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i was cheering for him...

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Had some inspiration and free time to revisit an old oc of mine! My topsy turvy child

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...I'm 28...

30-Song Guess Your Age Quiz

Fwiw, they thought I was MANY years younger than I am. Just made me feel good all over. 😊

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Happy pride month to my dad. When I came out as bi to him, this man googled what it ment, look at me and said "ohh. Yeah. You get that from me. You'd have far more siblings of I only shaged women." And went right back to his work emails.

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we could go back to telegraphs instead of social media. send your mutuals unspeakable strings of morse code at 4:30am

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still thinking about that r/hypotheticalsituation post where someone was like "what if a potato chip spawned somewhere randomly in the world. and every hour the number of potato chips at that location would double. and the only way to get rid of them for good would be to eat all of the potato chips before they doubled again." and someone calculated that it would only take like, 48 hours of people ignoring a weird pile of potato chips before an absolutely irreconcilable number of potato chips was blanketing a city.

and then people were like "no wait if it spawns randomly in the world, it's highly likely it would be in an ocean" and then people were debating whether there were enough small fish swimming at the surface in the open ocean that would be able to eat a potato chip and thus save humanity from the potato chip apocalypse.

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Just watched the new TADC episode and oh my god, I have thoughts.

The Amazing Digital Circus has been subtly laying the groundwork for Ragatha’s emotional unraveling. Her constant optimism masks growing despair, and the world around her is slowly eroding her ability to cope. If the show continues on this trajectory, Ragatha may either be the next to abstract, or come terrifyingly close.

Ragatha is often portrayed as the “nice one,” the peacemaker, the one trying to maintain some semblance of positivity in a nightmarish world. But look closer, she’s also consistently isolated:

Pilot: She’s the only one who tries to comfort Pomni, yet she’s brushed off. Even her kindness is met with suspicion.

New episodes: The others treat her like background noise. Her upbeat attitude is tolerated at best, but rarely reciprocated.

People seem to see her as disingenuous. She's “too nice,” too much of a people-pleaser, someone putting on a fake face.

This forces Ragatha into a role where she has to be liked, but is never truly seen. She’s stuck in a loop: the more she tries to be included, the more it highlights her outsider status.

Ragatha’s cheery persona is beginning to show cracks. Moments in the new episode hint that she’s deeply aware no one values her.

She seems to be internalizing the belief that her worth depends on what she does for others. But in the Digital Circus, effort means nothing. That’s the horror of it. You can try your best and still be punished. You can love and be left behind.

That kind of emotional invalidation? It’s the perfect storm for abstraction.

I mean, look at her character design. Ragatha is a doll. Dolls are meant to be played with, posed, and then left behind. They smile, even when they’re cracked.

There are moments where her expressions don’t quite match the tone of the scene. Lingering smiles that feel plastered on, like someone desperately trying to keep it together.

That kind of dissonance is exactly what abstraction feeds on.

Let’s be real: the show needs a major character abstraction eventually to raise the stakes. And Ragatha?

She’s likable.

She’s vulnerable.

She’s safe enough to shock the audience but not so safe it would derail the whole show.

Which makes her the perfect candidate.

Even if she doesn’t go full abstraction, a near-miss could be just as devastating.

We could see a moment where Ragatha snaps, maybe even lashes out, and is moments away from losing it, but someone pulls her back. Maybe Pomni. Maybe Jax. Maybe it’s too late.

Either way, the breakdown is coming. And if she doesn’t go over the edge next episode, she’ll be hanging on by a thread.

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This parallel of Caine’s tolerance is so interesting and I haven't seen anyone talking about it.

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girl idk is this anything

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hmm

dragonflies. haunting implications:

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truly the most american thing is Big Drink. more than late stage capitalism, more than an unparalleled cultural focus on individualism, more than 9/11 jokes

what binds all americans together culturally is Big Drink

and you might be saying "is this fat shaming" or "but mayor bloomberg outlawed Big Drink in nyc" or "gays are so annoying about their iced coffee" or some other dumb comment but no open your minds, Big Drink isn't just sugary or caffeinated beverages

every day i see one of you hydration bitches (affectionate) on the train with a water bottle so big a toddler could drown in it. that too is Big Drink. we literally invented a bigger beer can (tall boy) in wisconsin in the 60s in the service of Big Drink

anyway i never feel more american then when i have Big Drink in my hands

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Tag urself, im the clown 🗣

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ppl who celebrate fictional character birthdays are annoying pass it on