useless philosopher

I'm just here for metal and nonsense.

[json-derulo]

Whenever they gave us one of those "read through ALL the instructions before you begin!" trick assignments in school where the steps lead you on an increasingly ridiculous goose chase until the final one tells you to just put your name on the paper and turn it in without doing anything else, I was always like, "Okay, but what's the point? Surely the REAL world won't be anything like this." And then I grew up and discovered that not only is the real world often exactly like that, some people won't even read the first line of the instructions even if they make perfect sense. And these people are called "co-workers"

[knucklecurve]

filthy, filthy read

[striders]

it’s infuriating when the customer is wrong yes we all know this. however it’s probably 10000x worse when the customer is right, because what do you MEAN my coworker deleted 7 of your fucking accounts off of your profile when you just wanted to edit them and now I have to deal with it??? i can’t even be pissed that you’re being a bitch about it because i would be too!!! fuck!!!!

[liberalsarecool]

The bubble is nigh.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[ryan-sometimes]

I love how Zohran Mamdani is wearing a suit everywhere. And if he has anything else he puts it ON TOP of the suit. A basketball jersey. A high-vis vest. All worn over the suit. He’s like the mayor character in a cartoon who’s always dressed as The Mayor. If I didn’t know who he was and he biked past me in NYC I’d be like holy shit was that the mayor

[power-handmaiden]

when I was in high school I had a literature teacher who had a policy of unlimited extra credit. All you had to do was read a book by a notable author (his discretion) and have a little chat with him after school to prove that you read it. No limits, no need for variety (one month I decided I really loved Kurt Vonnegut and just read everything of his I could get my hands on).

Yes, I was tearing through books constantly, and talking to this teacher at least weekly. Because even though I always loved reading as a kid, literature was always a very weak subject for me in terms of a teaching-to-standardized-test school setting (I just do awful on "what color were the curtains" type multiple choice questions. Those details don't stick in my memory THEY JUST DON'T). But that didn't matter for this class. I could just read my way out of any bad test score. I have always had fond memories of how I "fudged" my way through that class and "abused' the extra credit policy.

I was thinking about it again today, and only just now realized that he absolutely tricked me into being well-read, while my teenage self thought I was totally getting away with something. THAT MOTHERFUCKER. I hope he's doing well.

[vintage-bentley]

It’s very difficult to discuss atheism with a religious person and equally difficult to discuss lack of belief in gender with somebody who believes in gender. Because in both cases, the believers assume that you’re working within their belief system, when actually you don’t even believe in that system in the first place. And they can’t understand this. “But not believing in my god is believing something so therefore you have religious beliefs” and “but you too have a gender identity”…except no, I don’t, because I don’t believe in the system you believe in. I don’t live in the same internal world that you do, and you refuse to accept that.

[pangur-and-grim]

it’s still so wild that I managed to find my mom’s lost cat. but also, hyper obsessive autists get things done!!!! every single morning for months, I would check a series of local facebook groups, until finally she got spotted in a campsite. then from the time I saw that post, it took about 24 hours to organize her retrieval. and now she’s back to being a house cat! after being lost in the woods all spring and all summer! death via coyote is canceled, she will live into her 20’s and be a pivotal memory for my niece and nephew, who always ask on facetime to see her

[pangur-and-grim]

we love you Curie!

[kitschke]

i kinda love this response. just try reading my comment in a nicer voice and you'll feel better

[muppetshow2026]

all albums are concept albums . and the concept ? album

[hotvampireadjacent]

[innerchildabortionclinic]

at some point peoples "concern" about pregnancy past 30 is just misogyny because you honest to god think multimillionaire celebrity women are the most at risk of pregnancy complications...

[gorps]

[theehorsepusssy]

peach piss and fart cakes

[oneheadtoanother]

[thethirdromana]

Putting the term "Catholic guilt" on a high shelf where fandom can't reach it until everyone learns how to identify characters who are very very clearly coded as Protestant.

[queer-crows-nightmare]