#completely ridiculous

[m00ngbin]

Don't tell me that you want more complicated girl characters in media when you couldn't handle PRINCESS FUCKING BUBBLEGUM

[bklynmusicnerd]

The silence from Matt in the Cory and America compilation setup...

[transientsolution]

Willow (that's our cat) is going to have cost us like $800+ in vet bills in the span of like three weeks of adopting her. Making sure we know exactly who's in charge of this damn house now.

[safflowerseason]

you can tell The OC is an early 00's show because way too much narrative energy goes into redeeming a a literal financial criminal.

[zarohk]

Thank you so much for sharing that. I think too many people focus eugenics' subtractive goals (wanting to get rid of "bad" traits that either aren't inherited or aren't negative), and not enough on additive goals (what it wants to cultivate). Looking at its full goals really important to emphasize how inane eugenics is.

That's why a lot of people get sucked into it (including myself as a tween, before I grew out of it): we can all agree that there are some genetic diseases that suck and it would be better if nobody suffered from them. But when you look at the qualities it wants to encourage and selects for, they A) aren't genetic and/or B) are quantifiable but don't actually make people better.* Having the whole picture makes it apparent how ridiculous eugenics is.

* Check out @derinthescarletpescatarian's explanation of "You excel at what you measure" for details about how much of a problem quantifiable metrics about behavior can be.

I think sometimes people think eugenics is bad but its still true, like thinking that if people with certain traits have children it will change society for better or worse based upon what traits are promoted. I think its important to emphasize that eugenics is not only wrong morally it's also fake and stupid bullshit

Like eugenics was supposed to be based on the idea that "If it works with animals to select only the best ones to breed, why wouldn't it work with humans?"

well it doesn't work with animals, that's the thing. applying the eugenics ideas to domestic breeds of animals hasn't made better animals it's just made animals with more extreme expression of certain traits. turns out that when you decide which traits are the "best" and become obsessed with the genetic purity of the animals that have the "best" traits, you might well end up with some sad suffering creature like a Pug, or the Persian cats with the smashed faces that are in constant pain because their teeth and airways and brains are getting crushed by their skulls, or those meat chickens that grow so fast they can hardly even stand up after a few weeks old, or inbred race horses with tiny feet and fragile toothpick legs

like almost all traits are neither "good" or "bad" they're way more complex than that. a long tail or a long snout or a stubborn, independent personality can be good or bad depending on the situation. Who gets to decide what is a "good" trait or a "bad" trait? It's arbitrary and selecting for traits that are "good" in your opinion will often have both "good" and "bad" outcomes because the "good" and "bad" are part of each other and not separate its just part of being alive

Obviously oversimplifying everything but you get it. we did eugenics with dogs and how did that go? not very well

[two-calicos-in-a-trenchcoat]

I hate having a big life change and then just having to go work and go about my day like normal

How do people do this

Im exhausted

[wretchedlittlething]

Y'know what sucks about loving fresh, warm bread? Once it gets cold, you can't just warm it up again without getting toast. I don't want toast I want fresh, warm bread. Completely whack.

[goosefeathered]

Yeah live action one piece is dope unfortunately

[valtsv]

that shitty thing some people do where they compliment something about you, only to take it back and reveal that it was meant to be a joke at your expense when you sincerely thank them for it, used to bother me until i realised that you can just. keep it. refuse to hand that power back to them. they are never prepared to deal with this.

[happypeachsludgeflower]

Liu Qingge comes back to find out that everyone believes Shen Qingqiu murdered him and he’s offended that anyone would think Shen Qingqiu could beat him in a fight. And, as Liu Qingge bitches people out for believing such a ridiculous tale, Shen Qingqiu is off to the side muttering about how he “could absolutely kill that brute if he wanted to.” Liu Qingge turns to him exasperated, grumpy, and annoyed and snaps, “You couldn’t even stop me from killing myself.”

[eddievedders]

GOOD OMENS — Chapter 5: The Ball.

[botmilf]

'my love is a planet

revolving your heart'

[benevolenterrancy]

I'm on chpt20 and I want to study SQQ like a bug. My man is flushed, hair down, robes literally falling off his shoulders, LBH on his lap playing with his hair and kissing him... and he finally cottons on to the fact that maybe this isn't how you have a platonic and important discussion. Enforces it for all of five seconds at which point LBH starts massaging his waist and SQQ is back to being like "yeah this is fine and normal". Amazing. Can't believe he insults the IQ of SQH's characters.

[wanderingibon]

actually baffled that I've never drawn my favorite character(s) of all time on here so I had to remedy that immediately!!! ft. crow & glint

[gunsatthaphan]

#third time's the charm #i guess?

[theworldisabrokenbonebutitishome]

Happy Merlin anniversary to all who celebrate!

I started making this cushion cover 2 years ago, after a lot of not working on it, I finally finished it this afternoon.

'upastige draca' is the incantation Merlin uses to make a dragon for his Pendragon after revealing he's magic. I had briefly considered thank you or hold me but @mid-n0vember's suggestion was better.