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biscuit_tornado

@biscuit_tornado@beige.party

old. exvangelical. isolated antifascist in occupied territory.

avatar: opus the penguin from bloom county peering dubiously in from the left of frame with narrowed eyes

header: crop of a k.c. green comic panel, of a speech bubble that reads "jesus christ how horrifying"

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biscuit_tornado, to random
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happy new year, god, it's me, margaret

RickiTarr, to random
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Name a movie or TV series where none of the characters are actually good people. Explain why you think that.

biscuit_tornado,
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@RickiTarr Succession comes to mind. I didn't watch the final season, so there may be some insane redemptive arc I missed, but I kind of doubt it. Which I think was the point -- everyone within proximity of that kind of wealth and power ultimately loses the spark of humanity in favor of self-interest, apparently

RickiTarr, to random
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New Year has always been accompanied by complex feelings for me. Time has always felt like it was moving too fast, even as a child, and New Year is a stark reminder that another year has come and gone.

A lot of people use this moment to think about how they'd like to change, New Year, New You, but inevitably we are still ourselves. In the end though, I'm the worst person of all, an Optimist. I really believe that things can and do get better, and in the case, of New Year, New You, maybe the old you is pretty good already, and you just did the best you could last year, and you're gonna do your best this year too.

Our time is short, weird, wonderful, heartbreaking, and fascinating. I'm here for it, and I'm incredibly lucky to have this group of people to chat with, empathize with, and learn from. I'm ringing in the New Year with gratitude.

Anyway, as usual that was verbose, but please, tell me your thoughts on the New Year, Anything you want to talk about is fine!

biscuit_tornado,
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@RickiTarr I'd like to say I'm an optimist, but I'm really a pessimist trying to force myself to see the bright side of things. I'm hopeful for this year, though. Fingers crossed, knocking on wood, etc.

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St Johns Bridge, last day of the year.

Close up of an opening in one of the towers that the pedestrian walkway passes through. It's also in the shape of a pointed gothic arch. There are patches of paint where graffiti has been covered up.
Beneath the bridge where the pylons echo the same gothic arch shape, which is what gives Cathedral Park it's name. This view is head on showing several pylons in the distance through the opening of the nearest one.
The bridge seen from below, showing a full view of one of the towers. The roadway passes día diagonally through the frame from upper left to lower right.

biscuit_tornado,
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@theropologist @RickiTarr @LaurenIpsum if you're not careful this is going to be another alf/cherry juice situation eventually

RickiTarr, to random
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I'm having Christmas with my husband's family who are Conservative and very anti-vax.

Today my brother-in-law said, "I don't like the Progressives, but they've made our town really nice."

Y'all I almost spit my drink out!

biscuit_tornado,
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@RickiTarr this post made it to tumblr and reminded me to come and see what's going on over here tonight

biscuit_tornado,
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@xinicit @RickiTarr no, just a screenshot, but whoa nelly are we ever not ready for a federated tumblrverse

biscuit_tornado,
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@RickiTarr https://www.tumblr.com/adtothebone/738265921061339136/the-latest-from-the-fuzzy-elephant-social-site

biscuit_tornado, to random
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"underestimating your enemy is as good as handing them the victory."

  • idk, sun tzu or someone, probably
biscuit_tornado, to random
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every year that passes, the more sympathy I feel for Donald Sutherland in animal house when he said, "listen, I'm not joking. this is my job"

biscuit_tornado, to random
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occurred to me that the last time I had xmas spirit was when I still drank, which would seem to indicate that I can only have a truly smashing holiday if I am truly smashed

GrimmReality, to random
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I am fucking 58 years old and just found out "portentous" does not have an i in it and, I will be honest, I will accept this but only with a shit-ton of grudging.

biscuit_tornado,
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@GrimmReality the latter is how I've always said it. the English language has fucked me over yet again

StefanThinks, to random
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You must pick one: drink a Panera Charged Lemonade OR eat something based on a viral TikTok food hack recipe.

biscuit_tornado,
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@StefanThinks I drank one of those lemonades, and it didn't really do much.

disclaimer: my caffeine intake is already pretty unholy and it doesn't seem to affect me like it does normal people

RickiTarr, to random
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What's your favorite wedding song?

https://youtu.be/nd-_UwzSSvQ?si=bcvtTR3SZ5I_KNUC

biscuit_tornado,
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@RickiTarr the electric slide is inescapable out this way, but I'd hesitate to call it my favorite

at my cousin's wedding, they had karaoke and one of the bridesmaids made an attempt at the divinyls' "I touch myself" that was ill-conceived and -delivered and it still haunts me

GrimmReality, to random
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Y'know, if you kick off the Colorado ballot that just sends a message that we don't really live in a free society wherein "free" specifically means privileged half-literate fascist sacks of shit have carte blanche to try to overthrow the constitution, end the republic and unperson and murder anyone they want with zero consequences or checks on their power as backed by roving goonsquads of murderous neo-Nazi yokels burning books and lynching people in town squares.

biscuit_tornado,
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@GrimmReality you should give them a link to the tumblr sign up page and mention that that is the poor reading comprehension site and they may feel more comfortable there

biscuit_tornado, to random
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"why don't you believe in god anym--" well about eight years ago, most of the ppl who spent my entire life telling me that I should be humble and shouldn't cheat or steal or hoard wealth wholeheartedly endorsed a guy who was the antithesis of all that for president and had the audacity to tell me god picked him

and when I pointed this out, oh boy did they ever get MAD

so I said, "oh! so that was all bullshit!" and dear reader, life suddenly made a lot more sense

biscuit_tornado,
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and I get it! no one wants to admit they got fooled by someone. hell, I didn't want to admit I got fooled by my parents and pastors and teachers, etc., for all those years, but I'll tell you right now -- evangelical christianity is a tool to keep people from asking "why is shit all fucked up?" because if you ASK those questions, you might want to DO something about it

biscuit_tornado,
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when someone hands you a shit sandwich and expects you to thank the lord for it, that person is not your friend, not a trusted authority, and does not have your best interests at heart. they want you to shut up and obey and stop rocking the boat because other people might HEAR YOU.

biscuit_tornado,
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ppl can dismiss any problem if they're trained to do it by saying "it's god's will and who can understand his plan" because it's a lot easier to believe that someone else has the whole world in his hands than that they might have to do something about the shit that sucks themselves

biscuit_tornado,
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I think if someone needs the threat of hell to keep from being shitty to other people -- if that's the only thin tether that adheres them to a moral code -- then that person is probably not a good person to begin with

if you lived through an evangelical childhood and you have so much as a shred of empathy for other people left, that's a huge victory. nurture that shred and grow it. caring about other people is the only thing we have, because god is a joke, and the joke's on us. goodnight

biscuit_tornado,
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a couple of things have come up in response to this that should be addressed

my experience is with the american evangelical movement, and in this case, this isn't a few bad apples. this is a methodical, careful political co-opting of a belief system over time that now preaches the gospel out of one side of its mouth and tirelessly spews contrary interpretation of scripture out of the other

I don't believe in the infallibility of scripture, and haven't for some time. it is logically impossible for human intervention in the assembly and delivery of the bible to have not been present and in fact pervasive. the only consolation I had is that a lot of pastors also don't seem to believe in it, either

biscuit_tornado,
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if your first thought was "not all christians" in this context, I get that. however, I'm talking about a power structure, and the majority control of that power structure is highly politicized within the previously mentioned scope. if it doesn't apply to you -- if you're asking questions and taking action that originates from empathy -- then don't apply it. I'm not your dad; I'm some guy on the internet

biscuit_tornado,
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the "eyes on the prize" nature of american evangelical christianity does in fact focus on the great beyond, to the extent that life on earth suffers as a result as the religious power structure continues to aim to assimilate national policy.

the assumption that god will make everything better when the final judgement comes leads to abandonment of responsibility for the here and now at a philosophical level within that movement, and as a result, in the laws of the land, as more and more people in positions of power latch onto these corrupted beliefs

biscuit_tornado,
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if jesus existed, I'm sure he was a pretty good guy, if scripture can be believed. it's a shame what people do in his name. if I had the power to come back from the beyond, and people were doing abysmal shit and signing my initials to it, I'd come back just to slap my name out of their mouths, but I guess that's just me

biscuit_tornado, to random
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you can hold the distilled wisdom and stupidity of the entire internet in the palm of your hand but the tradeoff is that it's constantly snooping on you to increase marketing efficiency

biscuit_tornado,
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just for the record if I hear that goddamn liberty mutual jingle one more time, I cannot be held responsible for the swaths of destruction that will ensue

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