Phantom of the Paradise, 1974, dir. Brian De Palma 

Gerrit Graham as Beef

And even with those perfect candidates, MAGAts will still fling shit at them

the state of tiktok skits about having a rude customer is getting out of control i just saw one from a pharmacist and the whole skit was like someone comes in and goes “you shorted me on pills” and the pharmacist goes “no we didn’t you can see on the prescription it said to give you this many” and the patient goes “well i usually get more so i’m gonna call my doctor about this” like how is that customer being unreasonable or a karen or whatever

but the whole skit was about pain meds and we all know if someone wants more pain meds it’s bc they’re a lying addict trying to scam you and not just someone who’s confused bc their doctor made a mistake so it’s ok to post skits on tiktok portraying them as a villain for wanting the medication that was prescribed to them

Karen is quickly becoming one of those terms that's lost all meaning, like so many before it.

Like. You ask me to define "Karen" and I'd say it's the lady today who said she wanted a chicken sandwich then threw a fit when I told her we've never served chicken but could do a turkey burger, calling me stupid, insisting we've always given her chicken before, then insisting she speak with the manager (which is me).

Meanwhile, my 16 year old sister was telling me about a Karen at her work (she works in a really nice retirement home) who was a lady who asked for no sugar in her tea, was given sweet tea, and then explained she couldn't drink it because she was diabetic and it might kill her. "Like, she was such a bitch," my sister said, "She wouldn't even drink it! Told me to send it back and get her a new one!" Which, like, maybe it's because I'm old now, but if I messed up someone's drink and they had a medical condition that kept them from drinking that drink, they're not the bad guy in that situation. The proper response is to fix it, but my sister's been raised by her phone and is on TikTok all the time and thinks that "Karen" and "mild inconvenience" are the same thing.

I also see a lot of people being called "Karen" for things like telling people not to shoot at crows or feed dangerous foods to their dogs or telling you not to microwave something because it could blow up and burn the shit out of you.

Like even stuff like "hey don't microwave eggs they can explode when you touch them and since the microwave is at eye level I don't want you to be blinded and permanently disfigured by molten egg" or "stop letting your toddler ride your dog like a pony it's obviously trying to get away and I don't want your small child to be bitten by your 80 pound lab husky pitt mix"

And without fail someone is like "don't tell me what to do KAREN it's my God given right as an AMERICAN to horribly injure myself my children and any animal I see fit and if you warn me you're the problem!"

they would NOT fucking have communication skills that good

#technically they know and understand each other better than anyone else alive#but they communicate that in the most fucked up insane unnecessarily complicated way and think thats normal

Pirate all your favorite shows, movies, and games while you still have the chance.

#it's barely even piracy at this point #it's archiving #keeping those tags because YEAH #when there’s no other way to enjoy media they don’t get to call it pirating

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The plan is ineffable to YOU. I understand it perfectly.

Well. What do you call it then? Understand Husbands? Normal Guys?

Old* Man Yuri, Actually

*‘Middle Aged Man Yuri’ doesn’t roll off the tongue as well

The court finds Old Man Yuri to be an appropriate descriptor in consideration of the ages of the characters themselves. Old Woman Yaoi also works.

Every 21st century piece of writing advice: Make us CARE about the character from page 1! Make us empathize with them! Make them interesting and different but still relatable and likable!

Every piece of classic literature: Hi. It's me. The bland everyman whose only purpose is to tell you this story. I have no actual personality. Here's the story of the time I encountered the worst people I ever met in my life. But first, ten pages of description about the place in which I met them.

Modern writing advice: Yes your protagonist should have flaws but ultimately we should root for them and like them from the beginning :)

Charles Dickens: Here is the worst ugliest rudest meanest nastiest bitch you’ve ever met in your life.

Modern writing advice: Make sure your POV character goes through a significant arc! Make sure they are changed by the narrative! Make sure they learn a lesson!

Narrators of every book of the 19th century: the lesson I learned is these people fucking suck, sayonara you freaks

Modern writing advice: It’s all about the character overcoming obstacles and learning! They learn their lesson so they can fix their mistakes and make good choices in the future! It’s a character arc! It’s called growth! Readers love it!

Everyone from ancient times through the 19th century: would you like to watch a Guy fuck up twenty times in a row

Somewhere or other, C. S. Lewis points out (and I'm paraphrasing here) that every era of writing has its own tropes and its own blind spots; its own failings and its own successes. This is why it's important to read in lots of different eras: so you can see what does and doesn't work, in the long run, and be able to make your own informed choices about how to write.