bonfire of the manatees

val. 29. this blog is 25% star wars and 75% nonsense

[byjove]

I never thought I would be siding with the pope’s involvement in politics and cheering him on. I will say that.

[byjove]

[buddivorce]

[fluentisonus]

remember in p.e. when they'd take a bunch of insecure teenagers & be like "today we're going to play basketball" and then not teach you how to play basketball. and then put you in a group with guys who were obsessed with basketball and would get mad at you for not knowing how to play basketball. why did they do that

[nintendosbitch]

Gym was really a “how well have you socialized with your peers” class until they were forced to actually try a little with the Physical Fitness Test™️

As you got older it was just expected you could self run it as it was expected you should have…. Integrated by now. For lack of a better word.

[specialagentartemis]

why does it take SO much energy to keep your house only sort of clean

[bakwaaas]

I know a lot of ppl hate this idea but I would absolutely love to have separate rooms w my spouse if I was married. like we can sleep in each others beds and probably would a lot of the time but also having your own space exclusively for your things which you can decorate however you want and don’t have to compromise on someone elses wants or worry about their mess and also can decompress there if u do want alone time would be amazing

[catchymemes]

[maykitz]

[gh0st-c0mpany]

[tattahitotsunosaetayarikata-dea]

Challenging the mainstream world views every day

[the-reconciliation-of-all-things]

this would be brought up in the divorce proceedings for me personally

[quendergeer]

see now i'm confused because all the advice I've seen is that to avoid migraines you need to make sure you're working in a well-lit area

[mckitterick]

I thought OP posted an Onion article, but no, this is a real thing on The Guardian:

My husband is a lamp guy. But I will defend the Big Light for ever | Coco Khan

Let me be the lone voice of reason: I do not want to turn on five lamps to achieve the amount of light the Big Light delivers, says freelanc

feels like a self-own, tbh, because no single bulb / fixture can offer the lighting possibilities of a thoughtfully arranged series of lamps and string lights, higher-brightness bulbs work in lamps, you can connect several lamps to a single outlet or power bar, and Big Overhead Light can be used simultaneously with lamps to create not only high illumination but also evenly distributed lighting

let's settle this

gimme Big Overhead Light! I crave headache

low and distributed lamps and string lights only please

bright and low-light lamps and string lights for versatile lighting options

candles or oil lamps only (I'm 1000 years old)

natural sunlight or nothing, foul cyborgs!

cave-like darkness only for me

what are y'all on about? I don't care as long as I can read my phone

Voting ended onSep 8, 2025

[ironinkpen]

an imperfect ally is better than a perfect bystander

[ironinkpen]

the old boomer who "doesn't get the gays" but still votes blue every election is still a better ally to you than every well-spoken, woke millennial who says all the right shit but didn't vote because they "didn't like either option"

the lady who voted for trump but has changed her mind since and is calling her senator every day is a better ally to you than anyone very politely apologizing for how awful things are and not doing anything to actually help

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Give me the granny who only started re-thinking her feelings when her beloved grandkid came out as trans over anyone who can spout queer theory but gatekeeps transmascs at every step.

I'll take the unlearning-trying-my-best messy allies over the my-ass-smells-like-roses-because-i've-read-marx-seventeen-times "perfect" community member any fucking day.

[hungwy]

i dont know what to do i never thought penguins were that small this is too much for me

[yeah-yeah-beebiss-1]

to give you some perspective, this is a male emperor penguin, the biggest species (all the others are like two thirds of this one’s height or less)

[imjustkt-deactivated20180524]

Wait… How big did you think they were??

[hungwy]

[transfaguette]

can we talk about how whenever someone says “you can find common ground with non-leftists or non-progressives and steer them toward a common goal,” people immediately jump to the most extreme example of a hateful person to say it doesn’t work????? its immensely frustrating. most people do not have strong political or social opinions. most people are not hateful bigots. there is actually a very large and diverse spectrum of beliefs between you and a nazi. this doesn’t mean they don’t necessarily hold harmful or upsetting opinions, but theyre not unwavering convictions. a lot of people just simply havent ever thought that deep into it. have never been exposed to certain perspectives. and, regardless, you still can find a common ground in class solidarity. and you should. No one is forcing you to do this, either. no one is forcing you to talk to your transphobic uncle. but not everyone else in the world is your transphobic uncle, my guy.

[chronictranssexuality]

"you don't owe anyone anything" You are a tar pit. Speak for yourself. I personally owe the cafe employees my dishes put away and my friends a listening ear and small scared insects a cup and a gentle trip outside. Hyperindividualism is a rancid infection borne of capitalism and willfully misinterpreted therapyspeak and I will defy it by continuing to be kind regardless of whether or not it benefits me personally

[epilepticsaints]

[ralfmaximus]

Once upon a time there was Netflix, and it cost $8 per month to watch pretty much any movie ever made instantly. It made sense. Everybody had Netflix and life was good.

Then there was Hulu, and it seemed weird at first to have two streaming services. But basic Hulu was free and mostly streamed TV shows so it kind of made sense. Soon they charged a small fee for the convenience of streaming TV shows without ads, which also made sense.

Life was very good. People forgot that piracy even existed.

Then a few years later they added about 200 other streaming services, each one costing more than the last, and each stripping away "exclusive" content from the other services, and now there are UNSKIPPABLE COMMERCIALS and the fucking planet is on fire

[allnaturalhomemadegoddess]

Sorry but I had to reblog this... this is so true and super annoying I'm right there with ya on this one!!!!

[pan-galactic-enby]

[pan-galactic-enby]

[ross-hollander]

I assure you: somebody, somewhere, is on the exact same wavelength as you are.

[spngirlpolls]

there's a lot to bitch about re: supernatural but at least it was made in 2005 starring teen soap actors on the cw with one million episodes per season. that's real television. if they made that shit now it would be like six episodes on apple tv and glen powell would be in it. so count your fucking blessings.

[sandmandaddy69]