Tobias Wilson-Bates
@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Time Machines. Temporality. Ecology. Robots. Education. Associate Professor of 19th century British Literature.
Very well put!
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Very well put!
I need your interpretation on this urgent matter
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I need your interpretation on this urgent matter
Santa is actually Karl Marx making a point about marriage being the cornerstone form of property ownership as social relation under capitalism
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Santa is actually Karl Marx making a point about marriage being the cornerstone form of property ownership as social relation under capitalism
Nobody asks what happened to the absent naughty children
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Nobody asks what happened to the absent naughty children
Netflix has already greenlit $120 m for him to begin shooting this
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Netflix has already greenlit $120 m for him to begin shooting this
Trying to save you from spending time on social media when you could be making a Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich or eating morning pie
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Trying to save you from spending time on social media when you could be making a Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich or eating morning pie
Like, the Disneyfication of fairy tales, we may accept this broad form of dissemination while recognizing that the story always-also possesses alternate interpretations of, ah-hem, dissemination
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Like, the Disneyfication of fairy tales, we may accept this broad form of dissemination while recognizing that the story always-also possesses alternate interpretations of, ah-hem, dissemination
The outcome we deserve
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The outcome we deserve
I assume the prevalence of interpretation 1 is the reason it can played on the radio 😅
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I assume the prevalence of interpretation 1 is the reason it can played on the radio 😅
A different kind of nut-cracker
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A different kind of nut-cracker
Quickly getting into Vampire rules
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Quickly getting into Vampire rules
Life goes on, long after the thrill of Christmas is gone
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Life goes on, long after the thrill of Christmas is gone
It does seem like the bowl full of jelly would be spent pretty quickly
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It does seem like the bowl full of jelly would be spent pretty quickly
Seems likely they’re in an open marriage at this point as the song has been circulated widely to the public since 1952
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Seems likely they’re in an open marriage at this point as the song has been circulated widely to the public since 1952
We live in a fallen world
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We live in a fallen world
It’s why he needs 364 days off
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It’s why he needs 364 days off
Hoping for a Christmas Carol-style multi-temporality where we get the full extended Mama/Santa extended universe concept
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hoping for a Christmas Carol-style multi-temporality where we get the full extended Mama/Santa extended universe concept
King Kong an adaptation of the Santa myth cycle
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
King Kong an adaptation of the Santa myth cycle
Like transubstantiation, Santa’s figurative vs literal existence becomes an urgent point of doctrine
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Like transubstantiation, Santa’s figurative vs literal existence becomes an urgent point of doctrine
In the sequel we discover the age of the child and each two year age bracket in question leads to wildly different interpretations
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In the sequel we discover the age of the child and each two year age bracket in question leads to wildly different interpretations
Infinitely saddened to extend this analysis further to the inevitable discovery that the narrator is in fact “Daddy”
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Infinitely saddened to extend this analysis further to the inevitable discovery that the narrator is in fact “Daddy”
A Derridean interpretation of “the gift” would demand that Santa achieve climax at each home to avoid incurring an irremediable imbalance of favor
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A Derridean interpretation of “the gift” would demand that Santa achieve climax at each home to avoid incurring an irremediable imbalance of favor