I hadn't played Vic 3 for a while, and apparently they patched it so that whatever country I'm running always has an economic collapse. Why did they do this to me?
Stoatmilk
The algorithm has been serving me tweets from misandrists (actual real ones, I swear I'm not an antifeminist weirdo), so I guess I might as well make some observations:
It is interesting how their relations in gender-related oppression seem to mirror those of the middle class in liberal/fascist class oppression. Both are used as a significant rhetorical tool by the oppressor (although in opposite ways). Both are ideological petri dishes for some of the most vile ideas related to the oppression in question (transphobia and fascism). Both are in a sense inert, unable to create conscious praxis.
Second observation, these people seem very casual about their transphobia. Mainstream TERFs are often obsessed to the point where it would be unhealthy even if it was about something other than hate, but for these people it seems more like a side hustle in comparison. The reasons for the hatred seem very similar, just less intense, sometimes even like they are just going through the motions because transphobia is trendy.
They were added in 2023, along with the Seattle Burgers and the Nashville French Fries
The two weeks of perfect weather now seemingly extending into the third feel like they have healed like 1.5 years of trauma, but surely this can't last, the rest of the summer must suck ass to balance this out
Beanis means beanis
You can probably get knockoffs that are just as good from Temu for like ten bucks
People don't appreciate the depth of things worth thinking about that the world gives us enough. You can think of a thing every day for years and then suddenly come up with a completely new perspective seemingly out of nowhere.
I looked into how often this happens, and according to this Wikipedia article it's pretty common over there. The absolute highlight of that article, however, is that Turkey has had so many of these fights that their entry had to be written in a different format.
Tiktok influencer voice he was then arrested for public self-boinking
Wait is the monarch butterfly in the king's portrait there because the adult stage of a butterfly's life is very short, symbolizing how he became a king so old and will die soon? Like actually?
First the Paper Mario remake and now this, when will bald people get a break?