Hah, it made me more careful around cats, for sure. I blame tortitude and litterboxes for the reasons why I prefer dogs.

Tales from the Darkside, specifically the Cat from Hell sketch. It's where a black cat slashes a guy pretty badly before literally diving into him. I left the room after that.

I didn't revisit that scene until I was an adult, and let's just say that kid me had good instincts, since the scene afterwards showed the cat literally burrowing through the guy before popping out of his mouth.

Why do I get the feeling they're British

Why did it have to be an Altima?

Eat 'em and smile

And then we have the Epic of Gilgamesh, a 6,000 year old story that reminisces about times long past.

Wait, so if candidates actually run on what voters want, they can succeed?

Amazing

John Kricfalusi, creator of Ren & Stimpy. That man is a demon.

SomeOrdinaryGamers, because of him lying about being an engineer and because his content amounted to little more than slop drama.

Catholic here.

Frankly, I'm horrified. Not just at Trump's aping of religious imagery, but also at how many former friends of mine still don't see him for the evil that he really represents.

Great meme

Except she's not a real ginger :O

Some folks think the Subaru Brat is ugly but I kinda dig it

Wouldn't it be nice to see Trump go down like a sack of potatoes mid self-aggrandizing rant at a press conference or something, and the bonk of his head off the podium to be sampled into a thousand EDM tracks from that moment until the next election?

Don't give them ideas.

New relationship goal unlocked. 👍

Because positive masculinity doesn't get clicks like toxic masculinity does, sadly. No shortage of examples of the latter, but there just aren't enough examples of healthy manhood out there to learn from, or at least not enough ones in the algorithms.

What's worse, in so many cases it's assumed that positive masculinity just means being receptive, sensitive, collaborative and being connected with others. These are qualities that are typically associated with women, and a lot of guys shun anything that might make them "look like a woman". Then it's assumed, more or less, that you'll need to be more like a woman in order to not be toxic.

Obviously not true, but this leaves young men in a vacuum. So they fail to live up to their potential, plus they lose out on relationships, are isolated from their peers who could steer them in a better direction, and are without a secure sense of self.

So, in come the Andrew Tates of the world to give them a seemingly easier and better way to cope. Sure, they're told they're special, but then they're fed the notions like "might is right", that there are only winners and losers in this world, and to "get the prom queen". Not wanting to miss out on this is incredibly enticing for these young men, so the manosphere sucks them right in.

It's gotta so, so much deeper than just changing the messaging. Positive male role models and helping young men understand who they are, creating healthy examples of masculinity that are both manly and positive, can make a difference. Without that, the far-right black hole that is the manosphere is going to keep getting more young men trapped in it.

This?

https://www.anatolianarchaeology.net/lost-hittite-royal-archive-reveals-3400-year-old-epidemic-princesss-death-and-military-crisis/

Random douchebags roaring through the streets in their modded cars, especially after lights out. Don't even get me started on the folks who do that and crank up their stereos all the way blasting music.

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