#[by all means]

[thestrangestthlng]

cw: homophobic slurs

Y’all are WAY too comfortable.

The overt racism, misogyny, and homophobia some folks in a certain faction of fandom spew is absolutely vile.

The amount of interactions this post has is absolutely disgusting.

Gay/queer folk tell yall you’re being homophobic/biphobic/queerphobic - y’all ignore it and justify it.

Black folk and other POC tell y’all you’re being racist? You dog pile them, speak over them, and continue to justify it.

ALL THE WHILE dragging someone for past actions (which yes, absolutely, hold people accountable) but you defend your fav with your lives.

[bitepilled]

you wouldn’t finger her piston core

[waytooobsessedwithlife]

My 2024 Christmas Wishlist:

F1 merch (shorts, hats, hoodies, etc)

F1 Legos

F1 scale car models

F1 scale helmet models

F1 driver cards

F1 tickets

F1 paddock passes

F1 sim

F1 car

F1 team

Sensing a pattern? Me too. If you wanna buy me any of these, especially the last few, just lmk!

[thezachy]

This hit me harder than the two hurricanes did the US.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Hamza Howidy, Palestinian from Gaza City

Published: Apr 25, 2024

Protests are spreading across the United States at college campuses, where university students are gathering in the name of Palestinian rights and occupying campus spaces with tents. Sadly, not everyone who purports to support Palestinians is truly interested in safeguarding our rights.

It pains me to say this as a Palestinian from Gaza. As my home is destroyed and too many killed, I never thought I would find myself criticizing those speaking up. And yet, I cannot be silent about what I am seeing. The truth is that the manner in which many gather to voice their support for Palestinians does more to hurt our cause than help it.

You know what would help the Palestinians in Gaza? Condemning Hamas' atrocities. Instead, the protesters routinely chant their desire to "Globalize the Intifada." Apparently they do not realize that the Intifadas were disastrous for both Palestinians and Israelis, just as October 7 has been devastating for the people of Gaza.

They should be speaking up for the innocent victims of Hamas—both Palestinian and Israeli. Instead, they endorse Hamas's ideology with posters announcing resistance "by any means necessary" and chants of "from the river to the sea," effectively glorifying the Al-Qassam brigades, Hamas' military wing, whose ideology is entirely based on the elimination of more than 6 million Israelis from the land.

I assumed individuals who initiated these slogans were uninformed about what they were advocating for. I saw the LGBTQ flag frequently flown among people chanting lines from Hamas's charter, and I initially wanted to educate them, to warn them that the group they are honoring would most likely toss them from the top of a building or murder them like they did to Mahmoud Ishtiwi, a Hamas commander accused of homosexuality. Hamas harasses women who don't cover their heads. Hamas tortures those who demonstrate against their authoritarian rule, as they did me when I protested.

All of this seems to be lost on the people who have named themselves our allies, to our misfortune.

Hate speech on college campuses starting with the one at Columbia has recently reached a frightening pitch. I've seen people yelling antisemitic things at Jewish students, including "Jews go back to Poland" and other horrible phrases. It has deteriorated to the point that Jews are no longer attending university classes due to the current hostile environment, and they are attending their classes online to avoid the demonstrators.

It's unconscionable. But it's not just the antisemitism that has me despairing. It's the hypocrisy. Where were these caring young people when Hamas took over Gaza and slaughtered hundreds of Gazans, or when Hamas held 2 million Gazans captive for more than 17 years? Why didn't they speak out about the fact that Hamas led Gazans into this conflict, which resulted in more than 30,000 dead and 80,000 injured, according to Gazan municipal authorities? Where were they when Hamas's failed missiles claimed the lives of hundreds of Gazans on October 17, or when Hamas murdered young people in order to steal aid and resell it to Gazans at massively inflated prices?

The only conclusion that can be drawn from these demonstrators' silence concerning Hamas' atrocities and their antisemitic chanting is that they are not concerned with protecting Palestinians. They are out in their tents because of a hatred of Jews and Israelis.

As a Gazan and as a Palestinian, I want the protesters and the organizers of these protests to know that their hateful speech harms us. The Jewish person or Israeli you are intimidating during your rally may be the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor or a family member of an Israeli slain or abducted by Hamas on October 7. These folks would be your partners if the protests were about achieving lasting peace and justice for Palestinians and Israelis.

I do not accept hateful speech or terrorist chants, and all of these foolish dreams about eradicating Israel are disgusting—and will never be achieved. Both of us—Palestinians and Israelis—are here to stay.

But the protesters aren't interested in peace. Some of the groups have been blocking Palestinian peace activists like me—and I am from Gaza, the very place they claim to care about! Instead of blocking peace activists, they should be inviting us to join these protests and guide them in the right direction—a place without hatred with a focus on calling for the release of the hostages who have been held captive by Hamas for more than 210 days.

If the protesters cared about Palestinians, they would have one central demand: Hamas must surrender, because we have all suffered from Hamas and can no longer live under the rule of a terrorist group. Only then can a ceasefire be achieved.

Hamza Howidy is a Palestinian from Gaza City. He is an accountant and a peace advocate.

==

Told you so.

I've been calling these protestors "pro-Hamas" not "pro-Palestine" for months. I've invited dozens to condemn Hamas and none of them will. The "ceasefire" they want is for Israel to surrender so Hamas can murder them all, as they've consistently promised to.

Imagine people who pretend to want a "ceasefire" not just chanting for "intifada" (violence) and celebrating barbarous Islamic terrorism but blocking actual Palestinian peace activists. This was never about peace. It still isn't. They're useful idiots whose antisemitism is being used by Islamic supremacists to undermine western society.

[fjordfolk]

What i have learned in the past year is that i have a very strong preference for judges that let you set your dog on the table while they're assessing movement on the dog ahead. We have not been lucky so far this year 💀

[swirlingyouintomypoems]

I’m going to hold your hand when I say this. Stop it. Stop. It. You were not made to be a wag. The universe didn’t fuck up by not making you that man’s girlfriend. Stop it. You’re putting yourself in a box. You can be so much more than someone’s girlfriend. Stop. It.

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Sneasler! Susie Que

I don't think sneaslers have enough sexual dimorphism to design a drag equivalent XD

also. Emmyboy's got fur now, which makes it a little difficult to apply makeup

[shotmrmiller]

that picture you just posted… ummm… straight up jorking it and by it haha well…

LMAO

ey man i wouldnt've posted it otherwise

[trichoratsart]

i am just now beginning to (actively) learn thumbnailing. and composition. Its weird to think about how many things and possibly useful tools i simply do not discover by myself..

[whynotfabulous]

With us running rapidly towards an election, remember. Primaries are where you vote for who you want. Presidential election is where you vote for who you can. Perfect politicians don't exist because perfect people don't exist. Life is complicated so vote please please vote for the person who will make life slightly less shit for everyone. Or even, potentially better!

[glowingsquiddragon]

What?! WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE SUDDENLY FOLLOWING ME?? WHO ARE YOU?

WHY ARE YOU HERE??

that’s like?? 4 people today??

Like do whatever you want I won’t stop you but what?? Why?

what could I possibly be doing that’s interesting? It’s just memes s$&#posting and occasionally writing or doodles XD

anyway y’all keep doing. Uhh whatever you want I guess? I’m gonna go stare at the ceiling for an hour lol

[travelersrest]

🐺💐🐺

[samadhifired]

One of the funnier things in LMK fandom is that people have taken the tittle "Handsome Monkey King" and agreed Wukong must be a very attractive guy.

And then you start reading JttW stuff in general and it turns out that not only Wukong gave that tittle to himself because of his huge ego, but he is so unpleasant to look at that the author uses “uglier than Monkey Pilgrim” as an insult.

(And apparently, to break the hearts of all long haired Wukong fans, he is bald)

[hystericminitotebag]

Multiple times in my life I’ve fallen in love with my male best friend and decided that the pinnacle of love is letting someone go and let me tell you, it’s horrible, don’t ever develop romantic feelings for your bff because now I get to go to two weddings back to back of men I once deeply loved but knew I had to let go.