This is what happens when everything on the planet is run by suits who are incapable of seeing anything but the bottom line. Exploit the creatives until they can be replaced by shitty robots that don't do the job half as well but are cheaper to use.
Our dumb cyberpunk future is now.
"AAAAHHH! FUCK!"
I forget how old I was, but at some point as a kid I had this really big marble, and as dumb kids sometimes do, I kept sticking it in my mouth for no reason. Eventually I accidentally half-swallowed it and it was big enough to completely block my throat. I couldn't breathe or make a sound, and I don't think anyone else was even home at the time anyway. I legit thought I was gonna die, as much as I could process that as a kid, but I somehow managed to cough the marble up after a few seconds. I distinctly remember thinking to myself "okay don't do that again," and then absently sticking the marble back in mouth a minute later anyway.
Yeah no we're not turning this real-ass goddamn murder hobo into a meme format.
Is that whatserface from Reincarnated as a Bookworm?
Pleasure from Fruits Basket The Final
U from Belle and really the entire score
Ninelie from Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Underground River from Made in Abyss
Hopefully at least one of those will be along the lines of what you're looking for lol.
Yeah. I don't necessarily even want to retire right now, it's more that hanging axe feeling that I'm never going to be able to, between decreasing purchasing power and increasing age requirements for retirement benefits. Makes it hard to get motivated to work knowing I'm going to have to keep doing it until I'm in my grave.
"Respect is earned" - dickhead who expects to be respected by everyone else by default
I briefly saw something on the news to the effect of "concern for Mitch McConnell after xyz incident."
I didn't see the whole thing or what actually happened, but I did become very concerned that he'd survive.
Probably Ted the Caver for me. I feel like a lot of creepypastas go way overboard in trying to pull the rug out from under you in a gotcha moment or straight up just making an OC don't steal, but I always thought the more grounded and minimalist creepypastas did a better job.
Headphone jack for sure. Like 90% of my phone usage is either listening to music or watching videos, so decent audio is like the only thing I care about lol.
I dunno how required it is, but I still make sure to do it.
Also I love it when I check in on my computer and it tells me I've successfully checked in, but then at the airport when I try to pull up my boarding pass on the app it acts like I haven't checked in and makes me do it again.