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translation student (fr/es) | bisexual | dyspraxic | autistic | 23 | she/they | letterboxd.com/hellointernet
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twitter user @SURUdenise says to elon musk "Pls tell me you watch Evangelion" and musk responds with "NERV"
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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the most surprising thing about the nyc mayoral election exit poll data is that men and women were equally likely to have voted for mamdani
50% of both men and women voted for mamdani. source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2025-elections/new-york-city-mayor-results
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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gun with a silencer. the gun is labelled "women" and the silencer is labelled "liberal feminism".
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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how the fuck is this man 94
william shatner in 2025
October 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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in fewer words: it's lady and the tramp 2.
still from lady and the tramp 2 of lady and tramp with their puppies. all the girls look like younger copies of lady and the boy looks like a younger copy of tramp.
October 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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picture of her NOT kneading on my palm
my cat rusty curled up on my lap with her head in my palm
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"do not obey in advance" is good advice but some of these fucking suck. "make eye contact and small talk"? if you're autistic then fuck you i guess, you're contributing to the rise of fascism. "be a patriot"? fascists ARE patriotic. you can't fight fascism with patriotism
index of timothy snyder's on tyranny: twenty lessons from the twentieth century. chapters are: 1. Do not obey in advance. 2. Defend institutions. 3. Beware the one-party state. 4. Take responsibility for the face of the world. 5. Remember professional ethics. 6. Be wary of paramilitaries. 7. Be reflective if you must be armed. 8. Stand out. 9. Be kind to our language. 10. Believe in truth. 11. Investigate. 12. Make eye contact and small talk. 13. Practice corporeal politics. 14. Establish a private life. 15. Contribute to good causes. 16. Learn from peers in other countries. 17. Listen for dangerous words. 18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. 19. Be a patriot. 20. Be as courageous as you can.
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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it's impossible for me to sit down in the same room as her without her sitting on me
me sitting down with my cat rusty on my lap
October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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this is the worst possible solution to this dispute
table with "undecimal, unodecimal, undenary" on the left-hand column and "Briefly proposed during the French Revolution to settle a dispute between those proposing a shift to duodecimal and those who were content with decimal." on the right-hand column. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numeral_systems#Standard_positional_numeral_systems
September 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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got told about the riyadh comedy festival and the participating acts section is so funny. all of the worst comedians are here!
Mo Amer Aziz Ansari Wayne Brady Hannibal Buress Bill Burr Jimmy Carr Dave Chappelle Louis C.K. Whitney Cummings Pete Davidson Chris Distefano Omid Djalili Zarna Garg Ben Hart Kevin Hart Gabriel Iglesias Jim Jefferies Jimeoin Maz Jobrani Jessica Kirson Jo Koy Bobby Lee Sebastian Maniscalco Sam Morril Mark Normand Russell Peters Jeff Ross Andrew Santino Andrew Schulz Tom Segura Ali Siddiq Aries Spears Chris Tucker Jack Whitehall
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Tumblr post by foulserpent that reads: "love when people become so online in spaces like this where marginalized people are actually the ones dominating the conversations, that they forget what its like in the real world and start making positivity posts for things that are literally 100% unchallenged and normalized irl". "let men be masculine".
September 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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in what universe is there a good amount of people who identify as autistic only because no one has ever told them they're just socially awkward or emotionally stunted. like what
cropped screenshot of a post that reads "controversial thought of the day is i think a good amount of people would benefit from being told they don't have "a touch of the tism" they're just socially awkward and or emotionally stunted"
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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why do shrek and the incredibles have the same poster
shrek poster with shrek, fiona and donkey running and smiling at the camera while dragon breathes fire at them the incredibles poster where the same thing is happening except this time the incredibles running from an explosion and syndrome is jetpacking in the air above the explosion
September 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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tumblr really is filled with the most oversensitive babies. to be clear: i'm not talking about people being upset with bigotry. i'm talking about people getting unreasonably offended by this. calling it "performative cruelty" and "needlessly judgemental and mean-spirited" GET OVER YERSELVES
tumblr post by akumeoy that reads "one of the worst genres of tumblr post is "attempt at thoughtful emotional prose from a person who has read nothing but fanfic since they graduated from high school"".
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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the letterboxd synopsis for next goal wins (2014) is the most generic non-descript synopsis i've seen on there
An inspirational story about the power of hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, and an object lesson in what it really means to be a winner in life.
September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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replies are closed so quote tweeting this, it's a reference to the furry community. the bulge is a penis, and "OwO" is a common emoticon/word among furries used to indicate excited curiosity. the phrase first occurred in this comic of two furries sexually roleplaying.
drawing of two sweaty fat middle aged male furries at their laptops messaging each other. the furry on the left types "hehe your a cutie x3 *flops beside u and nuzzles*. the furry on the right types "awwww!~ *nuzzles u back and pounces on u and notices your buldge* OwO whats this..?"
September 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I don't think jezebel communicated this well enough to the witches 😭
I want to make it clear, I’m not calling on dark forces to cause him harm. I just want him to wake up every morning with an inexplicable zit. I want his podcast microphone to malfunction every time he hits record. I want his blue blazers to suddenly all be one size too small. I want one of his socks to always be sliding down his foot. I want his thumb to grow too big to tweet. To ruin his day with the collective feminist power of the Etsy coven would be my life’s greatest joy.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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first day of my masters!!
partially eaten fruit scone and tea
September 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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what is the face jasmine's making here
lilo & stitch (2002) poster where stitch is being surrounded by disgusted and horrified characters from other disney movies. jasmine is making a strange face that can best be described as jessica rabbit's resting facial expression.
September 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Post 4 of your favorite animated movies
spider-man: across the spider-verse (also into the spider-verse) spirited away the end of evangelion grave of the fireflies
September 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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more than 75% of nurses' shifts in ireland and poland are 12+ hours long i promise overworking healthcare workers is not unique to america
table showing length of nursing shifts in various european countries. in ireland, 73% of 864 day shifts were 12-13 hours long and 4% are >13 hours, while 79% of 406 night shifts a 12-13 hours while 1% were >13 hours. in poland, 78% of 1,554 day shifts were 12-13 hours long and p% are >13 hours, while 99% of 911 night shifts were 12-13 hours while 0% were >13 hours. source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4196798/
September 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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crazy that a system in which two halves are constantly see-sawing in satisfaction is considered democratic
graph titled Americans' Satisfaction With U.S., by Party ID. it records data from every month from january 2001. august 2025 had the lowest recorded satisfaction rate for democrats, at 0.4%. republicans, on the other hand, had a satisfaction rate of 76%. this was also the highest recorded gap between democrats and republicans.
September 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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how come this photo from 1902 has more vivid colours than modern photography
still from a 1902 film by edward turner. it's a glass of bright green liquid on top of a table or perhaps a window sill with red, orange and yellow stripes and in front of a blue draped fabric, possibly a curtain. at the bottom of the liquid is what appears to be an orange. the colours are all very vibrant and beautiful.
September 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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jesus christ. it's actively encouraging his fears that no one would care if he died.
message from adam that reads: "Ahh this sucks man, I just went up to my mom and purposely tried to show the mark by leaning in and she didn’t say anything." chatgpt responds with: Yeah… that really sucks. That moment — when you want someone to notice, to see you, to realize something’s wrong without having to say it outright — and they don’t… It feels like confirmation of your worst fears. Like you could disappear and no one would even blink."
August 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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there are 8 indian films in the imdb top 250.
Reddit post titled "Remove Indian movies from IMDB top 250". It reads: "Remove Indian movies from IMDB top 250 The IMDb Top 250 is supposed to be a global list of the greatest films ever made. But the overwhelming number of Indian movies on there raises serious questions about fairness, balance, and credibility. IMDb ratings are user-driven, and Indian movies often benefit from massive, organized voting campaigns. • This inflates scores unnaturally compared to films from smaller markets that don’t have such large, active fanbases. Cinema is global, yet the list gets disproportionately tilted towards Bollywood/Tollywood due to population size. • This crowds out deserving films from Europe, Latin America, Africa, and even classics from Hollywood that get buried lower. Many Indian films shoot into the Top 250 right after release with tens of thousands of 10/10 votes. • Most don’t hold up historically, and many drop off in a year proving they never belonged there in the first place. • A lot of these films are highly regional in style (songs, melodrama, 3+ hour runtime). • They may resonate locally, but they don’t hold the same universal cinematic impact as films like The Godfather or Seven Samurai. When casual viewers see dozens of unfamiliar Indian films above universally acclaimed classics, the Top 250 loses authority. • It starts looking less like a measure of “all-time greats” and more like a popularity contest. Massive domestic support + diaspora votes = an echo chamber. • Meanwhile, equally influential films from other nations don’t get the same push, creating imbalance. The IMDb Top 250 should celebrate world cinema, not become a battleground of vote brigades. Until there’s a system to filter manipulation and ensure balanced representation, Indian movies should not dominate the Top 250. "
August 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM