Form and Composition

Nothing moves. Where would it go?

[eightyonekilograms]

what should I read if I feel like a hollow vessel with no authentic desires, gliding immaterially through life like a wraith

[astral-logistics-assn]

>#non joke

John Irving and Tom Robbins seemed to help. Admittedly, this was 20-30 years ago.

[avantgarden-er]

damn [PRONOUN] your pussy is crazy!

the pussy:

[astral-logistics-assn]

Self-rearranging insides.

[jetix]

Would you give up the ability to sleep ever again to never get tired either?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 6

[astral-logistics-assn]

Problem: If we ever actually do cure sleep, employers will just start insisting on 12-16 hour shifts.

[crowns-of-violets-and-roses]

Discussions of trans women in sports often focus on elite/professional sports which honestly I find it hard to care about but the more common scenario of “we’re going to legally ban a high school girl from playing sports with her friends because she’s trans” is just profoundly evil

[zzzucker]

i remember when utah's (republican) governor ended up vetoing a law banning transgender students from playing high school sports when he looked at the numbers, and there were only four trans students in the state playing sports at all. he released a clumsily worded but surprisingly compassionate statement about the decision.

I must admit, I am not an expert on transgenderism. I struggle to understand so much of it, and the science is conflicting. When in doubt, however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy, and compassion. I also try to get proximate, and I am learning so much from our transgender community. They are great kids who face enormous struggles. Here are the numbers that have most impacted my decision: 75,000, 4, 1, 86 and 56. 75,000 high school kids participating in high school sports in Utah. 4 transgender kids playing high school sports in Utah. 1 transgender student playing girls sports. 86% of trans youth reporting suicidality. 56% of trans youth having attempted suicide. Four kids and only one of them playing girls sports. That’s what all of this is about. Four kids who aren’t dominating or winning trophies or taking scholarships. Four kids who are just trying to find some friends and feel like they are a part of something. Four kids trying to get through each day. Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few. I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live.

of course, it didn't amount to much. they overrode his veto. it's just so cartoonishly evil. an entire state's political body so desperate to terrorize this one little trans girl.

[astral-logistics-assn]

>But I want them to live.

[goldcanillust]

[catherinekal]

@fayeastria

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

have they done a remake yet where scooby & the gang star in a viral ghosthunting youtube series? that would be insufferable i want one

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

"they did found footage" no i don't want blair witch i want them running an obnoxious video podcast with regularly scheduled sponsor breaks. Daphne does marketing & social media analytics. Velma does the editing. Fred is the annoyingly chipper cameraman. Shag and Scoob are just there

[astral-logistics-assn]

The dog doesn't talk. Everyone acts like he does.

[illusoryfem]

[astral-logistics-assn]

Kid on a bike.

[bold-baddie]

[astral-logistics-assn]

AI prompt, but it's an actual photo of a person. And a duck. And two dogs.

[thememedaddy]

[astral-logistics-assn]

Bro, they had these in the 60s.

[caspercryptid]

I would actually go as far as to say that MOST abuse is unintentional. I think most people will go through their lives without ever experiencing intentional abuse. People are abusive because they're selfish, because they're stressed, because they care more about what society thinks they should do than the impacts of their actions on their children and partners, because they think what they're doing is correct, because they've made it make sense in their own heads, because they think they can fix their victims, they think they can fix their relationships, they think they can stop you from leaving, they think they can make you a better partner to them, they think that means you need to do what they want. We've sort of constructed mental illness in a way that doing this shit to other people counts as a form of mental illness because it is anti social behavior in the literal sense— it is behavior that causes social harm.

I don't say any of this to excuse it. I think everyone needs to be more aware of this because if you think abuse has to be intentional you will never realize you are capable of abusive behavior. You will never realize you are being shitty to the people you love, because YOU know what you mean, YOU know you don't mean any harm. But you're doing harm. You need to pay attention to the impact you have on other people, and you need to do it all the time, Especially when you feel least capable of doing so. Sorry! You live in a society. Get your head out of your ass.

[wolfsteax]

I humbly offer this contribution.

[astral-logistics-assn]

This post is wandering in the general direction of, "none of you are without sin". Be careful.

[astral-logistics-assn]

[Like I said, I'm tired. Blocked.]

[graceofgosh]

fascinating thing about british people is they'll genuinely be like "americans dont understand the sheer joy of an onion roll and a cold pint" and the onion roll they are referring to is a sandwich consisting of an untoasted roll with raw union and a thick slice of cheddar in the middle. sir in america we have that already. we call that a "struggle meal"

[vriskakinnieaynrand]

"fascinating thing about british people is most of them are poor"

[astral-logistics-assn]

Their beer is slightly better.

[tanadrin]

booty shorts that say “PEOPLE LIKE CERTAINTY MORE THAN THEY LIKE HOPE; THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT PESSIMISM IS WISE” on the ass

[astral-logistics-assn]

If you're gonna look anyway, might as well give you something to read.

[official-kircheis]

extremely famous actors I have never watched a movie of

Buster Keaton

John Wayne

I almost put Charlie Chaplin on here but I did watch The Great Dictator, so

[astral-logistics-assn]

John Wayne was ubiquitous on syndicated TV when I was growing up. Keaton, not so much, the Silent era had been pretty much forgotten about. Ancient reruns of the early talkies, though: Laurel & Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Little Rascals, that whole era.

My guess is, they had all just come out of copyright, or were licensed very cheaply, so the low-margin independent TV stations could afford them.

[monster2001]

[newguineatribalart]

Carnarvon Gorge Aboriginal Rock Art

[astral-logistics-assn]

"We were here. Hello."

[enchantedbook]

"Innamorato della Luna" (In Love with the Moon) Antonio Rubino, 1907