Sports gambling should be legal but you should have to go to an actual building to do it and it should be so off-putting and sad youβll never want to do it again
'he would never do that' 'that's too OOC' listen if someone can draw fanart of blorbos as sentient blobs with a little heart between them and you get it I can write an irredeemable villain as a sensitive cat dad with partial blindness, incredible BDSM etiquette, and emotional awareness, fuck you.
Canβt believe nobody wanted to read the articles nobody bothered to write
Bill Murray in Groundhog Day wearing a hockey mask saying Well itβs Friday the 13thβ¦ again
A tumblr post from orteil42 (cookie clicker dev) that says: am i losing the drive to create things for an increasingly alien and hostile world whose mounting taste for fascism feels like a cold metal vise around my skull or am i just lazy and unmedicated and looking for excuses
Sorry for the lack of activity itβs literally just this
It's really wild to me that I'm catching blocks for interacting with content that says censorship is bad.
So, let's lower the rent a little here:
Censorship is bad. Letting the government and pay pros tell you what you can and can't create or spend money on is so phenomenally bad.
Btw, if it's not clear:
The tactic the right is using rn is to start censoring fetishes and kinks that are generally accepted to be "bad" or "gross" by most people to slowly warm us up to the idea of censoring all sexual expression online.
Don't fall for this by going "this is actually based!!"
the main reason he said that is because both his mom and sister are in the ballet world, so he was probably just being misogynistic
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quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend
www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
worth remembering, David Lynch directed βfix your hearts or dieβ specifically at transphobes. it wasnβt a generic βno mean people allowedβ statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.
Well, this was unexpected but Vulture (aka my day job) cross-posted today's newsletter essay about TimothΓ©e and the existential crisis film is in.
www.vulture.com/article/film...
KOSA: government censorship and age verification crap
Screen Act: age verification crap and government surveillance
KIDS ACT: government surveillance
Interstate Obscenity Definition Act: this bullshit bill will ban all porn even if the people in it are over 18
my family: are you ever gonna tell us what those stories you write online are about?
me:
This is an excellent rule for storytelling but also implies that Philip Pullman witnessed the death of God as a boy.
for me βdoom scrollingβ is actually just the pathological hunt for the first piece of news that indicates this whole unbearable moment is about to unravel
it has finally arrived..... the new #hannibal #antichristau chapter...... enjoy my children archiveofourown.org/works/634827...
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
"they have a genetic advantage" even if true, I have some news about every single person in the world who is really really good at sports
OpenAI andβ¦the United States Militaryβ¦are teaming up to notify YOU that your son has been KILLED IN ACTION. Click here to speak with your son via AI one last time
really tired of conversations about how we need to get people to spend more time offline that don't acknowledge that one of the reasons people ARE online is their access needs aren't being met in physical spaces. This is especially true for queer people and disabled people.
the two phases of writing: (1) writing and (2) wandering aimlessly like an unmoored ghost and complaining about not writing
Every trans person is like "I knew something was up before I had the words to describe it and had to fight for this for years" and every transphobe is like "one conversation with a doctor could have convinced me to get the walrus surgery from the movie 'The Walrus'"
If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.
by age 26 you should have:
β’ an unhealthy attachment to a fictional character
β’ weird relationship with the media you loved as a teenager
β’ a friend from a completely different part of the world that you never met IRL but youβd trust with your life
After giving my talk on costuming the gothic in cinema I was talking to my parter about it and I was explaining the development of the gothic as a genre and how it became condensed and consolidated over time
Itβs funny if you call PayPal or visa lines and bring this up asking why they claim βadult illustrationsβ is against their regulations but betting on the death of kids is totally fine. They donβt have an answer.
In fact yall should call them at least once a day with this :)
