My darling, I, I let the seasons change my mind

[gyrovagi]

(smugly) actually all narration is unreliable because language can only ever communicate through approximation

[jakeperalta]

not using AI genuinely feels like the rest of the world is experiencing some kind of mass amnesia. if someone says they never use it, the immediate response is that can't be true because "everyone" uses it to write their emails or answer their questions. saw a comment suggesting that not using chatgpt to write an essay is "like the 90s". girl I graduated in 2021 and we weren't doing that! how is it that everyone has suddenly forgotten that they were entirely capable of doing these things all by themselves for their entire lives up until the past few years!! am I going crazy!!!

[dragon-in-a-fez]

the ashtrays in airplane bathrooms are a fascinating harm reduction metaphor. yes it's illegal as hell to smoke in there. yes there's a smoke detector that will snitch on you the second you light up. so why is there an ashtray? because if there weren't, your single momentary dumbass crime could kill 300 people. it is fucking vital that if someone does have a lit cigarette on a plane, they have a place to safely put it out.

[milanesa42]

“The employees need a larger salary” “hmmmm large celery”

[storybookprincess]

so back when my little brother was in high school, my mom went as a chaperone for their senior year field trip to an amusement park. which, you know, brave move to volunteer to supervise a bunch of high school seniors let loose in a wonderland of rollercoasters and sugar

my brother and his friends in this field trip group were truly great kids. but they were not above run of the mill teenage boy shenanigans. it’s the end of senior year, you and all your buddies are at the amusement park, you’re naturally going to want to act like a complete moron

there was one kid in the group who was especially prone to goofing around. committed to the bit, some may say. my mom knew that if nonsense was going to break out, he’d likely be at the center of it

so she goes up to this kid at the very start of the trip and says “hey, i’m kinda worried about this chaperoning thing. this might be a lot to ask, but can you help me keep an eye on everyone? you wouldn’t have to do anything big, just be an extra set of eyes for me.”

friends, this kid proceeded to run their field trip group like the fucking us marines. everyone is at the meet up spots at the designated time. everyone waits in line for the rides like a bunch of boy scouts. the second the horseplay gets too out of hand, this kid is getting it back under control

it’s incredible how differently people act based on the expectations you set. instead of going to this kid and saying “hey, i know you’re trouble, so i’ve got my eye on you,” my mom went “hey, i know you have influence in your peer group, so i think you can help me.”

treat someone like a problem, they’ll act like a problem. but give people a chance to help, make them feel important, and they usually rise far above the occasion. it was a stroke of genius that i’m honestly still in awe of

[thememedaddy]

[intellectually-voluptuous]

x

i'm so. emotional at the thought of this very professional, highly trained crew delaying their first meal (in a day scheduled down to the minute!) in sheer awe at the view of earth receding. and then getting the windows grubby in their excitement ;-;

[nursery-deactivated20160926]

one of my favorite sensations is when you can feel the ocean nearby without seeing it

[kestalsblog]

Not every story is about seeing yourself in it. Sometimes it’s about learning to see other people too.

[doesnotloveyou]

@tearyeyedcat this was beautifully written, thank you for adding it!

[charlesoberonn]

Another excuse for me to post Head Writer of ATLA Aaron Ehasz’s great characters board:

[morrokei]

[thememedaddy]

[fractally]

don't worry about me when I say this but I think in a way being hunted for sport would be a relief. my nervous system would be like, wow. finally, a proportional reaction

[pawprintsonpavements]

Wish you the best live performance at an international airport terminal was absolutely diabolical of Mr Lewis Capaldi sir it's making me believe in the good in people again help

[guerrillatech]

[cornpopwasframed]

Advertisers are allowing AI to boost their projections for Laundry Detergent, but no one is going to buy the Laundry Detergent. We are in the Death Spiral of Capitalism. Hang on!! It's gonna get fucking wild.

[anarchistmemedistro]

The liquidity crisis currently wiping billions off global stock markets is just the tip of a very big iceberg. Beneath the credit crunch and

[greatfirebarbarian]

Don't worry. Some tech bro is absolutely going to come up with the idea of giving AI money to spend so they don't need to have real consumers in the loop.

[raychleadele]

So there’s this artist, Alex Schaefer, who makes a bunch of paintings of Chase Bank burning.

There’s just

so many of these

and I think it’s incredibly funny but

I just read this bit from the artist and

This is a "plein air" painting which means I set up my easel right across the street of this Chase bank in my city and painted it like it had caught fire. The police questioned me on the spot. Three weeks later Homeland Security was knocking on the door to my home. The question they kept asking me was "Do you hate these banks?" I can honestly say yes.

And I just think this is the greatest artist statement I’ve ever read.

[a-garibaldi-is-a-fish]

an addition from his insta:

[poikaboo]

{ID - several oil paintings of various banks on fire, and a photo of Alex Schafer, the artist, painting a new one outside a bank of america that is very much not on fire (though the one in the painting is)

END ID}

[sipisttoo]

Also pictured: Schaefer is wearing a T-Shirt which has logos parodying various banking institutions, such as:

Bad for America in the style of Bank of America

ShitiBank in the style of CitiBank

We're Felons in the style of Wells Fargo

Crooks in the style of Chase

If interested, one can support Schaefer by purchasing one of these shirts (or a 'solo' design, or one featuring a burning bank painting) from the artist's website.

[hanahaley]

[dogpuppy]