Mankind. Be Vigilant. I love you.

What we’re doing is an advanced form of playing Skyrim where you think about playing Skyrim, remember what playing Skyrim entails, preemptively piss yourself off, and forget about the whole thing

my mom called our lazy susan a sleazy susan by accident once and now I can't call it anything else

Sometimes this bioessentialist bullshit even goes so far as to hide information from us as well. Typically there is actually a meaningful difference between "women's" and "men's" deodorant. "Women's deodorant" is specifically formulated to be anti-chafing because it assumes shaved armpits, whereas "men's deodorant" is formulated to be anti-pilling/clumping because it assumes unshaven armpits. That is a meaningful difference between these products that most people don't know about because the gendering of these products actively obscures it from us.

It's incredibly sad people have to resort to this, but it's a damn good resource. Use it. Spread awareness. Maybe one day people with physical disabilities won't need DIYs like this. But until then, reblog and share.

The really funny part is that many modern sources that want to gas up Sparta will bring up this specific anecdote, but stop at the "if" and just not mention what happened immediately afterwards.

similarly, "μολὼν λαβέ" (come and take them) is a really cool thing to say, made significantly less cool by having them taken

someone should make a disco elysium successor about a young witch bolshevik looking for her cat emergent socialism in the alps russian steppe

Not book smart or street smart but a secret third thing.

supid

supid.

men will do literally anything other than engaging in pro-social community-oriented behavior and then get online and complain about how masculinity is vilified and men aren't allowed to be heroes anymore

"all men really want is to feel like the hero" okay then volunteer at a food bank. get narcan training. step in when a woman is being harassed on the street. help out an elderly neighbor with shopping or home repairs. learn how to safely de-escalate fights. help your friends move. join or start your workplace union. become a big brother or volunteer coach for kids' sports. clean up your local park or get involved in some local conservation campaign. do your own damn dishes. notice what needs to be done and then do it. the world doesn't need heroes, it needs helpers. there are literally so many paths to finding a sense of self-respect and worth through pro-social behaviors that improve your immediate local community and help build your network of close personal connections. but these guys don't give a shit about actually contributing anything to the world. they just want to whine and fantasize.

their inherent lack of self-respect is belied not only by the fact that they can't imagine doing anything that contributes to building a better, more resilient society, but how they can't imagine that doing so might involve a lot of small acts and choices and not one big act of heroism that gets them on the news as Big Man Of The Year.

it’s weird that professional letters are supposed to start with “dear.” i don’t even call my mom that

my darling hiring manager. my springtime rose. if hired i will bring a strong work ethic to this position