#and forgotten

[smilesrobotlover]

Oh no

[tangled23works]

“And I will show you something different from either

Your shadow at morning striding behind you

Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”

[achaotichuman]

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Actually @fell-in-luvs you being gone for hours of the day is causing me to have withdrawal symptoms, and you must not go, because I'll simply wither away and be crushed to dust beneath the boot of a person wandering by like the fragile flower I am. Burnt by the vicious suns rays.

[lover-of-many-things]

For hundreds of thousands of years, humans have sought to establish the fact that we exist. Alongside the very first cave paintings, there are handprints. What else are those handprints but an onus? A signature beneath the painting before words existed to claim it.

In Ancient Egypt, entire monuments were built for pharaoh’s, their names and likeness’ decorated throughout their tombs and pyramids, because to be remembered was to live on in whatever life comes next.

In Ancient Rome, there was graffiti carved into the cement. “Hercolanius is dead”. “On April 19th I made bread”. Just as we still do now.

The need to establish the fact that we exist, that we were here, that we lived, is something so fundamentally human it precedes language. It goes back to the very beginning.

So now I look at this new age. This age where we were given the most connection we have ever had with each other in all of our existence. We were all given the opportunity to make something, even if it was a single post, just to put out into the seeming void to say “hey I’m here! I existed!” Something that everyone can look back upon, even when we’re gone, just as humans have always done. The closest thing to immortalization we can achieve.

And now, these companies are taking that away from us. Two years of inactivity. A month. Entire lives will disappear without a trace. One of my best friends died five years ago. His Twitter will soon be gone.

Important, significant, cultural and pop-cultural events and videos will be wiped from the future’s memory and lexicon.

They are stealing our immortality. They are separating us from our humanity. Others will look back to us in the future, and there will just be a decades long void.

Our graves will all be empty. Anything for a cost cut. We did not exist.

[helianthusamoenus]

Sometimes, sadness can be felt at my fingertips just with the smidge of a ghost. Not even a full one. Just a past smile, a hug that won’t happen again, a warm conversation before that big misunderstanding or a barely recognizable dream where that conflict that broke bonds never happened. Sometimes, you don’t need an utopia to feel a melancholic, happy emptiness. Sometimes all you need is the nostalgia for voices that will not be sounding in your direction as warm and as safe as they were anymore.

[sabellart]

something something old man yaoi something something

[elizabro]

aaron bushnell knew exactly what he was doing. he states his intentions with total lucidity and sense of purpose. he knows what he's about to do is extreme--he says so. he speaks calmly, but he's clearly terrified. he takes a deep breath after pouring the accelerant over himself. he has to psyche himself up to light the flame. he struggles with the lighter. he says "free palestine" normally once before he starts to scream it. even through his agony he manages to say it one last time before he stops being able to speak at all. this is a man with total conviction. he wanted to help people, in any way possible. this action was a moral one, and any news outlet painting this as simply a mental health issue is a disservice to his memory. he knew what he was doing when he burned himself in uniform. he knew that there was a chance that sacrificing his own life could go on to save many others. this was the ultimate act of selflessness, and it should be treated as such. may he rest in peace.

[emperor-neo]

I sometimes wonder if Two-Face ever drops his coins when flipping it, sure he isn’t infallible especially with a effed up left side face. I bet when it does the batfamily helps him and treats him with patience after all that’s their father’s former bestfriend

Two-Face: Nightwing, your fate shall be decided by my coi— ah shit I dropped it.

Red Hood: for fucks sake, get on with it already!

Tied up Nightwing: …

Robin: it rolled over there *points at the couch*

Two-Face: *bending down and struggling to reach underneath the couch*

Red Robin: here let me help you harvey

Robin: here I found it *gives a cent*

Two-Face: No! That’s just a regular cent mine was customized I had to pay hundreds of dollars for it to have skulls and—

Red Robin: wait is it one of those coins from youtube that has like cool art that has secrets you can do like press small buttons and open up a compartment?

Spoiler: that’s awesome, does yours do that? then I’ll help look for it

Two-Face: No—

Red Hood: you got scammed dude

[someguyiguess]

i love you USPS I love you NASA i love you taxpayer funded services that actually contribute positively to society i love you libraries i love you public transport

[qqueenofhades]

Also, let us not forget, Henry Kissinger died. I understand that 2023 was generally a shitshow in a lot of ways, but Henry Kissinger very much did die.

[retrogamingblog2]

[cowardlycowboys]

that poll is slightly off cause utah would be just west or "mountain west" it's not exactly dead center

me when I get to flex that I'm in mountain time MOUNTAIN WEST cause i have mountains 🤸‍♀️🤝💪🫶🤸‍♀️

[everwalldigan]

I love the idea of all the robins kinda being clones of each other with just a few differences and a concussed Bruce not being able to tell who he’s squinting at so he just says generic statements and avoids saying any names

Bruce (sitting at the breakfast table): so… how’s the weather… dick?

Jason (grinning): you do know I’m gonna hold this against you for like, the next 2 months right

Bruce: (groans into his hands)

Bruce (walking into the living room): hey have you read through the files I gave you yesterday?

Dick: (confused cause he took a day off to surprise Bruce) ?

Bruce: so?

Dick: er… no?

Bruce: Dick?? What are you doing here?

Bruce (walks into the kitchen with a fresh concussion): Jason? I thought you were on a mission with the outlaws?

Tim: (frozen through mid fridge raid, having assumed they were past Bruce calling him Jason since yk. He’s a shit brickhouse now and Tim is, well, obviously not): uh?

Bruce: *turns around and leaves*

Bruce: Oh hey Cass, when did you arrive from Babs’?

Damian: (slowly turns around in the black hoodie he’s wearing) we’re not even the same gender

Bruce: (under his breath) yeah but the same height

[izzenithal]

Percy “Has Been Waiting to Use This Meme as an Excuse” Jackson, and Annabeth “Never Seen a Meme” Chase

[egophiliac]

bring back zooterkins, the best 17th-century swear word

I don't normally do Just Characters Swearing, but. ...this kind of wrote itself and then wouldn't leave my head. it comes from both a piece of character-writing advice that has always stuck with me, and also my conviction that Leona is 1000% funnier as a character if his dialogue has to stay G-rated. let Kalim say fuck, but don't let Leona say bastard.

(I'm sorry)

[dooyoo]

The nights are hard even when you're empty inside