Beautiful sword, but looking at it gives me the strangest urge to carve runes into my skin.

The firehose of lies we’re all being blasted with 24/7 is taking its toll on people. When Boeing murders a whistleblower right in front of everyone and we all know it’s a murder, but we also know nothing will happen to those responsible for the murder, it shakes all the foundational bullshit we were all taught about living in a fair and just society. Once you start thinking critically, you see that almost everything we were taught about the world our entire lives is a lie.

We are cogs in a machine designed for the sole purpose of enriching the already-wealthy. The misery in the world- the poverty, the endless wars, etc., is the result of the system working as intended.

Maybe get the fuck out of Russia before you get arrested on some bullshit charges and end up being a bargaining chip for jailed war criminals.

I think the dump part of the pump and dump will happen the second insiders can sell. Seems on brand.

Relevant xkcd

If you meet an asshole in the morning, you met an asshole. If you meet assholes all day long, you are the asshole.

I was disappointed to find out that people aren’t aggressively offering you free drugs everywhere you go. Those DARE bastards lied to me.

“And the world will always remember the Backdoor Sluts 7: Anal Apocalypse.”

My other pants already have shit in them; I need new pants and should probably see a doctor.

“We forgot to take the customary picture. Everyone put your human faces back on and direct your attention to the photo-taking apparatus.”

“I’m from the government and I’m here to help” is a very good thing when the government gives a shit about the people it governs.

Now, the already violent murderer is back on the street with massive PTSD from watching ~80% of his meat grinder unit get killed. And also with actual combat experience. Lots of it.

“Hey, girl. Looking good tonight. Want to go get some Thigh Food at the Thigh restaurant?”

We’d settle for straight up feudalism at this point. Serfs had guaranteed jobs, housing, food, and a decent amount of time off.

Pay a subscription to be fed ads. Reddit has become cable television.

Shop a stock photo meme on the top left, and it’s dead on.

The Joel Osteen brand of capitalism. Heretical religious capitalism.

A few small pockets of civility survived here and there, but everything else has drowned in bots, ads, and trolls for so long that it’s shocking to come here and be able to click on a random post and see civil discussion as the default. That tone needs to be set and maintained. Basic decency and civility are really not that hard, even when people disagree. We lost that somewhere along the way.