one of the big reasons to resist casual division of social classes in society, everything from private schools to ticket classes on transit, is that right wing ideology cannot survive within a human that has any sort of empathetic connection whatsoever with someone further down the ladder

it's really funny to me how like, we have established our feelings are mutual, we are in a romantic relationship, and yet when the new partner mentions offhand I'm cute or that they really like me, my brain is still like "ohmigod they also like me???" as if I hadn't ever realized this

every time I watch an episode of the Scrubs reboot I'm simply stunned that they managed to make the new show this good. like there's a few corny or cringe jokes in there but overall they've just really done a good job updating it and making new characters I actually care at all about

another glorious day of Jet Lag: Hide and Seek in the greatest American city on Earth awaits me and five of my dorkiest friends

can't argue with this.

There is a thrill in this. There guys are PUSHING SO HARD. They’re relentlessly doing interviews, writing articles and pushing propaganda. They’re used to everyone buying their bullshit!! But this time everyone’s like “nah”. It must feel inexplicable for them and that is so satisfying.

I put on an album on the way to work that I got obsessed with right after a breakup, expecting the album to turn out to be cringe, but nah it turns out Sad Dramatic Me had excellent taste a couple years ago, this shit's a bop

The social internet got turned into a giant dopamine farm by a handful of companies who literally hired the same psychologists who design casino floor layouts, and the policy-makers just threw up their hands and said "guess we better ban kids from using the internet then"

Getting rid of the headphone jack is up there with legalized gambling, re: the dissolution of society

I'm truly a nobody who never writes but I've been saying this for the better part of a year. We told programmers they were super geniuses but genuinely, the basics are extremely logical and repetitive, and almost anyone can do it.

It’s not hyperbole that part of what kept the queer liberation movement going in the Reagan era was the partying part of the “bury your friends in the morning, protest in the afternoon, and dance at night” schedule. Without joy there is no air left to fight

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

This new phone has been so weird for me, my screen protectors keep cracking which hasn't happened to me in like four phones. Maybe modern cases aren't designed for the thickness of a screen protector? But if i keep getting cracks and scratches on screen protectors I'm afraid to not have one on!

It’s crazy how many American adults on here haven’t figured out that the gun industry is selling a fantasy of empowerment in the same way that people who sell truck nuts are

"We already live in a world where you walk outside and there are billboards and signs that are obvious AI slop. That’s become part of our visual reality. To me, generative AI feels less like innovation than a symptom of a broader cultural and economic rot." I like this kid.

oh, you think autism makes social situations difficult? you want to know my hyperfixation? social interaction. checkmate, liberals.

CTA on bus digital signage is great but the time estimates are useless. They just say "yeah the next stop is a minute away" and don't even show time for the terminal, so you don't really learn anything

I am so sick of Big Tech bullshit. if you want to move fast and break things, start with your own bones

debating if just wearing AirPods without music all the time works better than loops

I'm so glad I can nap now it's fucking sick to take naps and I love it

you ever tear up when talking to a girl about how great your partner is

as regular readers may be able to tell (ha) I've been really fuckin rambly lately so I've been making myself stop fuckin replying so much to randos unless it's a really good one line zinger. so you'll see more random threads on main for a bit sorry

I probably read it somewhere and forgot but I coined a term "loreslop" in conversation recently to refer to the like post-social-media trend in media properties to indulge fandom's constant demands for Explain Everything at the direct expense of like, theme, allegory, plot, metaphor, symbolism, etc.

I think one aspect of like November 2024 Blueskyism we gotta grapple with is the whole thing where if someone talks shit about someone whose work they like, there is this like reflexive need for them to post and go "wait my buddy would never do that where do you get off"

I saw the digital circus finale, it's good, if I say anything else they will come get me, if you are a fan I would probably go see it as it's nice to be in a room full of gay weirdos when it happens

I've been such a weird dipshit this week, it's largely worked out, hooo boy I need sleep, life's pretty good

been doing a lot of touching grass lately

I dunno why I forget that an initial spark of romantic feelings is supposed to feel like being struck by lightning but it would save me a lot of stress if I just kind of wrote off all the dates that didn't hit a groove like that. "They seem nice and maybe I'll grow to like them", not enough!

you gotta be willing to shake things up and that's going to make a fucking mess. You can pick it up later, who cares. Try hormones, change your name, love someone new, break up with them too. Break it all down and rebuild a thousand times over.

My op-ed piece would be that the idea of a "perfect time" is misleading, especially for coming out. There's never a perfect time. That's not a real thing. You might fuck your life up a little or a lot. Waiting for a perfect time is wasted hours of incredibly meaningful, potentially ruinous beauty

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

This is the message. Any Democrat willing to sacrifice trans folks—especially kids—will sacrifice anything.

oh wow it's that thing that was only happening in everybody's heads

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

had a nice old school "maybe I should lay down for a bit" a little after 8, emerging from my bed ten hours later

expand public transit so you can go down to the bars with the boys more

It almost goes without saying that the Democrats will try to do the centrist thing in 2026 and 2028. Whether the party can steer a furious and increasingly radicalized electorate toward the imaginary politics we call centrism is ... uncertain. badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-...

“The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you”

homies forget about this roguelite

one piece is just Doctor Who for weebs

I'm like upset about how good the scrubs reboot is. when I go back and watch old scrubs often I'm like "oh I've outgrown this" but the scrubs reboot is like, as good as I think rewatching old episodes would be. it doesn't miss a beat. what a comfy little sitcom

most indie rock songs by men that are more than 7 minutes long are thinly veiled metaphors for edging

I luv you guys -drunk me probably

nothin makes you feel alive again like karaoke with your hot friends amirite ladies

this is just one more blatant example, and i’m glad some people are calling it out.

Does your local tech company understand consent? > Yes! > Maybe later