whenever you see a post on this website don't forget to ask yourself: why is op the worst human being that has ever walked upon the earth, how does this post target me specifically, and what are the hateful implications hidden between the lines ???
one frustrating element of the new content bans on gumroad and patreon is that they're doing it to stay in line with their payment processors' policies, which themselves are in place to stay in line with FOSTA-SESTA.
which is a law passed in the united states, a country of which i am not a citizen and in which i do not live. i was legally prohibited from voting for or against FOSTA-SESTA, but because the platforms and payment providers i use are based there, i am expected to comply with it anyway.
and the tiktok situation shows us that any platform based outside the US can and will be either blocked from operating within it or forcibly divested from its foreign owners.
this is just another facet of american empire, by the way. it's more than bombs and guns and client states: it's that the US leverages its dominance over technology and finance to set policy for, effectively, the entire world.
hello gamer. you claim to want "shorter games with worse graphics that are made by people who are paid more to do less". in front of you is itch dot io, which has a "pay what you want" feature,
ahhhhhh if only i had eaten that japanese radish when i had the chance. dies
Biden is shipping weapons to Israel every 36 hours
He has only disclosed to the public only 2 of his 100 shipments.
Here's how you do it!
Step by step for all you virgins!
Step 1 - Invite her over to watch a movie (if there isn't something specific that you know she wants to watch together then give her some options and maybe include something slutty in the mix like an erotic thriller)
Step 2 - Ask if she'd like a drink (booze can make everyone a little less nervous, but obv not everyone drinks)
Step 3 - Just be chill and make fun small talk while hanging out
Step 4 - Tell her how cute she is
Step 5 - If she seems flattered and receptive then lean in and ask "can I kiss you"
Step 6 - If making out is going well then while you're at it try putting your hand on the back of her neck or her waist or thigh or just wherever feels natural etc
Step 7 - When you're escalating things (like touching her somewhere new) try to throw in the occasional "is this okay" or even a preemptive "is it okay if I-"
Step 8 - Ask if you can call her Doctor Eggman while you pretend to be one of the helpless animals that have been captured by him and turned into a living battery for his army of badniks
Step 9 - ???
Step 10 - I've never gotten this far
orv is horrible in that you fully trust the narrator. even by the end, you know kim dokja is a liar to both himself and therein his readers. but you still choose to believe his words. you choose to love him because he is so fundamentally wounded by the narrative. it's hard not to fall for a narrator of whom you know has no capacity to love himself, despite being love's incarnate.
it's just because he believes in readers that the readers believe him.
i am [identity] which means i [buy product] and [buy product]
Indie music fans will literally be like oh yeah man you should totally listen to “my self doubt is slowly killing me and all my friends” by Penis Defibrillator it’s an absolute banger
That would be because I, quote, “made it the fuck up”
Pssh, yeah right. Nobody can 'Make the fuck up' Penis Defibrillator.
You obviously didn't look very hard.
On top of that, Penis Defibrillator was very ahead of their time and tragically overlooked by the "indie" music community, despite being brave enough to do what nobody else would do in music.
Tumblr won't let me post the whole track because of copyright, but here's the most memorable bit.
Put some respect to their fucking name.
Don’t come onto my post and be funnier than me
i'm afraid the character limit in the former bird app is destroying my potential
two sentence horror story
“You simply cannot fit more America into a single incident than a man dying a horrifying death in protest of war crimes while a first responder screams at cops to stop pointing their guns at him and go get fire extinguishers. If you were to pick a single moment in history to sum up the essence and expression of the US empire, that would be it.”
Caitlin Johnstone, The Most American Thing That Has Ever Happened
I want everyone to look at how The New York Times (paywall-bypass link) covered this event - specifically this sentence:
“I will no longer be complicit in genocide,” a man says in the video, echoing language that opponents of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza have used to describe the war.
Read it. Read it again. Think of all of the ways in which they could have presented his statement. Read it again.
Every single Language Arts teacher should use this sentence to teach students how to read for bias.
In case anyone is curious:
- De-personification - referring to Aaron Bushnell as just "a man" in an article specifically about him and his actions.
- Passive framing - he's not making a statement, he's "echoing" things other people have said, thus decreasing the impact of his statement.
- Referring to people who are against the genocide in Palestine as "opponents", implying that there is an equal conflict between two parties, instead of, you know, a genocide.
- Specifically naming Israel and not Palestine
- Describing the genocide as a war, again implying a conflict and not a colonial state murdering civilians.
Finally, the overall tone of this sentence is one which SPECIFICALLY distances both the reader and the actions of Aaron Bushnell from the genocide in Palestine. "Have used" being past tense instead of present tense especially stands out to me, because it, again, implies something which is not currently occurring, and separates Aaron Bushnell from the category of people who are opposing the genocide in Palestine.
The media is not impartial, not any media, anywhere, ever. The key is to be able to identify any bias and decide what that tells you about the statements contained within.
i make a lot of posts to the tune of "you're allowed to be horny btw" because it's becoming increasingly clear that adults being sexual in (clearly marked and blockable!) spaces is being stamped out and made out to be evil both legislatively and in the moral zeitgeist, especially among younger folks. not even in the "wait to be a horny adult online when you're An Adult" way, just an ingrained puritanical outrage response to *anything* that isn't chaste wholesome perfect all-ages allowed. it's unnerving and scary.
Or a children’s hospital
The fucking children’s hospital thing is never going to get old.
you know who else is never going to get old? the fucking chi-