[meangirlnurse]

anyone else remember being a child and seeing the very neat handwriting of other little girls and somehow knowing that you were a different genre of person than they were

[aleshakills]

If you are someone who likes to watch a lot of cop shows, I want you to ask yourself a few questions.

Why do all TV cops, even the good ones, hate Internal Affairs? Isn’t the job of Internal Affairs to root out the “bad cops”? Isn’t their job to make sure police follow the rules? Why is that presented as inherently evil or antagonistic? 

Why do all TV cops, even the good ones, hate defense attorneys? Isn’t the defense attorney’s job to protect the rights of all citizens? Isn’t it their job to make sure police follow the law? Isn’t it their job to make sure everyone is treated fairly under the system? Why is that presented as inherently evil or antagonistic? 

Why do all TV cops, even the good ones, get upset when citizens invoke their constitutional rights? Don’t those rights exist to ensure all citizens are treated fairly? Don’t they exist to ensure innocent people are not wrongfully incriminated? Why are citizens who invoke their rights presented as dishonest, untrustworthy, or antagonistic? 

To be clear, I’ve watched Brooklyn 99 and enjoyed it. I was watching Elementary the other day. But even when I watch shows I like, I make a mental note every time a cop lies, breaks the law, subverts someone’s basic rights, or just generally acts like an asshole to the people the are meant to serve and protect. 

How often are they called out on their behavior? How often are they punished for it? How often is it reinforced as correct by the narrative?

When I tell people to be critical of the media they consume that is what I mean. Not simply calling it terrible and moving on, but actually engaging thoughtfully, asking questions, and forming conclusions about what that media is trying to say to you. Then decide whether you want to keep listening, or if it will be better for you in the long run to move on.

[rhythmic-idealist]

Why do only the guilty people ever invoke their right to an attorney? I would invoke my right to an attorney.

Why are protections of innocent people’s rights only ever framed as “slowing the police down” and preventing them from really catching the bad guy? Why is it that every time an officer has an instinct to break the rules, they’re narratively vindicated?

It’s the same question as “but WHY do her superpowers require her to show so much skin?” A writer put that there.

[adhdedrn]

[hayaomiyazaki]

two minutes of richard ayoade fucking up is better than 25 minutes of everyone doing a superb job

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[pumpkinsforsale]

Captions

Woman in purple, in a high pitched, enthusiastic voice: if you’re not at work today or you’re working from home, you may be wondering, whAt day is it?

Man in suit, emotionless and factual: itsmonday

End captions

[sonicrainbooms]

Hey, Americans! Support fast food workers, don’t cross the picket line. No fast food on Feb 16.

[mind--master]

[ask-the-xx-weapon]

This was the best scene in the whole series

[princecamellia]

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[kingchristianx]

This is... exactly what it’s like teaching preschool

[tiktokstowatch]

[glumshoe]

any kiss could be the kiss of death depending on the severity of your allergies and what your kissing partner has been eating

[inkedintothepaper]

Or if they have a knife for a tounge

[glumshoe]

yeah. or if they have a knife for a tongue.

[quasi-normalcy]

One of the social functions of conspiracy theories is to bury genuine malfeasance beneath a layer of bullshit.

See, for example:

Monsanto’s business practices vs. GMO hysteria;

Epstein’s book vs. QAnon;

George W. Bush’s use of 9/11  as a pretext to invade Iraq vs. “9/11 was an inside job”

and, most infamously, the inherent dynamics of capitalism vs. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

[notsoterriblymisanthropic]

See also the California wildfires started because PG&E went 17 years without performing adequate safety checks on electrical infrastructure vs the California wildfires started because of the giant Jewish space laser.

[lesbianshepard]

i am so excited for the fabled “snyder cut” to actually be released. not because it’ll be any good, but because it will cause so many dudes on reddit and twitter bend over backwards trying to desperately explain that actually it’s an incredible work of cinematography with clever and subtle symbolism. we will gorge ourselves on mockery.

[lesbianshepard]

i can not emphasize enough that the only thing i did to this image was crop it

[dankmemeuniversity]

[kaumnyakte]

[amishsicario]

[h-isforhome-deactivated20261708]

he’s gay

[elektragirlfriend]

and he’s still at it

[mirrormirror2]

Beautiful Street Art in Hollywood. Walk of shame. By the way .....FUCK DONALD TRUMP!

[i-stay-armed]

I wonder the price of replacement of the star.

[black-geek-supremacy]

Remember when people kept pissing on it?

[injuries-in-dust]

You have to pay to put your star on the walk of fame. I believe you have to pay for replacements too.

[brunhiddensmusings]

yes- reminder its not an award of any prestege the requirements are someone nominates you and you shell out for the spot literally anyone who can do those two things can be on the walk of fame, its not something you earn or get voted onto the only merit is ‘i have cash and an ego’

[la-vie-en-lys]

its not something you earn or get voted onto the only merit is ‘i have cash and an ego’ 

I was not aware of this cringiest of facts.

[skellydun]

posting on a blackboard discussion board and replying to two of your fellow students has to be one of the nine circles of hell

[helloitsbees]

Great point, Dylan! I especially agree with it being “one of the nine circles of hell”. Well said.

[heckling-hydrena]

valentine's day isn't about couples it's about the same 5 people who like all of your posts

[notwhoiwanttobeyet]

i love you guys with my whole heart 

[gif87a-com]

[highlandvalley]

これは腕が疲れそうだな

[itstiredandimlate-deactivated20]

HOLY SHIT