the burned out gifted kid thing is so funny bc like. at the end of the day it's essentially a pity party over not being able to think of yourself as superior to the people around you
sounds very similar to a radio story i heard in 2014 ago about credit card debt. the debt got sold to a collection company and a couple received a court summons. they knew they had taken on debt, but they were confused about who this new company was and where specifically the number they were supposed to owe came from.
they show up in court and just ask the lawyer for the collection company: can you prove where this number comes from? Do you have a contract showing that you purchased our debt? probably luckily for them, a reporter researching a book on the topic showed up and asked the same questions.
10 minutes later they get in front of the judge and the collection company drops the whole case and theyre free to go. story is below, it has a transcript in the link too
Ira talks to reporter Jake Halpern about a scene he saw take place in a Georgia courtroom where a couple uttered some magic words that seeme
some of yall online seem to think people who are pro sex work support it because we think sex work is Empowerment and Feminist Praxis or something. bitch nobody thinks sex work is empowering it's a goddamn job I just want the people doing it to be safe
what we're actually saying: "banning sex work is only going to make the abuse more rampant and punish any victims who try to get help. we need decriminalization, unions, and serious regulations"
what people are somehow hearing: "umm actually hot titties women is praxis for my dick"
I’m watching The Big Bang Theory in its natural setting—playing in the background of a hot spiral room—and I can say within that specific context, it is a very charming show. Like the saltine crackers of media.
Hospital room. A hospital room. Not a hot spiral room. What a nightmare idea. And you all rolled with that idea. The idea that I was sitting in a hot sweltering spiral prison watching the Big Bang theory is actually what hell is. Bazinga.
every person you meet will have one bit that only they find funny. it is important that you hate that bit as much as possible in order to enrich their experience of doing the bit. it is part of the enjoyment of the bit