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The Barbie movie was fun.

It has the CEO of Mattel wave at you affectionately and tell you he doesn't truly do it for the money but for the sake of little girls everywhere. It takes leftist critique of consumerism and materialism and portrays it as something ridiculous and harmful that a child believes. It uses a deceased woman's ghost as a mouthpiece to extoll how perfect Barbie is. It tells you that your existence as an ordinary person with thoughts of death can also become part of the Barbie brand and that it is "already making money". These are all things that literally happen in the movie. I am not exaggerating any of it.

As I roll across the sky

Not silver, white, nor gold am I

If you forget to look away

I’ll steal your sight just like your day.

~

You drag a rapier ‘cross my skin

Thin and black as coal

But I do not shout in pain, I sing

And round and round I go

~

First I slip between your toe

then I bathe in fire-glow

Not burnt or crisped, instead I grow

shapely, clear, with every blow

I'm normally a dirty flake
you pay no mind or measure
With heat and time, I'm sure you'll find
I shine bright under pressure

~

Soft, pale flesh and aged blue veins
In the dark, I grow and thrive
When I'm taken from the cold
you swallow me alive

~

My hands on my face
I slice up your presents
I swallow them whole
And come back for seconds

my friend was complaining about lean staffing and my brain suddenly shouted "cover the fucking shift shinji or rei will have to do it again!"

pro: being free of the cursed Numbers makes me feel good and whole on cohost dot org

con: the Numbers that exist everywhere else now fill me with anxiety and fear

as you do
https://github.com/pieartsy/Likes-B-Gone/

also if anyone can help me figure out how to fix this code so I can turn off the likes counter in Discourse but maintain the ability to like posts, that would be swell.