In Search of Inspiration

What the hell is going on with their golf swings? Especially McDavid? Dear God.

Have you guys noticed how much the internet/technology just does not listen to you anymore? I click “don’t show this artist” on Spotify and I get recommended a music video by them on the front page. I click “skip this update” on a pop up every time I open a file organization app and it’s right back there every time. I click unsubscribe on a newsletter and it keeps showing up in my inbox!! I click “delete my account” and the next time I open the website they suggest I “reactivate”.

europeans be like “omg north americans are so racist it’s horrible” and then elect fascists

Europe has a horrible racism problem, they just don't talk about it.

Please return us to a world where Notp and squick are used for a ship you don’t like instead of just making up a load of bullshit about how immoral it is or w/e lol 

bring the healthy fun back to fandom!

I remember walking down the street and seeing a sign protesting George W. Bush’s war on Iraq, so I think that.

1992 Los Angeles riots. My family was living in LA, we were actually just preparing to move so it's this weird mess of boxes and burning and my parents being outraged (not surprised) at the outcome of the trial. I feel like that being the first news story I can remember is very on brand since it was my parents who taught me how to protest.

I remember Diana & Charles getting married, bc I remember how big the train on her wedding dress was. I would have been... 3 or 4.

I vaguely remember the Iran-Contra scandal being on TV a lot when I was about 7-8, and it was like, I'm pretty sure I don't have to know about this yet. But somehow I kinda knew about it anyway.

The Coalinga earthquake in 1983. I was 7 and living mid-Central Valley at the time so we felt in pretty strongly and then it was on the news pretty shortly thereafter.

Oh, I do remember Mt. St. Helens, but not from the news. I remember it because my mom was worried about my aunt and actually called her long distance to make sure she was OK and they talked for what I thought was A Very Long Time (listen, I was very small, it could have been 10 minutes). Then my mother explained what had happened to me, with drawn illustrations, but also assured me that everyone we knew was OK.

I remember walking down the street and seeing a sign protesting George W. Bush’s war on Iraq, so I think that.

1992 Los Angeles riots. My family was living in LA, we were actually just preparing to move so it's this weird mess of boxes and burning and my parents being outraged (not surprised) at the outcome of the trial. I feel like that being the first news story I can remember is very on brand since it was my parents who taught me how to protest.

I remember Diana & Charles getting married, bc I remember how big the train on her wedding dress was. I would have been... 3 or 4.

I vaguely remember the Iran-Contra scandal being on TV a lot when I was about 7-8, and it was like, I'm pretty sure I don't have to know about this yet. But somehow I kinda knew about it anyway.

The Coalinga earthquake in 1983. I was 7 and living mid-Central Valley at the time so we felt in pretty strongly and then it was on the news pretty shortly thereafter.

i’m very self aware. which unfortunately hasn’t solved anything

This is true but I'm gonna be controversial for a second and say that I feel bad for jocks who get hit with The Injury™️too. The Injury™️ fucking sucks, man. Having something that everyone praised you for when you were young suddenly betray you and having to grapple with both a sudden loss of ability (whether it's something that can be recovered from or not) and figure out what your future looks like now that the one you had imagined for yourself (whether it was actually realistic or not) feels like it's been snatched away is brutal.

Yeah, like, maybe we shouldn't be shaming/making fun of people for either of these things!

At least on 'the price is right' you know (because someone *actually told you*) that you are playing a guessing game and that there is an over/under mechanic and that the conquence of guessing wrong isn't a punishment or damaged relationship or getting fired

On an unrelated note my psychiatrist has given me a referal for a formal ASD evaluation

I have this problem with Secret Santa. You are supposed to overspend whatever the limit is, but by how much? I now just refuse to participate which makes other people think I'm a party-pooper, but at least I don't feel like an idiot.

guys you gotta stop thinking of women in their 30s as elderly it’s just misogyny

you also gotta stop thinking about actual elderly women as lesser human beings. Youth is not a measure of one’s worth.

There are people who, as children, didn't read books that were at least 310 pages?

Thank you, lady 🤗

The Nigerian accent. God. She reminds me of home...

Always grateful when this makes the rounds

I'm perfectly capable of writing my own emails, thanks.