Ex Astris, Scientia

The solarium scene in Sabrina (1995) makes me so crazy. There are hurtful and invasive things being said and done every moment yet Sabrina and Linus have so much respect for one another (especially him for her) that they glide through it so effortlessly. He’s there to bribe her to stay away from his brother but she gives him such a good lead-in with the line about the lawyer and the waitress that they’re able to hide behind those roles for a moment and get the negotiation out of the way (dismissed, actually) without actually hurting each other’s feelings. Then he keeps sweet talking her and dancing with her which he didn’t have to do and he kisses her which he really did not have to do but she has the confidence and self-respect to slap him and he has the respect for her to thank her for bringing him back to his senses and apologize for it. Somehow they get through that entire thing, which would be an absolute acquaintance destroyer for the average two people, and go on to further a friendship - slash - relationship starting the very next day. It’s masterfully done.

just got a job as the hopeful young sailor whose mind breaks due to the utter vastness and grandeur of the ocean within only two weeks of the ship’s voyage across the great blue

What kind of benefits you get with that?

scurvy

Get you a man who's like

i know folks are gonna call me a pedo for this one, but i grew up seeing my mom and grandma naked. they had health issues and at times needed care and help showering. and i truly think more kids need to be shown the nonsexual reality of naked women at a young age. there is nothing sexual about my grandmothers breasts, they were simply body parts. more women die of heart attacks because people are too afraid of breasts to do real chest compressions, because they are scared to touch their breasts. the sexualization of our bodies literally kills us. i need people to be more normal about naked bodies and i'm 100% serious.

i just can't convey the frustration and sorrow that it's been to grow up at first without the internet and then watching it bloom into this useful, fun, connecting force you sometimes spent time on, only for it to degrade into this constant oppressive waste of time and energy where people are constantly pumping out algorithmically designed content for max algorithmic appeal and even the most simple search generates either no results or an infinite abyss of ai generated slop none of which is usable or correct. we briefly had a library of alexandria and then fed it into a paper shredder so advertisers could sell a random mash of pulp back to us at a premium.