Micah Carver

are they not monsters?

Light beats ICE, or something.

Since men with Male Pattern Brokenness can’t take responsibility for their own actions and emotions, they believe other people are responsible for making them act and feel however they act and feel—good or bad.

It’s not the only way to avoid growing up, but it’s one of them.

Imagine being the US president, extraordinarily wealthy, and still so afraid of being laughed at.

It’s almost as if power and money don’t buy peace of mind or confidence.

My friend @thismicahcarver.bsky.social once said it, so I put it on a shirt.

May you be a blessing to a family of hungry worms, James Dobson.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

Fuck these ghouls.

Also, quit using my art.

Thank you, Brent. I haven’t had a lot of words and I’m still not sure I do.

Whatever it is—whatever the thing is you know you want to do, or need to do, or don’t want to do but know it’s what you have to do—if not now, when?

3/3

But no amount of time is guaranteed. That’s the problem. Everyday is judgement day. The Traveling Wilburys taught me that.

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Given enough time, I think most of us come out fine, or at least closer to it. The Indigo Girls taught me that.

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A Cyber Truck advertising a retail clinic for men who can’t get an erection is redundant:

- peak in high school or college
- insulate against criticism
- avoid potential failure
- stop being curious

These are all ways of refusing to change—to imagine anyone else changes either. It’s one way to exist, for sure, but it’s not a way to live.

In the book Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse wrote “only that which can change can continue.” I think about those seven words a lot.

They help me understand why and where so many people get stuck—and life is full of opportunities to get stuck if you:

As promised! Hell, empathy and sleep training and how they’re connected!

Episode 173: Hell, the Death of Empathy and Sleep Training Infants with Jenny Wood-Carver Go Home Bible, You're Drunk · Episode

New episode up this week wherein we talk about Hell, the death of Empathy, and Sleep Training with @jennywood.bsky.social

It’s a good one!
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Me too—and I have my own. Mental shortcuts that do more harm than good. Justin’s language is helping me see them for what they are.

Y’all, it was a treat for me to hang out with Tori and Justin, talk shit about Mark Driscoll and David Ramsey, and share one of my favorite stories from a Bible. Get into it!

This was a delight. @thismicahcarver.bsky.social is fantastic!

I stand with the Tesla automobiles that are bravely choosing to self immolate in protest. Your deaths are not in vain!

A movie where the ghost of Jesus (he’s dead) haunts all the evangelicals who used his name to be horrible.

There’s a scene where Jesus appears in the passenger seat next to an actress who looks uncannily like a certain country singer, grabs the steering wheel and forces her off the road.

Make art.

Start making art.

Keep making art.

Art is resistance.

The art will save us.

When people see Elon Musk sitting at a table with seven Nazis they say “look, there are eight Nazis at that table.”

I didn't really become a Lynch believer until 2024. So it's bittersweet to have fallen in love with him and then know he's gone.

I grew to see him as Mr. Rodgers for disenchanted grownups. Maybe: "what do you do with the Weird you feel?"

Or: "Hellow Shadow, won't you be my neighbor?"

Hey laser lips. Your mama was a snow blower.

Over on TikTok, my grammar lessons are getting me in trouble:

I appreciate politeness as much as anyone, but the “sir” and, later, the “yes sir” I got in the gym this morning felt downright ageist.

That’s about all abusive people have. Their power is in making us feel like the crazy ones. Slow the tape. One moment at a time. It will not always be like this.

Up the Wolves YouTube video by The Mountain Goats - Topic

I believe you. It’s not right, and it’s not in the best interest of your children.

Here’s a small bit of cathartic encouragement that has kept me afloat for a long time: youtu.be/4VxY0ZoR6SI?...