the x files is funny because at the time it was “progressive” or whatever to have the ultra-rational, levelheaded character be a woman

but it’s also a show where all the fucked up alien shit actually is real, so she’s just constantly wrong about everything

What’s funny is how often they’re both wrong. Mulder will be like “the victims all had their livers scooped clean out this is obviously the aliens escalating from cattle mutilation” and Scully will be like “don’t be silly Mulder this is clearly just a serial killer who’s really good with surgical tools” and then it turns out the actual killer is an immortal sewer man who comes out ever quarterly century to feast on human liver.

I cannot stress enough that this is literally the plot of an actual episode

Minyoung Kim (Korean, 1989) - The Mystery of the Night (2021)

Hearing the Illusive Man described as 'Elon Husk' has changed something for me

friendly reminder that if you're in your 20s and don't have your cutie mark yet then you're broken, you're a failure. and you're not going to make it

I was actually just reading about this in Caste: The Origins of our Discontent. The author talks about how one’s body goes into stress or anxiety or defense mode when the person knows they’re being followed, watched, or otherwise scrutinized. She brought race into it. A Nigerian man, who was just a person in his country, was healthy as anything. He got to the U.S. and within a year, his doctor told him he was suddenly pre-diabetic and had high blood pressure. He never had those things in his country. He learned that being Black in the U.S. is a very different experience than being Black in a Black-centric country. The author elaborated more about those in poverty, women, and being a minority in general. Having that “fight or flight” triggered in the body, sometimes for hours or days or weeks at a time, degrades the body’s natural defenses, making them more vulnerable to disease.

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op delete this now

If I had to see this, then all of you have to as well

I think this is perfect, and I will make it everybody’s problem now.

This is what Freddy would want.

does anyone else hate that work takes up like 90% of your life and you literally are always working and have to form plans and important things and even seeing friends or eating meals around work. it's always just work. im spending my life just being At Work. i don't have time for hobbies or for seeing friends bc it’s always Work. like two days off a week isn't even enough because my days off aren't consecutive so i just spend those days exhausted or doing errands or house chores. there is not enough Time. all the time goes to Work. WHY IS LIFE THIS WAY. humans were not meant for this

Witches on a railroad adventure 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃☕

...Just read this thread. JUST READ IT.

This is 100% worth reading--important information presented in an entertaining way.

(If you want to know more, many major news agencies have published & annotated the actual indictment documents; here's CNN's version.)

*giggles and twirls hair* So, there's this diablo.....

honestly hate it when dialogue is written to have characters just word for word state how they think and feel. Where's the craft. where's the nuance

who says 'i am so sad and angry because my parents are getting a divorce'. call your dad a cunt and smear dog shit across the back seat of his honda odyssey like a real person

My brother and I are @animenext in NJ. Its a 3 day con so come out and see us! If you cant make it, then wish us luck!

@crxmes

please god above can someone explain to me why we're still working on self driving cars when trains exist

"we're training them to interpret road signs!" Train goes same place every day. No road signs.

"when forced to choose between old lady and child, which is more ethical for the car to hit?" Fence around train track. Nobody on the road.

"people with disabilities preventing them from driving themselves can be independent" Yes but also. Train.

"reduces the dangers of fatigue with long distance trucking" Train.

"the technology is not yet price effective for the average driver" Train.

Seriously come on choo choo bitches let's goooooooooo

We will never invent a car that's as eco-friendly as increasing our rail infrastructure.

there's been a few instances where i've seen people express interest in chainsaw man but lament what they see as fetishisation of the female cast, and it's like, on the one hand i think that's mostly a perception that has to do with the broader shonen fandom's interactions with the series than anything fujimoto's consciously doing (reports of makima's ass and tits have been greatly exaggerated). but also, chainsaw man IS horny, and very explicitly sexual, because it's a manga primarily about how sex and desire can be wielded to manipulate vulnerable people, how sexuality is an incredibly powerful rhetorical and semiotic tool. denji's entire arc (at the beginning at least) revolving around him wanting to touch boobs and make out and have sex isn't there because he's the Horny Shonen Character archetype, it's because he's a person thoroughly deprived of any affection that hasn't come from his weird fucked up chainsaw dog, who doesn't know how to relate to women because he's only ever been exposed to them through porn -- and every time he think he's getting what he wants he finds himself completely alienated and confused, usually because it's at the expense of his own manipulation and humiliation

The shirt cut meme featuring one of my earliest attempts at Thane