a good impression of myself

I will talk about what i like | he/it | carrying the steven wilson and opeth fandom by my bare hands (/j)

[critical-dxrling]

NEW PINNED POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

hey guys im charlie i’m an adult and i like to post silly things about my interests

I am autistic, my primary special interest is music, especially anything progressive. I also love a lot of other stuff lol

I Sometimes make art too!!

Anti censorship and genAI‼️

No DNI. They don’t work and instead I will block freely. though terfs fuck off

My airbuds: charlie.5852

(ICV blinkie made by @genderlesspersonx )

[critical-dxrling]

hey guys i know this may Seem CRAZY but did you know if someone enjoys something harmless that you personally don’t enjoy it’s actually really easy to be normal about that. It’s really easy to not talk about how much you hate it every time they talk about it. Because if you do that you may notice that they’ll eventually just stop talking to you. Thankfully it’s actually really easy to avoid i sure hope people understand this concept!

[walker-walker-fashion-baby]

"Oh, so should I care about not hurting men's feelings?" You should care about not hurting anyone's feelings. That's like pre-k shit. You're an adult, you should know that

[critical-dxrling]

one month until i move to college guys

[befikra]

i bet it feels good to be an underwater plant just swaying in sync with the flow of water

[critical-dxrling]

is this anything

[depsidase]

[evergreen-femme]

at some point you have to realize that you actually have to read to understand the nuance of anything. we as a society are obsessed with summarization, likely as a result of the speed demanded by capital. from headlines to social media (twitter being especially egregious with the character limit), people take in fragments of knowledge and run with them, twisting their meaning into a kaleidoscope that dilutes the message into nothing. yes, brevity is good, but sometimes the message, even when communicated with utmost brevity, requires a 300 page book. sorry.

[filmnoirsbian]

I love getting unaccompanied minors (kids flying alone) who so clearly just. Don't want to be here lol. Sometimes I get to know a little of their story, like their parents are divorced, or a family member died and they're heading to the funeral, but usually they just don't want to talk about it and that's fine. But I always treat the flight like it's a challenge to make them smile. I offer them snacks and soda but that's never enough, that's whatever, they could get those from an airport vending machine. Chump change. So then I tell the worst jokes. Just the most embarrassing, kindergarten teacher, annoying dad jokes you can think of. And those always get a groan, or a "Seriously??" And that's my in! Now I can say "Why, what's your idea of a good joke? No, come on hotshot, make your best joke, let's see it." And they hem and they haw but of course they eventually tell me their very best joke because kids are little competitive comedy goldmines. And it's always super funny, so I laugh, and that's where they slip up. Because you know what you almost always do when your joke successfully makes someone laugh? You smile. And I'm like. Gotcha. Rookie move. Now you're going to end up having a good time in spite of yourself. I win.

[filmnoirsbian]

Did this with an 11yo u.m. today and he said "What did the ghost say to the other ghost?" And I said "What?" "Nothing. Ghosts aren't real."

[filmnoirsbian]

I'm literally a flight attendant, offering snacks and drinks is my job

[this-is-a-name-dont-worry]

gshsjb

[critical-dxrling]

I watched ‘The Mastodon in the room’ documentary from Mastodon last night and that really wrecked me. This band means so much to me and they didn’t have to do this but they did. They loved Brent so much despite everything, it’s so devastating to know that they’ll never get to reconcile. Man

[ashoss]

“word hashtag my word #myword” has done irreversible damage to my vocabulary

[shinraalpha]

i do think lobbying for data centres over climate goals should be considered a crime against humanity btw

[critical-dxrling]

I wanna buy neptunian maximalism cds but the spending guilt will kill me

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MUSIC SCARES

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MUSIC TORTURES

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MUSIC TERRORISES

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MUSIC INFURIATES

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MUSIC KILLS

[corpse-kissesxoxo]

a pattern i notice is

person : hey i used to be a bigot/abuser but i made active efforts to be a better person and i'm now not that person anymore

comments : ok do you want a pat on the back for the bare fucking minimum. fuck you. evil irredeemable person

like you realize that people can be raised into harmful ideologies and not question them until later in life and that it takes introspection and active efforts to understand your harmful actions and make change to your behavior right

it may be the bare minimum for civil behaviour, but actually getting yourself out of harmful mindsets is fucking hard. stop pretending it isn't. you are not immune to propaganda. you're not infallible.

edit : heads up, i turned notifs for this off because there's just too many to deal with- maybe i'll turn them back on when things calm down

edit : turned notifs back on!

[critical-dxrling]

harakiri for the sky the band that u Are…

[luxiomahariel]

i am once again asking people to please learn what the fuck degeneracy and degeneration means and in doing so to stop fucking using that term.