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Can anyone tell me if the Unabomber was problematic
The fact that pre-Unabomber Kaczynski was a once-in-a-generation mathematical genius means that citing his research can be a tad awkward unless you just roll with it, which has resulted in the greatest footnote ever written.
I appreciate the efforts of everyone sincerely explaining to me why the unabomber is problematic but truly the only people who deserve any of my attention are the above commenters and this person in the notes
Some people might think I’m an optimist but I’m not. I’m a realist that’s going to try to increase the good things in this world if it kills me.
I want to severely push back on the idea that cynicism is any more realistic than optimism. There are good things in the world and there are bad things in the world. Totally ignoring one or the other doesn’t make you more correct.
You also have the power in your individual life to crowbar the long arc of the universe towards justice. Don’t just expect that things will be bad or good. Start yanking. Beat the darkness back with a stick, dammit.
I SHOT THE HEAD OFF THE CPR MANNEQUIN WHAT THE HELL
IM GONNA PISS MYSELF JFC
ok so the last time i got cpr certified was when i was a tiny lil thing in high school to be a lifeguard for the kiddie swim lessons we taught. so its been a minute, yeah?
i am required to be cpr certified in my position at my job, smth that has not been brought up at ALL in the last 3 years ive been here, so i went to retake the course and all that. I went with a coworker, we partnered up and named our dummy Charles because we're cool like that. ended up having to use the table instead of the floor because of my bad knee and recently healed ankle, so we're above everyone else. We get charles ready, and i end up going first as the first responder, so i'm going over the process in my brain. 30 compressions at 100-120BPM, two respirations, AED, etc. etc. I was also remembering how hard it was to do proper compressions in my tiny little body at 14, so I knew it took more force than i thought to get the compressions deep enough, so i prepared to have to use my body weight and fucking send it. But! it turns out, since im not 4'11" anymore it was in fact Not Very Difficult to get past 2 inches, so it was fine and the instructor actually told me to ease up. I did awesome, compressions were deep and at proper rate, gold star for me.
however, my brain did not connect the dots that if the compressions would take less force, so would the respirations. Me at 14 had to use my full lung capacity to get the chest to rise at all, so I, with my full adult lung capacity and 10+ years of competitive swim, vocal training with breath support, and occasional dabble into brass instruments as I make my way around an orchestra, decide that I need to still full blast for the thing to work. i have to save charles, after all, so fucking send it ig. two very fast, very HARD breaths.
charles's chest plate lifts off and resettles incorrectly, i am none the wiser because i am (wrongly) focusing on the fucking little LEDs on the dummy being green instead of actually registering the movement of the chest like youre supposed to. My coworker, however, has noticed that charles might be A Little Fucked Right Now, and tries to get my attention, but i am FOCUSED because you gotta do the full two minutes and all that. so i switch back to the compression.
the chest plate, no longer in proper position to hold the head in place, clicks weirdly, and next thing i know the charles's head fucking LAUNCHES off into the fucking wall, nearly missing another person's head. his chest flipped up off his body and his head is gone and trailing that little plastic bag that the air you breathe into, completely deflated.
i fucking OVERINFLATED the bag to the point where when i did a compression it fucking POPPED and sent the head flying. the class had to stop for a full fucking 15 minutes to get itself together while i melted into my chair in embarassment i wanted to DIE
the instructor was fucking dying she was all like, 'ok you remember when i was giving the list of instances when you can stop cpr? you can stop now because he's dead' AND EVERYONE WAS LAUGHING AT ME AND MY COWORKER WAS FUCKING HEAVING AND WHEEZING HARD ENOUGH TO FALL OUT OF HIS CHAIR AND IM SO FUCKING MORTIFIED
I DECAPITATED CHARLES IN A CLASS ON HOW TO SAVE SOMEONES LIFE SOMEONE FUCKING KILL ME
This is the best argument I’ve ever seen for CPR certification expiring. Charles laid down his inanimate life for a good cause.
Hat tip @mugwomps , RIP 🪦 Charles and uhhh… good job OP? I mean, in the “getting a gold star in lung capacity” sense and “willing heart” sense, not so much the “desired outcome for patient” one
*grabs your hands and speaks to you in a tone that is so gentle* they/them pronouns stop being universal once you learn a person's pronouns. Sometimes that person's pronouns will include they/them and in that specific case you are allowed to keep using those pronouns for that person. In any case where you learn a persons pronouns and that person doesn't use they/them, you should no longer use those pronouns for that person. If you continue to use they/them pronouns knowing that person doesn't use them, you are now misgendering that person. Kindly stop doing that please. Thank you, I love you.
my safe clothing items that I wear day in day out for years and years should never break or rip or wear down. the power of friendship should stop that kind of thing
A popular water bottle is being recalled in both Canada and the U.S. after reports of injuries suffered from the bottle exploding.
A popular water bottle is being recalled in both Canada and the U.S. after reports of injuries suffered from the bottle exploding. Health Canada announced a joint recall Wednesday with the U.S. Consumer and Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) and i-Drink Products Inc. for Drinkmate’s 1L carbonation bottles, which could potentially explode from extra pressure while being used, resulting in injuries and lacerations to users and bystanders.
This recall article was posted August 14th, 2025.
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from the article:
Health Canada said the affected bottles have an expiration date range of between January 2026 to October 2026. The affected products include the following: Black 1L bottle, SKU: 001-02-1, UPC: 850003006598 Blue 1L bottle , SKU: 001-08-1, UPC: 850003006994 Red 1L bottle, SKU: 001-03-1, UPC: 850016147820 White 1L bottle, SKU: 001-01-1, UPC: 850003006970
How does one fuck up a water bottle so badly that it EXPLODES while someone is ACTIVELY DRINKING IT????
naughty cats will be subjected to the Cat Wobbler
environmental storytelling
we are forcing mike to discuss top 40 pop girlies in the groupchat #elderabuse
(+ bonus i am 30 entire years old & only know some of these names from my younger siblings)
everyone try your luck
headache? not in the mood to partake in any of your hobbies because of the headache? consider simply staring at the Make Headache Worse rectangle!
From the Chinese dating game show 非诚勿扰 (Fei Cheng Wu Rao), If You Are The One.
if youre not in school anymore and are looking for ways to get out of the house more go to the nearest "hip" coffee shop you can that has a bulletin board with flyers on it for local events and attend any and all the ones youre able to ESPECIALLY if they're free. this is the only actionable advice that has worked for me
lots of very good suggestions for other places to find community events in the notes, including but not limited to:
libraries, parks, rec centers, and other public amenities
craft/game/hobby specialty stores or event spaces
bars or similar venues
I know I said "if you're not in school anymore" cause that's me right now, but if a college/uni campus doesn't have security requiring a student ID to get in, nothing is stopping you from just Hanging Out on the campus even if you're not a student there lol. I do it all the time and there are flyers abound
literally just on a wall or telephone pole outside
if the only coffee shop around is starbucks, ime even Some starbucks locations have these kind of bulletin boards in them (not the drive thru ones obv). and no, you don't have to order anything from the starbucks
instagram and facebook too unfortunately. i know i know i hate them too
also I know that it can be kind of scary or awkward to attend any events you find by yourself. thats ok though. nobody is going to hate you or think you're weird if you don't bring a plus one. go my scarab
This is probably a criminally unpopular opinion, but people whose walls are covered in brand new booktok books are just as complicit in trend-driven overconsumption as the Stanley girlies or the showertok creators with 80 treehut scrubs. I don't necessarily mean the romance girls either, so don't think the 'my year of rest and relaxation' crowd gets a pass here.
Literally the amount of people I talk to who say reading is their favorite hobby and they read like 3 books a week then will tell me that they don't have a library card is insane. How much money do you guys spend on books without any guarantee that you'll even like it? Why not just read a library copy then buy the book if you really liked it?
"But why would I buy a book that I've already read?"
Why did you buy it without knowing you were going to want to read it more than once??? If you didn't like the book then you've just got a $25 piece of wall decor lmao.
I think that this also opens up a broader conversation about the commodification of hobbies on social media. Reading used to be a means to an end to consume a story you enjoyed, and now it's an aesthetic to be performed on Instagram, just like any other trend but with an added air of superiority.
I'm just ranting but if someone can explain to me how buying endless books that'll be read once and then left to collect dust on your shelf is different than buying an eyeshadow palette that'll be used once then shoved to the back of a drawer for years, I'm all ears.
It's so wild. I realized as a teenager, "oh, I shouldn't buy books if I am not going to read them more than once because my money is finite. I should get them from the library instead."
I have no particular comment about the main point of your post, but i did want to point out:
having books and large libraries as an aesthetic and status symbol is very much not something thats new or caused by social media, and reading what is popular so you can talk and be smug about it with others is as old as books becoming widely available. Not everything got ruined by social media and used to be better, some things suck pretty much in the same way they used to but now you see them on social media instead of following Oprah Winfrey's book club or whatever.
