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This is complicated by the fact in both cases the “addiction” likely has underlying distress or trauma that is making these various escapes seem preferable to alternatives.

Some substances shift you biochemistry such that you are “addicted” to them, meaning your body gets chemically angry when deprived.

Some habits are integrated into cycles of loneliness, disassociation, self-punishment, and escapism.

That we use “addiction” for both is dumb

I think this is right. I think it's very hard to get soft infrastructure back.

And I think most people are abandoning any commitment they had to community responsibility b/c we're all staring at the tidal wave, waiting for it to collapse.

Netflix has a...theme park now? A little one?

At least Disney was original in his monomaniacal pursuit of a scary utopia.

The pale copy feels pathetic.

Man if the Oscars snub sinners now it is going to be VERY clear why.

Watching the Actor Awards do this Harrison Ford tribute and thinking "remember when when even in-movie they rejected Shia LaBeouf as the Indi successor?"

I will never get used to the idea that 'they use the civilian populace as hostages' means it is okay to kill the hostages rather than having to work around them.

Imagine Nancy Mace drunk sliding into your DMs late on a rainy night 😬

here's some good news

why would an opposition party allow themselves to be lead by a guy who says openly, enthusiastically that his job is doing PR for Israel, after your inability to criticize Israel just cost you the presidency and as the party you OPPOSE is rock hard to help em start a 2nd concurrent genocide. fuck!!!

This is the only story right now.

This is a fucking shitty way to process the horrors of war my man.

They’re talking about banning ADHD meds now as well and I’ve seen a bunch of cis acquaintances who thought they were Normal because they didn’t have one of the Embarrassing disorders and weren’t trannies suddenly find out that it’s showtime for them too

Also any time you clowns repeat stuff like "X is a dictator," "X is authoritarian," regardless of how you feel or believe, the only thing you're actually doing is manufacturing consent to kill more kids. Grow up, think critically about why you feel the need to repeat Pentagon talking points.

predictive markets were called "assassination markets" back when they were first proposed due to their ability to trivially facilitate contracts on individual people's lives. the government being run by the polymarket hitman equivalent of an uber driver is a horror for all time

Read it again. We killed 85 schoolgirls this morning.

Part of America's propaganda is doing things that have historical precedent (like running your government from your own fortress vs. the capital), but doing it in such a gross and clownish way that people like it's just stupid and idiosyncratic.

Man I have my issues with Slate but they are the only news site that appears to have covered what happened in Kansas?

slate.com/life/2026/02...

Boy do I have some bad news about my tenure

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My only—and I stress ONLY— recourse is to start a sweatshop with the proceeds from stolen goods.”

Les Mis: “The law is not justice”

Me: “Hell yeah!”

LM: “And the powerful abuse their position”

“So is always the way.”

LM: “and the people are fed up.”

“Let’s goooo”

LM: “Sometimes revolution fails.”

“Sadly, yes. But we fight…”

LM: “Which is why the only salvation is Jesus.”

Me “…”

It’s the right one. Oh Val, you naive boy.

Ong it’s “The Complete Soundtrack!” I think I found it. We’ll see if the Javert is right; that’s the tell.

Goddess I’ve spent most of this train ride trying to find the RIGHT cast recording.

…and still I failed. The fuck.

Goddess I’ve spent most of this train ride trying to find the RIGHT cast recording.

…and still I failed. The fuck.

I know she’ll wait tho! I know that she’ll be true! That’s gotta be worth something right?

Turn on the thing? I ‘ardly my know it!

That's just because we respect our strong bosses right? Right?

Wally West: Aw, the Titans are like a family to me, in that you knew me when I was at my shittiest and now I feel like I owe you forever.

What does it say about the economy that I'm getting into to Les Mis again.

(Probably good things, right?)