SoleminiSanction

listen to me, this is so so important: you've gotta get used to really giving it your 60% as a default. like don't half-ass it necessarily but try not to go over 70% or so of an ass. you'll feel better and live a happier more fulfilled life, and on the rare occasions where you do need to lock the fuck in you'll be able to pull off bullshit that the sad miserable wretches giving it their 100% can never dream off, because they're busy draining themselves dry and you have energy reserves to spare.

This is actually what I was adviced to do at the work rehabilitation program I went to. Hasn't left my mind since. 10/10 solid advice

Do you think tumblr will ever learn the difference between “I’m defending this person because I agree with them wholeheartedly and I am also like this person” and “I’m defending this person because your behavior is dangerous and you need to stop”

I know that, as Americans, we live awash in a sea of anti-China propaganda and as such a lot of us on the left want to course correct and cut through the lies to stop seeing China as some great evil, and that is definitely a good instinct and desire, but in the process of unfucking ourselves from US propaganda it's important to not then immediately walk into supporting Chinese propaganda. I feel like I've seen more and more folks in my communities jump on the rather concerning trend of uncritically accepting Chinese news and the word of the Chinese government as the antithesis of Americas lies about the country, but the truth is that both the US and China are massive imperialist nations with major skeletons in the closet, whom have committed atrocities to attain and sustain their power, and who continue to exert their influence on the global stage in pursuit of their own ends, and who are constantly attempting to shape narratives about their own countries, their governments actions, and the world at large. Please apply the same critical thinking skills, skepticism, and standards you would hold US news to when talking about other large and influential nations, China very much included.

The great thing about going "(genre of media) used to be better is that if you do it long enough you're inevitably going to be correct. It's a numbers game. There will be a peak of general medium quality, probably only identifiable in retrospect, and with a decline that can be tied to practical economic factors and industry pressures, and if you last long enough while beating the same nostalgia drum eventually you'll be correct by default. In fifty years when we're all huddling in a drainage ditch below a ruined overpass, I'll be like, "Man comic books were better when I was a kid," and whoever I'm with is gonna stare at me with eyes that have glassed over from the Parade of Horrors, and they'll be like, "yeah, of course they were better when you were a kid, there was electricity and running water then, and demand for cartoons in genres other than pictographic environmental hazard warnings. Now help me hold Louie down, we need to get his leg off before the parasite spreads to his central nervous system"

This remains my governing philosophy on all sorts of issues