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I really hate the amount of resources that boomer slop media is getting from the entertainment industry. It’s a relatively small percentage, but definitely larger than I recall ever seeing in the past.

I understand the logic, but fuck, older people used to just watch media from their youth. I can’t imagine the Hollywood of previous generations ever giving much of a shit about whether or not senior citizens would want to watch their films or TV shows.

Brb, gonna make a kickstarter campaign for bee strap-ons

if you read the title of this post carefully

“Carefully” isn’t the word I would use, because the interpretation you provided, while technically a valid interpretation based on the wording of the title, is clearly not the intended meaning of the title, lol

(sigh) I’m so fuckin used to living under authoritarianism that it took me a second to understand what the problem was in this meme

We really need to burn it all to the ground

Yeah, I’m a lesbian, so luckily the chances of either knocking up or being knocked up are hella low, but agreed.

I’ve run into more than my fair share while dating, to the extent that it makes me not even want to try to find a partner, because weeding out the people with improperly managed mental health struggles feels like an impossible task.

I’ve briefly dated two people with sociopathic narcissistic tendencies, and both of them were in therapy.

From what I could tell though, it didn’t seem like the work either of them were doing in therapy was focused on either their sociopathic or narcissistic tendencies.

Sooo, I’m extra impressed by this mom’s apparent willingness to actually try to do the work, lol

It sure looks that way. I even have friends who are losing other friends to chatbots.

It’s got me reading all the research there is to know about how LLMs affect people, and trying to throw together a list of resources to give to people when they tell me about their loved ones getting addicted to Gen AI.

This is meeeee

I’ve successfully convinced my boomer MAGA parents that Gen AI is evil af. Which is honestly such a surprise and a relief, as I watch other friends with boomer parents who are addicted to talking to chatbots.

I could use a change of scenery to be lonely in

It really would. I’d join in a heartbeat.

👏👏👏

I would also add that fascistic ideology is on the rise everywhere, and that every nation has its own history of systemic oppression and/or imperialism to reckon with.

The U.S. may be in the hot seat, and rightly so, but if you aren’t individually actively engaged in dismantling systems of oppression and building a better world where you live, other than voting every election cycle, you have no high horse from which to condescend.

Thank you, I really thought this was too on the nose, even for them

The unabashed fragility is wild

This lowkey makes me emotional, well done, New Mexico

I’m a public sector employee, and when shit started going down about pronouns in emails, I added more pronouns to my emails.

Do not obey in advance, there are more of us than there are of them ❤️‍🩹

This thinking isn’t helping your cause

What thinking are you referring to, from the comment to which you’re responding?

I’m really conflicted because I am in this meme and I want to be able to laugh at myself, but also, I just got broken up with & it feels too soon

You gotta pick two, boys — which ones are you picking?

We can all acknowledge that the United States, as a nation, is a giant, steaming turd, while also acknowledging that the people who are experiencing the worst consequences of living under the Trump regime are also the most historically oppressed people.

I would also hazard a guess that your country also has a shitty history, as well as a shitty present.

Honestly, this shit is what made me stop logging on to Bluesky. Being on that site was depressing the fuck out of me, I came away thoroughly beat up every time.