What the heck is even happening?

Pedestrian traffic lights

SuperWayne shippers retort that the supershipping community has been shipping superheroes for so long that they've forgotten superheroes are real people, insist that both ships are equally problematic

Some SuperWayne shippers argue that their ship is in fact LESS problematic due to the fact that Batman is a violent & dangerous vigilante. Category 5 discourse event over 1) the ethics of Batman's behaviour 2) the ethics of Superman's behaviour 3) is there such a thing as a benevolent billionaire??

Both sides accusing the other of tinhatting. Both sides have tinhatters in equal measure. They are tearing each other apart.

Something like Breaking Bad, for example, has low squiggability (that’s what I’m calling this quality). It’s tightly written, the characters are consistent, there’s little left to interpolate or extrapolate. Obviously, people DO write fanfic of Breaking Bad, but it still has a low squiggability score. Whereas something like Supernatural has a high squiggability score. Fantasy and science fiction often have high squiggability scores. This suggests squiggability could also be related to worldbuilding and potential for people to borrow a premise or setting.

"Hey, Gen Z, we're gonna relabel vacations into something else now and tell you how you really should be wary of taking vacation because it might impact your financial future."

the idea that failure is an individual failing and not the oppressions of a broken system.

Like firstly on its own thats absurd and horrific and torturous and a hideous precedent to set on level of control thats acceptable. I hate it on every level. If people want to "scroll" - whatever that means on gaming apps?? - thats their business.

And what next, the lights dont turn on after hours? The internet doesnt work after hours? Its not the governments responsibility to police teens nighttime activities its just not.

Second, what about people using the internet and such for homework? Sorry teacher I couldnt finish the government shut down my access. I mean if it lessened homework that itself wouldnt be a bad thing.

But there are a million other reasons someone might be online/on social media/gaming/reading the news/looking at art/ "scrolling" at any hour and thats their business!

Its hard enough being a teen to begin with, theres no third spaces, theres nothing to do, people complain if you do gather in public, thr main freedom they have is being online bc even their physical location is tracked to the minute by their parents, thr gov wants to keep restricting things, and what exactly are they offering in return? Building community centres where people can socialise in person and idk exercise and breathe? Social support services for people who arent getting what they need? Mental health services?

And you just.

Said no????