[dankmemeuniversity]

[manda-kat]

My brother is bringing four of his marine buddies to Thanksgiving (I assume they can't make it home this year) and it's super nice of him, but also... I have never met these men in my life.

[manda-kat]

Me: I never meet men my age >:(

My brother: I'm bringing four single men to Thanksgiving!

Me: NOT LIKE THIS!!!

[orion98]

If you don’t like them you can always invoke the 3rd amendment and it’s like casting a spell that makes any military personnel leave your house

[gin-juice-tonic]

Something you should always remember about every single person you see on this site is that they are a tumblr user. They are the kind of person who uses tumblr

[orion98]

I like clocking people and telling them they seem like they know what superwholock is

[autumnal-thunder]

One of the saddest aspects of Charlie Kirk's assassination is that he wasn't one of those right-wing grifters who branded himself on getting "liberal tears".

While commentators like Matt Walsh refer to leftists as "demons" on a daily basis, Charlie invited anyone who disagreed with him up on stage to give them a platform to speak. He listened to them, had honest conversations about their differences, encouraged them to reach their potential and dreams, and genuinely cared for all of his countrymen and women regardless of their beliefs.

To the people celebrating his murder; he was one of the last conservatives willing to have conversations with you.

[jewreallythinkthat]

I bring a sort of "no one deserves to to be murdered" vibe to the political discussion which a large number of people on both sides of the spectrum seem to dislike

[orion98]

Possibly nonsensical question but are you SwaggyP from LOL Pics?

Yes, that is me

[thisbibliomaniac]

Yeah i bet this guy's not trying to start a cult

[malibuklaus]

[such-justice-wow]

Visiting parents

[orion98]

Scheduling the next DND session

[thisbibliomaniac]

Do not! Anonymously send links into my inbox! I will not open them!

[thisbibliomaniac]

Still stands!

[orion98]

I miss anon hate, now all we get are a scam copy and paste

[t4tstarvingdog]

*through gritted teeth* every day i choose to be kind *barely restraining myself from violence* i choose to have compassion *tamping down the vicious bloodlust inside me* i choose to care and to be kind and to love

[luthian11235813]

Gentleness from someone who cannot be violent isn't a virtue. Kindness from someone who cannot be cruel is not a gift. Caring, coming from someone who isn't tempted to simply walk away, is closer to the pinprick of pity than the embrace of love.

I am a menace, a nuclear warhead, a crusader, and a self-centered sinner. So. When I choose kindness, charity, peace, diplomacy, and duty, it isn't because I'm "culturally christian" or "doing what people expect" or "acting in my own best interest" -- it is because I am drenched in the blood of a Savior who made every one of those choices for me instead of leveling every wall and weapon built against Him. I am not doing this because I am 'nice". I am doing this because I'm trying to honor Him.

[orion98]

Loving your enemies might mean faking a smile and wishing them well, it might mean buying them a birthday present despite your feelings towards them. Love isn't always flowery, but it is always denying oneself for another; as Christ did for us

[orion98]

Amazon employee: “Sir can you confirm I helped you with your problem today?”

Me: uh, yeah…. Are you under duress? Is there a drone holding your family at gunpoint? Will they be executed if I answer no?

[greater-than-the-sword]

If there is ever an Easter where I do not post this, it is safe to assume that I am dead.

[comicaurora]

my partner wants to know what the shirtless man agenda in aurora is about because the first page has a shirtless man, dainix is introduced shirtless, and falst spends an entire arc underground and shirtless. what’s up with that.

is this a complaint because I can stop

[fluffmonster31513]

certainly not! falst and dainix are proud soldiers in the war against shirts and i would not take that from them. we weren’t sure if you were aware that you can’t go four randomized pages without someone’s entire chest being out but it’s very much /pos

[comicaurora]

hell yea then the real explanation is I internalized a lot of shonen anime at a formative age and this taught me that you can measure the seriousness of a situation by how much of the protagonist's shirt has been obliterated by it

[orion98]

Ah, the samurai Jack principle

[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.

[orion98]

Today my sonic app made me login with my password, do a captcha, get sent a code to my email, then get a code sent to my phone number. All for sonic. The fast food place

[aniconist]

You can always tell when someone’s religion is politics and it’s so painful to watch. That’s not where God is, you will never find peace there

[francesderwent]

thinking about snarky cultural/theological commentary and. the thing about snark is this: it’s easy, and it’s instant gratification. it’s easy because you’re playing to a likeminded audience. you get the way they think, you know the sort of things they find ridiculous, and so you know what’s going to play well with them. it’s not that hard to come up with a zinger that’s going to earn you applause from your own side. it’s also pretty easy to make another human being who’s not on your side look stupid, because we’re stupid creatures and we all have plenty of exploitable weak spots. it’s preaching to the choir, and it’s preaching meanly to the choir. and then, your snark bears all its fruit right away. you get the glowing feeling of having scored points against the enemy while being patted on the back by your friends for being so brave. if you succeeded in being snarky, you get the rewards of snark that very instant.

on the other hand, seeking to share the truth you possess in a mode in which it could actually be received—that is, says St Thomas, according to the mode of the recipient—that’s hard, and it’s so far from being instantly gratifying that you may never see the fruits of it in this life. not only are you not thinking about your likeminded audience, you’re not even going to trot out the truth simply in the way you understand it and call it your best effort. rather, you have to try to get inside your interlocutor’s frame of mind and understand how the truth you know is going to fulfill their own priorities and longings. you have to understand them so well that you see the truth of their position, even if that truth is buried very very deep, and then see how that truth connects them to the truth you see. you have to be insightful, and compassionate, and so, so patient. you don’t get to score any points, with anybody. your interlocutor might still get annoyed with you and turn around and make you look stupid. but you can’t just say “I’m going to speak the truth and I don’t care who hears and how they take it”—you have to care how they take it, because the truth is relational, it’s given and received, not just spouted into a void. and frankly you have to care how they take it because you have to care about their salvation.

don’t get me wrong, there are times in every person’s life when they will be called to stand up and be counted, to put fumbling words to what they hold most dear even if they can’t make everyone understand. but I don’t know that it’s a virtue to be always focused on being seen saying the truth, with no consideration given to who hears you and what they’ll hear in it—and it’s certainly not a virtue to be always focused on being seen saying the truth in a mean and funny way. “instruct the ignorant” is a spiritual work of mercy. but instruct the ignorant does not mean “instruct the ignorant while making the knowledgeable laugh and/or high five.”

[beardedmrbean]

[siryouarebeingmocked]

That's a flamberge greatsword. Doesn't that mean it gets +2 bleeding damage with -1 mobility?

[orion98]

No, it's a free sword, it means I need it to start my adventure

[orion98]

So turns out free swords lying around the street are actually very cursed