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It’s spooky season! Not least of which because for some of you, it’s still eighty degrees outside. That doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy Halloween, though. For those of you that are celebrating, here’s a dedicated space to show off … Continue reading It’s an Avocado Halloween!
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Giftmas 2026 is Sunday, December 13th! Continue reading Giftmas 2026 in Progress!
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Whether you’ve been here since the beginning, joined us this year, or have never posted before today, this is the thread to introduce yourself! The Avocado is a wonderful community full of interesting people, but we don’t always cross paths … Continue reading Introduce Yourself!
Yeah this one might get bittersweet… Continue reading The Night(mare) Thread Before Christmas Salutes its Original Narrator
My search for an appropriate Halloween photo for this week’s thread made me realize yet again how deeply sad the internet is these days. Generative AI has ruined image searches everywhere. Every image has the same terrible AI font, the … Continue reading The NFL Week 8 Thread Remains Spooky
Here are today’s contestants: – Sarah Sinclair, a product manager from Seattle, Washington; – Andrew Medlin, a high school teacher from Shreveport, Louisiana; and – Stefanie Landeweer, a chemistry professor from Lexington Park, Maryland. Stefanie is a one-day champ with … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Oct. 29
From Variety: Patrick Stewart, the bald-headed English actor with impressive stage and film credits who will nevertheless be remembered most for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and as Professor Charles Xavier in the … Continue reading Patrick Stewart Memorial Thread
Thanks to everyone who nominated songs for the Neil Young Artist Tournament. In a sense, they were all winners. In a more accurate sense, only a select group of songs were the winners. Please upvote your favourites in the comments sections to determine which songs will reach the next round. Continue reading Neil Young Artist Tournament: Round 1
Halloween! How are you celebrating? Continue reading The Avocado Parenting Thread Does Halloween
This post continues from Part I yesterday, in which I gave my thoughts on five films I saw at the Chicago Film Festival. Now here are five more! Tangles has been one of my most anticipated films since I … Continue reading Ten Films I Watched at the Chicago Film Festival (Part II)
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite scary games. (I’m confident we’ve done this prompt before, but it’s too good to pass up for … Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread #2 is Scared
Finally we’re getting into the ones I mostly have positive stuff to say about. A lot of Floyd fans don’t really like Ummagumma. The band themself don’t really seem to like it much, no tracks from it appear on subsequent … Continue reading The Day Thread Ranks the Albums of Pink Floyd, #12
The History Thread makes its return after a SPOOKY hiatus! To get into the Halloween spirit, discuss your favorite scary stories from history! Ghosts, goblins, vampires, cryptids or just frightening jerks. Continue reading The History Thread Does the Monster Mash
What are your favorite and least favorite characters who are best known for going through a body transformed by science or magic? Are they a were-something or a super-powered form or a man-something? What are some memorable occasions where an … Continue reading Comic Book Conversations: Body Transformations
Attention on heck! Don’t try to adjust your viewscreens, person-hell and boo-tenants! What you’re seeing isn’t a creepy clone, a hellish hologram, or a strangely specific alternate universe! For the month of October, we’ll be taking a spine-chilling stroll through … Continue reading You Spooky Trek to Me? – “Alice”
For my review of the original release, see here: Album Spotlight: The Beatles–Rubber Soul My initial thought about a Super Deluxe Edition of Rubber Soul was: “What are they going to include?” Because, quite honestly, most of the noteworthy outtakes from … Continue reading Where Did You Go: Rubber Soul Super Deluxe Edition Album Review
This week’s discussion prompt: songs about moving or leaving cities Have you discovered any new music or new-to-you music lately? Have you rediscovered any old music lately? Been to any concerts, or stumbled upon any good concert videos? Read any … Continue reading Movin out, (Weekly Music Thread’s song)
Thursday is here, and we’re making sure it’s here on time. This week has seen a lot more information coming out about building trends, which are a bit more reliable as we get into the final days before an election. Things … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Counting Down The Days
Happy Halloween, and make sure to hide your candy from this hungry green couch. Continue reading Couch Avocrawldos: TV Disgusting Thread – October 29, 2026
Society is corrupt. Everyone knows it, but no one does anything about it — except you. Maybe your goal is to change fate. Maybe your goal is to change hearts. Maybe your goal is to change everything. Day One will … Continue reading Werewolf 251: Take Your Heart (A Persona 5 Game): Day One
This movie has a lot of characters, okay? Continue reading Nurse Nancy Night Thread
Here are today’s contestants: – Spencer Murphy, an endocrinologist from Menlo Park, California; – Stefanie Landeweer, a chemistry professor from Lexington Park, Maryland; and – Shannon Leigh Godwin, an interior designer from Oakland, California. Shannon is a three-day champ with … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed. Oct. 28
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 (10/28/2026)
