Studies in Distraction

Brought to you from somewhere in the middle of a void of meaning in West Texas. NSFW.

[tamamita]

Looks like things are going well

[gunsandfireandshit]

[suspiriously]

Gladio is the most insane thing you will ever learn about

[sanguinesylph]

hold on I have to look something up

[suspiriously]

TLDR: after WWII, the US took nazi war criminals and set them up in sleeper cells all over Europe, “activating” them whenever the “threat of communism” was deemed too much, like in the Years of Lead

[sanguinesylph]

oh my god?

[suspiriously]

Stay-behind - Wikipedia

Stay-behind - Wikipedia

they’re called stay-behind networks, here’s a list of a bunch. Technically, Gladio was the one that operated in Italy

[cathkaesque]

Look up the BBC timewatch documentary about this

[blessyouhawkeye]

forever thinking about that girl at my uni orientation who, after being told to pour out her water bottle before entering an event, looked at me and said "they tell us to stay hydrated and then make us pour out our water, this is like totally kafkaesque" and then poured out what was very obviously an entire water bottle full of whiskey. hope she's doing well.

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[apatheticfluorescence]

some hyper famous artists like Van Gogh transcend overratedness and become underrated because they're so normalized. Like I'll look at a van Gogh and I'm like wait this really is amazing you guys don't get it

[headspace-hotel]

Shakespeare is like this

[insufferablepirate]

Every time I see a Van Gogh that’s not one of his better known pieces it absolutely blows me away

Have you seen this shit my liege? smh unreal

[tinyyellowflowers-blog]

After school care pulled me aside about my child dropping an f-bomb “without remorse” and I put on my concerned face and nodded a bunch.

Apparently he was building something with a younger kid “who really looks up to him and is just starting to make friends” and said “Hey, you’re really fucking good at this.” which is, in my estimation, really a parenting victory.

[tinyyellowflowers-blog]

I absolutely failed at doing this:

[memewhore]

[milk5]

The science behind THC + alcohol as a combination is literally soo interesting because it basically causes the crimson red duckling in your body to confront the serpent in the bronze vessel of your heart. Basically you feel good because the duckling is able to eat the harmonious seeds stored within the vessel and transfer these positive energies into your body. You can have bad highs when this happens if the duckling awakens the serpent and it bites the duckling. The interesting part is when you ingest alcohol after THC because it floods the vessel and causes the serpent to fall into a deep sleep. The duckling never gets attacked by the serpent when this happens because it is unconscious and the duckling is actually able to get fat from the harmonious seed, which causes an enjoyable sensation.

[stoptheantisemitism]

The UN finally put Israel on it's sexual violence in war zones blacklist and of course all these pedo defenders are up in arms.

No self reflection at all with these Zionazis. Instead of taking a moment to reflect on being a safehaven for pedos, raping prisoners, and carrying out the most heinous acts sexual violence, they're cutting ties with the UN chief.

[stoptheantisemitism]

The report said the cases the UN had verified were carried out against 14 men, seven women, nine boys and one girl

[milf-king]

Same month as the Kristof piece and the Gush Etzion scandal. It's a defining element of Israel at this point.

[stoptheantisemitism]

I just looked up the Gush Etzion scandal and I'm shocked. If like me you didn't know Gush Etzion is an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank that just got exposed for ritual sexual abuse by journalist Roni Singer.

They had been accused for years but until this recent report came out they basically got everyone to look the other way.

The report detailed systematic, sadistic, and multi- perpetrator assaults on young children. These acts took place in community locations, including synagogues, forests, and cemeteries. He interviewed different girls who didn't know each other and they provided identical details naming the same perpetrators, locations, and methods.

There's a one hour long TV documentary about this that I don't have in me to watch.

One thing is for certain at this point and that is Israelis are pedophiles and rapists. Zionism has intertwined itself with defending this kind of behavior.

[tamamita]

The official acknowledgment follows an investigative report by journalist Roni Singer on 'israel's' Kan 11 channel, which aired identical testimonies from five independent victims detailing organized, ritualistic assaults.

Here's some sources detailing the recent Gush Etzion scandal (in hebrew; use a translator)

כבר לא מכחישים: בגוש עציון מודים בפגיעות הטקסיות - סרוגים

מועצת גוש עציון פרסמה הודעה חריגה שבה הודתה בפגיעות מיניות טקסיות, בעקבות תחקיר זמן אמת בכאן 11.

"זה סדום ועמורה": עדויות מטלטלות על פגיעות טקסיות בגוש עציון - סרוגים

תחקיר זמן אמת בכאן 11 חושף עדויות של חמש נשים על פגיעות מיניות טקסיות בגוש עציון והזעזוע של הרבנית כרמית.

[andmaybegayer]

> looking at a new popular collectible

> ask the people if it's objects or gambling

> they don't understand

> pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is objects and what is gambling

> they laugh and say "it's a good collectible sir"

> look up how to buy a collectible

> its gambling

[andmaybegayer]

> #wait are labubu's blind bags?!

Labubus are blind bags but they're also blind bags with some of the most insane dark patterns stacked on top. The online store for them has a thing where they tell you what you got the second you order it online so that you can immediately try again if you didn't get the thing you wanted.

There's also a shake feature that is designed to encourage you to buy more than one by narrowing down the possibility space on a crate of options so that if you're hunting a specific model you can verify that it's guaranteed to be in one of these three IF you buy all three right now!!!!!

[girlishgamine]

You can read more about what dark patterns are and how to spot them here.

Deceptive Patterns (aka Dark Patterns) - spreading awareness since 2010

The original website about deceptive patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) - tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things tha

[ralfmaximus]

That is a fucking awesome site everyone should visit. Don't skip the Hall of Shame.

[dailymanners]

I just thought of this post, which was actually how I learned what Dark Patterns are, because I tried to cancel my Adobe Acrobat subscription, and it took much longer than I anticipated because several times throughout the process it felt like it was intentionally trying to trick me into thinking I'd cancelled my subscription when I actually hadn't yet.

Please read up on Dark Patterns and learn how to recognize them.

[adonischildsupportcase]

[facts-i-just-made-up]

[tall]

[afloweroutofstone]

Foods costs are expected to rise at some point in the coming months once the shipping industry fully runs out of fuel reserves and wholesalers run out of existing stocks, causing the full inflationary impact of the Iran War to emerge. Shortly after that, on October 1, a new set of SNAP food aid cuts from Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 will automatically go into effect. I think there is a real chance that hunger will emerge as a political issue by the end of this year (and if it doesn’t, then it should.)

One explanation I’ve heard for why the stock market has been so nonchalant about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is that they are fully convinced it will end before any of that happens. Someone (I think it was JP Morgan?) said in a recent release that the assumptions for their short-term inflation expectations are all based on the idea that Trump will pull back from the war at the exact right second and miraculously reopen the Strait in full. In their mind, Trump dragging the war out any longer than that would be committing economic suicide right before an election, and Trump as a rational actor would not allow that to happen. Buddy, do I got some news for you

[johnbottoms]

sorry my stance on stories w no homophobia is just um. well it could do w a little homophobia if im being honest

[girlmuppet]

Do any of u have decent recipes that are like 5 ingredients (not including spices) and take 45 mins or less to prepare i gotta stop eating sandwiches for dinner

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

yeah hang on

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

ignore the title of this google doc because it's a long story but it's a really solid recipe for southwest chicken alfredo

this is a vegetarian potato curry recipe that's about 75% spices; once you get the potatoes in there you can really do whatever you want with it

this is literally just pasta, broccoli, and cheese babey and you can live off that shit for DAYS it makes such a big portion

bro this spinach/pesto/3 cheese flatbread is so fucking tasty bro

also you can make the flatbread yourself it's super quick!!

oh hey I'm eating this white chickpea chili right now, much like the curry it's mostly spices and you can do p much do whatever you want with it

don't let the name fool you these potatoes are delicious any time. not just breakfast.

this is slightly more than five ingredient when you add them together but if you have time and really wanna fuckin treat yourself I recommend these chicken strips + this cornbread + either these potatoes or these buttered veggies on the side.

[dragonforsale]

These are my two favorite comfort foods. They're very easy to make and dont take long to cook.

Garlic butter rice

Orzo mac and cheese (comes out a little bit soupy)

[shadowblinder]

this recipe for gogumabap (sweet potato and rice) saved my life when i couldn't eat hardly anything for a long time. the recipe itself calls for a heavy bottomed pot but you can absolutely use a rice cooker and put the rice and diced sweet potato in together and just let the machine do its thing

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

If you have a crockpot, I do a really good pulled pork carnitas that is:

Pork - any cut boneless

Onions- chopped anyway you like

Orange juice - about one cup (you can use about 2 tablespoons of the condensed frozen stuff if you have it)

Root beer, pepsi, or other cola soda - about one cup

Preferred chili mix seasoning - 1-2 packets depending on how intense you like your flavoring and how much pork you put in

Garlic - as much as you wanna, specifically smashed not cut

Canned or frozen corn - to your preference

Dump all that into your crockpot in the morning (or the night before) and let it run on low until dinner. Cook some rice if you feel like it, or just serve over tortillas.

[anarchblr]

bro WTF, I wanna try this just for the sheer shit of it

[innerchildabortionclinic]

Girl okay

[innerchildabortionclinic]

The parodies are arriving