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I was high off my ass last night and had this dream where I was in this dense ass forest and sitting there was a tall woman. She was so tall I couldn’t see her face but she was wearing gold and I was like “uh…hi?” And she said “I made you, do you know that?” And I nodded and she was like “I hear your thoughts. Why do you hate my creation? Why do you try to destroy yourself? I made you perfect as you are. Please don’t break my heart”. Then she started crying and it flooded and I woke up with fucking heart palpitations like what does it Mean™️????

Listen, I'm not saying that not liking either candidate in an election and believing "both parties are the same" is grounds to not vote at all. I'm aware that harm reduction is a very serious issue and that throwing caution to the wind conveys a sort of privilege-driven apathy towards society.

That being said, the response of leftists towards people who believe that both parties are the same attempting to shame them for feeling this way is always so funny to me, because they'll say something akin to:

"Saying both parties are the same would've been profound 30 years ago, but now it just shows that you're out of touch."

not realizing the incredibly fitting irony in the fact that in the same way those who don't vote maintain the status quo by not taking action, they themselves are also contributing to it by actively playing into a system that always makes you choose the "lesser of two evils" rather than completely dismantling it and starting from scratch.

What's even more is the fact that these same leftists will always use the argument of:

"Politicians wouldn't try to take away voting rights if voting didn't do anything" as if the Electoral College and gerrymandering don't exist which stand squarely in the way of actual democracy, and as if both of these aren't just different forms of control that they've been duped into believing have any legitimate purpose behind them.

Fittingly, you'll find that their passion towards abolishing the Electoral College seems to be much quieter as well as their focus on participating and spreading awareness of local and state elections. Instances in which voting has a more immediate effect.

At the end of the day, while marginalized people will not be placed in immediate danger by choosing the "lesser of two evils", they will never truly be protected. Their fates will forever be hanging in the balance as if it were purgatory, never truly feeling secure because there will always be a potential countdown to when your existence expires.

The so-called "lesser of two evils" will not given them protection as much as it will continue to use them as a means of promoting an inauthentic message of progression and acceptance that the public overtime will come to accept as reality.

Oh, and for those leftists who are going to inevitably tell me:

"If you don't see the difference between either party then I don't know what to tell you."

Let it be known, not once did I ever say they stood for the same things, nor that you shouldn't fight against the worse reality. All I'm simply asking is, why have you become complacent with only two options, and if you are in fact not content with this, what are you doing to fix this?

Prefacing this by saying that I don't know if this is going to make sense, and there's a reasonable chance this is going to sound weird and off-putting, so I'll attempt to explain it as best possible.

From the time that people around me starting having it up until now, there's something that's so captivating about imaging the sex lives of people I know.

Not because I'm necessarily turned on by the surface level specifics of what they do, or how they look in the bedroom bare, but rather because of how one's sexual experiences seem to be such a separate and private part of one's life, and yet they contribute so much to the overall infinite complexity of the human experience.

Fetishes and kinks very quickly come to mind when I entertain such thoughts, especially the sentiment towards not kinkshaming.

Much like you might wonder what someone isn't saying when they talk to you depending on how close you are, you might also ponder what "does it for them" when there's no need to conceal anything, and how this hidden persona potentially affects their daily lives.

I feel as though these hypothetical imaginings are possibly the reason why so many queer people often jokingly (but sometimes not-so jokingly) make claims that seemingly straight passing men and women like to get pegged, or like to "munch box" respectively.

As humans, we seek community and relatability, and fantasizing about the private lives of others, even if based in complete fiction, is a way to not feel so trapped in our own existence.

Digital Nuance, Public Discourse, and Public Approval: The Steady Decline of "Having a Dialogue"

Being on the internet as someone who operates from a place of nuance and complexity as opposed to simplistic and impulsive knee-jerk reactions feels like being a masochist because there's so much you could say but it would take too long to write out and mostly fall on deaf ears.

It also doesn't help that although there are many people out there that are happy to have these complex discussions, you're much less likely to find people who are capable of doing so in a way that doesn't convey the idea that the only perspective they're open to is theirs.

This mentality is not just aggravating to deal with as someone who wants to contribute to these discussions, but actively drives people away from having them, which is incredibly counterintuitive given how much stress and importance is constantly placed on speaking on issues.

This, if anything, calls into question why stress is even placed on having discussions about any topic. If there's supposedly only one right view and thus solution to an issue, why even start a dialogue in the first place? To talk in circles? Unless, they're not that simple...

It's a rare occurrence, but my faith in humanity is slightly restored whenever I see what could've easily turned into a heated argument about a topic beautifully and amicably resolve itself with each party respecting each others views without attacking them.

Though, I feel like the concept of "ratioing" people is what holds us back from these occurrences happening. I can't help but feel that people on the internet are less concerned about actually defending their argument, and more about whether other people will back it up.

Saying this, I can already hear people defending ratioing because of how it supposedly "puts people in their place" and makes them feel shame for what is mostly agreed to be the morally or intellectually incorrect way of analyzing a topic.

Again though, why should the focus of having an opinion be attempting to "prove" that it's the so-called "right" one through public approval which is also nothing more than simply a larger group of people's opinions?

10 people died in the Bronx last night due to a fire that killed 10 people in the Bronx last night during a fire...

I love how the mentality that's been pushed lately on social media has been one of "being in your you era" or "entering your villain era" or worst of all "not owing anyone anything" which, as I've mentioned in a previous post, is nothing more than the same hyper-individualistic self-isolation, and apathetic mindset that many gymbros participate in that's simply being repackaged and marketed femininely as "self-care".

Meanwhile, and not to sound like I'm "not like other girls", the mindset I've been in has been one that's completely the opposite in which I seek to strip myself of any and all egoistic tendencies, while simultaneously looking towards those who are very talented and skillful but are low-key and humble about it as inspiration for what I one day aspire to be.

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The children may yearn for the mines, but they also yearn for a "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter, "Say So" by Doja Cat, '70s-adjacent, Barbie-inspired pop track that transports them to an imaginary land filled with nothing but pool parties and beach trips where the temperature never dips below 70, never reaches past 85, no humidity, and everyone sips on endless iced drinks.

Hell is real, and it's called watching in increasing annoyance as your parents have what I can only assume is an anxiety-induced frenzy in which they will somehow find every way possible to avoid walking out the door for as long as possible by aimlessly walk around the house claiming they "just need to do this" or they "just need to grab that" and then they'll supposedly be "ready to go".

Me not wanting to delete my original comment in an argument because it would mean the other person won, and then realizing that contrary to popular belief I'm actually winning by choosing to disengage and focus on more productive things in my life while the other person is putting their energy into this meaningless endeavor.

Me when I'm in a being a nuisance under the illogical idea that what I'm doing is productive competition and my opponent is a person who replies to all 125 Instagram comments passive aggressively correcting people's pronouns as if this is YouTube and they can retroactively edit them, as if new commenters are going to look at their replies before commenting, and as if making their own stand-alone comment wouldn't be more effective in informing people.

I'm delusional in the way that I'm truly of the belief that finding out about a certain feature I was previously unaware of on the laptop I've been using for 3 years will not only instantaneously make me a better studier, but will also give me the motivation to actually study.

Me when I'm in a "thinking being passive aggressive is a personality trait" competition and my opponent is a 16-22 y/o white girl who does e-girl adjacent makeup, and condescendingly uses the words "babes", "bestie", "hope this helps!" and the ":)" emoji as if she's the "edgier" equivalent of a stereotypically mean girl from a Disney Channel show.

How I feel logging into Instagram once every 7 days just to comment nice things on the posts of people I went to high school with 3 years ago:

Glad someone brought up how underrated underwater farts are!

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few scenes in entertainment where they play with the idea, but for the most part they're very hard to come by.

The most notable of these I can think of these actually combines both this, and a fart competition, and it's the hot tub scene from Downhill Willie (1996). All the guys go around showing off because the jets just so happen to stop working, and they all have gas as a side effect of drinking the Jock Pop soda they have to promote.

I know people often write off this distinct style of low-brow "poop and fart, stoner and weed joke" humor that was prevalent in the late 90s and early 2000s because of how low-effort it is, but it feels like something that could've been written by one of us on here, and for the reason feels like such a gift from the past.

Another great example (that also involves a hot tub) is the Battle of the Bands episode of Good Luck Charlie, where in the outro Gabe and Bob are sitting in the hot tub hanging out, and suddenly the jets come on. Gabe confusedly says that he doesn't remember turning on the bubbles, to which Bob pridefully remarks that with "three trays of tacos, you gonna get some bubbles".

No fart sounds are used in the scene, but nevertheless, it's such a hot scene to me because of how proud of himself he is despite Gabe's disgust.

Pool farts🥰 Underwater farts. The ones where you can see the bubbles in the water. Idk i just wanted to talk about farts underwater coz they're underrated.

THEY ARE!!!!!!

God you get it, you so get it!!!!! I wish I had a bathtub (I only have a shower) bc then that's all I would do heheheheheh I do have a lot of bath tub fart dreams though or dreams where I fart in the shower

Just the way the bubbles come up ooooooh god I need to write some little scenario prompts about this. It's especially good with an embarrassed person farting! no way to hide it when it slips even when it's silent heheheheh 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

I find it fascinating that Judaism is the only religion with explicit commandments pertaining to urban planning, setting out how cities are to be built for the Leviites. The Torah specifies that their core cities must be dense, surrounded by an undisturbed green belt, only allowing for agricultural work outside of that belt.

It seems as if Judaism is an inherently urban religion due to the requirement to live in walking distance of a Synagogue for Shabbat, making Jews the earliest advocates of something like a 15-minute city.

I wonder what the impacts of religion on urban planning are more broadly and which religions promote ideals conducive to good planning. Judaism most directly encourages density and green space as a mitzvah, but what other religions have unique and religiously inspired ideas on how cities should be planned?

I think this is an important and often overlooked question for urbanists as lobbying for change with a diverse coalition of religious communities aligned with urbanist goals of various shades would be hugely helpful towards the causes of both good urban planning and positive incorporation of religions, especially minority religions, in society and decision making.

Me making it a bi-weekly practice of unfollowing blogs that don't arrange the same 200 widely circulated pictures of thick thighed, fat-assed, plump chested, and big bulged men in the exact (arbitrary) way that I want.

After learning that TruTV has canceled Tacoma F.D. and is not renewing it for a 5th season, I would like to say that I think it would've been perfect, and it's such a missed opportunity that they never had a fart contest scene in the show's running.

I will say I'm glad that they had every main male cast member fart at least once, but given how much they reference and take pride in their constant flatulence, it would've made so much sense for the sendoff to have been them all putting their skills to the test for the last time.

Say, for instance, by having some sort of contest like in the first season, where they all compete to win the Fart Jar, but this time there's a montage where they all go around in a circle for an extended period of time all emptying their tanks until the last person has nothing left.

This could've also been a great way for them to do the standard trope of showing a girl's fart be louder and more impressive than all the guys by having Lucy be the final fart when all the guys have finished, much to all of their shock.

It's such a funny thing because given the blogs that I follow and how they make such overtly and unabashedly personal posts informing everyone of how "in the mood" they are with posts that often sound something like:

"Feeling really [h-word] and just want to [something gay and raunchy] with [their preferred type]"

I feel like it wouldn't be that big of surprise to anyone who follows me, or anyone who happens to stumble upon one of my posts if I were to carry out the same action of making similarly toned posts.

I always stop myself before making them though, because there's this mentality I have that says that I need to maintain a so-called "professional and academic integrity" (as if I were the New York Times) in my blog.

In essence, it allows me to communicates similar in-the-moment feelings of arousal without straying too far into the territory of things that I couldn't say on YouTube without immediately getting demonetized.

That said, many of my posts are literally about how I would write the perfect fart scene, so who am I really fooling?

I've talked about this before, but it leaves such a bad taste in my mouth whenever the character in a movie or series who is meant to be the comedic relief due to his constant flatulence is fat.

Not because — as some of you might incorrectly and sensitively assume — I think the idea of something as innocuous as fart humor should be limited to a certain body type, but because it feels so in line with the "Fat Slob" trope that assigns most, if not all unpleasant bodily functions to those characters who are not conventionally attractive.

It goes without saying that gross actions like burping, farting, sweating, etc., are things that everyone does, so I needn't write an entire think piece explaining how much more socially conscious we should be.

However, what I find funny is that if we are to employ the logic that the reason why fat people do these things more often because of their "worse" diet, there are so many food choices that thinner, conventionally attractive make that cause them to do exactly the same things.

For example, it's a commonly used joke amongst those who frequent the gym especially on social media, that in order to build muscle you have to eat a lot of protein and that this often involves adding lots of whey powder to things which makes people gassy given that it's a component of dairy products.

There's already many depictions in media of the typical douchey, frat-bro, jock gymbro who in some instances uses bodily functions as a way to convey his arrogance (namely in the form of belching loudly in someone's face after drinking a beer). How hard would it be to extend this concept to men like this that lack these antagonistic qualities?

I know subversions of the "Fat Slob" trope are already out there, but I think it would be a great way to continue this subversion as well as contributing to more range and inclusivity in plus-sized characters.

Imagine a friendship or relationship where it's the guy who's 6'2 with 6-pack abs, bulging biceps, and thick legs who blushes whenever he accidentally lets one go and people chastise him for it?

It's worth noting that the series Tacoma F.D. does a great job of accomplishing this with it's predominately male cast that has many muscled-up, in shape guys, and an abundance of fart scenes when compared to other shows.

Take notes Hollywood.

I wish there were more fart scenes in entertainment similar to the two from Bio-Dome where Bud and Doyle guess what each other ate before to make their farts smell like that.

Similarly, I wish that more scenes, along with those that currently exist, better conveyed the idea of people being disgusted by how shameless a character's display of flatulence is.

I can imagine a scene that's like a fusion of the "Back at Cha!" one from White Chicks, the two from Bio-Dome, and the many instances of Scooby and Shaggy gorging on food, where you have two or more guy friends sitting in some sort of eatery adjacent establishment, and they put their skills of being "fart connoisseurs" to the test, much to the dismay of the public around them.

The context of the film, along with how far the screenwriters wanted to lean into the idea that these characters aren't at all concerned with how they're perceived, would determine the setting, along with how increasingly annoyed of a response people around them would have.

For instance, for a film following a character who gradually outgrows his slacker best friend from childhood, you could have a flashback sequence of all the shenanigans they've been through.

One of said experiences would be the two ordering a bunch of food at an upscale restaurant, getting really stuffed, and then, in a mockingly posh accent, guessing what they ate while the patrons around them become more angry leading to them being thrown out the restaurant.

Another scenario I can think of this being used would be if we are meant to align ourselves with these characters — despite how uncouth they are — against the antagonist of the film.

You could have them sabotage their very important individual performance such as a recital or a musical/play by having these two characters take turns farting whenever the antagonist tries to perform, with the farts getting louder with each attempt they make to try to perform again until they are eventually laughed off the stage.

Envisioning a rom-com where a comical aspect that's brought up in reference to the male lead, or one of them if it's a gay relationship, is that he has a mild flatulence problem that while he can find the humor in, is slightly embarrassed by when one accidentally slips out.

The montage scene where the two characters are slowly starting to fall in love with each other would consist of the typical scenes where they try on hats, cook together, etc., but there would be one scene where this part of the character would be used to show that the other lead is comfortable with it, and that he can be himself around the other person.

This could be accomplished two ways, depending on how raunchy the film wanted to be.

The first way would be to show the couple sitting on the couch watching a movie, and the character accidentally farts and sheepishly apologizes, to which the other person says, "Is that all you got? Give it another go." and then the character lets out a louder fart.

The second way would be at the end of the montage before it transitions to the next scene where it cuts to the characters in the middle of having sex on the verge of climax getting louder and louder, and when they finally do reach it, the camera switches to their bedroom door as a loud fart can be heard from inside and the male lead says something like: "Ahh, that was great."