A Vichyssoise of Thoughts

I'm Benjamin and post whatever I want. It was originally to be just to share original photography but then I got trapped within the tumblrverse. Feel free to ask me anything. I will NOT hold anything you ask me against you. Siriusly.

[fucktoyfelix]

Lines of thought that seem Normal but are actually rooted in extreme puritanism:

-Seeing the nude human body is inherently traumatic -Sex scenes in art are pointless -Wearing kink-related clothing in public is the similar to performing a sex scene in front of unwilling participants -Depicting female characters expressing sexuality is always degrading -People's sexual fantasies are always an endorsement of the behavior they want to see in real life -Sex work is more traumatic and coercive than other types of work The goal is to treat sex as just another thing people do. That is a much healthier attitude than hiding it! It's not uniquely traumatic, it's not weird to talk about it or include it in society.

[queeranarchism]

Add to this list: - being attracted to a rare or stigmatized body type or identity is always/inherently fetishistic and dehumanizing. - frequent masturbation or frequent consumption of pornographic or erotic materials is a sign that someone is a bad person / predatory / a loser, etc.

[galileosballs]

"I want to live in a world in which teenagers can fulfil their natural purpose of being annoying" and "I do not always want to be annoyed by the teenagers" are compatible sentiments

[galileosballs]

#I get so happy when I’m annoyed by teenagers in public#because it’s like#these kids are forming communities outside of their parents!#they aren’t shackled by school or soccer or clubs their parents put them in#they have the initiative and confidence to make their own social connections#it’s so so cool that I’m out of touch with what they’re saying and doing#because it means they have lives of their own (tags via @elongated-twink)

You! You are the only person who has correctly understood this post. The point is not that they should go be annoying somewhere else, it's that being annoyed by teenagers in normal public places, while annoying, is a good thing. It is a sign of societal health. We adults just need to be ok with the fact that we're going to be annoyed sometimes.

[thedrunkenminstrel]

'Irredeemable media' is such a funny concept to me because it's never used for stuff like Birth of a Nation or A Serbian Film. It's always The Owl House or My Hero Academia because these people only watch things for children and can't stand any conflict more complex than Super Mario Brothers.

[raraeavesmoriendi]

[nonamehorse]

When I'm in a missing the point competition and my oppenent is a tumblr user

[queer-as-city-folk]

MTA to replace Joy and Whimsy in subway trains in 2025

[ketchuplaser]

[pc-98s]

the bus stop sunk cost fallacy

[pc-98s]

your scheduled bus did not show up. you’ve already waited 20 minutes. it’s over half a mile to a different line’s bus stop. do you leave, knowing that the bus you’re waiting for might show up as soon as you do? the next scheduled bus is 20 minutes out. it may also not show up. it’s so cold that you long since lost feeling in your extremities. you once again consider the merits of tracking down the president of the transit agency. for a chat. you’ve already waited 20 minutes.

[avichyssoise]

#LoveMyBus'sLiveLocationInTheirAppForthisveryreason

[ashenmind]

I hope every health insurance exec dies from painful and preventable disease

[ashenmind]

it seems not everyone is as patient as I

[magnoliaalchemist]

[lakecountylibrary]

LIBRARY WRAPPED

You checked out... probably some stuff? Thanks for doing that :)

Used our wifi maybe? For something?

Look we actually don't know what genres you read or how many times you renewed Gender Queer.

We don't want to know.

Our gift to you is privacy.

Take it.

Be free.

[shamebats]

I think we owe an apology to the Americans, looks like at least some of the issues with their healthcare system can be addressed with guns

[burningfudge]

american problems require american solutions

[evilblackfemme]

[strongermonster]

perhaps some will disagree, but i think the world got worse when we changed the colour of the night

[strongermonster]

this is what i mean

[degenderates]

Via @bulbaderp

[itistimetodisappear]

To be clear, THIS is how nights of the future should be lit

This is bat friendly street lighting, which not only looks sick as fuck but allows bats to pass through without disturbance, as they cannot see red.

orange and especially white lights deter bats and prevent them from reaching feeding grounds at nighttime. Please if you can, write to your local council and encourage red street lights!!!!

[anarchistmemedistro]

ALSO! red light doesn’t fuck up human night vision much so you can go in and out of lit areas without readjusting

[anarchistmemedistro]

[makerio90]

red light gang rise up

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I'm waiting on a call from the gutter man so I'm carrying my phone with me everywhere today and it feels weird. Better not leave the room without my Instant Communication Device. I do not like it.

[bophtelophti]

Soon may the gutter man come, to clean out litter and dirt and scum

[jrcameron]

one day when the gutterin's done he'll take his leave and go

[bluehairandpronouns42069]

*take some leaves and go

[bananonbinary]

i dont think contractors that clean out gutters like, keep the leaves for their own personal horde, but i've been wrong before.

[epilepticsaints]

[ralfmaximus]

Once upon a time there was Netflix, and it cost $8 per month to watch pretty much any movie ever made instantly. It made sense. Everybody had Netflix and life was good.

Then there was Hulu, and it seemed weird at first to have two streaming services. But basic Hulu was free and mostly streamed TV shows so it kind of made sense. Soon they charged a small fee for the convenience of streaming TV shows without ads, which also made sense.

Life was very good. People forgot that piracy even existed.

Then a few years later they added about 200 other streaming services, each one costing more than the last, and each stripping away "exclusive" content from the other services, and now there are UNSKIPPABLE COMMERCIALS and the fucking planet is on fire

[catchymemes]

[beggars-opera]

How long until Dr Oz becomes Surgeon General

[beggars-opera]

motherFUCKER

[hazelrhoeas]

[thefloatingstone]

"Vegan Leather"

Plastic. just say plastic.

[thefloatingstone]

How dare you leave this in the notes

[systlin]

Before anyone goes into vegan leather alternatives made from cactus or cork or fruit waste...

I heard of those too. I thought they were really cool! I thought it was a great idea! So I went and looked into how they were made!

They're all made by binding the organic material together with at least 50% plastic.

They're still all plastic.

[avichyssoise]

I'll make stuff using old bike tubes and always amuse myself by referring to it as 'recycled vegan leather'

Or bleather if I want to sound amusingly unappealing.