#consumption experience

[skunkes]

something about really really liking something or a character or media or wanting to make art abt an event in your life or anything but not knowing what makes a good piece or how to make a good beautiful meaningful piece

[hilacopter]

no babe you can form your own opinions you've just learned to automatically check what other people think and form them in accordance in fear of having the "wrong" ones and have hindered your own critical thinking as a result

[elijahmiles]

you need to read stories about people who are nothing like you. you should not be looking for yourself in every text. the point of stories is to illuminate you to new perspectives. to make you ponder/question/wonder. you have to be willing to open yourself up to seeing through the eyes of a character you can't immediately relate to

[cupidswurld]

thinking about supernaturals circular narrative. how i don’t (and won’t) watch sitcoms because of the conventions of a circular narrative.

the parallels of how characters are reduced into one-dimensional imitations of who the audience perceived them to be, boiled down into their most defining, dividing traits— a phenomenon exclusive to the intrinsic nature of sitcoms. thinking about how everything that is learnt in one episode, is forgotten in the next— how there is no progress, how there is no change and everything will always, always stay the same for the sake of the audience where nothings new.

part of why dean felt he wouldve been better off dead, about why he didnt deserve to be saved, was because he could never make any difference. how they were trapped by the same story, over and over again, that nothing mattered no matter what he did, because he'd just end up in the very same position he was 15 years ago. even before the insertion of chuck's storyline, before freewill, the pervasive hand of the writers have always held them down from the very first episode

[total-drama-brainrot]

living in my echo chamber in this fandom. everyone complains about all of the character hate and stans and shipping discourse meanwhile i'm seeing none of this. just gay little characters on my screen. sometimes they kiss.

[cyndaquillt]

ORV's definitions of constellations and nebula are so counterintuitive to me as an astronomer that I have to turn my brain dictionary off while reading it

[zellink]

literally costs 0 dollar to be nice online LMAOOO like yes I can tag my fanart as fanart but you’re rude so nope I don’t think I’ll do that. also I’ve blocked you so problem solved! no seeing my fanart at all;)

[sidewalkchemistry]

Exposing Scientific Dogmas: Rupert Sheldrake's Banned TED Talk

The talk was reshared again in a video by the YouTube channel "After Skool." It was based on his book The Science Delusion.

Here are the 10 Scientific Dogmas he listed (which could prevent science from greater discoveries and true scientific thinking since they create the default worldview of people worldwide):

#1 Nature is mechanical

#2 Matter is unconscious

#3 The laws of nature are fixed

#4 The total amount of matter and energy is always the same

#5 Nature is purposeless

#6 Biological hereditary is material

#7 Memories are stored inside your brain as material traces

#8 Your mind is inside your head

#9 Psychic phenomena like telepathy are impossible

#10 Mechanistic medicine is the only kind that really works

[vveissesfleisch]

when you’re trying to focus on work but the most insultingly perfect song for the fic you just started writing that won’t stop plaguing your brain comes on shuffle and you have to take a moment (or 10) to just

[daincrediblegg]

my talents are wasted on being a student I should be doing video essays

[durn3h]

What if I buy fucktons of lentils and just start extracting the protein from them myself. The chemistry is super easy and simple. Would anyone want to buy my bathtub protein powder? I should be able to make a reasonable profit off of $1/30g of actual protein content, which is cheaper than almost any protein you can buy at the store and infinitely cheaper than any other vegan protein you can find

[rubberduckyrye]

Now that it's been a while since the song has been out, can I complain about the meaning of the song "Better off Worse" without people suggesting that I'm like, "defending people who cling onto bad feelings and dark songs without wanting to move on/letting the creator move on" or whatever?

[millionsnaives]

sent this by @nicohischier and i think i need to pin it

[kuzzzma]

A friend is watching second season of Good Omens and at the top is a scene from Hell office.

I see no difference.

To put a positive spin on it: changes in office space for team in later episodes can be neatly tied up with a metaphor of Leo leaving his personal hell.

[nero-neptune]

idk, i just think that (to a point) Everyone's a product of the media they consume. that's why certain media is called 'formative', esp if you watched it young. one thing you watched/read could’ve lead to an interest which could’ve gotten you to learn/participate in/avoid something you wouldn’t have otherwise. take away all the books you’ve read, movies you’ve watched, music you've listened to, etc etc- you’re likely a totally different person. which is neither good nor bad, that's just called being a person who lives on planet earth.

[apocryphics]

call me a hater but web weaving has gotten out of hand