after the raven has had his say

Casting lightning magic alone in the parking lot

Cops are here.

Casting lightning magic alone in the parking lot

friend of mine recommended a video essay that's like 5 hours long about why it's currently a whole Thing for fascists to claim they only eat meat and demonize vegetables etc etc, and it's genuinely quite well researched in many places and contains some fascinating history and has made me feel very weird about my status as an adult who enjoys drinking milk. but I've not finished it and I genuinely don't know if I will because at one point the ol' "you can't say you care about animals and also eat animals" chestnut got dropped by the white vegan essayist and it put such a bad taste in my mouth that I had to leave instantly

like idk man it just feels genuinely parodic to dedicate hours to analyzing how foodways have frequently been used as white supremacist propaganda and then casually toss out an argument that pretty invariably demonizes indigenous hunting practices with 0 regard for traditional knowledge and land stewardship guiding those practices

#also do you have any idea how much conservation is funded by people who want to eat those animals#at least in the us anytime someone buys ammo or hunting equipment or hunting licenses that money goes directly to state wildlife agencies

whos the blorbo you have the most merch of? it can be handmade or official or unofficial or ANYTHING just. merch

In general I have noticed that people these days have this urge to disclose things that they just don’t have to share at all? And then as a result there’s a whole new social script matrix around all the ways we could disclose things to people who wouldn’t receive them well…so many different pseudo psychological arguments for various “guilty pleasures.” I guess it’s a very post privacy social media impulse. But it’s like. If you truly think your social circle would think your tv viewing habits are weird or lame you can just…Not tell them LOL.

i miss the progressiveness of 80s batman comics, i miss leslie and her anarchist pacifist framework being considered a legitimate counter point to batman, i miss villains like the wrath targeting bruce’s commitment to the law, i miss selina calling bruce a cop, i miss that brief moment when jason’s background was a challenge to bruce’s flawed understanding of class, i miss when jason wasn’t a stereotype, i miss when comics both took themselves seriously and were self conscious enough, thus not afraid to introduce nuance and criticise the subject matter (and do so without malice)

i hate you superficial politics and disgusting conservatism of zdarsky's comics i hate you endless war on drugs plotlines i hate you the sole focus on the no kill rule as a moral indicator i hate you writers who are not able to engage with bruce's background meaningfully i hate you leslie's character assassination i hate you anti-batmans who are anti-batmans only because they kill i hate you retconning of jason's childhood into a classist stereotype i hate you bruce wayne wealthsplaining society and ethics to poor people

i complain in a more virtuous and ethical way than other people

need a hat that says I WONT SPEAK UNLESS SPOKEN TO AND ITS NOT BECAUSE IM DISINTERESTED AND DONT LIKE YOU I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND SOCIAL INTERACTION AS WELL AS MOST PEOPLE AND ASSUME BY DEFAULT MY PRESENCE IS UNWELCOME AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE SO I KEEP TO MYSELF BUT I DONT MIND IF YOU INITIATE so i can wear it to work

"you wouldn't want that in real life" yeah i know it's called playing pretend, try to keep up

*walks up to a group of children playing raptor* you wouldn't want to be chased by raptors in real life, i say smugly with my vast knowledge as an Adult.

no amount of butter or salt removes the nutrients from vegetables

Also cooked vegetables are more easily digestible than raw vegetables! People always act like raw vegetables are the healthiest but that is NOT true if you have a sensitive digestive system. Roast that shit.

they should invent a disproportionate emotional response that goes away when you understand it's disproportionate. they should invent a way to logic yourself out of emotions

Actually, no, I don't think that friendships dropping like flies in your late 20s and early 30s because no one has time for that between overwork and family obligations and marriage and kids and partners and the ritual of the time slayer is normal and ok. No I don't think deep conversations and spontaneous adventures being replaced with a tired coffee every six months is a normal part of growing up. I don't think that emotional intimacy and soul bonds disintegrating in the face of practical inconvenience is a fact of life. I think that means something is deeply deeply wrong with our society and I will never forgive it for the friends I've lost

I've been using Vimm's Lair for years, I have yet to see a single bad link or virus on the entire site. It's arguably the safest and most comprehensive archive of video games in existence. Preserved history

everyone wants masc carpenter trade until his rough calloused handjob sands your thing down small and smooth as a river stone

I’m so compelled by cass’s childhood because obviously it was horrifically abusive to a frankly insane degree but also we Know there were normal moments like David bringing her out to see the stars and showing her comfort etc and I can’t help but wonder about those Normal moments, like just what is done when raising and caring for a child. Like he had to feed her. He gave her birthday gifts do you think she also got sweet treats. Maybe that’s why she likes chocolate ice cream. I’m gonna kill myself

ive got a scary math joke but im 2² to say it