See. Stop. Let it be.

I've reached the point where cynicism is a major turn-off for me. You're not smarter than idealists, and you're not helping.

Funny that the stereotypical cynic is an idealist who aged out of it. In my experience, the reverse is true. I was an extreme cynic as a teenager and then I noticed how profoundly limiting it was, and also that "cynics are cool and smart" was a message that was being constantly reinforced by corporate media for some reason.

I also think that the present era has proven that authoritarian leaders don't actually want a population of wide-eyed idealists, they want a population of jaded assholes who are convinced that everyone is lying, any resistance is either a scam or doomed to failure, and nothing can ever get better.

but i stay silly! *←said in the most world-weary voice you ever did hear*

Reblog you stay silly

Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell recording a message for the Artemis II crew welcoming them to his “old neighborhood” before he passed last summer at 97….how can you not be romantic about humanity

"There’s no smaller man than a coward at a hero’s wake”. Irish proverb

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to clarify: this bill is not about banning queer books in general, it's about banning queer books from school libraries or else having the schools risk federal funding. Still deeply fucked up but it's not how it's portrayed in the headline/comment.

if shes your girl then why have i slowly been replacing her parts until there’s nothing left of her original body? is she then still your girl?

tumblrites can have a little intertextuality as a treat

*me shoving transitive properties into my purse* sorry, I have to go

We owe the reddit refugees an apology for making them see posts like this

no we don’t this shit is enrichment in their new enclosure

*slaps roof of Tumblr* This baby can fit so many rare vintages, you just have to go deep enough, there are some great memes in the cellar, come see

the eliding of “you all” to “y’all” while still maintaining 2 syllables is a deliberate and brilliant act of violence. “bear with me” said exactly like i’ve heard it at every funeral. the choices of breaking and re-establishing of eye contact. the balance of rehearsed and improvised tone. A+++ get this man a hollywood contract.