empire deserves to fall

it's actually insane that avatar is a franchise solely about the colonial genocide of a people and the takeaway, via everything james cameron & co. say in promo, is not supposed to be "genocide bad" or "colonialism bad" but simply "environmental harm bad." cannot think of a whiter pseudo activist message than telling a story to promote nature conservation wherein the destruction of the indigenous who call that environment home is completely secondary. not only was jimbo repulsed by the thought of centering real life indigenous people but he doesn't even consider his tribal cosplay oc's to be more than vehicles for celebrity activism

what the fuck

Yeah, tumblr’s making a lot of moves to make itself more marketable from what I’m noticing, including introducing the lives and non chronological dash that was opt-out kicked in for me earlier. Even the recent podcast appearance by the owner was a calculated move to bolster loyalty and good faith while these changes are being made. It’s sad to see every major social media make these predictable moves and then the frog in boiling water metaphor play out for the user base.

weirdest side effect of the pandemic is how many people i know who get sick and say 'but my covid tests are negative so i should be fine' like you know other illnesses. exist. right.