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It's all garbage

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

@GundamIsHere @HMBohemond Watch the original series
Read a synopsis of zeta
Look at some model kits
Chars counterattack
Hathaways flash

[Carolyn Wang 凯伦 @caro_irl]

often, i get nostalgic for a time i wasn't around to experience

[positivity moon @arrtnem]

His jaw tightens a little. His eyes do that micro roll. He says something like “I don’t believe in that stuff” with the same energy you would use for “I don’t support war crimes.” The girl just asked for his birthday. No one was trying to rewrite physics.

People like to pretend it is about logic. Rationality. Being above “nonsense.” It almost never is. It is usually about control.

Because on the surface, the question is stupidly harmless. She is not building a medical treatment plan off your sun sign. She is not deciding whether to let you hold her wallet based on whether Mercury is breakdancing. She is opening a door to talk about patterns, personality, taste, how you see yourself. If you answer “Scorpio” or “Gemini” or whatever, the conversation that follows is almost never actually about stars. It is about you, but sideways. She is saying: teach me how to play with you for a second.

When your first instinct is annoyance, what you are really saying is: I hate being touched anywhere that does not fit my script.

Because if you truly did not care, you would just answer and move on. “I’m a Virgo.” Smile. Shrug. Ask hers. Make a joke. You do not have to secretly download Co–Star in the bathroom and start believing. You just have to have enough flexibility to sit in someone else’s little universe for five minutes without throwing a tantrum about empirical evidence.

People underestimate how much relationships are built on that ability. To step into someone’s weird side hobby, their micro belief system, their little rituals, even when you do not share them. She might have astrology. Someone else has Dungeons & Dragons lore. Another person has fantasy football statistics. Your uncle has his grill. None of it matters in a lab. All of it matters when you are trying to figure out: can I talk to this person about something that is technically pointless and still feel respected.

Annoyance at the sign question is rarely about skepticism. It is about contempt.

Because look at the power balance in that moment. She reveals that she is interested in something “soft.” Symbolic. Mockable. She is basically handing you a knife and saying “this is something I put meaning into, even though it is silly.” You can either use it to cut the distance between you or stab her with it. A lot of guys stab. They hear “I care about this silly thing” and immediately go for the kill shot - “that’s dumb,” “you don’t really believe that, right,” “red flag.” Then they wonder why women do not open the heavier, scarier doors.

If you cannot handle hearing about rising signs without getting mad, what are you going to do when she tries to explain the shape of her childhood.

There is also the thing nobody wants to hear: for a lot of girls, astrology is one of the only socially acceptable spaces where they can obsess over human behavior without being called controlling or crazy. It is cheating language. A way to talk about attachment styles, conflict patterns, emotional needs, through memes and planets instead of clinical terms. She may not have words for “I need someone consistent because my nervous system is already overclocked.” She has “I do not do well with air signs who vanish.” Translation issues. Same core.

When you flatten all of that to “ugh, girls and their crystals” you are not being deep. You are being boring.

There is a loneliness in being the person who always has to keep things sensible. The guy who cannot allow himself to engage in anything “arbitrary” because it feels like losing ground. A girl like that will eventually stop asking you the soft questions. She starts editing herself around you. Leaves out the weird dreams, the small superstitions, the part of her brain that likes to make patterns out of nothing just because it is fun. You get to date the trimmed version. The one who only brings you topics with citations.

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

@NARUTOtoBORUTO Is this special?

[Andrew Perpetua @AndrewPerpetua]

Anduril's entire business strategy is rushing shit to get headlines and then ghosting everyone and bragging about how important they are. It works on suckers, but once they meet an educated client with other options they always lose the contract.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

kind of funny that matt walsh's whole thing is attacking the idea that gender is a performance when every square centimeter of this set and outfit is about gender performance

[gynandromorphophiliac @viralaffection]

chainsaw man was so much fun great manga. then I started reading firepunch and Jesus christ he's really phoning it in with chainsawman

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

Love venmo

[bernie johnson @berniesjohnson]

@scott61077769 @tittyclip_ HE ISNT THROAT GOAT!!! Trump could throat more than him any day!!

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

When you think about it, Bungie has always been at its best when they're up against the wall, halo, destiny, marathon Infinity, these genre defining games come from these do or die situations.

[José Ardila @joseaardila]

Rosalía es una genia musical. Pero gran escritora no es. Dejen de citar sus canciones sin música, por favor. No le hagan ese mal.

[Boots Riley @BootsRiley]

I recently visited an old communist who was in his 80s & dying

Hadnt seen him in yrs. He always had clear analyses

I wanted2talk about how2beat back growing cynicism

But after hello, he said: "I envy u! Being alive at a time of such great opportunity to build a radical mvmnt!"

[Phoumi @Phoumi1975]

American reactionaries sent into a white hot rage by a real cosmopolitan patriot

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

Eventually we are going to have to come to terms with the fact that hatred for North Korea is kinda like hatred for "terrorist countries" feels in 2025.

[kache @yacineMTB]

1859

two operators communicate with nothing but the current induced by the aurora, for two hours

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

You know the tweets hitting the right audience when the girlies like it

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

I was forgot Bradley Cooper is hot and tried to be a movie star. I first met him as a voice actor I just can't imagine attractive front man also be a voice actor the difference in culture.

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

@RoyVII99 @Born2beSlicker @nickyblu3pants @ARCRaidersNews Unprofessional would be giving something a 5 out of 5 just because you want to keep a perfect review score intact. The option for a dissenting opinion is the point of having more than outlet review a game. This is a good thing and is healthy for the gaming ecosystem.

[finndotgov @FiggleUSA]

@RoyVII99 @Born2beSlicker @nickyblu3pants @ARCRaidersNews It is interesting! Would you have cared if it wasn't a 2 out of 5 to that journalist? If you want games journalism to be taken seriously, serious journalism sometimes disagrees with your point of view. That's ok and a sign of a healthy journalistic environment.