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Ohhh my God, the current VA for Foghorn Leghorn actually dubbed it.

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The irony of jokes about clueless “boomers” from Millennials and Gen Z is that we’re at a time where a lot of 60s counterculture elements, political, social and cultural and so on, are having this big resurgence among young people, just under slightly different paint. (We have different names for music that sounds suspiciously similar to 1960s psychedelic rock, for instance, LSD is big but now it’s specifically “microdosing” etc.) And while I think that we have improved on some of the most rancid parts of the 1960s version – like the greater emphasis on meaningful consent, on at least trying to shift focus away from the needs of middle-class white straight men – we still seem to make lots of “workarounds” for this that make it clear there’s a long way to go, like the idea that it’s somehow immoral to reject someone’s sexual advances if they have certain marginalization points over you. And every intra-left debate on Facebook is just recycled from the 1960s, which was recycled from the 1930s before it, which was recycled from the Progressive era… half the time they don’t even update the philosophers they cite!

What inspired this post is my thinking about the resurgence of this quasi-religious investment in astrology, another thing that was huge in the 60s and 70s… I have a book on it from then that reads like one of today’s astrology queers wrote it, just maybe without the mention of “Virgo/Gemini safe spaces.” And that’s a relatively harmless and goofy part of it, but it just feels like the latest drop in the bucket that the apple didn’t fall far from the tree here. And this is why you goofuses need to study history so you don’t repeat its mistakes. 

I remember when I was a teenager and super into the sunnier version of 60s counterculture I’d been sold through rock magazines and the kinds of history books you get bought as a kid when you have lefty parents, wishing my generation was more like it because I was frustrated with how apolitical my peers were and how they liked the “wrong” type of music. Well, be careful what you wish for, 14-year-old Rose. The monkey’s paw definitely heard you.

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draw Steven and Connie both in princess dresses

peach steven and daisy conniiee

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Maria...

Tiny bean doesn't reach the ground sitting there

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that one friend who is insanely smart, but also the most oblivious person on earth

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half life 1 rpg

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Marzipan 🤯🤯🤯

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apparently people are now purchasing thick water to make slimes with because of a trend on tiktok

thick water is for disabled people who can’t swallow properly. stores usually have extremely limited supplies of it.

please don’t buy thick water for fun or to make slime with. it’s literally the only way some disabled people can drink anything. It’s not a fucking toy

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stronger than you!

finished the movie and future and i'm trying to emotionally recover so this is part of my coping mechanism do expect more

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The Four horseman of memepocalypse

Drew the four diamonds but with a little twist

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Thinking about it, most of the Eggman/Robotnik henchmen across different iterations of him fall into one of two categories: two dipshits, or an abused smart guy who either really loves or really hates Robotnik

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Zelda Cartoon but of context

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"Marcille is dying"

"This ain't about her"

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"I'm me! I've always been me."