Plates · 82 × 35
way5-beastie
@dioscuri tweet, 2026-06-19 — https://x.com/dioscuri/status/2067891242348773729
The plate
Fig. 182 across, 35 down.
The grid itself
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CATEGORY · well-formed adjectives · fits flush, no gaps │
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│
rhetorical historical comical │ whimsical
▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ ▢▢▢▢▢ │ ▢▢▢▢▢
snug snug snug │ snug
│
─────────────────────────────────────┘ ← the tidy shelf ends here
and then there is THIS:
n e w a r r i v a l
.--------------------------.
| it will not sit flush |
'--------------------------'
_____
/ o o \ ╭─ "...is it -ical? is it not?
| >< | │ i'm BOTH. i'm neither.
| \____/ | │ i'm the joke and the wince."
\______/ ╰─
| | |
________| | |_____ ( ◞ awkward + comical )
| half in | | \ ( ◞ a -ical that did
| the box | | out > not quite earn it )
|____________| |_____ /
/\ \ \
/ \ \ \____ one leg
▟▘ ▝▙ ▗▄▄▟ ▘ too short,
stable tipping... on purpose
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║ a w k i c a l (n. coined 2026) ║
║ the creature that fits no shelf it's on ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝ When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.