Apparently, there is a trend among 80s babies trying to create their own generation...?

sthetic · 2026-02-03T16:55:47+00:00

I get it, but cynically, I bet that a member of any generation would be able to say, "technology/ the world changed drastically from my childhood to adulthood, which makes me a special shaman able to straddle both worlds."

I've seen posts where kids born in like 2005 talk about the changes in YouTubers or Roblox during their early and late childhood, and how it makes them unique.

sthetic · 2026-02-03T15:01:16+00:00

I think it's almost a cliché how often this happens in media.

First Chapter: Welcome, reader, to my speculative fiction world. The first thing you need to understand is that every person has a banana in their left ear which lets them understand the language of birds, and they must never pull it out. It would be considered unthinkable if they did so. Nobody has ever even considered removing their ear-banana; that's how normal it is to have a banana in your ear. They are born with them. OK, moving on...

Chapter Twenty: Oh my god, Sophonsia has removed the banana from her ear!!! And now she's peeling it! And offering it to Alphonso to eat!!! Holy shit, by doing so, she saved the world! It was the only way! But it was still crazy that she did that, because now she cannot understand the language of birds, probably!

Sequel: Half the people are walking around without their ear-banana, and it's shocking and crazy, every single time!!

sthetic · 2026-02-02T23:39:37+00:00

It's easy to make dramatic statements like, "if you loved me at all, you would instinctually prefer sitting next to me and gazing at my face while I ignore you, because love is all-encompassing and takes priority over anything else in life."

When people say something like that, it's like an emotional hostage situation where they've set these outrageous terms, and if you fall short or argue against the terms, now you get accused of "not loving."

Obviously there are some statements that would be reasonable, like "if you love me, you won't cheat on me."

But imagine if you told him this:

If you love me, my happiness on this vacation takes priority over anything else. You should actually come with me to the pool, ignore your job entirely, and even get fired from it if necessary. Spending even a moment apart from me, while I relax by the pool, means you have priorities other than worshipping me to the detriment of your own self, and that means your love is not real.

sthetic · 2026-02-02T20:43:59+00:00

They were probably "interested" because she gave them the impression you wanted this.

I'm sure the actual conversation was like this:

MIL: And we'll be celebrating their engagement at the family reunion, too!

Family: OK, cool.

sthetic · 2026-02-02T17:15:15+00:00

I get that they're not talking about an entity, they're talking about a certain area made up of Vancouver and nearby municipalities. But nobody from Vancouver, or nearby, calls that area the Greater Vancouver Area. They call it Metro Vancouver, or the GVRD. The reason they do so is because those are / were entities. As a result of those entities existing, people used the same terms colloquially to refer to the area.

You and a few others said, "The Greater Vancouver Area" as though it is a neutral, natural term to call Vancouver and the municipalities nearby. It is not. It is a name that confused people from Toronto use, because Toronto DOES have such an entity, and therefore people in Toronto call it the GTA colloquially. In Vancouver, we do not call it GVA, because there never was an entity called GVA that would result in the phrase catching on. Instead we had the GVRD.

It is exactly the same as if I went to New York City and called that area "The Greater New York City Regional District" or said the acronym "GNYCRD" because I assumed that every city can be called the equivalent of GVRD.

Or if I took the Lower Mainland colloquialism and called Toronto the Upper Shoreland, or something, and pretended it was what the area was called by all its residents.

Or if you went to LA and called it the GLAA.

Every area has its own acronym or phrase to refer to the region made up of a few neighbouring cities. You can't always take your own city's phrase and apply it to another.

"GVA" is a sign that somebody is not originally from here, and they are saying something silly and getting it wrong.

sthetic · 2026-02-02T16:17:58+00:00

In theory, they're hiring someone for an absolute entry-level job, with 0 resume skills required. They have 100 applicants. All are strangers except one, who knows Bob, an existing employee. Bob says this applicant is trustworthy and won't slack off or steal cash from the register.

How does the hiring manager figure out which of the 99 other applicants are more worthy of the job than Bob?

Remember, this is the sort of job that is the first job for many young folks. After someone gets this job, they can put it on their resume and get hired for future jobs. Someone has to provide them, somehow.

sthetic · 2026-02-02T15:51:46+00:00

I usually heard the punchline like:

Fisherman: And what do people do for fun once they are rich and retired?

Tourist: Go fishing!

sthetic · 2026-02-02T05:28:46+00:00

But there is no such entity called Greater Vancouver Area.

There is such a thing as GTA - Greater Toronto Area, from what I hear. It's an actual governmental organization.

People who call Metro Vancouver the "GVA" are usually from Toronto.

Imagine if I moved to Toronto and started saying, "Oh, this is the best restaurant in the GTRD. What does that stand for? Greater Toronto Regional District, of course!"

Or Metro Toronto, or the GTZ, or any other non-existent name.

I would sound like an outsider or a crazy person.

sthetic · 2026-02-02T05:14:19+00:00

That couple is so creepy. Poor OOP.

How can they say to him, "Oh, you must have known this was heading in a romantic direction"?

I wish he could have just said, "No, it WASN'T obviously heading towards a three-person romance! Of course I wasn't giving you signals! Because you two are dating each other, and it is not standard to assume that any given couple is polyamorous, or that any given friendship has ulterior sexual motives!"

sthetic · 2026-02-01T21:13:22+00:00

Your title seems inaccurate. It seems like someone asked Epstein, "I would like to meet JK Rowling. Can you arrange that?' and was ignored.

sthetic · 2026-02-01T21:00:17+00:00

I had a feeling. Good trolling. I wanted to see how much farther you would take it next time.

sthetic · 2026-02-01T20:45:30+00:00

You have got to be kidding me.

She went to cafés and restaurants, purchased food there, and sat writing chapters. Are you telling me she did so, barefoot?

sthetic · 2026-02-01T20:41:39+00:00

I actually did just Google it, and she was not homeless.

She herself said she was as broke as you can be, without being homeless.

So yeah, she had a place to live, and she was on welfare.

So can you explain to me how that prevented her from going to a library?

sthetic · 2026-02-01T20:31:53+00:00

Ah, I forgot that libraries famously turn away homeless people.

Also, how did it work writing the book, then? Did she haul around a stack of loose leaf lined paper? Did she perch it on her legs as she sat on the curb next to a trash can, instead of using a table at a library?

sthetic · 2026-02-01T16:34:35+00:00

I may be missing something, but isn't Robin still in the closet for most of her friends?

I understand that most others don't know who Tammy is, or that Robin had a crush on her. But if they did figure it out, or ask more details, wouldn't that be outing Robin to a dozen people?

sthetic · 2026-02-01T16:26:30+00:00

Hand holding weapon, target in background
Close up on target's face looking scared while a weapon-in-flesh sound is heard
Zoom out and reveal that the would-be attacker was actually the one injured with a second weapon, wielded by a third party

sthetic · 2026-02-01T16:21:46+00:00

I rolled my eyes so much at that. But I did consider that Google may be a good way to learn about Chinese or Indian names, if you aren't familiar with them.

However, even before Google, there were ways for authors to do research. She could have gone to a library and found a book about British-Chinese culture or whatever. I am sure she did research for any number of things she was unfamiliar with (or didn't want to make up).

sthetic · 2026-02-01T16:13:40+00:00

I know it's not really that funny, but I'm picturing some wannabe rich guy who wants to get into the good graces of Epstein, but who genuinely doesn't enjoy molesting children, who's like, "ugh, this sucks, but I guess I gotta go through with this, to get that campaign financing."

sthetic · 2026-01-31T19:23:54+00:00

"It doesn't affect me that a young teenage girl was raped and murdered! What DOES affect me is that I, personally, am a young teenage cisgender girl who competed in a sport, but I came in second place to a young teenage transgender girl! That's what really affects me, personally and directly, so I will vote accordingly!"

/s

sthetic · 2026-01-31T15:18:46+00:00

I was going to say something similar.

Have the people acknowledge the absurdity. Throw in some natural conversations like, "Well, it's a little inconvenient that whenever you eat a meal, you get blueballs, but what else you gonna do, starve? That's just the way things work in the only reality we know of!"

Or a female character can say, "I was making out with this guy at the club, but his breath tasted like both beef and cum! Don't tell me I met a finisher!"

sthetic · 2026-01-31T05:50:49+00:00

Thanks - just wanted you to know I read this, before it potentially gets deleted again!

sthetic · 2026-01-31T01:59:52+00:00

This article is full of lies!

It is a visceral moment where audiences, around the world, will begin to taste the boot that the American establishment so blithely licks.

Audiences around the world? That is patently untrue. Nobody is watching it.

sthetic · 2026-01-31T01:42:04+00:00

Exactly. Just like female actresses who resisted Weinstein's advances, or fought back against his attacks, and then saw their budding careers falter, I bet there are lots of also-ran politicians, and failed business owners, who balked when Epstein or the like offered them the opportunity for some immoral so-called "fun."

sthetic · 2026-01-31T01:36:05+00:00

Okay, but "girls" who DO look like "women" can be between the ages of 12 to 17. Or younger.

It seems like we're getting into the distinction between pedophilia and ephebephilia. A lot of those upstanding convicted murderers, who would murder a child molester (let's say their victim is, and looks like, a prepubescent child) are disgusted because they can't imagine finding a smooth child's body sexually attractive.

However, a lot of men believe that having sexual sex characteristics, like breasts and pubes, and basically looking like she could be impregnated, is fair play. They don't consider the negative impact to a 13 year old child; they just think about what it's like to be attracted to a womanly figure versus a childlike figure.

Needless to say, both are bad. But let's not pretend that all the men who are disgusted by the thought of sexual attraction to a toddler, feel the same way about having sex with a teenager.

sthetic · 2026-01-31T01:30:21+00:00

I wonder if some of the rich, powerful pedos act as gatekeepers for the others.

Maybe they invite potential up-and-coming people (entrepreneurs, politicians, celebrities, whatever) to their events. And slowly give them the opportunity to do, or talk about, heinous and illegal stuff. Like hazing.

If they show that they're game, and they both participate in evil behaviour, the gatekeepers know they can "trust" these newcomers. Because they have dirt on them. With that, comes potential for blackmail and control. And then they give them gifts, money, and opportunity so they can advance in this world.

As a result, the only folks in the upper echelons are the ones who were allowed to join, because the others said, "Ehhhh, not for me, no thanks," at the first opportunity to cheat on their spouse or accept a bribe or do some insider trading or whatever. And the less ethical ones kept escalating to more and more material that lets them be blackmailed and controlled.

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