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not everything bad that happens in the world is because of an oppressive conspiracy actually

“the 40 hour work-week is deliberately designed to keep workers exhausted and downtrodden –” no the forty hour workweek was negotiated by labor power to block the eighty  hour workweek. “american food is full of corn syrup in order to make people obese and sick and weak and unable to revolt against the government –” there are a lot of reasons why Corn is the way it is in the US and this is not any of them. “the concept of ‘coming out’ is a straight conspiracy designed to murder queer people –” please stop

stop assuming that every bad thing that exists is the result of active malice. there is so much in the world that’s bad just by accident, or as an unintended consequence of something else – maybe even something with good intentions. please don’t turn yourself into a conspiracy thinker just with shinier woker labels

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Disabled and chronically ill people are allowed to enjoy things and do things they like (if they’re able) while still being sick and disabled. Yes, even if they aren’t employed. Hope this helps.

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I love it when the CEO is in stuff

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When I was a very suicidal trans activist in Texas, Benjamin Sisko saying “sure, you would [die for your people]. Dying gets you off the hook. The question is: are you willing to live for your people?” changed and possibly saved my life. It’s up there with “if we are going to be damned, let us be damned for who we really are” from Picard. Star Trek not only shows us a better world, it teaches us how to make it there

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to be honest I think working on a sewing machine strains my eyes as much as being on a computer does. However, I am incentivized to remain alert and focused by keeping my fingers within stabbing distance of a needle making 60 stitches per minutes.

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Vultures are holy creatures.

Tending the dead.

Bowing low.

Bared head.

Whispers to cold flesh,

“Your old name is not your king.

I rename you ‘Everything.’”

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Did you guys know there's nothing inherently wrong with selfish thoughts and desires and there's no such thing as thought crimes or thought sins and a balanced amount of selfishness is healthy and adaptive for living things to have and it's fine to act selfishly as long as you don't harm others

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hey, sorry if this is a little out of your wheelhouse, but i was hoping you might have some research tips; im trying to learn more about the oak king/holly king folklore, which is described on wikipedia as a neopagan belief and makes me concerned it might be subject to a decent amount of historic revisionism claiming it's older than it is or from cultures it isn't. do you have any suggestions for getting a good sense of roughly where/when something like this actually originated & not getting too misled along the way?

Actually! Imo The Oak King and the Holly King are some of the best examples slof neopaganism. Afaik, theyre the result of neopagans looking through history for repeated themes, and inventing a new figure that fits into the ritual system they're building.

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The moment in the cyclone with Miss Gulch turning into the Wicked Witch and and cackling is one of the best moments in cinema.

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I want to clarify that this blog is not anti-public fruit trees. It is pro-serpent.

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one of the most useful things for understanding how magic works is understand the Type Of Guy.

The DND conception of wizard, druid, sorcerer, cleric, etc is completely meaning when it comes to learning about history. There is no one taxonomy of magic. You cannot clearly divide "prayers" from "spells". Smarter people have tried.

What there are, is Types of Guys. Every era in history has a type of guy who is often accused of or self identified as a practicioner of magic. But they don't always translate between places and times.

For example. 2000 years ago, the Levant had Jewish Charismatic Holy Men. That was a type of guy. Guys that would go around performing feats and claiming a direct connection to god. Jesus was one, but there were hundreds of others. The Roman government derided them as magicians, but Honi the Circle Maker would never have described himself like that. To him, the Romans and their root cutters and temple priests were the lowly magicians.

Fast forward to Europe in the 1600s. Not s single Charismatic Jewish Holy Man around. You have different Types of Guys. Now, you've got Heretical Clerics Trading Forbidden Texts, Troublemaking Lay-Preachers, and Untrustworthy Alchemists. It would be extremely rare for any of these guys to consider themselves magicians. But in a court of law, you would accuse them of practicing magic. Magic is illegal.

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Hey I saw you from across the bar but my girlfriend didn't. Are you some manner of spirit

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My top three rules for world building:

How are these bitches eating?

How do these bitches stay warm at night?

Who is paying for all of this bullshit?

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