[fluentisonus]

remember in p.e. when they'd take a bunch of insecure teenagers & be like "today we're going to play basketball" and then not teach you how to play basketball. and then put you in a group with guys who were obsessed with basketball and would get mad at you for not knowing how to play basketball. why did they do that

[threebigolsausages-deactivated2]

i was feeling silly at the gas station today so i said to the cashier that i’ll take my gas “to go” and i could see her imagining what it would be like to jump over the counter and strangle me to death

[innerchildabortionclinic]

[innerchildabortionclinic]

Everyone keep sending your attacks. She can't protect him forever

[depsidase]

[ycoil]

we need to normalize digging and constructing thousands of concealed spear pits without purpose, near walking trails, in back alleys, suburban lawns, anywhere that it might cause pain and suffering to someone random for no reason

[candytwist-deactivated20231123]

all good novelists realize they’re nothing compared to musicians. and all good musicians realize they’re nothing compared to novelists

[pjackk]

ALL good novelests and musicicans realize their nothing compared to porno Dvd's

[candytwist-deactivated20231123]

do you jack off ?

[pjackk]

Im not feeling good at all right now i need help badly

[karatekamania]

how it feels to genuinely and seriously hate something but all its critics you see can't stop making really really stupid points when hating on it

[karatekamania]

you think a movie is bad because it just sucks and then dudebros hate it because it had women and minorities in the cast. you think gen ai sucks but so many anti-ai people try to defend copyright law or the idea of art having a Soul. someone's criticism of something is generally correct but they lean into conspiratorial thinking. a person online had a shitty take but everyone's saying "of course they had an ace flag pfp". many such cases.

[veryluckyclovers]

[isuggestkillingyourself]

[tactfulsaboteur]

[trynsave]

[its-funnytwittertweets]

[oneheadtoanother]

[phantomrose96]

"This 14-year-old is the most powerful person in the WORLD but really... he just wants to be a normal middle schooler...!" is absolutely not new to anime but USUALLY it's all a power-fantasy. It's humble-bragging. It's an awkward marriage of relatability and bus-window-day-dreaming. "Oh MAN, I just SAVED the WORLD 😱😏🌍💥but I still have a MATH TEST tomorrow 📏✖️AND I have a CRUSH 😊 (who doesn't know I'm the coolest badass in the world because that's a secret!! 😜)"

Which is all to say once again that no one is doing it like Mob Psycho 100. Because Mob is unambiguously the most powerful entity in the world and he goes "Okay but that's not very interesting. Being powerful isn't a personality. I'm gonna try to improve myself in ways that matter."

The evil spirit on his shoulder spends all series going "PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!" and Mob says, "No thank you. Do you want to help me with my math homework?" and the second most powerful person in the world comes up to say, "We are a supreme species of super-human better than everyone else!" and Mob says, "You sound stunted as a person. Maybe try working a customer service job?" and a classmate will go, "Why not use your powers to be popular?" and Mob says, "Psychic powers don't make you popular. Do you want to see me lift this 10kg dumbbell? I've been working on that."

[phantomrose96]

And it's not a joke or a bit. And it's not the narrative giving a wink-wink-nudge-nudge to the audience like 'Sure Mob SAYS he's not more important than anyone else but WE know how secretly cool epic he is for his powers 😏'

Like Mob or Reigen or whoever it is in the moment says, "Maybe you'll learn something about yourself working a customer service job" and the narrative turns to the audience and says, 'You too might learn something from a customer service job. Just a thought.'

[phantomrose96]

Mob Psycho is a power fantasy for young teens about how if you apply yourself earnestly and put yourself out there and value everyone equally and stick to your compassionate principles, then you too can foster a healthy and growing support network of people who care about you and who will help guide you as you figure out the kind of person you want to become. The psychic powers parts are just in service to that narrative.

[reachartwork]

whoever made this made history's greatest called shot

[datadegroove-deactivated2026042]

what's boobies. heheh i'm a visual learner by the way *someone shows me their boobs* jesus christ what the fuck is that

[cart-a-hearts]

Saruman tuning into the Merry and Pippin show

[badnightbrian]