My cousin, had gone through a bad breakup, and I mean he hardly seemed like himself. One night he was hanging out with us and I thought he was going hard. He wouldn’t listen to reason. He ended up injecting 7 marijuanas. His blood went septic before it crystalized in his veins. He turned into a translucent statue by the morning. I still miss him. I really just cannot believe people think this drug is okay. It’s not.

My friends and I made this same joke FOR YEARS

The people calling for League of Legends to be banned because Riot is a subsidiary of Tencent are so fucking funny.

I wish we banned Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and funded Tiktok creators, am I right?

Xi, if you need any of my info just lmk

Well, it wouldn’t be good to put it simply. Bird flu is an Influenza A virus. It could be a blip on the radar as flu season comes around or, as Wikipedia puts it

A bird-adapted strain of H5N1, called HPAI A(H5N1) for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of type A of subtype H5N1, is the highly pathogenic causative agent of H5N1 flu, commonly known as avian influenza (“bird flu”). It is enzootic (maintained in the population) in many bird populations, especially in Southeast Asia.

You could end up with a highly pathogenic common cold going around. As I like to think about it, if you’re adapted to a different animal, you’re not calibrated to survive with humans as a host. If you accidentally manage to survive via mutation, then you could do some real damage instead of the mild illness that lets you prolong how long you’re there so you can shed more virus into the environment.

I remember in a Blowback episode George HW Bush was the Darth Vader of privatization (of the military).

Underfund thing -> it underperforms -> people get mad -> private option sounds good -> private option sells your organs

Heartwarming: Less Than 1% of the Global Muslim Population are Defined as Terrorists; Contrary to Popular Belief

@Civility@hexbear.net we did it!

Me and my comrades’ genuine reaction to this information.

As an expert in nothing related with access to a keyboard I have an opinion. I’ve talked over and over about how, in self-defense, the harm you do to your opponent is meaningless (up until someone else makes it your problem like getting arrested or their friends getting upset). Your only win condition is to get back home/get on with your life. If someone is ravenous towards you, de-escalation failed, and you can’t remove yourself from the situation, then frustrating their ability to attack you is how you win. Frustration might mean taking their weapon, breaking their hand that wields it, taking their consciousness, or making sure their consciousness doesn’t come back.

I’m that sense, if 0 people died but Israel can’t kill anymore Iranians, then Iran, I hope, can find solace in mourning those who died in the attack (as opposed to escalating US style which sounds good but doesn’t work). If Iran tried to be a hero and rescue Palestine, the journalists, and aid workers then the whole conflict becomes interesting. Not like “yippee, we’re playing dodgeball” interesting but the kind of thing where propaganda starts flying as fast as the bullets.

I am thankful that I spent a decade writing novels that specifically specialize in the difference between a protagonist and a “good guy.” Now I can conceptualize of someone with different, perhaps antagonistic goals to my own without believing that they are evil and out to get me. I guess I’ve been taking the ability for granted and calling the lack of ability a deficiency.

I pray for Iran’s swift return to peace after the horrifying attack on their embassy and, of course, a free Palestine. What a heartbreaking and terrible situation.

China taking the simple strategy of suggesting and executing things that don’t fucking blow chunks

“Glorified Pokemon snap with rougelike elements. Fix your dogshit game, Nintendo”

1. gratitude is very important

Not just existentially for a chance at being, but just muster as much of it as you can for the people around you, for every kindness shared with you, and for the beauty you get to experience. Even for bad shit that teaches you a lesson you can say thank you. It’s literally free.

2. helping others

If your own shit is fucked, you might get a little humility, space, and grace by thinking about others. Check in on your friends, find an opportunity to volunteer, donate if it’s in the cards for you.

3. hydrate and get enough sleep

When in doubt, these two might help

4. spend some time in nature

It should feel good to do this, so I wouldn’t prescribe an amount of time, but at least 30 minutes of touching grass

After you have those four settled, I think it’s worthwhile to start thinking about how you put your life together. In my mind, if you reach for things that resonate with you and you pursue it by doing things that you enjoy, you’ll maximize your enjoyment, miss out on things that aren’t for you, and meet the right people along the way. The consequences of your actions aren’t permanent for you, sure, but if you live authentically and kindly, you’ll affect others positively so that they’ll have a better trip hurdling through space. Being as joyful as possible will have costed you nothing to help and, on the contrary, gotten you as close as possible to having your struggles be worthwhile.

I suppose I just spend less time thinking and more time feeling - smoking life like a loose cigarette from God on a balcony overlooking meaningless and the void. Alan Watts has a very romantic view of being the universe observing itself that never quite landed for me, but you should check out his lectures. They’re very entertaining while being existential. Eckhart Tolle is a and is a little more self-helpy, but is still a fantastic source of knowledge about ceasing to create your own unhappiness.

I agree, but you’re allowed to romance a black person in Baldurs Gate, I’m gonna have to get on the Trump Train this time

And we’re the ones who do purity tests

Queer rights in the USSR means that every single socialist project that ever was is… le bad!

Write your own stories. I have an entire canon that I can draw from and more ideas for novels than I can publish in a lifetime. It’s one of the few practices I’ve ever engaged in that I’m proud of.

I have this feeling that I’ve had conversations that had friction and I couldn’t tell why because I’ve internalized this notion. Ive also been provocative in saying that there’s no such thing as rewards for hard work and doing good for society is entirely separate from making enough. Or popping off with saying NEET would be the highest aspiration short of destroying the system and getting justice for the exploitation.

Pwoxy waw

China’s jets ended up in Chinese airspace lmao