tragic! guy who thought he was gonna get a video essay analysis only got an overly flowery summary! AND he had his lunch and everything ready to eat
soul crushing! guy who thought he was gonna get a video essay analysis actually did find one with well thought-out points but the narrator is so goddamn fucking annoying in how they talk and present information and the whole video is interspersed with unfunny memes!
the roblox ceo saying that is an obvious slip, because while it’s definitely what he meant as someone who profits directly from unpaid child labour, he’s also not thinking that hard about how “all problems are actually opportunities” dialect goes over outside of a board meeting
[staring at the reporter and feeling my veins tighten as my anti-FUD anxiety response activates] actually, at our studio, we prefer to think of it as a child exploitation opportunity
this website is being beaten so hard in the rap listening game by some of the most casually racist white guys working dead end jobs imagining killing themselves every time they clock in or out but they go home and they listen to a little bit of some kendrick or something while they scream at the computer because of their fps or their mmorpg or their rsvp that they cant imagine living without because theyve sunk so much money into skins and root boxes and such and they think women were born to serve them so why arent they getting any hot tail well its probably because of sesame street having an autistic muppet or well at least thats a symptom of the whole woke DEI system the 21st century is shoving down our throats and we should really make a hasty retvrn to the 1930s when a dude couuld make an honest to god living working at the racism factory providing for his property and his two or three trophies who wont grow up knowing how to deescalate a situation but thats none of his problem. Embarrassing!
we’re out here going “can op Validate me for listening to my one edge case rap-adjacent-adjacent artist who i have two songs by in my Playlist 🥺” meanwhile Lucas is straight chilling with a blunt and some doom or some tribe looking up ways to make it seem like it was an accident
These groups have some really serious issues with each other. To have them agree is quite a big deal.
I never thought I’d see Autism Speaks and ASAN on the same side of anything, or Autism Speaks on the right side of anything. It’s like seeing the Salvation Army take a stance against the myth that homelessness is a personal failing.
This painting was left intentionally incomplete. Haring began it when he was dying due to complications from AIDS, and knew he didn’t have much time left. The piece represents the incomplete lives of him and many others, lost to AIDS during the crisis.
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“AIDS Memorial Quilt” — Multiple
This quilt is over 50 tons heavy, and one of, if not the, largest pieces of community folk art. Many people who died of AIDS did not receive funerals, due to social stigma and many funeral homes refusing to handle the deceased’s remains, so this was one of the only ways their lives could be celebrated. Each panel was created in recognition of someone who died due to AIDS, typically by that person’s loved ones.
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“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) — Felix Gonzalez-Torres
This pile of candy weighs the same amount as Gonzalez-Torres’ partner, Ross Laycock, did. Ross Laycock had died due to AIDS-related complications earlier that same year. Visitors who see this piece are encouraged to take some of the candy. As they do so, the pile of candy weighs less and less, like how AIDS had deteriorated the body of Ross Laycock.
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The SF Gay Men’s Chorus
This photo was taken in 1993. The men in white are the surviving original members. Every man in black is standing in for an original member who lost their lives to AIDS.
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“Electric Fan (Feel it Motherfuckers); Only Unclaimed Item from the Stephen Earabino Estate, 1997” — John Boskovich
After the death of his lover, Stephen Earabino, from AIDS, Boskovich discovered that his family had completely cleared his room, including Boskovich’s own possessions, save for this fan. An entire person, existence and relationship had been erased, just like so many lives during the AIDS crisis. Boskovich encased the fan in Plexiglass, but added cutouts so that its air may be felt by the viewer, almost like an exhalation. In a sense, restoring Earabino’s breath.
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“Blue” — Derek Jarman
This was Jarman’s final feature film, released four months before his death from AIDS-related complications. These complications had left him visually impaired, able to only see in shades of blue. This film consists of a single shot of a saturated blue color, as the soundtrack to the film described Jarman’s life through narration, intercut with the adventures of Blue, a humanization of the color blue. The film’s final moments consist of a set of repeated names: “John. Daniel. Howard. Graham. Terry. Paul". These are the names of former lovers and friends of Jarman who had died due to AIDS.
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“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers) — Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Created by the same man who created the previous untitled piece, this piece was also inspired by his lover’s deterioration and death due to AIDS. This piece consists of two perfectly alike clocks. Over the course of time, one of the clocks will fall out of sync with the other.
In a letter written to his lover about the piece, before his lover’s passing, Gonzalez-Tourres wrote, “Don’t be afraid of the clocks, they are our time, the time has been so generous to us. We imprinted time with the sweet taste of victory. We conquered fate by meeting at a certain time in a certain space. We are a product of the time, therefore we give back credit were it is due: time. We are synchronized, now forever. I love you.”
saw someone post “I don’t understand why anyone would have separate ‘winter tires’ unless they’re just looking for things to spend money on” and looked at her account and she’s from LA. which is funny but I think we’re all guilty of similar behavior sometimes. if you see people spending time and effort on something that seems stupid to you it’s worth considering whether you’re the Californian in this scenario
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