Alexander

[quantum-dragon]

[kitsnicket]

The way this was my first thought and then I opened the comments

[what-even-is-thiss]

The reason I’m not an anarchist is that in the centuries before the Americans with disabilities act people could have all installed safe wheelchair ramps in all of their buildings and they didn’t.

If you’re trying to make a system that relies on people being nice I’m not gonna go with it.

[valtsv]

my favorite aesthetic has got to be casualwear and armor. like jeans and a chestplate or a tshirt and sweatpants and full plate gauntlets. that shit fucking rules.

[valtsv]

instant +10 fashion buff to any outfit

[slytherverse]

i say this in all seriousness, a great way to resist the broad cultural shift of devaluing curiosity and critical thinking is to play my favorite game, Hey What Is That Thing

you play it while walking around with friends and if you see something and don't know what it is or wonder why its there, you stop and point and say Hey What Is That Thing. and everyone speculates about it. googling it is allowed but preferably after spending several minutes guessing or asking a passerby about it

weird structures, ambiguous signs, unfamiliar car modifications, anything that you can't immediately understand its function. eight times out of ten, someone in the group actually knows, and now you know!

a few examples from me and my friends the past few weeks: "why is there a piece of plywood sticking out of that pond in a way that looks intentional?" (its a ramp so squirrels that fall in to the pond can climb out) • "my boss keeps insisting i take a vacation of nine days or more, thats so specific" (you work at a bank, banks make employees take vacation in long chunks so if youre stealing or committing fraud, itll be more obvious) • "why does this brick wall have random wooden blocks in it" (theres actually several reasons why this could be but we asked and it was so you could nail stuff to the wall) • "most of these old factories we drive past have tinted windows, was that just for style?" (fun fact the factory owners realized that blue light keeps people awake, much like screen light does now, so they tinted the windows blue to keep workers alert and make them work longer hours)

been playing this game for a long time and ive learned (and taught) a fuckton about zoning laws, local history, utilities (did you know you can just go to your local water treatment plant and ask for a tour and if they have a spare intern theyll just give you a tour!!!) and a whole lot of fun trivia. and now suddenly you're paying more attention when youre walking around, thinking about the reasons behind every design choice in the place you live that used to just be background noise. and it fuckin rules.

[orcboxer]

whoa whoa whoa, are you enjoying yourself right now? rookie mistake. you're supposed to be afraid and angry... yeah no all the time. how else will you prove you care about all the problems?

[you-are-another-me]

[misericordiia]

and the lord sayest unto me, "lock the fuck in"

[rapidlydecayingcorpse]

having non toxic friends is craaazy wdym she apologized for accidentally coming off as rude and condescending. wdym she doesn’t ignore me completely. this isawrsome sauc

[grendel-menz]

I hope you know that it’s always this

[holyvivisection]

I hate it when someone so clearly puts zero effort into their diy-ed clothes just so they can look alternative faster. Like, you’re not doing fast fashion, but it sure as hell ain’t slow fashion either. You’re doing mid fashion bro. That is what you’re doing.

[depsidase]

[sandmandaddy69]

[bitchenfries]

[an-ruraiocht]

sometimes it's not your circus and they're not your monkeys but you ARE friends with the clowns. you know?

[soapydoll]

Did I ever talk abt the time i was at a bdsm club and one of the pups was on all fours and barking and being cute and the dom on scene was like “hi puppy! Do you do any tricks?” And he said “I can beatbox!”

[soapydoll]

I was like. Doubled over incapacitated laughing the entire time. He was really good and a big sweetheart and I felt kinda bad but I couldn’t stop thinking “why the am I getting the beatboxing puppy unskippable cutscene at the bdsm club”

[syckboi]

a lot of people use the “punk” or “diy” aesthetic as an excuse to make lazy, low effort work. If you care about what you’re doing, put some effort in. Make sure things are spelled right. Do a rough layout before the final draft. Make sure the swastika on your anti-Nazi patch is facing the right direction. Details matter.