351. The Flushable Soda Can

From Topic Lords by Jim Stormdancer

July 13, 2026 · 59 min

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including video games, soda, and social media.

Lords: Chall RT-55J https://samarantes.neocities.org/ https://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=878 Topics: Remembering the Dynowarz Instagram private server, and social media thoughts every Mastodon user had already Why don't CPUs do analog arithmetic? Leaves, by Ursula LeGuin https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148293/leaves-5bd9e153d78b2 Microtopics: DogTroid, the first Metroid ROM hack to star a dog. Self-finishing games. Sparkling water: it's like water but a lot more interesting. Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi. What sodas foam the most in response to a mento. Foam persistence. Foaminess reactions of a mento on various vintagesn of Diet Coke. Jolt Cola: all the sugar, twice the caffeine, three times the foam. A can of soda that's safe to open in a bathroom stall. Artisanal Coca Cola cans on Etsy that finally allow you to open a can of soda in a bathroom stall without anyone realizing you're drinking a Coke on the toilet. Flushable soda cans: as flushable as a flushable wipe. Why do toilets have pee traps when the pee deserves to be free? The second worst game in your NES collection. Desert Chrome title screens. Playing as a little spaceman until you enter the dinosaur mech…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Stormdancer

Topics covered

video games
soda
analog arithmetic
social media
game design
ROM hacks
caffeine

Keywords

Dynowarz
Mastodon
analog arithmetic
soda
video games
ROM hacks
caffeine
Ursula LeGuin
DogTroid
flushable soda cans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mastodon

Products: Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi, Jolt Cola, Diet Coke, Artisanal Coca Cola cans, DogTroid, flushable soda cans, sparkling water, mento, Desert Chrome, Nanosaur

Books & works: Leaves

Places: bathroom stall, 8bitnintendo.science