If-Then-Else

I live on a ship in the middle of the ocean but my queue is always up

[ladyshinga]

[yaoiblackmold]

Top 3 things people love insisting they don't have despite it being impossible

Pronouns

An accent

Bias

[depsidase]

[depsidase]

[ms-demeanor]

$9 gas in dtla. Things are great.

[enki2]

[soberscientistlife]

Make that make sense. People have to quit blaming the poor for being poor.

[flipocrite]

That’s how it makes sense. America wants its slaves.

[maive-the-sheep]

Remember. The u.s. constitution by actual wording allows slavery in prisons.

[optical-trapping]

[toastpotent-deactivated20250619]

nobody:

half full water bottle left behind on the floor of a public bus: *rolls around*

[thejoanglebook-deactivated20210]

OP is an optimist

[ed-recovery-affirmations]

You’ve probably already heard this, but it bears repeating, so I will remind you again: you cannot look to celebrities as an example of what your body should look like.

These are people who have resources most of us couldn’t even begin to imagine. I’m not just talking about the airbrushing and photoshop that goes into public releases of their image. They have access to multiple minor and major cosmetic surgeries that most of us have never heard of. They’re probably all being pressured to get these surgeries to keep their careers active, too. Personal trainers, easy access to drugs, reckless abuse of prescription medications like Ozempic, personal stylists, clothing tailors, personal shoppers, etc…

And if you’re reading through this list and thinking “a lot of that stuff sounds really unhealthy, no one should be expected to live like that!” you have stumbled upon an excellent sub-point of my post! Many celebrities are crushed under the weight of expectations to constantly maintain a very specific image to keep their careers, at any and all costs, including enough money to feed several small families. It’s very removed from what the average person is experiencing in life, and not in a positive way. But my main point is simply that when you look at images of celebrities and wonder how they seem to stay forever thin, never showing any of the less palatable signs of aging, with perfect hair and perfectly-fitted clothing and perfect lines about how to achieve it all, you do not have to look up to these people and wonder why you can’t do that. The reality is that they have a highly expensive team of people around them at all times making it happen - and most of us do not. And that’s okay. You can be okay with real humanity, which comes with wrinkles and stretch marks and eyebags, changing body shapes, and every mark that real life leaves.

(This goes for high-profile influencers too. To a lesser degree, they have these things, and they’ve made it their job to sell you the image.)

[beardedmrbean]

I love the midwest so much

[self-loving-vampire]

Curious about what percentage of all those pedestrian deaths from cars are actually intentional murders assumed to be accidental. We know some drivers are completely bloodthirsty towards pedestrians and cyclists beyond mere recklessness.

I notice that in general car deaths are simultaneously massive and invisible. Even in my famously hyper-violent country of birth cars used to be about as lethal as organized crime in death statistics.

But while gangs were at times the defining national problem that everyone was sick of, deaths from cars were seemingly not worth discussing.

[self-loving-vampire]

More than one person I know has had people trying to hit them with their car as an attempted hate crime, and looking online this doesn't seem uncommon. The cops are useless about it as usual too.

[wutheringheightsfilm]

every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...

[wutheringheightsfilm]

i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post

[nourishedbytime]

[assiraphales]

I kind of miss the impulsivity that certain spaces used to allow. oh you want a hair cut today? hairdresser in the corner can fit you in before her 2 o’clock. tattoo of a cobra… sure leg or arm? even concerts, back when you could go to the box office thirty mins before any show. not saying these things don’t exist at all, but everything feels booked five months in advance and 10x more expensive

[assiraphales]

I remember when I was a teenager my sister asked if I wanted to go to fall out boy on a whim an hour before, I bought tickets for 45$ a pop for the lawn, and sat down as paramore took the stage to open. I know nostalgia blurs memories but some (a lot of) things were legit just better even just ten years ago

[fairycosmos]

if we’re in a zombie apocalypse are you the one hiding their bite from everyone or the one inexplicably getting pregnant or the one betraying the group when we come across other survivors or the one committing suicide immediately or the one having a gay arc

[luntfontanne]

SCREAMMMMMMMMM… wow guess it's not the 90s anymore it's no longer encouraged 🙂‍↕️

[luntfontanne]

wait just remembered

which way married man

[ornitharts]

i really hope they doubled back for those salt and pepper shakers