bemused-geek-nz

People would say… ‘Man up and bear it… life is survival of the fittest.’ But that’s actually bullshit. Life is actually about cooperation.

Craig Potton

so very true craig potton

eostrecalliope-blog

Gamers have more lives than you do

bemused-geek-nz

Gamers are picked on for not having “lives.” This, of course, is a misconception. Firstly, many of us retain social lives with actual people. Secondly, those who criticize us don’t understand. Gaming can be an escape; like a book or story that you play through instead of read. Sometimes the life you lead out in the real world doesn’t seem to have much meaning. You go through all the normal motions of being part of society without feeling very fulfilled or important to those around you.. Maybe being a Grey Warden, or Dragonborn, or the Hero of Time feels more fulfilling; you live a true life of adventure and all your actions effect the fate of the world around you.

It’s not that we don’t have lives because we do. And we’re thoroughly unsatisfied with experiences they offer.

(In other news: Why was this just one long title?)

Source: moan-and-groan so very true

audscratprophetlilith

…[Y]our morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born, but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth.

Sister Joan Chittister (via whataboutprom)

Pro-forced-birth.

(via cristaanne)

Source: stfuprolifers so very true

audscratprophetlilith

Me in everyday life: Wage labour is the basis of the suffering under capitalist society! Every business is a battleground, we are all soldiers in the class war! The bosses will not stop until they have ripped every single drop of surplus value from our labour!
Me in job application: I would really appreciate this employment opportunity to work in a friendly environment and develop customer service skills...

Source: commune-or-nothing so very true job search

Every time the bastards rag on some poor soul who likes to pretend he is whatever, or likes to dress as whatever, or is bizarre for whatever reason… it says more about the bastards than the poor weird soul who has nothing better in their life.
It says, clearly, that the bastards also have nothing of value in their own lives, besides hurting others. You know - evil.

– Jennifer Diane Reitz, Mistress of the Jenniverse, as described in Unicorn Jelly, Pastel Defender Heliotrope, and To Save Her

Source: fimfiction.net so very true

mightygodking.com

MGK Versus His Adolescent Reading Habits

Or, Honesty in Fantasy Titles.

Personally I read all four of David Eddings' The Blue McGuffin series, and I enjoyed the Pern books up to All the Weyrs of Pern, which was a natural ending to the series.

After a while though, I began to notice much of fantasy and sf can’t escape the Comedy Troupe Take the McGuffin on a Road Trip format.

Source: mightygodking.com book cover parody fantasy sci-fi so very true

audscratprophetlilith

nebulasnovasandnightsky nebulasnovasandnightsky

look if you unironically say ‘money can’t buy happiness’ then either you’ve never faced a real financial struggle or you’ve achieved enlightenment, because goddamn does financial security feel an awful lot like happiness when it’s something you’re not used to

bemused-geek-nz

I agree with this post.

Source: sansaandsensibility so very true

audscratprophetlilith

But the 8-hour workday is too profitable for big business, not because of the amount of work people get done in eight hours (the average office worker gets less than three hours of actual work done in 8 hours) but because it makes for such a purchase-happy public. Keeping free time scarce means people pay a lot more for convenience, gratification, and any other relief they can buy. It keeps them watching television, and its commercials. It keeps them unambitious outside of work.
We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and most importantly, vaguely dissatisfied with our lives so that we continue wanting things we don’t have. We buy so much because it always seems like something is still missing.

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (via djackmanson)

Source: beccap so very true western society consumerism

choochoobear

The fact most people use “You have no right” as another way of saying, “It makes me grumpy” or “Give me what I want” makes me think most people don’t know what the fuck a right is.

so very true

bemused-geek-nz

"If men could get pregnant, humanity would have become extinct millenia ago." - Marx Dudek

so very true

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

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