RJ Aguiar

@damnitrj.bsky.social

Here. Queer. Could really use a beer.

The 80’s ChatGPT trend continues to prove that machines will never replace human beings. No machine mind can comprehend the sheer beautiful chaos of 80’s era hairdos.

I know everyone and their mom is eulogizing Dolly today…but can we also just acknowledge that part of why her passing is so awful is that she’s one of the very few people who managed to achieve every conceivable level of wealth and success and still STAY A GOOD PERSON?? Fuck, I hate this timeline.

Having to pay to park anywhere is bullshit. If there’s not like a special event, why in the sweet fuck is the money I’m spending on local taxes or at your business also not covering the cost of having somewhere to park my car?

I’m not saying that class tensions have reached a boiling point, but I am saying that I’m immediately suspicious of anyone who’s mentally well adjusted and thriving right now.

I love how every wealthy person’s response when someone tries to check their privilege is “but I worked HARD for my money!” As if (a) we’re not ALL busting our asses constantly, and (b) at least half of them still benefitted from access that the rest of us can barely dream of.

Lyft driver: “You live in the jungle” Me: “Huh?” “You live in the jungle” “Do I?” “Yeah…” 10 seconds go by Driver: “There’s a lot of Black people here” Me: “Yeah. Is that why they call it the jungle?” “Yeah.” “Who calls it that.” “Everyone I know and I lived here 22 years.”

I’ve worked in a lot of different industries: food service, retail, media, tech, fitness, marketing… you know what I’ve never seen? A CEO that was truly smarter or more capable than an above average employee.

Which phase of Late Stage Capitalism is it where we have terms and conditions and a mandatory arbitration agreement on a container of COLLAGEN FUCKING PEPTIDES??

Top down photo of the seal packaging for a container of collagen peptides, which reads “READ THIS: By opening and using this product, you agree to be bound by our Terms and Conditions, fully set forth at vitalproteins.com/tc, which includes a mandatory arbitration agreement. If you do not agree, please return this product immediately.”

“Please arrive ten minutes early for your appointment…” Then make THAT the fucking appointment time! The whole point of an appointment is that we agree on a time for me to be there. Christ…