career suicide

hi i'm olivia. im 21 years old

[quadriceps-deactivated20171230]

so i have a question abo

too bad you got assassinated mid sentence. this is a warning to all other people who send me asks

[malamente1992]

[gothicprep]

why do the worst people on earth describe themselves as logical

[brightcoat]

Because if you call yourself “logical” and convince yourself that it’s true, you can absolve yourself of moral or intellectual responsibility for your words, actions, and beliefs.

“I’m a logical person,” says the douchebag, whilst sending hateful messages to women over the internet. “I’m doing the logical thing,” he continues as he doxxes an indie game dev because they’re too SJW for his liking. “I’m a good person,” he affirms to himself, while being The Worst Person.

[gothicprep]

this is actually a really good explanation

[daggers-drawn]

They also believe being logical is the same as being right when in fact logic is only a measure of internal consistency and not veracity.

The biggest joke is that they often aren’t even employing logic, they’re just disapproving of inconvenient emotional responses from the people who have to deal with their shit.

[winterwombat]

Whenever I hear someone declare themselves as logical/rational, I get pretty leery about them, especially if they say it like they think they deserve a fucking medal. It’s usually a pretty good sign that they’re firmly entrenched in the most toxic parts of geek culture, where rationality is practically worshiped by people whose egos depend on feeling like the smartest person in the room. 

Asshole nerd guys have bought hard into the idea that masculinity means being logical instead of emotional, so they turn everything related to demonstrating rationality into a hypercompetitive genital-measuring contest. You see it with the guys who turn even those minor discussion into their hill to die on because they refuse to admit they’re wrong about anything, or the ones practically salivate at the thought of rubbing their atheism into the face of some irrational religious person and engaging them in debate. It’s all just a way to demonstrate their status to a culture that values intelligence above all else. 

It also gives them an excuse to declare themselves as superior rational beings compared to women, because if logic is a masculine quality then women must not have a lot of it, right? It’s the same reason they love to condemn their opponents, especially women, as being motivated or affected by emotion (”Did I hurt your fee-fees?”/”Are you triggered yet?”/”Angry feminists!”/”Tumblr Hugbox!”), often in the breath that they criticize male opponents for their lack of masculinity (”Beta male!”/”SJW cuck!”/ -insert generic homophobic slur-”).

(Angry pseudo-rationalists don’t have a monopoly on anti-sjw dickery, but they sure as hell built it into what it is today) 

In other words, it’s the same sneering toxic masculinity you see everywhere else, just interpreted by nerds instead of some other group like jocks or rich kids. It has the same potential to turn confused, frustrated, insecure boys in to hateful, frustrated, insecure men, just ones with different hobbies.

[corporationsarepeople]

Also one of the reason most racists don’t think they are (at least the ones I know) is because they have their own logic for it. They think they’re logical, and right, but like was said above, it only means they’re internally consistent.

[communistvashoth]

one of the worst things about abusive people is how they act like they’re being totally rational and realistic and you’re just over emotional and petty and making trouble where there isn’t any whenever you don’t just go along with whatever they want

[discord-moments]

[superfuchsia]

she’s the one

[library-mermaid-blog]

A little girl and her mom were looking at me at the coffee shop this morning and I heard her mom say “go on, it’s ok!” and the little girl shuffled up to me and said “ex-cuse me please, do you have to put on your tattoos by yourself every DAY or does your mom help you?” I am d y i n g

[naruhoe-deactivated20220131]

men i do not respect

1) my father

2) ronald mcdonald

3) every single other man too i just thought those two were worth singling out

[sunbathe]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQRlhl5BmhU/

[mercedesbenzodiazepine]

I love locking my door like…you’re not coming in lmfao

[radiant-moonchild-deactivated20]

This post is honestly so iconic like every time I lock my door I literally think about this

[trash-rules]

[hydraa]

[pucikat-deactivated20170606]

me: *walks into Macdonald* hey can i get a fuckin uuhhhhhhhhh employee: I Know What You Want. me: Say It. Out Loud. employee: Borger

[socio--flower]

Kill yourself

Kill me yourself you fucking pussy

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

I had to grab this gorgeous custom dice set off Etsy, each one has a tiny silk rose in it 🌹

[whitechapels]

when all those skinny teenage boys start growing up and their metabolism catches up w them and ur sittin there eating ur salad like

[espressofleur]

Friendly reminder that you don’t have to wait until the weekends to live and enjoy your life. Go to your favorite coffee shop after school, call your friend, bake cookies on a Wednesday afternoon, dance around in your underwear. Your life is yours to live and you shouldn’t put it on hold because of work or school.

[kid4mnesiac]

whats it like to have energy

[undocupop]

I’m laughing so hard