i will say the funniest thing i’ve ever fucking seen on a tv soap is when my mum was watching holby city (british medical drama) many many years ago and there was this one really arrogant anaesthetist and he was bragging about something or other while holding a charged defibrillator pad in each hand and triumphantly clapped them together and just straight up electrocuted himself and fucking died. it was supposed to be like a serious scene but nothing i’ve ever watched since has surpassed that level of comedy
Here’s the whole video. It’s called “Don’t Be A Sucker” and it’s 17 minutes long.
don’t just scroll past this actually watch it, it’s only 2 minutes long. If you re-recorded this today word for word with modern actors and places, it wouldn’t even look out of place as a PSA
Hey y’all, when someone makes a snappy one liner claim about a content creator without providing a source, it’s a pretty good indication they’re full of shit! If you question the claim and see those goal posts start dancing, that another good indication they’re full of shit!
Anyway, now is a good time to bring this back
Scarleteen also posted a great article on evaluating sources and developing critical thinking skills. Next time you see someone shout “Yeah but [X] is a [Thing]!” in notes or retweets, ask them where they got that info then go track it down and look at the source yourself.
i'll apple your turnover 