Oliver Banks Haunting The Narrative In TMA Was Such A Fun Choice And I Honestly Really Hope He Shows

Oliver Banks haunting the narrative in TMA was such a fun choice and I honestly really hope he shows up again in TMAGP cause I miss him and it's not the same without him lurking

“what if kids identify with something and it ends up just being a phase-?” good. stop teaching and expecting kids (and adults honestly) to formulate permanent traits and ideas of themselves. everything in life is a phase. that doesn’t make it any less legitimate while you experience it. let people explore themselves and know it’s okay if what you think about yourself changes.

I wanna hear your top 5 bullshit philosophers! (Dropped out of my german philosophy graduate degree a few years back myself. Minima Moralia even was in the toilet book pile in my previous flat)

oh, with certain pleasure. please keep in mind that i don't think that these philosophers are bullshitting, neither am i making any judgement on their merit as philosophers - these are simply my most quoted philosophers, and when i invoke their name in casual conversation to deal psychic damage to my friends, i certainly am bullshitting. now you can also do the same to your friends and hit them with austrian philosopher ludwig wittgenstein because they burned the pizza! so here are, in no particular order:

5 quotable philoposphy texts to invoke in casual conversation

On Certainty, by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1984) - link to text

to be able to say "my god, Wittgenstein was right. there are no certainties" every time something new and excitingly terrifying happens on the news or when the bus doesn't come

Theodicy by Freiherr von Gottfried Leibniz (1710) - link to pdf

to be able to say "no Leibniz was right, this is the best of all possible worlds" to absolutely derail any conversation about god being real or when you are eating a really good cookie

Economy and Society, by Max Weber (1921) - link to pdf

to be able to say "weber was right, bureaucracy only serves itself" as a poignant critique about how institutions can prevent progress and also when complaining about the long line at the DMV

Technology of the Self, by Michel Foucault (1982) - link to text

to be able to say "fuck, focault was right, self-optimization is a disease" to discuss the ruse of modern "self-care" in the oppressive context of capitalism and to throw at that one friend who is a bit too much on that grind

The Logic of Scientific Discovery, by Karl Popper (1959), link to pdf

to be able to say "karl popper was right, proven wrong once again!" whenever new exiting science gets published, you admit defeat in a stupid argument that went on too long, or when you see a black swan (let me know!).

and last but not least, honourable mention:

On Jazz, by Theodor W Adorno (1980) - link to pdf

to be able to say "adorno was so wrong, this music goes hard" whenever jazz comes on to remind all your friends that adorno had some truly unhinged takes about jazz of all things. seriously why did he say all that

that's all. don't forget to have fun and be yourself and cite your sources!

im in financial trouble again boys. really badly this time

gofundme link

pre-tdlr: my mom no longer has a job and wasn't given paid leave. i don't have a way to make money right now, rent is expensive, and we have a lot of kittens to take care of until they can be given away. we need money very very very bad. we are both physically disabled to a degree (severe chronic pain, hers worse than mine). I'm offering art in exchange for donations. okay now here's a detailed rundown

To give a more in depth recounting of the situation for the uninitiated, for the past year and a half, my mother and I have been virtually homeless. We've been temporarily housed by friends and family a few times, but patience with this sort of thing runs thin, so my grandpa (very generously) bought us an RV to stay in. We have a spot to park it, but rent for a PARKING spot for it is 800 a month--And it's over 1k a month in other places. shits fucked

Now, here's the main problem: My mom lost her job. She wasn't fired, but they moved shop, and despite essentially begging for compensation, they have given her nothing. This is with knowledge of our situation, too.

We do qualify for food stamps (thank god) but we desperately need money to help cover rent and cover some other...troubling problems. The RVs tags are expired, and it takes a crapton of money to get them replaced; If we were to move the RV with expired tags, we would get in legal trouble, so I'd really rather not be dealing with that if we get kicked off the property

On top of everything else, we have several kittens and even more cats; The kittens are still weaning on their mother and can't be given away, but we need money to feed them, too. seeing them go hungry would break my already broken heart into a million more broken little pieces

Most of the money would be going toward rent and bills, laundry (we have to go to the laundromat for washing clothes), gas for the car, new tags for the rv, and fees involved with me getting an ID, alongside whatever else comes up, just to help keep us afloat until my mom can land another job.

I will be offering rough-and-dirty commissions in exchange for donations to the gofundme if that gives you any incentive. Please. Please? Pretty please

If you can't donate, that's fine, but please share & reblog! It would mean the world and I'm just. Trying to keep it together while all this is happening. I'm planning on getting an ID as soon as possible, alongside a bank account, but I don't know when that will be. For now, this is my only option. Thank you so much!!!!!!!

gofundme link

2,233/3,000 (goal may change)

EXAMPLES OF WHAT ART TO EXPECT UNDER THE CUT!

Im willing to draw pretty much anything, including mechs, furries and gore. nothing too NSFW preferably, and not anything hateful. will do suggestive stuff. OCs, fanart, so on so forth. If you do want a comm, just screenshot proof that you donated and shoot me a DM and we can talk about it :3

this entire animatic is a good example too actually

oh my god the last one

just incredible

Someone needs to unplug my router

my coffin shaped locket is the perfect size to fit one singular ibuprofen