Just a dumbass with internet accsess

[bezzygom]

decided to reread l/n’a world link 2 since it’s on ensekai

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

love that the FDA is the Food and Drug Administration. FOOD and DRUG. two very separate things lumped together in the same department. because yeah you get headlines like "FDA Busts Heroin Smuggling Ring" but also, crucially: "FDA Raid Seizes 1000 Gallons Of Contraband Raw Milk"

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

this is SO embarrassing i mixed up the FDA and DEA. the FDA doesn't seize heroin it seizes $86 million in vape products (and unpasteurized milk)

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

so fun coming across pre-9/11 references to the twin towers bc people loathed them. You can be reading a random book from the 90s and stumble across succulent easter eggs like this:

"...where the World Trade Center (so good they did it twice!) stands as the final failure of architecture; not an idea, not a design, not a whimsy, not a grace note, not a shred of art or passion wrinkles those sharply creased trouser legs."

(Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake)

[universeleads]

I explained the concept of "blorbo from my shows" to my 71 year old immigrant grandfather because I referenced it in passing and I thought nothing of it, until today when he said "I think I'll watch peaky blinders tonight and see my blorbo from my shows" referring, of course, to Cillian Murphy playing Tommy Shelby

[universeleads]

English isn't his first language so he's not super in touch with modern slang, so I've been accidentally teaching him to talk like a tumblr user. His favorite thing to say lately is "me when I'm a little hater" when he's like talking shit about the neighbor's son

[overwhelmedfernfrond]

I explained the “x before gta6” meme to my immigrant father and he, in turn, explained to me how back in his day in Romania, they had the same type of joke, except instead of it being gta6, it was about the imminent death of a singer named Gică Petrescu, who everyone was continuously shocked by because he refused to die. Every time a momentous event happened people would say, in essence: “This happened and Gică Petrescu hasn’t even died yet?!?”

So. He understood the gta6 meme immediately because they apparently had the same thing in Romania when he was young, except way, way more morbid

[venort]

OP are you telling me we got the death of Gică Petrescu before we got gta6

[sottopressione1]

Tuira Kayapó brandished her machete in the face of a government official who was trying to convince indigenous leaders to accept a mega-dam project in the Amazon, 1989

[lesbianmichelmishina]

“Electricity won’t give us food. We need the rivers to flow freely. Don’t talk to us about relieving our ‘poverty’ – we are the richest people in Brazil. We are Indians.”

part of kayapó’s speech during this event

also! she’s still alive! that sort of thing is always worth pointing out to show that we really aren’t too far removed from events like this! here’s a 2019 photo of her:

[shinytarountula]

I just checked, she passed away in August 2024 - but not before working with a filmmaker to make an hour long movie where she explains her life and her activism. If you want to hear what she has to say for herself, here’s the opportunity.

Movie is ‘Tuire Kayapó’ (First Contact) by Pınar Yolaçan, in case the link breaks

[modernmusess]

haymitch in cf when katniss pulls up her list of allies and it’s just every person he’s ever known

[flork-of-cows-official]

[flork-of-cows-official]

[mousathe14]

Where does Flork get all the money to do bits?

[flork-of-cows-official]

Gambling.

[ketchuplaser]

Remember when people gave him a bunch of money through a scam the last month or two?

[flork-of-cows-official]

What scam.

[ketchuplaser]

Scam was a strong word

[flork-of-cows-official]

Wait did you actually think that was a serious post.

[amethystsoda]

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

Your partner came back from the dead after being missing for decades. Every one of their friends who they went with ended up dying a horrible death.

Now, somehow, their entire mental health is based on the continued life and happiness of this fairground goldfish that they picked up.

Neither of you know the first thing about how to care for even a healthy fish. This fish has been poorly cared for, has multiple diseases and the person who handed it over explicitly didn't expect it to live nearly as long as it already has.

You're frantically googling how to set up a fish tank, where to buy fish food, can you even take a fish to the vet? Your partner wants you to know that they're happy they made it home and survived their horrific ordeal, but also that if anything happens to the fish then they're going to kill everyone on this planet and then themself.

You're honestly wondering if you're even helping the fish, or just prolonging its suffering, but your partner will only accept medical help for their many injuries or engage in basic self-care once they're confident that the fish is being looked after.

So you get a tank. You set up a filter and all that stuff. You learn way more than you ever wanted to know about water temperature and ph and nitrate levels. The fish is safe. You start to develop some affection for the little guy. Your partner begins to recover. The fish begins to recover.

Which is when you learn that in its 'healthy' state, the fish regularly refuses to sleep when tired, keeps begging for food that is obviously unhealthy for it (and struggling to eat the food that you do provide because “it tastes gross”), and continually tries to persuade your partner to take it out of its nice safe tank so it can go explore the wonderful world of Outside, where the slightest mishap will kill it instantly.

Your name is Adrian, and you kind of wants to strangle this fucking fish, statement.

[algae-illustrations]

Silly comic. Grace would absolutely pull this move.

[shadowen]

This is an anti-despair checkpoint! You must share something you're looking forward to before scrolling on.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

was thinking about how the concept of god is usually characterized as male (thanks patriarchy) and i came up with a question: in christian theology,

does "God" have a penis?

surely the catholic church made some sort of ruling on this

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

stop derailing with Jesus's foreskin, this post is about God's genitals ONLY

[myfairkatiecat]

Hi, Catholic here—the only part of the holy trinity with a human body is the Son (Jesus) so yes, but also God the Father doesn’t have a human body so no, but the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all the same being as well so yes, but all humans including women are created in the image of God so hypothetically He has everything else too. Hope this helps.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

thank you it did not!

[bleppersfinchat]

I'll ask my dad (orthodox deacon)

[roseoilz]

translucent fabric sculptures by korean artist do ho suh

[teaboot]

FABRICCCCCC?!??!?!?

[samreich]

congratulations players you've u̶n̶i̶o̶n̶i̶z̶e̶d̶ threatened me with violence

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

cultures that do an afternoon nap are OBJECTIVELY CORRECT and the world should be learning from them

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

you've heard of the spanish siesta now get ready for places like Vietnam where it's commonplace to see workers pull out a mattress & take an afternoon nap on the office/store floor. very powerful way to roll. give kindergarten-style naptime BACK to the people ✊

[rockrockgrace]

He's in a ball!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

cultures that do an afternoon nap are OBJECTIVELY CORRECT and the world should be learning from them

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

you've heard of the spanish siesta now get ready for places like Vietnam where it's commonplace to see workers pull out a mattress & take an afternoon nap on the office/store floor. very powerful way to roll. give kindergarten-style naptime BACK to the people ✊

[fibonacci-the-fib]

as a vietnamese person: we have designated post lunch nap for students from kindergarten all the way to highschool (day-boarding schools in particular). we also have tables that can be open up into a whole single-bed (with no mattress but it's alrighty) too

like, just open these bad boys up and lay on it for a quick 1-2 hour nap. very cool, help us function better for afternoon classes. we also get snack after waking up too.