(TikTok screencap)
I remember when people said that twitter screenshots aren’t memes. Now we look at screencaps from the brainrot apps and it’s somehow supposed to be funny
Maybe this is a meta meme.
When will the bullshit of posting captioned screenshots from social media pass?
I would take this over the obvious rage-bait and bullshit people pump out in vast volumes every day to get people to click on their channel, to see their ads, to buy their health-sludge, or to retweet for “engagement.”
At least this is just a conversation starter and no watermarks to someone’s essential-oil and vaccine-alternative supplements.
“Well, you see, it did. You just didn’t notice because its passing was overshadowed by the veritable tsunami of shit that replaced it. Take heart though! That too shall pa- Oh, look! Another one coming in!”
Here’s your eta: η
Like a kidney stone.
On a real note, that phrase is not about what’s happening around you, but how you feel about it.
“Accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
It’s the 12 step (serenity) prayer
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And matches to make it everyone’s problem.Obviously they’ve made some changes over the years
Well, first it gets worse.
I’m out of the loop on this one. Can someone cue me in on who this is, and what the significance and context is?
So instead of tweets now people put their little comments as the caption to a short form video where they just stare at the camera and then other people screencap that and share it like an image macro, but instead of socially awkward penguin it’s this fuckin guy.
Maybe there’s another layer if you know who he is but I think it’s just some fucking guy and the point is the words and his facial expression/body language.
“You too shall pass.”
It will pass when the left overcomes our internal differences and works together to fight the fascists instead of each other.
I agree with this, but it’s more than just getting along that the left is failing at. We need to organise better, fight more effectively and build strong communities. This is something the religious folks have mastered.
That’s why I think we need to use more religious techniques. And no, I don’t mean ML brainwashing. I mean we need spiritual ceremonies. We need to use magic as part of our praxis. We need to liberate our minds from the religious brainwashing of capitalism.
We need to use magic as part of our praxis.
Yeah, that’ll get the left to unite around you 🙄
The rich are using magic. We need it too, in order to have an equal footing.
The rich are using magic.
Sure thing, bud.
They take a mundane piece of paper, print a picture on it, and it’s imbued with metaphysical power that the poor would kill and die to obtain.
And they don’t even have to print it to make more! They can just lend and borrow it to create more money out of thin air! That’s how the 2008 financial crisis happened. Too much magic mucking with the money.
They buy newspapers and TV stations so they can rewrite the reality that the people believe in. Create a mirage of nukes in Iran through rhetoric. Illusion magic.
They trap your mind in a prison, and they have more than one prison for different kinds of people. Some of the prisons look like you’re working against them, but it just advances their agenda further.
Not to mention the Pope. He’s got so much magical power over people. But the new kid on the block to challenge Christianity is the worship of money. Trump knows it, he’s made himself a religion.
So I guess I wonder what you believe the word “magic” means…
I’m intrigued to hear you mention magic. My current slogan is “Tech. Magic. Action.”, which I believe are the three pillars needed.
I’m a software engineer and technical director of my own media studio. I have recently been trying to nudge my career into that next level where I combine creativity with technology and just tell people what I do is magic, so I don’t have to go too deep into the inner workings of things. I can explain the how, but honestly over the years I’ve learned people don’t want to know how things work, or why we do them, they just want to reap the benefits.
In Jodorowsky’s Technopriests, the protagonist seeks to guide his people to a place where they can establish a new society. One where harmonious human relationships are valued more than technological prowess corrupted by an excess of total science and a total lack of consciousness.
I wonder how we can replicate such a journey in real life. Because it’s desperately needed.
If you’re lucky enough to live in Australia, get to know the Aboriginal people in your local community. Attend some Indigenous cultural events as a learner. White culture has forgotten how to value relationships over technology, but Indigenous culture still remembers. Just remember not to be a nuisance. Listen, be respectful, and do what you can to give as much help as you receive.
Jodorowski is a loon with zero qualifications in science or philosophy. I’m not sure why a person would take anything he says about reality with anything less than a grain of salt. Especially when it eschews actual, real, science.
That kidney stone must hurt like a sonuvvabitch.
That doesn’t quite look like gut hunch to me, but I am not quite an expert
Soon.
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Sure, let me just estimate your remaining lifespan and get back to you on that.
Sadly he has the best doctors available.
Seriously depends on your own life expectancy
2040-2041, give or take.
I’m not even kidding.
Probably right.
I’m half a century old or so, I’ve seen the cycles the US goes through and the world broadly. I know that the pendulum always swings, and sometimes it swings further in one direction than another, but that just means the back-swing is going to go further and harder. But those are generally 20 - 30 year cycles or so, that’s how long it takes for a new generation who forgot everything about their childhood to take the reigns and start the cycle over.
The thing that we need to shake off our species though is the idea of an “end.”
Your laundry never ends. Washing the dishes never ends. You never exercise so much you don’t need to anymore. You will always be moving forward in time and through periods of change. Yes, this too shall pass… to be replaced by new things that will also pass.
If we could get better about managing our present moment we wouldn’t need to keep staring out for some imagined end-of-the-road where everything is fine and we’re suddenly happy again for some reason. While you’re staring out looking for that, your current life and opportunity to find peace is just rapidly slipping past.
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May 2045 probably
I would bet close to then things are returning to a form of stability that might resemble something livable and where one would want to raise children. Sorta…
Elaborate
The boomers will almost all be dead. I assume.
Ah right, here’s to that 🍻
Except my momma whom I’ll miss dearly 😭
They had their shot, and this is what they did with it. I agree, but just because they’re our parents doesn’t mean their generation made good decisions.
Oh noooo no no no. Totally not what I’m saying. Their generation fucked us. For sure.
I agree 100%, that’s what I’m saying. Don’t let the compassion for your family overwhelm your rational thoughts that confirm Boomers have fucked Earth royally. Millennials aren’t far behind (said as one).
Right, I wasn’t. I was just saying I love ma moms and I don’t want her to die ever, but that generation needs to go for the betterment of mankind, hopefully. (Probably not though.)
You’ll be that generations Boomers.
We’re in the first third of a generational transition phase, which happens throughout history all the time. The changes over the next few years will take a generation to remediate. Which, at that point, means the goal is not “going back” to something remembered, but seeking stability based on the context of 16-25 year-olds that are kids now who will need that stability to build on to survive. The Olds won’t be in any shape to rebuild anything.
Thanks!
