#tptb

select favorite bob "ok I will make an exception because he looks very polite" woodward moments

it works on babysitters, editors, jurors, and movie stars alike

+ a bonus reverse from liddy:

The Powers That Be.

i know there are a lot of fuck heads that have used ideologies to separate.

as someone who is brown, trans, neurodivergent, aspec, and otherwise just weird af i would like to avoid any sort of bigotry.

be that as it may: we gotta do something about the idiots and the bigots.

i'm not sure how humanity is going to get passed this unless we address the elephant in the room. mainly that there are people voting and people in power that should not be voting or be in power.

or at the very least these people should be accounted for when making decisions that would be beneficial or destructive to humans and the environment.

what the fuck does this have to do with transhumanism? ok. mostly bc people think we are going to fuse with technology. it is more or less happening in front of our eyes.

but people are not ... intelligent enough to use the technology we have developed. many of the greatest things that would be of benefit to humanity have been patented or hidden by the us government or governments of the world.

people are too disconnected from one another in reality. people are too disconnected from themselves.

i am the sort that believes we can learn from our mistakes. we can grow. that means admitting that some people.. just do not have a knack for caring for other living things. for whatever reason.

we need to develop a society that gives a damn about LIFE before anything else. yeah. we dont necessarily need it to be based in a spiritual ideology. it def could be secular and scientific.

the only reason any of us is here is because of the diversity of life. now humans have the power to change our fate. and we are being very bad at it. which i totally get. i have self destructive behaviors. i can be a jackass or reckless.

but the scale and length of time humanity has done what it has... it is disappointing and horrible. the amount of death our species has wrought on this planet makes me sick to think about.

but i think humans are incredible enough that we can accomplish the impossible. i think what has been hidden is big enough to also help us accomplish this.

On November 20, 2020, an anonymous individual using a specially created account shared a post on Tumblr in which they describe a market research study they participated in during late 2016. Throughout this post, we’ll refer to this person as their username, @hurdlehoops​.

The post (which can be read in full here) details the process of how Hurdlehoops came to participate in this study, and what it entailed. 

While some aspects of the post do include minor speculation--such as the possibility that one or more of the writers might have been brought into the adjacent room during the interview process, due to the interview’s proximity to the SPN offices--this speculation is clearly presented as such, and does not affect the reliability of the rest of the information provided.

We’ve listed a bare-bones breakdown of the post below:

Hurdlehoops received an email invitation to participate in an online screener for a market research study This online screener consisted mostly of demographic questions, with some general questions about TV viewing habits. ‎

Hurdlehoops was contacted for a secondary phone screener This phone screener was mostly used to confirm the information collected as part of the initial screener, and to determine whether Hurdlehoops was suitable for the study. At the end of this phone screener-- ‎

Hurdlehoops was given a homework assignment This assignment consisted of a series of multiple choice, short answer, and long answer questions about Season 10 of Supernatural, as well as another set of questions about The Big Bang Theory. We will note that while Hurdlehoops states that they wrote full essays for the long answer portion of the homework, this appears to be more than the study asked for at this stage. This did not seem to have any negative effect on the market research organizer’s decision to invite Hurdlehoops to continue. ‎

Hurdlehoops attended the in-person study itself This was a one-on-one interview which included a further series of demographic questions, followed by viewing footage and DVD extras, and then an in-depth question session regarding Dean and Castiel’s emotions in what is commonly referred to as “The Crypt Scene” from 8.17 Goodbye Stranger. After Hurdlehoops mentioned their read of Dean as bisexual, the questions shifted to focus on Dean’s sexuality and the relationship between the characters. This study took place at Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, CA on December 6th 2016, and lasted for over two hours rather than the single hour initially arranged. ‎‎

‎In order to help alleviate concern from fandom regarding the veracity of Hurdlehoops’ claims, we have obtained some evidence of the study in question, which we have scrubbed of all personal identifying information and screen captured below:

Confidentiality prevents us from publicly sharing Hurdlehoops’ true identity, the content of the information packets that were provided to them, or any further details beyond those shown in the screenshot above, however we can confirm that Hurdlehoops is known and trusted by members of the Fandom (de)Bunker team, and that the evidence they have shared with us directly supports their claims.

Based on the available information, we consider this rumor CONFIRMED.

Notes:

A “screener” in this context is a series of preliminary questions used to determine whether or not an individual fits into a range of demographics that are required for the actual study.