chapotraphouse Storm • 2mo ago • 100%

Anybody else notice the 'Seize the Awkward' ad campaign?

Just feels kinda surreal seeing a game like this used to promote conversations about mental health, given the themes in the late portion of Final Fantasy VII. https://seizetheawkward.org/final-fantasy Seize the Awkward and FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH have teamed up in a PSA that encourages young people to start conversations around mental health with friends. Join Cloud, Aerith, and friends on their journey to face their battles together. Equipping yourself with the tools and resources to confidently support your friends is totally worth it! Transcript from one of the ads: >Life’s daily battles are not meant to be fought alone. > > We’re not powerless. > > So long as we don’t lose sight of what’s important. > > Don’t be afraid to seize that moment to talk to your friends. > > "Cloud, you okay?" > > Because checking in on a friend can create a safe space. > > The first step on our new journey. > > "You coming?" > > Reach out to a friend about their mental health. > > Seize the Awkward. > > It’s totally worth it.

the_dunk_tank Storm • 2mo ago • 99%

Oh great! More personal responsibility for the actions of oil execs and corporations.

We're literally going back to serfs boiling water to make it drinkable. I'm a liberal sorry https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprisingly-easy-way-to-remove-microplastics-from-your-drinking-water

Comics Storm • 3mo ago • 100%

Have any major companies featured stories that address how sports would change with the advent of superpowers?

I mean the way people are born affects their ability to compete in sports. But what about stories where human(oid) can vary in scale in intensity? What if you're a mutant who's only slightly faster than average to the point where it's negligible compared to the norm? What if the juggernaut tried out for the NFL? Were there stories that discussed ideas like that in a meaningful way?

chapotraphouse Storm • 3mo ago • 100%

If perception is reality, then reality is a cage. (CW - Word Salad)

Honestly, I'm going stream of consciousness and would love to have leftist eyes on what I've noticed. If you find something that resonates with you, I'm happy to talk about it. It's sad how much capitalism has done to make us reasonably afraid of what it would do to survive. It's scary how much we perceive capitalism even when it has no reason to be there. Why should anybody have to do math to be able to eat a fruit that could easily be grown in a garden? Why should it be risky to eat a fruit on private property? Because the HOA says Black kids eating from their trees ruins the property value? That's what's causing the food desertification in the US. The bourgeois hates to see the proletariat enjoying their food. Because deep down they know they'll never be happy with what they have. No matter much they were born with. No matter how much they take from others. No matter how much they lie. No matter how many they kill. They refuse to believe capitalism won't make them happy. They refuse to believe they are eroding their souls with each excess they consume. And so we find ourselves complicit in the cruelty. We must accept that capitalism has eroded our souls in irreparable original sin. It's a mark on humanity that will never go away. Future generations will look back on all of us and how terrible we were. And after they're gone, their descendants will describe them as monsters too. And rightfully so. Because while we as a society act monstrously. We're living under the influence of a monstrous system that limits the choices we can make. Funny that capitalism claims to offer choice. I think about the guy who went to Cuba and laughed that they only had plain Lay's potato chips. At a store where you can get whatever you need to eat and snacks for free. They point and laugh at Cuban Baskin Robin's because they only have four flavors of free ice cream. They think only being stuck with Coke or Pepsi is scary enough to warrant embargo and nuclear war. Because the thought of a child being able to e enjoy food disgusts them. How dare people enjoy without thinking about capitalism! Capitalism is that one rich kid who has to be the center of attention at someone else's birthday party. Capitalism makes you hate enjoying things because they might be cringe and make you less marketable. Capitalism makes you hate your body by convincing you it's fat and dirty while simultaneously serving fat and dirt to children. Capitalism forces kids to maim themselves on slaughterhouse floors while their managers look away to run gambling pools on who might die of covid. Capitalism makes it scary to like things unironically. Capitalism makes it scary to be in the moment. Know why? Its existence is predicated on you perceiving its existence for another day. It's an evil ritual that is maintained every time someone ignores the suffering around them to have brunch. Chuds see the monster too, but capitalism has convinced them it's the disenfranchised people who run the world. Look, a lot of you don't see capitalism ending in your lifetime. It might not, but if you believe multiverse shit, even a little, then you owe it to yourself to try to picture one day waking up without capitalism in your life. Write the story of the marvel universe where superheroes don't exist, allegedly  , Kamala Harris is challenging Donald Trump for president of the United States, and you get more active in your community. You join an organization or reach out to people when you have the bandwidth. If you have leftovers, share some with a safe person who might be struggling. If you have the bandwidth, hear someone out, even if they don't have the same understanding of material politics yet, but are well-meaning. If you get lucky and manage to find a level of institutional power, use it with sincere class consciousness. That's what I'm trying to do at least. It's rough feeling like writing something like this will draw attention towards me. We see wreckers all the time. There is reason to believe anyone here could be a fascist looking to hurt the most vulnerable person they can find. And for that reason, I'm trying to go out more and be a better person in my community. I could argue with chuds all day, but I think instead, I'll get good at a vegan brownie recipe and use that to share my short story about a surviving Lenin discovered in a block of ice like Captain America. (Yes I wrote this if you want it, dm me) What if you find a magic amulet that lets you talk with the ghost of Che Guevara and he helped you write a book to share with 2024. Yes, what if Che Guevara was your ghost roommate and he ghost writes a book for you? (Writing this story now) All I'm saying is fantasy and superheroes and wish fulfillment don't have to belong to reactionary thinkers. Why can't we have Materialist Fantasy? Have a good night!

chapotraphouse Storm • 3mo ago • 100%

You guys, we're not in a cyberpunk story, we're living in a Chick Tract. It's horror to chuds and devoid of class consciousnesses, so it's horror to us.

That guy died right? I wonder what he would draw now.

chapotraphouse Storm • 3mo ago • 100%

Inside Out bit - Riley navigating 2010s YA fiction.

It could just be a live reaction of the actors debating Team Edward or Team Jacob. Neither are good, but I'd love for the emotions of a teenager to fight about it.

bloomer Storm • 5mo ago • 100%

I could see any one of you saving the world.

I mean think about life. It's so arbitrary sometimes. We're living in the universe where Donald Trump threw a McDonald's feast at the white house. Why then, couldn't we live in the universe where someone like you gets just enough power to make the world a better place. What if by some clerical error like in Blank Check, you get all of Jeff Bezos' money and divide it evenly among every Amazon worker? So much of life is unpredictable. You could be at the right place and right time to make an unselfish choice.