tempest in a teacup

• master of arts and science • • bookworm • fangirl trash • • professional binge watcher • f1 bitch • i want to live my life so that i’ll be able to read an in-depth biography about myself in later years and not want to puke.

[vices-aand-virtues]

Me: I LOVE a slow burn!!!!!! That’s 👏🏻 my👏🏻shit👏🏻

Also me, actually reading/watching a slow burn: END MY LIFE WHEN ARE THEY GONNA KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SUFFERING!!!!!!

[vices-aand-virtues]

House of the Dragon + Reductress Headlines (23/?)

[vices-aand-virtues]

Imagine being a fanfic writer and using AI and imagine being a fan of fanfic and saying that's ok bc it's free work....absolutely diabolical

[katebeckets]

Timeless favorites [17/?] ⤷ 1.14 — “The Lost Generation” (1927)

[hamyilton]

[sodor-memetime]

[glitchfang]

there should be a term for characters you personally don't care about but you defend them anyways because the way people treat them is really uncomfortable. like ok this is a very middle-of-the-road character for me but the fandom's either been super misogynistic, racist, etc. about them or harassed innocent people who try to genuinely explore that character warts and all, and i find that more annoying than the actual character.

[androgynousmoonboy]

the term should by 'my client', like you're a lawyer defending your client that you are completely indifferent to but you are obligated by your job (or your morals) to defend

[pseudomantis]

[is-the-owl-video-cute-deactivat]

a squirrel or perhaps a cardinal posted this

[phaeton-flier]

How about you mind your own damn business

[crownkeeper]

before there were blorbos there were little meow meows and before there were little meow meows there were cinnamon rolls

[czech-hunter-reject]

Teeheehee, off to do my little schemes 😜

[czech-hunter-reject]

Teeheehee, on my way back home from doing my little schemes 🤪

[meanbuddhist]

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

[blackshvck]

the idea that every summer will be as hot if not hotter than this for the rest of my life is unbearable i need to (remembers suicide jokes are bad for my mental health) murder an oil executive

[wingkink]

btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here

[innerchildabortionclinic]

careers under capitalism

helping elderly people: one dollar

Senior Torture Manager: $1,500,000,000/yr plus benefits

[cheaphalloweencostume]

i can hear through the screen when someone says “yall” because they absorbed it online and not because theyve ever said that shit irl

[enki2]

[thebdelliumlady]

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Here's a link to an article about the study from the Stanford Report: link.

[chapscher]

Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.

Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).

[phantomrose96]

job interviewer: would you be willing to destroy and betray yourself for nothing?

[phantomrose96]

job interviewer: (reading the room) would you be willing to destroy and betray yourself for a pizza party?