I just heard about this and I love it #OrccupyWallSt #OrcapyWallSt

2020: Murder hornets

2024:

I decided to go back and read my morning newsletters to see if anything has happened on the mifepristone case, and just to demonstrate how egregiously unserious the NYT is... (they did me the favor of highlighting the relevant text already)

Day 1: screenshot and post reactions to morning news
Day 2: screenshot morning news, no energy to post reactions
Day 3: just react to morning news in my head
Day 4: don't even read the morning news

Kids, help.

@VelvetDuchess LOOK!! 🤩

I hate this world and everyone in it.

it's the dumbest such program in the country, as if rush hour traffic is caused by people going to downtown Manhattan for funsies

why, because Charles has been in a coma for the last 8 years? gee I wonder what might have happened that would change how Trump sounds between 2016 and 2024

that's not a criticism, that's just a statement of fact. a criticism would be to say that it's the most corrupt, malignant, and aggressively fascist in all of history.

who are these people and how have they missed an entire generation whose lives have been made so miserable by our predecessors that we long for the sweet release of death? we don't contemplate death with dread or pretend it's not inevitable, we contemplate it with anticipation. to quote one of the highest choirs of angels in one of the best religious movies ever made: "and then this failed experiment called existence will cease to be."

this whole piece is so obnoxiously presumptuous. "you only get one life, live it to the fullest!" why? what difference does it make? the assumption that living = Doing Stuff just causes me more stress. tell me I have a year to live. if I go see the Grand Canyon, I'm still gonna die. if I don't go see the Grand Canyon, I'm still gonna die. and either way, I can't take those memories with me. I will plunge into nothingness regardless. if I die tomorrow? good. I've been waiting.

... what do you want the cops to do about it? shoot the cicadas? 😒

okay again, note the disparity in framing: NYT vs WaPo

... forgot the goddamn screenshot 🤦‍♀️

... so I usually listen to the Reddit post, a bit of their reaction, and then fast-forward through the rest of their rambling overwrought tangents (like how many times do you need to say "yes, this scenario was deranged, this happened to me once, it was deranged"?) and skip to the next Reddit post. When any YouTube video is approaching an hour long, I'm gonna do a lot of skipping bc who has that kind of time? Get to the point, sis, let's wrap it up!

the rest of the morning news is making me angry so let's focus on this. first I have to note how funny it is that the technophobic Alastor in Hazbin Hotel calls his rival "a clout-chasing mediocre video podcast."

I've already seen this phenomenon, namely Gag of the Millennial w/Roly & Luxeria, except at first I didn't even realize it was a podcast. I don't listen to podcasts & I found Gag to be a bit overly long-winded. Theirs is usually Reddit reactions...

since when did Texas acquire monsoon season?