welcome to my twisted blankie

on the one hand, I'm really enjoying the pendulum swing away from minimalism and towards the kitschy, colorful 70s vibes with all the wavy lines and bubble letters. it's fun. on the other hand it's not really kitschy. it still seems very influenced by minimalism. the color palette is a little too careful, the tchotchkes in the coffee shops are too selectively chosen and placed. you can have one little molded glass rooster next to this weirdly shaped but still very elegant ceramic vase. tee hee isn't that so cute and quirky. it reminds me of Chris Fleming "those aren't freaks, those are attractive people with carefully vetted idiosyncrasies"

i heard they are doing it bug style... scary.

stay safe out there everyone...

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

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NOT TO BRAG OR ANYTHING BUT JOHN FUCKING DARNIELLE MR. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS HIMSELF JUST SHARED THIS ON BSKY AND SAID IT WAS GREAT AND LOVELY WORK. WHAT IF I DIED

"without modifying" how dare you insult the hard work of our landlords

The best media ever starts out like “haha silly adventures!” And then suddenly OH GODDDD THE HORRORS

Steven Universe, Lego Monkie Kid, She-Ra, Sonic, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, CentaurWorld, EVERY SINGLE MINECRAFT ROLEPLAY EVER, uhhhh what else-

oH Epic the Musical, Lego Ninjago, Kung-Fu Panda, ATLA, Warrior Cats, aaannnnddd Aphmau's old stuff

I would argue that EPIC starts with the horrors since Odysseus has to kill a baby and is begging on his knees towards an uncaring universe to please find any way that this child can live.

There is a pause for "Haha silly adventure" but it's not long.

This also means they can spy on straight people just to make sure they aren't lgbt. This is not just against gay people, it's a cover up for violating human rights. It's never just against one group of people, it's always about controlling the masses while blaming a group of people so nobody looks at the root of the problem.

take me to snurch (snail church)

happy 10 years to snurch

oh do not do this to me

dimda_ on IG

.......I fucked up so bad.

I've been teaching Belphie not to jump on Pangur, cause she's old and arthritic and doesn't like it. and as part of my "training", I've been giving him a treat every times he stops his evil actions and trots over to me.

I thought I was training him to come when called. in actuality, I've been training him to bite Pangur. so now he'll jump on her, chew her ear, and then make bird-of-prey eye contact with me from across the room. and the worst thing is I'VE ALSO BEEN GIVING PANGUR A TREAT EACH TIME (so she doesn't feel left out). which means that she'll whimper pathetically from Belphie biting her, and then also make intense eye contact with me, because she's been conditioned to expect treats afterward.

I have accidentally made the most fucked up dynamic possible with both of these cats.

literally trained them both to perform seasons greasons. this is horrible

depiction isn't endorsement but not all depictions have the same merit

the more sensitive a subject is the harsher the criticism will be if you fuck it up. that's how this works

The Felidae

kittyyyy

with musk and trump gunning for social security, now seems like a good time to remind everyone that social security isn’t like government charity or something. it’s fully paid for. always has been. corporate media loves to parrot the conservative lie that social security is running out of money without ever mentioning why: congress stole the money. they literally robbed from peter to pay paul.

the whole idea of social security was always that you pay into it your whole life, and then when you retire the government gives you that money back. it’s your money. always has been. like sure technically the money being paid by working age people now is going to the people who are retired now. but social security was started in the 30’s, the people who are collecting benefits now paid into it their whole lives. the idea was to be a retirement savings account that the government keeps safe for you because it’s almost impossible for working class people to save for retirement under capitalism.

the problem is that congress looked at all that money just sitting there and decided to use it as a slush fund. and never paid it back. because it’s easier to steal that money than it is to raise taxes for new spending. so yeah, it’s a problem now that there are more old people retiring than there are young people working, but only because congress stole the money it was supposed to be saving for the people now retiring. all those savings could have actually earned money for the people who can’t pay in due to disability etc by being used as a massive investment fund. instead it’s the classic austerity misdirection: sabotage a useful functional government program, then claim that it doesn’t work and is too expensive. and the media never talks about it.

I always feel like I sound like a libertarian when I say this but no that's literally YOUR money. The fact that I worked for a little over 4 years having social security deducted from my pay check, something that is not optional, and then when I became disabled and went to the SSA and said "Hi I'm disabled now, can I have that money I gave you to watch specifically so if something happened to me I could take care of myself back so I can take care of myself?" and then they go "haha NO" is unreal. That should not be allowed. It's my fucking money, they took it from me by force under the logic that it was to be kept safe until I became unable to work, either due to age or disability, and then when you actually need it they go "sike, fuck you" and there's basically nothing you can do about it. The government took our money, used it for whatever, and is now trying to cover their asses by making a big fuss about fraud and how expensive it is and isn't it better to just let old and disabled people die? After all they're such a drain on the resources we fucked up managing, honestly fuck you for even expecting to be taken care of when you're sick or in your old age.

(Also this isn't to say that people who have never worked should be left out to dry, you don't have to deserve to be taken care of or work a specific amount to be worthy of not ending up starving and unhoused when you can't work, and the amount I paid in over the course of four years of primarily minimum wage just-under-part-time employment would never be able to take care of me for the rest of my life given that I'm only turning 30 this year and will hopefully live for another 60 at least, but as OP says if the gov had been smart and invested the money they could make bank and have plenty to take care of every single person in this country who needs it forever. But they didn't. And then they act like we're the problem.)