#Trappings of Authenticity

[calicojack1718]

Firehose of Falsehood: How Consistently Departing from Reality Breaks Trust and Truth, part 2

Reading time: 3 minutes This concludes the two part series on how Trump, the Republicans, and their useful idiots have used the Firehose of Falsehood to wreck our country by sowing distrust and undermining our shared sense of truth.

Summary: In the second part of our exploration into the “Firehose of Falsehoods,” we delve deeper into the psychological mechanisms that allow misinformation to flourish, particularly among MAGA supporters. While many of us on the liberal side often dismiss these beliefs as the result of ignorance or a lack of critical thinking, there are underlying human tendencies that make people susceptible…

[kooki914]

the darkness that whispers sweet nothings in your ear can take many forms

[zketylers]

JOSH HARTNETT for Hollywood Authentic

[mercurieux]

so it’s still way off but I’m planning a little b’day trip to London so if anyone has any tips for nice areas and food and stuffs please let me know. Like can food be good without it being disgustingly expensive?? main reason I’m going is to see the Pre-Raphaelites (aaaaah 😱) so with things to do/see I’m good but it’s the food and ~quiet~ places to stroll that I’m completely at a loss for

[mariocki]

Honor Blackman guest stars as art expert Syd Lewis in Saber of London: Deep in the Heart of Chelsea (1.3, NBC, 1957)

[prismaticstreamsart]

This painting is a reminder to allow yourself to bloom in your own way and time, without comparing yourself to others. It's so easy to fall into the trap of comparing or competing, which can lead to feelings of not being enough or being inferior.

Each bloom in this piece has its own rhythm, its own colour, its own way of taking up space—just like us. May we all find the courage to bloom in our own way, without comparison, without hesitation.

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” — Zen Shin

'Courage to Bloom'. Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 18 inches. AUD $180

[steve-brules-rules]

everybody's gonna be soooo sick of me by the end of wallaru. It's gonna be nonstop Yolo Crystal Fantasy references from here on out :-)

[corpsentry]

Idk how to respond normally to a thirst trap (or if that's even possible) but

Dayum

thank you anon

[zketylers]

Josh Hartnett for HOLLYWOOD AUTHENTIC (2024) —interviewed by Greg Williams

[blackfem]

Plagued by the feeling that I'll never make meaningful connections with the people in my life despite being helped & supported every step of the way!!!

[galaxygorl-does-stuff]

@lollipopsnowy

on being yourself

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[zipquips]

i'm convincing myself it's not a problem to be on instagram with my irl name + face attached to it if i act unhinged like i do on here

[tommyexplores]

I admittingly do this for myself

As I was rotting in bed watching House M.D., I realized it had been over three months since I was last active in my blog. I don’t mean to get passive aggressive, but I’ve been feeling very unmotivated since I stumbled upon a blog with just under 10 posts, published months apart and with questionable content quality, with maybe hundreds of times my visitors and likes. It’s impossible not to…

[nuttysaladtree]

(sighs) OK, so this is from a March 2, 2014 Reddit post by Sl33pT3rr0r in r/funny. In a comment, they clarify:

For everyone who is curious, The Friendly Toast in Portsmouth, NH puts olives on their fish burrito.

To those, ten years ago and now, asking who puts olives on their burritos, I feel like you're asking less about taste and more about authenticity. So I'm just going to quote John Paul Brammer on this.

In "Food Fight!" a July 18, 2023 post on his ¡Hola Papi! Substack, he sympathizes with those "wary of interlopers into their culture, people who will denigrate their cuisine one day and be celebrated the next for adding peas to it in a recipe for the New York Times or something" (italics original). Yet cooks or chefs with family ties to the region in question are punished for innovation:

Back in 2019, when I was smarter, I wrote about the Authenticity Trap, or the expectation on restaurants, particularly those serving Mexican or Chinese cuisine, to meet the criteria for what constitutes an "authentically ethnic" experience. In the essay, I discussed how Mexican restaurants in the U.S. will be punished for daring to experiment with recipes, as in the case of a Kansas City eatery founded by an immigrant from Guadalajara that garnered negative reviews for frying taco shells with Parmesan cheese, an ingredient sourced from nearby Italian-American establishments.

Brammer also mentions that a lot of what we consider classic dishes of a cuisine are much less old than we imagine (citing tiramisu and use of tomatoes in Italian cuisine). I myself have also fallen in the trap of considering Chinese American food inferior to Chinese food when they're just...different. Chinese American food should be evaluated on its own merits: that it allowed a marginalized people to thrive in an discriminatory environment hostile to them and, like many other immigrant-American cuisines, shows adaptability of their traditions to new ingredients and new customers.

That said: what a cute little doodle. Even without it, I, too, would prefer no olives in my fish burrito. Find olives too salty and overpowering, especially if the fish itself is cooked and seasoned thoroughly. But if someone else likes it: in matters of taste, there is no dispute.

[littlebellesmama]

The Quiet Struggle of Feeling Behind in Life

There’s a silent weight a lot of people carry, and it sounds like this: “I should be further by now.” It’s that gnawing feeling that somehow, somewhere, you messed up. That you took the wrong path, made the wrong choices, or missed your moment. It’s not something you always say out loud. Sometimes, you don’t even realize how loud it’s been playing in the back of your mind until someone asks how…