me listening to my playlist: omg that’s crazy i love this song
i get where that 'u are not immune to cult conditioning' sentiment comes from, but if u spend any time actually reading cult stories u notice pretty quickly that there are always ppl who do successfully resist, ppl who leave when things start getting bad and ppl who see through the bullshit in the first place. there is a large gradation in susceptibility to con artists and there are things u can do to get better at spotting them. treating cult leaders like they're irresistible mind control supergeniuses is kinda just doing their propagandizing for them.
The important thing to emphasise with the “you are not immune to cult conditioning” phrase is that there is nothing inherently different about people who join cults. It doesn’t mean cults are all powerful mind control, it means you’re not smarter, stronger, or more moral than a cult victim. It can happen to you too, so stay vigilant, educate yourself on cult tactics, and treat cult victims with dignity and respect.
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kaiba made it real weird real fast but yami kept him in line
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im glad this post is getting notes because it still makes me laugh
“kaiba my friends were kidnapped what the fuck bruh”
[video by crowbabies. original caption: My stinky baby]
enamoured with this image
no you dont understand, i’m obsessed with him
no you dont understand i’m obsessed with him
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ngl, this song slaps way harder than it has any earthly right to
Story time: When I was at university in Japan I lived in an international dorm with all of the other foreign exchange students, and my best friend at the uni was a French girl who lived directly across the hall from me. Nausicaa, and we taught each other slang from our native languages.
One of the first things she taught me was to respond like this when someone’s looking for something, so like “où sont mes clés?” (where are my keys?) “dans ton cul” (in your ass), which can then be followed up with “comme ma bite” (like my dick)
Fast forward 8 years and Nausicaa comes to visit London from Lyon with her boyfriend, who I’ve never met before, and at one point he says “ou est mon tabac?” (where’s my tobacco?), and of course I say “dans ton cul”, and the boyfriend looks at me like “what the fuck English person” and then when the follow up of “comme ma bite” comes, he laughs so hard I think he’s gonna break a rib, and Nausicaa is just there with this shit eating grin and is like “I taught them that”
She told me later that day that of all the things she taught me and we learned together, she was so proud that saying “up your ass, like my dick” was what stuck
stop and read the story
Ao3 authors will literally post under any fucking circumstances
Bruce: What exactly is the plan?
Clark: I told you. Save everyone and get home safely.
Bruce: That’s not a plan, that’s a wish list.
it’s so funny how iroh is always just like “oh don’t look at me I am but a stupid old man” and if anyone is like “um… no…… you’re the Dragon of the West” he’s like “what? that was , like, ages ago. six years ago, even. I’m stupid now. my brains turned to mush!” and then they just believe him and completely let their guard down. I love it
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Iroh leverages ageism to do whatever the fuck he wants, and to win at everything forever.
just came up with a really good 4 word cooking horror story but idk if you guys are ready for it
2 cups vanilla extract
okay but what did they cook after they drank two cups of vanilla extract?
wow! never seen someone invent a whole new type of sin in just 14 words before!
do you think the dc universe has a news site like the onion that’s just like…
“meddling parents still alive, preventing bruce wayne from adopting yet anther orphan”
“new study shows that 87% of all americans class superman as american citizen despite being born on a different planet, but only 49% avoided eye contact when asked about why martian manhunter doesn’t count”
“area woman thanking her lucky stars that batman and superman fell out on the same day she was due to go to boss’ niece’s bat mitzvah”
“arkham guard astonished by trip to iron heights, only now learning what locks are for”
“area man pretty sure he should be making more than $60k a year if his boss has 10 billion dollars to waste on robotic exosuit”
“breaking news: lex luthor sues superman for loss of earnings, claims that continually losing fights to him is negatively affecting his work ethic”
“Hub City mayor declares state of unemergency after two hours without a violent crime”
“grown man who dresses in halloween costume every night thinks clown his biggest problem”
“disappointed child realizes Booster Gold at birthday party the real one, not just a guy in a costume”
“drunk Aquaman rampages through ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ ride”
“new Teen Titan not attached to any Justice League member wonders why they’ve been issued a uniform with a red shirt”
“Earth totally not a tax haven, say Green Lantern Corps as they assign eighth lantern to same planet”
“’no one knows how to stop him’ says armed police officer as non-powered clown-themed supervillain begins 82nd massacre this year”
Clark.
Clark wrote all of these, you can’t change my mind.
Bruce is exasperated but thinks some are funny and does nothing, nothing at all to stop it, even tells the press some are close to the truth.
whatsapp went down last night and my friends resorted to sending me emails like some fucking. world war 2 era letter
Help needed for funeral expenses!
Last April my removed sister was killed & her mother gained custody of her son. Two nights ago she passed as well, leaving her 2 year old grandson and 16 year old daughter, as well as her husband and both of my older sisters with funeral expenses as well as the remaining expenses from last year's tragedy.
My older sisters need help raising money to pay for both of these as well as ensuring safe arrangements for their little sister and nephew. Absolutely anything helps at this point so thank you for reading.
my skills include reading an entire page of an academic text without absorbing a single word
honestly it’s almost like our generation is set up to be lonelier & more anxious & more insane like imagine already being 20/30-something, the period of your life where you’re expected to be “at your prime”, in the middle of a climate crisis and a pandemic, under late-stage capitalism’s celebrity culture that conditions you to be as likeable & “marketable” as possible, where it seems like every lived experience should be watchable/profitable. & you look at the future you’re supposed to be working hard for & all you see is climate catastrophe meanwhile you scroll down a little & see a skin care ad that’s like “fight aging”. i haven’t said anything here that hasn’t already been said by someone else, but imagine being 20/30-something & normal