#hole.txt

[ladygrinninghole]

i love kira nerys every time she gets angry im like she should be angrier. when she threw that teacup at dukats head i rejoiced with glee. let kira say fuck

[liveleaksgloryhole]

i could still teach him abt boy pussy. i could turn him nonbinary.

[ladygrinninghole]

this math shit is easy

[ladygrinninghole]

watched amadeus (1984) last night and i’m obsessed. antonio salieri is reaching levels of loserdom never seen before. bro shows up to a party just to stand in the corner brooding, absolutely SEETHING at his much younger and hotter counterpart playing musical chairs, and of course he still feels the need to stroke his own ego so he’s like “hey 👀 anybody here a salieri fan?? 👀 lol” KNOWING mozart is a little shit and doesn’t respect him and ends up hurting his own feelings when mozart inevitably does an impression of him farting. oh my god

[ladygrinninghole]

as much as some of the cast of seinfeld went on to do some very unsavory things, and the show itself definitely has issues with representation (e.g. not once featuring a black woman as jerry’s love interest in its entire 9 seasons of running), there are some aspects of the show which are surprisingly progressive for its time.

elaine’s character, for example—while still subject to the occasional “haha women crazy” joke, elaine benes is an exceptional example of female representation in media, even for today’s standards. i mean, having a woman as one of the main cast at all was certainly not a requirement for 90s tv, much less one that doesn’t just exist as a male sex object. and it’s EXTREMELY rare to find a healthy male-female friendship depicted on screen without any implications of sexual/romantic feelings. yes, elaine is jerry’s ex, they have a fling, and there’s that (god awful) episode where george and kramer find the sexy voicemail… but first and foremost, elaine is their FRIEND. she is just as much an integral part of the group as the other characters are. we’re made to care about her life, her thoughts, and what she has to say. she has her own friends. she has a job. she has her own love interests, and she’s allowed to have a sex/love life without being shamed for it or having it be her sole defining trait. she’s FUNNY. she’s allowed to be ugly, depraved, and sometimes a little bit evil while still being considered a person. it sounds silly, but honestly, how many female characters in popular media can you say that about?

the way they depict homosexuality is also surprisingly tolerant. there’s two characters in the show that are explicitly stated to be gay (to my knowledge) and in both instances their sexuality is never made to be the butt of the joke. rather, the humor is derived from the specific circumstances we find our main characters in and how sexuality relates to that. george breaks up with susan, later to find out she’s a lesbian. we see her in the video store holding hands with a woman. completely normal, completely natural. susan is not the butt of the joke here. its george, who is so taken aback by this turn of events that he concludes HE must be the reason she’s no longer interested in men, because he was such a shitty partner. that’s funny! that’s how you make a gay joke without being offensive! when jerry and george are suspected to be gay lovers, they have to find a way to fervently deny these accusations while at the same time making it clear that they’re not homophobic. hence one of the funniest lines in tv history: “not that there’s anything wrong with that!” it’s funny, it’s relevant, its a perfectly acceptable nod to the shifting cultural scene of 1990s america.

and what’s even more interesting is i doubt seinfeld was TRYING to be woke. much to the contrary, i think most of what was written was intended to be an “apolitical” take on 90s culture, ie focusing on the average, everyday, lived experiences of real people, and finding the humor and absurdity in that. it just so happens that when you write people as—well, people—it usually gives way to a much more humanizing and empathetic depiction of your characters.

[ladygrinninghole]

i love when people draw spock with chest hair and face wrinkles and pubes pokin out his boxers and he’s sweaty and disgusting like they’re not even trying to hide how much they wanna fuck that middle aged man

[ladygrinninghole]

ferengi character named quo so that everytime their boss checks in on them they go “what’s the status quo?”

[ladygrinninghole]

thinking about this one time my linear algebra prof was talking about this study that says the brain can’t tell the difference between anxiety and excitement so if you’re ever in a stressful situation ie taking an exam you can say to yourself “i’m so excited!” and it will make you perform significantly better in said situation. fast forward to about a month later, we had a two hour, seven pm midterm, i wasn’t feeling great about it but i had studied a good amount and i felt i was adequately prepared. i walked into the exam room, sat down, and immediately my heart started racing. as he was passing out the tests, i whispered to myself “im so excited!” so quietly that nobody else could hear. i proceeded to do the worst i have ever done on an exam, so bad that i started dissociating halfway through and left the last two questions (out of 9) completely blank. i got a 30.