Flaming Mindsplosion

[captain-price-returns]

Arrest everyone involved.

[captain-price-returns]

Money saved: maybe a couple million dollars.

People killed: around three quarters of a million.

[x-deer-teeth-x]

do you think you’d actually notice if someone didn’t cast a shadow? or if their limbs were just slightly too long? or if they had just a little too many teeth? like how many times have you passed Something on the street and you just didn’t Notice It

[tornpyre-deactivated20191208]

stay woke monsterfuckers ur love is out there!!!!!

[x-deer-teeth-x]

yknow what? not my point at all in any way whatsoever, but I’m glad I could be an inspiration

[richardburbagehateblog]

"All drugs are drugs" = a surprisingly radical position that will upset people right across the political spectrum

This means:

If you draw a hard line between "drug" and "medicine" based on current legality where you live (or any other criteria) you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think legality and/or prescription status tells you all you need about a substance's capacity to do massive harm to someone's body, mind or well-being you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think legality and/or prescription status tells you all you need about a substance's capacity to contribute meaningfully to someone's healing, function or happiness you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think certain substances should be excluded from informed consent (either withheld or forcibly administered) you've gone wrong somewhere.

[kuttithevangu]

The booktok women are fine!!!

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

vaguely annoying to realize that you have catchphrases

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

every single time I’m in public and there is a small technological misunderstanding I turn to the person nearest me and say “these are the days of miracle and wonder” and get mad at myself for using the same line every time

[parkayquarts]

"what if someone regrets transitioning" if you are 18 or over in free country usa you can walk into any tattoo parlor and ask for a tattoo that will be on your body forever and ever and ever and they will give it to you with the understanding that if you dont like the result or you regret it later that's your fucking problem and not theirs

[robertreich]

It's not a perfect metaphor, but it's pretty damn close.

[cutecipher]

it really is annoying as hell how someone will talk about how poor people can't avoid ethically dubious products because of how being poor works and then someone with a two story house in the suburbs will take that to mean they can order harry potter books through a drone delivery from amazon and if you criticize that you're a bigot

[probuccalfat]

there’s a conversation here about how queer people who come from heavily poor, illiterate, traditional ass backgrounds have to put in fucking work to gain any real acceptance from the queer community so we’re not seen as ignorant and backwards but we also like don’t have community with our own families because of our gender and/or sexuality most times. it’s really rich that the progressive movement can acknowledge how poverty, illiteracy, religion, racial identity shape people but fully fail to understand it beyond good vs bad, enlightened vs ignorant, with us vs against us… like some of you fully cannot conceptualize a person that’s with you and on your side if they’re not exactly like you or deeply apologetic about where they came from because you look down on it. but i don’t really want to have that conversation with y’all.

[eva-strapp]

I really like the way Project Hail Mary presents controversial research. The main concept explored in Grace’s paper, that life does not need hydrogen/ water to evolve, is not proven to be correct based on what we see in the book. However, aspects of his paper are eventually proven to be true. Life can evolve outside of the Goldilocks zone, and water’s role in the development of life can be more complex than originally thought (how Rocky’s biology works and evolution of life on Erid).

It’s an interesting way of exploring the presentation scientific research, you may not be correct 100 percent of the time, but the research that you conduct can pave the way to expansive thinking. While the main hypothesis might be incorrect, if the methods and procedures are utilized properly, the ideas and research that come out of excitements are not wasted! They can be repurposed for future research or be used as evidence to support the prevailing line of thought. This aspect of half truths felt like a tribute to the practice of academic writing, and added a lovely layer of realism.

It goes to show that Grace’s hypothesis really could have evolved to have some weight behind them if he had given it time. Stratt and the rest of his field at the beginning of his process were definitely barking up the right tree.

[ladyshinga]

Damn, Uwe Boll, you know your weird little racist murderslop is fuckin' RANCID when even the cannibal LARPer you cast as the lead is saying the whole thing's dogshit

[the-big-mood]

[draconym]

Getting dumped really puts children's cartoon villains into perspective. Like dude you're SO right, love and caring ARE disgusting and we SHOULD cast a spell to drain all human emotion into your amulet.

[draconym]

Friend breakups are how you get lines like "Your friends? You think your friends are coming to save you? Don't make me laugh."

[giritina]

Awesome cartoon otaku tweet

[girldraki]

[girldraki]

[angelic-odette]

When I say women should have higher standards for how they're treated, this is exactly what I mean. At the first insult? Kick. Him. To. The. Curb.

[somethingfangirly]

Seriously. What the fuck did he think was going to happen?

[bigmickswingin]

protip for everyone, but mostly boys in this case:

when you are on a date, and someone has an interest you don't quite get, instead of saying lol lame, try saying hmm i don't quite get that, please explain that to me, and then listen as the other person talks about why that thing is something they are in to.

you might learn something which recontextualizes the matter, and you will definitely learn something more about your date, which is the entire point of dating.

you don't have to be a superfan by the end, but you will have shown you can be chill and take an interest in stuff, which is much more likely to result in a second date instead of being ditched in a coffee line.

this also works outside of dating, btw.

[byjove]

ACTUALLY, MAD RESPECT HE WAS A MACHINE.

[myteetharewhitewithsin]

[sandmandaddy69]