Me Watching Monsters Inc As A Kid: How Did It Take So Long For Anyone To Figure Out That Human Child

me watching monsters inc as a kid: how did it take so long for anyone to figure out that human child laughter not only produced energy like screams, but was more effective, and that children aren’t actually dangerous at all?

me watching monsters inc now: monsters incorporated, a multi-billion dollar corporate giant, stood to make extra profits off a scream shortage because low supply with high demand makes it possible to charge a fortune for a necessary commodity and everyone has no choice but to pay the high prices because they can’t go without electricity. Therefore Monsters Inc, as well as any other major powers that may have existed at the start of the era of using scream energy, fabricated the idea that only screams could generate sustainable energy sources in order to create artificial scarcity, because laugh energy was far easier to obtain and far more efficient, and therefore stood to lower the value of energy due to surplus. They also fabricated the idea that human children were toxic, in order to a) make other monsters too afraid to go near them to do research and possibly discover the secret of laugh energy, and b) to make monsters so afraid of going near them that there is a shortage of scarers, making it harder for rival companies to rise up and create competition. Even in the monster world, capitalism is based on lies, greed and cruelty, and even monster companies have no qualms about using and abusing children to maximize profits.

ah yes, Odysseus' daughter, my favorite character

I'm really interested in the ripple effect of the crowdstrike. Its reasonable to think people died, hospitals and emergency centers, etc; but like the smaller things?? I guess there probably isn't much of a chance we'll hear much about that stuff cause we can't see the direct link to crowdstrike, but if anyone has thoughts...

my singing voice is good for showers and mornings in the kitchen and drunken nights and lullabies for babies who need sleep and im okay with this

Something Ive been noticing recently is just how many people quote Tumblr posts and don't give credit. I think it's possible that it's just because the person saw it outside of a Tumblr post, or they think maybe the Tumblr user copied it from elsewhere, but (maybe this is just me) it feels like people are refusing to acknowledge Tumblr as a source. It seems as though people don't want Tumblr to seem reasonable or a credible source of insightful thoughts or smth. And it really could just be me reading into it, but when I see a 10 slide Instagram post and all of the slides are credited except for the Tumblr quotes, it makes me think it's intentional. Especially when I can Google those and find the Tumblr posts. Again, maybe I'm missing something. I'm happy to have feedback if anyone has thoughts on this, agree or disagree