Shut up Wesley

*smirking* you couldn't waterboard that out of me, but even if torture was an effective method of information extraction and not a futile display of state-sanctioned sadism, the high percentage of false confessions it produces would mean that even if you could waterboard it out of me, could you even trust the veracity of my statement?

why are people allergic to explaining things

i had to fly a bit ago and for whatever reason a tsa agent pulled me aside and brandished a mystery implement at me and said "i need to check your hands" and i said "what is that?" and he said "i need to check your hands" and i said "what do you need to check them for?" and he just kept repeating "i need to check your hands" and refusing to answer my questions until a second tsa agent came along, asked what was going on, and then joined the first one in telling me that they needed to check my hands, it's required. i don't think i even actually said they could, i think i just didn't resist when they physically grabbed my hands. and then it was only after they swabbed my hands with the mystery implement and put it in some sort of scanner that they finally explained that they needed to check for certain substances (i guess ones that are associated with explosives or something?). like, could you not have explained that when i first asked? i think this whole process could have gone a lot faster if you were willing to answer questions about what is happening.

not that i would have been comfortable letting them do that regardless. but i care a lot more about preventing people from handling my body when they're refusing to explain what they're doing or why. and while there are things worth taking a stand about at any time, i don't think this one would have been worth getting stranded out of state about.

I do not agree with veganism as a moral standard. If it is your personal moral stance, that is fine. If you think humans eating meat is inherently immoral, I don’t want to deal with you, you’re hopeless. Vegan ideology behaves more like a sect of evangelical Christianity than a dietary choice.

Veganism is better for the environment, but claiming that it's a morally superior choice ignores cultural and economic factors that make people eat animal products.

It is not inherently better for the environment. That is the thing. When you begin trying to explain that local, sustainably sourced animal protein is better for the environment than imported plant proteins that are farmed 3,500 miles away using slave labor, they start tuning you out. Down is better for the environment than polyester stuffing, leather is better for the environment than pleather. We should work on making animal agricultural practices more sustainable instead of trying to shame everyone into eating plant products that are also farmed unethically and unsustainably.

one moment ☝️ *pauses the blowjob to start violently coughing up blood*

we don't hate J.J. Abrams enough

man i thought the name on one fear was Beanson. for eleven fucking years. Beanson.

@cappy-bugthing

Diversity hire bryson ur absolutely slaying

Belphie is in constant need of mental stimulation, so there's not really a wrong way to interact with him. you can pick him up, flip him about, and put down him down facing the opposite direction, and he'll just go "hey, that was novel!" and approach you for it again.

meanwhile I have to tell people "if you approach Pangur respectfully and hold out your hand for her to sniff, she will scratch you and draw blood. please just let her lurk in the corner and stare at you."

Reblogging in honor of Marjane Satrapi, one of THE great graphic novelists. Her comic Persepolis was a crucial text for shaping my belief that comics can deeply explore identity, culture, politics, and history.

i love that Project Hail Mary has gotten people looking into really cool rocks to make rock aliens about, probably a top 5 consequence for a film