Norris

he/they | pan | i take pictures sometimes c:

[Jon @ArfMeasures]

Therapist: What's wrong?

Me: If I do the Borat voice once more, I'll be getting a divorce

Therapist: And who told you that?

Me: *tearfully clears throat*

[“paula” @paularambles]

Ah! You see, the story is almost too perfect. The man encounters her in the museum, in front of Rothko. And what is Rothko? A black void, a red abyss, the silent scream of modernity. It is a demand for stillness, for confrontation with nothingness. And what does he do? Instead of confronting the void, he runs from it. He fills the silence with himself. He goes home, finds her blog, and writes: “we share interests, I read your post, I disagree.” Already, the act is obscene. The Rothko asks for silence, and he answers with a DM.

This is the Hegelian trick. On the surface, he performs philosophy. He frames his words as serious critique. But in truth, it is abstract negation. It is like Coke Zero, you know. Disagreement without the sugar of real engagement. He does not move the thought forward, he re-presents her own words back to her, only stamped with his authority: “I disagree.”

Now comes the reversal. She screenshots it. She posts it with the caption, “I am begging the men of the world to be normal.” Here, the dialectic achieves its completion. His attempt at recognition collapses into objecthood. He wanted to be interlocutor, he becomes exhibit. His seriousness is aufgehoben into comedy. He thought he was engaging in philosophy, but he is transformed into what Lacan would call the objet petit DM, the tiny kernel of humiliation now circulating in the meme economy.

And this is the paradox. The message was never private. Every DM already carries within it the possibility of its public unveiling. The truth of the DM is not in what it says, but in what it becomes. By posting it, she does not betray the interaction. She reveals it.

The Rothko was the warning. The void demanded contemplation. He could not endure it. He rushed to fill it with pseudo-philosophy. And so his words fell into the same abyss, only to return as content.

[Norris @roof_drunk]

saw the city and did a harbor tour too. good trip altogether

[Norris @roof_drunk]

i havent posted in awhile, but a photo dump from my latest trip to the pnw

[Norris @roof_drunk]

went to the zoo, it was a very sleepy morning

[mc cracker @chowder94]

i love abortion and birth control and immigrants and trans ppl and community and kindness and having fun

[Errai @errai]

Can I get a roofbeer?

Bartender: a root beer? You got it

Me: no, a roofbeer. We grab a six-pack and sit on the roof, gazing at the stars and confiding in each other to the tune of cicadas and distant cars

Bartender: (taking apron off with a warm smile) a roofbeer, coming up...

[cory @coolmathgame_]

just taught a man how to fish. fucking set him up for the rest of his life. he doesn’t even understand what i’ve done for him

[🍎apl🍏 - fruiter computer vtuber @apl_cdr]

i should have done this like a week ago but hey tomorrow at 4pm i am streaming with VTubers For A Cause to raise money for those impacted by the recent election!!! Come hang and donate to a good cause! #vtubersforacause #charitystream #vtuber

[troy bond jr (grand admiral) @TroyHasEbola]

Recap of this weeks executive orders from the president

[Deep Leffen Bot @DeepLeffen]

While you may not "LIKE" it, it is not technically illegal for me to tell my 9 year old opponent that selecting Ness is a federal crime, and that if he picks him he might as well "kiss his parents goodbye"

[Ron Iver @ronnui_]

My partner: I don't think you should have a beer at your work lunch

Me after having a beer at my work lunch: So y'all rocking w/ night cheese?

[cory @coolmathgame_]

cop: where u headed

me: chuck e. cheese. gonna fight the rat

cop: [handing me his gun] good luck

[horse powder @JuliusIrvington]

GAILE WINTERS, MPA, SPHR: Reminder to please use your real names in the company chat. Thank you!

WET GOKU: no

[Steven White @MiddleRelief]

SHE’S PUTTING CHILDREN IN A CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND THEY’RE COMING OUT BLUEBERRIES

[dan nolan @dannolan]

On the face of it alcohol is so funny - you can take a potion that makes you so good at driving the government has to make it illegal

[John Kennedy @FrazzleMyGimp]

WIFE: I regret getting you that blender for Christmas.

ME: {drinking toast} Why?

[soul nate @MNateShyamalan]

moderator: moving on, what would you do on school choice?

trump: getting back to the grinch thing, we are gonna fly a drone down his little mountain chimney. there’s nowhere on earth he can hide