Always struck by British media where the class system comes into play bc characters have to constantly avoid seeming like they're trying to be above their station So having to precede an explanation with "I'm sure my lord is aware of--" bc god forbid you don't pretend they know more than you

The whole Conformity Gate thing re: Stranger Things is fascinating bc the exact same thing happened in the Sherlock fandom So there's now a whole *phenomenon* where fans go full conspiracy theorist mode to rationalize why a shitty finale was actually a bluff preceding a secret better finale

my god, my entire life I've been weirdly aware of how info is/isn't being framed, then working myself into a seething fit over the idea that someone thinks I'm dumb enough to trick with manipulative language And turns out ASD brains are far less susceptible to framing bias, it's a whole thing

I feel like you could probably kill someone by tricking them into eating enough chia seeds to cause an intestinal blockage. Like tell them eating 1-2 tbsp of dry chia seeds & following with a glass of water helps with weight loss. Thats it, thats my contribution to the feed

Having the most autistic internet argument of my life with a guy right now because I pointed out the chick stating she's 5'9 implies Warhammer Primarchs are ~17ft rather than 9ft tall on avg Meanwhile he's chosen "Actually she's 5'5" as his hill to die on. Ah my bad, 16'8 tall, you fuckin got me

Tyrone Power the First is such an incredible "this guy fucks" name

Replying to people talking about major mental health struggles with "Please take care of yourself, remember to drink water!" is so funny to me, it's the laziest bare bones method of telegraphing empathy Its the writing "hope you have a nice b-day" in your coworkers birthday card of wellness phrases

Man I love taking a bunch of melatonin and GABA supplements to put me to sleep at a reasonable time, then getting pissed the fuck off when they work because I want to keep Dicking Around

Maybe this is rude, but what's getting in the way of people writing dialogue that sounds organic? Like what's stopping them from letting the dialogue play out in their head, comparing it against their memories of real world human interaction and realizing "No one actually speaks like this"

I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.

You feel pretty good about making a tumblr where you can spew Warhammer hyperfixation shit, like oh this is getting engagement, how fun to find likeminded dorks And then you realize every single one of them is like "heyyy this is my blog dedicated to how much I want to cum in Perturabo's eyes"

You know some of those comments were like "It's really gross to flex like this, some of us aren't privileged enough to eat baby turtles. I, for one, never get to. Must be nice 🙄"

Roses are red Bees live in a hive So cute ur kids I wish my wife be aliveeee

I think David Bowie has the worst collection of music videos out of any artist. What if we zoomed in three times in a row while he crouches. What if we only shot him with upward angle closeups. What if the video quality was on par with the 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge footage.

Bro I can't take the nonstop references to kids media from the 2000s anymore I thought it was a fair point when gen z countered with "ok then stop making Simpsons references", but...I dunno, at least the Simpsons wasn't made for 7 y/o's? This is just gen z's version of Harry Potter shit.

Try to explain the difference between Antifa and Black Bloc to any chronically offline person over 40 without their eyes immediately glazing over challenge 2026

I do kind of dig the idea of having a Mickey 17 situation where me and a clone of myself fight to the death to see who gets to be Roo Prime If I was obscenely wealthy, this is how my weird shit would manifest. Not pedo islands or vampirism, just beating a clone of myself to death every 6mo

the energy i’m bringing to the new year

Applying for a job with ICE

I love how right-wing politics are entirely vibe based and function on some Phantom Tollbooth "If you think its real, then it is" principle and leftists are like "no yeah it's all really simple [pulls out gun] you're GONNA learn about Historical Materialism"

Just read "Farmers are by definition not capital owners, their wealth is land. Can commies get econ 101 shit right? Like even by accident?" Have you ever read a take so dumb, you have to bite your fist and scream to get the rage it generated out of your body before you're lost to madness

I wish someone told me when I was younger that making yourself indispensable to your job does not mean "tell your boss you're down to work holidays". They aren't grateful, they just feel entitled & replace you once you say no It means: be the only person there who knows how to use old software

Learned the French gov has a systemic version of white lib colorblindness where they don't collect data on race/ethnicity bc Universal Republicanism *technically* renders idpol obsolete Which is pretty bleakly funny for a country who'd have "super racist" in its top 3 Family Feud adjectives

I assume Chappell Roan did that Brigitte Bardot memorial post out of ignorance But its weird, I was under the impression "Brigitte Bardot prob wouldn't turn down the chance to drink the blood of a Libyan child" was the same kind of common knowledge factoid as "John Lennon beat his wife"

I feel like I turned every birthday party of mine as a kid into a hostage situation where, like, finally, everyone has to do shit my way But it just ends up being five sullen 10 y/o's asking if we can stop listening to Judith by A Perfect Circle after the 15th time and me serenely going "No 🙂"

A small victory for people and direct services organizations who help their unhoused neighbors in California: As of January 1, it should (theoretically!) be illegal to punish people for offering outreach and support.

Anybody else love those conversations you have with your worst ex's exes where you meet up to be like "Yeah no I've never had a problem with you, he's the problem, I just wanna see you thrive after what he did to you" and then you guys just brutally shit talk him together for 3hrs over coffee

Every year we get blasted with 60 year olds spending Xmas alone because all three of their adult children went No Contact, posting flash-on photos of Kraft mac n' cheese on a paper plate with "THIS IS BETTER, ACTUALLY, I PREFER THIS" And I just wanna know: why say anything. No one had to know

What owns about this is that -that's not media literacy is, they meant reading comprehension -if you had bad reading comprehension, you wouldn't have been able to deduce that Miette was a cat without it being explicitly stated. Like...people aren't dumb for using context clues.

ME: if a vampire went into space, would a nearby sun damage him? Does that count as sunlight? Is it a proximity thing? Because suns are stars but they're not harmed by starlight. Is it only our sun? Like is there Superman logic going on? THERAPIST: I thought you wanted to do cbt ME: no just this

Oh shit thats actually an incredibly good point

Oh shit its my birthday. Happy birthday, me, the littlest birthday guy

I keep seeing Brits/Europeans mocking Americans for being "fake nice" to service workers, like we're cringe & phony And its like no we're trying to make up for the 400 horrific interactions that service worker has had that day, there's an implication of "don't worry, *I'm* not gonna scream at you"

Remember the reason for the season

We are reaching new impossible levels of redefining antisemitism

Just found out Chatgpt is doing its own take on Spotify Wrapped

Imo that study that found people's baseline personalities lock in by 5 y/o definitely.holds water just based on the fact that, by 5 y/o, my heroes were -the Bald Mountain demon in Fantasia -Anjelica Huston's grand high witch -Michelle Pfieffer's catwoman Like...yeah. Agreed. Excellent choices, me

Got blocked for spoiling a plot beat from the movie Tár 3-4 years after it came out lol

Watching Tar and it's clear to me that, if I was that lady who kills herself, I would've handled it by instead allowing Cate Blanchett to be a demon who ruins my fucking life. This seems straightforward.

I love how right wingers think any allusion to progressive politics in media is "making it political" but never re: right-wing shit bc that doesn't even register on their radar, it just feels like baseline reality Which SHOULD be a big clue that they're not actually politically marginalized

I hadn't bothered listening to any new Morrissey music since Years of Refusal came out in 2009, so I gave Low in High School a shot And this album is like "I'm here with my heart wide open in Tel-Aviv, lonely and eating a sandwich in Israel, which should exist--", so: no I was right to stop in 2009

tech bros trying to convince everyone epstein is cool is so telling and interesting

Anybody else remember when somebody photoshopped a My Little Pony character into a picture of Auschwitz and a Brony earnestly posted "Seeing her like that, imagining her suffering, it's put things into perspective for me. I get why the Holocaust was bad now"

i sold my antipsychotic meds to buy my ai girlfriend a new model upgrade for christmas. but then i found out she sold her data center to buy me a gun

I enjoy whenever an entire household is beholden to the whims of one cat This animal just standing in the living room, screaming, while the human adults explain "Sorry, Gibby likes it when we smack his ass with a cardboard tube for 10mins at 6pm every day, hold on". That is good to me.

i thought sickoff might be a jewish last name and learned it is a non-jewish last name, but i also learned about a family with a last name that i would rather end my family line than pass down to my children

No matter how grim your holiday may be, someone out there is making it grimmer for themselves by choice