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Adding into the discussion of the incarcerated young people fighting fires in California:

I can think of no place worse than prison for emotionally stunting or regressing a person or for dismantling their ability to make good decisions.

You take an adult or child who maybe has exhibited some antisocial behaviors, right? So you remove them from whatever community and support network they have, put enormous financial and logistical barriers between them and any communication with that community. Incarcerate them hours from home in a place not accessible by train or plane with narrow visiting hours that conflict with people's work schedules, and maybe you're fighting to prevent in person visits at all, maybe you got a kickback from a company selling expensive video call visits so people can't even hug their kids when they drive 6 hours on a Wednesday to see them. Get a kickback from a phone service provider that's going to charge extortionate prices for every minute a person spends talking to their loved ones, and if the state passes a law saying you can't do that anymore, pivot and go after the mail. Subvert USPS. Get a kickback from a company that'll give prisoners shitty scans of letters or refuse to deliver it because it was flagged for drug contamination by a machine with a 70% false positive rate, force them instead to send texts at extortionate rates through their proprietary app.

Put them in an environment with a bunch of other people with social issues and force them to compete for resources. Give them no mental healthcare. If they are victimized by other prisoners, punish the victims with solitary confinement. Transfer people around so they can't form meaningful long-term friendships. Tell them that once they get out, it will be illegal for them to talk to any of the people they meet here.

Hire guards who have no qualifications other than a willingness to be a modern day slave overseer or the ignorance to not realize that's what it is, give them complete control over every aspect of other people's lives and tell them those people want to kill them and that any object can be covered in drugs so dangerous that touching them can kill. Allow the guards to traffic drugs into the prison with impunity. Have the guards discourage racial mixing because racial conflict in the prison means the prisoners won't join up against the staff.

You do all of this and you ask if a 20-year-old, who's been in the system since 14, is emotionally mature or psychologically healthy enough to choose to risk their life in exchange for slightly better living arrangements.

You take someone who has probably made some bad decisions, right? And you put them in a place where every detail of every day is decided for them: what they eat, when they eat, when they sleep, where they sleep, what clothes they wear, who they talk to, where they work. Or maybe you give them big decisions that have no right answer. Maybe at the start of the day, you open the cells and they have 10 minutes to decide if they want to be stuck in their cell all day - no shower, no recreation, no library - or go outside and be stuck in genpop all day - no napping, no alone time, no escape if someone is hassling you. You let them decide if they're going to eat breakfast at 3am (because there's too many meal shifts) or sleep in and spend their precious commissary funds on toaster strudel (they have no toaster) or sleep in and not eat even though you're barely giving them 1000 calories a day. You let them start to make decisions about how to spend their day, then you put them on lockdown, take all those decisions away.

You do all this and then you ask if anyone who's spent time in this environment has the decision-making skills to choose to risk their life in exchange for slightly better living arrangements.

All of the incarcerated firefighters in California are 18 or older, and all of them volunteered, but there is no world in which they were adequately prepared to make that decision.

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All the webcomics I'm reading

First off

This is an active list that will be updated as I read more web comics, or enter/leave hiatus

I am not tagging the creators of these comics on purpose

there will be links to

the works themself

creator socials as needed

my own reviews, commentary, and live blog tags

If a comic doesn't already have a review/commentary linked feel free to ask!

The order of the list is random

Check out @gnu-paint for any MS Paint adventure/Fan adventure comics

The list is below the cut

Ongoing Comics:

Comics that are actively updating

Awful Hospital - By Bogleech - Read it Here - If your especially squeamish I would avoid this one

Nothing Girl - Content Warnings are tagged for individual pages - Read it Here

Triggered - by Khale Mchurst - Please Check Content Warnings - Read it Here - Autobiographical

XKCD - by Randall Munroe - Read it Here - generally a gag of the day style comics about a bunch of nerd topics and general life

Val and Issac - By Tredlocity - Read it Here – soft sci-fi comedy about Val the space captain, Issac the wizard, and friends

The Glass Scientist – By Sage Cotugno - Read it Here

Dead Heads - By Majora Mortis – Read it Here

Heart Work – By Lake Fama – Read it Here – Campy Rom-Com

Growing up Gerudo – By Junior and Roy – Read it Here – Legend of Zelda fan work

Joe vs Elan School – By Joe – Read it Here – Content Warning for Child Abuse and it does not let up, Autobiographical

Bugtopia – By Idolomantises – Read it Here

Monsters and Girls - By Idolomantises – Read it Here

Death-Head’s Deal – By Niuniente – Read it Here

The Adventures of Wiglaf and Mordred – By Grey Liliy – Read it Here – gonna be real this isn’t that good, found it looking for any Mordred related content, I still read it though

Rectify – By the-pigeon-queen – Read it Here

Provil – By El Dentman – Read it Here

Modern Elements – By AJ Box – Read it Here

Another Story – By Snarkiwi – Read it Here

Way Back to Hell – By GongpoMochi – Read it Here – creepypasta fan work

Poor Neo – By Lunar_Neo – Read it Here – autobiographical

Aurora – By Red of Overly Sarcastic Productions – Read it Here – Archetypical Fantasy world, pretty good characters

Sparkle Care Hospital – By the zany clown posse – Read it Here

Soul Food - By CiciEnixa – Read it Here

What Happens Next – By Max Graves – Read it Here

The Property of Hate – By Mod Mad – Read it Here

My Own Personal Demon – By Jonni Lynch – Read it Here

Nose Ears – By Wuzzy – Read it Here – A little heavy handed sometimes but cute

Coupon Kids – By Tang – Read it Here

Through Hell with You – By Arthur Arbetman - Read it Here

Finished Comics:

Comics that posted up to completion

I do not have an Eating Disorder - by Khale Mchurst - No longer available free online - buy it here ($9): Link - Please Check Content Warnings

Polyamory Isn't For Everyone - by Khale Mchurst - No longer available free online - buy it here ($7): Link - Please Check Content Warnings

Post Cards in Braille - By Coni - Read it Here

Outcasts - By Majora Mortis - Read it Here

Drop Out - By Gray Folie - Read it Here

Fresh Meat - By Gray Folie - Read it Here

This is Not Romance - By Gatobob - Read it Here - 18+ and Please Check Content Warnings

Under Hiatus:

All comics that are on an official or unofficial long term pause in updates

Hard Lacquer - By Amelia Allore - Read it Here – Spy Drama-Comedy

Kitty Corner - By Chickpea (link to her tumblr) - Read it Here

To Greener Pastures - By Wunderground - Read it Here – Content Warning: Abuse, seriously, its there by the second page and it does not leave

Soil that Binds Us - By Tess Thompson - Read it Here -

Unfamiliar - By Lavendertowne – Read it Here

Welcome to the Circus – By Najsigt – Read it Here – some great clown designs

Scoob and Shag – By Misterie Krew - Read it Here – a “Yes and…” sort of comic

Drugs and Wires – By Mary Safro and Io Black – Read it here

funwithcolorz - by oakmovies - Read it here

Pasta monsters - by oakmovies - link to be added

Tales of the Otherfolk – By Zal Cryptid – Read it Here – a lil heavy handed and a lil clunky, but still a good time

Forever Unfinished:

These are all comics that are never getting finished

Cucumber Quest – By Gigi D.G. – Read it Here

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Celebrating the special day

[ID photo of the Friday the 13th DVD screen on a TV end ID]

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Mermay day 20 - my gal Nerine

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mermay day 19

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mermay day 18

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mermay day 17

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mermay day 15

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Mermay day 14 - piranha merm

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Mermay day 12

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Mermay day 10 - another redraw - Original HERE ( fair warning the original is really neon )

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[ ID a pixelated drawing of a mermaid underwater in a relaxed pose showing a peace sign, he is pale with golden blonde shaggy hair and a lime green tail

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Mermay day 9 - mspaint redraw of THIS

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[ID A sketchy colored drawing of a photograph of a mermaid jumping out of water in front of a sunset, written on the photo are the words "Had fun with you- XOXO". There is a shadow behind the photograph and a white border. In the photo the sky is pink and the ocean water leans more purple than blue. Half the bright yellow sun can be seen poking out of the water. The mermaid jumping out of the water is parallel with the water but her tail is curved down to still touch it. The mermaid has warm pale skin with long dark brown hair. She is wearing a simple wrap around chest covering. Her tail and chest covering are the same purple color. In the background is a sail boat.

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Mermay day 8 - a photograph

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[ ID A cartoon drawing of a humanoid with clown fish features floating underwater, She is smiling and waving, her other hand is behind her back. She has webbing between her fingers. Her skin is orange and she has round fins in place of ears. Her eyes are blue and her hair is short, wavy, and white. She is wearing a dress that is brighter orange with black and white accent colors at the end of the wide sleeves and bottom of the dress. There is belt with a black, white, then black stripe horizontally in that order. Over top of the dress is a short shawl in the same orange with black and white accent stripes at the collar and bottom of the shawl. There are also fins on the back of her calves and ankle, and instead of toes are flat flippers.

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Mermay day 7 - Claire, a Clown fish Mermaid/Fish person

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[ID A cartoon drawing of a smiling jellyfish mermaid in a neutral pose with arms out by their sides floating under water. They have very pale pink skin and deep blue eye. Their hair is long and light pink, it is tied off close to then end of the hair. They are wearing a short sleeved light blue shirt that hangs off their shoulders, with light purple shoulder straps. Their jelly fish tail is light purple with pink and blue accent stripes and spot. Their tentacles are translucent pink, purple, and blue.

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Mermay day 4 - Jana a jellyfish mermaid

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[ ID A drawing of a mermaid smiling and giving a rock on hand sign. She has warm pale skin, half her head is shaved and the other half is a dark turquoise, mid length and spiky. She is wearing a turquoise crop top and a ratty dark blue cropped vest on top of it, along with finger less gloves. Her tail is a grayish blue but is more saturated at the end.

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Mermay day 3

This girl is punk and Her name is Marina