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i can handle one (1) Event™ per day. whether it be a phone call, an appointment, trip to the grocery store, play date with a friend, etc. only one, that's it. any more than that and i am Stressed

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You’re not depressed. You just need $250,000 in your bank account.

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"God never gives you more than you can handle" is survivorship bias. People who got more than they could handle are dead.

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collecting these

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Happy Birthday Big Bill!

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kowabunga, peasants

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gadzooks! my game? It be'eth changed!

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there’s something very wrong with me, it’s called ‘I don’t want to do anything, ever’ and they said it’s chronic

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The Red Sponge: Spongebob’s Role in Enforcing an Oppressive, Capitalistic Society

Every millennial who grew up watching “Spongebob Squarepants” has come to the same horrifying conclusion: you have turned into Squidward. No matter how buoyant, how cheerful, how optimistic you were as a child, there comes a point where you begin to identify with Squidward more than any other character in the show.

You could explain this phenomenon with the disillusionment and cynicism of growing up, or the burdens of being a teenager in a post-John Hughes society. There is, however, an even simpler answer. Spongebob is an allegory for Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto. The show revolves around Spongebob, the hardworking proletariat, accepting a low-level fry cook job and enduring Mr. Krabs’ exploitation with a grin on his face.

The face of compliance

It’s not hard to draw the parallels between Mr. Krabs and the bourgeoisie. He’s a cheapskate who underpays and overworks his employees for his own personal gain. Mr. Krabs famously ripped off his own arms (claws?) to retrieve a dime that fell down the drain. He took his workers on a boating trip to retrieve his millionth dollar from the jaws of a giant clam. He has zero regard for his employees’ safety and almost routinely puts them in danger for his own benefit.  Mr. Krabs’ daughter, Pearl is an extension of the bourgeoisie archetype. She’s vain, self-centered, and largely unaware of others’ misfortune. She lives in a bubble, obsessed with clothes, makeup, and celebrities — because she has the leisure for such frivolities.

Remember when Pearl gentrified The Krusty Krab

Speaking of living in a bubble, Sandy is not exempt from analysis. Sandy is quite literally shielded away from the rest of the world. She represents the intellectual elite, using her privilege and higher education to jeopardize working class jobs and further the industrial revolution. Her endeavors into space mirror the Cold War-era “Space Race,” capitalism versus communism. Her voyage ends on the moon, just like the U.S.’s did. On top of her scientific record, Sandy is independent and self-sufficient, exemplifying capitalistic ideals of individualism.

If Sandy is the intellectual elite, then Patrick Star is just the opposite. Patrick represents the bourgeois caricature of the working class that capitalists want you to buy into. He is ignorant, undereducated, and lazy. He lives under a rock, likely because he can’t afford anything else — although he doesn’t seem to mind. Patrick appears to deserve his poverty because he does nothing but sleep, yet he also seems at peace with his lot. This idea of the happy, unproductive bum simultaneously vilifies and justifies the proletariat. “See, they’re poor because they just don’t work hard enough! In fact, they like being poor!” Patrick Star is arguably one of the most offensive cartoon depictions of this generation.

Blatant vilification of blue-collar workers

Spongebob, on the other hand, represents the ideal proletariat. Spongebob is hardworking, humble, and endlessly optimistic. He’s a lot like us before we realized the inherent evils of a capitalistic society. Day in and day out, Spongebob gleefully works a minimum-wage job flipping burgers with no hope of promotion. He’s a cog in Mr. Krabs’ greasy machine, but he doesn’t even realize it. He just continues to skip to work every day, chanting “I’m ready!”. Ready for what, Spongebob? Ready for the bourgeoisie Kool-aid he’s been absorbing through his poriferous sponge body.

Spongebob is the ideal worker, and as children, we aspired to be just like him. The very first episode of Spongebob showed him getting his first job as fry cook. According to the show, the very best achievement you could receive is being gainfully employed. Not only employed, but tirelessly productive and efficient to maximize your manager’s profits. Spongebob famously served busloads of anchovies at a never-before-seen pace. It wasn’t enough that Spongebob could perform his job well; he had to go above and beyond his duty in order to seem valuable. These are the principles we instilled in the youth of today. What went wrong?

Back, finally, to Squidward. Squidward isn’t like Spongebob or Patrick. He isn’t satisfied in his low-level employment. What Squidward seeks is artistic satisfaction and world renown. He covets the success of his employer without achieving the work ethic necessary for someone of his class to ascend. Squidward has realized that the cards have been stacked against him at every turn, and resigns himself bitterly to the clutches of capitalism. If Squidward were less jaded, he could be the catalyst to prompt full-scale class warfare, perhaps ending in a communist utopia. Unfortunately, Squidward’s defeatist personality and egoism prevents him from implementing social change.

Mfw I realized I will never dismantle oppressive power structures that infiltrate our economic landscape

That is why we are all Squidward. We’ve uncovered the limits of capitalism and realized that hard work may not always pay off. We’ve begun to notice the oppressive economic and social structure that infiltrates our everyday life. We yearn for something higher, but feel that change is out of our reach. We become bitter, combative, self-deprecative, and cynical. There’s a reason Squidward is the unhappiest character on “Spongebob.” Not only for faults of his own, but for his own rotten luck. The show subliminally punishes Squidward for his views, hoping to prod viewers back towards Spongebob’s blithe, unfounded optimism.

Their efforts were to no avail. Millions of millennials are finding themselves disillusioned, realizing all along that Squidward was the reasonable one. He had a right to protest Mr. Krabs’ vile working conditions, and his sarcasm was merely a coping mechanism for the injustices placed against him. Squidward is the dissatisfied proletariat, and we identify with him more than ever. The difference is, we have the energy and collective power to succeed where he could not. Together, we can rise up and defeat the bourgeoisie, establishing an egalitarian society that does not prey on the lower classes. In the words of Spongebob, “I’m ready.” Are you?

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found some old notes and one of them just said “kravitz wants to unionize” and this is what i got from that

[ID: a black and white comic of a ceremony for Lup and Barry becoming reapers. In panel 1 The Raven Queen says “I now pronounce you… part of my sacred reapers.” In panel 2 Barry and Lup have their eyes closed as she speaks. In panel 3 appears an excited Kravitz between startled Barry and Lup, and says “Great! There’s more than one of us now!” Panel 4 is almost the same as panel 3, but Kravitz has his hands around them and is smirking as he says “Let’s unionize.” Barry and Lup look amused.]

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STATEMENT BY THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE

ON THE OCCASION OF MAY 1ST — INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY

To the free people of the world… Unite against barbarism

Palestinian workers in the heart of fire. The fuel of national and liberation struggle

To the masses of our great people,

To the brave workers of Palestine,

To the free people of the world everywhere,

On International Workers' Day—a day on which the world stands in tribute to the heroes of the working class, the makers of life, those who sow hope with their sweat and write with their effort and patience the epic of struggle for dignity, justice, and freedom—this occasion in Palestine becomes a moment of loyalty to the toiling martyrs, whose blood was shed in workshops, factories, farms, in queues at checkpoints, and beneath the rubble of demolished homes. It is a day to renew the covenant with the Palestinian working class, which has always stood at the forefront, leading in the arenas of production and resistance.

The Palestinian working class has long formed the vanguard of national and social struggle, standing firm in the face of occupation and genocide despite official neglect. On this occasion, we salute the workers of Palestine and the martyrs of the labor movement, especially working women who bear the burden of struggle and discrimination. We also value the positions of free trade unionists around the world who oppose normalization and occupation. We affirm our alignment with the global working class in the confrontation against capitalism and colonialism.

To the working class across the world… To our struggling workers… To our great people:

This year's Workers' Day comes amidst the height of zionist targeting of all segments of our people—foremost among them the working class—who have been struck hardest by the systematic destruction of the national economy and forced dependency on the zionist economy, amid rampant poverty, unemployment, and the collapse of the labor system. Since October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip has faced a barbaric assault that destroyed economic infrastructure, martyred thousands of workers, demolished hundreds of facilities, and raised unemployment to over 80%. In the West Bank, workers have become constant targets at checkpoints and are forced to work in settlements. Palestinian workers inside the 1948 lands are denied union rights, while those in the diaspora face marginalization and unemployment. Yet despite these wounds, Palestinian workers continue their struggle and steadfastness in the face of occupation and deprivation.

To the free people of the world… To our people… To our valiant workers…

On this Workers' Day, and at this historic moment in which our people are facing a genocidal war that targets human beings, land, and national resources—striking at the heart of the productive and working society—against this criminal aggression led by this rogue entity with the support of imperialist powers, the PFLP affirms the following:

1. Victory for the Palestinian worker, and the defense of their life, dignity, and rights, is not only a national and moral duty but also a fundamental gateway to comprehensive national and social liberation.

2. Any discourse on Workers' Day that does not begin with confronting the genocide against our people and standing with the working class in the fields of daily struggle is an empty discourse that does not represent the interests of the toilers nor align with their struggles.

3. We call on the global trade union movement, in all its spectrums and orientations, to stand firmly with the workers of Palestine. Unions around the world have proven capable of disrupting the machinery of aggression through boycotts, strikes, and political pressure. Today, you bear a heightened responsibility to act to stop the war, enforce international isolation of the zionist entity, which is committing documented war crimes against workers and civilians, and take a clear stance by boycotting the Histadrut, a key arm of the occupation.

4. There is an urgent need to launch a national economic resilience plan to support the working class in overcoming the consequences of the genocidal war and zionist policies. This plan must be based on local production, reduce dependency, and combat poverty and unemployment.

5. The Palestinian labor movement must be rebuilt on democratic and genuinely representative foundations through fair and transparent elections for the General Federation of Trade Unions, based on proportional representation and the inclusion of all unions—leading to a truly representative union body, not a union of one party or one person.

6. It is the responsibility of official bodies to swiftly form emergency labor committees in every location in Gaza and the West Bank to support those affected by the ongoing aggression and its catastrophic consequences.

7. We call for the establishment of a national, Arab, and international fund to support workers in Gaza and the West Bank, in light of the occupation’s destruction of infrastructure and labor sectors, which has pushed the overwhelming majority of workers into unemployment.

8. There is a need to pass laws and collective agreements that safeguard labor rights and establish a fair minimum wage.

9. We must strengthen alliances with global trade unions and build an international front to isolate and boycott the zionist entity at all levels.

In conclusion, the Popular Front affirms that May 1st is a day to reaffirm our steadfast resolve to resist occupation, to raise the banner of social justice, and to continue our struggle for workers' rights. We pledge to carry their banner—the banner of the oppressed toilers and the resisting, self-sacrificing people—until the homeland is free, human dignity is restored, and a society of justice and equality is built.

Free people of the world, unite… against barbarism!

Salute to the workers of Palestine… the messengers of the earth, the shield of the revolution, the hammer of change, and the builders of tomorrow.

Salute to those martyred while working… and to those who continue working despite hunger.

Glory to the martyrs… glory to the resistance… freedom to the prisoners… a speedy recovery to the wounded… glory to Palestine from the river to the sea.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Central Media Office

May 1, 2025

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I love you shows with planned & definitive endings, I love you epilogues that prove the happy ending lasts, I love you finales that feature direct parallels to earlier seasons, I love you cast members that left years ago but came back to say goodbye, I love you well crafted & impactful final lines, I love you fitting send offs for the characters I love

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Coal miner's child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom with a smoking pipe in one hand and a gun in the other in Bertha Hill, West Virginia. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. 1938

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