And because i know people won’t even bother to click and check the article itself i’m gonna screencap it, it’s fairly short, give it a read:
tl;dr: the article’s point isn’t “corporate satire is not funny anymore as in “we should stop making fun of corporations””, the article’s point is “corporate satire is not funny as in “it’s extremely depressing to live in a capitalistic hellhole and corporate satire aims more to poke fun at that without actually making you think about our world or giving you hope for a better future, and therefore it’s just lost its bite””
banish the idea that platonic love is a lesser form of love
if you go through life not investing in your friendships the same way you invest in romantic relationships, you will always be looking for love, feeling lonely, completely blind to the love all around you
friendship is not a lower level relationship. it is not a lesser form of love.
Controversial opinion, but ur allowed to like things that suck
Like, sometimes there are just shows or books that are so goddamn awful for any number of reasons… But ya still like ‘em somehow, and that’s fine
It’s not required to write a 20+ page essay defending why you enjoy something shitty, you can just… Enjoy shitty things
Not all content is made equally and you’re allowed to like things that are far from perfect
Like, just, “This show sucks, but I like it anyway” is a totally valid response
“It’s comforting,” is a legit answer.
“I like reading about clothes,” is a legit answer.
“it’s brain popcorn, and I don’t feel like delving into something deep,” is a legit answer.
“I’ve read it so many times I can basically recite it, and it relaxes me by being familiar,” is a legit answer.
You don’t need to justify your taste. Stop feeling guilty about liking things, or liking the “wrong” things. Life is hard and bleak right now, get fun where you can.
hey just a reminder that The Dodo (the publication not the actual extinct bird) is at least partially owned by PETA, consistently shares “cute” animal videos of genuine animal/human endangerment (”this couple adopted a puma and treat it like a big housecat”, etc), and is extremely anti-zoo, even in the context of conservation. so like. maybe stop sharing stuff from them. there’s plenty of other places to get cute animal content.
we all know that if you censor a word with an asterisk, that does the opposite of hiding it for people who might want to avoid the content, right?
Like, if you censor the word “sex” as “s*x”, this ensures that a blacklist featuring the word “sex” will not catch it.
Censoring words with asterisks should be for stuff you want people to be able to SEE but not SEARCH for–for example, if you wanted to talk about st*r w*rs on your blog without the post showing up in the star wars tag where people might come kick your kneecaps over liking adam driver, or whatever.
But I’m seeing a lot of people censoring words that are common trigger warnings with asterisks, and that is the OPPOSITE of helpful. You should always use the actual words in your post, because then they’ll SHOW UP ON PEOPLE’S BLACKLISTS and those who might be triggered by them WILL NOT HAVE TO SEE THEM.
If you have severe arachnophobia, for example, it’s not going to be less upsetting to see an in-depth discussion of spider eating habits on your dash if the post is talking about sp*ders. It’s not the i that freaks you out, it’s the fucking spider discussion, which is still completely visible? thanks to that asterisk?
speaking of blacklists, we all know that the tumblr update is slowly going to roll xkit away from us, so if you really rely on yours, it’s a good idea to back that shit up on the native tumblr blacklist.
Shamelessly yoinked from facebook, but it’s hard not to see our current pandemic panic in these words from C.S. Lewis:
“How are we to live in an atomic age?” I am tempted to reply: “Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land and cut your throat any night; or indeed, as you are already living in an age of cancer, an age of syphilis, an age of paralysis, an age of air raids, an age of railway accidents, an age of motor accidents.” … “the first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs.
They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.”
Shamelessly yoinked from facebook, but it’s hard not to see our current pandemic panic in these words from C.S. Lewis:
“How are we to live in an atomic age?” I am tempted to reply: “Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land and cut your throat any night; or indeed, as you are already living in an age of cancer, an age of syphilis, an age of paralysis, an age of air raids, an age of railway accidents, an age of motor accidents.” … “the first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs.
They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.”
thanks! It’s a complete copy of others traits I picked up along the way to fill the empty shell of the person I am!
That…that’s what personalities are? You don’t shoot out the womb with wit and charm, you learn and adapt and accumulate your personality from the people you surround yourself with. Everyone is a mishmash of things they like about other people!
Good point actually, I didn’t think of it like that
ifesbob 