Notices by catdad 💃✨ (tcql@octodon.social), page 17

So personal ornamentation -- jewelry and makeup and fashion and body modification and all that -- is largely seen by our culture as frivolous and not worth prioritizing in terms of money or effort.

But like. Ornamentation of some kind is present in pretty much every society on the planet both current and historic, all the way back to prehistory. Cosmetics are also often some of the most highly valued trade items.

Choosing how to decorate the self is fundamental to the human construction of identity!

So like. It's cool. Spend money on that new tattoo or whatever.

I tried looking for a good citation here but it turns out finding just one is really difficult because this is anthropological and sociological consensus going back decades.

the reason why the jj abrams star wars are so fucking weird and bad is that abrams cant decide if he thinks rey and kylo ren are siblings or in a bizarre manipulative romantic relationship so he does both at the same time and It Is Not Good

@datatitian I keep reading this as "cool tech bro wedding technique" and all I can think about are those git merge wedding cakes

Heard of a cool tech-bro-weeding interview technique the other day. A male and female engineer conduct the interview session together. If, when the female engineer asks the candidate a question, he directs his answer to the male engineer, then he's out. They said it happens a lot

september 13th is a friday

many tattoo shops do friday the 13th specials, where you can get tats for $20 ($13 for friday the 13th and a $7 tip for good luck)

these will most likely be pre-designed, but you can ask for alterations

boost to save a life

Tumble's curse doing the Lord's work

The thing I have finally developed a Turing-complete gender

It’s why it’s important to recognize that the “white working class” is not forever lost to the republicans, but that this generation of labor class wasn’t theirs in the first place.

It’s the whites that saw no need for extensive education because of family wealthy and nepotism that flocked to the republicans.

Well educated poor whites are more likely to team up with non-whites than ever before. Which terrifies the right.