#like that name is just

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

ive talked about it before but it really is just like dan olson releases a new video and it shatters some part of my psyche or worldview, and as per usual, the newest video has done this via the world gold council.

a real thing that exists. there is in fact a real corporation, which is made up of the biggest gold mining companies in the world, that chose to name themselves the world gold council and that is fucking insane.

i mean, obviously theres the

part of it because genuinely if this was in a satire, i'd think that's a bit heavy-handed, but nope. they just straight-up named themselves that.

presumably so satirists couldnt name their counterpart it as shorthand, because why else would you name it that? the connotations, bro, the connotations.

connotations like the

part of it where its like, wait this isnt a fake organisation made up by antisemites? its called the fucking world gold council. if that name is not satirical, it has to be antisemitic, right? like that name fits right onto like, any antisemitic conspiracy theory, i.e. pretty much every conspiracy theory.

but no????? like this is just straight up an organisation funded by the world's biggest gold mining companies to represent their interests and sell the idea of gold mining to investors. like, they make propaganda, but its not even like wildly inaccurate, because of the nature of who theyre making propaganda for. theyre mostly considered a very factual resource for information about gold. theyre mostly just an average unethical corporation of that kind.

BUT THEY FUCKING NAMED THEMSELVES THE WORLD GOLD COUNCIL

[12neonlit-stage]

you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something

You have 1 week, good luck!

[soranker]

laios985

[fullcolorfright]

Relax! This Book is Just a Phase You're Going Through: Gay Comics from Christopher Street, by Charles Ortleb and Richard Fiala, 1978.

[punkitt-is-here]

dipper is a weirdly special kind of character to me because I was that type of kid, the one who wanted to grow up too fast and got irritated at their sibling not taking things too seriously and never wanting to seem childlike. i connected heavily with him, and honestly the entire arc of Gravity Falls being in part about him learning to just be a kid really helped me in the long run. it was a great wake up call seeing a character so similar to me at that age learn to finally stop trying to be an adult before i was ready.

[aphel1on]

i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good

[kiwi]

everybodys gotta get back into the practice of using pseudonyms online... i remember the time of screen names where u never ever told anyone ur real name and that was just understood as basic internet safety. plus having a screen name is fun because sometimes it sticks so well that it becomes part of ur identity that u can use in whatever facet of ur life you choose. it rocks to pick your own name

[atalana]

but seriously i do find it so funny that ford was like OH GOD MY PRECIOUS REPUTATION after bill possessed him around other people for all of one night

and then he gets back to this dimension after thirty years and this is now the photo the press associates with his name

[cryptocism]

that half-blank, half-apocalyptic look

"i can b ur angle or yuor devil" etc etc "get a man who can do both" etc etc

obsessed with this vamp i think he should get to do whatever he wants forever

[rainbowstickersandunicorn]

pet names

[let-them-fight]

can we stop doing this trope

[nendracula]

sam stardew valley they could never make me hate you

[liquidstar]

Yes, Greece still exists, we didn't all die 2000 years ago. Yes, people speak Greek. You people are so fucking stupid for real. So many of you claim to love ancient shit but can't even acknowledge the actual living culture of the people whose mythology and classics you romanticize. You keep leaving annoying comments about how you just forget Greek people still exist, thinking you're being quirky because you love ancient stuff soooo much that you forgot about the people it came from. You think about it so little you don't even realize that an actual Greek person has to read this shit, making it clear how little you actually care about the culture beyond the romanticized (and westernized) mythology. Don't claim you love Greece, don't use our mythology anymore if you can't acknowledge that we're still around without making it about how little you think about us. It's mind boggling that you'd think a Greek person would read this and think you're anything but obnoxious. Explode.

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

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