<claps nervously>

haha, look who didn't buy the companion spell tome "dahlia demuria's follicular alchemies" (49.99 US$, Hasbro). all the hair wizards know the lv1 cantrip "bleach that shit", smh

no lie, i had a friend in college (1998 iirc, for context) argue in all seriousness that temple of doom was the "fun kind of racism, not the bad kind!" now, i am very sad the expostulation "BRUH" was not available to me at the time

i will confess it must be amazing to be 45 yrs old and every time you think about "The Matrix" your mind is blown all over again. "HOLY SHIT WE LIVE IN A MANUFACTURED REALITY" you exclaim, and suddenly your pants feel far too tight

cognitively and emotionally lazy status-seekers who hate problem solving? that's gotta be worth like 10c as explanations go

god everything really IS semiotics for the chuds, yeah?

alternatively, rewrite your society

ugh, "double-strappers". boys, take that dorkwad to the stall in the back and wash his hair REAL good

lots and lots and lots of funded neurological and psychological research

eastern and southwestern washington state are about as reactionary red as you can get. the words and concerns may lack the confederate framing, but the social animus against anything progressive and less racist is full-throated in those places.