Gregory Parks

Clown, actor, often uppity, sometimes pedantic, mostly goofy, too often pensive, emotional, loyal, and verbose. Makes sounds and faces. he/him

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

Not even inauguration day, the election was two months ago, and leopards have been feasting on faces like an all-you-can-eat buffet.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

@thequeengeek 7-9

[A.R. Moxon 🦋 @JuliusGoat]

The phrenology aficionados obsessed with women's fertility and schoolchildren's genitals and ages of consent and hording guns in anticipation of enacting their revolutionary Patrick Henry fever dreams ahead of the coming rapture would like you to know that they are not weirdos.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

@BreeMinneapolis Yeah. All the way off.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

I wonder what the venn overlap is between folks who fully support what Izzy’s been doing over there but tone police Black people when we speak out against and resist systemic racism. 🤔

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

They say “what about marginalized groups?” but their words and deeds negate the façade of empathy or having actually learned anything from said groups.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

So far, the “We need police reform, not abolition!” crowd is just as effective and active and responsive as the “All Lives Matter” people. But many of us already knew that would be the case.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

@BrichibiTweets Haven’t followed since there were only a hundred, but Bulbasaur all day every day.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

Not to mention you know (and we know) you weren’t listening any other time you were being shown and warned.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

If you truly care about marginalized folks, maybe vote and act like it more than every four years, only to go back to business as usual right after because comfort is all you actually cared about.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

@BreeMinneapolis Dental hygienists being impressed by me being someone who flosses regularly will always bring me joy.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

“You can’t make this up!”

1) If you believe that, you lack imagination.

2) You obviously overestimate/underestimate people.

3) If the will and/or a way exists, you don’t need to make it up, because SOMEONE will figure they can do it (see points 1 and 2)

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

Keeping with the ages-old trend of fiction-as-social-commentary, it’s disappointing (but not surprising) how many people in the districts are totally on the side of the capital city and love the fact that the Hunger Games exist.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

@hellodonavon I started reading the thread and stopped right away. It’s horrifying to how many people have taken to talking like the person doing a book report who hadn’t read the book.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

Just wondering about the Venn overlap between people who say “We can’t let Orange Combover win in 2024!” and the people who were telling us there was no way he would win in 2016. 🤔

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

@johnmaddening Probably the same people who have their bare feet on the dashboard in a car and/or sticking out the car window. (Speaking from over 40 years of observation and experience, there are … recurring common threads at play.)

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

@johnmaddening @Bungied2theTree This is all so divine! That’s what I likes about yous.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

Where many see Tywin Lannister, I always see Sardo Numspa.

[Gregory Parks @MisterParks1973]

Have you noticed that most people who say DEI means “didn’t earn it” are textbook exemplars of ⚪️ mediocrity and likely “peaked in high school?” These are the people who created the perfect conditions for me to grow up using pedantry as weapon.