I don't want to buy mass-produced garbage from a big box store so I go to etsy but half of etsy is now dropshipped mass-produced garbage or AI slop so I go to the local arts and crafts street market but a ton of those booths are also selling the same generic plastic objects or identical stickers or 3D printed dragons so WHERE do I buy real trinkets and art from sincere freaks

I went to an antique mall the other day and one of the booths was 85% 3d printed crap and 15% stuff that may have been antiques (but probably not). AN ANTIQUE MALL.

portraying rhaenyra as an incompetent ruler because she’s on her period—as if that isn’t one of the main arguments against women in politics—is so fucking irresponsible, especially in this current political climate, when the right wing is on the rise worldwide.

The argument that Fire & Blood is a history book that's completely unreliable kinda falls apart when you remember it's a fictional book meant to tell a fictional story, and stories have a theme. They have a why. And if you think the moral of the story is "if only they had let that one woman be the exception" or even "if westeros would also accept women as rulers by right be it of conquest or divine" then you're not engaging with the very prevalent anti monarchy sentiment of GRRM's work, and though that's not a crime, taking the author to the back and shooting him dead is still not a faithful way of adapting and consuming his intellectual property. At one point you have to consider authorial intent. It's why the characters you're entertained by exist after all.

The popularity of the "incompetent stupid piece of shit husband and competent wife who loves him anyways" trope in media is a psyop to make women believe its normal to settle for an incompetent stupid piece of shit husband

But if a woman acted incompetent once then she will be literally crucified in the street and she's evil for manipulating her husband into settling for less and suddenly it's not a silly endearing sitcom trope 🤔

And this is why alot of men are going solo, straight ignorant entitlement, just because i rejected you doesnt mean stop doing stuff for me and keeping me happy, yeah kick rocks. Damned if you do, damned if you don't

Falling for Twitter blue check engagement/ragebait in the year 2026 is a choice….