#Controversial Topics

[august-zip]

Controversial topic

"Baby talk" is fucking stupid. And no actual child actually types like that so what makes you think a little alter will. It is intentional to type like that and its honestly fucking creepy and a bit weird. - August

[tumbler-polls]

Hiii! Right now, there is this huuuge debate within the LGBT community as to whether not wanting to date trans folks is transphobic. I'm bi, so pre/post-op is not an issue for me because I like all kinds of genitals, but I'm wondering how the attraction works in this regard for cis monosexual people (gays, lesbians, straights).

Could you make a poll asking, "Would you date a pre-op trans person?" with the options "No, I want my partner to have particular stuff down there", "Yes, but I wouldn't want to interact with their genitals", "Yes, I'm into all kinds of genitals, what matters is how someone identifies", and additional options: cis straight guy / cis gay guy / cis straight woman / cis lesbian. I sent this idea to other poll blogs, but they refused to publish it :((

This topic is quite controversial and can be triggering to some people. We want our blog to be an inclusive space, so we'll let our followers decide.

Feel free to make suggestions / expand on your answer in the comments!

[bejeweled-13]

I think something I've been noticing lately is how queer men somehow get a lot of slack for shitty things they do simply because they are queer. There is this trope that straight cis men are the worlds shittiest creatures but the second a man says he is queer, then he can do no wrong. It's almost as if sexual assault/rape/misogyny is limited to straight cisgender men.

I recently dated a pansexual man who is probably one of the most egotistical, mysogynostic, narcissistic men I've ever met. At first, I told myself that it couldn't be true that he was queer and shitty at the same time because I felt this sense of shame that saying that a queer man truly is still a shitty person despite his sexual preferences would somehow make me homophobic. But I think that limiting this to straight men is honestly invalidating to those of us who experience it with queer men. I think that the belief that people who call out queer men on their shitty behavior are homophobic needs to be put to an end. Calling people homophobic or transphobic the second they say anything negative regarding a queer person is ridiculous, especially if the thing being said has nothing to do with the persons sexuality.

[cantstops1mping]

My thoughts on AI "art" because I was reading an article on it.

I believe AI ‘art’ is not art. No one should ever claim that what the AI made or told them to make is their original idea or claim that it is their art. It disgusts me to see people use AI for a process that is supposed to be creatively inducing. Even when art is ‘ugly’ in someone's opinion you still call it art because you can see the effort put into it, but when it is A.I. you cannot. 

For example the from the article:

If a human were to paint this, no matter how ugly I think it is, I would forever call it art because I would be able to see the effort that was put into it. Since this is A.I. I do not see any effort, all I see is blasphemy and fraud. 

If you want to make art the only thing you need is effort. If people can see the effort you put into the art it will forever be called art.

“Sculptures based on the tool's recommendations.” This from the article specifically made me livid. It’s one thing to tell the A.I. what to make, but letting AI tell you what to make is horrible. The people doing this will end up never being able to be creative again because of their dependency on the AI. When artists allow AI to dictate their artistic direction they risk losing the very thing of what makes art so deeply personal and human.

I don’t think AI can be creative, because it isn’t. A.I. “art” is what the AI thinks people will like based on art it can find on the internet which is plagiarism. AI does violate copyright rules and copyright rules are very outdated. I wish they would fix copyright rules but they don't. AI doesn’t “draw” it makes a collage of already existing artworks and turns it into something new. Those said artworks are copyrighted and if a human cannot make a collage of copyrighted artworks why should a robot? Human creativity is often driven by context, intention, and emotional motivation. AI is driven by nothing. Nothing can’t be art.

Modern and Abstract Art is a whole new discussion. “Art” like a dot on a canvas and splattered lines are not art because there is no real effort put into it. Yes, you made it, but did you really put any real effort into it?

Some people argue that “iT’s ThE mEaNiNg BeHiNd It,” I heavily disagree because what does a red dot even mean? Nothing. It means Nothing. You just want to make money in a way that insults many real artists.

Van Gogh, Picasso, Claude Monet, Frida Kahlo, Alfred Sisley, Andy Warhol, and Edvard Munch did not die for art to be as effortless as it is now.

Thank you for reading! Please tell me what you think about AI "art" and what you think art is!! If you disagree I would like to know why as well!

[thehopelessauthor]

Men who are/were victimised (because yes it can happen to men too)

Husk:

Abuser: Alastor

Status: Ongoing

Abuse:

• Modern slavery

• Emotional

• Financial (possibly)

• Being owned

• Physical

• Humiliation

Triggers:

• Intimidated

• Condescension

• Hypervigilance

• Volatile (particularly towards Alastor, than anyone else in the hotel; depending what the situation is)

• Witnessing another abusive relationship — ie Angel being struck by Valentino (bro nearly lost it)

• Alcoholism - not sure if this stems from his background or if it’s amplified by Alastor’s abuse

• Isolation

<> This is a little hard for Alastor to do within the hotel so I think he would let that slide — however, I suspect, he’d at least ensure that Husk doesn’t have any distractions that could cause him to leave his side— for example: let’s say entering a relationship with Angel Dust etc 🤭

Jamie Fraser:

Abuser: Randall

Status: Formerly (☠️)

Abuse:

• Physically

• Sexually

• Mentally

Triggers:

• Severe PTSD

• Repulsed by sexual activity (particularly with his wife - formerly)

• Smell of lavender

• Guilt-ridden (formerly)

• Dissociation

• Hallucinatory visions

• Closed off

Stolas of the Ars Goetia

Abuser(s):

• Stella

• Paimon

• Striker

• Blitz (verbally)

• Andrealpus

Status: Ongoing, slowly healing

Abuse:

• Physical

• Sexually - forced, by Paimon, to have sex with Stella to procreate an heir for the Goetia family (didn’t matter what his 🏳️‍🌈 sexuality 🏳️‍🌈 was)

• Emotional

• Neglect (as a child)

• Mentally

• Psychologically

Triggers:

• Closeted

• Hypersexuality

• Stockholm Syndrome (via Blitz)

• Socially awkward (via different variations of abuse)

• Flinch at the slightest

• Clingy

• Helicopter parent (to Octavia)

• Love-bombing

• Financially (via Andrealpus)

• Institutional

<> Not offering choice or promoting independence

Gale Dekarios:

Abuser: Mystra

Status: Determinant

Abuse:

• Emotionally

• Sexually (Groomed)

• Religious

• Stockholm Syndrome

Triggers:

• Manipulative (subconscious)

• Love bombing

• One-sidedness (on Mystra’s part)

• Clingy

• Lack of affection (romantically)

Angel Dust:

Abuser: Valentino (mainly)

Status: Ongoing

However, I do theorise that the other two Vees are involved as well, but more indirectly, like you have Velvet’s “love potion” specifically for date-rape for victims and then you have Vox with his cameras in Angel’s dressing room; so basically a key witness to the ongoing assault or even just watching (?) him get undressed which is also another violation — since he’s visually participating — of his privacy.

Abuse:

• Sexual assault

• Physical

• Modern slavery (via pornography & sex worker)

• Mentally

• Emotionally

Triggers:

• Hypersexuality

• Depersonalisation

• Masking

• Reliant on drug substances

• Unpredictability

• Stockholm Syndrome (severe)

Lucifer Morningstar:

Abuser: God (his father)

Status: Formerly

Abuse:

• Self-neglect (to himself— if in a really bad way)

• Emotional

• Neglect

• Domestic violence (psychological)

Triggers:

• Lack of affection

• Commitment issues

• Incapable of love

• Masking

• Abandonment issues

• Favouritism

• Broken family (via parents splitting up)

• Hypersensexulity

• Reliant on drugs and alcohol; to numb any sort of positive feelings

• Daddy/mommy issues

• Helicopter parent (when it comes to Rory 😂 )

<> Because of the lack of affection his father never gave him; spin cycle repeat

(Okay let me just acknowledge that despite that these no longer exist anymore, because of some very tense therapy thanks to Linda Martin — but it still doesn’t change the fact that he WAS abused at that point)

Astarion Ancunín

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Abuser: Cazador Szarr

Status: Formerly (💀), semi-healed

Abuse:

• Physically

• Modern slavery (formerly)

• Mentally

• Emotionally

• Neglect

• Psychological (Act 1)

• Sexually

(Not directly to him but he was forced to do sexual acts against his will, which is a type of rape)

• Domestic violence (psychological)

<> It was stated that Cazador thought of his (s)pawns as “family” so I guess this goes under this category

• Institutional

<> Cazador no doubt had planned Astarion’s death (by charming a group to attack him) so he can use him as a pawn after turning him into a vampire

<> Discouraging visits or the involvement of relatives or friends — so basically not allowing Astarion to socialise with anyone except for the ones he was forced to sleep with

<> Not offering choice or promoting independence

• Financial

(Not confirmed but implied — perhaps that’s why Astarion chose the rogue class or maybe he was already one by the time Cazador came to him)

<> Someone moving into a person’s home and living rent free without agreement or under duress

Triggers:

• Physical contact — very selective about who touches him, unless it’s those who are in his inner circle; like his friends, family or partner (determined by if he stays as a spawn at the end of the game)

<> Scar tissue — speaking from someone who actually has scars on my body I can assure that he most definitely has what I call ‘tingles’ and it’s both annoying and a little painful on certain days (particularly in colder weather)

• Moral standards (Act 1)

• Masking

• Hypersexuality

<> Although it’s a little different to Angel Dust’s; Astarion is actually hyper aware of what he’s doing but suppresses his loathing and disgust to force himself through it due to two centuries of habit

• Repulsed by sexual acts

• Eating drinking disorder (HC)

<> I’d think if I was starved of my food sources I’d develop some “eating” — or drinking habits — if I was a vampire habits. Or maybe he personally chose to do intermittent fasting (which can be mistaken for eating disorder but they do two different things)

• Claustrophobia (implied)

<> Due to a traumatic experience of being entombed for an entire year for disobeying orders

[cant-you-be-m1ne-forever]

Nếu mất đi tôi, em thấy như thế nào?

Em có thấy vui không? Em có thấy bản thân mình xứng đáng chứ? Hay em thấy điều gì?

Hay đấy.

Nếu tôi không tìm em, có lẽ em cũng sẽ chẳng tìm tới tôi.

Thật sự muốn thử nghiệm xem tôi biến mất bao lâu thì em bắt đầu kiếm tìm tôi mà.

Tôi chỉ là gì?

Sự thay thế hoàn chỉnh em mong muốn cho những quãng thời gian nhàm chán?

Tôi đâu thể nhận lại những gì tôi muốn từ em.

Tôi chán nản chứ.

Dù nói thẳng ra là tôi vẫn sẵn sàng sửa lỗi em sai, nhưng em à, tôi nghĩ có lẽ tình tôi sẽ cạn khô khi em vừa đạt đủ tiêu chuẩn mất.

Làm sao mà tôi lại để lịch sử lặp lại được nhỉ.

Cứ vậy đâm đầu vào mấy kẻ không thể nào yêu thương được mình theo cách mình muốn nhận.

Dòng tin nhắn nhạt nhoà...

Tôi ngồi khóc bên kia màn hình còn em ngồi chơi điện thoại...

Em chẳng thể nhận ra được tôi đã thay đổi cảm xúc như thế nào qua tông giọng, hay em cũng không để ý thêm vết cắt mới trên tay của tôi.

Tôi không thấy bản thân mình đủ.

Em thì luôn khiến tôi cảm thấy như thể bản thân mình đang đòi hỏi quá nhiều, vì chỉ khi nào tôi yêu cầu em mới xuất hiện.

Nực cười thật đấy.

Em còn chẳng muốn đọc thơ tôi viết cho em.

Em bảo em lười.

Thư của tôi, nếu tôi không ngồi ngay đó chắc em cũng không muốn để vào trong đầu, có phải không?

Tôi tự hỏi liệu em có xứng đáng với tất cả những công sức tôi bỏ ra này.

Tôi tự hỏi liệu có bao giờ em có thể yêu được tôi như cách em từng yêu "cô ấy".

Đồ vật của em được em đặt tràn ngập tên "cô ấy"; chúng ở khắp mọi nơi.

Hay đấy.

Chuyện hài là tôi lại ghen với cái đó.

Nhưng nghe cách em nói về việc "cô ấy" - có lẽ là đã từng - quan trọng trong đời em như thế nào, tôi chỉ thấy bản thân mình sẽ không bao giờ bằng nổi.

Không thể so sánh nổi - theo hướng thua kém hơn - với người con gái ấy.

Tôi không biết nên tin vào lời nói đường mật của em hay không.

Vì nói hay thì cái gì mà chả thốt ra được.

Quan trọng là hành động.

Và tôi không biết nên cảm thấy như thế nào.

Tôi chỉ thấy thật tệ mà thôi.

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Ước gì tôi chưa từng là kẻ may mắn...

[inkiest-silly]

Okay guys.

This is where we need to have a talk….about this

People have ships and it's what a fandom does(relating to the comments on this post)

Are people THAT oblivious? Yes they can be misscharatized but- people have their own personal views on things and there’s nothing wrong with it

My headcanons tend to be - not canon as people wish a HC would be,

It pisses me off knowing I would get attacked for my views of the characters

I can have my mentally ill gay shit-🧍‍♀️

Sometimes - Read the creators posts I swear sometimes yall just want a reason to argue and hate

"Rody isn't a uwu sweet boy" no he isn't and we know that

He's a buff mentally unstable guy who's trying his hardest for a girl that isn't going to get back with him

Vince isnt a yAnDErE as a lot of people tend to say(same people as rody being a uwu boy)

He's insane. He's got MENTAL ISSUES-

The ship could work in some way But in most timelines

It won't

Bc rody is focused on Manon, and Vince would probably end up murdering rody,

But what do I do?

Headcanon TIMELINE. where eveything has its own works as a FANDOM WOULD??

Do people not know what fandoms do other than “ruin” charaters?? It’s genuinely annoying

people are going to be SUCKERS for gay shit- (as one who loves those ships myself AND a proud rodent shipper.) there’s nothing more to to, people are going to focus on what they find cool and cute, there’s still canon ish content.

Honestly. You don’t like any of the fandoms works? Get over it.

That’s a fandom, a fandom creates content for a thing they like, and it’s gonna have people who mischaracterize the charaters. And that’s how it always will be, THINK OF SANS AND PAPYRUS- sans had been dumbed down to a depressed emo for the LONGEST time and paps got seen as a cinnamon roll, as a fandoms goes on, they tend to drift toward the more canon personality,

But ofc It’s more appealing with the fandom twist, so leave them alone

Thanks for reading,have a good day.

[justarandomsimp77]

Bro I stg I just had this conversation and it's kinda ticking me off..also this is very controversial..

??: "Wait wait. Say that again?"

Me: "Oh? I'm saying that all woman and men should be treated the same!"

??: "yeah but men literally burned us!!"

Me: "..Yes but do two wrongs make a right?"

??: "no shit! In this case they do!!"

Me: "okay but men nowadays can't even look at a woman for more than three seconds before having to turn away thinking they are a pervert.."

??: "Well that's too damn bad!"

Listen I just CANT with these people!! They make me want to just

🤭🔫

[acoreu-alt]

Racism towards white people does exist,e but it'll never be called racism, because they made it. It will always be just being a dick to white people. I will always agree with that, as well. It's not racism, you're just a dick.

Straight-phobia does exist, it's just not called that. It's being a dick to straight people, or stereotypes. Straights made homophobia, so heterophobia will never be a word.

Their both still problems that my family has faced.

I do not face either because I'm a pansexual transgender Puerto Rican man.

My sister and other people in my family have been harassed for being white Puerto Ricans. We've all grown up in America.

I wish that everyone who sees this stays careful on what they say. Theres a reason Twitch banned the word "cracker".

Here's an edit: I'm sorry if this offended anyone. Was kinda a shit post. It's old, but deleting it would imply I'm ashamed. Although I may not fully stand by this opinion anymore, I'm not ashamed of it or scared of how it may affect me.

[moony2moon]

Does pineapple belong on pizza?

It does, but only with ham.

[rydrake6]

Not to bring gender into an unrelated controversial topic, but.....

We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I (do I) A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching, but you're too shy to say it (say it) Inside, we both know what's been going on (going on) We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching, but you're too shy to say it (to say it) Inside, we both know what's been going on (going on) We know the game and we're gonna play it

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[samw3000]

Scorn

Gladly, rage and animosity fuel meFreely, I let this tempest consume meThere are many kinds to blameDisdain has a name ...Immigration Policy! For shame The WordPress community should know me well enough, including my values and beliefs. I enjoy getting into someone else’s headspace and writing poems from their perspective. Photo by Fabian Fauth on Unsplash © 2024 Samantha Williams. All Rights…

[mysticalchildkore]

[nepalsaysrawr]

This should sum up the Israel-Palestine conflict neatly. No biases here, guys! Just plain ol' entertainment satirizing the Middle East's woes.

[cant-you-be-m1ne-forever]

Yes, i am fucking stupid, thank you.

I'll loose him, fucking shit, I'll loose him.

I'd rather think so than feeling like we'll drift apart one moment away in the future.

I hate hoping.

I hate.

I just hate hoping.

[creative-person-1944]

Abortions Debate Pt 2: Are They Really Murder?

Murder (Noun) The unlawful killing of another human being by another

So firstly, is a fetus a human in the womb? Some might say that life starts at conception, but I disagree. I, personally, think that life starts only once the baby is born and has actually taken a breath. A fetus cannot survive outside of the womb up until a certain point. That point is 6 somewhere in between 6 - 7 months. At that point, an abortion could potentially be illegal. That’s just a way of appeasing the pro lifers, to try and please everyone.

When you think about it, at its core, a fetus/embryo (Or a zygote for biological terms at conception) is basically just a clump of cells undergoing a reaction and evolving. The cells start off as one which goes through mitosis to create two, and then that creates, four, and so on, until they differentiate. One could argue that all animals do that, but it doesn’t make sense. When a fetus does it, it is growing new parts. When we do it, we’re simply healing and generating new cells. There’s a difference. A fetus cannot feel pain, does not have an opinion, and does not have any thought processes.

When it’s conceived, and when it’s developing, a fetus could technically be considered a part of the mother. It’s using nutrients from her body, using her body as a host, and so on. Even after birth it still uses her body (Breastmilk).

Religion’s Role

Compare two countries that use religion a lot. Christianity (USA) and Islam (UAE). In Christianity, no matter the circumstance, be it a woman’s life is in danger, or the fetus will be born with fatal deformities, an abortion is murder. However in Islamic countries (UAE for example), an abortion is justified if the mother’s life is endangered by the pregnancy or if the fetus will be born with fatal deformities. When you look at the religious aspect of things, you can’t just look at one. You have to look at multiple. 

How Can A Fetus Possibly Consent?

A fetus can’t. A fetus can’t consent, but you’ve also got to consider that at the same time, it can’t ask for anything. If we’re bringing consent into this, then wouldn’t a fetus need to consent to the mother taking vitamin supplements? Vitamin supplements can affect the fetus’s development. So can alcohol and smoking. Doesn’t the fetus need to consent to the mother drinking and smoking too? How does it possibly make sense?

What About Adoption?

Adoption is not a solution. There are thousands of children in foster care, and 25% - 40% of them are abused. If a woman got an abortion instead of condemning a child to a life of foster care where they’re more likely to be abused than adopted, which one is more morally correct? In 2019, only 26% of children in foster care were adopted, and that number has been steadily decreasing, with the abuse rates increasing. Not to mention, studies show that youth in foster care are two and a half times more likely to contemplate suicide than youth not in foster care. If abortion is murder, if it does take a life, all it does is speed up the process. If a woman gives birth to a child and puts them up for foster care, only for them to kill themselves 10 -15 years later, thinking that they’re unloved, what’s the difference? You’re still condemning them to death. So pro lifers need to ask, which is better? Foster care or abortion? 

Whose Choice Is It Really? The Fetus’s Or The Mother?

We need to ask, why is it that an unborn human being has more rights than a human being with family, friends, a job, people they love, etc.? Why does bodily autonomy apply for one person instead of both? In the end, who is more affected? If the fetus is aborted, what does it lose? Emotionally? The fetus has no friends, no emotional connections, etc. The mother on the other hand has everything to lose. If she can’t financially support a child, what happens? She could end up on the streets. What about emotional support? The child will end up with a distant parent. In the end, the topic of abortions affects the women more than the fetus.