to make sure you're a real person we need you to eat this entire onion, skin and all

listen pal, don't mess with me, I've played Papers Please

imagine if the .001% chance happens during lot check. divine intervention

the interesting thing about western views of geopolitics is the way that majority-white countries are afforded a measure of self-determination and the distinction between a government and its people isn't in question. for every other nation you have to be either for or against everything at once

(white american who just heard someone say something positive about cuba voice) yikes!

"The case is proceeding."

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says the US-backed agreement to end Israel's war on Gaza will have no bearing on his country’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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During an EU Commission press briefing, a journalist questioned the double standards of European policy, asking whether Israel should also be held accountable for rebuilding Gaza — just as the EU demands Russia
The question was met with silence, as the EU spokesperson declined to comment.

I really can't handle [...] Big Posters

lrt I really can't handle the sort of fantasy Big Posters have of communism where it's this spartan thing doing away with everything you consider 'unnecessary.' like no you're just describing austerity that's a different thing

if you actually want to understand what the struggle for trans care looks like in a non-bourgois state, here's a paper on how Cuba came to offer full trans healthcare guaranteed by the state, and how it's become a world model for gender affirming care

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

right like alright I've got my queer persona 5 headcanon where joker is a trans girl and now I'm the Persona 5 Person. what do I do with this. is it worth it, am I better off holding tight than if I had just let the work flow through me like water, changing my sediment in small ways and then passing

like the experience of a work depends on the perspective of the viewer and the conditions of its viewing but talking about the 90% that was made and the 10% that's created by the audience are two different conversations

it just catches me off guard because like I'm over here talking about the work as it exists in the world and somebody else goes 'well I saw this movie on my first date with my late ex-wife who I miss every day' and like alright what's that got to do with the price of fish

hey im moving halfway across the country and that costs a chunk of money

tough times for all and i can offer you nothing in return other than my continued existence but if you've got something to spare i'd appreciate it

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mostly the feeling is 'by god you deserve better than you've been given'

I always feel complicated when I'm shitting on some extremely corporate media and people come in with the queer headcanons like, I'm never sure whether the purpose is to take ownership of a work that's apathetic toward you or to just invent a 'permission' framework for consuming it

With more than 1,000 settler attacks in the first eight months, 2025 is on track to become the most violent year yet.

I wish square-enix failure in all its endeavours and I do so with my entire heart

I don't hate the concept of the outfit tbh I just think it is doing a dogshit job of applying the outfit to the character model

like look at this big cylinder of a man. could you not afford to handle his big coat with a little more love and care than the ff14 default robe template. what the fuck is going on with the shading on his pants. this is not a candid in-engine shot this is his character reveal asset

new dissidia outfits + character models are like if you tried to do fashion without caring how fabric fits over the body

this is besides the point but the 'trump HATES this thing, let's spread it like WILDFIRE' genre of viral post is so funny to me. yeah dude he's scrolling bsky right now, in fact he said the thing he hates most was when people give me five dollars

whole series about gods and demons struggling against each other and it's got no more ambition in its tone than pokemon does

games just don't have writing man I don't know what to say