because “first world” and “third world” terms technically only mean countries allied against or with the USSR during the Cold War, respectively.

it has no bearing on that country’s development although that’s typically what’s it’s used for nowadays, like your comment

the illustration has a closed fist so I think a hearty thwak! is called for.

88 to 144 thousand. hmm I’ve seen those numbers paired together before …

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I can see it. the underlying principle is control of oneself so anything that implies otherwise was faux pas/taboo

there’s a conversation to have regarding reclaiming oppressive words and ideas, but it has to be driven by those being oppressed in order to really work and be felt by society as a whole as acceptable

people are corrupt. the Romans were no different in being hypocrites

iirc large dicks were seen as brutish and savage by everyone, as if you had no control over your primal, animalistic urges and just wanted to fuck all the time. small pp = civilized.

fuck I ate this one hard, had me seething by the end lol, thinking how could someone be so shameless

difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to be believable

they’d just go “you know what I/the sign meant” and not concede anything

ah I see it now

the wig coulda just fallen apart, no? just because it poofs away doesn’t mean it was his real hair. besides, hair doesn’t just do that, but a wig might imo

because a lot of them are just as guilty

Epstein didn’t kill himself

you accidentally forget to pay ur credit card minimum for one month and you’re docked so many credit score points that you’re ineligible for being given a loan.

but we bail out these megacorps time and again and just keep letting them operate like nothing’s amiss

shit’s borked (intentionally, to favor those with means)

per the episode with the Hash-Slinging Slasher, when Squid gets spooked his hair grows out and it’s a dark brown/black color. obvs the show is pretty inconsistent with its “lore” so it’s ultimately whatever, but I think Squids hair in this pic is a wig or was dyed

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I was gonna say cruise ships and coal power plants and airplanes

anthropic principle go brrrr

weaponized incompetence