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I really like watching commentary videos about social media trends. Like, I guess people are going crazy making "boo baskets" for their friends and loved ones.

It’s fun to see just how uncreative people can be.

It went from people making personalized baskets for particular people in their lives, to people paying other people to come and decorate their houses in "fall fashion." And they order premade boo baskets online, showing that they love their loved ones so much that they outsource the personalization to a stranger!

It’s hilarious.

Someone went out of their way to put a lot of thought and care into making the first boo basket. People saw it online and were like "That’s so amazing and clever. I want to do that." And from there it ends up being an orgy of overconsumption.

People are spending $1000 on a basket. $1000!

For what?

Crap.

And then when all the economic bubbles start really popping, those people are going to be regretting that they spent all that money they could have saved and used for things they actually needed.

I’m sorry, but the resale value of painted foam ghost statues is next to nothing. It’s definitely not worth the $40 you spent.

I like the idea of making a basket of nice things for someone you care about. I like the idea of someone putting real thought and care into making something that’s intended for a particular person.

But when people go over the top with their basket stuffing and their holiday decorating and they’re just buying so much stuff?

It’s very tasteless.

And when you film yourself doing it and you’ve got those crazy eyes happening… I don’t think you’re creative. I think you have a serious spending problem.

Rather than leaning into trends that aren’t going to last very long, why not be more creative? Why not come up with your own style instead of just borrowing ideas from other people?

It’s not just the holiday overconsumption. Or the "decorating my dorm room" overconsumption. Or the "beige mom" thing.

It’s people lacking creativity and a sense of self.

If you don’t have your own personality and personal style… You should not be giving in to the lure of spending money to borrow someone else’s creativity.

Spend all that money finding your own vision. Your own point of view. Your own things that you can like and love and want to have and keep forever.

People are just filling landfills at this point.

Stop the overconsumption trends. It’s gross. And it doesn’t just damage the environment, it damages the human psyche.

And I think that’s what AI is too.

It’s people that lack the creative spirit to try making things for themselves. They are so afraid of being judged and found wanting, that they would rather outsource their personality to an unfeeling machine. One that is well-known for hallucinating and offering bad advice.

Humanity is in trouble. But individual people can at least try to save themselves and the people they care about.

Before it’s too late.

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Ugh. My cat is lucky she’s so cute because… UGH!

For like the last two days I’ve been tracking down an awful smell in my room. It was getting stronger and stronger and it was driving me crazy that I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from.

It was such a strong stink that I felt like I could taste it. I was honestly concerned that the smell was sticking to my skin, it was that bad.

If you’ve ever smelled a dead thing, you know how powerful that stink can be.

So anyways, I look all over the place, can’t figure it out. It finally got to the point where I was thinking that maybe a rat had died in the walls or something and it was seeping in through to my room.

But nope. Turns out my precious baby cat had a tiny dead mouse hidden in her blanket. Which was on my bed.

She had a dead mouse on my bed!

It was so small, and that’s why I didn’t see it. But I am fucking horrified

But anyways, I washed all my bedding in the hottest water manageable and the stink is gone. The dead mouse went into the garbage can. Problem solved.

It’s just that it makes me think of all those zombie movies where someone will come across a dead body and be like "Wow, I really like that jacket." And then the next scene is the person walking around wearing the jacket they took off a days old corpse.

And it’s like, "Bitch, you didn’t even wash that coat. It must smell absolutely rank."

Zombie world must be terrible smells all the time. And even if the zombie virus somehow magically means the bodies aren’t rotting and spreading disease everywhere they go… The smell has got to be absolutely atrocious.

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I’m so tired of all the bullshit.

You people need to stop calling yourself nationalists because you don’t give a shit about the well being of this country. You’re just fascists with delusions of grandeur. Get the fuck outta here, you unAmerican piece of shits.

I could hate but maybe kind of respect it if they were true to their so-called ideals, but they’re just a bunch of hypocrites. Like Libertarians that shrilly go on and on about freedom and the amazingness of self-governance, but don’t hesitate to put fascists in charge because really they’re just a bunch of pussies that like being told what to do.

Shame on you all.

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P.S. "Dick" and "pussy" are gender-neutral terms. I firmly believe that.

You can have a male pussy and a female dick because those are not serious terms for body parts. Those are descriptors for the way someone behaves. It’s all about the context that makes the terminology.

Someone can say they have a dick, or someone can be called a dick, and depending on the instances it’s two different meanings. So stop being a grammar dick about it.

It’s the same with the word "bitch." A bitch is a female dog, therefore when the word is used toward a human being it is a gender-neutral term that is used as a descriptor for the person’s behavior toward others.

So, they’re on the lookout in Seattle for two people that fed water to a bat that turns out to have had rabies.

I guess the bat was found in a Seattle park, so the two people were walking through, found the "friendly bat" and decided it must be thirsty or something so they stopped to give it some water. And then afterward they left–after leaving a note on the doorstep of a nearby house?–and later the sick bat was found and taken in by animal control where it was tested and found to be suffering from rabies.

Seriously people: Bats do not want to be your friend. They are very shy creatures, and if they are healthy, they will stay away from human reach.

If a bat is lying on the ground, flying erratically, or not trying its best to avoid contact with a human or other animal, then it is likely very sick and should not be messed around with. You should call animal control and not approach the bat yourself.

Rabies is not only deadly but it’s a terrible way to die. Like, one of the worst natural ways to die. And once you are showing symptoms, that’s pretty much it. You are going to die screaming.

"But they have a cure for rabies now!"–That protocol has saved the lives of a handful of children, and only one of them was left without lifelong disabilities.

Why risk frying your brain to a crisp when you can use your brain to tell your body to go to the ER and get a rabies shot? Because if you’re showing signs of rabies, it’s too late. You’re going to die.

Please stop messing around with wild animals. They don’t like it. And the risk is not worth it.

And if you see sick bats or other animals acting in weird and "unnatural" ways, it is better to give a call to animal control than to ignore the problem, because while you may walk away perfectly fine, you don’t know what can happen to the next person that comes along.

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