[sprinkledsalt]

I really hate when someone makes a post like “man, I hate how you can’t trust any image or video you see on the internet now because it could easily be AI” and the most annoying reply guy swoops in like “what you’re against all tech huh??? What about the phone ur using now?? What about AI being used for cancer detection—?”

And it’s like, girl shut up, that’s so obviously not what the person was talking about. You’re not smart for missing the point and being an irritating contrarian on the internet because you're butthurt that people aren’t impressed by your emotional support chatbot and slop images. People don’t need an “I don’t hate all technology” disclaimer on every post they make about AI accelerating the rise of anti-intellectualism and disinformation, and the erosion of a shared reality lol

[sprinkledsalt]

I think my annoyance with this comes down to people online being incapable of engaging with context and demanding that you acknowledge every possible situation on earth with a disclaimer when making a post about a topic. We see this all the time with really every issue you can think of. It isn’t smart, it’s just derailing the conversation with whataboutism. The person criticizing AI being used to make deepfake porn, or spread disinformation, or cheat through school, or serve as digital yes-men and exacerbate people's mental illness, isn't talking about AI usage in something like scientific research and they really don't have to stop and acknowledge a conversation they aren't having.

[mariacallous]

[jhelp-the-fig]

can I say something.

I actually do not give an actual fuck about (most of) the perceived inaccuracies and adaptive flourishes of Nolan's Odyssey and I think that some of you need to understand that stories can be good even if they are changed to fit a different thematic structure. I simply do not care about perceived mischaracterizations of one of history's oldest blorbos: Idgaf that it didn't include the Nobody detail when Odysseus' connection to the gods is tenuous and his sponsor god/the personification of his guilt wears the face of an innocent murdered as a result of his violations. His defining character traits are established much differently, and in my opinion, serve the medium far better. I think that some of you need to stop the rehash and enjoy a piece of art that claims inspiration, not accuracy.

also the whinging about these kinds of adaptive details is kind of like christians getting upset about jesus christ superstar.

[stopsignsworstenemy]

this is peak tumblr cope bcuz no way a mediocre dc movie is better than a christopher nolan movie

[stopsignsworstenemy]

i would like amandla stenburg more if she would stop taking roles meant for dark skinned black women.

[ibetteracethatinterview]

[geopsych]

Another public service announcement. This time it’s air quality. Some of you are probably in it already if you’re in eastern Canada, New England or New York, but it’s sliding south, a huge mass of wildfire smoke. Please be careful. When it starts getting bad, especially, like when the sky gets orange or brownish, it’s best to run air purifiers in the house and wear N95 or KN95 masks when you have to go outside.

It harms your lungs and it’s especially bad for children (and pets!) or anyone with health problems. There are all kinds of chemicals in that smoke. It’s not only trees that are burning. The heat already makes it harder to breath. This makes it worse.

If any of you are experiencing it, feel free to tell about it in the comments. 💚

Also, throw out the mask every day and shower before you get in bed if you’ve been out or you’ll be breathing the particles all night. Stuff like that. It gets all over you, your skin, your hair, your clothes.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

It's a large smoke plume, so stay safe, folks. Look up how to make a "Corsi-Rosenthal Box" if you need an air purifier inside.

[littleannoyingbluebird]

Tumblr is probably not the place to talk about sports but I'm not going back to twitter so:

[femalegothic]

also Argentina's ties to Israel are that they refused to extradite Nazis after the holocaust so Mossad agents had to covertly capture and smuggle them out of Argentina to stand trial

[starg2zerlion]

Argentina. One of THE football countries. On the continent that dominates football. Three time winner of the world cup. Of course they won its what they do. I dont follow sports at all and I knew this! The fact that people are blaming the Jews for this is insane (although unfortunately expected)

Also I dont think Messi means anything in Hebrew anyways, the closest word I can think of is Masi (my tax) but also my Hebrew sucks so idk

[starlightomatic]

I saw one of them call him Zionel Messi 🤪

Look, I’m not even rooting for them, but they’re a very good team. They’re winning matches because they’re a very good team.

[failure-artist]

Israel is willing to cheat to get Argentina to win but not willing to cheat to get Israel in the game at all.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

the truth is the most discourse poisoned weirdos among us are not even on tumblr at all, they're walking around the physical world acting like normal people until their sleeper activation topic comes up.

when I was in undergrad I had this professor who spontaneously decided in the middle of a class on, as far as I could tell, a completely unrelated topic to go on a bizarre tirade about how human pregnancies are actually 10 months long and saying it's 9 months is a patriarchal attempt to minimise women's suffering. she very confidently justified this by explaining that there are four weeks in a month, so 40 weeks is 10 months.

when someone pointed out that a month (except February) is actually four weeks and two to three days, and that 40 weeks (280 days) is a lot closer to 9 months (275 days) than it is to 10 months (305 days), she told him to stop mansplaining.

then a girl pointed out that the actual length of a typical human pregnancy isn't even 40 weeks, it's 38. I think we all collectively blacked out after that

[stopsignsworstenemy]

the average pwi college experience

[maykitz]

[maykitz]

[innerchildabortionclinic]

they should give you the option to unblock in these circumstances. just to see the drama unfold

[bluemoonstonesy]

the concept of cancelling people for supporting their country in the world cup is so fucking funny i’m sorry

[bluemoonstonesy]

people’s minds have been melted by the internet and performative activism discourse. they don’t actually care that countries have been ‘problematic’ (their fave word) in the past (name me one large country who hasn’t in one way or another seriously) they just want to guilt trip and cause discourse because for some reason being aware has circled back around to moral checking and thought policing in order to feel superior because everyone feels too watched on the internet and are just ultimately terrified to come across as a bad person, so it’s the safer option to act morally superior than voice an actual personally thought opinion

[heyitschartic]

Just saw on Quora a guy asking if Poland was more German or Russian and every reply was a Polish guy detailing the ways they wanted to kill him

[helenvaughans]

[tributary]

i don’t think the people who use the term “epstein class” have defined their terms. they think it makes them sound very smart. it does not.

[dark-fire-thoughts]

genuine question: what else should you call the sphere of influence around epstein? sure, there were a lot of ultra-wealthy, but there were things like professors, low tier tech bros, lawyers, and a whole bunch of different people. not just rich guys. the only two common denominators are: 1) pedophiles, and 2) men. if you know a way to specify just everyone in the trump-epstein sphere without it coming across as antisemitic, i'd love to read it because it is a specific group of people who needs calling out.

[tributary]

as you said, the “trump-epstein sphere” is more accurate than “epstein class”, although you then run into the problem of people implicated in the files because they requested research funding and weren’t involved in or knowledgeable about the abuse. so maybe their inner circle

[afurioushawk]

[stopsignsworstenemy]

conservatives proving to everyone that they dont watch movies