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Arthur Lester vs Jigsaw

clips from the most recent Spooky Stream

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thsi is literally fucking killing me

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I've always disliked mr beast just based on his content mill vaguely exploitative vibes so it's been kind of wild learning he also does legitimate crimes and workplace violations. it's like disliking an acquaintance because they're kinda annoying and then finding out they kill people too like damn dude you didn't have to do all that i already hated your ass.

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computer developer: ah i wonder what shape i should make the thing you click with...

the helpful cursor:

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and with your help it can rack up 700k notes on tumblr in 2024

no tumblr this doesnt need tags im releasing it into the wild as god intended

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anatomy 👁️

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Smoke

Arthur flicks his lighter open, clicking it blindly until he feels its warmth.

“Arthur, what-?”

“It’s a cigarette, John, fuck off.”

"But how-?"

"Jesus Christ, John, would you give me a minute?" He spits, and takes a drag on the cigarette.

John huffs. Arthur inhales the bitter smoke, holding it in his lungs until he begins to cough, sending it back into the air in puffs. It doesn't help his racing heart. It doesn't help his shaking hand.

He hasn't had a cigarette in years. He stopped back when Faroe was born, trying to fix himself. Trying to pretend he was better somehow.

Arthur takes another drag. It was after she died and he abandoned his music that he had another. Sitting alone at a bar, shivering and drinking enough liquor to down a horse. The bartender cut him off, so he got up and got a cigarette from another drunk.

The smoke was soothing after all the drinks. It filled his lungs and numbed his mind on each inhale, allowing him to relax enough to sleep that night.

Not to say he didn't have nightmares. Not to say he didn't wake up breathless and search for something to numb him again late at night. Not to say he didn't wake up with sore lungs atop the debilitating nausea that had him staggering and retching for an hour and a half.

Another drag on the damned thing. The smoke has stopped feeling heavy and thick, but gentle and calm. He breathes deeper than before.

It was Parker. Parker's the reason he quit again - same as the alcohol.

Parker.

God, he fucking misses him.

Arthur breathes in the wretched smoke, eyes stinging. He tells himself its the smoke. He tells himself it's just the goddamn smoke.

The cigarette burns out.

"Let's go," he says, his voice falling flat.

"Arthur-"

"Lets. Go. John," he says.

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Knowing almost zero about celebrities is fun because then you live in a world where movie reviews just arbitrarily say things like "that's right folks....this character was played by none other than gabooble dooble himself" "it has zippo zappo as the villain....what more do I need to say???" "Five words for you: wibbly flimflim plays a cowboy." Wow!

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Erm, his favorite flowers are roses, actually

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vehicular manslaughter chappell roan be like you can hit a hundred boys with cars

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i NEED to get into credit card debt

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Number one tip for finding something you lost: It couldn’t have just grown legs and walked away

Unless

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There’s not too much point in talking about the election anymore, but I think some people are misconstruing the results. 21% of the American population voted for trump. He won the popular vote with polls only recording a 43.7% approval rating, and he has never held an approval rating over 50%, something that Biden and (arguably) Harris have. He lost millions of votes from 2020 to 2024, it’s just that Harris lost millions more.

All this is to say that there is not some ‘silent majority’ of trump supporters in America. While some people will definitely be emboldened in their rhetoric and action by the results of the election, Trump was a deeply unpopular president, and is shaping up to be one again. He will enact unpopular policies that are against the will of the average American, but that doesn’t mean every American is out to get you. Engage with your local community, check in on loved ones, and maybe even take a look at local political offices in the coming few years. If you dislike the two party system, volunteer or donate to a third party. It’s altogether likely we see another 2022 situation, resentment grows further against the Republican Party, and the midterms offer a lot of opportunity to alternatives, at every level of government.

It may all feel like the end, but it’s not. We’ve been through it before, and no matter what we do, hate and ignorance will bleed through the cracks in society again in the future. It’s going to get better, but that’s easier to say if we make it better.

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how is trump alive?? like hes rlly gone thru his whole life like That …. and no one has ever just fuckin decked him?? gave him the ole one two? knocked his lights out??? incredible

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