Got It Memorized?

[yellowdaffodils-76]

I love villains that are the reverse of the idea that the absence of love makes you evil. Villains that love to the point of paranoia and obsession. Villains whose love for someone corrupts them. Love being used for awful, evil things. Using love to justify horrific actions. Anything that breaks down the toxic idea that people who don’t feel love are monsters and those who feel love are always pure and heroic and morally right.

[cork-board-of-fandoms]

Shipping companies rn:

[hyrude]

why is this being presented as comical advice. i think it’s nice

[shesnake]

BoJack Horseman, season 5 episode 6, “Free Churro”, 2018

[2000ish]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Put $100 in the pocket of a low-income person, and it will circle through the local economy a dozen times in a week.

Put $100 in the pocket of bankers and hedge fund owners, and it gets hoarded away in an offshore bank account.

So tell me what type of "stimulus package" actually stimulates the economy

[beowulf22121]

an extra $20 in someones pocket becomes a trip to the coffee shop before work and they leave a generous tip. Then $20 comes out of the tip jar to buy everyone behind the counter something from the taco truck. Taco guy spends $20 on a ride home at the end of taco time. Cab driver spends $20 on a late dinner on the eay home. Food worker misses the last bus and hires an Uber instead of walking home, spending about $20.

Any economist worth their degree will tell you that 5 people spending the same $20 in a day is $100 worth of economic stimulation.

Meanwhile the rich persons $20 is just another $20 in a fund somewhere and they change nothing about their day, effectively turning that $20 into $0 worth of functional economy.

Info from: accountant friend, whom I speak of rather often.

[flipocrite]

The mattress CEO interviewed in Robert Reich’s documentary Inequality for All described it as something like “I own pretty much the best bed money can buy. If I double my money, am I going to buy another one? If I eat exactly what I want every day, will doubling my money make me eat twice as much? Of course not, the money ends up stashed away by people I pay to manage it. I literally make more money than I can spend. I used to believe in trickle-down economics, but I can see now that the money isn’t going anywhere. The 1% does not power the economy, it’s the middle-class that does. And it’s shrinking.”

[marciabrady]

THE LITTLE MERMAID SERIES (1992-94)

[thisisnotfortears-deactivated20]

ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE

[viking-raider]

When you’re trying to be all smooth and sneak into the house, but your parents catch you anyway.

[catchymemes]

[zabadi]

i mean the fact that people studying science aren’t actually FORCED to learn the social contexts of their own fields is completely ridiculous i remember being in a neuroscience class and the professor mentioned phrenology but all he said abt it was that it was like. factually incorrect. he didnt even mention that it was used to support racism and eugenics and he DEFINITELY didnt talk about how the SAME fallacies that drove scientists to look for defining characteristics in people’s skull shape a hundred years ago are NOW driving scientists to look for gay genes and autism genes and genetic racial profiling

[plavoptice]

History of science is soooo vital. The idea that science is inherently apolitical is incredibly harmful. That said I am obviously pro science but like, people avoid vaccines despite proof of effectiveness because they are fearful (and sometimes rightfully) of forced medicine that is really something else in disguise.

[gahdamnpunk]

Apparently under socialism dogs get paid!

[whitepeopletwitter]

[renthebarbarian]

Spinster (honorific)

[thememedaddy]

me irl

[yellogre]

The animation in a meme

[mauesartetc]

Oh, make NO mistake: Plenty of animators today can pull off the left one. What matters is whether or not whoever hired us is willing and able to compensate us for it, and has a realistic deadline. Spoiler from a freelancer: They often don’t. This kind of thing is exactly why folks like Felix Colgrave, Worthikids, and Harry Partridge have Patreons. 

[mauesartetc]

Update: Here’s an excellent video to add more nuance to this conversation. https://youtu.be/oiltoKt4Nes

[rootbeergoddess]

Yeah even people like Jaiden of Jaiden Animations and SomethingElseYT started out with simple animation but once they got bigger, they could afford to hire people to help. Animation takes time guys and not everyone has the luxury to just take their time

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

ok but have you ever seen a parked blimp?

why is this so goddamn funny

[kyraneko]

[valtsv]

if your first thought when you hear me say "i hate leeches" is 'vampires' and not 'landlords' unfollow me. this is a pro-vampire, anti-landlord only zone.

[tallon-underworld]

Actually, my first thought was “leeches”, but more power to you

[mothergeekness]