#I wasn't born yesterday

[ladytitanium]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infinitycow.eplay

this is the laziest phishing link I've ever gotten I think

[dudeshusband]

you know someone's trying to fool you when they claim their body butter can fade stretch marks and cellulite

[enberlight]

I am a very chill person in general. And while life and decades have made me cautious, I still like to give people a chance.

But I'm not completely without sense and instincts.

Like, 7/10 respondents to my post seeking a ref artist looked sus. But I spoke with them. Not everyone has a coherent gallery or price sheet, ya know? But the red flags just kept multiplying. And the style and timing of two seem to be the same dang scammer XD

Long story short, don't pester me in my DMs about "are you there?" "Hey can we talk details?" "You ready for that comm now?" when literally 36 hours ago I said I'd be in touch in January/February when I have finances squared up. And they were all "sounds great!"

If you need to DM and Comment beg for art opportunities because it's your livelihood... maybe have a pinned portfolio post or Open For Commissions example price sheet I could retweet, ya?

Seriously, 5 of the artists came at me with "hire me" and had no gallery or prices and had to scrape up examples from... somewhere. Professional looking stuff of course. That they haven't posted anywhere.

I'm a dork, not a fool XD But I gave some of them time to test my instincts.

(There's 2 actual artists, btw... out of like 10)

(...did I say Short halfway up this page? Oh well)

[myrskytuuli]

https://www.jagatgururampalji.org/gyan_ganga_english.pdf

I am NOT opening a random link without any further context given to me.

[m1ssc0mmun1cat10n]

Supermarkets really be insulting my intelligence, putting a 'low price!' sticker next to a truly outrageous number. Oh, only $6 for a bag of crisps? What kind of a fool do you think I am?

[firsttraintovictoriaville]

I love how Reina will think this is a love triangle when it's literally just old people throuple

[kyouka-supremacy]

I think we should put more emphasis on how Akutagawa's love is killing him. Descriptions of his feelings for Atsushi should draw from death imagery more. Atsushi's smile is devastatingly beautiful to Akutagawa. His laughter is lethal. Atsushi's touch feels scorching hot. When he's near, the air around becomes unbreathable. He hugs Akutagawa, and Akutagawa feels like his bones are being crushed under those new and overwhelming feelings. Akutagawa drowning in Atsushi's eyes, sinking in his embrace. Akutagawa's love for Atsushi is piercing, painful, Akutagawa's heart is wounded and bleeding. Akutagawa is smitten. All contributing to represent how Akutagawa's love for Atsushi is going to be the end for him. And it was! And he is doomed by his very love, by his very ability of feeling human emotions. Akutagawa's love for Atsushi is going to be the reason he dies.

[gayofthefae]

Thinking about how people play season 3 as a forbidden romance or something ooh so juicy but what is the actual obstacle trope?

Daddy's girl daughter of a cop.

This isn't Romeo and Juliet, it's shotgun wedding.

[skullhaver]

i did not like poor things, but unlike plenty of other movies that i dislike, i am still thinking about this one nearly a month later. it has lit a low-burning fire in me that only a critical youtube video essay of at least 30 minutes can extinguish

[jyndor]

why are people shocked that h*mas has treated the hostages with respect does anyone understand what the strategic point in taking hostages is? the whole point is to make sure they're okay and well-cared for because otherwise there's no leverage for negotiations. do i think the hostages are actually sooo thankful to the hostages for being so nice to them and their children? i don't know, i mean i wouldn't be surprised either way - hard to be thankful for being taken hostage but i can also imagine feeling pleasantly surprised when you are treated with respect and dignity by h*mas when they take you hostage.

i'm not saying taking hostages is good i cannot believe i have to say that but people will read that and say "ooHOOO so you're saying h*mas is good and kind, you're falling for propaganda!!!" no i am just using my brain. unlike everyone who is against a ceasefire at the bare minimum, because apparently yall are okay with the rest of the hostages being in harm's way.

not to mention the entirety of the palestinian population in the gaza strip are hostages essentially and the palestinian prisoners have NOT been treated with such dignity and respect for their wellbeing. but again, treating the hostages you've taken with respect is the barest of bare minimums.

[thedeviljudges]

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[thimbleb3rries]

If I could, like, hold a thought long enough to put it into words that would be really great

I would also like someone to inject the entire Mandarin language into my brain

I'm having adrinette fanfic ideas but am so horribly unable to write down any of them arghhhg

[teamhawkeye]

i'd really like for fake Ted accounts to stop following and trying to interact with me on insta...

[fideidefenswhore]

interesting that 'stannes' are solely blamed for 'distasteful' theories of anne's predecessor and successor...which come from their own biographers?

[daisywords]

they are being very nice and also rational (just explain everything rather than guess what I do and don't know—makes sense!) but I wish my coworkers would give me the benefit of the doubt sometimes instead of assuming that I am just a little baby randomly pressing keys when I do something "wrong"

[sleepynegress]

Poor Things feels like Frankenstein because its a Scottish novel from the 90s that's a postmodern revision/fresh take on Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

I am one of those people who has no problem with loving films that I know are absolute garbage, being bored af of the "good ones", aligning with most people on opinions of a movie, or being the odd one out... If you find depth and love it, I love that for you. I don't see the sense in saying someone else's love or hate for a movie is wrong. When I give recs or non recs it's also with a hope or implication that you know my taste level and can make your decision about whether to watch or not based on whether you tend to agree with me or not. For me, however, Poor Things is already aging like Crash.

Its lack of depth (for me) in some really obvious areas, dragged it down for me.

Loved the idea. Hated a good chunk of the execution. ....And this is coming from someone who usually finds this filmmaker interesting. It was a white male's gaze from a white feminist perspective and at this point, for me, that = trite.

It gave what I feel the most recent movie, Civil War is similarly giving in its blind spots because Garland is from the UK, those factions and alliances show an embarrassing lack of knowledge for American cultural lines and history. Likewise... Yorgos has a significant blindspot for Black people's usual stale roles (mammy, black bff, magical negro etc) and really should have watched this fantastic essay before making Poor Things: