#Self-Interest

[indecisivegloom]

[evilvarric666-archive]

Woe. OCs be upon ye.

[picrew]

[transparentbeardmentality]

Your reminder that sitting on the sidelines is NOT A NEUTRAL POSITION.

While aggressive ignorance makes life worse for everyone -from climate change, poverty, public health, human rights, etc- sitting it out to overly prioritise a feeling of personal comfort, is a choice.

It is a choice to let the slide continue and do nothing. You do bear responsibility.

Let me be clear that WE ARE LOSING.

100%. We are losing.

An overhelming majority of "good" people, continue to do nothing.

You are the calvary. We need you.

Sometimes things are awful, and they WILL cost you. And you have to wade in anyway, because that is what is RIGHT. And necessary.

Join a protest. Join an action group. Follow progressive community leaders. Write a letter to your reps. Talk to your friends, teachers, bosses, family. Network. Ask hard questions. Just pick a plan, and do it.

Please.

[rattlyglitch]

A BloodMoon meets a rat

(wanted to get my gremlin energy out)

Bloodmoon: So you're as chaotic as us but don't kill?

Rattly: I mean I guess you could say I kill in video games but no I don't kill

Bloodmoon: We challenge you to a game of either laser tax or fighting game

Rattly: *shrugs* ok

A hour later

Bloodmoon: We see you enjoy going around with a knife in games as much as we do and even managed to beat us at being trigger happy in one game of laser tag good job rat one

Rattly: and I finally found someone who's as chaotic as me yes!

(for real though I have gotten trigger happy in the score board in laser tag and that was one of my proudest moments I now wait for the day where I can be shown as trigger happy in a laser tag board again or get beaten to that title by someone else whoever they are. Bloodmoon is also my favorite character and after him is Lunar now I'm just rambling so bye)

[lonesomedotmp3]

ok I'm going to check the kitchen to see if the sink is empty (it won't be) then I'll have a shower and THEN I'm going out to eat by myself for the first time in months and months because a) if I have any more dirty dishes I can't clean (assuming I even have enough rn to eat something at home) I'll start crying and b) I deserve something nice for not yelling at everyone in this building for a hundred years and then punching them in the face. I'm fine btw 😐

[postersbykeith]

[calicojack1718]

The Fascisting of America: Explaining the Fifty Year Republican Plan to bring Fascism to America

As cultural multilevel selection predicts, declining cooperation and increasing distrust and dissatisfaction precedes social collapse, but it also sets the stage for the inner authoritarian of all the snowflakes to meltdown and gra

Karen Stenner’s Authoritarian Dynamic Posts The Zeitgeist of Our Time: The Authoritarian Dynamic The Authoritarian Dynamic: MAGA Really Are Snowflakes The Authoritarian Dynamic: We Ain’t Outta Da Woods, Yet The Authoritarian Dynamic: Accommodating the Authoritarians in our Midsts Peter Turchin’s Ultrasociety & Cooperation Posts McCarthy and House Republicans in Disarray: Victims of Their…

[you-must-be-held-accountable]

Holding Others Accountable: A Critical Imperative

Accountability is not an option; it is a necessity. In a world where personal and professional relationships intertwine, the ability to hold family, friends, and colleagues accountable is foundational to healthy interactions. This requires more than simply pointing out mistakes—it demands a careful balance of empathy and firmness.

When people avoid accountability, trust deteriorates, and the relationships—whether familial, social, or professional—begin to unravel. Accountability is the adhesive that ensures both integrity and transparency. In personal settings, this means confronting loved ones with respect but with unwavering honesty. Failing to do so allows harmful patterns to persist, compromising mutual respect. In professional contexts, colleagues must be held to the same standard. Without it, the collective effort weakens, and the team’s goals become secondary to individual shortcomings.

To implement this effectively, clarity is key. Expectations must be explicit, and follow-through is non-negotiable. Consistency in holding people accountable creates an environment of trust and mutual growth. The path is not always comfortable, but comfort should never trump integrity. The future of any relationship depends on the courage to enforce accountability in the present.

By fostering an environment where accountability is both a shared expectation and practice, relationships thrive, and personal growth accelerates.

[thinkwellassumenothing]

Dark Thoughts, interspersed with Humor

Interesting Politics revolves around interests — polarized ideology, and other forms of bullshit, to the contrary. Material for an insult comic “Your shit’s so transparent, your doctor’s worried!” Natural Selection; Historical Selection Culture is simply habit accumulated at the group level. That’s not to say that it’s arbitrary. Cultural habits are structured; they’re sifted by the group…

[blackkatdraws2]

[⚠️The Amazing Digital Circus SPOILERS] This episode was interesting!

[artistotel]

hey! for todays protest, i made this little zine about palestine (holding just simple and basic information).

you can download the zine here, fold it yourself, and distribute it around.

no credit is needed. feel free to leave it around bars, protests, or wherever. simply print it (borderless) and fold it. here is a tutorial on how to do it.

dont stay silent. there is a genocide of horrendous, atrocious proportions going on. also if you are a zionist here to argue with me, i dont plan to entertain you at all, not on my art blog. fuck off, you'll be swiftly blocked. i see enough of you clowns on my main and i have no energy for you. you can skip the death threats too bc i dont give a shit.

(i'm off to get ready for a surgery now, i just wanted to post it before this. if you need anything, i might take a bit to reply)

[pargery]

To say "I've got my rights," is as instinctive with Americans as breathing, so clear and evident is this way of looking at things...It is our only principle of justice. From our knowledge of our rights flows our acceptance of the duties to the community that protects them...

... Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but enlightened self-interest is not.

-- Allan Bloom The Closing of the American Mind: "Two Revolutions and Two States of Nature"

[theunbeholden]

The Sith Code - An Important Mantra and Guideline

This is the best way of familirising people with the ways of Sithism, and a exploration of self and what it takes to succeed through an understanding of both magnetism of strength, influence and meaning of power, and the success of many victories.

Peace is not just the opposite of war and conflict, it also the opposite of stillness we know does not exist, and its also competing versions over contradictory aspects of peace that influence the light side to rejecting conflict, instilling inaction in the servile people and opposition and restriction on expressions of freedom, but also peace is what you feel when you’ve reached all your goals…

[noodles-and-tea]

Continuation of this

[perplexingly]

I kinda wish they bonded over their dead man walking like behavior…

[retquits]

see what they don't tell you is that you HAVE to make the most self-indulgent ocs and self inserts to inject into your favorite media and to have the most tender moments with your favorite blorbos and to live out every fantasy and tragedy your heart desires. you just have to