Agitated Platypus

Just some 25 year old nerdy gay guy from Maryland. Feel free to send me a message:)

[thcgummy-deactivated20211107]

[dottiep]

[boy-obsesed-barbie]

Queen!

[madmaxies]

i agree that jameela makes great points at times, but she’s also the same woman who thinks the likes of laverne cox are women just because they identify that way. you can’t be a woman who calls out the deep-seated misogyny of society while also saying that any male who “feels” like a woman is one, and his opinions on womanhood automatically become relevant.

[cloudfreed]

I hope you and all TERFs shit your pants in public too.

[thelittlemerms]

buddy her thinking trans women are women is a bonus not a flaw 

[official-lucifers-child]

i was expecting something actually bad and harmful when they started talking like “but she thinks vaccines cause autism” not “she knows trans women are women”

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Spell to make t*rfs shit their pants in public; like to charge, reblog to cast.

[rocktheholygrail]

There are so many unintended consequences to well-intentioned actions. It feels like a game you can’t win.

[rocktheholygrail]

#CHIDI WAS RIGHT

[cosmik-homo]

The Good Place really went with making their new Point ‘there is no ethical consumption under capitalism’ and I respect that

[paxamericana]

'Woke up sweating': Some Texans shocked to find their smart thermostats were raised remotely

Some said they didn't know their thermostats were being accessed from afar until it was almost 80 degrees inside their homes.

Without anyone touching it, they said their thermostat was changed while they were sleeping, making their home unbearably hot.

“Was my daughter at the point of overheating?” English said. “She’s 3 months old. They dehydrate very quickly.”

His wife received an alert on her phone soon after that. The family said their thermostat had been changed remotely, raising the temperature of their home during a three-hour “energy saving event.”

The family’s smart thermostat was installed a few years ago as part of a new home security package. Many smart thermostats can be enrolled in a program called “Smart Savers Texas.” It’s operated by a company called EnergyHub.

The agreement states that in exchange for an entry into sweepstakes, electric customers allow them to control their thermostats during periods of high energy demand. EnergyHub’s list of its clients include TXU Energy, CenterPoint and ERCOT.

[eilooxara]

I’m reminded of a discussion I had in an engineering class about clean energy technology back in grad school.

They were saying “oh wouldn’t it be cool to have a smart energy grid with surge pricing, to spread out the load on the grid”

And I’m like “no”

And they’re like “WHAT”

And they didn’t seem to get that poor people who absolutely can’t afford surge pricing, and also would be in danger during a heat wave, exist

And deserve to live

They’re like “but it would be GOOD for poor people because they’d be able to lower their energy usage at peak hours and save money overall”

But like

That’s not how being poor works?

Poor people don’t have as much control over their schedules as non-poor people! They can’t just cook their dinner two hours later because electricity is too expensive right now, they just worked a twelve hour shift and need to get to bed!

Poor people are more likely to be chronically ill and really not able to “tough it out” during surge pricing times!

The whole “if we all make little sacrifices here and there, we can Help Save The Earth™” thing is making some big assumptions about what sacrifices are possible to make, and enforcing it with pricing doesn’t actually help the environment, it just hurts the poor

I know this is a tangent and not what the above post is actually about but it’s a similar kind of thing

“spread out the load” does not work in a society where systemic inequality exists

[i-fear-neither-death-nor-pain]

Tangent or not, this is an extremely good point

[sabanasblancasuniverse-deactiva]

[theevenprime]

This is universal. This comedy transcends time and language.

[pyros-random-thoughts]

Hes right

[balamist]

#my guy lost knife priviledges real fast

[santijpg-gone-deactivated202303]

[fullmetalfisting]

this is just what gerrymandering in the US looks like 

[byelacey]

i want to be annoyed that the bi loveseat is just a fun and quirky reminder that biphobia exists but the creepy plastic hands combined with a “nobody believes you” cushion just makes it fucking immaculate biphobia horror couch

[allycryz]

I love this but not for the intended reason

ń̶͓̮̝̝̗̝̭̗͎̝̪͎̹̝̽o̵̗͓̒́̐̃͘b̶̳̯̥̘͗̔̎̀͝o̵̢̡̺͈̘͖͈̥̤̖̭̓̌͋̅́͌̀̆͌͊̇̅͜͝d̷̨͈̝̼̃̉̍̾̾̌̃́͆̂̍ͅy̷̢̡̟̤̗̜͓͖̆͋͐̋̓̚ ̴̢͔̝̦̻͈̠̓̄̆̍̄̄͛͒͌b̷̡̧̼̖̹̯͍̰̔̐̎̿̊͜͠ê̵̹͍͈͙͍̹͙̬̱̗̳̈́͆̍́̈́̉͠͠ͅͅḷ̷̛̊̀͑͂̇̋͒ì̴͇̅̐̅̽̌͐̇͊̂̀̚͘͝ẽ̸̩̻͆̉̂͆͋́́͐̑͌̌̓͘͝v̷͕͕̓̈̎̀͆̔̒̌͆ͅĕ̵̡̬̩̦̯̠͎̠̫͍̻̳̥̲̍̇̐̃̈́̇͘̕ş̸̨̢̧͙̙͔̤̳̪͌̍̅͆͜ͅ ̴̮͎͖̗̲̘̠̫͚̓̈̐̉̄͊̄y̷̫̍̃́̈́̈́̈́͐͊̆̄͒̿͝ŏ̶̘̟͈͕̥̇̒̃̊͌̓̊ù̵͉͎̟̺͔͚̟̯̥̳̤̠͈̩͇͌͠

[elfyourmother]

I hate everyone that made me see this

[abandonrun]

several of these are like designed to never be sat on

[talysalankil]

Ikea union has something to say about these pride couches

[topherchris]

[3rdeyechakra]

Reblog to make a white gay big mad

[apicturewithasmile]

Reblog to make black queer people feel visible and supported (and also to make a white gay big mad)

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[frozenartscapes]

The same thing happened when Airbnb started as “you got a spare room? why not rent it out to a visitor for a few nights? you get some extra cash and they get a nice place to stay while they visit the city” and it immediately turned into “I’m gonna buy up every available unit in this condo building downtown and rent them out short term, contributing to massive rent increases, severe housing shortages, loud inconsiderate assholes treating places where people are supposed to live like cheap no-restriction hotels, and then bitch and moan when Airbnb gets banned from my building before just continuing on anyway”

[inthefallofasparrow]

Late January 2021: Reddit collapses the stock market Late March 2021: Big fat boat disrupts international trade Late May 2021: ‘Minions’ meme leads to universal healthcare Late July 2021: Sentient drones unionize, bankrupting Amazon Late September 2021: The blue man group eradicates coronavirus

[calenlily]

Likes charge, reblogs cast

[caatws]

[caatws]

here are a ton of asian american organizations you can donate to and support

asian and pacific islander american community members, report hate crimes and incidents here

[lgballt]

You guys are valid, whatever age you may be!                          

[dankmemeuniversity]

[foxbitesback]

pros of chubby tummies:

- soft

- squishy

- great to rest your head on

- amazing for tickling

- looks super cute

- love is stored in the tummy

cons of chubby tummies:

- none

- none whatsoever

- literally 0

[thestrawberrydreams]

[alberto-balsalm]

link to the relevant section on Wikipedia

[tyrantisterror]

Man I hope they cancel standardized testing, any education professional can tell you it’s a bunch of useless horseshit that does nothing except make students and teachers miserable while utterly failing to accurately gauge understanding.

[harriyanna-deactivated20221223]

“why yall gotta make everything about race?”

because everything is about race. you just upset cause we’re talking about it. 

[hawards]

these people get it