Not that it matters much, but I always interpreted that whole relationship as Natasha trying to regain control over her fear of the Hulk. She could work her charm on Bruce, and began to have an effect on the Hulk as well, which must have been a boost to her confidence after the sheer animal terror he inspired in her.

As a firm believer in the scientific method, it enrages me when people adhere to it like it’s gospel. There is just so much wrong with it. Cultural and individual biases tainting the whole process, the focus on the quantitative erasing the entire complex multitudinous reality of the subjective experience, the specter…

What if Columbus hadn’t been a monster, and instead of raping, murdering and enslaving the Natives who’d come to greet him to their homes, had genuinely made friends and allies? What if the zeal of Christianty and the lust of gold hadn’t driven the likes of Cortes and Pizarro to conquer and decimate Mexico and the…

I blame the Anglo-Saxons.

The emphasis on the ‘Scientific Method’ and the impact of the Protestant Work Ethic are so fundamental to the ethos of white supremacy, and the reason it extends across religious lines (as in, self-proclaimed atheists are casual supremacists too). 

Psst, there is an International Men’s Day.

“Manners” aka pedantic, restrictive nonsense meant to enforce strict hierarchies and check individual’s self-esteem so they don’t confront bullshit from ‘superiors’.

That’s a nice way of putting it, but essentially yes. Stuff like this helped me break out of my Japan obsession phase in my late teens. 

I know this will be taken the wrong way, but for me this is just proof of how gacha games are successfully designed to prey on those with weak impulse control. Sometimes those people are impulsive enough to be dumb and cruel enough to send death threats.

Lovely comment-username synergy. 

The unprofessionalism and callousness at display remains stunning. That there isn’t momentous pushback against this sort of treatment of employees is just sad. 

But what if Cuomo is standing between democracy and Ted Cruz? What then?

What an absolute shitshow. Just thoroughly unprofessional and self-indulgent at every turn. 

And it will be all ‘above board’. 

Seriously, that is some pathological shit right there. He really is Vincent Adultman, just...dark. 

“Why can’t people be kind to me, and let me be cruel to others? Not fair!”

That is always the case with people like him. Rage about feminism, about BLM, about Antifa, blah blah blah, and it’s just free speech! Get pushback, face consequences for spreading hatred, misinformation, cruelty? Cancel culture! Be nice! Why are we all so divided?!

Ugh, Burgess Owens. The one blue district and he flipped it red. 

But it’s not a ball. 

Just look at every speech ever given about bipartisanship and its importance to good governance. You should see what I mean.