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[karkatjr]

Yeah idk - as a Jew who's not a huge fan of the whole "Christianity" deal in general for a number of reasons, I'd rather have the BCE/CE stuff - it takes some small thing away from the utter normalization of Christianity where I live and much of the world.

Like, even the Christians aren't super clear on when they actually think the dude was born, and we super don't care when he was born. So it basically becomes "this is the point that a bunch of assholes decided to start counting, and now we're stuck with it."

So year 0 isn't "the year Christ was born" it's "the year they started counting at some point, which they thought was when Christ was born but are almost certainly wrong about, if he even existed IRL"

And calling it BCE/CE, for me, puts the lie to the whole "it's about JESUS" thing and says no, it is not in fact about Jesus it is in fact about the normalized Christian-centrism of much of the world and how that governs so much of what y'all call "secular" which is, at best, culturally Christian (if not outright religiously Christian).

Anyway it's 5783, kiss my ass.

The whole "common era" (BCE-CE) has to be the stupidest thing ever and I say that as a Christian who thinks we should indeed have a secular calendar.

"Oh no we can't use "Before Christ" and "After Christ", that's so Eurocentric. We'll change it to something else, like "common era", that's more neutral."

"Oh okay, and what's gonna be year 0 then?"

"Oh, the year of the birth of Christ of course"

[karkatjr]

Actually, at the end of the first act we find out that the reason her dad is so upset is he's actually a world-renowned gentleman thief and he's both scared that his daughter will end up trapped in the life he led and also kind of embarrassed that she's just doing shoplifting when she has the potential to do so much more.

Eventually, he agrees to teach her the ropes so that they can team up and rob the corporate villain of the story (a shoddily-disguised stand-in for Wal Mart) in the final act.

coming of age film where a girl is really good at shoplifting and her dad finds out and is all like no daughter of mine is gonna be a shoplifter! and she goes but dad you don't understand I'm really good at it! maybe the best! this could be my calling! my purpose! and he goes absolutely not you're grounded young lady and at the climax she sneaks out and nabs like hundreds of dollars in fishing equipment and walks out of the store and all her friends are there cheering and lifting her up on their shoulders and the dad is there with his arms crossed and he looks mad as hell but then he sees what she got and realizes she did this to support his fishing hobby he's like well Christy I may not understand it but if it means this much to you... I guess it's alright with me and then the movie ends with them on the lake having a couple beers

[karkatjr]

Do you hang out with your Aunt June often?

I LOVE SPENDING THE TIME WITH AUNT JUNE! SHE GIVES ME SO MANY LOLLIES EVEN WHEN MOTHERS INSIST I HAVE HAD TOO MUCH OF THE SUGAR!

[karkatjr]

OH WHAT IS THIS? A VIDEO ABOUT ME AND MY MOTHERS AND FAVORITE UNCLE!

Mein Gott! Who is this little german sailor boy that Rose and Kanaya have adopted? And why does he look so similar to Karkat?

ft @transkanayamaryam and @funkmclovin

end comic by @buzzingroyalty

[karkatjr]

What a delightful account to find on an otherwise unassuming evening! How are you, Jr. dear?

I'M DOING VERY WELL! MOTHERS INSIST I BE TO BED EARLY SO WE CAN ATTEND THE FUN FAIR WITH UNCLE DAVID TOMORROW!

[karkatjr]

what are your favorite tunes to whistle?

FOR SOME REASON DAVE KEEPS ASKING ME TO WHISTLE THE TUNE FOR STEAMBOAT WILLIE WHILE HE MAKES BEATS WITH HIS MOUTH OVER IT. IT IS EVER SO MUCH FUN!

ALSO ROSE JR HAS INTRODUCED ME TO STRANGE SOUNDING SONGS SHE CALLS "DISHARMONICS" AND I LIKE THE FUNNY SHIVER IT MAKES ME FEEL WHEN I WHISTLE IT!

[karkatjr]

I AM EVER SO FOND OF MY COUSIN ROSE JR!

i raise you Rose Junior

[karkatjr]

OH JOY MY NEW FRIEND ROSE JR IS EVER SO MUCH FUN AND THE WAY SHE SINGS HAUNTING MELODIES SLIGHTLY OFF KEY IS DELIGHTFUL!

[karkatjr]

dear sweet karkat jr. joyful boy. do you have any siblings?

I DO INDEED! I HAVE AN OLDER SISTER NAMED VRISKA, ALTHOUGH EVERYONE SIMPLY CALLS HER "VRISSY." SHE IS SO JOLLY AND HAS A FUN NICKNAME FOR ME TOO - "MINI KARKAT" EVEN THOUGH THAT IS NOT MY NAME!

MY BROTHER ERIDANIEL IS SO JOLLY AS WELL, ALWAYS GOING ON ABOUT THROWING OFF THE SHACKLES OF OUR OPPRESSION AND SEIZING THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION FOR THE PROLETARIAT!

[karkatjr]

HELLO I AM KARKAT JR! DEAREST TUMBLR FRIENDS HOW ARE YOU ALL?!

i can’t believe i haven’t seen karkat junior on tumblr yet

[karkatjr]

hey karkat jr! what's life like on earth c! have you met big karkat yet?

I MET BIG KARKAT AND TOLD HIM ABOUT MY MEAT FLAVORED LOLLY! FOR SOME REASON HE WOULDN'T STOP LAUGHING! HE'S SO FUNNY!

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[karkatjr]

MOTHER IS IN FINE HUMOR AND SHE IS TAKING ME TO SEE THE SAILSHIPS! OH JOYOUS DAY!