“Why would you ship X when you could ship Y” do you think that people choose their preferences and passions with a logical cost/benefit analysis instead of being seized by the throat and conscripted in its service like a manic divine vocation?
“there’s too much of Z when people should make A” make it your fucking self then holy shit
“this one thing is too popular in C fandom, i can’t stand seeing X ship/Y character/Z scenario” look, I’ll admit, I’ve said this too! but guess where?? in fucking PRIVATE. but when you air these petty grievances in a public forum all you’re doing is SPITTING in the face of your siblings in hyperfixation and on their passionate, authentic expression. who the fuck cares if it’s “popular” on the LOSER NERDS websites?? it doesn’t make you a cool alternative savant going against the grain to shit on your FELLOW NERDS, it makes you an insufferable cynic and a bully and it estranges you from befriending any of the people you’re talking shit about, or any of their friends, or even just the people who don’t happen to abjectly hate those people. learn to block tags, block key phrases, block usernames before you start burning BRIDGES in the community you act like you’re trying to build.
bitch and kvetch all you want in private and if you don’t have any friends to confide in then maybe keep your unkind thoughts to yourself or put them in your fucking diary. nobody deserves to have their passion put down by their peers just because, what? YOU think too many people are having the same kind of fun? jesus fucking christ.
Cory Booker has been talking in the senate for over 20 hours now
He’s not filibustering. He’s protesting the current administration.
For those of you from outside the US or those of you who didn’t pay attention in government class, in the US senate there’s really no limit to the amount of time a senator can speak. So sometimes if they don’t want a bill to pass they just. Don’t stop talking. To hopefully get past the deadline to vote on a bill. This is called filibustering.
Senator Cory Booker isn’t doing that. He’s disrupting “the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able”. Just in protest. This doesn’t usually happen.
He’s less than 20 minutes away from breaking the record of the longest speech given on the senate floor
Cory Booker has officially broken Strom Thurmond’s record for longest speech on the senate floor and he’s still going
For those of you wondering what he’s been talking about this whole time, his staff wrote down a bunch of stuff for him to read like stories from people across the political spectrum opposed to what the administration is doing. He’s also been telling personal anecdotes about meeting important civil rights leaders and other democratic senators have been pausing him for “questions” but the questions have been as long as a small speech and have both served the purpose of giving him a second to sit down and updating him on the news that he’s been missing while he’s been talking.
fuck i can’t believe i wasted my entire life being moved by art and beauty and the indomitable human spirit ugh i should’ve been making money through internet scams
