The caption reads: “Defeated by roses. Near Turin’s Lingotto station, along a lonely path, Miss Guida Concetta Rinino, 28 years old, who was bringing a nice bunch of roses to a relative, was accosted by an unknown young man. The young woman, rather than losing heart, defended herself with extraordinary energy, using the bunch of flowers as a weapon. So it was that the scoundrel, his face all scratched up, had to flee. (Drawing by Walter Molino.)”
Incredible. At a distance I understand how the woman might appear to be the abuser and the man the sympathetic victim, but the second you zoom into the man’s face the pink-cheeked rage- not remorse, or rejection, or embarrassment- not heartbreak or despair- but RAGE- the deeper story speaks itself into your suspicions.
And the bit where they’re HER roses? Almost a relief, but also sadder, as she will arrive at whatever event without them, or with them destroyed.
Do you think when the righteous anger and anxiety and annoyance fade, when she arrives at her destination- will her loved ones applaud her? Will she be proud? Will her hands shake? Will she walk home with company from then out, and for how long?
In this moment, she is provoked into anger. Anger is good- it appears strong. But look at his face. Would you put it past him to linger there after dark, in case she returns alone?
What story will HE tell, of ‘I was perfectly polite, but she didn’t even give me a chance- women like that, they’d swoon for a jerk in a heartbeat, but kind and flattering men like me?…”
I love this piece. It paints both stories while illustrating the power dynamics and struggles at play. This should be shown in art classes
why can rockstar games institutionalise you for life like nikita kruschev for being autistic
He didn’t steal 10 million dollars. They made that number up as a loss, they never fucking had it. Rockstar has spent more than a billion fucking dollars on GTA VI and will likely make billions more when it gets released.
Uber is a fucking shell game of a company designed to leech investor capital and output bootleg cabs.
Nvidia posted a profit in 2023 of $4.37 billion.This is like someone stealing less than a penny from me.
And they lock this kid in a prison hospital for LIFE?
Capitalism is disgusting.
Nobody should buy GTA til they free Arion Kurtaj
he didn’t even get to stand *trial*. because he’s autistic. he’s in an institution for life for hacking while autistic, without trial.
Ohohohohoho :))) Are you ready to do some reading? I’ll give you a short summary first, but if you want the full impact I’d recommend reading through the links when you feel like it:
Basically my theory is that Riku is the one who gave Sora his crown necklace and that Namine used that memory as the main tool for manipulating Sora and Repliku in Chain of Memories. With this theory, this means that in the true memory, Riku gave Sora the crown necklace as a sort of lucky charm, a reassurance of his promise to Sora that he’d always protect him. This memory would have taken place on the night of the meteor shower that brought Kairi to Destiny Islands when they were 5/6 years old.
Here’s the full theory so far (the second one is the most relevant to Soriku, the CoM novel stuff is evidence from the novel):
kid told me today i’m “way too old to not have a girlfriend by now”. i’m like i know but hey
crucially this conversation ended with her saying “what if you never get a girlfriend but you get old and die and then the grave next to you is a girl and then your spirits make out in the cemetery” and i had to be like “ok let’s talk about something else” instead of “that would be sick as hell i would love to be a ghost making out in the cemetery”
enough of your middle aged man blorbos whos your specialest middle aged woman. if anyone tags a woman under the age of 40 on this post ill kill you in real life
[image ID: TikTok comment by Spedubopy: I once had a german bouncer look at my pre transition-ID and then back at me and just go “ja das ist an improvement” /end ID]
After I came out as an adult to my childhood best friend, he went back to his family and told them and then when we next spoke he said, ‘we’ve decided this is a good move for you.’
