hoper of far-flung hopes

"are you normal about-" no I'm an insane pervert

some people like to get mad at disability benefits because they think its unfair people who dont work get a payout from the government while they have to work 50 hours at the human suffering factory every week. but if you tell them "yeah that sucks i think you should also get a universal allowance and not have to work 50 hours at the human suffering factory every week" thats apparently the wrong answer.

"for my own sanity, i'm going to stop thinking about this!" ← person who's going to think about it all the time forever

they should invent a headache that goes away the second you drink any water at all

they should invent a disproportionate emotional response that goes away when you understand it's disproportionate. they should invent a way to logic yourself out of emotions

i recently found out what the * * * that sometimes separates parts of a text is called and youre never gonna fucking believe it

Glados learning sign language so Chell can hear at least one of her excellent monologues and Chell just closes her eyes

yes all my favorite characters are desperate to be loved. no i don’t think that says anything about me

It's important to note that Chekhov's Gun was not originally about foreshadowing, but a piece of advice to playwrights about how every element in a play should have narrative relevance. The corollary to Chekhov's Gun is that if a gun mounted on the wall in act 1 is never used at all in the entirety of the play, then it should be omitted from the play entirely.

if they're gonna remake The Princess Bride, it should open with a kid sick in bed scrolling on his phone. his grandpa arrives with a gift--it's a DVD player with a disc already inside. grandpa hooks it up to the TV and presses play. and we all just watch the original 1987 film again.