#long : (

[dlight98]

OH I have a story for this! It is going to be gross. I have it on video too, so I'm not making this up.

Back in my freshman year of high school I was on the rowing team. I was NOT good. Like one of the bottom 5 on the team.

Our team was going to the Stotesbury Regatta (race). This is the biggest regatta of the year for high school rowing. It's in Philadelphia, and people came from all over the country for this. We lived hours away. My coach was from Philadelphia and rowed the Schuylkill River in college, so going was a big deal for us.

I was not good, but I wasn't the worst. I was picked as the 9th rower for our boat. A boat only has 8 seats, so I was just backup. I got to have all the fun in the hotel and none of the difficulties of rowing.

We were at the hotel and playing Jenga Tetris edition, which I brought. I wasn't very close with this group yet and wanted to get to know them better. We had been playing this game for maybe an hour and wanted to add stakes. We decided to make The Concoction and the loser would need to . I'm not going to remember *all* of the ingredients, but they included:

Orange Juice

Half and Half

Milk that was left out overnight

Sour cream

Coffee

Coffee grounds

Tea

tea leaves from the bag

Cream cheese

Strawberry cream cheese

Butter

Funions -> this comes up later

Goldfish (crackers, not real)

Monster

Dr Pepper

Coke

Sprite

Toothpaste

It was foul. It looked like something you would dredge up from the bottom of a bog, and smelled like it too. It had floating mystery chunks. And no one wanted to lose.

We decided that the loser would either need to attempt to drink the whole thing or actually manage to choke down part of it (this comes up later). I was hesitant to go through with this, but it was my game and I wanted to make friends.

We started playing the game and everyone was on edge. It was silent. No one even breathed. We went around the circle and the game felt like it lasted an eternity. Eventually Pat knocked the tower over.

All five of us crowded into the tiny hotel bathroom to watch him drink it. He was standing over the toilet in case he vomited. He drank part of it then vomited. The group was unsure if any ended up in The Concoction, but I swear some did. They decided to play another round.

I was going to back out. I couldn't take the pressure for this. They convinced me to stay though. For team bonding and because it's my game.

We went around and around again with Pat watching on the sidelines. It was even more tense this time. The tower was higher than it's ever been. It was my turn and I put a piece on the top. It was teetering. Pat decided to get some ginger ale to calm his stomach. He bumped the table. It all came crashing down.

The rest of the group said that Pat didn't touch the table and that it was my fault. I protested at first, but eventually I accepted my fate.

I was in the bathroom again. The Concoction was now warm. Everyone was cheering me on. I held my nose and tried to drink some. It was rancid. There is nothing that could compare to how vile this tasted. Image rotting sewage combined with the underside of a truck stop toilet and you'll be one iota of the way there.

I only got one sip in and I threw up almost instantly. Everyone was telling me to go for another swig, but I yelled out "I swallowed a Funion!" The rule was if you swallow anything it's over. They let up on making me do more. Everyone decided to stop playing immediately after that. I was kinda salty but it was alright.

We all went on to be pretty close friends (except Pat. He tried to prank people a year later by smearing feces on a cabin door handle and got kicked off the team). One of them went on to be the best man at my wedding.

Would I drink The Concoction again? No. Was it worth drinking the first time? Yes.

what is THE worst thing you've ever drank. all liquids acceptable. please tell me what it was, bonus points for why

[front-facing-pokemon]

[geraskierfanficprompts]

Prompt 146

Geralt is a siren. Sirens should mate with other sirens. He knows this. And yet, as everyone does their mating rituals and finds a consenting recipient, Geralt flies toward the shoreline. There was no sand, really. Just a steep dropoff from the grassy cliffs down 20 or so feet directly into the ocean.

The ocean that holds his desire. He's sure it's not a siren. It does not look like one. It flies like one, but not in the air, not in the sky like he, instead they fly through the water.

They've some feathers, he thinks. But they're covered mostly in looks more like scales. Scales like the yummy fish he hunts occasionally. He does not want to eat them, though. Not as food, at least. He might nibble a little to hear them squeal and giggle. Only if they accept his courtship, of course!

Jaskier is a siren. Sirens should mate with other sirens. He knows this. And yet, as everyone does their mating rituals and finds a consenting recipient, Jaskier swims towards the shoreline. There was no sand, really. Just a steep rocky cliff overhead, tall to where you couldn't jump up or bask there.

Up on that cliff holds his desire! He hopes. He's certain it's not a siren. It looks nothing like one, after all. It swims like one, but not in the sea, not in the waves like you're meant to. They swim in the clouds.

They've no scales, but they seem to have fins. Like a lionfish, perhaps? Or an anemone's tentacles. He wants to run a finger across them, he wants to feel them. Do they feel as soft as they look? When they spread them out as they swim through the clouds? He'll figure out one day. When they accept his courtship, that is.

Day one of courting the oceanflyer! Geralt spends hours making the most beautiful nest, complete with a tunnel-like grand feature in the middle. Geralt makes sure to decorate it with the prettiest most colorful things he could find. Berries, feathers, flowers, even some shiny scraps of metal he found on the edge of the forest, closer to a road where humans will travel through.

Then he sits, and he waits.

Day one of courting the skyswimmer! Jaskier has spent hours swimming elegantly along the sand, making a whimsical and intricate pattern in the sand. A circular nest, a mandala of sand, which he decorates with only the best shells and pebbles.

Then he swims to the surface, and he waits.

The oceanflyer has come! Geralt puffs up his feathers proudly and awaits the inevitable fawning. Except for that no reaction comes from the oceanflyer. He peeks down and finally notices that… Huh. He doesn't think the oceanflyer can even see the nest from where he is. Geralt is embarrassed, but then the oceanflyer beckons him down!

The skyswimmer has come! Jaskier fans out his fins and awaits the inevitable swooning. Except for that… No swooning. Not even a hand to the forehead. Jaskier glances down at the water, and realizes that the skyswimmer must not be able to see the nest from up above! He calls for him with a swing of his arm, and then grabs the oceanflyer and tries to bring him to the nest!

THE OCEANFLYER HATES HIM, HE HATES THE NEST! HE HATES HIM! Geralt can tell because he just tried to DROWN hiM!!! Geralt shrieked and flies away in an embarrassed panic. Clearly he needs a new strategy, this one greatly offended the oceanflyer.

THE SKYSWIMMER HATES HIM!!!! He hates the nest! He HATES him!!! He caught a glimpse of the nest under the water and was so offended at Jaskier's shabby work that he screamed and swam away back into the sky. He desperately needs to find some new scheme to try and make it up to the skyswimmer.

('short' version of prompt ends here)

Day two of courting the oceanflyer. Geralt must do better. He decides to present him with a gift, to show him how he can provide for him, even if they're different beings! He hunts a hare and puts it on a stick. After giving it to the oceanflyer, however, the oceanflyer leaves. Fuck- Did he think it was a threat?

Day three of courting the oceanflyer. Geralt tries a bold and risqué dance. He taps his feet, and waits for the oceanflyer to respond! But then he remembers the oceanflyer doesn't HAVE feet and once again he flies away in an embarrassed panic.

Day four of courting the oceanflyer. Geralt tries a different dance, he spreads out his wings and leaps in the air, spinning around until his back is to the ocean. He glances back and sees the oceanflyer has left. He sighs and mopes away, promising himself again that he'll try his best to do better.

Day five of courting the oceanflyer. He'll do an old classic. He's spent all morning preening his feathers and making sure they were shiny and orderly. He folds his wings in, and fans out his tail. The oceanflyer seems to be watching intently, before the oceanflyer lays back and fans his own tail out. Geralt is amazed by the beauty, but then starts to feel insecure. Perhaps the oceanflyer is saying that Geralt's tail isn't pretty enough for him? Hm. Geralt leaves, intent on trying something else.

Day six of courting the oceanflyer. Geralt doesn't mean to be presumptuous, but so far all his other signs have been misinterpreted. He needs one that will show that he means to COURT, that he is entranced by the oceanflyer and is trying to prove himself a good mate! Thus he finds the prettiest pebble he can find, and offers it by shyly dropping it into the water. The oceanflyer grabs the pebble, but then just disappears into the waters again.

Day seven. Geralt has given up. He can't charm the oceanflyer no matter how hard he tries. He's lamenting this fact as he perches on the cliff, and gazes down at the waters for the last time. The oceanflyer appears, and Geralt takes in the sight of him one last time before he goes to leave. But then he hears it- The oceanflyer is singing. A mating song! Geralt should've tried that ages ago! Geralt mimics the song in reply, peeking over the cliff, and sees the oceanflyer happier than he's ever seen him! Geralt finally got it right!

Day two of courting the skyswimmer. The skyswimmer drops a land animal down to him. Oh! It's food! The skyswimmer wants Jaskier to show he can provide and hunt for him! Jaskier dives down immediately, and hunts. He comes back, a large tuna proudly displayed on a stick of driftwood, but when he peeks up at the cliff again, he sees that the skyswimmer has left. He must've taken too long.

Day three of courting the skyswimmer. The skyswimmer has started a dance, and Jaskier tries his best to mimic it with his tail, but before he's even truly begun to reply, the skyswimmer has already swam away in the air again. Perhaps he's disappointed Jaskier doesn't have legs?…

Day four of courting the skyswimmer. Jaskier has arranged jewelry of pearls and shells, but when he surfaces, the Skyswimmer turns his back to him, dramatically enough that Jaskier can tell that the skyswimmer really wanted him to get this message. Jaskier can take a hint. The skyswimmer didn't want to see him. He was still angry with him for butchering the dance.

Day five of courting the skyswimmer. The skyswimmer is showing off his tail, and Jaskier realizes that he must be telling Jaskier the answer! Of course! Jaskier fans out his fins, and raises his tail out of the water, and strikes what he hopes is an alluring pose. The skyswimmer stares at him for a moment, but then he just leaves again. Jaskier slowly lowers his tail and frets. Perhaps his tail isn't pretty enough. The skyswimmer's tail was so gorgeous, perhaps Jaskier just truly doesn't come close to comparing.

Day six of courting the skyswimmer. Jaskier has applied sparkling oils and lotions to his tail, borrowed from members of his pod, and woke up early to make sure his tail was as beautiful as possible. He swims up to see the skyswimmer, and the skyswimmer gently nudges down a rock. Oh! He wants more pebbles in the nest! He HATED it the first day, but maybe it just didn't have enough pebbles! Jaskier grabs the pebble and goes to add immediately. He surfaces again, a few moments later, feeling very proud of himself, only to see that the skyswimmer has left again. He doesn't know what he's doing wrong.

Day seven. Jaskier is about ready to give up. He can't seem to charm the skyswimmer, no matter how hard he tries. But he'll give it one last attempt, before he says goodbye to this foolish fancy once and for all. He opens his mouth, but the skyswimmer is already leaving. He practiced for hours before coming! He can't've failed already! He sings the beginning of a song, before he sighs. He doesn't know why he thought it'd work. But then he hears it. A reply! The skyswimmer is replying! To his song! He finally got it right!

Jaskier is so ecstatic, he rambles in joy in the common chirps of his pod, and then in another language he'd learned, the common language of the humans nearby. "Yes! I've finally done it!"

The skyswimmer blinks at him, shocked, before he says- "..You know the human language?" "YOU know the human language!?"

[k-eke]

Behold the biggest baguette ever created 🥖

Not a gif but wanted to post it there since it's really long lol

(Seems Tumblr can't handle the power of this baguette!)

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Everyone finds his creepy-ass tactics as cute and “boys will be boys” esque. So yeah, he is terrifying.

Ah, yes, it had nothing to do with the fact that he was the leading huntsman, an authority keeping the town safe, or the fact that he was widely considered a catch, or because it was the 19th century.

It's just male privilege.

Gaston demonstrates that bullies are rewarded and beloved by society as long as they possess a certain set of characteristics, while nice people who don’t are ostracized.

This is absolutely hilarious to see after I've spent over a decade on this site, and seeing people here and on other popular sites doing precisely that for minorities and women.

Heck, even in this discussion, y'all seem to be boiling Gaston down to his sexism and nothing else.

[masterhallmark]

Rant incoming

I feel like the problem with a lot of Disney's live action remakes (and arguably Wish) is they're trying to appeal to a crowd that no longer exists, namely the people who used to claim that the Disney Princesses were sexist.

All the interviews tend to include, "Well she's not chasing a MAN anymore" which...almost no one sees the princesses like that, anymore. Virtually NO ONE still believes the princesses are man-chasing sexist caricatures of women.

Cinderella is now hailed as an abuse victim who stayed strong long enough to get help to get out of her situation. Anyone who says she should have saved herself is basically regarded as a victim blamer. And it's very clear in the film she wasn't looking to marry the prince, she just wanted a night off. She was the only one who wasn't in line to meet him. She didn't find out she met the prince until he went looking for her!

Snow White is now hailed for her negotiation skills, ability to calm down after extreme stress (she had a moment of panic and had to cry for a bit, but who wouldn't after finding out The Queen hired someone to kill you?), and ability to take charge of a house of adult men. And again, she was an abuse victim, this time trying to escape ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. While she dreamed of her prince, it was secondary to her main goal of SURVIVAL. There are also entire video essays about how Snow White gave hope to people during The Great Depression.

Everyone acknowledges that Ariel wanted to be human BEFORE meeting Eric. We all know she was a nerd hyperfixating on humans, and also standing up to her prejudiced father.

We understand Sleeping Beauty wasn't the main character, the Three Good Fairies were, AND PHILLIP WOULD NEVER HAVE BEATEN MALEFICENT WITHOUT THEM! He literally depended on them! WOMEN SAVED THE DAY! But even then, is it really such a sin for a girl to fantasize about romance and fall for someone with corny pickup lines?

We all understand Jasmine just wanted someone to treat her LIKE A PERSON. She rejected every Prince before Aladdin because they treated her like a prize. So why did they need her to want to be Sultan? How did that make her more feminist when she already wanted to be treated like an equal and have a say in her future? Is it only empowering if you want a career in politics?

We admire that Belle, despite living in a judgemental village, was kind to everyone (even though she found the village life dull), and her story teaches girls that the guy everyone else loves isn't always a good guy. What's sexist about teaching girls about red flags? And she didn't start being nice to The Beast until he started treating her with respect and kindness.

Do I really NEED to defend Mulan or Tiana? I think they speak for themselves.

Rapunzel was yet another abuse victim who just needed a little help to get out of her bad situation. In this case, she also needed to learn that she was an abuse victim, and that what Mother Gothel did WASN'T normal, much like many victims of gaslighting.

And don't get me started on the non-princess animals.

Perdita had a healthy relationship with Pongo to the point she was open to express her pregnancy fears to him, and was ready to TEAR APART Cruella's goons for daring to touch her puppies as well as adopting the other puppies. Like, she was so ferocious the goons mistook her for a hyena! She's basically that "I AM THAT GIRL'S MOTHER!" scene from SpyXFamily if Yor were a dog. She and her husband were a TEAM.....but they made a Cruella live action to turn her into a girlboss?! The literal animal abuser!? THAT'S the woman you wanted to put on a pedestal when Perdita was RIGHT THERE!?

Duchess kept her kittens calm after they had been catnapped and was classy as heck. Nice to everyone regardless of social class during a time period where that was uncommon.

Lady stood up to Tramp when she believed he had abandoned her and didn't really care about her. She found out he was a heartbreaker and was like, "Nuh uh. No. You are not doing that to me! You put me through enough."

Miss Bianca from The Rescuers was IN CHARGE the whole movie, and was willing to risk life and limb to save an innocent child. THAT TINY MOUSE TOOK ON ALLIGATORS! And she picked Bernard to accompany her because he was the only one who wasn't ogling her. And then in the sequel SHE DID IT ALL AGAIN! I wish I were as brave as her.

Like, the public haven't accused these ladies of being sexist caricatures since 2014 (Actresses and actors don't count, they're out of touch like the rest of Hollywood) yet Disney is operating under the assumption that the public still thinks that way, hence all the "sHe'S nOt AfTeR a MaN iN ThIs VeRsIOn" talk.

The live action remakes are trying to attract an audience that doesn't really exist much, anymore, and back when it did exist, was comprised mainly of people who didn't actually watch the films. The Disney princesses are no longer seen as sexist, and feminine qualities are no longer seen as weak or undesirable.

[princesssarisa]

In the past I've shared other people's musings about the different interpretations of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Namely, why Orpheus looks back at Eurydice, even though he knows it means he'll lose her forever. So many people seem to think they've found the one true explanation of the myth. But to me, the beauty of myths is that they have many possible meanings.

So I thought I would share a list of every interpretation I know, from every serious adaptation of the story and every analysis I've ever heard or read, of why Orpheus looks back.

One interpretation – advocated by Monteverdi's opera, for example – is that the backward glance represents excessive passion and a fatal lack of self-control. Orpheus loves Eurydice to such excess that he tries to defy the laws of nature by bringing her back from the dead, yet that very same passion dooms his quest fo fail, because he can't resist the temptation to look back at her.

He can also be seen as succumbing to that classic "tragic flaw" of hubris, excessive pride. Because his music and his love conquer the Underworld, it might be that he makes the mistake of thinking he's entirely above divine law, and fatally allows himself to break the one rule that Hades and Persephone set for him.

Then there are the versions where his flaw is his lack of faith, because he looks back out of doubt that Eurydice is really there. I think there are three possible interpretations of this scenario, which can each work alone or else co-exist with each other. From what I've read about Hadestown, it sounds as if it combines all three.

In one interpretation, he doubts Hades and Persephone's promise. Will they really give Eurydice back to him, or is it all a cruel trick? In this case, the message seems to be a warning to trust in the gods; if you doubt their blessings, you might lose them.

Another perspective is that he doubts Eurydice. Does she love him enough to follow him? In this case, the warning is that romantic love can't survive unless the lovers trust each other. I'm thinking of Moulin Rouge!, which is ostensibly based on the Orpheus myth, and which uses Christian's jealousy as its equivalent of Orpheus's fatal doubt and explicitly states "Where there is no trust, there is no love."

The third variation is that he doubts himself. Could his music really have the power to sway the Underworld? The message in this version would be that self-doubt can sabotage all our best efforts.

But all of the above interpretations revolve around the concept that Orpheus looks back because of a tragic flaw, which wasn't necessarily the view of Virgil, the earliest known recorder of the myth. Virgil wrote that Orpheus's backward glance was "A pardonable offense, if the spirits knew how to pardon."

In some versions, when the upper world comes into Orpheus's view, he thinks his journey is over. In this moment, he's so ecstatic and so eager to finally see Eurydice that he unthinkingly turns around an instant too soon, either just before he reaches the threshold or when he's already crossed it but Eurydice is still a few steps behind him. In this scenario, it isn't a personal flaw that makes him look back, but just a moment of passion-fueled carelessness, and the fact that it costs him Eurydice shows the pitilessness of the Underworld.

In other versions, concern for Eurydice makes him look back. Sometimes he looks back because the upward path is steep and rocky, and Eurydice is still limping from her snakebite, so he knows she must be struggling, in some versions he even hears her stumble, and he finally can't resist turning around to help her. Or more cruelly, in other versions – for example, in Gluck's opera – Eurydice doesn't know that Orpheus is forbidden to look back at her, and Orpheus is also forbidden to tell her. So she's distraught that her husband seems to be coldly ignoring her and begs him to look at her until he can't bear her anguish anymore.

These versions highlight the harshness of the Underworld's law, and Orpheus's failure to comply with it seems natural and even inevitable. The message here seems to be that death is pitiless and irreversible: a demigod hero might come close to conquering it, but through little or no fault of his own, he's bound to fail in the end.

Another interpretation I've read is that Orpheus's backward glance represents the nature of grief. We can't help but look back on our memories of our dead loved ones, even though it means feeling the pain of loss all over again.

Then there's the interpretation that Orpheus chooses his memory of Eurydice, represented by the backward glance, rather than a future with a living Eurydice. "The poet's choice," as Portrait of a Lady on Fire puts it. In this reading, Orpheus looks back because he realizes he would rather preserve his memory of their youthful, blissful love, just as it was when she died, than face a future of growing older, the difficulties of married life, and the possibility that their love will fade. That's the slightly more sympathetic version. In the version that makes Orpheus more egotistical, he prefers the idealized memory to the real woman because the memory is entirely his possession, in a way that a living wife with her own will could never be, and will never distract him from his music, but can only inspire it.

Then there are the modern feminist interpretations, also alluded to in Portrait of a Lady on Fire but seen in several female-authored adaptations of the myth too, where Eurydice provokes Orpheus into looking back because she wants to stay in the Underworld. The viewpoint kinder to Orpheus is that Eurydice also wants to preserve their love just as it was, youthful, passionate, and blissful, rather than subject it to the ravages of time and the hardships of life. The variation less sympathetic to Orpheus is that Euyridice was at peace in death, in some versions she drank from the river Lethe and doesn't even remember Orpheus, his attempt to take her back is selfish, and she prefers to be her own free woman than be bound to him forever and literally only live for his sake.

With that interpretation in mind, I'm surprised I've never read yet another variation. I can imagine a version where, as Orpheus walks up the path toward the living world, he realizes he's being selfish: Eurydice was happy and at peace in the Elysian Fields, she doesn't even remember him because she drank from Lethe, and she's only following him now because Hades and Persephone have forced her to do so. So he finally looks back out of selfless love, to let her go. Maybe I should write this retelling myself.

Are any of these interpretations – or any others – the "true" or "definitive" reason why Orpheus looks back? I don't think so at all. The fact that they all exist and can all ring true says something valuable about the nature of mythology.

[shpepyao]

sea wormy thingy that overtakes bodies of foolish mortals to travel on land

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I never argue in the notes (or DMs), because a) it's terrible for writing or reading any sort of detailed argument, and b) I prefer to argue publicly, so both parties can be held accountable. Including me.

I'm not sure why you think that's more cowardly than hiding in the notes to sneer at people who won't see your criticism.

I also didn't particularly care if you responded or not. I wanted to criticize your argument, full stop. Then I stopped really caring.

Which is why I'm about to turn off notifications.

I'm not actually morally obliged to notify the people I'm talking about, just like you aren't, and didn't.

pirates of the caribbean really introduced an eldritch octopus man who kills indiscriminately and torments the dead as their poster villain and then you watch the movies and it's like, "oh no, actually the worst villain in this series is a small white british man who functions as the herald of capitalism" and that was very very brave of them

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[bedupolker]

Limerence & Lust: Part 2, Limerence and Lust practice self care

Part 0

Part 1

Part 2.5

[r0sie-bun]

Leaked Volume 19 omake (?)

(I’m trying to get better at Fujimoto’s style lol)

[siryouarebeingmocked]

It's interesting how you say there was systemic prejudice against men from both inside and outside the actual industry, but your final paragraph implies the problem was with the men themselves, as if they're morally obligated to fight the entire system.

And if they don't - as many women and minorities also have not - it's their own fault for not trying hard enough.

For folding when the deck is stacked against them.

Do you know what "victim-blaming" is?

Did you know that traditionalist roles for men also say they should be willing to endlessly sacrifice to benefit others?

I'm not sure why it would seem reasonable to imply someone should go through a lot of time, money, and effort* - which they probably won't even have to spare - just to be allowed to do the job they wanted to in the first place, and it's their own fault if they don't.

Especially in a field that relies heavily on word of mouth.

I really can't imagine Sisyphus happy in that scenario.

*Not to mention potential backlash from all the people they're fighting against. Who will outnumber and "out-muscle" the man by a lot.

Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (Celeste Davis, Oct 6 2024)

"White flight is a term that describes how white people move out of neighborhoods when more people of color move in.

White flight is especially common when minority populations become the majority. That neighborhood then declines in value.

Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued.

Take veterinary school for example:

In 1969 almost all veterinary students were male at 89%.

By 1987, male enrollment was equal to female at 50%.

By 2009, male enrollment in veterinary schools had plummeted to 22.4%

A sociologist studying gender in veterinary schools, Dr. Anne Lincoln says that in an attempt to describe this drastic drop in male enrollment, many keep pointing to financial reasons like the debt-to-income ratio or the high cost of schooling.

But Lincoln’s research found that “men and women are equally affected by tuition and salaries.”

Her research shows that the reason fewer men are enrolling in veterinary school boils down to one factor: the number of women in the classroom.

For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied.

One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition! (…)

Since males had dominated these professions for centuries, you would think they would leave slowly, hesitantly or maybe linger at 40%, 35%, 30%, but that’s not what happens.

Once the tipping point reaches majority female- the men flee. And boy do they flee!

It’s a slippery slope. When the number of women hits 60% the men who are there make a swift exit and other men stop joining.

Morty Schapiro, economist and former president of Northwestern University has noticed this trend when studying college enrollment numbers across universities:

“There’s a cliff you fall off once you become 60/40 female/male. It then becomes exponentially more difficult to recruit men.”

Now we’ve reached that 60% point of no return for colleges.

As we’ve seen with teachers, nurses and interior design, once an institution is majority female, the public perception of its value plummets.

Scanning through Reddit and Quora threads, many men seem to be in agreement - college is stupid and unnecessary.

A waste of time and money. You’re much better off going into the trades, a tech boot camp or becoming an entrepreneur. No need for college. (…)

When mostly men went to college? Prestigious. Aspirational. Important.

Now that mostly women go to college? Unnecessary. De-valued. A bad choice. (…)

School is now feminine. College is feminine. And rule #1 if you want to safely navigate this world as a man? Avoid the feminine.

But we don’t seem to want to talk about that."

[ydotome]

Toya Todoroki “Dabi” (荼毘/轟燈矢) - Boku no Hero Academia - Episode 146

[mafleur]

花、コーヒー、詩

✿ バネ͏ ⋅ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺

soundtrack of a peaceful, act one: ͏i. the garden dream. ii. galeria do tempo. iii. blizzard iv. forgive and forget. v. bicycle.͏

𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗆 𝄒 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖾 ⒌ 𝙿𝙸𝚉𝚉𝙰

𝗈𝗉𝗎𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍ㅤㅤ𝓵𝗈𝗏𝖾ㅤㅤ...ㅤㅤ她;ㅤㅤ﹫𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖼𝖾.

𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾ㅤㅤ{...}ㅤㅤ東京、ㅤㅤ日本ㅤㅤ⳻ㅤㅤ𝗏.𝗅𝗈𝗀¹

𝖺ㅤㅤ𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍ㅤㅤ𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾ㅤㅤ♡ㅤㅤ𝖻𝗒ㅤㅤ𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲.

日付───𝒊.ㅤ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏͏𝗌𝗇𝗎𝗀ㅤ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏𐫅ㅤ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏♥︎ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ㅤ𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.

soundtrack of a peaceful, act two: i. perfume. ii. forest. iii. chum iv. love like that (words from her). v. fences. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

𝗀𝗂𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗅,ㅤㅤ✿︎ㅤㅤ𝖽𝖾⠀⠀꽃잎ㅤㅤ𝖾𝗇ㅤㅤ𝖾𝗉𝗂́𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖺.

𝖿𝖾𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗌ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝗌𝖾̀𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𓂃ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝖺𝗋𝖻𝗋𝖾.

𝗌𝗈𝗎𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝗍,ㅤㅤ𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗎𝖾ㅤㅤ𝖽𝖾ㅤㅤ“ㅤㅤ♡ㅤㅤ”

𝗈𝗁!ㅤㅤ𝗄𝗄𝗈𝖼𝗁ㅤㅤ성ㅤㅤ(𝗌𝗍.),ㅤㅤ𝖿𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗁ㅤㅤ𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗎𝖾.

𝖿𝖾𝖾́𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗈ㅤㅤ𓄹𓈒ㅤㅤ𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖽𝗈ㅤㅤ๑ㅤㅤ왕국.