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today-i-am-thinking-about · 1 year

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sunkist fruit gems

#if you already know my stance on things like puddings and jellos it should come as no surprise that i think these things are gross #you get a little bit of sugar coating and then youre left with a mouth full of gelatin to work through. awful #for a while i didnt know sunkist was also a drink so when people talked about liking sunkist id be like 'you actually like those things??'#i only ever saw these at temple. they had them because they were soft and easy to pick up when thrown #I JUST SEARCHED 'CANDY THROWING BAR MITZVAH' AND MULTIPLE RESULTS MENTION SUNKIST FRUIT GEMS #WHY IS THIS SO UBIQUITOUS

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prolibytherium · 4 months

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Would kill to read animal POV fiction that has the animal POV’s interaction with humans be like, semi realistic to the level of caution most predators take with large prey and/or competitors (including humans).

Like instead of the usual - “the human is such a weak, pathetic creature... so slow, no claws, blunt teeth… completely helpless without its 'Fire Sticks'. how is it the master of the earth?” type crap it’s like, the bear protagonist or whatever approaches some dude who spreads their arms and yells and the bear is like “FUUUUUUUUCK THAT THING JUST GOT HUGE. IT'S LARGE AND MAKING NOISES. HOLY FUCK.”

#A lot of this realm of fiction tends to severely overestimate how physically weak humans are in the grand scheme of things..#A human body ft. no tools has a pretty average level competency at escaping predation. WITH tools it's significantly above average.#Like a lot of human physiology IS the way it is because of reliance on tool/fire use but interspecies competition/predation is really not #a literal battle won by physical strength + teeth + claws (at least until the actual process of killing)#Intimidation and shows of strength/threatening behavior can go a long way. Healthy predators (who aren't unnaturally #accommodated to humans) are generally going to be cautious and may avoid confrontations they absolutely COULD win because #the risk of injury is judged as too high #And most animals can't weigh risks in the most objective manner and won't understand that you aren't any 'bigger' just because you #wave your arms and yell. That is why puffing up/spreading out as a threat display is so ubiquitous in nature.#Massive tangent but this is why I fucking loved Prehistoric Planet so much like the commitment to having its dinosaurs behave like #actual animals is fantastic and tragically rare #Like having a scene where a T Rex gets bullied away from a carcass by two much smaller azhdarchids.. Yeah that is probably #how it would behave. It's not a mindless killing machine it's an animal so is going to avoid confrontations it deems too risky even if it #WOULD win in an all out brawl. thank you so fucking muych.

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sunshinechay · 2 months

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THEY KEPT THE FUCKING DADDY KINK!!!!

#sunset x vibes #sunset x vibes the series #sunlin #sunsalin #why am i gasping i already knew that #but you know #somehow i’m still surprised they kept it #but it was also ubiquitous in the book #pretty sure lin called sun daddy more than he called him by his name in book #so you know #cap watches sunset x vibes #cap speaks

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unforth · 1 year

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I. Hurt.

And I was hurting anyway, I'm pretty down this morning, but this hurt came from an outside source, and affected me in a way I'd honestly not have expected.

See, we bought Nimona last week. After seeing the movie, my kids wanted to read it. And I ended up reading ahead, and I just finished it.

Bonus content at the end, it said, and I was like, oh, an epilogue to the epilogue maybe? That'd be nice. I don't love bittersweet endings, I'd rather...

...no, it's not the conclusion.

It's CHRISTMAS.

In a book that'd had no religion that I noticed up to that point, BOTH bonus extras...were Christmas.

Ya know, usually it doesn't bother me. Usually I just suck it up. I think it helps that I was raised around mostly Jews and people who, if Christian, it didn't matter much to them. I'm from the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the descendent of Lower East Side immigrants, and while the world outside was brutal - my grandfather was a World War 2 veteran and among the soldiers who liberated Dachau, I can't remember a time when I didn't know that most people would look the other way if people like me were slaughtered wholesale - my bubble was safe, we were accepted, we were insiders.

I honestly can't think of another time I've interacted with a piece of media and felt so immediately, instantly knocked across the face by OUTSIDER as I just did when I excitedly turned the page to see what these fun extra bonuses were...and it was fucking Christmas.

I didn't even read them.

I'm honestly. So disappointed.

I don't have a thick armor for this kind of hurt. I'm Jewish, and as an adult living outside my old UWS bubble, that's often meant I've felt like an outlier, but I've hardly ever had this feeling where I was welcome to something only to be suddenly, violently shoved out the door.

And I've heard nothing, n.o.t.h.i.n.g. but praise for this book. And on another day, it might not have bothered me. I've never really felt like I had to fight to be seen, especially since I'm tremendously secular. I mean, I've celebrated Christmas my entire life, for starters.

But why. Why was this fantasy setting suddenly Christian? Why was this the touted extra content? Why is THIS special, when the areligious world established to that point was apparently not special enough?

I can't say yet if this ruined the story for me. It's far too soon. But I'm *intensely*, viscerally let down, and...I hurt.

Christians...maybe stop doing this shit.

#unforth rambles #im not sure how to tag this #i dont want to tag fandom since its kinda anti #and i dont want to tag antisemitism cause its not really #and i dont want to tag microaggressions cause thatll just show my privilege that ive been lucky enough to not have this feeling more often #but seriously WHAT THE FUCK #im genuinely considering rereading just so i can see if it was always christian and i just missed it until then #because its so fucking ubiquitous that it slides right off #but i dont think it was!!!#WHYS IT GOTTA BE CHRISTIAN WHAT THE HELL #and why have i never heard this mentioned surely im not the only person to notice this #maybe it was less jarring for people who rwad along with the webcomic #since these were extras released along thw qay #not shoved in the back of the book like in the print edition #i dont fucking know #i just know i hate it #this special fun thing could have been anything #and instead it was for one specific segment of the audience #and thats honestly so unnecessary and kinda yicky #dont you guys every get tired of making everything about your fucking dumb holidays you stole from other cultures #give me back passover i demand you turn over easter as a reparation

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cosmogyros · 26 days

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I just listened to a couple songs from current female artists who... all sound the same. Like they've all got that one particular kind of breathy pretty flawless voice. The way 90% of female singers seem to sound nowadays. It drives me bonkers. The only good thing about it is that it makes me feel like, "well, I may not have a very professionally-trained-sounding voice, but thank god I don't sound like THEM at least".

#there are a lot of specific things about my singing voice that i would like to work on #but i definitely don't ever want to lose my scratchy twangy messy scrappy sound #i fucking love that i don't sound like every other female singer out there and i don't ever want that 'trained out of me'#don't mind my bitching #i'm just resentful that the potential variety of female voices is so limited in popular music #meanwhile the men are out there with all these unique fantastic sounds and doing very well for themselves #tom waits; neil young; bob dylan; willie nelson; herbert grönemeyer; udo lindenberg; axl rose; joe strummer; etc.#you could argue that any of these guys don't sound 'pretty' (i would personally disagree. but i could understand the argument)#but each of them has a fucking fantastic voice AND they sound like THEMSELVES! you can't mistake those voices for anyone else!#ugh ugh ugh ugh i want there to be more expressive weird-sounding variation in women's voices #why are we all supposed to sound 'pretty' - and not just pretty but pretty in the EXACT SAME WAY?!?#drives me up the fckn wall. i swear to god sexism is SO ubiquitous #cosmo gyres #tag rant #about music #my music

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mincedpeaches · 1 year

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The thing is. If you are a transformers fan and you partake in fanfiction. You will see alot of mpreg. And for a long time you will choose not read it. But if you are a transformers fan long enough. You will probably read it at least once.

#crossed the threshold today lads #utterly fascinating to me thinking about the why of how mpreg is so ubiquitous among tf fanfic #the way even jro got in on it with eugenesis. AND snuck what he did into actual canon.#whats the math here. whats the maths.#tf blogging #mincedthoughts

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themoonking · 10 months

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getting into arguments about corsetry in the 1920s with fanfiction authors. perhaps its time to log off.

#to be clear both about the existance of corsets in the 1920s #which were definitely a thing #constructed differently to give a different shape than victorian or edwardian corsets but definitely a thing #and also how a older woman (like 40+) who would have lived through corset-wearing times #would view corsets now that they weren't as ubiquitous #and i argue that a woman who had lived through wearing corsets would probably not find them horrific and inherently uncomfortable #the fashions that went with it she might be glad to do away with #if she has a flatter figure she might be glad that the fashionable silhouette takes less effort for her now #but finding the garment itself unspeakably horrid?? why?? she probably played tennis in that bitch!#i speak #but this author is seemingly under the assumption that every high class woman was tight lacing literally all day every day so

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bredforloyalty · 2 months

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alright i don't like and/or don't understand that monologue about cerulean blue sweaters and such in the devil wears prada, how does the fashion elite's influence and decisions trickling down into department stores and having unconscious effects on everyone in society make the fashion industry any more respectable or less of a circle-jerk like how is that a good thing how would that make fashion "real". feel free to chime in if you liked this part of the movie or liked its message cause if there is something to get, i don't get that

#it's just ubiquitous. the industry around clothes and personal style and Of Course the industry of ''''beauty'''' (rigid‚ misogynistic‚#racist‚ fatphobic etc etc) and that they're trying to sell you the concept of having an image #why is this treated as an “oh snap” moment.. but then again the only interest in or liking i ever had for this movie is of lesbianic nature #so i don't even think i liked it. i liked miranda #to i think i hauve covid extent #kata.txt

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moesartblog · 1 year

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I’m sorry I HATE the hairstyle that’s like all short hair EXCEPT like one long horse tail length of hair coming out the back of their head

#I don’t understand why it’s so ubiquitous

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holytrickster · 6 months

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imagine fearmongering about the end of the world oN FUCKING SHUFFLES???? like from what I've seen the userbase seems really young, but I don't really think of it bc I'm there to just make my silly little aesthetic collages for fun. but wHOOPS the algorithm or whatever decided I wanted to be shown posts from people that are probably like 13 making these long ass posts that are all GUYS THE RAPTURE IS COMING SOON like . jesus christ. pun intended.

#and i wonder why i have fucked up end of the world nightmares lately when the fearmongering is SO ubiquitous #i watch a lot of youtubers that talk abt cults and xtian fundamentalism bc i find it fascinating despite disturbing and scaring me #so im used to watching them talk about televangelists and people who listen to qanon bullshit and stuff like that #but theres something that gets under my skin almost more about seeing people that are probably kids parroting it #idk i feel gross now #like theres something on me you know #im always like “why does the end of the world stuff in particular mess me up so bad” and then i remember I'm a ball of anxiety and panic #and then it starts to make sense #vent post #tw christianity #idk how to tag this one honestly

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sydmarch · 1 year

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why are there so many memes about no one owning any summer clothes like obviously I get that people have body image issues & shit but is 90% of the internet too insecure to even just wear a tank top????

#i dont mean this in a mean way or anything just like. why are these posts so ubiquitous #texticles

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hoodieimp · 2 years

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Fixating on the Addisons is so fucking funny when you think about it. Like wow we really went and blorbo-ified the Concept of Online Advertising as a gay friend group-slash-polycule

#addisons #deltarune #dizzyisms #like. I've wondered abt whether people would still love the Adds as characters if they Didn’t have any connection to Spamton #which I feel plays a major part in why this subset of the fandom latched onto them- Spam is like The Blorbo of DR. he's the Sans Undertale #and honestly? the answer is probably still Yes #like for me personally I Love the whole concept of 'Darkners are the Personifications of objects in the Light World'#and especially in Chapter 2 being based around the Internet #but a very specific Era of the Internet that a lot of DR/UT fans prob grew up with n are Nostalgic for #yet there's hints of more modern Internet culture too #and you could argue that that's where the Adds come in #the rapid commercialization of online spaces and how Ubiquitous Internet ads have become nowadays #like. we're prob lucky Hometown's Internet was down while the Fun Gang were at the Librarby #bc otherwise they wouldn't be able to walk ten steps without bumping into an Addison #...I was going somewhere with this #oh yeah #making different computer/tech related things into characters is a super fun idea to play with #and that includes the Omnipresent Internet Ads #so even if the Addisons Didn't get the few crumbs of characterization that they did #people (Me Included) would still be scrambling to flesh them out into proper characters #that one fucking Spotify Premium ad you keep hearing is now a neon colored twink who looks like they stepped out of a Facebook infographic #why the hell not

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beaniebeby · 11 months

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siren lore because theyre mine now

they tie things into their hair because they dont have pockets (like...a cool rock, a shrimp perhaps, jewelry probably)

reading/the ability to read isnt common and a lot of information is pass down orally or through songs

they have good memories and can pick up languages fast

fog indicates the presence of many

100% definitely covered in parasites

im baby?

ill add more when im feeling silly again

#oc #😐#i dont know why i like them but i feel like theyre so ubiquitous i can just do whatever and it will make sense #like dragons.....or uh........#....other myths ahahaha #mer

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macroglossus · 1 year

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my least favorite little thing that millennials do in videos is when they widen their eyes a lot in a fake humorous shock way w their lips in that ‘trying not to laugh’ clench, look off to the side of the camera, and give a little quirky head jerk right before they say a little quirky thing because i KNOW they’re thinking they’re like jim from the office. it gives me one of those poison status effects

#there’s no camera there #it’s so ubiquitous too man WHY

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skeletalroses · 1 year

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I think we need to not have any more sci-fi action movies---or at least the prevalent breed of them---for the next decade or so. We need to detox and reset the market. No more Star Wars, no more Transformers, no more Avatar, no more Men in Black, and for jesus' sake no more fucking superheroes. Something like Aliens (1986) could be okay, where there's a horror element or something to offset the insufferable, insipid mass-appealery. But I have had it up to the moon with wise-cracking aliens, magical flight, and people who are fucking blue. I hope the WGA/SAG strike kills so much of this shit

#sci-fi action peaked with Star Trek TOS in the early '70s #we can revisit the issue in 10 years or so but the genre needs a fucking time-out #movies #Star Trek is the lone property that has not itself become offensive to me #there are like 7 ST shows running right now (according to my brother) and I don't watch any of them #but their marketing doesn't shove lame jokes and boring CG fights and ubiquitous merch in my face at every turn!#like I know the franchise is THERE but it doesn't remind me of its presence every 5 minutes with cookie-cutter dogshit #why this is hell nor am I out of it

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despite-everything · 1 year

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i think i've gone nose-blind to my incense

#just was like 'why cant i smell it on my clothes anymore' and then panicked thinking maybe i had covid #but i can smell other things just fine #and ive been told before that i just smell like incense all the time and so does my apartment #and im wondering if its become so ubiquitous to me that i dont even notice it anymore #anyway... aint a bad thing.#except i LIKE my incense and want to be able to smell it #i already have to be very careful where/how i burn it too since i have a cat #so ive got to like do it while i take her on her leash outside #so im already just trying to enjoy the leftover scent #tree talks

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