mumble mumble please remind me to talk about harry potter as millennial mythological framework and what embracing myth means in a post-irony culture.
Better take: myths are a built-in part of our culture and a lot of people seem to ignore that, or give disproportionate value to modern myths over ancient ones.
iiii probably should have known better than to read/share this. I feel vaguely shaky now.
aaaaaand thisjob posting contains a 1,000-word labor-law-violating libertarian rant. Content warning for misogyny and general assholishness.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/trd/d/looking-for-real-skill-school/6311896148.html
And then there's ads like this, which just make me go "wat."
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/trd/d/journeyman-electrician/6312982508.html
@sophia wrote a piece for Polygon about messy games and how we're missing the language and mindset necessary to discuss them at face value, a la the "cult classics" of film. Well worth a read!
https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/20/16332958/mass-effect-andromeda-defense-messy-games
bullying
...also also my last boss totally sealioned me all the time. idk if that really counts but it's definitely something.
bullying, politics
Okay actualy republicans trying to legislate me out of existence probably counts too.
Moving to @starkatt
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