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One of my favorite things about theaters is that they are basically out of the reach of censorship. There are things happening on those stages which could never be presented on a screen. I mean ideas, opinions and criticisms. Go to the theater if you can, don't settle for anything sterile, polished and controlled.

shetheyslain

Dahling you simply must read this book! It’s all about this devious little caterpillar who simply gorges himself on all manner of divine things

395nm

Fuck Meyer-Briggs whatever typology. This INTFP shit is only for redditors up their own asses to substitute for a personality. Use my new typology instead!

Your ideal environment is:

Hot/Cold

Wet/Dry

Bright/Dark

Loud/Quiet

#hot wet dark buzz #swamp at night

eymurn

In your 20s, you'll feel like you're losing the race. It's important to understand that there is no race.

lagooneah

Victor Frankenstein they could never make me form a solid opinion on you.

asfairaseros

TLDR: Puerto Rico is NOT a part of the United States.

I see a lot of well meaning Americans saying things along the lines of "Um HELLO, Puerto Rico IS a part of the United States! They're Americans, too!" in the context of criticizing racism towards Puerto Rico e.g. Bad Bunny performing at the Superbowl. As a Boricua, I am here to tell you - PUERTO RICO IS NOT A PART OF THE UNITED STATES. This is a legal fact, not my personal opinion or cultural viewpoint.

As officially designated by the 1901 Insular Cases of the United States Supreme Court, Puerto Rico is an "unincorporated territory" "belonging to the United States, but not a part of the United States" (read: a colony - Puerto Rico is sadly but accurately dubbed The World's Oldest Colony)

People born in Puerto Rico do have US citizenship (which the US government only granted so that it could draft Puerto Ricans into the military) but are explicitly not afforded the full rights of the US Constitution. The US cherry picks what "rights" Puerto Ricans do and do not have while exploiting it as a tax haven and tourist playground. The most glaring and straightforward example - you cannot vote for the President of the US if you live in PR.

US Statehood is not a solution to any of this. That is another deeply misinformed liberal talking point. After over a century of abusing Puerto Ricans' human rights (forcibly sterilizing 1/3 of the women, using our land for bombing practice and causing insanely high cancer rates, massacring peaceful protestors, I could go on and on and on), full independence and sovereignty is the only acceptable resolution.

Yea, of course Bad Bunny can perform at the Superbowl. But because he is literally the planet's most listened to artist this year, NOT because Puerto Rico "is part of the United States." That is not true. Educated yourself. Que viva Puerto Rico libre.

I recommend War Against All Puerto Ricans by Nelson A. Denis for further reading.

asfairaseros

I need to add to this (January 13, 2026):

The USA is remilitarizing Puerto Rico right now (and has been since Fall 2025) as it ramps up to terrorize Venezuela and the rest of the world, despite ongoing and growing protests.

Several military bases were recently reopened after Puerto Ricans shut them down with decades of intense protests. In the town I live in, the military planes flying to/from the bases fly so low, all day and night, that it's painfully loud even when you're inside. The first time it happened we thought it was an earthquake. The vibrations are so intense that they even wake up my deaf partner. Last night, I was woken up by one of these planes flying overhead at 4 AM. Sleep deprivation is literally a form of torture. This is becoming more and more frequent in recent weeks.

Kind of a side note, but many ecologically sensitive bats nest around my house. Thinking about how loud and painful these planes must be to their delicate ears is heartbreaking.

The United Nations has declared every year for many years that the USA is in fact holding Puerto Rico as an ILLEGAL COLONY. This only further highlights that there should be no US military presence in Puerto Rico.

Independencia y soberanía ya, and USA get the fuck out of Puerto Rico.

graffitinight

When you try to talk about enshittification, it sounds like conspiracy theories. (I'm not crazy)

Amazon made their service worse, to force people to pay for Prime.

Nowadays, if you order from Amazon, there is a week long delay before your package is shipped. (on purpose)

I remember when orders would ship out the same day. (I remember - it was real)

YouTube didn't used to have ads. Now, ads play in the middle of videos. (it's worse than TV ever was)

The best can opener I have owned is over 40 years old. Modern ones just don't hold up as well. (The ones I bought new broke ages ago)

The bread machine my mom got for her wedding lasted 30 years. It's been replaced twice in the last 5 years. (How can you fuck this up?)

The cardboard tubes in the middle of toilet paper rolls have gotten larger. (This too?) Companies increasing the price of the product while selling you less. (REALLY?)

It sounds crazy. (it's the truth) When you talk about it, YOU sound crazy. (it's true)

Even when people believe you (do they really), all they can say is "it sucks". (it's too big) Because the problem is so big, so pervasive, what can we even DO about it???

To get the necessary laws written and passed, we need politicians, to get the politicians elected we need information campaigns, to fund campaigns we need money, and all the money is being hoarded by the people profiting from enshittification. (it sounds so fake)

So I talk about enshittification (it sounds crazy), so people don't forget that things have been made worse on purpose (it's true), even though I sound crazy. (maybe I am)

marisatomay

at the risk of being cringe with everything going on — this week, the last six months, the past five years — i keep thinking about that one quote from the great gatsby

marisatomay

“they were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

marisatomay

it’s just every day now, huh.

mournfulroses

D. H. Lawrence, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence

rawcunningmaster

Holy Rosary Cemetery in "Cancer Alley"

Taft, Louisiana 🇺🇸 | ✝️

cupidsquilll

dk-thrive

I loved you by then, or would soon, or always had. It was inevitable, foretold: When I look up, I will see the sky... I am not sure which I prefer: To be taken for something I am not, or to fail at being what I am.

— Alix E. Harrow, The Everlasting (Tor Books, October 28, 2025)

hexxlibris

Hemlock & Silver, by T. Kingfisher

I think probably I have missed some things, by not listening to fairy tales

mx-macintosh

y'all need to relearn the word erratic and stop using schizophrenic/bipolar/psychotic as a replacement

mx-macintosh

y'all need to relearn the word particular and stop using ocd as a replacement

weresoul

People need to relearn the word "egocentric" and stop using narcissist/narc as a replacement.

thatpreciousthing

People need to relearn the word "impulse" and stop using "intrusive thought" as a replacement

solarpunkcast

People need to relearn "narc" as narcotics officer and snitch again too

currentlycryingaboutlancelot

i do think a lot of implausible medieval plot devices make more sense when considering the fact that these people simply did not have glasses

currentlycryingaboutlancelot

like the king arthur problem of how were these people always accidentally sleeping with the wrong person? well 1) no glasses 2) no lights and candles are so expensive 3) royal couples didn’t even sleep in the same bed a lot of the time anyway 4) arranged marriage how much do you really know your spouse anyway? maybe not very well a lot of the time 5) people are drinking a lot idk. maybe not as absurd as one might think

currentlycryingaboutlancelot

this post is brought to you by the one time i woke up at a sleepover and realized that without my glasses i could not distinguish one friend from the other. haunting. all of arthurian literature was unlocked to me at that moment