People are always like ‘no one had anxiety before modernity’ and Wikipedia pages of pre-20th century figures are always like “he was startled by the sight of an unseemly looking duck [4], whereupon he died of horror [5],[6]”
in most situations you could say something like “imagine explaining this to the film’s director” but in john carpenter’s case he’s probably already won several games using this skin
every time you use task manager to shut down an application your computer should play a gunshot sound effect and a haunting scream that’s somehow different every time
vsauce said this very smart thing about conspiracy theories, which is that they come about when people look at reality like they would a work of fiction where every element is designed by an author. not everything is intentional.
is there a name for the phenomenon where fairly recent photos of historical events just organically become black and white because no-one in journalism wants to think about how recent they are
@springbris
trump’s politics are primarily informed by what he personally dislikes for petty reasons rather than religion or ideology, which makes him slightly different from other republicans (see also his enthusiasm for the vaccine)
@GumbyFactsDaily
saul goodman: offers cheap legal assistance to those who need it, fights for Albuquerque because he believes in peoples’ rights
howard hamlin: cocaine addict, mistreats prostitutes, accuses innocent judge of corruption
people: oh i can’t decide who is worse
I’m bored of this prompt, let’s flip it around: what line sounds like an online meme but is actually from classic literature or an old film? I nominate one from Singin’ in the Rain: “She’s so refined. I think I’ll kill myself.”
@DappyLk9
@joshua_k98
man the intercom is such a great social mechanic. people fighting their way into a base filled with dangerous monsters just so they can play a bass-boosted meme song to the whole server.
what really, really gets me is how nice this guy is and continues to be after this woman acts extremely dismissive towards him while also demanding money. and at the ends he’s just like “take your time, thank you very much!”
Zoomer with 11 followers: Y’all don’t know that when a director has characters do sex then it’s basically doing sexual assault on the audience
Millennial with a black and white profile pic: It’s as i always suspected- the youths of today are indistinguishable from Adolf Hitler
Le Bloc supporte le wokisme.
Il appuie C-11 qui permettrait aux bureaucrates wokes de censurer l'internet.
Il « réglerait » les passages illégaux à Roxham en les permettant de se faire en toute légalité.
I don't think the fact that there's an illegal tunnel in a Jewish synagogue is what surprised me.
What does suprise is that there's 4chan lore, and everyone from 4chan who has heard about these tunnels is actually scared of this.
Fucking *4chan* is scared of this shit.
@Jaytixx
@Yeenie_Mcbeenie
i think it’s “problematic” here because it conflicts with native american creation myths
basically just the same as when evangelical Christians got upset at evolution being taught in school
@lmNOTcatholic
“But why did porcupine kill himself?”
“He wanted to use the Zone to bring his brother back. But, his actual desire was for material wealth, so the Zone gave him that instead.”
“Oh, so he felt so ashamed at his inner weakness that he took his own life.”
“Exactly”
@brianchaley
“I was talkin’ to my doctor, a fellow named Yueh, and he happened to mention that the Baron kidnapped his wife. So I said ‘Doc, if that happened to me, I’d write him a thank-you note!’”