#an INTELLECTUAL

[suga-kookiemonster]

not my heart turning into a puddle of soft goo at the same time tae’s arms have me hearing kill bill sirens 🥲🥲🥲

[frogaroundandfindout]

The titans fight a hoard of villains (titans #40)

[leclercskiesahead]

[mpixx]

trying to understand my thirst for (fictional) fuckboys.

like the very basic way of looking at it, is: it's just masochism, wanting to be treated badly. but that's not it.

the next, still basic way of looking at it is: there's a cultural myth of toxic men as particularly passionate/virile. desiring them is essentially a romantization of toxic hetero dynamics and bullshit male behavior, spanning from inaccountability over emotional to physical abuse. so is it just an internalization of that? maybe. but nah.

because you never actually want the real deal. this is about the fictional fuckboy, the one i write. what is attractive about that fuckboy is that he is a man who is virile but stupid. so it's also a fantasy of power, because the fuckboy is an intellectual inferior, he is predictable and thus potentially controllable. and because he is fully subscribing to masculinity in all its unexamined ridiculousness and horror, he is a symbol of patriarchy, making the promise to control him so much more satisfying

[prokopetz]

It's true that there's no practicable way to frame "style theft" as an intellectual property issue that wouldn't have horrifying consequences for independent artist, but that doesn't mean we can't have sympathy for all the artists who've spent their lives perfecting the craft of drawing moist-lipped, glassy-eyed, vaguely oily-looking anime girls in three-quarter profile and now everybody thinks they're a robot.

[prlncessthots]

thinking abt how ellie is a “you like that, baby?” girl and abby is an “i know, baby” girl….

i can and will elaborate!

[aliaenkat]

You: It's pride month, everybody!! Me, an intellectual: It is *flips down rainbow sunglasses* GAY MONTH MY PRIDES

[valtsv]

"i wish i could exfoliate my brain" you can. by reading things that challenge you.

[kntxt]

Printing Money Creates TRUST in Society? 🧐🤡

Stupidity should be called out for what it is. What this clown is saying makes absolutely no sense.

A game that cannot be cheated (Bitcoin) REQUIRES you to be honest and to play according to the rules, creating trust within society. A game that can be cheated (fiat) WILL BE cheated, lies will be made up to justify the cheating, rules will be bent, creating distrust within society.

“The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust.”

― Satoshi Nakamoto

“Remember, when you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It is only painful for others. The same applies when you are stupid.” ― Ricky Gervais

[tom-failure]

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[jingler]

"this fandom is annoying" every fandom is annoying dipshit. it came free with being passionate about something.

[arguablysomaya]

i'm so behind on everything but i saw another "bruce is the mask batman is the real person" take today so please everyone consult the graphic before i cause a national security emergency

[betaphannie]

if i can speak

[kaysdenofchaos]

ROTTMNT: Intellectuals AU

Kay with the random AU posting (again)

That episode where Raph, Mikey, and Leo become smarter than Don due to hijinks except it’s a whole AU where they were born smarter, with a reverse on ninpo and tech use

Raph, due to being the eldest and strongest, follows Splints into mechanics. Leo adores space (Jupiter Jim) and studies to become an astronaut. Mikey is.. well he’s pretty smart emotionally already so there’s not much difference besides knowing more psychological terms lmao.

Don on the other hand is.. unlucky so to speak. Still a prodigy, but has to work a loooot harder than his brothers. Having lost his passion in tech due to a severe inferiority complex, he’s the only one to pickup a ninpo weapon and explore the world of magic in a hands-on lens. Still loves tech and studies theory, just doesn’t have the motivation.

[prokopetz]

It occurs to me that I'd probably be a lot more personally upset about the present media IP situation if my skill and experience at academic research didn't also make me extremely good at piracy.