#but uuuugggghhhhh

[yavieriel]

Really, really wish people would stop blaming "capitalism and hyper individualism" for anything and everything, when there is absolute reams of evidence that the problems in question have absolutely nothing to do with capitalism and hyper individualism.

Humans have been shit at processing our emotions since always. This isn't new! It's not about capitalism! Lots of mammals have similar emotional issues, they have simpler emotions but even less capacity to process them. Anyone who works closely with animals knows that they form emotional responses of all kinds, trauma responses, and anxieties, and part of being a responsible caretaker is to prevent the creation of negative emotions in the first place whenever possible. And when it's not possible, we help the animals work through negative emotional responses because it's not something they can generally do on their own.

It's also not about individualism! If anything, more collective identities tend to encourage subordination of personal feelings to group cohesion to the detriment of the individual. Sometimes group emotional processing can be helpful, but in more collectivist societies, you don't get to pick the group you're processing with. This frequently forces the individual to fit into a narrative that doesn't align with their own emotions. Grieving a parent is a classic - we still find something like "I'm glad my mom died" to be a shocking and provocative statement, because it disrupts conventional narratives about the family, but at least it can be said!

This stuff isn't about "capitalism and hyper individualism", and if anything, capitalism and hyper individualism have facilitated the whole field of psychology and therapy and self-actualization.

There are lots of things that capitalism is at fault for, I'm not defending capitalism as an unmitigated good. But misidentifying the root causes of problems is not helpful to actually solving those problems.

[lesbiansanemi]

Landlords took forever and fucked up application process so now instead of moving in tomorrow new roommate is not moving in until July meaning I am stuck paying bills for a month alone which was not something I was planning on nor wanted I fucking hate it here

[transmandrake]

Got a new phone to replace my 'one more drop away from complete obliteration' phone and it doesnt have a fucking headphone jack or way to put in an sd card.... hhhhhhrrrrrrgghhhhhh....

[kikiwiwiz]

Listen to personal Jesus btw

[zorosdimples]

zen’in “i’m going to fuck you” maki + okkotsu “i’m going to make love to you” yuuta

[bugeyedfreaks]

so as currently stated I just finished binge-watching Invincible (which I really love oh my gosh) and I'm all caught up, but I was beating myself up about ONCE AGAIN having another smart, red-headed heroine who likes pink and wants to do good in the world as a favorite character in a series (Atom Eve, seriously, I love her so much)

then I end up watching her special episode and get to this part

are you kidding meeeeeeee girrrllllllll worlds are collidingggg

[cherry-bomb-ships]

[twin-fantasies]

boygenius didnt have to break up DON'T piss me off

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

CLOUD BAD.

[daz4i]

look at my favorite emojis 🫵🔥🥺🥲😳😏🔪🙌✨️🤝🧐🫡🔫🖤. what do you think

[dressycobra7]

me who’s been wanting to get into the one piece fandom cause I’ve started becoming obsessed with it and there’s so much content for it: 😊😊😁😍

also me realizing there’s lots of spoilers in lots of said content: ☹️☹️😭😭😭😭😭

[cloudd-nyne]

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[khaotungsfirst]

why is this show so on point for the kiss scenes????

[seriesfive]

the vibes at my workplace are so horrible rn & everything is such a mess and i was so close to giving my two weeks, but the only person i could potentially train in my position is probably going to give their two weeks notice soon, and i don’t feel comfortable leaving until someone else has been actually genuinely trained in my position, because part of the problem is that no one really trained me or the person before me lmao. so ig my new plan is to approach my managers like “hey everyone in my department hates being here including me and you literally cannot afford to lose me rn but i can afford to leave, so. maybe listen to what i’m telling you we need”

[are-we-really-doing-this]

Great, now even the Collision commentators are feuding. But if Kevin Kelly is actually a QAnon guy, fuck him.

Oh come the fuck ON, it’s always fucking something. I don’t even wanna know about that but either way I WANT MY MAN IAN BACK.

[jupitersmoonsstuff]

I literally associate Wukong with anything fucking peach related. I see anything peach-like or flavored at the store I'm like OMG WUKONG WOULD LOVE THAT!!! And I have to remind myself that he isn't actually a real person that I'm dating he's just a fictional Lego monkey