i think the most upsetting thing about american-flavor puritanism is how fucking patronizing it is. it’s 2026 but the whole world still has to deal with a cultural hegemony grown from the gnarled vestiges of victorian-era paternalism. tax-paying adults with passports and the right to vote are treated like wayward children because of the antiquated idea that authorities must protect the weak minds of the unwashed masses from depravity and corruption. the average american can send a fellow citizen to the chair, but they can’t piss in a ditch without being declared an outlaw. american entertainment media is saturated with sex, but you can’t talk about it online without getting your account suspended. it’s such blatant censorship at a universal scale, but because sexual content is framed as inherently dangerous, this restriction on basic adult autonomy, this blanket denial of moral and intellectual adulthood, can be reframed as protection, an expression of care, a moral duty. “won’t someone think of the children!” I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN! I AM A GROWN MAN!
thank god that the video game that features slow motion animations of graphic gunshot wounds and is rated 18+ has a profanity filter in single player offline mode. thank you for protecting this 33 year old mind from the corrupting influence that is a horse named apple slut
I hate that thing some people do where it’s like. “I left my wallet on the table to see if you’d say anything” or “I wanted to see if you’d wash the car if I stopped doing it”
Cause like
I dont know about anyone else
But I am perpetually hovering three inches above the strong subconscious belief that everyone knows what they’re doing at all times except me, so if you change your normal patterns and I notice, then I will assume it is an intentional choice with a thought-out plan behind it and I will avoid interfering
And if I don’t notice, because I won’t, because why would I, because not much bothers me and if you don’t say anything to indicate you are bothered then how would IKNOW
Alternatives to experimenting on me like a lab rat when you suspect me of being inconsiderate:
“I feel like I’m the only one who does this chore. Can we start taking turns?”
“I’d like you to ask me how I’m doing more often.”
“It bothers me when this area stays messy so long. Can you do X when Y happens?”
“I feel like the onus is on me to initiate X, and it’s wearing me down. Could you try making the first move more? Like 3-4 times a week?”
“I’m feeling upset right now and I’d like to spend some time with you.”
“When X happens, I feel like you’re taking my work for granted.”
“I’m feeling neglected. Could you do X?”
“I’m burnt out and need help.”
“I feel like I’m the only one putting effort into X.”
“Do you notice this?”
“Are you bothered by this?”
“I am bothered when this happens.”
“X habit of yours bothers me.”
“When X is like this, I feel bad. Can you [action] when you notice X?”
slightly furious reminder that fish do in fact feel pain and do in fact experience fear and distress when in pain since people seem to love spreading the myth that fish don’t feel pain. what is it with people assuming a creature is incapable of feeling pain or emotion just because it doesn’t have complex facial muscles. come on gang
As my main income, I work with fish in a specialty pet store that’s privately owned (so I’m allowed to say no and be stern to customers when it’s needed).
You learn really quickly that not only do fish have individual personalities and emotions but they also have memories and recognize people! There are certain fish who will only come out for me and hide for everyone else. The pufferfish spits at me because she gets pissy that I haven’t fed her. The flowerhorn bites everyone but me and my coworker when we clean his tank. I trained a fire eel to come up and eat directly out of my hand.
Fish are beautiful complex creatures and I thank the universe everyday that I get to work in a place where I’m encouraged to tell animal abusers to fuck right off.
the thing wrt a lot of historical marriage is like. even if you as a woman are married to the nicest sweetest most well intentioned guy you are still permanently stuck with someone who has near-total legal/personal/sexual control over you. like even if he doesn’t do anything with that I would still go crazy being in that situation
Sometimes you get a brief glimpse into the American worldview and decide that you don’t want to know.
I cannot stress enough that this meme is entirely literal. there’s no reference or subtext you don’t know. these are simply the objectively most popular works of art from each denomination.
They’re older than Florida. The Floridian peninsula is the solidified runoff of the Appalachians that got caught on some coral. It’s why we’re like this, I think. You don’t stand a chance of being normal when you were created by the shed skin of an elder god draping itself over a hollow skeleton. You’re always going to be a little Off.
