#So genuinely absurd

[to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky]

I’m watching This Is Us and if season 5 really goes the route of Randall’s birth mother is secretly alive and somehow just packed up and left and William never heard from her ever again and never even knew she was secretly alive I’m actually gonna lose it

#Like this show is so fucking good #But if they really put that insane storyline in there I’m gonna scream #Like no #no do not go that route #That would be so absurd #So genuinely absurd #this is us #randall pearson #william hill

[kenobihater]

made a post a while back on how javert's suicide is often poorly portrayed in film adaptations to the point of accidental comedy, and how the 1978 movie in particular is the most unhinged example. audio warning for a loud trumpet blast, don't turn up your volume

#len's videos #inspector javert #javert #les mis #les miserables #les misérables #javert les mis #les mis 1978 #les miserables 1978 #les misérables 1978 #the trumpet blast as he does a flip... the way it just cuts to a cheery carriage ride... girl what were they ON in 1978 😭 #it's so tactless that it veers into absurdism for one of the most serious parts of the story #girl you KNOW your scene is bad when the dogshit bbc version is miles better! #at least i didn't laugh during that scene! that scene was the only bit of genuine emotion i felt besides rage for that whole miniseries! #i have yet to finish '78 LM and i'm sure it has it's redeeming qualities that i don't wanna dunk on! it's just this scene is utterly whack!

[voidfishplurality]

Congrats to everyone at @re-dracula on such a masterpiece of an episode. It was emotionally harrowing in the best way possible. Special shout out to everyone involved in the ending song for making such a lovely sounding song with lyrics that made me want to crawl out of my skin in visceral discomfort

#re: dracula #there were so many double meanings and each of them made more more uncomfortable than the last #i understand why some people thought it was funny. the contrast between the genre and the lyrical content is absurd #but holy fuck it felt like someone was speaking in my ear about how they want to assault me and that was just Awful #in a way that good art can make you feel awful #none of that was an insult to the people making the song i'm genuinely impressed

[soups-archive]

Im in love with the implications of tape 1 of Roier's lore because he either:

1) Was legitimately turned into a rat by the federation, which, beyond the goofy fucking model, is genuinely frightening body horror that I think roier (the guy not the cubito) has the full capacity to explore knowing his rp abilities.

or

2) He was hallucinating getting turned into a rat because of all the drugs he the feds are pumping him with. This comes with the extra terrifying implication that the feds ARE actually experimenting on him, but what they're actually doing to him is being obscured by the effects of the drugs.

Either way it's fucking horrific and I love it. I can't wait to see what he has planned next.

#qsmp #soup speaks #roier #tw drugs #tw hallucinations #god i hope hes hallucinating because genuinely there are so many sick ways he could portray that #he could continue the rat storyline but have it get more and more absurd as a way to communicate to the audience that its all fake #or he could have the set up be the same as this stream #with cucurucho taking him out of his cell for testing and each test or experiement being more absurd than the last #with the horrible implication that shit is being done to him but we just cant see it #unreliable narrator type shit #we could even get little peaks of reality before the big reveal of whats actually happening #like #!!!!!!!!!!! #its so good im so hype for the next tape #i missed the feds being a genuinely terrifying fucked up threat

[totallydiscourse]

Again and again with the "trans men benefit from male privilege" bullshit. Women will not fuck you. Good fucking grief.

#seriously i pass 24/7 #and where in gods green earth are my male privilege benefits? #were rhey supposed to come in the mail? #should i give the patriarchal headquarters a call? #fucks sake #genuinely so absurd that i cant even articulate how

[indecisive-dizzy]

I've been thinking about Frank again and it lead me to remember how Bad he is at chess. So here are my Neighborhood Chess headcanons! 🏠♟️

Frank - Horrible at chess, takes forever to make a move, constantly overthinking, but can recite the textbook rules word for word.

Julie - God at chess. The Chess Master, Undefeated Champion (Chesspion?). She's only ever lost One game and it was against Jonesy back in the cave. They don't talk about it.

Barnaby - Knows how to play chess but would rather mess with the other player (Frank) and use slight of hand to steal/replace pieces on the board. Good at chess while cheating, decent without.

Howdy - Knows how to play chess but always tries to make trades/offers to the other player to swindle a win. "My pawn for your knight! What do ya say?" Is decent at chess but impatient and breaks the rules.

Eddie - Forgot how to play chess, completely wings it. The first time he played with Frank he felt bad when he won. He had literally just copied Frank's moves for half the game because he didn't know what he was doing. Still feels bad when he wins against Frank. Bad at chess but only because he doesn't remember how to play. Would be decent if he remembered.

Wally - Julie taught him how to play chess. Takes a while to move but unlike Frank there's a benefit. Is very quiet when playing. Says "That's the Most!" everytime he wins. Good at chess.

Poppy - Very anxious when playing. Has trouble moving the pieces but makes her moves as fast as possible to get the game over with. Gets overwhelmed, is bad at chess.

Sally - Pretends to be Very good at chess, the best even, practically invented it! Is actually mediocre. She turns the game into a dramatic tale everytime. Monologues over every piece she loses and makes up a piece of story with every move. No one wants to play chess with her except Wally and Julie. Frank only does so because he is determined to win One game of chess and Sally is second worst. She lost to Eddie once and never played chess with him again.

Home - Can't play without assistance. What do you expect he's a house? Houses don't have hands, silly! If someone (Wally) helps move the pieces he's good at chess. No one knows where Home learned how to play chess. Somehow still beats Frank even if no one helps.

#Frank would be a sore winner if he ever won anything #i just know it #Howdy would also try to sell pieces. There is no benefit except Profit #Barnaby doesn't cheat with Julie Wally or Home #Julie bc he's not stupid. Wally bc he cant do that to his best friend. Home bc Home. #Yes he would cheat with Howdy. Its the funniest most absurd game of chess bc Barn is still immune to scammers #Eddie doesn't like playing chess with Frank because of the guilt #he genuinely is so lost the whole time as Frank agonizes about Eddie's “strategy” #bby there is no strategy. Hes just confused. #welcome home #frank frankly #julie joyful #barnaby b beagle #howdy pillar #eddie dear #wally darling #poppy partridge #sally starlet #wh home #typing out loud

[a-sketchy]

the thing about yosuke’s shittiness around here (up close and personal, the campout) is that the vast majority of it isn’t doing literally anything for his character. i completely think yosuke’s shittiness is important to his character, but it’s by and large reflections of his own insecurities and flaws. he’s insecure about his masculinity and sexuality, he’s lame, he’s selfish, he’s obsessed with the idea of women, his mouth moves faster than his brain, he doesn’t like himself, and he cares way too much about the societal ideal of ‘normal’. but it’s really important that he’s self-aware! he knows when the things he says are shitty, he knows he’s lame, he knows he’s selfish, he knows he’s putting up a front of being carefree and normal. but there’s absolutely no self awareness here, there’s no recognizing he went too far and apologizing the next day, there’s no regret, there’s not even any self-deprecation, and there’s absolutely no compassion or empathy like he has in serious moments. a lot of what he says is just mean for meanness’s sake, in an execution incongruous with previous behaviour. it’s not even funny!

#tbh i think the thing with kanji in the tent was the closest to being interesting #like by the end he’s warning against kanji leaving the tent #so clearly he cares about kanji more than he’s homophobic #he was straight up just saying that stuff to be shitty. knowingly! #that’s interesting! and the whole thing reeks of yosuke’s own insecurity in his masculinity and sexuality #he took it way too far and i deeply wish he’d quit it with the we statements #but if he had even a single line like ‘shit… i shouldn’t have said all that’ or recognized he was in the wrong at all #then i think it genuinely would’ve been an important moment for his character #everything else was just extremely shitty for no reason. the fucking swimsuits was pathetic but the gross guilt tripping was awful #he’s just lacking all of his usual self awareness. he’s lacking all of his good qualities and nuance #like it’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes yosuke’s other moments interesting or funny #this is just him being mean getting punished arbitrarily and not learning anything #on paper i get it. i get how these events could be continuations of established charateristics #but it’s just so mean and shitty that it becomes absurd nonsensical and unenjoyable #the stuff with hanako is just genuinely repugnant on the game’s behalf. it serves no purpose other than cruelty #definitely the worst part of the game so far #rambles #p4g posting #yosukeposting

[bugsbenefit]

re leaks i know i just complained about being annoyed However it's genuinely funny to me that as soon as we get any, and i mean any new set or shot of the actors there's at least 3 "so Byler kiss is happening there?" posts on my dash, like yeah you're having fun sure, that's the kind of engagement with leaks i can ignore and be slightly confused by. i think we should all say more random words

#no i am Slightly annoyed by it #i'm assuming most people that are saying it are kidding tho #and don't genuinely think Mike and Will will kiss in the UD and at McCorkle farm and in a field and at Lovers Lake and and and #asjfhajhahah #people seeing unsupported leaks and immediately integrating them into their core beliefs about the show? boooo #people seeing a leak and go 'so byler is happening here?' is like a giant bit to me and i can live with it #sure byler kiss at the haunted light flickering hospital. good for them #(the fandoms insane focus on byler does get grating because even things that are Definitely not about byler get put #through the byler lens wringer. but it's so absurd it's like a bit to me)

[starbylers]

It’s honestly exasperating to see Will’s feelings constantly reduced to ‘just a crush’, people saying that Will’s van speech was ‘what any good friend would do’…No. It was a love confession (disguised, but still a love confession). It was not just someone giving a motivational talk to their bestie, but Mlvns wish it was and this is why I’m so sure Byler is endgame. The reason they constantly downplay the sheer depth of Will’s romantic love for Mike, try to attribute the van scene to Will ‘being a supportive friend’, and pretend those feelings also belong to El, is because it’s insanely obvious that the Duffers choosing to focus on this intense and beautiful love Will has for Mike, to constantly emphasise how much pain this love is causing him (he literally breaks down crying in the van, this is way past a friendly chat) points to Mlvn being finished 😭. We all know it makes no sense storytelling-wise to show character A loving character B that much (in exactly the way that soothes character B’s insecurities, whilst not showing anything even approaching that level of feeling from B’s other love interest), just for them to not end up together. Will’s love has to be this small, inconsequential thing that he will just ‘get over’, he has to be just ‘giving Mike friendly advice based on feelings El also shares’, because otherwise the direction of the story is laughably obvious.

#byler #anti mileven #like genuinely try and picture Lucas or Dustin giving Mike that speech #lmao ​it would be absurd because even though Will and Mike are also friends Will’s words are rooted in romantic love NOT friendship #Mlvn pales in comparison to the way Will’s love for Mike was portrayed #and Mlvns realise that too so they are forced to subscribe to a different (incorrect) interpretation of Will’s role in the story #in order for their endgame to make sense

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

I strongly agree that there are world events that deserve much more news coverage and resources than the Titan because frankly it should’ve been immediately assumed they were dead when sonar couldn’t find them and communication was lost.

However, I don’t necessarily think it’s fair to compare the EU coast guard and the US and Canada's various first response teams that responded to the Titan. Because they’re separate entities.

Do I think people should care more about the refugee ship that capsized due to alleged incompetence of the coast guard? Yes. I do. And I hope more survivors can be found because that was a genuine tragedy.

Do I think that it should be getting the same kind of attention as the Titan? Not really. Because people are just memeing on the Titan, and the average tumblr user has around $0.20 to their name and maybe 400 followers so this isn’t a very good platform for getting meaningful help for those affected by that situation.

This isn’t even a “you can care about two things at once” situation, because again with the Titan you should be very amused by 4/5 of those deaths whereas there’s nothing funny about what happened to that fishing ship. These are very different niches in cultural awareness and your ire should be towards media companies over random people on social media.

#Idk it just feels like getting mad at someone for posting spongebob memes instead of signal boosting that a genocide is occurring #like sure if someone genuinely thinks the Titan is more tragic just because it’s rich white people then yeah #please do clown away #but it’s just a bit weird to act like people don’t have compassion for the migrants who died just because they’re mocking rich folk for dyi #guy who intentionally removed any and all safety features getting crushed into paste instantly by his own hubris #is objectively funny and I will continue laughing at Stockton rush until I die #especially since he talked up how safe it was and then named it after the titanic only for it to share the same fate #perfect set up and punchline #genuine R.I.P. to the innocent guy on board but the others were absolute morons to do it to begin with #The contract you had to allegedly sign to go on the trip? Absurd #it wouldn’t have been a good view even if successful #and it was disrespectful to make a mass grave into a tourist attraction #so I’ll toast to the death of Stockton rush and his idiotic name forever

[spitblaze]

Boy I WANT to make a joke about evangelicals not being allowed to do anything more fun than eating saltines and thinking about Jesus but it's just. Genuinely very sad to me how many people are brainwashed into thinking that if they ever engage in anything 'secular', if they have even ONE part of their life that does not directly revolve around their religion, that it suddenly means they're doomed for eternal punishment. Genuinely distressing how many people don't connect the dots of 'a loving and forgiving God would not punish you eternally for finding enjoyment in things not specifically approved by your church leaders', because they're taught from such a young age that to question authority will land you in the exact same lake of fire. It's...heartbreaking and infuriating how much of American Protestantism has just become full on christofascist death cults, and that's just....normal.

#spitblaze says things #im jewish so the idea of never questioning authority or thinking about your religion #is ABSURD to me #like one of the most important part of torah study is individual interpretation #its about what YOU take from it. not what the rabbi says you should think #and if you're not sure theres MILLENIA of rabinnical debate to pore through with any number of interpretations #and meanwhile american christianity is overhere threatening mild disobedience with eternal punishment!!!!!! #GENUINELY what the fuck

[balasha7sanbardo]

its hitting me all right now. I feel aches all over my body. I can’t stop crying. The footages are so horrific I’m honestly so sick to my stomach. I’m mourning those precious lives lost. It will never stop to amaze me how y’all think so lowly of Palestinian lives. I guess it feels good to feel superior and to stroke your own ego. All we did was exist on a land. If you wanna talk about how sad it is, tell me why? Tell me why are you sad now? People going “oh I don’t know anything about it but its so sad.” Why the fuck haven’t you bothered to care enough about it until now? We’ve fucking felt this for 75+ years and we’re still bleeding. Now you wanna be fucking sad?

#I’m so fucking done with you centrists and fake ass libs #our screams and cries havent mattered to yall before any of this #now you wanna be worried about civilians? #where were your worries about Palestinian civilians being ethnically cleansed for 75+ years #y’all make me fucking sick #palestine #free palestine #gaza #the Ukrainians supporting israel is fucking mind blowing bro #like I’m genuinely losing my mind over the absurdity of this

[shadow-magpie]

I love the arc hc10 is going through right now. You have the HOA neighborhood, permits to build stores, a mailing system, everyone is riding horses instead of end busting week 1 for elytras, and multiple hermits are fishing instead of villager trading for books. They are so so normal this season they prommy.

#hc10 spoilers #hc10 #hermitcraft #genuinely i do find it funny how they do conventionally #normal stuff in both irl and Minecraft and yet their doing it in the most #absurd way. i love the hermits so much for that #also theres been SO much co-op and just general shenanigans its so so fun to watch

[stag-bi]

i remember sitting at the movie theater seeing Everything Everywhere All At Once and having tears stream down my face at the latter part of act 2 while im also fully realizing "i will never be able to explain the depth of these emotions spurred by this movie to anyone who HASNT seen it before"

#everything everywhere all at once #like its so absurd. and entirely unapologetically genuine

[kaztheghost]

just discussing PvP and the issues people r having with Blue hiding !! tagged discourse and crit to be safe but it isn't intentioned with either it's just me rambling

Okay I mained bads perspective yesterday but I keep seeing people say that Etoiles and Roier couldn't find anyone to kill for nine hours--and listen . Is it that they couldn't find ANYONE or that they didn't find who they WANTED to kill, because they did see Foolish and Cellbit didn't they? Two people in nine hours is SUPER ROUGH yes but they did run into red more than once and just didn't kill them so idk I'd be more into it if they really didn't see a single player for any time whatsoever but like. Just because they didn't see bad more than once ISNT the same; I think I just mainly take issue with the fact everyone is trying to give bad a hard time for not fighting while refusing to acknowledge the entire server wanted his head on a platter, why should he 1v12?? Like that's ridiculous how is that even content when he'd get curbstomped against that many people, every time people want to fight him it's only AFTER they gather at least four to six people to take him out like be realistic if you want to 1v1 id be like fuck yea but he knows that where there's one there's the rest of y'all not too far away I just do not get it he's not a coward he's using basic common sense (plus even when people offer a 1v1 they're ALWAYS in a vc telling their team where to go to jump him) that is there's One of him and An Entire Server who wants him Dead good as he is (and tbf i also disagree with etoiles calling their fight from the other day a 1v2 because it wasn't--it started as a 2v2 and fit ran because he almost died (I'm aware of the miscommunication btw I don't blame either of them!!! It really really sucks bc I'm sure etoiles could've escaped) but regardless it WAS a 2v2 that bad didn't even Want to take on initially, it would've stayed that way if fit had stuck around because he was going to die anyways ykwim but to say it was unfair when it didn't start off that way is eh 2 me mostly bc it sounds like they jumped Etoiles off guard as if Etoiles and Fit didn't engage them first) HOWEVER saying all that I think they really should try to encourage PVP in different ways than just "everyone go hunt down this one specific player" because then it's kind of just . Like that encourages that player to just hide because why would they fight that many people? Boosting the kill percentage helps but manhunts don't imo they'll just stay underground the whole time and I don't blame anyone who does outside of even Blue--like when Blue and Green were hunting Red, of course red is going to stay hundreds of blocks away to avoid PvP it's just numbers ykwim idk it's purgatory but when you being killed will set your entire team back because there's significantly less of you then everyone else I don't blame them really and I hope the admins can come up with a different way to try and get fights going

#qsmp #discourse #just to be safe but this isn't in any way meant to be neg or rude!!!! #qsmp purgatory #is this crit it's not meant to be #crit #also just in case #I mostly just want a better way to encourage PvP so it's more fun than chasing someone for your entire time and then running out #I saw some people say hunger games feasts would be a good idea and I like that a lot tbh #badboyhalo #this is in no way coherent I'm genuinely just rambling #also feel free to correct me regarding etoiles and roier finding people!! #my info on that mainly comes from the update accs and posts people made about their interactions with others #and I do fully agree regardless it's so annoying to search that long and only find two or three people it's absurd #but I don't think that's a blue team-bbh issue more than just there needs to be a proper reason to motivate players to take on the odds

[kat-katharsis]

I fucking love optimistic nihilism.

Yeah, life is meaningless, existence is pointless, we are simply a insegnifigent speck in the grand scheme of the universe, our world is burning. So stop caring about it so much. Enjoy what you have! Indulge in the good parts! Be a good person! We're all gonna die so have some fucking fun!

#genuinely this is my personal philosophy for life #life doesn't fucking matter so enjoy it while it lasts #optimistic #optimist #nihilism #nihilist #optimistic nihilism #absurdism #absurdist #mine #me #textpost #text