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Since it's mid-august it's time for a reminder for the DIY folks or those who like to cosplay

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The thing about those people cynically going "people are inherently selfish, all social interactions are transactional, nobody ever does anything unless there's something in it for them" is that they're right, but they're saying it like it's a bad thing and really want somebody to sweep in and prove them wrong. But like... Yeah no shit? That is how things work. You look after people who look after you. The only people who are willing to give you something for absolutely nothing are the people using you as a tool to punish themselves, a form of self-harm.

I've got people in my life who keep my stupid ass alive in exchange for companionship, social advice and emotional support. What the fuck are you doing with your life that you've observed that people consistently leave you every time when they realise that they get nothing in exchange for being a part of your life?

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There's people who have a religion, and there's Religious People. The first type is just normal people who happen to have a foundational structure they like to have their world built upon. The latter type are the kind that make me want to lean in and say "look, I would not even want to get into the kind of Heaven that would let you in."

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Frank Turner / Anne Boyer / Kimberly Perry / Regina Spektor / My Chemical Romance / Jensen McRae

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We live in the dumbest, lamest cyberpunk dystopia possible.

So LA has been — and continues to — protest against ICE. These protests haven’t gotten any smaller or lost any momentum, but social media wasn’t reflecting it.

TikTok users, realizing that the platform/other social media are censoring/deleting/shadowbanning these protest videos, decided to find a workaround.

They’re calling it the LA Music Festival. Ice detention centers and other protest locations are “stages.” The hottest band is Rage Against the Machine. “Here’s what gear you should be bringing to stay safe at the LA Music Festival.”

And it fucking worked.

TikTok has become a proving ground for a lot of new music, meaning lots of labels and organizations have lucrative deals with TikTok to promote their new artists and music festivals. So they absolutely cannot censor the words “music festival” or train the algorithm to ignore it, or they risk endangering that very important revenue.

So now protest videos are flooding feeds again, but it’s the LA 24/7 Music Festival. Truly an incredible timeline we’ve landed in.

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i honestly hate how much people use "this is the only body you get" as a reason to not do anything that might be permanent. its the only body you get so you need to make sure you like it! get that tattoo! get those piercings! forsake your humanity! let an old and vengeful god replace your beating heart with an ice cold stone which yearns for the warmth of blood! start hrt!

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on survival

-// @aridante // @orivu // @buzzkillgirls // ? // ? // richard siken// @cemeterything // moomin, tove jansson// @disenchanted-killjoy // isn't that enough, shawn mendes// @ prettytheyswag on twitter// @ coletyumuch on twitter// ? // ? // bird by bird, anne lamott// undertale// @strawberrycircuits

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NOOOOO MY ART GOT NUKED

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lying in front of the street cleaner

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occasionally I am struck dumb by the sublime beauty of the world in the small moments, you know?

egg

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I love rocks that look extremely like someone just tested the demon blade on them

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If you have a friend that wants to vent to you but doesn't want solutions but you are a solutions-oriented person, may I suggest Silly Solutions (TM)? For instance, whenever my friend complains about the people at her job being dumb, I remind her that if only one of us had studied engineering, we could create a giant hippo robot with laser eyes to destroy them. It fulfills my need to offer a solution, doesn't violate her boundary of not wanting to problem solve, AND it cheers us both up!

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gouache animation test

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have you lot heard about the tiktoker who’s taking on the actual government over a parking ticket? because she’s a hero

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Thanks Gale