Tigers, obviously.

kayden, bad bi rep, he/they. very old and tired.

[cheaphalloweencostume]

i need to come up with a way to say “i mean like, movies for grownups” that doesn’t make me feel like a villain

[cheaphalloweencostume]

*peeks in the replies* *gets really nervous and locks my house up and leaves*

[chelonianmobile]

I don't think "movies for grownups" is a useful category anyway, it's far too broad. What do you want to watch movies about?

[cheaphalloweencostume]

sex, violence, curse words, taxes, day jobs, alcoholism, dating, murder, divorce, debt, dead-end retail jobs, weird little humiliations, chain smoking outside diners, bad landlords, chronic back pain, popping painkillers like tic tacs, getting ghosted, shitty apartments, grief, gambling addictions, funerals, office politics, sexual repression, bad tattoos, eviction notices, insomnia, emotional affairs, weird coworkers, long commutes, bankruptcy, custody battles, compulsive lying, stalking, body horror, ugly crying, layoffs, guilt, addiction recovery, moral compromise, black mold, road rage, nihilism, awkward funerals, disappointing sex, cohabitation, cults, labor strikes, failing marriages, religious trauma, tax fraud, pyramid schemes, jealousy, cigarettes for dinner, bad breakups, middle management, panic attacks, community theater, DUI checkpoints, unplanned pregnancies, messy love, manipulative love, missing persons, steaming wallpaper, prescription side effects, chronic loneliness, inheritance disputes, estranged siblings, and occasionally, if i’m feeling Whimsical, eating human meat

[chimaerakitten]

A while ago one of those posts went by that was like “the leads of the previous show you watched are now in the show you are currently watching. how do they handle it?” and I was like ok the heated rivalry boys in black sails would just. Die. They’d just die. RIP.

But the more I think about it the more I think the opposite is where the comedy is.

Like:

[minotauri]

This half man show… is it queer bait or should I watch it?

queerbaiting is the least of your worries

[minotauri]

[about to be dropped into the shark tank] hey is the water cold?

[homophobla]

KILL ALL HOUSE FLIPPERS!

[godblessthesickos]

World historical loser

[drwiltz-official]

[aqueerkettleofish]

For those who have missed it, a tourist in Hawaii decided it would be fun to chuck a rock (a BIG rock) at a monk seal. He missed, but he was captured on video, and when told it was illegal to interfere with them, said "I'm rich, I can pay the fine."

Is the best part that he got doxxed? No.

Is the best part that he got tracked down by a local and beaten? No.

Arrested on state at federal charges, looking at up to 5 years and 50K? Nope.

The best part is the local city council's reaction.

And the best part of that is the look on the attorney's face.

[ralfmaximus]

More of this please, everywhere.

After the incident, another video went viral showing what appeared to be that man getting a beating. The Maui Police Department said they had no record of any reports of disorderly conduct or assault related to the monk seal incident.

Even the local police are being cool about this.

[skygenders]

There is something sooo deeply American going on with Seattle Children’s Hospital that I think would brick the minds of everyone outside of the United States.

[skygenders]

The CHILDRENS hospital has to restrict helipad landings because of noise complaints from the wealthy home owners living next to it. Only the most urgent patients can land directly at the hospital. While the other kids have to land a mile away and are taken to the hospital via ambulance. Which is an unnecessary risk to the child’s life and also makes the families pay for the helicopter AND ambulance.

[skygenders]

Seattle Children’s says Laurelhurst noise concerns burdens lifesaving care for children

The hospital says some limits on helipad access add pressure when children need lifesaving care.

Apparently this has been going on for decades and is only getting traction because a pilot complained on Twitter.

[butchfagminotaur]

i don’t know how to explain to you people that no matter what a country’s government is like i do not and will not support the US indiscriminately bombing that country’s civilians and i don’t know why that’s a controversial take tbh

[butchfagminotaur]

“oh iran is a dictatorship!” “oh palestine is homophobic!” i don’t care like literally i don’t care that’s not a problem to be solved by other countries blowing innocent people up

[verdanthoney]

i would beg to disagree, but begging disagrees with me.

[video description: a Black Sails edit set to the song Under the Table by Fiona Apple depicting Flint in various states of defiance, rebellion, anger, and violence as shown through the downfall of his relationship with Thomas and Miranda, the events leading to Miranda’s death and the alliance with the Maroons, and his partnership with Silver from beginning to end. /end description]

[sword-wielding-sapphic]

Black Sails & The Onion headlines (text post memes 12/?)

[animentality]

[butchfriend]

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College

[cognitiveinequality]

[sturionic]

For anyone unfamiliar with Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, the entire thesis is that traditional educational models promote oppression by removing students' agency in their own learning. Freire argues that currently education functions as a "banking model" - teachers are the holders of knowledge, and students are empty vessels, waiting to have that knowledge put into their heads like a piggy bank. This reinforces a passive attitude towards information, not seeking and understanding it on your own terms, but waiting for a "banker" to deposit it into your head.

Instead, Freire proposes that teachers and students act as co-creators of knowledge, where students become active participants in their own learning through questions and dialogue. Teachers are also open to changing their understanding of topics in the process of critical dialogue - the goal is not "student learns Fact A and memorizes it as presented," but instead the goal is the knowledge itself, discovered collaboratively by teacher and student, who are acting with empathy and respect towards each other. This also starts the process of the oppressed being able and empowered to question structures of power, take agency, and actively participate in the transformation of society.

So, the irony of writing an AI essay on critical pedagogy is actually insane; because it's essentially the extrapolated endpoint of Freire's arguments that our current educational system creates passive receptacles who not only can't think critically in an educational context, but also become the perfect citizens for a world that doesn't want us questioning structures of power, to view those in power as we viewed our teachers - deliverers of indisputable facts that must be memorized and regurgitated because they command it, and not co-creators of true understanding.

[taskmastersource]

TASKMASTER LIVE REACTIONS (3/?) Series 21, Episode 1: Cube Is Good

[kitmarlowe]

Well, it was a shaky start when I witnessed two grown adults turn into, like, Take That fans. “He’s so famous!”

[eesttm]

- "What's with all the rubber ducks?" - "Well, it's sort of a secret, but we can tell the story."

[x]

[happydivorce]

what unravels me every single fucking time i think abt flint is how fucking sincere he is. u get introduced to him as the no1 lying liar who lies for fun and profit and then slowly as u peel off the layers at the heart of it he's just so fucking raw and vulnerable and he Wants the people he loves to see him like that. he invites them to see him like that. miranda knows the shape of the wound and that's why they still love each other bc her wound mirrors his bc it's from the same weapon. they recognise each other. and he lets in silver and says this is the wound at the heart of me and i think you have one of these too and yours might be like mine or at least close enough for us to understand each other. i recognise something in you. and then silver fucking flinches

[detectiveneve]

not gonna say it. but he popped into your head didn’t he