#French laws about that are...

[just-a-little-unionoid]

I've been wondering, do people outside of France know about the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen? (Declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen, or DDHC in French)

'cause like, it's such a core part of my understanding of laws and moral as a whole, because I learnt it young, but it's also, something written in French two centuries and a half ago, and that would make sense if people outside of France weren't teached about it, y'know?

because like, if –and again it would be logical– people outside of France aren't raised to abide by those principes that would maybe explain some bonkers conversation I've had on the Internet...

so anyway, poll time!

(here's the most well known illustration of it in case some people are more visual about memory)

reblogs are appreciated, feel free to comment and precise a little which part of the world you are from, how you did learn about it (maybe this post?), what you think of those principles, or anything really, I'm curious

(btw here's a link to the Wikipedia article for people who don't know about it but are curious)

[hamletthedane]

I vaguely remembered that I’d woken up last night at 2am and scrambled desperately for my phone to Wikipedia-search something I just HAD to know, then immediately fell back to sleep.

But for the life of me, I could not remember what I had searched. Curious, I opened my phone’s browser to see this:

You know that feeling: it’s 2am and you really really need to immediately read the biography of Maximilien Robespierre. We’ve all been there.

[ic-napology]

Randomly remembered about Murat's cuteness in The Coronation of Napoleon. It's just me or he's kinda smiling?

[mask131]

However, about the Neil Gaiman situation, I see something that is really making me very worried. I shouldn't be surprised because the Internet still has this idiotic "lynching mob" mindset, but I still have to point out it.

People have been saying in their posts and disclaimers "Accusation IS evidence!". No it's not.

What you mean is "Accusations are to be taken seriously ; accusations are not to be dismissed ; accusations HAVE to start investigation and doubt and digging up ; accusations have to be shared and known about ; accusations are aggravating ; accusations are serious". Yes, since we are talking about rape victims and sexual crimes, immediately going by "You are a liar, you are making this up, you are saying bullshit" is the most repulsive and inhuman thing to do. Yes, these accusations are to be taken seriously and Neil Gaiman is to be treated under the light of him having done all these things. But don't start saying that an accusation is an EVIDENCE because that's the type of rhetoric and mindset that, for example, Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists use all the time to support their own insanity. "Someone accused them of doing something, so it is". "Trump accused immigrants of eating pets - it is a pretty darn big evidence that they do!". No, that's lynching mob-mindset.

And no, saying accusations are not evidence does not mean these women's words are not worth anything. On the contrary, their testimonies are the most important things and crucial part of the whole scandal. But in a general way, weaponizing such cases to claim that accusations are evidence by default is opening the way for much more awful things to happen, especially in an age when Trump and Musk are spreading their complete madness everywhere. Find another word for it. Aggravating, are solid elements, are crucial, cannot be erased, are convincing, are undoubtable, are eye-opening, are changing everything - whatever you want, but not "evidence".

[a-sad-mage]

I JUST HAD A HORRIFYING THOUGHT

(Tw for like, morbid stuff)

im doing a thing and-

Do-

Do the people of Slugterra,

eat Slug's?

Obviously not, right? Slugs are friends, not food,

But like, what if someone was desperate?

Or, idk was just a freak like that?

I don't know, man, I was thinking about Cannibalism and the French (as one dose), and this just sorta popped in my mind-

Wait do slug's eat other slugs?

They are omnivores, right? Like, they have teeth and fangs and can eat regular people food.

It's stated as much.

Slugs can eat regular food, but slug food is recommended simply because it contains all the nourishment they need while they are with a Slinger.

But when in the wild, they hunt and forage.

Dose than mean slugs also get territorial?

Like they form packs/colonies and stick to one major area, migrating when needed?

I-

what the actual fuck is my thought prosess rn?

WHOLE UP-

if slugs lay eggs, and that's a big if because idk how slug reproduction works -

But IF they do, are slug eggs like caviar?

This is a morbid rabbit whole I've fallen into, it's what I get for thinking about the French.

And because I can't be trusted with my own thoughts I needed to curse everyone else with it

Im sorry

Slugs are friends, not food [I repeat violently]

[madwomansapologist]

genshin en va's making me go insane rn

[sky-kenobye]

you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

Hmm, I think I'm more of a 'try to deal with everything on my own' kind of person (which i don't actually think is a good thing but whatever), so I'd probably not text anyone (and then end up in prison), but if I had to choose, maybe @palfriendpatine66 ? Mostly because of their Criminal Minds fic x)

[jaguarys]

And on the note of my last post. I think everyone should have a best friend who likes completely the opposite media as you do but is equally unwell about and who's willing to engage in your interests as well. Incredibly humbling and also occasionally feels like a shark fin going by in the water

[activatebutterflyshield]

Finally mustered up the courage to draw a human again!

This is Ryan Trotter, present Hearth-Tender of the Chatter & Melody Society. The Hearth-Tender oversees all internal affairs of the Society, which is a lot, and this isn’t helped by the fact that each Branch, Station, and Post don’t have their own individual Hearth-Tenders. But Trotter makes it work.

Perhaps it was some part of his ability to manage such a wide and disparate workforce quite decently that the Beyond, the god of space and the deep sea and the endless vastness of existence, has taken to him enough to grant him the companionship of Leo. A constellation angel is one hell of an existence to reckon with, even when it’s only the top half.

His designation-slash-nickname, Lucky Lion, is part good-natured jab and part actual praise. He lost his lower left leg in a freak accident involving an endangered sloth and a very inconsiderate driverless bus, but aside from that one incident, Ryan’s had a remarkably uneventful time as part of the Society’s top brass.

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

"Can I call you 'Drias?"

"Only one person ever called me that"

"Oh! Gotcha! Too personal. Boundaries, Marcy!"

My babygirl blaming herself and her difficulty reading social cues when she didn't do anything 😭 how was she supposed to know it was "too personal"?? She automatically assumes she did something wrong she assumes she messed up my BABY

[ineffablydelighted]

[My humble contribution to the meme mania surrounding @neil-gaiman having pyromaniac tendencies]

Featuring: the reference you SHOULD understand, it was not that long ago, folks 😂😂😂

Also featuring: me, late to the party but here I am with my zero to none Photoshop abilities

(Hi, by the way 👋)

Just came by to drop this and disappear as quickly as I popped.

[6ebe]

Ah well the child labour exploitation juggernaut of the Spain nt will continue on for another round 😞

[kissingwookiees]

me: *talking about what i call the 'please dont violently overthrow and behead us' clause for royal families in a lot of remaining parliamentary monarchy's constitutions*

my dad: *cracking up*

[itstimeforstarwars]

So at my work we have all the stupid little trainings that we have to do right and we live in a part of the country where the courses are offered in english and spanish right and I've been there for almost four years now and I'm still the second most junior member of the team right

Well anyway we've been doing these same damn trainings every year for multiple years. We have these things fucking memorized in english right. So one of us. One of us decided to do the course in spanish right.

It's the same fucking training.

It's the same ENGLISH fucking training. The only thing they did was offer subtitles in spanish. The english one offers subtitles in english. What is the fucking point. Why do you have two separate videos if you are not even gonna bother to dub the video. Offer two damn options for subtitles and be done with it.

[arsonistbunny]

Things happening on qsmp and fans reminds me of that time dream had another brilliant idea of asking for speculative work for his icon and I said that it wasn't normal or okay and I had this discussion with an American person and at some point, they went "well when we want to enter a school we have to pay for the test to enter. are you saying this isn't normal" like a gotcha but like? yeah?? that's not ok?

In France, having to pay to pass a test to enter a school isn't illegal but your teachers will warn you: this is a sign of a scam. the scam being that the school actually sucks and is just trying to get as much money as fast as possible before eventually closing down due to being bad.

And I'm saying that because qsmp fans on twitter are doing their best to defend doing nothing to fix the situation. (The situation being free work by the way. And unsigned contracts. And abusive clauses.) And invoking things such as "oh the union that wants to take this to court are illegal" and things that appear to be normal in USA. And like, ok, listen I don't know a lot about how your country works but please question it!

You may not realize it but your worker's rights suck so much that you think a union fighting for worker's rights to be respected has to be illegal or nefarious??

[starsfromtoulon]

thinking about an AU where javert does quit the police force after montreuil-sur-mer and ends up working with sheep and a sheepdog. (he mentions thinking about labouring in the fields--- most likely, this is as a harvester or agricultural worker, but let me!!!)

not relevant to anything, i just need to picture javert out in the country with dogs and sheep. and yes, i know, this is so implausible because it would necessitate JVJ having dealt with champmathieu entirely differently.