Booboo The Fool

ig @judithmarie.m

[bulkhummus]

first you have to remember that the first disco ball was painstakingly put together by hand from nothing but an idea and lots of intricately cut glass and bandaids and then you have to think about the experience of being under a disco ball for the very first time, bathed in reflections of an era that has not yet come to past, and finally you end up wondering what else there is around you that has yet to be unearthed by something with so much as a silly name

[cyb0rg-bby]

I remembered this post a few nights ago while I was out and looking up at this massive disco ball and I needed to find it but I couldn’t so I just googled disco ball and stood there in the middle of the concert floor reading the disco ball Wikipedia entry. anyway did you know that the disco ball is German in origin.

[frickiestfricks]

[navigationspace]

[ophilosoraptoro]

Well played, Beverly.

[charlesoberonn]

Heartwarming story: Little girl doesn’t have to do anything to fund her dad’s surgery because his expenses are covered by his country’s universal healthcare.

[charlesoberonn]

Human determination: Man bikes 18 miles to work every morning because he wants to and not because he can’t afford a car and would be fired if he’s late.

[charlesoberonn]

Spirit of Brotherhood: Neighbors host housewarming party for elderly resident who doesn’t need help in paying rent because his pension is more than enough.

[hyperlexichypatia]

SO INSPIRING: Local middle school students bake dozens of cupcakes because their home economics class is doing a baking unit. Their school is fully funded with everything they need.

[blandandtasteless]

This feels like calibrating my normal detector

[stuckinapril]

Goodnight

[eurodynamic]

[kanagenwrites]

I once wrote a 1500 word essay on something I'd forgotten to read in the 40 minutes before class. Including the time it took to read the thing I'd forgotten to read.

I got an A on that paper.

Writing is a skill. Skill is muscle. If you don't use a muscle, it atrophies. If you are a student and you are tempted to use genAI to cheese an assignment, I am begging you for your own sake to not do it.

This is not a moral stance about genAI (which is shit at what it's ostensibly for, and full of lies and evil, and fueled by art theft and burning rainforests, and there is no good reason to ever use it for anything; that's the moral reason for why you shouldn't use it), it is a purely pragmatic stance based on the fact that if you use it you will never learn the single most essential skill that is used in every single workplace.

You will never learn to bullshit.

And if you cannot bullshit, you will not understand when you are being fed bullshit by others.

For your own sake you must learn to do your own thinking, your own bullshitting, because our trashfire society runs on bullshit and for your own good you must become fluent in it, because very few people will bother to translate it for you. It was asinine in the late 90s, and it is asinine today, but it is the central truth of adult society: everything is bullshit, and you need to know what is going on beneath the bullshit, and you need to be able to bullshit back if necessary.

I know that the expectations being placed on you are ever-increasing, and I know that it does not seem rational to put effort into explaining the plot of a Charles Dickens novel to someone who has read the thing 50 times and will read 50 identical essays about it over the weekend. I know you are being handed ever-greater heaps of what is functionally mindless busywork because of an institutional obsession with metrics that don't actually measure learning in a useful way. High school was nightmarish in the 90s and I am fully aware that it has only gotten worse.

Nevertheless, you must try, if only for your own sake. Curiosity is your best hope, and dogged determination your best weapon. Learn, please, if only out of spite.

I was able to get an A on that paper because I was able to skim the reading, figure out what it was about, and bullshit for 1500 words in the space of 40 minutes.

Imagine what you can do if you learn to bullshit like I can bullshit.

[eldritchamy]

For my senior year of AP English, I was assigned reading over Easter break. We were instructed to read The Old Man And The Sea, and save the rest of the short stories in the book for the first week back.

Unfortunately, what I heard was "read everything BUT The Old Man And The Sea."

Double unfortunately: the first day back was a test, on The Old Man And The Sea. Which I had read exactly zero words of. It was, notably, a short essay test. It wasn't multiple choice or fill in the blank. It was designed to require deliberate answers from scratch, entirely out of your own head, with nothing to go on BUT what was in your head.

And in the course of about 45 minutes, I was able to use the questions of the test itself to piece together a vague enough sense of how the story went to bullshit my way through other questions. I gave wide, thematic answers that were extremely light on details, since I did not know any of them, and did not even know this test would be happening until it was in front of me. An essay test for an AP-level English class.

I had a starting point of zero information, and an essay test about the thing I was supposed to have read.

I bullshitted my way to a B+ on it.

On a test I should have gotten a ZERO on.

It's been 16 years since I took that test.

I couldn't tell you a damn thing about The Old Man And The Sea.

But you better fucking believe I still know how to bullshit, and when someone is trying to bullshit me.

The power and utility of knowing how bullshit works CANNOT be overstated. It is one of the most important skills you can ever have.

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

This is also a good string on this topic.

[makingimages]

[i-was-today-years-old-when]

i learned that there is no federal law requiring ingredients in menstrual products to meet a standard of safety. (x)

According to Women’sVoices.Org, “This is especially concerning considering the route of exposure—these products are used in the body and on sensitive vulva tissue, possibly increasing the uptake of chemicals into the body.”

[suspend]

this is incredibly alarming and it’s why popular brands like “always” get away while we suffer the consequences of experiencing extreme cramps and/or skin rashes. this is primarily the reason why i switched to reusable menstrual products three years ago. since switching, i have not suffered any irritations or infections at all.

ps also do your research with whatever reusable product you’re buying. i personally have only tried pads because one piece of period underwear is too expensive for me (plus the pfa’s issue scared me) and cups are too intrusive for me (i just couldnt get it to “get in” sorry if tmi. i just thought id share)

[only1600kids]

@suspend what type of reusable pad do you use? how do you wash it? what do you do with the used pad while you’re out? isnt using “reusable products” unhygienic and more prone to infections cause you have to “wash it?” how sure are you that its thoroughly washed?

[suspend]

@only1600kids i use reusable pads from cariona. i got the trial pack initially then after going through their flow test, i got the medium flow pack for full period coverage. they also have more affordable options like the starter pack, heavy flow pack etc.

the pads are handwash, machine wash and dryer compatible. i usually handwash it during my shower then machine wash it with my other clothes.

while im out, i just fold it then put it in the waterproof pouch. it doesnt smell nor leak at all. then i just wash it when im ready to shower.

for me, its not really unhygienic. i used to always have skin rashes and infections before reusable products but after switching, i have never had any infections in three years of usage. 

but its all up to what you want. maybe a cup would work more for you or underwear. its just for me, the pads are the most affordable and flexible option because as mentioned, i find cups so uncomfortable and underwear to be super expensive. not to mention, with underwear, if your size changes, you’ll have to buy a whole pack again but thankfully not with pads. hope this helps!

edited: linked the products to easily find them

[beawriting]

I love the reusable ones! I didn’t realize how irritated my skin was until I made the switch.

[maybeitsfinallytime]

I’ve had the same set of about 15 Cariona pads and pantiliners for the last two years and I’ll never go back. Just like the person above, I put the used ones in the bottom of my shower to soak and squeeze them out toward the end of the shower. Then I wash them with the rest of my clothes in the washer and dryer. They have no odor, are just as soft and absorbant as the day I bought them, and they never ever leak. Sometimes they shift, but that’s my fault for sometimes not wearing cotton undies with them. Regardless, I love them and they have made my menstruation a much more survivable bodily function.

[suave-bowlers-deactivated202303]

@only1600kids I use the Cariona pads. I usually rinse them out in the sink until the water runs clear then throw them in the washing machine

[whomst-am-i]

Yes yes yes yes!!! Cariona runs ads like crazy on this site but I will rb them every time bec they are actually quality!! They work so well, they don’t smell, they’re easy to clean, and they have good options for colors/patterns!! The only downside is that they’re a small investment but I’ve had mine for years now and they hold up to use and vigorous washing well.

[the-composite-doll]

I also hand wash my Cariona pads with Dr Bronner’s Castile soap.

I found detergent wash causes slight irritation

[ispyspookymansion]

first they made it mandatory to log in everywhere. create an account to download your free template Log in to access resource give us your email nowwwww. Now the humble password is being killed too. open your magic email link! type your 6 digit code that we texted you because we required your email and your phone number! we’re gonna call you and whisper a code sweetly in your ear so you can log in to your account. yes it has a password but you cant use that anymore. okay? poob is gonna call you. now poob is just gonna call you.

[guerrillatech]

[marglith]

anxiety has you googling shit like can I check books out at the library

[romanceyourdemons]

i was drafting a post that said “a single boba tea can replace up to two meals if you are pure of heart” and the reason i didn’t post it is because as i was typing those words i got so dizzy i felt like i was being abducted by aliens

[chipsncookies]

[thememedaddy]

[1percentcharge]

why do we take towels for granted. have you ever needed to dry off and could only use your clothes or a blanket or something. little fibers all over you, just terrible. towels dont do this. not nearly as much at least. thank you towels

[technofeudalism]

[technofeudalism]

[mouth-less]

[vitabreva]

[retrospektiw-deactivated2024081]

still laughing my ass off to this

[offslime]

Video ID: Weird Al and Eminem sitting in fancy room. Al: I was a little bit nervous about do this interview Eminem: Relax, Guy! I like gay men, you know? Al: That’s great, but, I- I’m not gay. Eminem: I don’t believe that. ID end.

[writterings]

how i'm handling my students using AI to write papers:

-don't accuse them on using AI from the get-go and instead ask them to informally define all the huge words that they used in their essay which i know they don't know the meaning of

-ask to see their original file where they "wrote" the essay. go to version history to see if it was just copy and pasted and then just edited a bit. i keep an eye out for the shit like "certainly! here's an essay about...."

-if they own up to it, they can re-do the assignment for a higher grade even if there will be an automatic penalty. if they don't, i process it like plagiarism and get my supervisor involved.

[manicali]

And this is much better than the immediate accusations. Some students have a good vocabulary. Stop accusing them of faking their essays without proof, and this is a good way to check.

Fellow students please stop using AI, go back to promising not to kill the school nerd if they do all your homework or something.

[eatpussypraylove]

Favorite adderall review

[joebidensbignaturals]

[ralfmaximus]

You have to watch the dosage.

[mortimermcmirestinks]

You have to watch the dosage.