sentient, unfortunately

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Women are my favorite guy"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Tell the world 'stop the war'"

This song feels incredibly relevant today.

YouTube video by Sola Guinto Sola Guinto, Faffi - ARMAGEDDON (Official Lyric Video)

grab an umbrella

music.youtube.com/watch?v=ySwl...

I do believe the whole “high-trust/low-trust” society bullshit is actually just downstream of how everyone perceives how corrupt the current government is.

Before Xi in 2012, China was a dangerous place. Scams, robbery, general lawlessness was common.

But after his reforms: As above, so below.

*laughs in Fallout*

literally where do they think they’re going to find $1.6T? the countries they just put in the middle of a war zone?

he had spent his life learning how to choose to do what he had no choice but to do.

Can’t help but think about how the US always mentions “Judeo-Christian values” when “Abrahamic” is right there but it would require including Those People so they gotta get real clumsy with it

a bisexual passing of the utmost honor

cause of death: drank unadulterated cold brew on an empty stomach

A man flipping a coin into the Uncomfortable Truths Well. Well: "You'll never find a large language model that frees you from the burden of clarifying your ideas." Man: "But _I_ know what I mean!" [Adapted source: XKCD #568 (Well 2)]

Since this comes up far, far too often in my life...
(With apologies to @xkcd.com.)

absolutely bodied wow lmao

Golden Age Superman stands head to thigh alone in a panel black at the top and red on the bottom where Superman stands pointing at the reader as he says, "Be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games--they are always on the look out for unsuspecting victims."

An important academic update

Halal Truck Mr. Beast

Eldest boy has taken to sending me messages and emails sporadically that look normal but when opened are just Halal Truck Mr. Beast

Character actor headshots in 1995

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

i'm CACKLING, dude, holy shit

hot take but PMs shouldn't be allowed to resign 6 months out from an election without some kind of medical exemption. sorry, you shouldn't get to quit just before you're fired. take it on the chin for the first time in your political career. #nzpol

i love a game that asks "what if you were stuck in an unfair system that constantly asked more of you, but you were also addicted to that cycle of pain because you thought you could do better next time?" just *chef's kiss*

cloverpit consumed my life for a month. i've managed to pull back but there's something about the disgusting cruelty of the ambiance that's really compelling in a way that balatro just doesn't cater to

i basically have the page bookmarked at this point. shame how much usage i've gotten out of it lately

An excerpt from Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism": The followers must feel humiliated by the ostentatious wealth and force of their enemies. When I was a boy I was taught to think of Englishmen as the five-meal people. They ate more frequently than the poor but sober Italians. Jews are rich and help each other through a secret web of mutual assistance. However, the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak. Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy.

from Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco:

i really don't know what this says about me but maybe someone can figure it out

"You people are never happy" is such a funny way of saying "You people just keep finding ways to improve our community"

i had the inverse experience moving to NZ from the US, realising that American food tastes like nothing, it's like realising you've been eating styrofoam your whole life

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.

this is the stuff people really need to be aware of. credit card transactions have been extremely traceable for decades, even if the payee doesn't divulge that info.

(not saying $50 for a 15-min cut isn't unreasonable, just fuming about pink taxes to myself)

*glares at you femme-ly* i would kill for a $50 haircut, every stylist i walk into gives me a surcharge for that much because i have thick hair

"weeds"

i played the main commercial for my New Zealander partner and he just sat there in stunned silence for a while after it was done