#But life itself likely won't stop

[lloydfrontera]

the webcomic can have one (1) funny "earnest moment interrupted by comedy" joke. as a treat. but also because it is so in character for them ajkshdjkas

yes they will say the most earnest shit to each other and then immediately try to cringe out of their own bodies. they are best friends but they would rather jump out of a window before admitting it. they are incredibly devoted and grateful to one another but you could not water board that out of either of them.

the only thing that can get either of them to admit how much they care for each other is if the other is in life threatening danger and not a second before aakjshdks

[a-spectacular-pigeon]

"OOoOooOOoh, but using 'it/its' pronouns for Murderbot is dehumanising!!"

[doodlejoltik]

my favourite writing device is having an un-Rei-liable narrator

[just-a-cruel-white-man]

Well, successfully doing something is often a lot harder than fucking it up. Climbing a cliff is a lot harder than messing up and falling off a cliff. Balancing a pen upright is a lot harder than making said pen fall over.

The earth is semi-stable, if you let it be it'll probably keep harboring life for a while, but fuck it up enough and it's gonna go back to being any random ol' planet. The climate change debate (at its most extreme) is essentially about what the tipping point is and whether we can or have reached it.

So yeah it may be much easier to de-terraform a planet than to terraform it.

While terraforming Mars is theoretically possible, it is not within mankinds current capabilities and is unlikely to be within those capabilities anytime soon. It would be more practical to construct space stations as human habitats than try to alter a planet with less gravity than earth, no magnetic field, barely any atmosphere, and toxic dust dispersed throughout its soil.

Venus at least has the gravity required, and bands in the upper atmosphere with earth-like temperatures and pressure. As an industrial hub, the Mercurial north pole has water ice on the surface and would make an ideal location for launching a dyson swarm. I just don't get the appeal of mars...

Well Venus has so much gravity it squashed flat all the spacecraft the Soviets sent there, and all the images I've seen of its surface make it look like the least-inhabitable furnace in the known universe, a real-life Hades.

I very much applaud the drive to expand human life through the universe, but it does seem to me pretty much impossible to survive on Mars right now, and decades/centuries(?) into the future. I keep thinking we should start small and make some 5-mile-deep undersea cities for a few decades first, where people can at least be rescued when things go wrong.

[jesushatesmyguts]

"CONSIDERING YOU ALREADY TRIED SO HARD FOR YEARS INCLUDING NUMEROUS ROUTINES AND STRATEGIES, I DON'T THINK A LOT WILL CHANGE WITHOUT MEDICATION"

THERE YOU HAVE IT. NOW GIVE ME THE GOOD STUFF!!!!

[euclydya]

I have brought the two halves of Spacehead back together. I now await my significant other to join me with glitter glue.

[ow1et]

i do think attie is very silly and she does a lot of good things ( protesting against hostile architecture, supporting raptor education + conservation, practicing inclusive + sustainable design, etc. ) but she's also manipulative, uses her status as a court member to take advantage of local governmental corruption ( a get out of jail free card ), and leaves such bloody crime scenes that a few journalists are convinced that they're the work of a serial killer.

[red-moon-at-night]

Following on from the Etruscan relief mirror post:

What if The Helen Egg was taken without permission from Nemesis in the underworld? Considering that there exists essentially two versions of Nemesis' egg being delivered to Tyndareus and Leda - one being delivered by Hermes and the other being delivered by Nemesis herself - and all of these Etruscan mirror reliefs feature Hermes almost exclusively...

What if Nemesis intended to keep this fucking egg and raise it huh? What then. Chthonic Demigoddess Helen living in the underworld anyone?

[flight-freedom]

Getting older is strange.

I was born in 1995 (the late 1900s!) and when I was in my teens and early twenties I wanted to have a PERFECT body, a 6 pack, be able to run a half marathon at any given moment, be able to lift my bodyweight, etc... Some part of me thought beauty equated to goodness and attractiveness. I accomplished most of those and more.

But as I've gotten older I've been more comfortable just being as I am and taking things as they come. Knowing that beauty isn't a measure of goodness, someone can be model-esque but have an ugly personality that far far outweighs any possible good that their beauty could bring.

People remember how you made them feel, not necessarily how strong your muscles are/were or how perfect your body was/is. Muscles tend to fade, skin gets wrinkled, hair recedes and gets white- but personalities and the kindness you show others can be continuous and unforgettable.

And thus I just try not to be a jerk.

Still it's strange wistfully looking at the younger-folks with their clear, unwrinkled skin and youthful bodies... and remember what it was like.

Shape you take when you lay like that Reminds me of a love I've never had If loving's wrong, what's a boy to do? But dammit if you ain't drilled into my skull And they've been tryin' to smooth me out For twenty-seven seasons now For twenty-seven seasons

[iys-cloud]

if you know me irl, don't read . Because I'm about to angry rant without filter and don't want anyone hurt. w/vent

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istl my friends can't just listen sometimes, oh? Your having a problem I gave you ADVICE ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND YOU DIDN'T LISTEN SO YOU'RE STILL STUCK WITH IT!?!? What a surprise. Your thinking your life is ending after a dumb mistake after I told you time and time again to STOP BLOWING THINGS OUT OF PORPOTION BUT AS ALWAYS YOU CAN'T EVEN TRY TO LISTEN!?!? You wouldn't say. Your crying again about that dumb thing that happened/not crying about that really important thing that happened I TOLD YOU EXTREMES ARE BAD, AND THAT ONLY YOU CAN TRY TO HELP YOURSELF IN THIS CASE, BUT NOOOO YOU WON'T EVEN TRY.

[bijoumikhawal]

you do realize that actual Scottish and Irish people have in fact, criticized how people talk about the Fae, and done so specifically on Tumblr

its fascinating how very very surface level 1920s-ish jazz age inspired aesthetics are very popular (see: hazbin hotel and electroswing and the endless wave of bowtie pinstripe character designs from the 2010s) but the vast vast majority of people who are into that seem fundamentally disinterested in actually engaging with actual jazz age art and culture because that would require engaging with black art

[tiny-tokunaga]

It's a Doozy™ tonight, folks

[velvtcherie]

i'm so fucking SICK of love triangles it's such an ugly plot can we develop our frontal lobes and move on from this trope

[eggmeralda]

so weird how 2028 is gonna be a leap year. just doesn't seem right

[deeplovelydark]

need to tell my parents something but maybe killing myself is easier?

[prickly-paprikash]

Kendrick doesn't just hate Drake as a person. He hates the very idea of Drake.

Hip-Hop is rooted in revolution. In defiance. These are the songs of an oppressed group of people, and decades upon decades people have hated it. Accused of being meaningless and invalid. Media outlets took steps to belittle hip-hop and make sure it isn't recognized as an art form and as a means to fight back.

2Pac spoke of wealth disparity and inequality. Tupac was literally a member of a communist organization when he was younger and never stopped speaking against capitalism.

Lauryn Hill spoke of the struggles a woman faces. Not just women, but black women. Salt-N-Peppa. Queen Latifah. MISSY FUCKING ELLIOT.

N.W.A made sure people knew about police brutality and violence against the Black community.

And now, in this day and age, we're also experiencing an explosion of Queer Hip-Hop. Lil Nas X is at the forefront of this. Lil Uzi Vert came out as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, even when they knew that a lot of their fans would never use it or even respect them for it. Auntie Diaries, a song about a young man who grew up in a transphobic environment and bought into those beliefs, but could never fully do it because his Uncle loved him so much and taught him a lot of life lessons, and that wisdom translated to him accepting his cousin as a woman as well.

Drake is none of that.

He's the perfect representation of what people think hip-hop is. Flexing. Posturing. Objectifying women. A fucker so insecure he bought 2Pac's ring just to feel like he's part of the black community. Rejected by Rihanna publicly. Tried to groom Millie Bobby Brown. Kissed and inappropriately touched an underage girl during his concert. His songs have inspired so many young boys to treat girls like shit. His belief that the amount of rings and chains and cars he has is the true meaning of success.

Additional Edit: This is my fault. If this post gains more views, then it would be remiss of me not to add to this. It was my fault to begin with, not stating this beforehand because while I did know, I got lost in celebrating Hip-Hop in a place that doesn't usually do so, and rightfully so.

2Pac did fight for wealth equality and better social living for the black community. He also has a long, long history of battery, domestic abuse, and sexual harassment against women. Specifically against women of color. He made a song to celebrate his own mother, but outright refused to give the same show of respect to other women in his life. His hypocritical nature was brushed off in later decades, just the way I did now.

N.W.A is the same. Sexual assault charges, violence—they spoke of Police reform, but refuses to give the same treatment back towards the women in their lives.

50 cent refuses to backtrack on any of his misogynistic lyrics.

Modern rappers of today, such as the dead XXXtentacion. 6ix9ine. Kodak Black.

I do love Hip-Hop. I love rap. And the music itself has always been anti-authoritarian at its core, because those are its roots. And I was happy that circles that did not normally know of it or enjoy it were getting into it, even for one thing like this rap feud.

Lil Nas X, Little Simz, Childish Gambino, Missy Elliot, Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill—rappers who have at the very least consistently tried to put their money where their mouth is. Who have tried to act in accordance to what they rap and write and sing for.

@shehungthemoon @ohsugarsims finnthehumanmp3 were the ones who rightfully clarified in the comments. I know an apology won't correct my hypocrisy or my stupidity. I should have added all of this before making this post, but I wanted so badly to celebrate a genre of music but failed to do my due diligence in showing a better, holistic view of it. If anyone felt triggered, offended, troubled, frustrated or any other intense negative emotions surrounding this, please do block me. I'm sorry.