By Curtis "Mr. Zero" Perry, Ca. 1997.

ok but seriously why is “much older internet friend uses you as their personal suicide hotline” such a universal experience for kids on the internet. fyi for any kids/teens following me if an adult tries to make you be their therapist just flat out block them you dont have to explain yourself or try to reason with them and ur not responsible for their mental well-being. just block them

having poor circulation is great because people will touch your hand and go 'oh! you're so cold!' and for a moment you get to experience what it's like to be a vampire in a romance novel

ughhhhhhh i love you falsettos i love you in trousers i love you hedwig and the angry inch i love you my own private idaho i love you i love you everything sucks i love you the new normal i love you i love you the prom i love you adamandi i love you fun home i love you angels in america i love you queer media and the emotions you make me feel

William Finn's ability to write about human imperfection was so sincere, profound and succinct. It has not and will likely not ever be replicated. I am reminded of such simple lyrics like

'This here is love, when we're talking face to face' or 'God only knows too soon I'll remember your faults, meanwhile though it's tears and schmalz'

He is, to me, the composer that best understood the humanity that lies in making mistakes.

the link doesnt work anymore :(

if anyone ever finds a Gutenberg! The Musical “slime tutorial” that’s not just the audio, please send me in that direction. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

"what if schizophrenics are the only ones seeing the real world and theyre kept medicated by the government so the rest of us dont know the truth" what if i beat you to death with a shovel

the current trend of "tumblr users embarrassing themselves by proudly announcing why they don't listen to any music made by black people" is really astounding.

i cannot help but think this is a direct result of liberal White Guilt and how people have interpreted "anti-racism" as form of cultural self-segregation - the kind of person who thinks trying to cook chicken curry is cultural appropriation, or sends white people anon hate for wearing a kimono (yes, this kind of discourse happened). like, "oh, no, i could never participate in this culture, i'd get my evil white hands all over it! it would be more Progressive if I only did White things."

if you're a poc you've seen this, i'm sure - this deer-in-the-headlights stare you can get from white people when you play music / show art / share a story / anything that is Racially Coded, this total refusal to actually engage with it out of fear that it is in some way Wrong for them to have any opinion on it. because they read somewhere that it's bad to use AAVE but the only lesson they actually learned from that is "gotcha, white people are not allowed to interact with other cultures as punishment for my White Crimes. this helps to fill up the gaping pit of my white guilt and makes me one of the Good People." this transforms their discomfort around non-white cultures (black culture, especially, i should add) into a kind of virtue

anyway if you are white and reading this. go listen to some fucking haliu mergia. ethiopian jazz. will knock your dick right off. go listen to rap or reggae or bollywood and have a genuine reaction to it - like, an actual, from-the-heart reaction. you are allowed to not like some of it. but you will definitely like at least a little. yes, you can compare it to lemon demon (or whatever) if that helps you get into it and that's your only point of reference. maybe don't say that part out loud. but don't, like, separate yourself from it, like you are seeing it in a museum and the only polite thing to do is go "ahh, huh, very interesting, so much culture here."

if you ever feel insecure about something just imagine you are a 4channer

example: All these normie fakecels would not be able to comprehend what it's like to have to tallmaxx and gymmaxx as a transpilled shortcel to get a femoid...