i'm not like other guys who have a surface

juno | they/them | 20s | artist, horror podcast enthusiast, and full-time silly guy | currently being so normal about project hail mary | terfs/radfems will be blocked on sight

[cowardsexual]

and he loved those fucking kids. he spent too long on that aircraft carrier being an actual scientist, THAT was his problem. flying him to and from sanfran would've taken too long but they wouldn't have needed the amnesia drugs and the sedation anymore, just put his ass in front of those kids again and make him look them in the eye and see if he can still say no without throwing up in his mouth

[manyblinkinglights]

#and you know what? maybe he would've said it still. but he WOULD have thrown up#and it would've eaten him alive and genuinely genuinely it would've ruined the rest of his miserable life on earth#more than the apocalypse he signed the planet up for ever could#grace can only distance ignore avoid his way out of his problems so far#make him look cáceres in the eye. make him TRY to teach her everything he knows for those three days#wrap his hand around the trolley lever grab him by the hair and force his head to look at what he's doing

[devilleworship]

saw this on Insta and the idea that people who are anti-AI are just using it anyway like... willing to give it up? I ACTIVELY AVOID THAT SHIT BUD! WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT?

ALSO

It's not as if this shit has been around SOOO LONG. We all existed JUST FINE before this shit became THE THING someone decided to shove in our face like...

[bolasaurus]

Dude, I wouldn't even fucking notice until I go to Google something and the search actually works again.

[serenitynerd]

The only reason I would notice is my life would suddenly get easier

[ranni-thewitch]

divert all power to the funk engine

[kropotkindersurprise]

[kropotkindersurprise]

it's official!

[json-derulo]

for sale: Baby Shoes Stylish Infant Boy Girl Unisex First Walker Shoes Toddler Walking Crib Shoes Lightweight Non-Slip Sneakers For 6 9 12 18 24 Months Baby Shoes New With Tags New In Box Excellent Condition Never Worn

[soycrates]

Gentrification creates a stifling homogeneity in urban areas that makes it less suited for the everyday lives of the lower class and more suited towards the leisure and tourism of those with expendable income.

An old, decrepit laundromat gets replaced by an upscale bakery? And people are mad? It’s not that the poor hate organic vegan cupcakes, it’s that most of us don’t have a way to do laundry in our own home.

Run-down corner stores replaced by hand-made designer clothing boutiques? We don’t hate your eco-fabric shawl, but I can’t eat that for dinner after work like I could have a can of beans I grabbed from that corner store when I don’t have time to take the bus to the real grocery store after work.

What gentrification brings in and of itself is not typically bad, it’s that gentrification brings institutions of leisure and pleasure and makes it so that the poor have to go farther out of their way for basic necessities. It turns low-income living spaces into local tourist attractions. It can even create food deserts by putting restaurants, grocery stores, etc. in that the majority of the lower class cannot afford.

Imagine if someone totally renovated your house and turned it into a mini theme park - they took away your sleeping space, where you prepare food, where you clean yourself and get ready for your day, and replaced it with things that will please people who are visiting, who have their own homes they can go back to, who are here not for their entire life but just as a distraction from their otherwise mundane existence. It’s not that you hate theme parks, it’s not like you’ve never been to a theme park and vow to never visit one again. It’s just that you need to live! To survive! And the leisure of those who have more than you should not invalidate your existence.

[anarchistmemedistro]

this is a really great explanation of some of the secondary effects of gentrification and how and why they compound the primary effect. but i have to point out that the primary effect of gentrification is that it drives rent up, and means that people can’t afford to live in their homes anymore. it tears up families and destroys communities.

[atalanta133]

“HRT/gay sex/whatever could fix them!” (turns to whisper to the camera)

“Nothing can fix them. That being said I don’t think it can get worse and if it can I still think we should try anyway.”

[atalanta133]

There’s gonna be an explosion. Best we can do is make it an interesting explosion.

[rabbiteclair]

scientists have recently announced that exoplanet HR 3499a is no longer believed to be potentially capable of supporting life, after new spectroscopic readings indicated that it doesn't even have a dishwasher. "i mean, it doesn't even have a fucking dishwasher," said the lead researcher. "I guess you could live there, but, like, would you really want to?"

[americachavez]

harry potter fandom experiencing such a revival in the last 5 or so years to the point where 5 out of the top 10 ships on ao3 this year are hp AFTER that woman started fully funding hate campaigns with her royalties is so bleak. fandom isn’t an indicator of morality but what are we doing here man.

[um-jammer-tranny]

dump your partner who wants you to diet

[wolfythewitch]

Made this for me but I think you guys might like it

[quasi-normalcy]

I don't remember finding fart jokes particularly funny even when I was a child.

[quasi-normalcy]

Five year old me, watching a movie with fart jokes: "Oh, how gauche. They're pandering to the lowest common denominator."

[latedawnsandearlysunsets]

dont delete your zero note post. i will be there in 15 hours.

[nonlynear]

if you are my mutual i need you to be on some bullshit i dont understand

[bleedthebeat]

english major macklemore: i read your granddad’s prose

[ndnbutch]

therapist macklemore: i hear your granddad’s woes

[bleedthebeat]

coffee enthusiast macklemore: i drink your granddad’s joes

[ndnbutch]

body mod shop owner macklemore: i pierce your granddad’s nose

[bleedthebeat]

pizza chef macklemore: i knead your granddad’s doughs

[ndnbutch]

television network executive macklemore: i make your granddad’s shows

[bleedthebeat]

wildlife rehabilitator macklemore: i feed your granddad’s crows

[ndnbutch]

blanket maker macklemore: i knit your granddad’s throws

[bleedthebeat]

sir mackle the more, knight of the great kingdom of seattle: i slay your granddad’s foes

[ndnbutch]

rapper macklemore: i spit your granddad’s flows

[bleedthebeat]

we were sitting across from each other in the living room reblogging back and forth like it was a life-or-death yu-gi-oh duel

[acerby]

You think robots can’t get pregnant? Well explain vending machines, you dumb ass.

[adhd-faith-interpreter]

I feel like a 3d printer is a better analogy because it actually builds the thing inside it but yeah

[mika-miii]

3d printers are viviparous, vending machines are hosts for parasitoid doctors pepper that oviposit their eggs inside them

[whalesharkcat]

if a vending machine drops its drink and it explodes, it's ovoviviparous

[pocket-deer-belly]

i do actually think it's crazy that employers get a say over shit like tattoos and piercings and we just let that happen

[pocket-deer-belly]

if you look cool as fuck you become unemployable

[pocket-deer-belly]

i do also mean like, face tattoos, yall know that right

[partyinthecloudkingdom]

besides the obvious that people should have the right to do what they want with their bodies as a form of self expression, the stigma against face tattoos specifically has a long, violent, racist, imperialist history that stretches across the globe

[pocket-deer-belly]

hey. we're having a talk about employment discrimination