what is it that you desire?

I love how negative you are and how hard you are to be around buck 20s tme

[dthclws]

Fallout 2 (1998) + loading screens

[fionaapplerocks]

30 years // Fiona Apple TIDAL // 1996–2026

[mr-deep-downer]

I should quit my job to pursue a life of meaningless violence

[bitchtoss]

Fiona Apple photographed by David Corio, 1997

[qcharlie]

[guy who has listened to 1 song]: fiona apple has to be one of the greatest modern day musical artists, uncontested.

[guy who has listened to 1 thousand songs]: theres lots of nuance to how we define "the best" musician, there's truly too much undiscovered talent to grant the title to any present-day musician, and all of them pale in comparison to the long history of combined inventors for each genre and technique they continue to pioneer.

[guy who has listened to 1 million songs]: fiona apple has to be the greatest talent from the beginning of music until the end of time

[pacificrim-archive]

[iguessweallcrazyithinktho]

[ashyminivet]

india is not a democracy anymore.

everyone needs to hear about the situation in india right now. the youth of this nation are going through hell and back to protect the foundations that our country was built on in the first place, while the adults who are supposed to actually be in charge try to silence our voices.

NEET, which is an exam taken by millions of students per year and is the ONLY gateway for medical admissions across the country, had its papers leaked. so many took their lives because this exam meant everything for their future. and NTA, the agency who conducts this exam, was not held accountable.

there was national backlash. cockroach janta party (initially a satirical political party formed by abhijeet dipke in retaliation to the remarks of the chief justice of india calling the youth "cockroaches" and "parasites of society") started protests at jantar mantar, demanding the resignation of the union education minister, dharmendra pradhan. the movement also asked for ten million inr (~100,000 usd) in compensation for the families of students who died by suicide and wanted NTA be held accountable.

sonam wangchuk, a climate activist and education reformer, also went on a hunger strike at jantar mantar to protest against this corruption in india's higher education system. his fast began on june 28, demanding the resignation of the union education minister. his fast lasted for 20 days until delhi police FORCIBLY removed him and admitted him to safdarjung hospital on july 18.

because of this, cockroach janta party announced "chalo sansad," a march to the parliament beginning on june 20th, 9:00 am ist. but the police seems to be responding with water cannons, mobile jammers, and baton charge. all of this, because of a peaceful protest led by people no older than 30.

and yet there has been absolutely no indian media coverage about a movement that spans the entirety of this nation. so, please, if you see this, keep talking about us. we will not let those old bastards stoop any lower than they've already had. we will not let them ruin our country any further. we will not be silenced

[communistkenobi]

everyone rightfully complains about how the r word is back in vogue now but I think the people talking about how using ChatGPT makes you a small brained lazy degenerate are getting off way too easy

[communistkenobi]

“hey don’t use eugenics language to describe a thing you don’t like”

“wow I can’t believe you’re defending the thing I don’t like”

[luntfontanne]

Fan Appreciation Daze

How a show's fans lifted my spirits years after working on the series.

After having a great experience in the IWTV writers’ room and the difficult experience of serving as a WGA Strike Captain, I’d hoped the executives would bring me back to the writers’ room in 2024. Sadly, they let most of the room go and communicated that decision in a less-than-compassionate way.

Every TV writer gets fired. There are obvious reasons for this, such as being a poor writer or a poor collaborator. But writers are most often fired for reasons that have nothing to do with their performance. The network cuts a show’s budget and can no longer afford them. A new showrunner takes over and wants writers who tell stories as they do. The profession’s very nature makes getting fired as much a part of the job as getting hired.

One trend I found that is different about getting fired as a TV writer is how we find out we’ve been let go. I’ve had friends who’ve been working in the writers’ room and learned that their show has been canceled from a story in the press. In this scenario, you have a community to lament with. It’s upsetting, but at least you can go out as a team. Grab drinks, reminisce about breaking that bear of a story, and mourn the stories you’d yet to tell.

A less considerate way to be fired is to be ghosted by your executives. This technically isn’t being fired. Writers have contracts on a show, and those contracts usually end at the conclusion of a season. If you’ve done great work and the show gets picked up, the hope is that you’ll be offered a new contract to continue making it a success. But in entertainment - like much of the rest of modern life - some see compassion as an inconvenience.

There’s a scene in the movie Moneyball where Brad Pitt’s character teaches Jonah Hill how to cut a player. Pitt tells Hill he doesn’t get close to the players because he has to be able to “...cut ‘em, trade ‘em, send them down.” Pitt reminds Hill that the people he’s firing are professionals. To be direct, tell them the facts, but actually tell them because it shows them respect. It’s a scene familiar in sports, depicting athletes as emotionally tough as they are physically.

I see this as more of a sign of a functional community, sports or otherwise. A community has to communicate to operate. Otherwise, you aren’t fostering an entertainment community, but an entertainment hierarchy. A system where the livelihoods of lower-level artists are considered less important than inconveniencing executive-level artists. This behavior chooses to enshrine callous, lazy mantras like, “It’s called show business, not show friendship.” I, for one, would rather work with people I consider friends than those who don’t respect our commitment to the world we’ve built.

[chiarrara]

why was messi lowkey serving saddam hussein hiding spot

[tboy-trash]

straight men enduring 24/7 sexual assault each other in order to not be labeled faggots is honestly the best example of how masculinity operates. the other day before work a coworker fr shoved a finger in another coworker's ass (above pants) as one of their little "ha ha you're gay" jokes. fuck is wrong with them. equal parts disgusted and fascinated by their behaviour.

[tboy-trash]

of course these people are fucked up and unable to hold healthy relationships grounded in mutual respect! they're constantly assaulting and being assaulted by their friends just to Not Be Gay/Like A Girl!!!

[tboy-trash]

the biggest reason men refuse to recognize a lot of what they do to women as sexual harassment/assault is bc of their misogyny and wanting to maintain our power over women, 100%. BUT can i just point out that maybe a smaller but not-insignificant reason might also be that they can't even recognize sexual assault when other men do it to them???? i didn't tell that coworker bc he's an asshole, but i have had to tell other guys at work "hey what they're doing to you is terrible and you shouldn't have to put up with it you know" which most of them hadn't ever been told before because """""roughhousing""""" is part of that "boys will be boys" thing that makes everyone ignore our abuse

[tboy-trash]

"boys will be boys" okay well maybe boys should be shot

[howgalling]

raul tejada. another character where it's hard to decide what direction to lead him in. i personally like to imagine creating a safe(r) place for him 2 settle where he can provide for people and feel a sense of community and worth. he clearly cares about people under all that detachment !

[sidecast-text]

incredibly elaborate bit me and @iclimbtreestofeelalive came up with while i was playing pokemon Y iii couldn't pick if i should put this on the art blog but whateverr hello if you scrolled down this far sorry for the long post okay i love you

[calder]

Desert Wasteland Whispers

Subtle whispers can be heard near spiritual and religious objects or near scenes related to death and cannibalism. Chances of hearing whispe

fuck yes

[comfortfoodcontent]

 Resident Evil 4 CG Artwork from the Biohazard 4 Kaitai Shinso

[detectivehole]