Geek Out

writer, film enthusiast, champion of underdogs & slayer of dragons. she/her cis female. old enough to be a fandom vodka aunt, so don’t follow if you’re uncomfortable with adults on your dash.

[keepcalmandcarriefischer]

It's the last day of April

[my-little-bologna]

Wake up babe, new meta layer just dropped

[durbikins]

[pending-trans-action-2]

[bob-belcher]

Miss Congeniality (2000) dir. Donald Petrie

[trynot-moved]

MISS CONGENIALITY (2000) dir. Donald Petrie

[plaguedoctorraven]

[killian-ob99]

[robertmitchum]

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN dir. Stanley Donen + Gene Kelly 

[thenatsdorf]

Bff’s from the beginning.

[emmeetslawschool]

that baby is making biscuits on that cat. what a role reversal.

[leonei-d-deactivated20211128]

Omg!!!!

[magic-and-moonlit-wings]

#it’s extra good because kneading is something that kittens do to their moms!! #so #baby is like: ah yes soft cat shall pet #and cat is like: ah yes human kitten is just doing What Kittens Do :) #amazing #10/10 i love it

[contrivedchaos]

That cat is just so content. He’s like, “Finally, a human that can speak my love language!”

[omneco]

[zuzuyams]

Eugene gets me

[beautifulterriblequeen]

HAPPY LIMINAL SPACEMAS, COUCHES

[bitchesgetriches]

Everything Is Becoming a Bank

Most major corporations — from airlines to social media platforms — now aspire to become unregulated banks. Bankification today accounts for

[apatosaurus]

This is a long read, but worth it. Some takeaways:

-Don’t use “buy now pay later.” The fine print isn’t what it seems.

-The fine print on medical financing, store credit cards, and contactless payment is also not what it seems.

-Payday loans are still predatory, even when offered by your employer

-Rewards programs are an income stream for the companies that run them. The points systems are manipulated so that the house always wins. They depend on people leaving money in rewards accounts and not in interest-bearing traditional bank accounts.

-Electronic payment apps like VenMo are not banks. You don’t earn interest. Your money is not protected.

-Your financial information is not private if your money is not kept in a regulated bank.

-None of this is regulated by the FDIC. Your money is not protected if it is held by a non-bank doing banking business. Our economy is not protected from the collapse of financial institutions that are not banks.

-The Biden administration was making progress in increasing accountability for non-banks operating as predatory financial services providers. The current administration is reversing those protections to favor corporations.

[mierac]

Oh boy.

 A third of younger Americans hold their savings on nonbank tech platforms like Venmo

PEOPLE! DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MONEY IN VENMO OR APPLE PAY OR ANY OF THIS SHIT. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO FIND A REAL BANK OR A CREDIT UNION.

If Venmo were to close tomorrow all your money would vanish. There's no insurance or guarantee on any of these things. I know banks aren't great but legit banks will have the "FDIC insured" logo on their doors and websites, which means if my bank goes under tomorrow I still get my money back. Also I guarantee you there is a credit union somewhere in your town, go find it.

You can leave some money in Venmo or Apple pay or whatever, but NOT ALL OF IT for the love of God.

[and-fishing-equipment]

in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD

instead ask:

is it SINCERE

was it CATHARTIC

was it FUN TO MAKE

is it MADE BY ME

and don't forget to stay silly

[malibuklaus]

[galadriel1010]

Sometimes you get a brief glimpse into the American worldview and decide that you don't want to know.

[transcyberism]

I cannot stress enough that this meme is entirely literal. there's no reference or subtext you don't know. these are simply the objectively most popular works of art from each denomination.

[princeofbadassery]

In the US. Ask a european protestant and they won't even have heard of veggie tales.

[edenfenixblogs]

As a non-Christian, that sucks for you. You’re missing out.

[princeofbadassery]

To be honsest. The veggies are scaring me a little bit XD

[edenfenixblogs]

The veggies are great. But when you start to peel back the layers, almost none of the veggies are actual veggies. Many are fruit or legumes or some such thing. And then if you go far enough down the rabbit hole you realize that vegetables aren’t even real at all and aren’t a botanical classification. This becomes an unintentional metaphor for the unachievable standards of purity culture and also for the queer reading of veggie tales. @will-write-for-food wrote an essay about it in college.

It’s genuinely amazing.

Also, silly songs with Larry always made me laugh.

[foone]

The three canonical Clue endings (and the 4th lost ending) are not all the ways that night goes. Those are just the few we got to see.

The events of Clue happen every night, forever. The guests arrive at the mansion, the blackmail & blackmailer is exposed, and there's some murder(s).

the next night, it happens again, just a different this time. Tonight, Yvette is the Last Girl, and no one else makes it out alive.

[edenfenixblogs]

@will-write-for-food

[tvandfilm]

[aforlorngazeintoyesterday-deact]

oh shit we got december tomorrow…

[spirit-box-recording-deactivate]

you're lying

[aforlorngazeintoyesterday-deact]

WE GOT DECEMBER TOMORROW

[therootbeersprite]

[emswift]

ho ho holy shit it’s december first (1st)