#And at least four people

[sagevalleymusings]

I've got to add, because there's so much nonsense in what twinaquapisces said that's asserted so firmly...

Fat people do not "get thin" by losing weight. If i weigh 300 pounds and loose 100 pounds, an entire small child worth of pounds... I'm still fat. I still weigh 200 pounds. So in order for a fat person to become thin they have to do things to their body which are *dangerous* and *harmful* and *increase your risk for heart disease, diabetes, chronic inflammation, and death.*

Like sure, maybe we don't fully know if fat people who become thin and stay that way have better outcomes. But we do know that people who attempt repeatedly and unsuccessfully to lose weight have worse outcomes, and we do know that people cannot lose weight and keep it off.

So yes. It is a "fact" that "fat people can get thin" in the same way that it is a "fact" that I can chop my own arm off. Sure, it is theoretically possible, but I'll probably fail in trying, and it would take committing horrible acts against my own body to get there, so why would I want to?

Also at the end this person jumps to the conclusion that if we couldonly study this a little more, we could prove what conditions are caused by weight gain, which is nonsense because it's not been proven that fat people have statistically worse outcomes than thin people to start with, and most of the data saying otherwise starts with the same assumption twin is making. That there *must* be something wrong with being fat and we just have to figure out what.

Not to go on a personal tangent, but the biggest thing wrong with my being fat was that when I went to my doctor seeking accommodations for chronic migraines because it was interfering with my job, she went on a rant about how my health conditions were being caused by weight gain (a thing that hadn't happened). I left without the job security I'd been seeking.

Why would we waate our time trying to figure out how to make fat people thin, a thing which has not been proved to be a good idea, when we could instead focus on quality of life improvements that *have* been proven effective. Give fat people the treatment you give thin people and there would be far less fat people dying of treatable diseases.

I think the thing that drives me the most batshit about the medical fatphobia conversation is that the burden of proof feels so exactly backwards. Just from an obvious best practices standpoint???

Things like intentional malnourishment, intentionally incapacitating vital organs through surgery, denial of potentially lifesaving medical care until those things are done, etc.

Those are all pretty extreme. The kinds of things it feels like a “first do no harm” system should have a lot of solid evidence for before recommending or implementing them.

But they’re so bog standard and accepted and everyone from doctors to your own family will look at you like you’re a flat-earther when you suggest maybe we shouldn’t be defaulting to that.

[crickit-song]

Ok they really are the gayest couple I've seen in a while huh

[justaz]

lol arthur realizes with the other knights after watching merlin flirt and being hit with a wave of deja vu: holy shit you asked me out

merlin and the rest of the knights around a campfire after leaving a village bc lancelot and leon somehow started a brawl in the tavern: ???

arthur points at merlin: after valiant! you asked me to buy you a drink! you were asking me out!

merlin is busy cooking dinner and confused out of his fucking mind: what???…..valiant….oh the knight with the snakes.

gwaine who was slightly tipsy now stone cold sober and sitting up straight against a tree: wait. explain. what do you mean merlin asked you out??

arthur snaps his fingers as he recalls the memory: i apologized for sacking you and you said that if i bought you a drink we’d be even.

merlin now remembering how he had stumbled into camelot, picked a fight with a pigheaded bully which quickly turned homoerotic and flirtatious, and continued their teasing-flirting for days before merlin shot his shot and asked the prince out only to be rejected: oh yeah, i forgot i did that…..wait, you mean you didnt realize what i was asking?

arthur: no?? we argued everyday, how was i supposed to realize you were asking me out??

merlin now abandoning the dinner and staring across the camp at arthur while the rest of the knights watch their back and forth like a game of tennis: to you we were arguing, to me that was very much flirting. i thought you were flirting back so i decided to ask you. then you rejected me

arthur, mentally beating his past self up for fucking up their chance: i didn’t reject you!!! i just didn’t realize what you were asking me. how was i meant to? we fought every chance we got

leon, nudging elyan, glee and excitement riling through him: its happening!!! its finally happening!!! seven long, grueling years is finally paying off!!!

merlin, realizing the misunderstanding and acknowledging the fact that he wasn’t rejected, his flirtations just weren’t noticed - realizing he still has a chance: oh…oh i see. arthur, my dear, our fights were extremely flirtatious. need i remind you of what you said? “do you know how to walk on your knees? would you like me to teach you?” or “i could take you apart with one blow”

arthur, mental capabilities at an all time low: m…my dear….?????????

merlin grinning devilishly as he realizes that his flirtatious persona he had hidden away after falling head over heels for arthur can make a come back: that is what i called you. should i call you something else? say…mine?

percival gags in elyan’s ear: cheesy

elyan hides a laugh: at least they’re finally getting somewhere. better than the hopeless pining

arthur, flushed from head to toe: ah uh no um im uh

merlin thoroughly enjoying himself: oh come now, your majesty. use your words.

[aropride]

i get why people aren't voting for biden but it is really awesome to be pre-transition and dysphoric and being near-certain a trump win will take away more rights for trans people even in safer states. that does feel really awesome and fine.

[clarasghosts]

Evil - intro threats (seasons three & four)

[royaltea000]

This man has no idea how close he is at all times to being attic wifed

[wardinespurrit]

i think theyd be friends

[navree]

Incorrect, the fact that Biden has dropped out and a candidate with history of supporting medicare for all and being more receptive to a ceasefire in the I/P conflict has made me go from "I cannot morally support the Democratic nominee" to "I am voting for the Democratic nominee despite the fact she isn't perfect in every respect." I'm really happy this played out. The Dems for the most part abandoned the old Obama platform and it feels like its possible an actual progressive agenda could come to pass in my lifetime.

Kamala 2024!

If you weren't going to vote Democratic in this election before Biden dropped out you're a dorkass loser who does not care about any of the issues you're yammering about here and also a fundamentally bad person, and I hope you get run over by a bus.

But you got one thing right in all of this gibberish, Kamala 2024.

[respectthepetty]

The Heart Killers' Colors? - Ep. 4

Before I begin my investigation into the fourth episode's colors, in case it was not clear, I find Joong very attractive, and when Fadel was looking through Kant's pockets a little aggressively and very homoerotically, I was rooting for First to add another boy's lips to his roster.

BREAK UP THE SHIPS CHALLENGE 2025!

Since I'm afraid that I'm two seconds away from abandoning my efforts to uncover colors in this show so I can turn this into a Joong appreciation blog, let me focus on what I actually came here to do — appreciate Joong Fadel for always being a Black Brooder.

And thankfully Red Rascal Bison is wearing red and blue shorts, but I don't know who the blue could possibly be for since Kant and Style refuse to show their true color!

But back to Fadel being a Black Brooder who just happens to be played by the very attractive Joong.

Fadel is my rock in this show. He never wavers in his color. When all these other boys do wonky stuff like wear red, so I can't figure out their color, Fadel always stays brooding in black.

So I'm holding onto the knowledge that Fadel IS a Black Brooder while I stare in confusion at Style wear red and Kant wear black again this episode which is an inverse of their love interest! And Bison wore blue, but I've previously guessed this is him hiding his true color after attempting to go full BDSM on Kant the night before.

Yet, as usual with Kant, he has a little red on his back. He has had red writing on his shirts before, so is he really in love with Bison already? I think so.

Because as much as I'm upset at Kant for hiding his color, Bison IS a Red Rascal, so Kant having red writing on his shirt multiple times now gives me hope that he is realizing he loves this little demon more than he thought he would especially after Bison noticed what was happening with his brother (and saved the kids from sexual grooming, which is what Bison believes he does for Mother).

So I'll cut him some slack for not showing his true color yet, and I'll keep assuming it is blue since his background is blue while Kant's is red.

But it seems like Kant has a type, and that type is hell raiser.

So even though Bison gave Kant a heart, he didn't get Bison's heart since it wasn't placed over Kant's heart and it's not in Bison's color.

Because Bison would just as quickly kill Kant as he would kiss him, and both of them ending the episode clearly on their own side matching the wall they stood in front of shows that Kant has his work cut out for him.

But considering the boys are wearing couple's shirts with their initials on them next week, I think Kant has some tricks up his tattooed sleeve.

Like sending his best buddie to keep Fadel busy by having sex with him, so he can try looking for more clues, and since Fadel and Style also have incorrectly color-coded couple's shirts with their initials on them, I'm going to assume it's not going to go well.

Because Kant and Style still don't know the guys they are falling in love with if they can't even wear the right color for them. Bison is a Red Rascal and Fadel is a Black Brooder! Two halves of one heart! Get it together, besties!

And now that they think the guy they have been sent to kill had something to do with the deaths of their parents, their emotions are going to be an overdrive.

Especially Bison, who seems to have picked up Mother's color on his journey to become a killer, since he was neutral as a kid.

Yet Fadel, my rock in the color storm, has always been a Black Brooder.

And unlike Bison, who has spontaneous outbursts that could end everyone, Fadel is much more calculated.

So for Style who, according to the folks behind the show, should be a (light) Blue Boy, to be strategic in his plan to annoy Fadel just so he could make Fadel miss him was brilliant.

I want to believe that Fadel is playing Style, but I thought in episode two the reason Fadel hated Style so much was because Style messed up his very calculated plans, which is exactly what he expressed in this episode; therefore, I think this entire conversation was Fadel being honest.

Pretty boy Icarus done flown too close to the sun and got himself a killer boyfriend.

And, once again, I think Fadel's feelings for Style are real because Fadel laughs and smiles a lot around Style.

And my pretty emo boy doesn't smile for anybody!

So these two idiots better get their plan and colors together, quick!

Because Bison stays red . . . dee to commit murder

And Fadel is already too deep (in the blue) to even realize how much he actually likes his (light) Blue Boy.

So even though Style is now trying to be cautious in his yellow and back off, Fadel is coming in hot.

But I'm unsure if it's because he is passionate about Style now that all his warmth has been unlocked or if he will burn Icarus for getting too close.

Or, more importantly, when it comes to Fadel, if there is even a difference between those two things.

[ixtaek]

Kindest reminder that aside from Sky and Wild, none of the others have even heard of the Goddess Hylia before meeting up. The goddesses they would invoke, if any, would be either Farore, Din, or Nayru.

[artschoolglasses]

Some of the armour in this game looks okay, some armour looks good, and some armour looks amazing. 🖤

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

[thirteens-earring]

one thing about me is that if you’re dragging yourself kicking and screaming through a years long egg crack I’ll wait for you forever. all the time in the world

[didyougaming]

Part of me is sad that this Twitter Hooligan has omitted the important Video Game Fact that should be accompanying this photo of my Perfect Son. This is at least partially balanced by more people getting to see him in all his glory.

[dailyjasontodd]

A few months ago (let's pretend it was only a few months ago) we mentioned we were trying to put together a reading list of sorts for newcomers who didn't know where to start reading Jason, as many people simply used fanfiction (or worse -- tiktoks) to learn their Jason information. After fighting with this list for a long time we've decided to simply put it out in the world, at least to receive feedback and possible suggestions to make it better.

Please feel free to give you your opinions, either about the content (no promises that we will change our opinion on some stuff though!) or about how to organize it. You can find the carrd here.

[mugiwara-lucy]

So MAGA is losing their mind because Tim Walz's family has come out to be supporters of him.

Now people are claiming its AI but my thoughts?

WHO CARES??

This isn't the flex that MAGA idiots like Laura Loomer, Marjorie Taylor Greene and etc. think it is.

I think this will resonate with people but NOT in the way MAGA folk think it will since we ALL HAVE at least ONE PERSON who supports the 34 time, McDonalds and Ivanka loving, Convicted Felon Con Artist Scammer Raping Pedophile

And if anything? This makes me love Tim Walz even MORE since he just strikes me as a normal, cool guy who has a few crazy family members and sticks to his morals like glue!

If anything this just makes me even MORE disgusted with MAGA since they had to willingly search for Tim Walz's family to try to bring this guy down.

Again....please let's all vote these clowns OUT come November 5th and I recommend MAIL IN BALLOTS! And if you do Mail In Ballots PLEASE distribute them at the USPS Mail Posting Office so NO MAGA will try any nonsense.

Please and Thank You 🙏🏻😌

[evilkitten3]

au where team hebi agrees that it's a bad idea to leave kabuto unsupervised.... so they drag him along. as the team mascot