#stop this ride I want to get off

[angelicsentinel]

Wait wait wait wait. You're telling me that Utah, USA actually banned fluoride in drinking water.

[lyledebeast]

Aren't there enough calamities in the 2020s without me opening up entertainment news and finding new Mel Gibson roles?

Somehow, Palpatine has returned.

[pitterpatkittycat]

plot twist: 2026 is less than a year away 🫠

[me reading the scripts of things that won't be out until 2026] oh man that's gonna make a great meme

[athingofvikings]

That historian moment when you're writing about an Empire that fell into decline after a golden age because the new Emperor...

...was only interested in his entertainments...

...engaged in disproportionate cruelties towards those he felt disrespected him...

....let the social, political, and economic elites of the Empire run wild and destroy any and all legal regulations against their corruption and self-aggrandizement...

...allowed those aristocrats to privatize imperial lands for their own estates, increasing their wealth and power while hollowing out the economic backbone of the empire...

...and in the end, the Empire went from one of the great powers in the region to a near rump-state in less than a generation.

And that moment when the new Emperor came to power?

'25.

1025, to be exact.

I'm talking about the Byzantine Empire exactly a thousand years ago.

In 1024, the Empire had a standing army of 300,000 and a surplus in the Treasury.

By 1040, it had less than 50,000, the majority of them foreign mercenaries, and the coinage was debased, with the economy collapsing after a succession of idiot Emperors (one of whom might have been an actual con artist, in that he was reputed to have been a coin forger prior to his elevation). The main power had been, for most of the prior decade, a palace eunuch who had been maneuvering his brothers into positions of authority where he puppeted them.

And by 1080, the Empire had lost 2/3rds of its territory from 1025.

Pardon me while I go scream a bit...

[alistair-blackwood]

for my money, labru is head and shoulders above other ships involving them simply due to the unmatched yap potential, i imagine them feeding off each other's energy like they're slipstreaming in mario kart until they start going fast enough to break the sound barrier

[crosseyednpainless]

i always thought i could be the one though i feel the endless pain of being and i am scorched by the sun

[nancywheeeler]

being the perfect combo of tired, hungry, sad, and on your period that one slightly mean comment from a stranger is guaranteed to throw off the entire rest of your day

[technoturian]

IRVING'S GONE DYLAN'S LEAVING EVEN MISS HUANG IS LEAVING MILCHICK IS RETHINKING HIS CAREER

WHO IS GONNA BE LEFT FOR NEXT SEASON

[nice-bright-colors]

Sunday Seven

Because it’s been a while.

I stayed in my sweat pants all day, it has also been a ‘no shower Sunday’. Shit like that happens after a 66 hour work week.

Today I planned out next week, since I’m not traveling it should be slow and even paced. Although, I’m still packing plenty of stuff to get done. Why?

February was an absolute pain in my balls month of work, people, family, travel, news cycle BS, etc….

I’m hopeful that March will be less of a pain, and me refocusing my energy and efforts to not get sucked into all the swirling drama.

Here’s to wishing for the Ides of March to return in a vicious way. I’m looking at you Senators, feel free to get a little stabby.

Only you can provide stability in your life. I need to get back into my routines and stop with the excuses. Short Shit month is over.

It would also help if I had some sort of idea what’s coming into my work lane in the 2nd half of the year. I guess having organization and a plan is too much to ask for from this dysfunction junction company.

[allastoredeer]

Not me making an outline for a fic, knowing it's going to be a fairly long one, and expecting 2,000-3,000 words tops (maybe 4,000 if I'm being detailed. 5,000 if I'm being SUPER detailed)

ONLY TO BE AT 7,000 WORDS AND STILL GOING

This is only supposed to be the outline. Not even the rough draft. I'm just putting down the most basic series of events the stories is going to follow, and I'm still hashing this thing out at 7,000 words. I haven't even reached the middle yet.

Fuck me and my natural inclination towards long and complex plots.

But goddamn am I having fun with this.

One day I'm going to figure out how to write sweet and simple one-shots. I'm going to figure out how to make a short story.

But until then, enjoy my gigantic, monstrosity of fanworks. If you have commitment issues, unfollow me now, cuz all of my shit is long-term.

[orcelito]

So the thing about me getting more used to driving is that I have discovered that I am, in fact, a speeder. Primarily on the highway. Less so when I'm making a bunch of turns, bc turns still scare me. But me hangin out in the fast lane thru the whole highway drive and getting annoyed at 2 trucks blocking my way for 10 mins so I had to go five Under... idk going faster means less time spent in the car and I'm going straight Anyways. So like whatever lol

[disastermovie]

can everything just stop. i need it to Stop. for all of us

[crowtrobotx]

could things PLEASE stop happening to me

[phagodyke]

wanted to go to the gym social tn but as I was getting my stuff together to go out, a friend said smth that rly pissed me off and now I'm too fucking angry to go out. fucks sake man