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Yes, I was on a certain nationally televised gameshow being broadcast for the first time today. For the record, I was (and still am) pretty nervous about the whole thing. By making this info public, y’all get to know my … Continue reading ImpromptuJ’s Jeopardy! Appearance Thread
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For the lucky seventh year in a row, the Avocado is hosting a live online seder. Seder is the traditional service for the Jewish holiday of Passover But as always, everyone, Jewish or gentile, is invited! Passover is the eight-day-long … Continue reading Avocado Seder VII Remake Intergrade
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You may have seen me referring to “my show” or the big project I’ve been working on for five years. Well — here it is! Stranded in the year 2000 after a botched experiment, depressed and dysfunctional physicist Sarah has … Continue reading DISPLACED: a comedy web series by me
I’m This is a safe space: a space for women+ to come together as we are. All of our wants, needs, thoughts, feelings, experiences, losses, successes etc. are welcome. We are here to support each other during trying times and … Continue reading Weekly Women’s+ Thread
Here are today’s contestants: – Jeff Bienstock, a musical theater writer from Brooklyn, New York (Jeff’s personal account of his appearance on the episode can be found here: https://the-avocado.org/2026/03/26/impromptujs-jeopardy-thread/); – Donna Vaughan Singer, a radio news anchor from Long Island, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Mar. 26
Don’t forget…Some things mustn’t be forgotten. Continue reading Afraid and Alone #13: Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010)
We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24 For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked based on how many upvotes they got out of everyone who … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 4
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite deserts in video games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Deserted
Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. Continue reading March 26th Day Thread is Purple!
Last fall, we did a little series of monsters in comics and now I’d like to do a little series on fantasy creatures whether they’re in a fantasy setting or not. So we’ll get started with dragons. What are your … Continue reading Comic Book Conversations: Dragons
This week’s optional discussion topic: historical blunders. Can include military blunders, like the idiotic Gallipoli campaign depicted in the header image, or political, economic or even personal decisions that were disastrous. Not that we’re living through any such moments at … Continue reading Wonders, History Thread? Or Blunders?
This week’s discussion prompt: bands that got hyped big but never seemed to reach the crowd they were set to get that you love Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread flops but finds their fans
We started off on Monday, not sure we could do another week of this, and here we are, Thursday already. That just means it’s almost time to get to Friday! And then? Friday politics! And weekend birb politics! Today is … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Getting Natural
Wonder Man star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is having a much better week than the Star Trek franchise and Moses Moody. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – March 26, 2026
“Carnivore” is a song by Carnivore from the album Carnivore (1985) NOTE: Lyrics may not be suitable for work Have a Great Night Thread, Avocado! Continue reading Carnivore by Carnivore from Carnivore Night Thread
Hey folks! This is a very special episode! We interviewed Avocado regular Ben Ward, writer and designer on the recently-released Earth Must Die, about the design and creative process behind the game. We also chatted a lot about Avatar. For … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #118: Upgrading Your Jockstrap
This month saw the return of Scrubs to the world with a new season. This didn’t attempt to reboot or start fresh, but rather just continue on, albeit quite a few years later. I wanted to have a space for … Continue reading I Can’t Do This On My Own: A Scrubs Discussion Space
Here are today’s contestants: – Tallulah Pollard, a recent engineering graduate from Mount Airy, Maryland; – Thayer Warne, an editorial director from Denver, Colorado; and – Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is an … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Mar. 25
We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24 For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked based on how many upvotes they got out of everyone who … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 3
Last TD of March. Make it good. Or don’t, I’m not your supervisor Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 3/25/2026
Welcome back to the weekly Tabletop Games thread! This thread is where we can talk about all kinds of RPGs, card games, board games, etc. Whether you gather around a physical table in the real world, or use a virtual … Continue reading The Tabletop Games Thread Reads Your Backstory (3/25/26)
