#*Discourse

[thejdog2000]

Just saw that the WolfQuest team uploaded a YouTube video talking about the US Presidential Election. FFS, I subscribed to you so I can get new updates about the game, not to be lectured on American politics.

[nalyra-dreaming]

Oh yes. We‘ve come to the right place.

[thejdog2000]

Many such cases.

He is worse than wrong. He is, may Heaven forgive him, right but being annoying about it.

[thejdog2000]

OK, new personal conspiracy theory

Those old Kidz Bop albums where they changed the lyrics of randomly picked songs that were popular at the time to be more "kid-friendly" (sometimes it was stuff that wasn't even suggestive or anything) were just a test run of the TikTok-style censorship of language we see today (like "unalive" instead of "die," for instance).

[keitrinkomfloukru]

[shyjusticewarrior]

At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.

[thejdog2000]

It's how someone saying "we should prioritize facts over feelings" gets you labeled "far right". It's how someone who beleives in equality but doesnt consider themselves a feminist is considered a misogynist. It's why, despite all of the bad they did, not supporting BLM (the movement/"charity") apparently makes you "anti-black".

OK, this pretty much sums up my knee-jerk reaction to just cringe or roll my eyes at stuff like "far right/alt-right extremist," "misogynist," "racist," or whatever buzzwords they're using now. 9 times out of 10, those labels are just used to mean "Anyone who even just slightly disagrees with me on a political issue." They're literally just used as a "gotcha" to make it harder for the other party to explain themselves without seeming like a Bad Person™.

And in the event that an actual misogynist/racist/whatever actually shows up, no one will take it seriously because the people who constantly misuse those labels just couldn't stop crying wolf.

when people are like “oh so you’re just gonna judge someone for their political beliefs?” yes actually. I think someone’s values and opinions is a pretty reasonable thing to judge them for.

[respectissexy]

There are two basic arguments for shutting the fuck up about cishets at Pride.

First: What if a trans kid asks their parents to show their support by attending Pride with them? What if a lesbian can only attend pride if she gets a ride from someone and the only person willing and able to drive her is her straight brother? What if a bi disabled person can't attend a large outdoor event without hands-on assistance from their straight partner? What if someone just wants to bring their fucking friends? What if, contrary to popular tumblr discourse, most queers don't inhabit perfectly pure social bubbles populated only by other queers? What if it's none of your business?

Second and perhaps more important: If you think you can tell that someone is CIS, let alone HET, by LOOKING at them, you are a cop and an idiot.

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

that article going around abt firefox's new ad program is annoying bc it's phrased as though "mozilla has finally TURNED on its people and is SELLING YOU OUT for cold hard cash!!" when. that's not what's happening. it is specifically being implemented to discourage tracking behavior, and literally all the data they are giving to advertisers is aggregate and anonymized, which is like, the opposite of what that post wants you to worry about, lol

[myfandomrealitea]

I am actually begging some people to just let some spaces exist untouched by real-world issues and horrors.

Like I've lost count of the amount of times peaceful game or fandom servers have been ruined by people stampeding in with political rants, bitching about world issues, demanding internal activism, demanding vent channels so they can whine about their shitty parents, ect.

Like. Respectfully. Not every single space has to be inclusive of and welcoming of outside topics. The real world sucks. We don't needed to be reminded of that absolutely everywhere.

[screampotato]

Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

[saintmachina]

Shipping fictional characters isn’t representative of your moral values. It’s representative of your particular psychic damage and the themes and motifs that haunt you. Hope this helps.

[thejdog2000]

[thejdog2000]

Based.

They turned off reblogs the MICROSECOND I pressed reblog, so I need this on my blog IMMEDIATEDLY

[cloudboundcritters]

"we need more weird queers!!"

you start parroting TERF talking points the milisecond someone says they are a lesboy or gaygirl

you cry when mspec lesbians/gays exist

you refuse to use neopronouns or it/its, even when those are a persons only set of pronouns

you expect a-specs to experience attraction in some way (yes, that includes platonic attraction)

you exclude intersex people

you can't even accept furries.