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22. he/it.

having audio processing issues is so humiliating like yeah i heard you and yeah i was actively listening but the problem is i dont know what the fuck you sayed

y'all know that whole left-brained/right-brained thing is fake right? and the "brain fully develops at age 25" thing? and the "we only use 10% of our brains" thing? yeah they're all complete horseshit please yell at anyone who says them

okay people are doing nuance in the notes about the kernels of truth in neuroscience myths but I really really need you to understand that that is not important here. people don't believe there are "right-brained" and "left-brained" people because they've misunderstood lateralisation of the central nervous system, they believe it because that binary framework was deliberately pushed by people who wanted to define who was logical enough to lead, and surprise surprise, white adult heterosexual men are left-brained. people don't believe the brain "finishes developing at 25" because they've misunderstood life stage differences in neuroplasticity, they believe it because the idea that children, teens, and young adults have inferior brains is a convenient rationalisation for a society that marginalises them. people don't believe you "only use 10% of your brain" because they misread an fMRI study, they believe it because it's useful bullshit for everyone from hyperindividualist historical revisionists pushing the great genius concept of scientific progress to hucksters recruiting for cults that will teach you to unlock your latent telekinesis for just $5000 a month. that's why it's fucking important to know that many popular science ideas are false and to push back on them loudly and frequently, because they're not just mildly incorrect, they are often active components of systems of violence.

Working in retail is so interesting sometimes. Yesterday a woman came in to tell me the desk fan she'd bought only worked when it was plugged in. Didn't even ask for a refund, just wanted me to know how strange she found this to be

👩‍⚕️ink alcohol and smoke weed if you want to know all the muscles inside your head. wait who's that bitch...

What??? Bad taste is real and it’s when u like something I think is stupid and ugly I see it all the time

saw a cool ad on youtube for dental implants where they were crushing different ones under a bulldozers tire to show how strong theirs was. which naturally leads one to imagine an old mans head being crushed under a bulldozers tire leaving behind a pristine set of shining white dentures where his mouth used to be

then perhaps we should kill you and divy up your meat as rations for the more effective members of our society

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