Good morning, my life is very loud at far too early in the morning
I played this video out loud and my (adult ~2yo) cat Lusi started purring and looking around frantically until she found and grabbed and started grooming my hand…
This is always my favorite sort of tag/comment on posts with crying bottle babies
Did y'all know that Elon Musk’s Twitter recently added LGBTQ terms (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Transgender, Queer) to it’s “offensive words” list - meaning that links to tweets with words containing them aren’t previewed in twitter DMs and are generally de-boosted (shown to less people) by the website?
Did you also know there exists a character called the zero-width non joiner that you can copy and paste in-between letters of any keyword so that the keyword visually looks the same but isn’t automatically seen by the algorithm as containing a keyword?
Did you also know that having to have a zero-width non joiner to post about being gay is terrifyingly dystopian
Welcome Home Edition Two words had the whole world upended; “Harry’s House” was confirmed (as portended)— With a toppled facade, A Buster Keaton nod, On a stage where bold stunts are pretended.
Sorry to break character but … The Buster Keaton (Steamboat Bill, Jr.) parallel has me floored (house pun intended).
It’s Buster Keaton’s most famous stunt. Stunt. He performed it himself. It had to be carefully planned and precisely executed, to the point his shoes were nailed in place*. He couldn’t move if he wanted to. HE COULDN’T MOVE IF HE WANTED TO. *Updating to correct this to: Two nails were put in the ground to mark where his feet would go, not actually nailed through his shoes (from Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life). But the point still stands that he was locked in position.
In the announcement video, Harry is literally on a stage, literally performing a stunt as the house facade falls. And it does fall, rather than rise, over him. The traffic arrow changing from red to yellow is the clue to reverse the video. If we watch it forward, it starts with the daffodil—a narcissus, a symbol of vanity (and who is a narcissistic asshole?). But if we watch it in reverse, it ends with the daffodil, also a symbol of rebirth and hope … and Louis’ favorite flower (as reported by a fan who asked him at a signing in 2020). In the end, he is and always will be with Louis. All while he stands there and performs the stunt with a subdued and knowing smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes.
And in perfect choose-your-own-adventure form, many fans (solos) are reading the video as Harry’s expression that he feels at home on stage. Which he obviously does. But it’s a cursory and easy reading. The reverse provides the subtext (where Larries live and die and thrive and anguish).
Also … yes, he’s wearing a traditionally feminine blouse and challenging gender norms. But it’s specifically a Peter Pan collar, which got its name from the costume Maude Adams wore for a Broadway production of Peter Pan in 1905. (She was a lesbian and played Peter in a gender-bending role.) So, an allusion to another stage performance and to queer culture (and I will low-key celebrate it as a nod to his Peter Pan of a husband).
If you ever wondered why mcrs early music sounds like that please know that it is free to enter new jersey via toll, but you have to pay to leave. also there’s an exit tax when you move.
this is true! eastbound bridges are usually free but westbound bridges have tolls!
also there are the horrors, which is why the music is like that
I always find myself back here….
Possibly because I grew up on this god forsaken site and it’s so interesting (read: scary & fun) to have an online time capsule of 10+ years of my life. Plus, as a librarian, the folksonomy of Tumblr really does it for me….
Unfortunately my conscience demands I be a nice person with morals and shit
Isn’t there like a thing about how being good despite bad impulses is better than not having them or something. Idk. I’m zen
Ooh, something I actually know something about! This is super condensed/abbreviated, I can give sources for more detail if someone cares!
So what you’re talking about is one semi-common thread in ethical philosophy. I would argue it’s ‘best’ implementation is by Kant, with his ethical system and implementation of the Categorical Imperative. The basic gist of Kant’s ethics are that: a thing that is moral is *always* moral, in all cases; and that doing an ethical thing because it aligns with one’s inclination means you are not acting morally - indeed Kant argues that true moral action can only come from acting without, or even against, inclination! Of course Kant isn’t the only one arguing this - he’s just one of the most well-known. And to be clear I’m omitting a ton of detail, just giving a brief summary.
So you’re quite correct, there is plenty of work in ethics exploring that very concept!
