Chris Chapman

Sometimes capable of basic adult tasks. I tweet more at @retrohistories than here. He/him.

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

ditto here I guess

[Progress Bar 2026 @ProgressBar202_]

2023 is 0% complete.

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

From Oslo, happy new year!

[Simon Parkin @SimonParkin]

Josh Widdicombe became a father while shooting. One day he arrived at his dressing room to find a task addressed to his newborn daughter. He opened the envelope and broke down in tears. The task read: “Have the best life. Your time starts now.”
https://t.co/AFAYrNrKD8

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

same procedure as every year

[Chris Chapman @retrohistories]

In 2004, Activision released a buggy, broken mess of an RPG. It sold very poorly. That should have been the end of it.
It wasn't.
Link in reply. (Signal boosts are appreciated!)

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

https://t.co/rO1mY587de

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

stop doing it then

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

A wren’s voice.. 😊

🎥 IG/TW: @LawrenceChatton https://t.co/qW63vcSVCa

[Clarence Simpson ➡️ Bsky @StoicHamster]

#FunFact Tic-Tac-Toe is mechanically equivalent to having 9 cards numbered 1-9, and letting 2 players take turns drafting cards with the goal of getting 3 cards whose sum is exactly 15.

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

As a…
– consumer
I want…
– marginally discounted products
so that…
– I consume

#BlackFriday #BlackFridayBrandOff #Brands #ConsumerSpending #engagement #Marketing

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

London are you okay buddy

[Puds @havingalaugh]

posting a single "lol" in the groupchat while everyone's riffing

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

@DrazGames saw the best point about this the other day. now it lives in my screenshot folder for moments like these

[TJ Cooney 🚀 @TJ_Cooney]

Orion leaving earth (timelapse)

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

Looking at Wikipedia’s list of British Prime Ministers, and it’s a free-for-all for vandalism.

For instance, apparently this year there was a PM called “Liz Truss”???

Admins, sort it out.

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

(the joke is funny because in gambling/gaming parlance a whale is someone who spends way too much money on someth

[Chris Chapman @trioptimum]

fail whale (n.)

1. (2006–2013) a visual depiction of an error, used by Twitter when servers were temporarily unable to respond to an HTTP request.

2. (2022–) Elon Musk.