Figments Out Of Fundamentals

I'd rather be unconscious

[assiraphales]

ngl whenever I think about malcolm in the middle I go kind of crazy because it truly was one of the most realistic series about working class america in a sitcom to date (as well as being funny as fuck). the parents both worked full time/overtime and struggled to pay their bills. the three boys shared a bedroom. they all lived on top of each other. the yard and house was constantly a mess bc there just wanted time. malcolm was a literal genius but it wasn’t enough—he still had to work full time out of highschool because he wasn’t privileged. the show reminded us that there’s not just one type of intelligence (reese flunked school but was a gifted chef). you could still have passions and hobbies even if you were poor, it just wasn’t as easy. the mom and dad loved each other, but they didn’t always like each other. the comedy came from the mundane day to day (despite there being outlandish and slapstick scenarios). they all loved each other despite being dysfunctional. idk I feel like it belongs in a display case it was so good

[vacillator-deactivated20250323]

not to alarm anyone but is anybody else worried about how everybody is fucking stupid

[figmentsoutoffundamentals]

My kingdom for a quarter of an inch.

[leadupaynart]

Castle Alexandria (Final Fantasy IX) oil painting on a 9 x 12 canvas board. 🏰

Still one of my top three favorite Final Fantasy games ❤️

[ampervadasz]

[maplebungus-deactivated20221118]

this is honest to god what we should all feel like at all times

[presentlydean]

online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted was sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes.

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

[freeappears]

It's the 10 year anniversary of Twitch Plays Pokemon, the most important cultural event of our lifetime.

[dreams-of-palestine]

[punksandcannonballers]

just found the most fucked up plane

[punksandcannonballers]

bro what

[1980sspaceman]

bro how do you think airplanes get between airports

[punksandcannonballers]

[triskeleaficionado]

Timepiece with the fewest moving parts:

Sundial.

Timepiece with the most moving parts:

Hourglass.

[retroactivebakeries]

#sundial has some noteworthy moving parts#like the sun#and the earth

[femgineerasolution]

[coureirsix]

LITERALLY some of you don’t fucking know what “disposable income is” like i cannot stress ENOUGH that someone who was able to get animal crossing on day 1 of launch or a ps5 preorder that is still only working minimum wage job and/or cannot pay their rent on a monthly basis is NOT your enemy bruv they are NOT “the rich” like PLEASE cement that in your head. 

[mckitterick]

had to share @rykhafirehand ’s tags:

thank you for boiling off capitalist propaganda to get down to the essence of economics

[roach-works]

i’d like to add: you are SUPPOSED TO HAVE DISPOSABLE INCOME.

you are supposed to have enough money for toys and games and vacations. that is what the citizens of a normal and healthy society should be buying without stressing out about if they’re gonna be able to afford to live the next day. you’re not just supposed to have ‘a little bit’ or ‘if you save up’ or ‘sometimes you can treat yourself’, you are supposed to have disposable income, and plenty of it.

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

The way some people will try to constantly redefine wealth just so they can put a big scarlet R on any person who’s ever experienced a single moment of pleasure or relief is so fucking wild to me. “You can’t be moral unless every day of your life is a joyless struggle full of deprivation and suffering.” Like JFC you’re Catholic, we get it.

[bees-with-swords]

"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."

[anexperimentallife]

[diet-poison]

Just saw this last night

[obvious-bot-is-obvious]

I just really don't think Battlestar Galactica gets nearly enough credit for blatantly and unmistakably telling 2006 Bush era America that Terrorism Is A Valid Response To Oppression Actually. Star Trek TNG and DS9 hinted at it with the Bajoran resistance to the Cardassian occupation but BSG was way more blatant and unignorable about it, and BSG did it during the full hysteria of the War on Terror, not during the calm of the 90s.

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

One time I was cooking with a girl and we were both bilingual but we didn’t have a language in common so we were just sitting by the fire doing prep work quietly and I was peeling little garlic cloves to mince and she put her hand on my arm to stop me and demonstrated how you’re supposed to press on the clove with the flat side of your knife to break the shell off all at once to peel it and I was like oh! And I imitated her and she nodded in approval and we went back to quietly peeling and mincing the garlic and I don’t want to be hyperbolic but in that moment I was like wow I truly understand the universal thread of human love and connection inherent in our souls or whatever

[sorryicantcomeovermypisaidno]

You think you can judge me???

[puckgoodfaggot]

[id: a tweet from @kitesva which says "The best PhD defense is a good PhD offense

Print out your doctoral committee's old theses beforehand and spend the first 30 minutes of your defense eviscerating them /end id]

[figmentsoutoffundamentals]

years ago there was this post on this website about the notion of a "deontological epic," that is, where the narrative universe is such that there exists a right thing for a person to do, and things go well while they do the right thing.

one example was Ned Stark was executed because he betrayed his principles (in an attempt to save his daughters, sure).

but search on this site sucks so much I can't find it again :(

[figmentsoutoffundamentals]

i have thought about this post frequently for at least half a decade, and i'm no longer certain it even exists

[figmentsoutoffundamentals]

i have 8902 posts and 10926 likes... it's in here somewhere...