This is what so many BBT fans don’t get: it has had a real and appreciable effect on pop culture and that effect has primarily been negative in both trivializing and infantilizing ‘nerds’ and mainstreaming nerd-misogyny, which is your Gamergate-lite. It had the power to do something good with its reach, and it chose…
Murphy Brown returns this Thursday, 9:30 Eastern (8:30 Central). First episode is titled “Fake News”.
I hope you are in a better/more functional place right now.
I’d prefer to have its cultural influence slashed sooner than later.
I really wish I could like this twice!
::APPLAUSE::
That is funny...
I have yet to see evidence that social media is a net positive.
I know exactly what you mean. I’m tired, too, but my fury will still carry me a lot farther.
You can’t even talk about gaming addiction as if a proportionate amount of people pour all of their self esteem into how good or knowledgeable they are about games (is applicable to most things, beside the point). Watching people “rage quit” is supposed to be funny and you are supposed to ignore how unhealthy it is to…
Watching Carole King lose her shit was so incredibly moving and delightful.
This video is amazing. Thank you so much for posting it.
I so feel your pain. It’s so hard to take your pet to a vet and say (essentially), “Make him dead.” And to KNOW it isn’t that, because you are doing what you would want done for yourself or anyone else you love. But you still feel that guilt along with the pain of not having your pet anymore! It’s terrible.
I got MPDG vibes from her, in that she’s a beautiful artist with a quirky side gig, and that her actions (even when she performs them without regard to Cassius) ultimately exist in the narrative to affect and motivate the solo male protagonist. And it doesn’t hurt STBY at all, because it’s a fucking excellent movie…
Hells yeah! *high fives* <---I still do that.
No, it really doesn’t make sense because I can’t think of anything more relatable than making stupid decisions when you’re in love.
The reverence in which men talk about Walter and Jesse actually makes me feel like they don’t even fully understand how fucked up and flawed they are.