one-sided platonic feelings always hit me so hard. like. i want you to love me like a son, but to you i’m not much more than a servant. i swore our oath of brotherhood out of real devotion, and you swore it out of convenience. i want to go to the ends of the earth and the depths of hell for you and follow you until the end of time, and in your mind that’s no more than what i owe you
But also the whole “I am devoted to you unto death and you would throw me out with the ashes from the fireplace if given a chance” being proven wrong and the not-devoted-person goes on quests and nearly dies and kills people to save their platonic love proving he actually is really devoted only to go back to behaving like they’d sell you to Satan for a corn chip is just. Poetic cinema.
Friendly reminder that Roman senators are an invasive species everywhere* and “But he wants to go outside!” is not a good reason to let your senator decimate the local provincial tax base.
*Including in Rome.
fleecing the provincials under his proconsular authority is a vital stage in a senator’s life cycle! by moving out of Rome to take up governorship of some far-flung barbarians, he can establish his territory and recoup the resources he burned to become a consul in the first place… so not only is it cruel to keep your senator confined, it impedes his natural development.
Friendly reminder that Roman senators are an invasive species everywhere* and “But he wants to go outside!” is not a good reason to let your senator decimate the local provincial tax base.
ive been trying very hard to formulate a way to say this that doesnt make me sound like an asshole but honestly ive like. given up.
youre gonna drive yourselves fucking nuts with all the doom posting. and all the “its gonna be okay, you have to live” posting isnt any less doom posting. its all the same song to a different tune.
its shitty and terrible and youre allowed to feel shitty and terrible. but its not like. gonna change because you feel shitty about it. and constantly thinking about how shitty you feel about it is just gonna make you feel worse.
go like. eat a snack or something. play a game you like. i dunno. its shitty! but dont spend your time catastrophizing. drink some fuckin water or whatever other cheesy bullshit keeps you occupied while you process.
Hi guys, Gaming Peter here to explain the joke. Boy, at first when I saw this meme about a 3 day no gaming challenge I was freakin’ angry! No gaming for 3 days!? But then I remembered, and this is freakin’ hilarious by the way, February only has 28 days! I can keep gaming. Freakin’ sweet!
The number of people in the notes of this being like “lol i’m the motorist” with 0 sense of shame or self awareness is crazy. You should all get your licenses taken away
my favorite side effect warning is for antidepressants
pros: you won’t want to kill yourself
cons: you might want to kill yourself
Back when I was in a psychiatric hospital, and was offered antidepressants, my mother had declined them due to that apparent side effect. So the staff actually explained about this effect antidepressants have, that give reason to that warning. When first taking antidepressants they raise up your energy first. So that you have the energy to do the tasks you might have avoided doing due to your depression. Because of this those who were already suicidal, now have the energy to go do so. Which is the ones this warning is given for. It’s not that a side effect of antidepressants magically makes you want to kill yourself, it’s the energy it gives those who were already struggling with suicidal issues, to actually attempt the act.
Very informative…
Wow. I’m so glad you explained that. Now I understand
My high school choir/psych teacher actually told is about this. She also said if you have a suicidal friend who starts seeming like they might be getting better because they have more energy, that’s the time to be cautious because that’s when they may still be suicidal but they’ll actually have the energy to go through with it
THIS. a thousand times THIS. I had it explained to me in my AP psychology class in high school. super fucking important.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT and I wish my doctors had explained it to me this well when I first started taking them.
JUST GONNA REBLOG THIS AGAIN TO ADD that my younger sister in law recently started on anti-depressants among other medications in juncture with therapy to help handle an extreme case of OCD and anxiety, and I was the one who had to explain this to her. Her doctor only explained the risks, and not WHY they would actually be considered risks, which put her off of taking medication for most of her life. I explained it, and she understood, and THAT is why she is now on medication that is significantly improving her life. DOCTORS NEED TO TELL US THIS SHIT.
Best description of why ‘increased risk of suicide’ is included in the warning for anti-depressants I’ve ever read.
Signal boost this to save a life.
They can also cause acute drug-induced mania in bipolar folks (any type), and mania is the riskiest time for suicide attempts in bipolar folks (in particular with mixed episodes). This is also because mania gives someone energy, as well as can include other symptoms that increase suicidal thoughts and self harm behaviors. Even if you have no family history of bipolar it’s important to see how they can affect you, and to understand the symptoms of mania (which can mimic a lot of symptoms of anxiety disorders).
Illiteracy is becoming rampant. Reminds me of the fact that a lot of children aren’t taught how to sound out letters and are instead taught whole words from the beginning. They memorize it like it’s a hieroglyphic instead of learning how to actually read and then picking up more advanced tricks on top of that foundational skill.
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. It isn’t only the synonyms; there are also the antonyms. After all, what justification is there for a word which is simply the opposite of some other words? A word contains its opposite in itself. Take ‘good,’ for instance. If you have a word like 'good,’ what need is there for a word like 'bad’? 'Ungood’ will do just as well–better, because it’s an exact opposite, which the other is not. Or again, if you want a stronger version of 'good,’ what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like 'excellent’ and 'splendid’ and all the rest of them? 'Plusgood’ covers the meaning, or 'doubleplusgood’ if you want something stronger still…In the end the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words–in reality, only one word. Don’t you see the beauty of that, Winston?”
Illiteracy is becoming rampant. Reminds me of the fact that a lot of children aren’t taught how to sound out letters and are instead taught whole words from the beginning. They memorize it like it’s a hieroglyphic instead of learning how to actually read and then picking up more advanced tricks on top of that foundational skill.
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. It isn’t only the synonyms; there are also the antonyms. After all, what justification is there for a word which is simply the opposite of some other words? A word contains its opposite in itself. Take ‘good,’ for instance. If you have a word like 'good,’ what need is there for a word like 'bad’? 'Ungood’ will do just as well–better, because it’s an exact opposite, which the other is not. Or again, if you want a stronger version of 'good,’ what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like 'excellent’ and 'splendid’ and all the rest of them? 'Plusgood’ covers the meaning, or 'doubleplusgood’ if you want something stronger still…In the end the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words–in reality, only one word. Don’t you see the beauty of that, Winston?”
toddler started playing a game a while ago where he points at dad and says “you’re [toddler]. I’m Dada” and then they roleplay being each other. I gotta say. the schadenfreude, the absolute satisfaction, when toddler says “eat your hot dog” and dad says “no! I want a lot!!” (imitating what the toddler does when he refuses to eat unless he is given a GIANT PILE of food, which he will eat approximately 5% of) and toddler says “you can have this” (exactly what we say to him in this situation) and dad says “I WANT A LOT!!” and the toddler tries to think of a way to convince him and says “EAT IT!!” with visible frustration. exquisite. incredible
I realise that this is an unbelievably pedantic complaint but classic who didn’t film in quarries in Wales lmao. It didn’t become a BBC Wales production until 2005, prior to that it was shot out of London. The quarries were all in the south of England. 👍
I’m sure you’re right but in the nicest possible way. This energy:
I’m sure you’re right but
in the nicest possible
way. This energy:
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
>First, we’ve discovered that about a quarter of all the internet connection in or out of the house were ad related. In a few hours, that’s about 10,000 out of 40,000 processed.
>We also discovered that every link on Twitter was blocked. This was solved by whitelisting the https://t.co domain.
>Once out browsing the Web, everything is loading pretty much instantly. It turns out most of that Page Loading malarkey we’ve been accustomed to is related to sites running auctions to sell Ad space to show you before the page loads. All gone now.
>We then found that the Samsung TV (which I really like) is very fond of yapping all about itself to Samsung HQ. All stopped now. No sign of any breakages in its function, so I’m happy enough with that.
>The primary source of distress came from the habitual Lemmings player in the house, who found they could no longer watch ads to build up their in-app gold. A workaround is being considered for this.
>The next ambition is to advance the Ad blocking so that it seamlessly removed YouTube Ads. This is the subject of ongoing research, and tinkering continues. All in all, a very successful experiment.
>Certainly this exceeds my equivalent childhood project of disassembling and assembling our rotary dial telephone. A project whose only utility was finding out how to make the phone ring when nobody was calling.
>Can confirm, after small tests, that RTÉ Player ads are now gone and the player on the phone is now just delivering swift, ad free streams at first click.
>Some queries along the lines of “Are you not stealing the internet?” Firstly, this is my network, so I may set it up as I please (or, you know, my son can do it and I can give him a stupid thumbs up in response). But there is a wider question, based on the ads=internet model.
>I’m afraid I passed the You Wouldn’t Download A Car point back when I first installed ad-blocking plug-ins on a browser. But consider my chatty TV. Individual consumer choice is not the method of addressing pervasive commercial surveillance.
>Should I feel morally obliged not to mute the TV when the ads come on? No, this is a standing tension- a clash of interests. But I think my interest in my family not being under intrusive or covert surveillance at home is superior to the ad company’s wish to profile them.
>Aside: 24 hours of Pi Hole stats suggests that Samsung TVs are very chatty. 14,170 chats a day.
>YouTube blocking seems difficult, as the ads usually come from the same domain as the videos. Haven’t tried it, but all of the content can also be delivered from a no-cookies version of the YouTube domain, which doesn’t have the ads. I have asked my son to poke at that idea.
reblogging for study later AND to spread the info.
Seriously, get and run PiHole if you can. It changes your internet experience so much for the better. I get shocked when I visit a website when I’m someone else’s network, by just how many ads the internet is flooded with now. Take back control.
Peace is the white moderate’s word. They would rather have a fake “peace” built on theft, injustice, and genocide than a real, liberatory peace which can only come through struggle and revolution.
During the Great March of Return in 2018-2019, a series of nonviolent protests by Palestinians in Gaza for the right to return to lands they were expelled from across the border, the IDF killed 226 people and injured 13,000. The injuries were often severe, with IDF snipers intentionally maiming protestors.
It looks funny, right? You think it looks funny. I do too. But it lives its whole life. So you have to take it seriously eventually, right? And be respectful and shit.
line of cop cars on a high speed chase down the i-94 unable to catch a beetle going over 100 miles per hour
everyone should try the experience of making a post as arbitrary as this and then watching people theyve never seen before with pfps of a guy in a combination racing suit and bug costume tag it as their favorite media, Beetle Who Goes 100 Miles an Hour
The only example of straight oppression is the fact that Amsterdam for straight people is associated with the red light district where generally straight men can pay for sex with beautiful European women. However, for gay people, Amsterdam has a legal gay cruising, clothing optional section of a park where gay men can have sex for free in public.
our top scientists have discovered one good thing about the netherlands
our bottom scientists have verified these findings
Weaponized incompetence my ass just weaponize it back. Once my dad tries to pull the “but I don’t know how to clean the counters as well as you” on my mom and she said “ok honey I’ll show you” and she made him stand in the kitchen and watch her clean the counters. Then she pulled out a bottle of chocolate syrup and proceeded to spray the entire kitchen in chocolate, hand him the sponge and said “okay now it’s your turn”
Weaponized Pettiness is an appropriate response to Weaponized Incompetence.
my brother is confusing me with these new youtubers. he literally said to me “do you know who chunks is.” fucking chunks. hey do you know who chunks is. you don’t know who fucking chunks is?? i’m gonna explode something
