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romance books used to be all about marrying 6'1 millionaire cowboys and now they're all about marrying 6'5 billionaire cowboys. because of inflation
#this is something I've noticed especially the height#people used to say like 6'2 or even just 6' as like the ideal male height#i even read a few more literary romance novels (Mary balough) for market research for a thing#where the hero was noted to be of 'medium height'#and the heroine notes that he is only a bit taller than she is from like the 90s#now I feel like the 'hot guy height' people immediately go to is like 6'4#i think at first hyperbolic but now i feel like the platonic ideal of a hot man height has been raised to that#i suppose humans are getting taller but not at that rate I'm pretty sure 5'9 is still the average American male height#and for the record this isn't an average height men are doomed post and they should probably stop bitching unless they're like 5'3 or below#in which case i understand it would be difficult to be shorter than the average American woman and i grant them leave to bitch just a littl#but not too much because they're not doomed actually#and I've got to say to be perfectly honest (and maybe this is because my dad is over 6ft and left this impression)#MEN WHO ARE VERY TALL ARE SO CLUMSY AND INELEGANT AND SHAMBLING#THEY JUST CLUMP AROUND AND BEND DOWN WEIRDLY AND ITS NOT FUN TO WATCH#people who are more compact are more graceful this is a universal truth. it applies to like female ballerinas and cowboy billionaires alike
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It's crazy how popular Naruto is. Like damn, every comment section of every video/reel has someone with a Naruto user name. And Naruto gifs in the comment section hahaha. If it's a dog with its owner video, Kiba gifs. If it's a snake video, Orochimaru gifs. All garbage videos have Sakura gifs. Every single crow video I have checked out, and I love crows so I have seen a lot, has Itachi dissolving into crows and disappearing gif lol. All the running videos have the Naruto run gif. If it's a video about someone getting yeeted, Pain sending Hinata flying gifs. If it's a fox video, Kurama gifs. All shark videos have Kisame gifs. All emo type videos/songs/fashion videos have either Sasuke or Pain gifs in their comment sections. All ramen videos have Naruto slurping ramen gifs. All wholesome teacher student videos have Naruto and Jiraiya gifs in their comment sections, and people upvote them with the intensity of me slathering butter on my toast. It's PERSONAL.
I am sure I am missing a lot. But over the years, I have seen Naruto to be more popular than any other anime. How could it be more evident? You will find Naruto fans posting Naruto shit in videos that seemingly have nothing to do with any of it but they will find a connection AND get upvoted lol. Like yes, I see One piece characters, I see Dragonball a lot because it's naturally so meme worthy lol, I see Pokemon, Gintama, Sailor Moon, but Naruto surpasses everyone in terms of visibility. It transcends every class, religion, region, caste, and demographics.
I nerd out freely on a lot of subjects online which covers a lot of ground, and I can tell you Naruto fans are all invasive, they spread faster than mould in the rainy season. I am now beginning to see JJK fans but they are mostly in comment sections of thirst trap type videos, not very widely traveled. Hehehe. And one can see why, Gege has facilitated it with such aplomb after all. But it just doesn't compare to Naruto in terms of visibility of fans.
Naruto fans would post the dumbest shit with so much confidence, it's adorable. No it really is, it shows their conviction in Naruto. This is what it inspires. Unflinching, iron clad loyalty even in the face of ridicule and potential discrimination. Hahaha. This show has something for everyone. You can relate deeply with one or the other character, you root for them and you cry for them. You rage and you laugh and sometimes you get so annoyed , you throw your slipper at the tv screen. You go absolutely insane and willingly remain insane with pride in your face. Like the hot red glowing passion. I would do a lot of things before starting an argument with an Itachi fanboy on Insta.
I could always pivot this whole thing to bring it back to my punchline - Do you still think something like this be accidental?
But this post isn't about that. It's really about appreciating what Kishi has given us. Again, as an adjunct I can also lament about how its legacy is being superlatively clusterfucked by Boruto, especially after its recent developments (the fuck was that about Himawari radiating Kurama's chakra, wtactualf??), but again, this post isn't about that.
Behold Naruto. It's not a show, it's a litmus test. If this show didn't fuck you up a little bit, it's because you have had it easy. There's a reason why there are so many Naruto fans in the world and why they don't give a fuck anymore.
Cue Evil Laughter.
#this post might seem a little hyperbolic and maybe it is#but its not that far from the truth#naruto#naruto fandom#kishimoto#i love you kishimoto even though i have enough reason to hate you as well#you know what you did...
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Is the video game really subverting its genre? Are you sure it's not just doing clever things within its genre, because otherwise the game would be boring and unchallenging and say nothing interesting? I'm just saying, it's cool and all that the internet allows horror game fandoms to overflow into eachother, but not EVERY 2 hour video essay needs to be spent breathlessly sucking off the devs. Sometimes a game is just REGULAR difficult and REGULAR high-quality.
Besides RPGs made over a decade ago, what is the thing supposedly subverting? Clearly not other contemporary indie horror games, because there is clearly a convergent ethos forming of cosmic horror and beginners' traps; that's just what the genre looks like nowadays.
#pathologic#fear and hunger#inscryption#in general I just hate overly reverent video essays; you guys ruined Airbender for me#this is NOT me hating on Pathologic!#Icepick is a good studio; their story is interesting their characters are well written#introducing needs decay mechanics into a first-person adventure game is a good idea; I just wouldn't call it “subversive”#this IS me hating a little bit on Patho fans just because I think hyperbole about the game's difficulty is tedious#and distracts from an equally valid conversation about what you get if you approach the game like a sandbox#I get it the algorithm incentivizes youtubers to talk about every new game like it's a complete departure from what came before#but if everything is special nothing is#and i swear if one more person tries to read me HP Lovecraft's wikipedia page like i was born yesterday im going to scream#Just saying; if fucking with the player's expectations is all it takes to be “subversive” then Stick of Truth is “subverting its genre”#except... no... Stick of Truth is a bog standard RPG just with a quirky tutorial#and creative integration of its off-beat story and mechanics RIGHT??#my point is Patho and F&H aren't actually much different; they still play like RPGs still handle like RPGs#the fact that you die more than you would in COD or Skyrim or whatever doesn't make it the “anti-RPG”#anymore than Seinfeld was the “anti-sitcom”#“subversiveness” is just a basic bitch way to analyze things; and I think “How does the art take ADVANTAGE of its genre?” is better#media criticism
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obi-wan is so:
#but more with ahsoka than anakin because anakin is a wild child#about obi-wan: (a collection of half truths and hyperbole.)
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Remember Me - a small Bad Batch fic
Y'all I'm causing pain right before the premiere tomorrow, don't come for me 😭 I also haven't written in a long while, and I wrote this super fast. Just something I thought of based on a post I posted last week while listening to the song of the same name. This fic takes place during Season 2, so hope you like it!
also up on AO3
There were so many stars in space, Omega wished she could count all of them. The view from her makeshift room–normally the gunner’s loft of the ship–was stunning as always.
Omega sat in the gunner’s seat, holding Lula close and observing the view of space. She remembered the first time she had gotten to see space all those months ago, the way the tiny white stars twinkled in the vast darkness. Her eyes sparkled with wonder, her heart leaping with delight.
The Batch had just finished up another mission Cid had sent them on, and it was a long way back to Ord Mantell. Omega could hear Wrecker’s snores from her room. He knocked out pretty easily after long tiring missions. Tech and Echo were likely keeping a watch on the ship’s controls, and Hunter was making sure everything was in order before the jump to hyperspace. She could even hear Gonky making some small noises as he listened to her brothers.
Flashes of blue streaked her room’s window, the ship now entering hyperspace. Omega stepped down from the gunner’s seat, sitting herself down on the makeshift bed Wrecker had made for her. Holding Lula, she laid down on her back, staring at the golden string lights that lit up her room. The lights made her blond hair glow, and Omega felt comfortable in here. Away from a dark room. Away from a dark laboratory.
“Comfortable in here?”
Omega looked up to see Hunter giving her a soft smile, leaning his arm against the sides of the room. Omega sat up, crossing her legs and setting Lula aside next to her. “Yeah. Getting a little tired though.”
Hunter let out a soft chuckle. “Get some rest. The others will be getting some shut eye too. I’ll be on watch duty this time.”
Omega nodded, her eyes starting to shut. Hunter closed the curtain, the curtain rings making a small creaking sound as they glided. She laid back down, pulling her blanket over her and tucking in Lula, letting sleep capture her for the trip back home.
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Omega’s eyes opened to a foggy view, and she was definitely no longer inside her room, or the ship. She listened for any snores or voices, but couldn’t hear any.
“Hello?”
Her tiny voice echoed in the fog. Omega couldn’t see anything either as she tried to navigate herself through the thick fog. “Hunter! Echo! Tech! Anyone?”
A ceiling light lit up in front of Omega, followed by a line of lights that yearned for her to come after. Omega arched her eyebrow, following the lights. She still couldn’t see anything, but the fog was starting to thin out.
Lights to Omega’s left and right appeared, displaying large tubes. Omega could easily recognize them. They were just like the ones she saw growing up in Nala Se’s lab. Even in the secret rooms Nala Se would take her to when the Kaminoan needed her for specific help.
Omega’s heart rate began to grow. She always hated the labs, reminding her of how scary her life was since she was born. It was always wires, tubes, and injection needles, never any warm hugs or toys to play with.
She kept on walking under the lights, beginning to see unknown figures inside the tubes. Omega looked away and held her arms together, refusing to see all of that again. She didn’t want to be here anymore, wherever this place was.
Up ahead, a light appeared larger than the rest, displaying a control panel in front of her. Omega walked up to the control panel, which looked exactly like one of the panels inside Nala Se’s underwater lab. A small button was glowing in white, flashing every second. Omega couldn’t help but press the button out of curiosity, and she wished she hadn’t.
The button caused a larger light to switch on, revealing five large tubes in front of her. Each one of them had one of her brothers inside, hooked up with tubes. Even Crosshair was there, asleep inside the tube’s liquid.
Omega trembled, stepping away from the panel. “No, no…” Her lips trembled, tears coming out of her eyes.
“I’m sorry, young one.” A strange voice completely unfamiliar to Omega spoke from the darkness. But there was no figure to be seen.
“But they have to leave you. They can’t be with you anymore.”
“No,” Omega whimpered. She wanted to run towards them, do anything to set them free. Something grabbed ahold of Omega, preventing her from moving. The unknown force pulled her away, and Omega could see wires wrapping around her bare arms. All Omega could do was scream.
“NO!”
“Kid?”
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“Kid!”
Omega woke up with a jolt, her hands shaking. She was back in her warmly lit room. Omega realized it was a nightmare. A really scary one.
Hunter laid his hand gently on Omega’s soft hair, helping her sit up. His enhanced senses had sensed Omega whimpering in her sleep, almost sobbing. “Breathe.”
Omega’s eyes welled up with tears, still in shock from the nightmare. She looked up at Hunter, letting him see her glistening eyes that were full of fear. She pushed herself into Hunter’s arms, sniffling.
Hunter held her, letting her cry it out. “It’s okay. It was just a bad dream.”
Omega lifted herself off Hunter’s armor, wiping her tears away. “It felt real. All of you were in tubes, and I couldn’t save you.�� She broke into more tears. “I was alone.”
Hunter let her continue crying, pulling her into another embrace. He knew what it felt like to have those dreams. Fearing his brothers were ever pulled into those tubes as failed test subjects. Continued experiments until their blood was drained from their bodies. He never wanted them to come true.
“I don’t want to lose any of you, ever,” Omega mumbled.
Hunter had made that same promise to her all the time. At her young age, she had a lot of hope. But reality is something she has to learn.
“Omega,” Hunter began, putting his hands on her shoulders. “It’s alright, we’re here for you now. But you know we can’t always be. We age faster than you, and death is something everyone has to face in this world, not just a soldier. It is hard, but you have to remember all of the memories. When that time comes, will you be brave and remember what we taught you?”
Omega looked down for a few seconds, then back up at Hunter. She was the only one here who aged normally, since they were designed to age faster for the army to grow quickly. She nodded. Omega never wanted them to leave her, but she was slowly understanding the lesson Hunter was trying to teach her.
“Come here.” Hunter pulled Omega into his lap, handing her Lula. He stroked her hair and began singing the lullaby Cut had taught him.
Remember me though I have to say goodbye
Remember me, don't let it make you cry
For even if I'm far away, I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart
Omega was lured back into sleep, holding Lula close and embracing the warmth in Hunter’s arms as he sang. Everything was okay within this moment, and she was safe.
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Hunter remembered the last night he had sung that lullaby to Omega. She had grown to love that lullaby, wanting Hunter to sing it for her many times before she went to bed.
The ship was quiet while traveling through hyperspace. The others were in the front of the ship, silent while thinking about the loss they had just faced. Tech was gone, and now Omega was taken.
Everything that replayed in Hunter’s mind was when he saw that Imperial ship leaving with Omega inside. The tears that welled up in his eyes while seeing his little sister being taken from him.
He laid back in his chair, remembering the smiles Omega had on her face.
“Sing me the lullaby again! Please!”
Tears grew in Hunter’s eyes again. He closed them, breathing in as he began to sing again.
Remember me though I have to travel far
Remember me each time you hear a sad guitar
Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be
Until you're in my arms again
Hunter felt like he could hear a tiny voice singing with his broken vocals.
Remember me.
#@half-truths-and-hyperbole-louk#bad batch#the bad batch#the bad batch omega#the bad batch hunter#tbb#the bad batch wrecker#the bad batch tech#the bad batch echo#the bad batch crosshair#star wars tbb#bad batch clones#star wars the bad batch#clone force 99#the bad batch series#star wars#omega the bad batch
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I guess the so-called Christians in the US don't really give a damn about this because these Christians aren't white. Or they are just so desperate for their delusional "rapture" that they are fine with turning a blind eye. It is their permanent position after all.
#Christian hypocrisy at its finest#palm sunday#jerusalem#catholic church#apartheid#save palestine#ethnic cleansing#israel is an apartheid state#seek truth#free palestine 🇵🇸#genocide#illegal occupation#israel is committing genocide#israeli war crimes#christian poc dont count#israel is a terrorist state#zionism is nazism for the 21st century#no hyperbole needed#dome of the rock
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Truthful hyperbole’ is a contradiction in terms. It’s a way of saying, ‘It’s a lie, but who cares?’
Tony Schwartz
#quotes#Tony Schwartz#thepersonalwords#literature#life quotes#prose#lit#spilled ink#alternative-facts#compulsive-liar#contradiction#contradictory#deceit#donald-trump#donald-trump-quotes#grandiosity#hyperbole#liar#lies#lying#lying-to-others#pathological-liar#self-aggrandizing#self-deception#truthful-hyperbole
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https://www.attitude.co.uk/uncategorised/liam-payne-talks-homophobia-accusations-and-gay-1d-fan-fiction-in-attitude-archive-interview-292644/
To this day, Liam was the only one of the 1D men on the cover of a gay magazine, Attitude in 2015. Now I'm looking with fresh eyes at this magazine interview, it hits different coming from a bi person. He confirmed larry was fake and Louis was excited to become a father, criticized the rainbow flags at 1D shows being for larry instead of gay rights, and said he was disturbed by gay 1D fanart and said writing gay fanfic wasn't a good hobby for young girls. It would be funny (in a sad way) if after all this online sleuthing for over a decade, Liam was the only lgbt person in that band.
What a great article, mannnnn, it's been a while since I read it, and it just underlines so many problematic things he said on repeat for YEARS afterward (weight, addiction, fans) that people just gloss over. But to that point, I have a bone to pick with this seemingly bad-faith read on it vs. mine, so I'll go through this ask, starting with how he didn't actually confirm larry was fake. I read him as saying more that larry was over at that point, and that's the fine line--hey!--many people can't grasp, yes, together at one point! no, not together at another! doesn't mean those cancel each other out! but also, why in the WORLD would Liam Payne confirm larry was real in a national gay mag in 2015?? Ditto Louis being a father, why in the WORLD would media-trained-since-he-was-a-teen-Liam-Payne not talk about the whole "Louis's buzzin' to be a dad!" in 2015?
About the rainbow flags, his quote is this:
When the law changed in the U.S., there were loads of rainbow flags flying at our shows, but I think that was mainly because people think of the Louis and Harry thing [that they’re secret lovers], which is absolutely nuts and drives me insane.
Why does it drive you insane? Jealous much?
No, nothing like that. It’s like when you know the ins and outs of what is going on with people it’s just annoying when it’s so stupid. It becomes like a conspiracy or like a cult, the people who watch them and think that every move they make is a gesture toward them being together, and I know it’s just not true and it makes me mad
...and this is two-layered (to me), like, isn't it wilde to assume that people who are happily flying rainbow flags at that point in time are AUTOMATICALLY connected to larryTM, and that's it?! Also, if at that point, shit was rocky, same thing? Tell us more!
His point about explicit 1d art was that a) he was tagged in explicit art showing Harry/Louis fucking, and b) he was sitting next to his dad when he saw explicit art of him and Niall fucking. And yeah, that's gotta be disturbing! I get it! Stars, they're just like us!
Finally, the part about fic isn't overtly called out as such, but this is the quote, when the interviewer mentions that the girls making such art are so young, some as young as 10:
I don’t think it’s the right hobby for these girls to be enjoying. I find it very strange that someone so young can think up these stories or even imagine these things are going on. That for me is the sad and sorry side of what we have done.
...which is sad to me only because how is that something THEY have done or were responsible for, purely because they just...exist? And by putting it out there that girls as young as 10 are doing this, what ELSE would he say about it? He's not Drake, lol. Anyway, what a weird, complicated beast that level of fame must be, sigh.
As for Liam being the only lgbt person in the band, that's hilariously sad to think about when you compare Harry being "outed" for wearing a newly revealed shirt that's "so loud" to Liam being literally outed in the tragic last hours of his life (if it's talked about at all) but having it washed away as "some people will say anything to escape jail." But yeah, I guess???
#lmao me as the author calling harry a long-haired larrikin#okay!#but ALSO me saying hey why not just read the article and let it wash over without highlighting parts you'll hyperbolize later#because liam is a cassandra and i love him for it#he said so many truths that NOBODY will hear--even in death
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Two Var checks actually went our way??? What's going onnnnn???????
exactly i can’t believe this 😭 var checks have NEVER gone our way before my goodness
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would I be an avatar of the Spiral or an avatar of the Eye? My greatest* fantasy is winning Jeopardy! by knowing most of the answers, and gaslighting the host into thinking my absurd answers are also correct.
screw it I’m spiral AND eye aligned. Call that an eyeral. Eye Roll. speyeral. spyral. hmmm. hm. Through the Looking Glass.
#*hyperbole#I love libraries and optical illusions and mazes and riddles#also#the paranoia#the paranoia belongs to both#i know that's an oversimplification#they seem like opposites: the need to know and see and the need to lie and twist reality#search for truth vs search to distort the truth#the point is what's happening internally?#searching for truth while questioning it constantly#tma#the Spiral#the Eye#the Beholding
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Appears to be a satire article but it isn't wrong
"No one ever tries to flee capitalism."
Well, that was a lie.
#what has the world come to#Satire articles are supposed to be great hyperbole#Not truths or slight hyperbole
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sunny. sunny hi. its me OMORI :3 i've sent in an ask before to your blog I think. anyway hows it going?
Hi hi !! Sorry this is so late, I wanted to answer another ask before yours but I'm giving up I think. I'm doing okay ! Had an exam today and will have. So Many midterm exams next week. But I'm alright for now, how are you? :))
#--sorry about that someone's projecting really hard into my inbox#some people arent aware that their experience isnt universal i guess#you cant take your own very personal life experience and hyperbolize it into a universal truth....#sunny#ask#omori#omori kin
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Nothing bugs me more than when people online claim that everybody aged faster in the past, and then they post a bunch of old pictures of completely normal looking 20 somethings who are just wearing clothes and hairstyles that we now associate with old people.
#history#20th century#19th century#decade: 1920s#1970s#decade 1950s#history of photography#obviously there is some truth in this phenomenon once you reach your 40s and 50s#but young people in the past didn’t age that much quicker than young people now#at least not to an exceptional degree#obviously some stresses like constant smoking or warfare could heap a lot of years onto a 20 something face#but you can find people in the present who look way older than they are too#there is definitely also some selection bias at play#the idea that every 30 year old looked 50 in the early 20th century is hyperbolic and kinda absurd
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Not true. Nothings come out on the “viability” of the baby. The latest news was a lack of diagnosis (besides abortion) from the doctor.
Why vote for Biden?!? Because the Texas Supreme Court just sided with their AG to allow a pregnant woman to either become infertile and or die while carrying a fetus that isn’t viable. Republicans win in 2024 THIS barbarism will be nationalized! #WokeAF
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And if they believe hostages are being held in the tunnels they are also saying that they have no issues with potentially drowning their own people.
#humanitarian crisis#ecological collapse#ecological crisis#uninhabitable#apartheid#save palestine#ethnic cleansing#israel is an apartheid state#seek truth#free palestine 🇵🇸#genocide#illegal occupation#israel is committing genocide#israeli war crimes#icj#icj conditions#zionism is modern day nazism#no hyperbole needed#genocide at every conceivable level#i guess they dont care that if they poison the land it wont be habitable for ANYONE#since its not their true homeland though they dont actually care#you dont destroy something you actually value#iof terrorism#israel is a terrorist state#israel is a war criminal#zionism is pure evil#where is the humanity in this world?#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#spread awareness#stand for palestine
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talked to the national career service today it went a little like this
“have you had a job?” no. “work experience?” yes. “can you remember the name of the company?” no. “can you remember the year?” no. “can you remember what duties you had?” no. “are you well organised?” no. “do you make plans and stick to them?” no.
“well no one can say you’re not honest! 😆”
what if i set myself on fire. what if i just laid down and died right here right now .
#guy who isn’t good at anything can’t remember anything has no work experience . suffering#am i not supposed to answer questions honestly#i keep asking that question and people keep telling me no and every time it surprises me#sorry i don’t wanna work in a museum so i spoke my mind. am i to be crucified?#suicide ment#(hyperbolic)#your daily dose of idiocy#‘its not about lying it’s about presenting the truth in a positive light with the right words!’#okay. i don’t know how to do that either. and right now i’d rather set myself on fire than learn. hope this helps 👍
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