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there’s a difference between actual dark humor and laughing at a deep fried picture of a decapitated palestinian child

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every pasta has its own method of being eaten. you just have to fork around and find out

#shitpost #meme

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Rereading the Lord of the Rings series recently, and it's so fascinating to me how much the series is a denial of the typical juvenile power-fantasy that is associated with the fantasy genre.

Like, the power-fantasy is the temptation the Ring uses against people It tempts Boromir with becoming the "one true king" that could save his people with fantastic power. It tempts Sam with being the savior of Middle Earth and turning the ruin that is Mordor into a great garden. It tempts Gandalf and Galadriel with being the messianic figure of legend who brings salvation to Middle Earth and great glory to herself.

The things the Ring tempts people with are becoming the typical protagonists of fantasy stories that we expect to see. and over and over we see that accepting that role, that fantasy of being the benevolent all-powerful hero, is a bad thing. LotR is about how power, even power wielded with benevolent intent, is corrupting.

And its so fascinating how so much of modern fantasy buys into the very fantasy LotR denies. Most modern fantasy is about being that Heroic power-fantasy. About good amassing power to rival evil. But LotR dares not to. It dares to be honest that there is no world where anyone amasses that power and remains good.

I guess that's one of the reasons its so compelling.

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A little advice from someone studying extremist groups: if you’re in a social media environment where the daily ubiquitous message is that you have no hope of any kind of future and you can’t possibly achieve anything without a violent overthrow of society, you’re being radicalized, and not in the good way.

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Original

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anyways vs anyway. the dichotomy of man

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negativity enjoyers after realizing that love is unrestrained, unstoppable and flows through life

that to live is to let love guide you in each and every choice you make on earth

without life there would be no love to flow, and without love to flow then there would be no life to live

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AITA for being the opening between two buttcheeks?

#reddit #shitpost

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what if the real rot is the media we consumed along the way

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🧙‍♂️: hey man can a mage come up in yo tower??

🧙: man fuck you wizard i’ll see you at the village square

🧙‍♂️: aw don’t hate me cuz i’m mystical!! maybe if you got rid of that yee yee ass spellbook youd get some wenches on yo wand!!better yet, maybe that rogue will show you some sleight of hand instead of adventuring with that 10th level party, NOVICE!!!

#dungeons and dragons #wizardposting #wizard shit

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It's okay to

Only like the Star Wars sequels

Like Marvel projects after Endgame

Like Harry Potter

Like a character most people don't like

But it's not okay to

Have a different opinion on a fandom

Bully people for having an opposing opinion

Say people are wrong for liking something you don't

Sexualize characters or actors that are underage

Hate a character for being female when you love a male character that acts the same way

Hate on actors or their fans

At the end of the day, we're all nerds, and we should be supporting one another instead of bringing them down. ♡

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the value of hope and love will always persevere as long as humanity will. to be human is to laugh, cry, go through heartbreak and happiness and still find peace in where you belong in the constant change on earth. you may not ever know your purpose, but you will know your place.

humans are the only beings capable of watching TV with friends, going insane over fictional characters, watching their child graduate college. to laugh and cry and go through heartbreak and happiness is to not only face the indifferent cruelty of the universe, but to light a spark amidst its darkness.

:3

#based #positivity #you are awesome

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me when the character who had absolutely no say in becoming a part of the events of the story is changed by them in a way they’ll never come back from

#fiction #stories #fantasy

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never forgetting the time when i was at dnd club in middle school and my friend deshaun (who is very much Not a dnd person) was filling out his character sheet and i looked over and his character was a rogue half elf named dequarius demarcus ontavius rashel ibn yusuf ahmed mufasa

#dungeons and dragons

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aye gang i been runnin these streets since i was young!!＾ω＾you feel me? (づ ◕‿◕ )づ

#kawaii

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Do you miss all your old selves?

no they are inside of me i hug them everyday and say u did such a good job