Utter Nonsense

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“Humans are inherently selfish--" Then why do so many cultures value hospitality, to the point of dictating it in their religions? Why is it so common for hosts to offer their visitors their best food, and as much of it as they can? At some point, multiple cultures decided that they knew what it felt like to be alone and vulnerable, and promised each other to never let those who stay with them feel that way. That doesn't sound very "inherently selfish" to me.

"humans are the plague"

No. Humans are animals as much as the fish and the bear. We are pack animals who have survived by strong bonds and community.

Do not buy the lie that humans are inherently evil. Societies can trick you into believing this, but it's not the truth of humanity.

Humans crave being together, sharing together, and thriving together.

Capitalism just wants you to believe we're destined for selfishness.

Perfect paw print

I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.

‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.

‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.

‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.

So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT

real writers don’t have writer’s block because they never start writing in the first place.

I actually… love this

i once wrote an entire academic paper with the central thesis of ‘everyone is kind of a dick to Data and it honestly kinda reflect how people treat neurodiverse people, which is also why we neurodiverse people relate to him so hard’

the original post was missing a line, so here’s the full poem!!

His poetry is good. Fight me.

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS

“AN ODE TO SPOT” IS FREAKING GENIUS FIGHT ME

I’ve been thinking about this all day

Elizabeth Warren off the shits

Y’all I want to throw massive kudos out to the Roger Williams Park Zoo for a choice they made today: rather than joining in on a GenAI trend all the zoos are doing right now, they chose to support and spotlight an artist on their staff!

The big thing right now is these GenAI “figurine toys” of zookeepers or zoo management. And instead they shared a version drawn by one of their staff!

Go give them some love, if you’re on FB. Too many zoos are really getting into GenAI and just whitewashing the climate change / copyright issues that come with it, so I want this zoo to get as much positive feedback as we can muster for making a better choice.

I’d like to shout out the Museum of Life and Science, who did the same thing! They’re an AZA facility in Durham, NC

In their caption they wrote:

“Your favorite action figures' favorite action figures. We love a trend, but we love our visual designer Erynn even more. Shout out to her for helping us join the fun!”

What Flows Through His Icy Veins - Submitted by alliveirrr

#553D36 #684A52 #857885 #87A0B2 #A4BEF3

i don’t care what y’all say this is still funny as hell

I don’t watch the wrasslin’ but I like the cut of this guy’s jib.

You guys don’t understand.

Other dudes had been calling him Beaker as an insult for months.

And then the muppets hosted 

AND THIS FUCKING HAPPENED.

You are not responsible for the actions of another person. This means that what they did to you was on them, not you.

The thing about harry potter is that it's Not a matter of ~ problematic media ~ it's a "the creator is directly funneling shit tons of money into the Kill All Trannies Foundation". This is our anita bryant. Can you grow a fucking spine and morals and stuff? If we were in the 70s some of you would be talking about how orange juice is your safe food or something. She's the actual devil I think that's more important here

Care for a drink?

@dragons-locator have you gotten this one yet?

DRAGONS LOCATED

(i think this is the third time I've gotten this one, but it deserves it)

[image id: a collection of drawings of incredibly cute dragons in on and around various drinks.]

(i think this is the

third time I’ve gotten this one,

but it deserves it)

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP SCIENTISTS AT THE SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE HAVE FOOTAGE OF A LIVE COLOSSAL SQUID FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑

for context, scientists have know about these mfs for like a HUNDRED YEARS but only now have they actually seen one ALIVE !!