Cobalt

@cobaltcrash.bsky.social

He/Him I have thoughts, sometimes I put them here Anti-authoritarian in all forms

Do you think fascists ever have a brief moment of clarity in which they realize they’ve surrounded themselves with sycophantic morons or are their brains too shriveled to have even that?

Good god I’m so tired of everything being slop. Want to read about: News? Clickbait, possibly AI written Sports? Clickbait, possibly AI written Entertainment? Clickbait, probably AI Want to watch: Streaming? Probably uninspired CG bloat Movies? Definitely uninspired CG bloat Sports? Ads everywhere

the right wants to bait you into an argument that you don't need to have and that you will probably lose. it's important to recall what your principles are rather than just negatively polarize against whatever they're spewing

The older I get thee more I think people deride teenage angst not because it is foolish but because it represents an idealism which they no longer allow themselves. This sucks, burn it down and start over is only unappealing because they have skin in the game, not from a sense of maturity

Not the most important bit but children’s book author to leading transphobe is such a bizarre career trajectory. What brain damage must a person have to look at their books, movies, and theme parks and decide “Actually I’m going to dedicate my life to ruining others.” The fuck is wrong with you?

I wonder if there’s a direct correlation between heightened idiocy and lack of morality. I don’t know how you’d measure such, but it sure would explain a lot.

The fact that the simple act of possessing an absurd amount of wealth isn’t just illegal but also automatically convicting is proof of a rotted system. What defense is there against it? Do you have absurd wealth? Yes. Does your having that wealth cause societal harm? By definition, yes. Done.

I don’t know what it is about cis white folks that makes them lose their senses of humor and justice once they turn 30 but it has to be an observable phenomenon, right? Can we not put some brains under a microscope and find something? Anything?

They say they are the victims As their torches accrue They say there are no slaves And abduct your neighbors too They say they are the natives And corral away the few They say they are not slavers Just the boys in blue They say there are no fanatics Except who side with you

I’m of the genuine belief that politics are unnatural to the human condition, that we’re supposed to be wading in the ocean, basking in the shade of trees, gazing at stars, creating, and providing for one another. Politics, conversely, are born of small minded hatreds which have no place in the soul

Why do people go to corporate showcase events? And if they must go, why clap when products are announced? You’re a corporation, your job is to make products. Doing the bare minimum shouldn’t get you an adoring audience. Gonna convince a bunch of people to cheer every time I start the forklift

I’m glad romantasy is a thing for people who are into that, but it’s big enough now that I feel like we need to separate it out from sci-fi/fantasy the same way romance is separated out from fiction.

For some strange reason my brain has concocted its own souls-like game/reality that has been appearing in my dreams for months now. I’m not a “your dreams have secret meaning, maaan” type, but after a certain point you have to be like, ok, what is this about, brain?

I don’t understand how you can watch a moron shred the law for ten years and still have any sort of faith in the system that’s aiding and abetting his behavior. “We’ll win the midterms!” Really? You sure about that? And even if so, what good will that bring? And if not, what will you do?

It would be really funny if all trump’s evidence for 2020 election fraud only implicated himself and his cronies in said fraud. Sadly it wouldn’t matter, but it would be funny.

I feel like the media should just ignore Trump at this point. Why platform his lunacy? Why do we give a shit if he wants to reheat some bs conspiracies? Put him in an empty room with a tape recorder and have someone check it every once in a while to see if he said something that’s actually important

Turns out the week + radiating pain in my jaw is due to wisdom teeth randomly deciding to come in, and to do so sideways. I’m normally pretty good about just getting along with pains, them being part of life and all, but good god mouth pain is debilitating. But at least I’m losing weight?