That weird compulsion to always be in pursuit of a relationship might be gender dysphoria.

At some point it will happen to you, and you will be sober. And when it does, you will remember this day.

Images you can hear

I’ve done that a handful of times. It’s only happened when I’ve been on full mental autopilot and totally distracted with other things.

The more frustrating part about it is that my acquaintances notice and figure if I slip up, then it’s more okay if they slip up from time to time too. And yeah, I try not to give people too much grief if they make mistakes, but, like… Please try not to make mistakes.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit Voltaire atrocities.

I mean… Was she into it?

Is ❎ the new 🅱️?

did you know that displaying icons and figures of Jesus Christ on the cross was actually an old pagan tradition that early Christians co-opted to help spread their religion

Can you at least unlock it later with experience points or in-game currency?

Good question. I don’t have a good answer. I just wanted to pause for a moment and reflect on how concisely this question captures the moment we’re living in.

Calling everyone “man”, “bro”, “you guys”

The more I look, the more memes I see. Is that the Instagram World Record Egg?

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When will they add the option to sort processes by “reason your fans are blowing”

You don’t think the #tuesday chatter is exciting? For real though, I get the same vibe. It usually makes me close the app shortly after I open it. Maybe I’m not giving it enough of a chance.

Think of it more like a holiday

I used to feel really sad about having to wear pants all the time. Some might have even called it dysphoric.

I wonder what proportion of the average user’s rom library is from the 87%

One of my acquaintances started a fairly large group text thread recently. Somewhere along the way someone said, “Who’s the android user in here ruining everything?” I never said anything in the thread, so I felt like I was in the corner of a crowded room wearing a disguise about to be exposed.

I was also pretty annoyed. Like, what’s it matter? Texts are for text. Text works fine.

I’d give it a solid 25% probability of being one of those issues where the public is nearly universally in support of it when polled in isolation, but which nonetheless gets gridlocked by partisan shenanigans and fearmongering about the “nanny state”. At least in my town.