ohhh that makes sense, thanks

whats happening here? are people mad at the woman who was @'d in the tweet for bringing up michael brooks? how is destiny involved with the DSA? im so confused

Jesus, fuck those people. I'm sorry that you lost your job, and that you felt concerned enough to try and protect yourself. That sounds really confusing and aggravating, and I'm sorry about that.

As for your mental health problems, have you thought about trying to get in touch with a therapist who you can vent to? Or maybe someone to talk to about your anger issues? I was concerned about what you said about punching yourself, and as someone who has struggled with anger management, talk therapy has been really helpful both for that and for my anxiety. Even tele health is better than nothing right now.

I've always thought that even Shinji doesn't know what he is. Earlier in the show, he doesn't seem to be particularly attracted to Rei or Misato: his reactions in the trope-y scene where he falls on top of Rei in her room didn't seem to be the reactions of someone who embarrassed themselves in front of someone they liked, but merely the awkward and lonely reactions of someone who routinely finds themselves in isolating situations. Likewise, while Shinji's classmates lust after Misato and complain about not being in his situation, Shinji seems confused as to why they would be attracted to her. I think there's a line goes something like, "They just don't understand how messy she is." I think this changes later in the show, but I thought it was important to bring up because Shinji's attractions here are different from his immediate reactions to Asuka and Kaworu.

After Asuka becomes a regular in his life, Shinji does display attraction to her. He's curious about kissing her, and is unusually angry when she is quickly dismissive of him. This attraction is even more true for Kaworu: Shinji has all of the classic blushing, self-conscious behavior of someone who is in the presence of their crush. I think that his relationship with Asuka is more interesting, though. I think that in many ways, the way that Asuka and Shinji interact is the foundation upon which the show and movie's themes are built upon. But without getting too much into that, I think it's safe to say that Shinji is attracted to both Asuka and Kaworu.

What does this mean about his sexuality? I'm not 100% sure. Again, I think that Shinji is confused himself: he doesn't seem to understand the implications of romance (for instance, he doesn't get why Asuka would be upset that Misato and Kaji are out late), but at the same time, he seems to have an extreme and violent fear of being rejected by someone who he is vulnerable with. I don't think this precludes the possibility of an actual attraction to someone like Kaworu, however, and I will again point to the immediate and stereotypically bashful ways that Shiniji reacted upon meeting him.

I'm cishet, so I'm not sure if I am the best person to speak on this, but it seems to me like Shinji is closer on the spectrum to being bi or pan rather than being straight or gay. Again, there is a lot of ambiguity about this, and he himself indicates a lot of confusion, but all of the evidence points to this conclusion.

TLDR: he's a confused and traumatized teen but I think he's bi

Side note: on the topic of NGE, in my opinion, the best scene in the entire series, show or movie, is in End of Evangelion when he argues with Asuka in the kitchen, right before Komm, süsser Tod begins playing. It goes back to what I was saying before about his relationship with Asuka being the thematic bedrock of the show. I think it perfectly displays the conflict between men and women (at least, how the show envisions it) and I think it is a wholly accurate portrayal of the way that men often feel entitled to attention from women.

I think you touched upon the reason without realizing it: it's popular in a lot of the deep fried / layers of irony memes that I see because its understood as a mediocre show for boomers.
Like, the animation has aged poorly and the humor is outdated, but the characters are recognizable. I think the humor of these kinds of memes comes from seeing the show's characters in a different context of humor than what they are normally in. Like, I can picture a meme of Brian holding a margarita glass with the bottom text being something like "doodoo ass." If you made a meme of Peter Griffin, running away from a picture of Chiang Kai-shek and saying something like "No Mao don't stop until you capture Taiwan," people here would probably think it's funny, not because it's related in any way to the show, but because it's disconnected from that show. Idk, I think that is at least an aspect of it

the amount of colons in the title really makes me believe that i could make it as a writer, and that the only thing preventing me from doing so is an ivy league / familial connection

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The Handmaiden (2016)

Oldboy (2003)

Suspiria (2018 remake)

all of them!!! preferably Romanov style 😌😌😌

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stay safe comrade. calling cops and having them stand there is better than potential danger to u

jesus my heart started beating faster after i saw this

lol feels like just yesterday that people were warning about the dangers of this happening, and now its here

despite it all i hope she gets better

looks like hes sleeping peacefully. nice

yeah im aware that never trump republicans are nonexistent / irrelevant, i was just reporting on what the coalition said it was made up of

yeah thats correct

There was this coalition of corporate Democrats and Never Trump Republicans who got together and did some "war games" to play out different outcomes of the 2020 election. The coalition was called the Transitional Integrity Project, and they put out a report that documented their findings. It's interesting to read, if only to get a feel for what the dems are planning for.

In response to your question, the report details something interesting about the electoral college. Basically, dems understand that people are fed up with it, but in the case that trump wins the electoral college and loses the popular vote, they are planning to use that outrage to "overturn certified results in states with Democratic Governors and [negotiate] hard for permanent structural reforms in exchange for recognition of a Trump victory" (8).

The democrats know that people will be angry and fed up with the system if trump wins. They are willing to concede to a trump win, despite any election fraud, just to reform the electoral college. They would prefer placating people with minor reforms (who even says that the reforms will work?) because that will allow them to continue to rule with the illusion of democratic consent, instead of facing whatever revolutionary fury that a trump win might inspire in liberal democrats

Yeah ok I was wondering why he kept lighting it like that

is that not a blunt??? i cant really see it but