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Behond one if the funniest things ive seen on reddit in a hot minute

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Back when the netflix Daredevil first came out, I remember someone in the same online discussion (forum?) exasperatedly trying to explain orientalism to people and ending up at 'It's always the Japanese mob that's secretly occult ninjas with a nefarious, centuries-long scheme. Why can't they just be the dumb assholes and then the Russians are secretly on the run from Koschei the Deathless or escaped the Old Country after Baba Yaga ate their father or something'?

And totally missing the point, but ever since I've always kind of thought that 'urban fantasy where Koschei the Deathless is a mob boss' is kind of a kickass idea.

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I still think this is a acceptable way to do it

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i love the never kill your self meme like yeah joy can be found in humble places peace and love on planet earth

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Forcemasc is what my mom did to me when she made me a boy scout.

i have to wonder, is forcemascing a thing, like it must be right.

It generally isn't. The thing that makes forcefem work as a kink is that being a "man" (heavy scarequotes considering how many transfems like forcefem) who dresses and acts like a woman is considered humiliating. Being a "woman" who dresses and acts like a man is definitely looked down upon by many elements of society and can absolutely lead to irl harassment and discrimination, but the act in and of itself is not humiliating. Like gender nonconformity in men is viewed as indicative of weakness and impotence, whereas gender nonconformity in women is viewed more as a form of rebellion. Rebellion requires assertiveness and confidence, which means it's not the kind of thing that subs can get off on. Basically the short answer here is no because misogyny lmao

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dont tag bible stuff as mythology God isnt mythology

hi hello how are you. most if not all story-based religions are in fact considered mythology by definition including the abrahamic religions. god is in fact abrahamic mythos whether you think he’s real or not. im sorry if that upsets you but im assuming this is regarding the post i just reblogged and i have to say im surprised the part you’re upset about is me tagging biblicalia as mythology and not the entire discussion on who tops in jesus/judas ship discourse

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Werner Herzog photographed while releasing 11,000 rats in the streets of Schiedam during the filming of "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979)

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I don't think there is a chance of me falling for a "mind virus". Actually I don't believe in mind viruses. I believe in emotional abuse, brain rot, mental illness, being full of shit.

I believe in the existence of cults, but I don't believe in the existence of basilisks.

I believe that you can entertain the possibility and the implications of conspiracy theories, without subscribing to them.

So it's not like Iike I think "You'll go mad from the revelation" or "People will go mad from the revelation" or "Debunking quack medicine and conspiracy theories will make people more likely to go down a rabbit hole", or any of that nonsense. I don't think taking ideas seriously leads to Nazi ideology taking over your brain from the inside.

But:

I think if

you have first-hand experience with a death cult, or

your childhood friend went on a crime spree and is now on the news, or

you still are friends on Steam with a guy who you never met who joined or was killed by ISIS,

then you should consider not tweeting about it.

I'm not saying you should keep whatever you know secret and take it to the grave. I just hate the kind of after-the-fact journalism where they interview the next door neighbours of a serial killer and they say he was always nice and inconspicuous (because he didn't kill at home) or where they say they always suspected something (because he had weird hobbies). Nobody ever says "He was already torturing squirrels. It was only a matter of time". It happens often. Instead of just summarising the opinions of distant acquaintances, you get vox pops from people who don't know any more than the average TV watching newspaper reading public, but who lived three streets down from the guy, now mugging for the camera. And journalists will happily give these people ten seconds of air time, because with six of these you can fill one minute of dead air. #content

And if you just tweet about it, you send a smoke signal to all the paparazzi out there. They will comb through your twitter interactions or your steam profile, and they will try to see if any of the people you played TF2 with are blue-haired SJWs, or if any of the people you have had one-off twitter interactions with are preppers.

I have interacted with people who, I have later learned, have a KiwiFarms page, and I know people who have had ridiculous false-flag operations done to them. Like, imagine having a fallout with somebody over shipping drama (so far, in the realm of the possible), and then your former friend sends death threats to public figures in your name (like, signed with your name and address), and you clear your name and take out a restraining order (the fingerprints on the letter aren't yours, thankfully), but six months later somebody like libs of tiktok finds a copy of the threatening letter online and doxes you to the world.

I think you should really reconsider tweeting about this, not in order to keep the mind virus contained, and not because would make your own side look bad, but because it would paint a target on your back.

I know that some rationalist-adjacent tumblr people think this fear is overblown. They say that rats are just too dismissive, and too afraid of mainstream media organisations like the NYT smearing tech people and misrepresenting facts. But it isn't just the NYT, or just KiwiFarms. It could also be sneerclub or rationalwiki or r/drama or gamerghazi. Once you're tweeting about this, you can't really guarantee that the NYT won't connect your twitter handle to your real name, and then KiwiFarms will do the rest. You can't really guarantee that the NYT will report on your tweet before Breitbart does.

But I also think you should reconsider tweeting "I know this guy" when all you really did was post on the same forum as the guy, after he had already been banned.

Sorry for rambling, but anyway... I don't think I have any inside info here. I am just joining the conversation on the boring, non-contrarian side of OPSEC. Please practice OPSEC. And if somebody you know has a mental breakdown and starts tweeting "I think you should firebomb a Wal-Mart for real", then maybe don't tweet "I always worried that guy was going to firebomb a Wal-Mart", captain hindsight. Maybe just let the posts speak for themselves. And if you firebomb a Wal-Mart as a political statement and post a political manifesto, that's kind of conspicuous, and not very OPSEC of you.

Please don't firebomb my local Wal-Mart for saying this.

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Once you create a movement based on identity rather than ideas, you’re putting out the bat signal for every loser in the world who has nothing in his own life that he can take pride in. And if you yourself are not a loser, once you’ve taken a look at the quality of people you’ve attracted, it should become clear that a shared racial heritage alone cannot form a rational basis for political activism.

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howard: hey jimmy! glad i ran into you i need to talk to you for a second :) i was thinking and i’d love to offer you a job at hhm :) i should’ve stood up to chuck ages ago i’m sorry about that :( how about we discuss it over lunch? my treat :) namaste ☮️🕊

saul and kim:

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there are a lot of contenders but this is the best scene in any Metal Gear Solid game sorry 

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i think the best case of that “baki is like what if we had to reinvent masculinity” post is during a fight where baki starts sweating a lot and then starts crying and then pisses himself and then this piss+tears+sweat mixture is being splashed all over the audience including baki’s girlfriend and the narrator treats the situation as if it’s the single most noble act to piss yourself due to the excitement of combat and then also to be willing to be splashed with piss because you respect the fight so much

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