Constantly reflecting how people like to force dichotomies on us. Remember the era of Mac vs PC or iPhone vs Android like they were some deep-seated personal philosophy and identifier? Rubbish. You just choose the product that suits your need, y'know, Apple for this, MS for that, replace either for something you like better when it comes along. Seriously, let's stop getting conned into thinking we have to permentantly choose between 2 things in life, be it products, people, opinions, whatever.

So often I feel things are forced to become "political" that shouldn't be. Learning to look at the past and recognise that something wasn't right isn't political, it's just growing up. If we learn that actions & systems that were considered normal are actually harmful, it's common sense to change them. This is why laws around smoking changed, and it's now illegal to ride without a helmet. Saddens me when harm persists because people have made problems about politics rather than basic humanity.

Had never heard of the "Streamys" (awards for streamers/vid creators) until yesterday so I looked up this year's list of winners. Already bothered by the awkward -ys choice, the list of nominees and winners has revealed paying attention to these has no value for me. Barring a few nominees, this is not the corner of YT/the net I'm interested in hanging out in. Challenging to account for popularity, entertainment, quality AND integrity in these formats, though. Just reflecting.

Merry Christmas CoSo. I hope whatever you are doing today, you are healthier and happier than yesterday and that tomorrow you are healthier and happier than today. 💜

Y'know, you can be a Doctor Who fan and sorta like Moffat's era and sorta like RTD's. You don't have to choose one or the other, and you don't have to fully hate or fully love either. Hell, I may not comprehend why you would , but you can even sorta like Chibnall's era. 😏💜

Is it Black Friday in the US yet? We have been having Black Friday sales since Sunday. And Australia doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving.

(Which is also why we've had Christmas items in the shops since before Hallowe'en. Australian shops have gone completely mad these days. Well, at least it gives me stuff to post about, eh heh heh.)

I need to go to bed. Why am I not going to bed?? Go to bed. It's so late it's tomorrow. Go to bed, Zai.

Guess I'll read another chapter of this manga first.

When you...
- are now middle-aged...
- have chronic headaches...
- are perpetually sleep-deprived...
- are a Millenial...
...then honestly your chances of being able to focus on anything for more than five minutes were doomed from the start. 😅

Sometimes music videos really don't live up to the vibe I had in my head while listening to the music alone...

#CoSoMusic

https://youtu.be/iPUmE-tne5U

Facebook thinking I'm in the market for a new house and constantly showing me ads for new home builders.
Me with my empty bank account scrolling my fb feed to get my daily dose of "dream home" floor plans to critique and mentally redesign for entertainment.

@ordenauta 🤣 Thanks! (I think...)
💜

Songs I vaguely know that get mixed up in my head:

Stand by You
Stand by Me
Lean on Me

It always gets to me in Sister Act how Harvey Keitel's character goes to all this trouble to kill Dolores because she witnessed him murdering someone, and yet he and his sidekicks and Dolores and the nuns all seem to think everything will be finished once Dolores sacrifices herself and he murders her in front of 10+ nuns as witnesses. Like, no. He's just creating even more witnesses to testify against him, this scenario isn't looking good for anyone...

For a whole 60 seconds, all my Discord servers were free of the unread messages white dot. One minute of mental serenity. ☺️😆

"Mr Pesident" was a genuine Zai typo and not a comment on the intelligence of average Americans... I'll leave it up to you Americans to decide if it's accurate. 😏🤭

When an average American greets President Joe Biden:
"Mr Pesident."

When an average Aussie greets Prime Minister Anthony Albanese:
"Albo!"

Reading a post about Tumblr alternatives and one app had "Chinese origin" under the cons. While this may be something people would like to have pointed out, when I reflect on the well-known US-owned apps I can't help feeling I'd like to be warned when apps are from the US as well...😅😏

After all this time living in my childhood home, we might (might!) be moving very suddenly and very very soon. I didn't think it would happen so quickly and I'm hit with the sorrow of leaving the home with all the memories of my Mum. I thought the stress & effort of moving would be the hard thing, I thought I would have a little more warning to give my time to adjust. Instead I find myself not coping well with losing this connection. I hadn't realised just how much a comfort it's been.

Wow, this is hilarious. So glad it appeared on my fb timeline! 😅

Life is so hard when I'm trying to bop my head to music and eat popcorn at the same time. These actions are not compatible.

(Serious life problems.)