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Okay folks, based on the responses to the survey the NC meetup will be Saturday May 23d at noon. Location is being sent out to people who supplied their e-mails, it’s a spot in downtown close to the train station … Continue reading Raleigh NC Meetup Thread
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Post your predictions, reactions, and friendly chirps here! Continue reading 2026 NHL Stanley Cup / PWHL Walter Cup Playoffs Thread
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Welcome, one and all to the 2026 NBA Playoffs 16 teams have battled it out for 82 games in last 7 months, and they have 16 more wins to be called Champions. But some questions remain: Will the Oklahoma City … Continue reading 2026 NBA Playoffs Thread
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
Just seventeen more matches and we have the crème de la crème of the nominations – then the real tournament begins! Continue reading Best Disney Villain Tournament: Round One, Part Three
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss games that we liked once upon a time but that haven’t aged well, or that we don’t like these … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Aged Badly
Those whacky kids at K-Tel put together this huge 3 LP collection of “Today’s Super Greats”. I have to say I am continually tickled by how often they would dip into their thesaurus and just throw together words SUPER GREAT … Continue reading The 7 May Day Thread of “Today’s Super Greats” by K-Tel
Let’s chat about suits of armor and the characters who wear them. What are the best and worst armors in comics? Continue reading Comic Book Conversations: Suits of Armor
On September 25, 1957, Karl Patterson Schmidt received a package from the Lincoln Park Zoo at his office in Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. Schmidt was one of the world’s most renowned herpetologists, known for personally traveling to the … Continue reading History Thread: Please Don’t Squeeze the Boomslang!
This week’s discussion prompt: Bands referencing themselves, their band name or previous acts they were involved with in song or band names(I prompted this before Ex started his day thread series, sorry ex) Have you discovered any new music or … Continue reading Weekly Music Thread by the weekly thread Weekly Music Thread by the topic Weekly Music Thread
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month means it’s You Get May?! over at the Couch Avocados column. Every header will be about Warrior, a show Asian Americans needed when anti-Asian hate was on the rise. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – You Get May?! 7, 2026
Well, let’s take a moment to pull out the old phone, such a wonderful device to keep me connected to the world, and see what’s going on… Yeah, that tracks. There’s a lot going on and the firehose of insanity … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Checks Its Phone For The Latest News
This was the least disturbing screenshot of Baby Rapper I could take. Continue reading Ladies and Gentlemen, Baby Rapper Night Thread!
Welcome to this week’s thread! As always, anything related to dating, relationships, intimacy and so on is fair game and welcome. And of course, as usual: This is supposed to be a space to talk about intimacy and sex and … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex (05/06/2026)
Here are today’s contestants: – Lauren Black, a sales assistant originally from San Jose, California; – Tristan Williams, a data scientist originally from Lincoln, Nebraska; and – Shannon Crisenbery, a data annotator from St. Clair, Michigan. Shannon is a one-day … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., May 6
Writing Groups: are you in one? Continue reading Writing Discussion Thread is Discussing
May the Tolerable Discussions Be With You Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 5/6/2026
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 Keeps a Secret (5/6/26)
For Help and Crisis resources, refer to the link in the Health and Identity tab at the top of the page, or click here Sometimes we need to talk about some things. This is a phenomenally caring and kind group, and … Continue reading Mental Health Thread – May 6th 2026
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I haven’t featured a J-drama in the header recently, so today I’m going to share the Life in Smokey Blue (Smoke Blue no Ame Nochi Hare スモークブルーの雨のち晴れ). Based on the … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 6, 2026)
Episode #081: Madman In what promises to be the snappiest episode of the podcast to date, we do a deep dive into the early years of Mike Allred’s signature creation, Frank Einstein (sometimes but not exclusively also known as “Madman” … Continue reading The Iron Age of Comics
This is terribly a generic title. Kind of all over the place. Only two things I want to say: 1.) I hate “Crocodile Rock” with a passion, and 2.) I love any excuse to post this: A1 Gary Glitter– Do … Continue reading The 6 May Day Thread of “Fantastic” by K-Tel
Once again, it’s Wednesday, so let’s discuss comics! What are you reading, buying, collecting, and just generally thinking about? For additional, regular comic content here at the Avocado: Every Thursday, I’ll prompt a Comic Book Conversation. Every first and third … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 06-MAY-2026
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