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Cake day: July 25th, 2024

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  • It’s not a show. It’s from a 2003 movie called The Room, and I’ve been posting a meme every day for every single line of dialogue from the movie. It’s commonly seen as “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”. Even though every scene could probably be its own separate lecture on what not to do when making a movie, the film is so fascinatingly multilayered in its terribleness and done so, so earnestly out of a desire to make a serious, dark, generation-defining indie drama that it’s wrapped around to, in my opinion, becoming one of the greatest movies of all time.

    I can’t recommend it enough, but be aware that there are four sex scenes, so it’s not something you necessarily sit down to watch with coworkers. Still, though, it is more fun if you watch it with friends. It’s gained a cult following where it’s still shown in some indie theaters today, and people will crowd the theater to perform rituals like throwing plastic spoons at the screen at certain points.
























  • Also because our health is already predisposed to being garbage compared to other countries thanks to our obesity crisis. Of course while that should be treated at the source like the UK is doing by e.g. not allowing junk food companies to advertize directly to kids, the healthcare system has a huge role to play in that too.

    Need physical therapy? Get fucked. Can’t exercise because of a chronic, unhealed injury? Fucked. Mental health disorder keeping you from being active and eating well? Mega fucked. Eating disorder? Fucked. Quality of life destroyed by treatable obesity complications? Fucked. Can’t afford a variety of healthy foods because you’re trapped in medical debt? Fucked. Need medical intervention for weight loss? Fucked. Have a GI disorder and need to see a dietitian to plan a diet? Fucked.

    Treating it at the source is absolutely crucial, but for people already caught in the whirlpool of obesity, privatized healthcare is categorically failing them.