Timid Pessimist

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"When we become Americans, we accept not only citizenship's privileges that we did not earn but also its responsibilities to correct wrongs that we did not commit." - Richard Rothstein Chicago he/him

Photo of a fascist loser waiting to board a Metro train. His pants appear to be soaked from the back
Photo of a non-fiction book called The Box by Marc Levinson, Second Edition. The header reads: "How the Shipping Container Made the world Smaller and the World Economy Bigger"
Comic strip from Preacher, Volume 7: Salvation by Garth Ennis
"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past." - Jean-Paul Sartre
Squidward wearing a button that says "I really wish I weren't living through a major historical event right now!"
A young woman in a red hoodie yelling at federal agents
Old Man Yells at Cloud from The Simpsons
A photo overlooking a one-way street in downtown Chicago with a bike and a bus lane. Tall buildings flank the street.
Twitter post screenshot: Do not run across a crosswalk apologetically. You are of this earth and walk among her choir. The devils commanding their wretched chariots have long since severed the roots of their flesh and need a reminder that a leisurely stroll triumphs the road of their insatiable machines.
Screensaver of the Quarry Threshold from Control
Captain Picard at his desk facepalming in his ready room while Data is sitting across from him.
They hated Freud because He told them the truth.
A PowerPoint slide that reads: "What do we mean by "Canyonization"? Sheridan Road north of Devon in Rogers Park is an example. This area has experienced an explosion of dense highrise growth over the last 20 years."
Please God let this happen because it would be so fucking funny
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MEMRI TV meme: "Do you know what the word "Pepsi" means?" "They took the first letter of each word - "Pay Every Penny Saving Israel""
A wideshot view of a pedestrian plaza in the city of Oz from the movie Wicked.
"Well no, but actually yes"
An excerpt from Little's article, "What Does Epistemic Collapse Feel Like?": "Imagine a world where if you can't rattle off eighteen different scientific studies that actively disprove the idea that clouds are made of baked beans off the top of your head, then people will just assume that they are. I mean honestly, why do scientists *refuse* to study it? *Suspicious* isn't it? Can you cite to me *ONE* scientific study that specifically states, "Clouds are not made of baked beans?" I bet you can't! Are you scared of pissing off the Big Baked Bean Corporations?"
An affordable housing complex in Los Angeles, CA. Called the Isla Intersections, it sits near a freeway.
Photo from VEEP TV series on HBO. In the center frame from left to right are the characters Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Mike McLintock (Matt Walsh) and Gary Walsh (Tony Hale).