game to explain why you have no idea why colors work.
  • Good Wild Combo vs. Unused Insurance Bonus.
  • Looking up the artist of a work you loved in the 90s and they're still out there tooting.
  • Wizened game developers posting on social media about their farm animals.
  • Designing interfaces for the phone.
  • Finding out that a person made a work you loved and preferring to have imagined it came from space.
  • Striving to be a cozy follow.
  • Retweeting a thing that does not make people angry.
  • Putting the poise in poison.
  • Inherently terrifying bodies of water.
  • A big fish that's touching you now.
  • A level of repetition that is bordering on too much.
  • Songs of Love, Death and Pleasure.
  • Deliberately blurring the line between poems and songs.
  • The Emulators-on-iOS era.
  • Kirby Canvas Curse.
  • Playing Super Mario Land on a TI-84 calculator.
  • What old Nintendo games work well on an iPhone.
  • The EU repeatedly forcing Apple to get its shit together.
  • One- and two-thumbed smartphones.
  • The Society of Universal Friends.
  • The thought process that led to the creation of Human Snoopy.
  • The Cat Snoopy phenomenon.
  • Snoopy as a Psychonauts character.
  • Snoopy enjoying a pile of human femurs.
  • The Notorious PUF.
  • Someone who was interesting enough to enter the historical record.
  • An attempt to seize the Friend and carry them off in an oxcart.
  • The distinction between abstinence and celibacy, and whether it exists now or in the 19th century.
  • The Mouth of the Lord.
  • Naming yourself after a branch of the government.
  • DMing people on Discord.

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Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Working through mental struggles in the form of Zelda dungeons.
  • Donating to Red Cross for Snoopy Merch.
  • Snoopy's place in the cultural zeitgeist.
  • Transcending Peanuts.
  • Who doesn't want a fun bird friend?
  • Crocheting and knitting making a major comeback.
  • Every year is the year of Linux on the Desktop.
  • Influencers wearing a Snoopy merch.
  • NASA sending Snoopy to the Moon.
  • Giving your merch to NASA for free but charging the shit out of movie makers trying to make documentaries or authentic space movies.
  • Animals that are already so good they didn't need to keep evolving.
  • Leaving bacteria off your list because you couldn't even see them.
  • A little blobby thing.
  • Scientists trying to write for the general public.
  • Naming an organism after the concept of having three eyes when it only has two eyes.
  • Having two good eyes but evolving a third shitty eye just to annoy people.
  • Running executables of completely unknown provenance.
  • A game that was plausibly created by aliens if you haven't played very many interesting games.
  • Making up an incredible back story for your game to explain why you have no idea why colors work.
  • Good Wild Combo vs. Unused Insurance Bonus.
  • Looking up the artist of a work you loved in the 90s and they're still out there tooting.
  • Wizened game developers posting on social media about their farm animals.
  • Designing interfaces for the phone.
  • Finding out that a person made a work you loved and preferring to have imagined it came from space.
  • Striving to be a cozy follow.
  • Retweeting a thing that does not make people angry.
  • Putting the poise in poison.
  • Inherently terrifying bodies of water.
  • A big fish that's touching you now.
  • A level of repetition that is bordering on too much.
  • Songs of Love, Death and Pleasure.
  • Deliberately blurring the line between poems and songs.
  • The Emulators-on-iOS era.
  • Kirby Canvas Curse.
  • Playing Super Mario Land on a TI-84 calculator.
  • What old Nintendo games work well on an iPhone.
  • The EU repeatedly forcing Apple to get its shit together.
  • One- and two-thumbed smartphones.
  • The Society of Universal Friends.
  • The thought process that led to the creation of Human Snoopy.
  • The Cat Snoopy phenomenon.
  • Snoopy as a Psychonauts character.
  • Snoopy enjoying a pile of human femurs.
  • The Notorious PUF.
  • Someone who was interesting enough to enter the historical record.
  • An attempt to seize the Friend and carry them off in an oxcart.
  • The distinction between abstinence and celibacy, and whether it exists now or in the 19th century.
  • The Mouth of the Lord.
  • Naming yourself after a branch of the government.
  • DMing people on Discord.

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