Heracleum Mantegazzianum

Whenever I talk about what the Internet was like in the mid 1990s I invariably get a bunch of folks responding "yes, I too remember the 90s", then proceeding to describe the Internet circa 2005 – and like, it makes sense that this would happen, because relatively few people were actually online in the 1990s, but it's striking how many folks just straight up misremember the mid 2000s as "the 90s".

There's probably a line to be drawn between this phenomenon and the surprising number of people who think of Shrek as the quintessential 90s movie in spite of the fact that it came out in 2001.

‘I asked chat gpt-’ well I asked Una McCormack and she managed to make it about Garak but I didn’t really mind

Commit to the bit, I say.

but babe you love being chained to the radiator

Employers when you try to use your pto

"i'm at chipotle with aristotle" had a lasting impact on me

i think people really under sell the physical side effects of mental health disorders sometimes. like sure the depression and anxiety may be 'just in your head' but when what's in your head happens to disrupts your sleep schedule and prevent you from going outside regularly and eating consistent meals and exercising and generally taking care of your body. well it sure takes its toll huh.

If they're not going to respect the important rules, why should we respect the stupid ones?

Sleep should be refreshing and if it isn’t you should look into that tbh

This kinda stuff unironically pisses me off because it's SO obvious that if we just switched to ranked choice voting we'd kick all the rich, racist scumbags out of the HP, which is exactly why we'll never have ranked choice voting...

Any form of proportionality would help, but you shouldn't underestimate the popularity of rich racist scumbags who use their money to run huge and only barely legal electoral campaigns.

one of my favorite memes, it's so sex positive and full of camaraderie and understanding.

I truly appreciate Ben and Jake Sisko's relationship shown in DS9. The way Ben kisses Jake on the cheek and his head & just hugging each other is just so great. Weirdly we don't see that in a lot of today's depiction of father/son relationships on TV. I see it a lot in father/daughter relationships on TV, but not much between a father/son. If I watched DS9 when I was kid, I may have had a better understanding of showing affection to others in a physical manner, not just with words or gestures. I feel like this is an aspect of DS9 that I may actually truly appreciate the most.