"and that's okay" / "and here's why"

No One’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf—And That’s a Problem
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-wolves-and-humans-coexist-180965337

Boats full of dead people from North Korea keep showing up in Japan - here's why

'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Will Be Too Inclusive For Some People. Good.

So the Cat Person short story has made straight men feel uncomfortable. Good

The Timing of Janelle Monáe’s Coming Out Felt Like a Business Move—and That’s OK

Do We Really Need An Amy Winehouse Hologram Tour, Though?

Most people don’t want to think about their own death. If they do, it’s not in any sort of real way. We imagine floating around and haunting the people who have wronged us, for a short while. But it’s hard to grasp the permanence of what happens when you no longer live inside the flesh cage that encases your soul (or whatever you believe in).

Influencer says she was on a 'tapas and cocaine' diet to stay thin - here's why that's not healthy

did she not know you're supposed to order a couple tapas per person and share?

Everything You Know About Pizza Is Wrong … Maybe

Parasites Infect These Beetles. It Might Be a Good Thing.

i knew the beatles were infected by parasites, and that's okay

Charli XCX Is Probably Not the Future of Pop, and That’s Okay

otherwise this stone would seem defaced
beneath the translucent cascade of the shoulders
and would not glisten like a wild beast's fur:

would not, from all the borders of itself,
burst like a star: for here there is no place
that does not see you. You must hack your life.

Confession: I tell myself "that's OK" pretty much about everything, all the time.

Going to sew some of these into frames for the new house

that would actually be a really good art project tbh

also an idea for one of those ransom note font "big hug" blankets with the blond woman on the porch that were all over fb a month or so ago

The horror

Mr. Kurtz, he dead, and that's okay.

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it, and here’s why.

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold, and that's okay.

We Want Our Friends Back! (But Which Ones?)
The pandemic shrank many social circles to a skeleton crew. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRn2VQWNkgA

Netflix Released Its July Titles And If I Cancel Plans It's Totally Unrelated
https://www.buzzfeed.com/natalieoganesyan/new-on-netflix-july-2021

I'm not sure this is a formula as such but it's a prime example of the kind of posing-as-social-media-discourse that grinds my gears. It reads like some needy teenager trying to fit in.

That person has been writing for Buzzfeed for one week, and appears to actually be a teenager

wait, no, 21. which counts as a teenager for Americans I guess.

Yeah, I don't mean to dunk on her. I'm assuming the headlines are produced by some crack A-B testing team at Buzzfeed, though I guess the writer might contribute them all the same.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-coelacanth-may-live-for-a-century-thats-not-great-news/

OK, I clicked just to find out what the fuck it meant:

People Are Sharing Things That Should Be Illegal, And There Are No Lies Detected

Here's Why That's Okay!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/22/i-live-democratic-bubble-heres-why-thats-okay/

the singularity

a "Democratic bubble" is just "a city"

Under the Dome

If you like to gamble
I tell you I'm your man
You win some, lose some
And here's why that's okay

New headline scourge "is a vibe"

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tokyo-olympics-condoms-unboxing_n_610a75f2e4b0e882ab65579a
Diver Tom Daley Unboxing Condoms In The Olympic Village To Lil Nas X Is A Vibe

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kris-jenner-kim-kardashian-instagram_n_5e0613f5e4b0b2520d14bc3b
Kris Jenner Attempting (And Failing) To Livestream Kim Kardashian Is A Vibe

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/harry-higgs-screaming-fore-wells-fargo-championship
Harry Higgs screaming 'FORE!!!' at the top of his lungs is a vibe and a half

ilx posts that haunt yr thoughts

The mystery of the balances is there
The Masonic secret lies there
The church forbids its angels entry there
The gypsies camp there
Blood is exchanged there
Mothers weep there
It is night there
And that's okay

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, March 7, 2016 1:41 AM (five years ago)

Inventing a browser add-on that makes the news feel more reassuring pic.twitter.com/sl2Zsx8MEc

— Brooks Otterlake (@i_zzzzzz) September 10, 2021

lol!

i just find this headline very weird

https://i.postimg.cc/JnnTKwCM/image.png

Honestly, I enjoyed the Oscars. https://t.co/dNK63IMN0v

— Michael Blackmon (@blackmon) March 28, 2022

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/long-term-relationships-marriage_n_61e09027e4b04d030c353473

After 9 Years Together, My Partner And I Still Aren’t Married — And That’s OK

https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/03/29/mitski-the-anthem-concert-review/

Pulling your ear one way is Mitski’s cathartic rebellion against expectations.

Tugging it in the other direction is her voice lurking under the surface, suggesting that maybe she doesn’t quite know what she wants to be either — and that’s okay.

The eyes are not here
There are no eyes here, and here's why
In this valley of dying stars
In this hollow valley
This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms

In this last of meeting places
We grope together
And avoid speech
and that's okay

You're eyes without a face
And that's okay

Márgarét, áre you gríeving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leáves like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! ás the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And that's ókay, and here's why.

Musicians Are Begging Fans to Mask Up at Concerts. Here’s Why.

I can't wait to find out

Their fans are ugly

pic.twitter.com/9hSVoSmaLC

— David Adler (@davidrkadler) April 18, 2022

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/05/she-invented-adulting-her-life-fell-apart?utm_source=pocket-newtab

She Invented Adulting. Her Life Fell Apart. She Wants You to Know That’s Okay.

Isn't there a Bible story that goes like that?