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my social anxiety is telling me not to go to the concert tonight

like how can it be so convincing?

concerts are fun. the ticket was a gift. staying at home alone in my dingy apartment is not better.

indefenseofkara

i did it.

i put on a lace skirt and a crop top, drove my ass downtown, and payed $20 for parking.

#hashtag success story #my life

my social anxiety is telling me not to go to the concert tonight

like how can it be so convincing?

concerts are fun. the ticket was a gift. staying at home alone in my dingy apartment is not better.

#my life #anxiety

boomer-mythology-destroyer

jadeharleyinc

hey sorry. can you stand a little further back and we try again

onion-souls

Sorry, Millennials, but recent paleontologist findings and hyolaryngeal apparatus reconstructions no longer support the hypothesis that "rawr" means "I love you" in dinosaur.

onion-souls

I made you a bibliography but I eated it :(

gaysie

t shirt that says I MISS EVERYONE I WAS EVER FLEETINGLY CLOSE TO SO MUCH THAT IT KILLS

ispyspookymansion

i may not be financially stable or professionally successful or socially well liked or attractive or funny or hopeful about my future but i can make a 3 note post like nobody’s business #hustle

roswellsoup

bonus/proof:

we tipped her well dw. best waitress ever 🍒

#one time as a kid I asked for extra cherries in my shirley temple and got a plate like that #that restaurant is closed now :(

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.

beggars-opera

I once saw an article put it this way: often "this is problematic" is used to shut down discussion of a thing, by casting a sweeping but vague judgement. But really if used at all it should start a discussion about what the problem is.

snootlestheangel

Please spread the word

I risk outing myself with this but please read this

An AI data center has been proposed to be built directly next door to Nashville Zoo in Tennessee (United States)

AI is awful, data centers are worse. They are so environmentally draining and just terrible. Nashville Zoo is a fairly large Zoo, certified under the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (the highest standard of animal care/welfare as well as conservation, education, preservation.)

An AI data center would seriously affect Nashville Zoo from operating at ideal rates, and this will have a bigger impact on animal conservation around the world.

Please reblog this and sign the petition if you can

Nashville Zoo Says No to Proposed Data Center

littleguysdaily

This was a Patreon Request

littleguysdaily

I'd like your attention for a moment, after some internal review we need to issue a rare rebalancing for Rocky.

NO CHUCKABILITY - We had not seen Rocky with earth-like gravity, and so needed to adjust for this oversight. NO BONES - We were unsure how to solve this, but after much deliberation, we have come to the conclusion that whatever Rocky has got ain't bones. MAX MEDIA LITERACY - We had an unchecked earth bias that clouded our judgement. Rocky's ability to adapt to a culture which is literally alien is extremely impressive. That they were chosen for such an important mission must mean that they are an exceptional Eridian, and their ability to communicate across such a wide gap should have easily gained them that third star.