workers unite at the roxbury

all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again

not to be a dirty commie or anything but i don't think any one person should have enough money to solve world hunger and then get to decide not to

I do love that when the Heated Rivalry’s show runner was asked about casting queer actors to play queer characters he ignored the bait and was just straight up like “You can’t ask that. That’s illegal.” lmao because yeah. It is. Weird how a lot of discourse on this subject acts like this is not a factor.

it's mortifying to have a hometown but we simply cannot deny what the concept has done for music

bad news everyone: i have a take

the loneliness epidemic/gen z dead-eyed stare/poor socialization of younger generations and increasing rudeness of older ones is kinda an internet thing and kinda a pandemic thing but it is also the well-meaning chickens of the Stranger Danger movement coming home to roost

something something everybody thinks violent crime is at a high when it’s at a 30 year low, something something training your children to see everyone outside of their family as a threat until you yourself believe it, something something. again this was well-intentioned, people want their kids to be safe, but when you’ve heard “dont talk to strangers” all your life it’s hard to kill that instinct as an adult

but yeah if you’re an early 20-something person, it might be helpful to be directly told this: talk to strangers. that rule only applied when you were a child. you not only should but must talk to strangers

was talking to a friend yesterday about how like... the "performative male" trend was fun for a while but i fear we have now nosedived into calling absolutely anything performative. reading in public is performative wearing anything slightly alt or gender nonconforming or colourful is performative buying a nice drink is performative talking about anything intellectual is performative. and it all comes down to our insane immobilising fear of being earnest!! everything now has to be done under eight layers of abstraction and cool detachment or else it's cringe and you're opening yourself up to a crazy amount of ridicule and scrutiny. and it's all in the name of keeping yourself safe from the panopticon of social media because if you even slightly stick your head above the parapet and do something that other people aren't doing then you'll be Seen and that means you'll be judged. so people tell themselves that if anyone actually IS doing something different then they WANT to draw attention to themselves and they deserve whatever scrutiny comes their way. they think that if they can turn against that person first then nobody will notice their own differences and turn against them. it reeks of insecurity and shame. girl get out of that crab bucket and read a fucking book in public who cares

i wish u could hold out ur hand to pigeons and they’d come sniff it like cats would & they’d go ooo rooo rorooo oo and let u pet them. alas bird flu