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someone please save me from going into work in five minutes please
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
someone please save me from going into work in five minutes please
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nice argument. unfortunately for you i have already portrayed you as the passed out and drooling sleeptime bear and me as the alert, confident and powerful throat cooler koala
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
nice argument. unfortunately for you i have already portrayed you as the passed out and drooling sleeptime bear and me as the alert, confident and powerful throat cooler koala
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
trying not to let being pissed off at the world take over my life! but i must not be trying hard enough! so tired of this sick stupid cowardly hateful country
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
trying not to let being pissed off at the world take over my life! but i must not be trying hard enough! so tired of this sick stupid cowardly hateful country
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People who don’t have sisters will never get to know the joy of begging them for advice on what to wear for a job interview, date, or party, then immediately disregarding their advice and wearing something completely different
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
People who don’t have sisters will never get to know the joy of begging them for advice on what to wear for a job interview, date, or party, then immediately disregarding their advice and wearing something completely different
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EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption
the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption
new phone case to give people in the know a subtle hint to not get me started about public transit
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
new phone case to give people in the know a subtle hint to not get me started about public transit
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Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
can't believe it's been a full decade since i lost my mind and saw the force awakens four times in theatres on opening weekend! even despite all the capital-D Discourse over the last ten years, i remain to this day a sequel defender
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
can't believe it's been a full decade since i lost my mind and saw the force awakens four times in theatres on opening weekend! even despite all the capital-D Discourse over the last ten years, i remain to this day a sequel defender
husband surprised me with a switch 2 for my birthday yesterday! what are we all playing?
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
husband surprised me with a switch 2 for my birthday yesterday! what are we all playing?
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As i've said before, the renaissance was just 15th century OnlyFans.
Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.
Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.
"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
As i've said before, the renaissance was just 15th century OnlyFans.
Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.
Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.
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Brave Grace Darling
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Brave Grace Darling
an older woman at work on monday told me i looked "very steampunk" (i was wearing a brown jumper?) and it's been haunting me since
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
an older woman at work on monday told me i looked "very steampunk" (i was wearing a brown jumper?) and it's been haunting me since
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I'm tired of people framing the crime of "aiding and abetting genocide" as imperfect or a purity test. It's not just a crime, but arguably the worst crime.
The Dems are far from perfect, but the vast majority of them seem to have the best interests of their constituents at heart, and they deserve support in an imperfect system. This cannot be said of the scum in the Rep party.
December 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I'm tired of people framing the crime of "aiding and abetting genocide" as imperfect or a purity test. It's not just a crime, but arguably the worst crime.
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Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
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Men aren't more lonely than women but the loneliness epidemic is real. Millions are in isolation, it's capitalist individualism, & disability is isolating. Lots of folks are really alone. But it's not gendered, that framing is patriarchy, babying men like their unhappiness is everyone else's burden.
According to Pew Research and a few other stats, the loneliness epidemic isn’t disproportionately affecting men over other genders.
I have a feeling that men have been the squeaky wheel over the last few years.
If anything, we have a loneliness epidemic because more people are (barely) surviving.
I have a feeling that men have been the squeaky wheel over the last few years.
If anything, we have a loneliness epidemic because more people are (barely) surviving.
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Men aren't more lonely than women but the loneliness epidemic is real. Millions are in isolation, it's capitalist individualism, & disability is isolating. Lots of folks are really alone. But it's not gendered, that framing is patriarchy, babying men like their unhappiness is everyone else's burden.
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Take the crystal— I cannot hold open the Patient Portal any longer! You must validate your insurance provider at least 10 minutes prior to your appointment!
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Take the crystal— I cannot hold open the Patient Portal any longer! You must validate your insurance provider at least 10 minutes prior to your appointment!
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my controversial take is that basil rathbone is the best sherlock holmes by a long shot and the only other argument i will entertain is jeremy brett MAYBE.
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
my controversial take is that basil rathbone is the best sherlock holmes by a long shot and the only other argument i will entertain is jeremy brett MAYBE.
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"The playbook here is familiar," @parkermolloy.com writes for HW. "Find a trans person in a position of minor institutional authority. Manufacture or amplify a confrontation. Blast it through the conservative media ecosystem until it becomes national news. Watch as institutions capitulate."
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"The playbook here is familiar," @parkermolloy.com writes for HW. "Find a trans person in a position of minor institutional authority. Manufacture or amplify a confrontation. Blast it through the conservative media ecosystem until it becomes national news. Watch as institutions capitulate."
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
bitch, i got married today
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
bitch, i got married today