I always prepare for the answers that require specific order of events, because I would THINK that even under pressure I could remember that i like horror movies, and experimental animation, and I studied Japanese for 7 years, and I love weird indie music! But nah I gotta rehearse that too lmao
I'm less than 2k away from eliminating a debt that has defined my financial situation since I graduated college. Seeing the number be so low after years of it seeming insurmountable is so surreal!
No fuck off we're not calling this "Millennial grey" this shit was dictated completely by boomer retiree house flippers we absolutely had NO say in this
A reminder that cities used to have terrible air quality like we have today on a regular basis and the current administration continues to actively dismantle the protections and regulations that cleaned that up.
the use of “performative” as an insult here is why these people are losing their primaries. yes, voters want you to perform their anger and disgust! they want representatives to represent their symbolic interests! the idea that good representation is necessarily quiet and unobtrusive is wrong!
If incumbents want to sneer at primary voters, they'll probably keep losing. Serious "No, it's the children who are wrong" energy here. www.axios.com/2026/07/01/m...
The critical thing to understand about this air conditioning debate is that fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for destroying the planet.
grabbing every small business owner I can find by the shoulders and yelling directly into their faces that IF I DON'T HAVE AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT I CAN'T SEE ANY OF YOUR SHIT GET A FUCKING WEBSITE
There's something almost too on-point with the techbro alt-right embrace of stoicism ('broicism'), given stoicism is a formula for living happy in unfreedom, a philosophy for contentedness under tyranny.
A philosophy of self-improvement for when social improvement is beyond recall.
When people talk about older folks of a certain generation being generally conservative, straight, etc. it's because we lost almost an entire generation of queer elders to AIDS. The world would be so much different without this profound loss.
People love historical what if scenarios. What if JFK was never assassinated? What if the Nazis won in WW2? A scenario I never see discussed is what if the aids crisis didnt decimate the gay men of America in the 80s-90s? Its easy to forget 1 in 15 gay boomer men died. An estimated 300,000 deaths-
People outside of art spaces don’t really seem to understand how much of a network and reputation destroyer AI usage is. No creator on earth can transfer credibility to an AI company, it’s just a clout black-hole.
when asking someone whether they want to watch a movie made by AI none of those factors are relevant. I want to know if someone sees an AI short right now and prefers the pure, raw sensation of watching that over other media available that was made by people.
If you DO prefer the experience of AI generated media, I‘m not really interested in arguing with you. But if you have a preference for human-made art, you need to resist advertiser hype around the technology. Stop asking creators to be open to using it. Don’t let art you dislike be “inevitable”
People outside of art spaces don’t really seem to understand how much of a network and reputation destroyer AI usage is. No creator on earth can transfer credibility to an AI company, it’s just a clout black-hole.
Something I really want to ask more people who suggest generative technology to me is: As a viewer, do you genuinely want to see something made by AI more than you want to see something made by a human?
Such a question, I think, might need a bit of effort to keep on track. The AI narrative is steeped in marketing jargon about the future. It promises a cheaper alternative to various forms of labor, creative or otherwise. It is advertised as convenient and inevitable. However,