and boy, are those worms hungry

tumblr's prodigal kid. 25yo. they/he/ze.

[thickness-protection-program]

If you ask me I don't want "good Christians" in government to counter the "bad Christians" I just want a separation of church and state like they promised us in third grade

[spielzeugkaiser]

To be fair, Rocky also needed some time to correctly interpret Graces needs- (I also did Grace comforting Rocky here)

[trying-trying2lyk]

i love writing out numbers and then putting them in parentheses like "one (1)" even when i dont need to i think its funny

[justatiredlittlesnail]

[kaylmao]

Real Life Patch Notes:

Remaining Caffeine effect time now rolls over to next waking period

Updated friends' voice lines to more clearly indicate "Sarcasm" tone

"Little Treat" mood buff now lasts twice as long

It is now Good to pick at your skin all the time

Added ability to mute Annoying Coworker

Added 14 new species of frog

[sadomarxist]

[ruckuscauser]

[kosmogrl]

get in loser we’re gonna try again despite it all

[its-your-mind]

[stillnaomi]

using violence to liberate people from sweatshops, unsafe mines, and grinding poverty isn't the same as using violence to impose those things on people. the idea that violence is morally repugnant regardless of context is a belief that every oppressor throughout history would love for the oppressed to hold

[jellogram]

I should be doing more to appreciate the lack of marvel movies in today's popular culture. I once yearned for marvel movies to have this level of irrelevance. They used to feel almost ozymandian, like an empire that had no beginning and no end. and now tony stark iron man is naught but two vast and trunkless legs of stone.

[socialistexan]

French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies of 'sadness' at 56

French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film “Persopolis”, has died of "sadness", members of her

This one hurt, her work had such a profound effect on my life, thoughts, and politics.

May her memory be a blessing

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[hereonlytofeedwormsinmybrain]

my fav word to overuse lately is a "banger" and I'm deeply disappointed that NO ONE reacted with "banger? I hardly know her!" yet

unculture crowd istg

[morganbritton132]

Steve, like five separate times in their shared history class, hands Eddie a piece of paper like, "Here. I drew a picture of you. You're like my moose today or whatever. Bye."

Eddie is... Confused? Honored? Baffled?

He unfolds the piece of paper to reveal the worst goddamn drawing known to man, and decides that what is...is being fucked with.

[trexiva]

Sorry I'm thinking Simon's tendency to apologize to inanimate objects rn

Grace gets frustrated with a tool or something and tosses it to the side as he does. And Simon picks it up and mutters an apology on Grace's behalf under his breath. Cut to Grace absolutely breaking down to Rocky later, taking off his glasses as tears stream down his face bc, "he apologized to the tool, Rock. I threw it and he felt the need to apologize. On my behalf." Him feeling a bit like an asshole for throwing a fit

Ok that's it that's the post hit send

[thatonegreyghost]

@to-be-kind-takes-work on the subject of Grace's temper tantrums

[to-be-kind-takes-work]

This is actually one of my favourite things and I want to put it in a fic somewhere. I love this so so so so much

[dudethatsmypillowcase]

Happy pride month to these three goobers

[bloodymaryteardrop]

[peachiexparfait]

Simon surviving with the Black Box on his person is a whole can of worms if Grace manages to see what it contains while Simon is out of commission. Because he's seeing the pictures of these absolutely horrifying things in the dark plus the audio recordings of what happened to the crew on SM-8 and here is some random man in space missing an arm, full of radiation and he's just like

[paper-lilypie]

that buzzy trope where a guy’s all dressed up in a suit for a formal dinner and helping his friend properly tie a tie around his neck while gently chastising and teasing them

but it’s Grace helping Simon fasten his tether wire on his waist for his first space walk