Groovy and other uncool things I say

One of my favorite ways to try and understand a character is to ask myself, if I asked this character what they thought their biggest flaw was, what would be their honest answer? And then looking at exactly how wrong they are and why.

For instance, if Anakin were to be honest, I think he would say something along the lines of, "I don't know. I'm the Chosen One. I'm supposed to be able to do anything. Everyone knows it. I should have every ability to succeed and be what others need me to be. But still I fail in my duty and hurt people. I don't know what's wrong with me. I have every advantage and reason to do right but I still fail. Everyone can see this deficiency in me and I have no excuse for it."

Then, if you asked Obi-Wan, I think he'd say something like, "I allow myself to prioritize my personal stakes over my principles time and time again. I fail to properly help those I care about, because I am unable to divorce from the temptations of attachment and abide by the Jedi Code to support and guide them as I should, rather than the way I want to. I should trust in my betters to dictate my behaviors, but I have allowed myself to lack integrity for the sake of intimacy."

And then if you asked Padme, I picture her true answer being something like, "I am not the leader I should be. I let others get hurt on my behalf and sacrifice themselves for me, because I have made myself too valuable of a piece for my people/cause to lose, which means allowing others to protect and serve me. All this, and I secretly wish more than anything that I was not important to anyone at all, because my happiness actually comes from connections. I don't deserve to be in this position. But to back out would be selfish."

i relate to luke skywalker because when that guy in the cantina says “he doesn’t like you” luke just goes “i’m sorry” and that’s exactly what i would do

what does it mean if people keep tagging my personal posts harry dubois

Even your replies are Harry du Bois coded I'm so sorry

The recent UN report paints a devastating picture: Gaza's economy may take 350 years to recover from the destruction of war. For those of us living through this, it’s not just an economic collapse—it’s the collapse of our future. Schools, homes, businesses, everything we once relied on, gone in an instant.

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"edit images with AI-- search with AI-- control your life with AI--"

i keep getting grammarly ads and one i just saw made my blood boil because they hired some dude to say “this AI generative stuff is fantastic! i used to be sooo bad at writing, now i’m so much better!! i love AI :)” YOU STUPID FUCK. you didnt get better at anything. You did JACK SHIT….. You sat back while an algorithm evaporated the atlantic and punched 30 fistfuls of plastic straws down a seaturtles throat all just to generate the worst shit anyones ever read!! im going to put my hands around your neck and wring out all of your blood and then im gonna start whipping people with your limp corpse like a wet rag

so Trump being a felon isn't actually the problem. you guys understand this right. it's the thing he did that got him charged with a felony that is upsetting, not the fact that he is technically a criminal. felons are not inherently worse people than non-felons. becoming a felon did not make him any less qualified than he already was. there are a quite lot of felons who would do a much better job at being president than Trump

it's the hypocrisy. its the fact that in some states felons lose their right to vote, much less hold office. it's the fact that you might be turned down from jobs making minimum wage due to felon status. it's the wealth and privilege and power being weaponized to avoid consequences of actions.

I saw this on Twitter, and do not know the source, but I think it belongs here.

Since the holiday toy drive post is circulating again, I figured this would also be helpful! Food insecurity is such a massive problem in America, in general, and if you have the means to help feed others, I think you should take that opportunity. Here are some other tips:

1. If you’re planning on donating items from your own pantry, please check the expiration dates on the packaging. Think of your donations as gifts to bestow, not castoffs to be rid of. It’s awful to think of people feeling like they got scraps someone else just didn’t want. Everyone deserves dignity with their meals.

2. If you’d rather give money to a food bank, that’s also great since they buy food in bulk and know what items are most wanted/needed!

3. Not everyone has access to appliances like stoves or microwaves or hot plates so if you can donate items that don’t need to be heated up, that would also be greatly appreciated!

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okay I've seen a lot of people really upset about this in the notes and I think they're severely misinterpreting the point of the this point.

The point is not "people from Oklahoma are stupid and morally wrong, people from Massachusetts are smart and morally right." At all. The people of these states aren't given a value judgement in this image anywhere.

The point is that when Republicans are consistently in control of a state, it has objectively bad outcomes, and when Democrats are consistently in control of the state, it has objectively better outcomes.

We can talk more about context, why these two states are the way they are (like, everybody knows about voter suppression & racism in red states. you might not know MA had a slight shift right this year though!) and how "2nd in healthcare" in the USA still means "pretty bad", etc, but that's the main idea here and I don't feel like typing more :P

Compilation (ongoing?)

middle aged lady on my bus just called someone's partner "your whimsical idiot boyfriend" over the phone . with sincere frustration might I add

2024 is a terrible year to be a henchman. The word "minion" is barely usable and you can't even say "goon" anymore.

Everyone says that the eagles should have just carried the ring to Mordor but people who really know their lore know that they were actually stuck in some sort of hotel

Henry kissinger outliving trevor moore was proof that god doesnt care about us

Apparently the local university’s undergraduate entomology course sends students to catch insect specimens at the same place I like to go birdwatching, which explains why I saw three enormous frat looking dudes with tiny bug nets and overheard one emphatically say “bro BRO I told you we already have enough lepidopterans”