"This was GOING to be an ask-blog..."

I'm sorry to everyone who lives on the entire continent.

You're talking with a cishet man, and the conversation has turned a little bit serious, you're talking about your feelings or maybe your family, and in a moment of really letting your guard down, you tell him something personal. In my experience, this often happens when I come out as gay, which often takes me a few weeks or months after meeting a new person, but I've seen it happen when someone opens up about drug addiction, or their wife cheating on them, or basically anything where you might want the other person to keep it a secret.

In response to this revelation, the strait man immediately gives you verifiable kompromat on himself, as a way of reassuring you that hey, you gave him a big secret he could socially wreck you with, now he will give you one of his, so you're both safe. You were out on a limb, telling him you have a husband, so now he's telling you about the time he committed treason. Now we're even, I can't betray you by gossiping, because you could get me locked up for 20-to-life. Mutually assured destruction.

Extremely rare Donkey Kong 64 render of Diddy Kong from behind. This was only ever used once, in the German official guide for the game, and never appeared in any other material, including guides from other regions.

Mom: right.

Me: and I had seen the character would've known it cause she died in 89. Then I started checking the rest and most of them wouldn't because 3 weren't born yet, one died in 83, one was 6, and the other died in 1882-

Mom: 18. 1882?

Me: yeah

Mom: then how is she involved?

Me: Zombieland.

Yeah so tumblr has actually raised thousands of dollars for direct conservation actions to conserve the critically endangered pygmy raccoon. Some things funded include:

Necropsies

Veterinary care and lab tests for sick animals

Food for animals in rehab

Gas money to go rescue animals in trouble after hours when my partner doesn’t have access to the work van

A small plot of land to start building outdoor rehab enclosures on and potentially house long term residents

Vaccines

Also wild to me that people saying the show's criticism of capitalism is "coming from capitalists," as if Owen Dennis isn't constantly on Bluesky talking about how they industry is systematically fucking everyone over. As if he doesn't have a Patreon to supplement his income. As if he hasn't rather famously had his original projects fucked over by networks. We can critique the way pop culture can water down radical politics without pretending that animation workers aren't working-class. (Does nobody remember the strikes???????)