I Once Ended Up At A Dinner With A Bunch Of Business And Economics Majors From All Over The World. Conversation

I once ended up at a dinner with a bunch of business and economics majors from all over the world. Conversation flowed, as it does in a group of optimistic grad students, about world politics and economies.

At some point, a person from Venezuela went on to say "I don't care if the next leader in my country is genocidal, I only wish them to be economically efficient." He said it semi-seriously, and I politely giggled, even though it wasn't a great joke in my opinion. But what did I know, I'm a math major, maybe I just don't "get" econ jokes. Nobody reacted too much and life moved on.

As I look at the news of the Israeli war, and the support by the western world, I realise that wasn't as much of a joke as I thought. People, whole countries, think that this would be better. Life moving on as "normal" for the economy, even if meant a some people dying, some children killed, some cultures erased.

"For the Greater Good", though for whose greatness and whose good, we don't know.

inaccurate good omens part 12

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i think that the "i do not control the ____" memes are generally tame and do not lend enough credence to the genuine absurdity of the original line that is

This is such a pretty collage!!

Girls who read books are wife material <3

Cerberus, 2022

I cannot believe I never posted this, as it's one of my favorite art pieces I've done in years. A painting of my darling nephew, Buckley.

Tumblr just put a fcuking harry potter post on my feed as a "recommendation based on your likes"

Why not recommend me smallpox next. Or arthritis maybe.