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"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing." - Oscar Wilde

But I read this fantastic article that pretty much said the opposite, so I'm torn between a 19th century gay romantic or a Scottish philosopher.

Aeon

In these dark times, the virtue we need is hopeful pessimism | Aeon Essays

We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice

My Stranger Things SLug Baby Hypothesis

I don't know if anyone else thought this but I've just finished watching Season 1 of Stranger Things for the first time (I know I'm late to it but please no spoilers!!!) and did anyone else think that Will was going to get pregnant with slug things like that dude in Round the Twist did that one episode?

This cannot be a coincidence. In nine months Will is going to be the proud mother to an inter dimensional slug baby.

And on another note Round the Twist was...something. I remember loving it as a kid so I went back and watched a bunch of episodes on youtube and oh man. It's a lot.

Agatha Christie Appreciation Post

Can we all take a minute to remember back to 1926 when Agatha Christie went to a spa for a couple of days and the whole of England proceeded to fall into a state of chaos as it thought she'd gone missing.

She was the top story in all the newspapers.

The entire police force was looking for her.

And the real kicker is that her brother had told the police that she was at a spa and they'd just said 'nah can't be' and not bothered to check.

I think one of the reasons the first wives club was so good was because it was about women supporting women. A lot of comedies pit women against each other and 90% of the time it's because they're fighting over guys. Mean Girls and Bride Wars and the like. High School Musical 2 is a prime example. But then there's these brilliant movies like Pitch Perfect and the First Wives club where it's about friendships and platonic love which are really brilliant. They're refreshing. I watched it and for a movie that was made in the 90s it has aged REALLY well. In the first wives club even though they're angry at the young women their husbands are dating, it's not made out to be their fault. It's more aimed at their husbands.

It is so funny. I think i cried laughing. Also kudos to them for having a lesbian character who was shown in such a positive light. I cannot believe this was made in the 90s. (I've mentioned this like three times I know) The mum is so supportive about the her daughter coming out and makes a huge effort to connect with her.

dogs are the best guys i mean no one else in my life is that excited to see me when i come home.

actually no one in my life is that excited at all.

This is late but Happy Ides of March everyone!

The other day I met a guy and his opening line was "So, what do you think of Andrew Tate?" and without pausing to even let me speak, he ploughed on forward with "Because I reckon I agree with him about 20%."

My response was "Just to warn you, you sound like a little like a douche." And he gets REAL mad.

The feeling when you lose an argument because you were so shocked you couldn't sound coherent and you spend the next 10 years thinking about that. This was not that.

"Hitler supported free health care and in the 40s was going around telling everyone to stop smoking. Do you support Hitler 20%?"

Oh my lord.

Ye Olde Contraception

Me: …

Ye Olde Doc: …

Me: sir keep your herbs away from my hoo-ha

Doesn't this just feel exactly like something Charles would do.

"OH MY GOD JAKE there were these girls and they were SO COOL!" "Did I tell you about the time we used our mouths to-" "Charles we know." "One of them slapped me and I think I died and went to heaven."

M*A*S*H

My parents told me to go and watch this, so I was initially very very skeptical, because they told me Crocodile Dundee was gonna be good and that is a whole separate disaster.

But it's...so good.

Most of the jokes have aged so well and it is eerily clever how quickly it can transition from laugh out loud funny to bawling my eyes out sad.

I love all the characters so much (Except Frank. Hello Frank) And it was made in the 70s. But there are still elements of it that are progressive today, and the themes and ideas about war are pretty timeless.

None of my friends are watching it, and the MASH community on Tumblr is frighteningly small. I'm really hoping someone wants to yell about it with me.