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genuinely cannot imagine dickriding the watcher guys the way some of you have been. like they made a bad business decision! they alienated their audience! they made jokes about "eating the rich" and then one of their owners turned around and bought a tesla! they said they'd pull all their old content off youtube and then immediately backpedaled and started gaslighting the people who noticed it! they're just guys on the internet, they're not your friends and they are not anti-capitalists. they just want money and they don't care about their primarily young/international/non-wealthy audience.

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WE COUNTED TO A MILLION AND NOW THEYRE ON THEIR WAY

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We’ve come so far my dear, look how we’ve grown.

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When Missy asked Georgie if he thought they were stupid, it broke my heart, she was a little kid. When she confessed, "Sometimes I tell myself I only look stupid cause he's so smart", it got worse.

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“It’s literally impossible to be a woman.

You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow, we're always doing it wrong?

You have to be thin, but not too thin, and you can never say you wanna be thin. You have to say you wanna be healthy, but also, you have to BE THIN.

You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass.

You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean.

You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas.

You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time.

You have to be a career woman, but also, always be looking out for other people.

You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is INSANE, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining!

You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood, but ALWAYS STAND OUT and ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. But never forget that the system is rigged, so find a way to acknowledge that but ALSO, always be grateful!

You have to never get old. Never be rude. Never show off. Never be selfish. Never fall down. Never fail. Never show fear. Never get OUT OF LINE. It's too hard! It's too contradictory, and nobody gives you a medal or says 'thank you!' And it turns out, in fact, that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also, everything is your fault.

I'm just so tired of watching myself, and every single other woman tie herself into knots, so that people will like us.

And if all of that, is also true for a doll just representing a woman, then I don't even know." -Gloria the barbie movie

this is it. this is exactly it oh my god.

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HE'S JUST LIKE ME

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“what’s your five year plan” bro i wake up every day confused by the fact that i’m even alive

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(This is not in Looking for Alaska, nor did I ever write or say it. I admire the symmetry and pith of the line, but I do not believe it is true. As far as I’m aware, people were not “created to be” anything. And there is nothing wrong with loving things? The world is not in chaos because I love Diet Dr Pepper. Also, I do not think the world is in chaos–at least not anymore than it has always been in chaos. I do not like the whole thing where we hearken back to some glorious past, because that glorious past never existed. Thirty years ago, children were twice as likely to die before the age of five as they are today. A hundred ten years ago, most people in the United States could not vote. The idea that life is merely worse today elides so much complexity and minimizes the hard and successful work of so many activists.)

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has any cryptid ever been bullied harder than goatman. shane and ryan stole his bridge, ruined his reputation, and he didn't even get a shout out on their top 5 beatdown ep devoted to cryptids. lmao

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more puppet history behind the scenes

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Shane really said life is fleeting beauty is fleeting and everything is part of it, everything around you is a fleeting beautiful thing, even what you might see as destructive, and you're part of it too, you're a beautiful fleeting thing, isn't that wonderful? Aren't we all privileged to be here and love the beautiful fleeting things like the beautiful fleeting things we are?

Also, here's a man defenestrating a puppet. I taught you that word. You're gonna cheer for him.

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I am so normal about Puppet History I am SO NORMAL ABOUT IT

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shane and ryan on set of puppet history