The Art of Life and Randomness

brightwanderer:

I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned “forever” into the only acceptable definition of success.

Like… if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it’s a “failed” business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don’t actually want to keep doing that, you’re a “failed” writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it’s a “failed” marriage.

The only acceptable “win condition” is “you keep doing that thing forever”. A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a “real” friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a “phase” - or, alternatively, a “pity” that you don’t do that thing any more. A fandom is “dying” because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things.

I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it’s okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success… I don’t think that’s doing us any good at all.

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foxofninetales:

11secondsfromabaddecision:

Ok so we all love a hyperfixation but does anyone else ever avoid certain things because you feel like you don’t have the time to be fixated on that, or that you aren’t in the right headspace for this to become your latest obsession

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gallusrostromegalus:

shittycryptids:

a selkie named “Navy” who resents their mother for naming them after a “navy seal” pun that has plagued their whole childhood

Just wait until some other selkie mother thinks of the same pun for thier offspring, and then people have to distinguish the two Navy Seals, so now the original is “Old Navy”

Navy, Old Navy, and Navy Blue

afronerdism:

boringfstarstarcunt:

afronerdism:

Ok no but this literally was announced at 530 this morning as I was waiting to board the shuttle to my flight. A white pilot was there and he started shouting and celebrating and telling everyone after throwing his mask away. When he told me it was almost like he half expected me to throw my mask in the air and dance a jig. I did not.

When we boarded the shuttle, the (black) bus driver refused to drive until all passengers were masked. These 3 (white) pilots, including aforementioned pilot, stared to loudly argue about how the federal government trumps the bus rules and how it was stupid and no longer needed. The bus driver held his ground until the pilots all begrudgingly, sort of, masked up.

When the shuttle dropped us off, I shit you not, this man ran down the terminal telling people the mandate was lifted like he was Paul revere and the British were coming.

I did not remove my n95 for even a second from the moment I stepped out of my car until I got in my rental car over 10 hours later.

As an immune compromised person, the mask mandate was the only thing that really made me feel comfortable flying and now I have to make serious evaluations about every trip I’m scheduled to take this year

What confuses me here is that wearing a mask does not protect you. Nor was it ever intended to. Like I’m sure you felt safe wearing your mask, but it doesn’t in any way keep you from catching the virus. It helps prevent you from *spreading* the virus if you have it. But you’re in equal danger whether you wear it or leave it on under the circumstances you described.

What a wonderful opportunity to talk about how this is 100% false and that even double layered cloth masks reduce your likelihood for catching Covid by 70% and a well fitting n95 can reduce your chances by over 90%.

Wear your mask, even if no one else is. It could save your life.

Does My Mask Protect Me if Nobody Else Is Wearing One?

Masks work best when everyone in the room has one on, but you’ll still benefit from masking up even when those around you aren’t.

nytimes.com

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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

estravenai:

A M A Z I N G

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riflebrass:

theinformationcollector:

TIL that when cable was introduced it was advertised as having no commercials due to being a paying service.

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>TV comes in on antenna
>Has commercials
>Cable offers TV without commercials
>Cable starts airing commercials
>Cable charges extra for bonus channels like HBO
>Cable starts breaking up channels into a dozen extra packages with about half a dozen garbage channels for every one channel you DO want to try and convince you to buy multiple packages
>People say fuck it and start pirating shit
>Streaming comes out
>Offers free TV with ads or no ads with a paid subscription
>Subscriptions become required
>Ads are shown anyway despite it being a paid service
>Dozens of streaming services all have exclusive content requiring multiple subscriptions
>People say fuck it and start pirating shit again

We really came full circle on this one.

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mamatriedtoraisemebetter:

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