carly /car-lee/ (she, her) 1. n. a tiny person 2. thecarlysutra on AO3 3. a blonde whirlwind of awesome 4. member of the Top Gun Old Guard 5. irreverent outlaw reluctant hero 6. val kilmer trash for life 7. chuffed to receive a Dr. Pepper // PFP by super talented artist Noah Dea
I must not mock Gen Alpha. Mocking Gen Alpha is the mind killer. Mocking Gen Alpha is the little-death that brings total generational solidarity obliteration. I will engage with Gen Alpha lovingly. I will permit them to be cringe. And when they grow up I will turn my eye to their accomplishments. Where mocking has gone there will be nothing. Only generational solidarity remains
a post-doc was doing a guest seminar at my institute and at the beginning of his presentation he was explaining why he chose birds for his evolutionary analysis - so he said "well first of all, because birds are the best and most interesting animals and it's fun to study them" and a few professors in the room gave him a very serious nod