#post modern life

[entropieogchaos]

Murder Mayhem Suicide

We're not talking enough about the ONE thing all these mass murderers seem to have in common. No matter their background, ethnicity, gender, etc... they are ALL suicidal.

Maybe what we need to start talking about is why so many people in our society have become violently suicidal.

[inkedwingss]

i need 48hrs in my day

warm regards

[unofficialchronicle]

The Instagram Effect

BBC documentary (~1 hour long) on Instagram, the way it works, and the way it effects people. Trigger warning: (please look into the trigger warnings of this documentary more fully before you decide to watch it!) I will mention here at least that it contains multiple conversations related to mental health that were emotionally effecting, including a few graphic details. Please practice lots of self care if you decide to engage with this important but difficult movie. If you choose to watch this film, here a link to it below. 

Link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lcuqc 

[houseyin00]

something something House Talis is the definition of found family

[homefryboy]

when I see ppl like "wow tom kenny voices ice king AND simon?? the range" I hafta stifle a lil anime chuckle bc like he also voices all these guys just in adventure time

etc, etc, etc

[orphiclovers]

The thing about Kim Dokja is that his 'salaryman normal guy' appearance is just as much a false persona as 'monstorous Demon King of Salvation' or 'calm and cool leader of kimcom'.

Despite what he tells us at the beginning (and since when do we take his narration as trustworthy?), he wasn't ever just a normal, boring person, despite his best efforts. He tells us the 'genre of his life' was 'Realism', but if a life could be said to have a genre, his was definitely 'True Crime'.

It's so interesting that even pre-scenarios, he thought of the world in the terms of 'genres' and the people around him as 'characters' (like Yoo Sangah) because of course he would! Even if we discount the way he spends all his time reading and how that shapes how he sees the world, he himself has been a character in his mother's novel and 'a character' is how people see him too. He says he read that novel a thousand times to try and understand his memories until he didn't know what was true anymore. He knows the character Kim Dokja too.

And everyone knew about his past.

Everywhere he went, he was 'the son of a murderer', someone to be gawked at and whispered about.

No one has ever seen him as 'just an average guy' because Underground Killer haunted him every step of the way. Reporters. At school. Even years later at the company he and Yoo Sangah worked at, the rumours of his past had spread (Yoo Sangah was one of the few people who didn't know).

The lack of privacy and stigma that has followed him everywhere is part of why he resents his mother for writing that novel.

Pre-scenarios, he is less similar to you and me than to the families of 'famous serial killers' that get podcasts and documentaries and books written about them and who's private lives are torn apart by media. I'm not naming names, but you already know them.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

putting my prediction on record now that the coming decade is going to see the rise of viral-marketed fancy at-home water filtration systems, driving and driven by a drastic reduction in the quality of U.S. tap water (given that we are in a 'replacement era' where our current infrastructure is reaching the end of its lifespan--but isn't being replaced). also guessing that by the 2030s access to drinkable tap water will be a mainstream class issue, with low-income & unstably housed people increasingly forced to rely on expensive bottled water when they can't afford the up-front cost of at-home filtration--and with this being portrayed in media as a "moral failing" and short-sighted "choice," rather than a basic failure of our political & economic systems. really hope i'm just being alarmist, but plenty of this already happens in other countries, and the U.S. is in a state of decline, so. here's praying this post ages into irrelevance. timestamped April 2023

[gomzdrawfr]

content warning: angst, major character death (MCD), blood(in grey)

say my name

[potatosaresweet]

hello my name is hua cheng and i have long ebony black hair with a braid and a coral bead tied at the end of it and an icy black eye like a limpid tear and a lot of people tell me i look like Xie Lian. Im not related to the Crown Prince or anything but i wish i was cause he's a major fucking hottie. Im a ghost but i can fake a heartbeat.Im also a Calamity and i rule the city of ghosts called Ghost City. Im a goth(in case you couldn't tell) but i wear mostly red. For example today i was wearing a red robe with matching lace around it and black pants, silver jewellery and combat boots. I was wearing red eyeliner, red eyeshadow and white foundation. I was walking around Ghost City. Its was snowing and raining and there was no sun, which I was very happy about. A bunch of heavenly officials stared at me. I put my middle finger up at them.

[s0fter-sin]

soap's whole deal being sniper and demolitions gets me going bc on the surface they sound so different but when you get into it, you realise it's bc soap's smart

sniping is all math; calculating distances and wind interference and bullet drop. something i think people overlook is he was listed as a sniper first so it can be implied that he's better at it than demolitions. he does more sniping in both campaigns than demolitions work; in capture or kill, ghost specifically calls on him to take down the aq snipers

and demolitions is math with a hit of chemistry; knowing what mixes with what, knowing how much to use, recognising environmental factors and adjusting accordingly. it's not just about the boom; so much work goes into contained/ planned explosions. especially when having enough power for a breacher charge and not bringing down the whole building is the difference between mission success and failure

the chemical bombs he makes in alone can't just be any old cleaners, they have to have the correct reaction to each other; he just knew off the top of his head what would mix with what to create what reaction. he would also potentially have to recognise them by sight/smell bc they would’ve been written in spanish

soap would also have to know architecture; recognising structural integrity and weak points so he knows exactly where to plant a charge to bring it down and how it'll come down

he has an incredible soldier's mind people just forget that bc he's sociable which itself is a skill

we know he tends to buck against orders he doesn't agree with like when he pushes back against ghost in capture or kill and shepherd when he tells them to release hassan

he gets closer to people and sees if he can trust them and that's when he follows them without question. really think about how he talks to alejandro and rudy; he asks about their home and alejandro's family and rudy's relationship with him. those aren't questions you ask a stranger after a few hours of knowing them. that's not even touching on his relationship with ghost

he also deliberately brings people of higher ranks down to his level; talking informally with ghost and giving him a shoulder punch, addressing alejandro (a colonel!!) by his first name and rudy by his nickname despite literally just meeting them. he personalises all of them and it’s in direct opposition to the reason most characters do that; it’s not due to insubordination or lack of respect, the more he respects and trusts someone, the more casual he is with them

he digs into people; he wants to know what makes them tick and that determines if he can one, trust them and two, follow their orders. once he decides that, he's the ultimate soldier; he bleeds loyalty which makes him vicious when that loyalty is taken for granted

he isn't naive or bubbly or insecure; he's an incredibly smart and aware soldier. he's aggressive and bloodthirsty and loyal and intuitive and i love him so much

[assorted-aesthetics]

im actually still thinking about jadzia and worf. it's the centering of female desire. it's her wanting him in secret and also never doubting how desirable she was. her making the first move and it being so over for him. it's how career driven and competent they both are. it's them literally sparring together. the way she never bent on her boundaries and the self respect she had but they both learned to compromise. how much they both grew together. his obsession with the wedding planning. how we see jadzia be loving and silly and flirty and confident from the start but we never see her as giddy and obscenely horny and human as when she was with worf. how worf literally fucking blooms into a better, happier version of himself with her. they're THE couple.

[magnoliamyrrh]

that post about how traumatized people are expected to censor their own experiences reminds me of how when people with visible deformities or scarring post selfies, people will get mad at them and go “this could be triggering!! tw body horror!”

people need to develop a sense of shame for their own hypersensitivity and sheltered coddled lives. being shielded from the realities of other peoples lives is not a human right. if you dont wanna see scarred people then avoid looking at photos. if you dont wanna know about peoples life experiences don’t talk to them. I hate this shit so much. “You owe it to me to hide the evidence of your suffering because thinking about it makes me bummed out!!” I lived through the actual experience, I think you’ll survive witnessing the fact that I survived. jesus christ

sry for late reply but this is so damn real i still think abt this all the time. "i lived through the actual experience, i think you'll survive witnessing the fact that i survived" bars tbh. very well put into words

[buff-muffin]

Dear, Lawlu shippers.

I am not that big into shipping, in general. But nothing will stop fanfiction and curiosity. I am writing to you all today to ask if any of you have any recommendations for good slow burn Lawlu fics. I’m looking the most leg kicking, pillow hugging, soul squealing fluff of watching idiots fall in love I want to see HOW people see them falling. I don’t want to be told they’re in love I want to see it. So please give me recommendations I beg of you.

Kindest regards.

[meowmeowriley]

Soap, after a particularly difficult to handle mission: "You alright, Lt.?"

Ghost: "Hmmm? Oh. I'll be fine."

Soap: "You sure? That'd mess anybody up."

Ghost: "Yeah, I'm fine. I have to be. I have to win."

Soap: "Win?"

Ghost: "Yeah, I've realized that I'm an elder emo now. And if I persist long enough, at some point I will be the eldest emo. I'll win."

Soap, more concerned now than ever: "...Riiiiight... good... it's good to have goals..."

[oncanvas]

Still Life with Apples, Paul Cézanne, 1893-94

Oil on canvas 65.4 x 81.6 cm (25 ¾ x 32 ⅛ in.) J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA

[oceanwithouthermoon]

kusuo saiki is the type of guy to walk into his crush's room and go "thats a nice tv. bet you got a really good deal on it." and think that thats flirting