garden in the void

The “movie villains that are trying to fix real problems are supposed to vilify leftist politics” discourse is a great example of how oversimplified outrage always wins over thoughtful discussion on social media.

This argument (while yeah, we should look critically at who gets villainized by the mainstream) ignores contradicting examples, it attributes a lot more intentional malice to movie studios than they really have, and above all it blocks any honest, nuanced discussion of media representation. What it actually does is get people mad, get them to share the take, and keep them hooked to the platform. I don’t know how to fix it, but it’s making our lives worse.

Hank Green just make a great video about this, link below. It’s only 4 minutes and I’d really recommend it.

Obsessed with all my online friends learning at once that Hank Green is a big fan of BDG

whaaaat? he is?

Hank green isn't okay

I completely forgot John Green wrote books, my mind just goes “ah yes Hank Green’s brother!”

i thought i was the only one

had a dream last night that i ran into brian david gilbert and pat gill because i was organising the finances for a specific event and they had overpaid, so i gave them their money back (obviously). they thought that me not stealing their money was such a kind gesture that they invited me to eat with them. unfortunately, i spent this entire time rambling about how cool i thought hank green was. truly a Special Interest crossover, but my fear is that this would actually happen.