#OR you're not entitled to our terms and you're ableist for using them!

[teacup-captor]

Systems and normal people: We support trauma survivors

"Endogenic" systems and their supporters: Even if we romanticize being a system, steal resources from actually disabled people while claiming to have the same disorders as them and then becoming the biggest hypocrites ever by claiming to not have these same disorders moments later while still stealing their resources and terms?

Systems and normal people: What. What, no, that's like really ableist- also why are you encouraging people to not heal from their trauma by denying it's there and feeding into their denial, which is a huge part of the complicated disorders we're dealing with?!!

"Endogenic" systems and their supporters: OH. OH WE SEE HOW IT IS. SO YOU DON'T SUPPORT TRAUMA SURVIVORS. AND YOU'RE BEING ABLEIST TOWARDS US BECAUSE WE'RE DIFFERENT!!!!

[chipped-chimera]

This reminds me of a video I watched back when this was in its trial phase, and how one of the things mentioned why this was a bad idea was basically the WHY blocking ads is an important right to defend. Thing is, websites are absolutely dogshit about vetting advertisers - they kind of just spray them at a web page like it's a fire hose and the onus is on the user to sort through the shit, report the ads that are violating their own website TOS or report the stuff that is CLEARLY a scam. This is why even the FBI recommends everyone use an adblock.

What happens when you, using the website are exposed to an ad that is actually a scam but you don't realise it? What happens when because of that ad you end up losing all your money from that scam? Nothing. You're the blamed party here because you simply weren't 'smart enough' or 'informed enough' to be able to pick up on that - and with the escalating sophistication of cyber crime spoofing legitimate websites and apps to the point it's near impossible to tell, this is incredibly unfair (not to mention ableist towards those with intellectual disabilities - what they just shouldn't use the internet now because they might be easier to fool with an ad??) Why is this allowed to happen? Because we don't have laws holding the website owners accountable to what we get exposed to (at least on terms of advertising), so they have barely any content control in place. All they're focused on is the money.

It is driving me absolutely insane that we are all seriously talking about putting in place laws that may hold social media websites accountable for the content their users post (which is both good and bad for many reasons but that's a whole other thing) yet we just let them get away with shoving extremely low quality advertising that could literally be scams down our throats. And then Google coming out here saying they're ENTITLED to show you that dogshit advertising that might financially ruin you, otherwise you can't use their website?

Hell fucking no. You keep using adblock until they decide to put on their big girl pants and actually bother to put in some quality control guard rails. Better yet, lobby your politicians about this bullshit. If they are so committed to pushing that websites should be held accountable for the content they host, right down to managing the user base - then the advertising on those websites should abso-fuckin-loutly apply to this as well. You can't just BLAME THE USER for getting scammed by content that they literally have no control over. Because who thought it was okay to put that in front of you in the first place? Who let that happen? Who didn't put your safety first, in favour of money?

Anyway, fuck google, use Firefox and adblockers. (Also this is my PSA that Firefox mobile allows you to use extensions INCLUDING AD BLOCKERS).

Also here's the excellent video I watched breaking this down and making me aware of how the FBI even recommends adblockers by Galaxius (honestly it's insane how he predicted this down to a T and this was while it was still in the trial phase. No the irony that this is also a YouTube video is not lost on me)

is google insane or did it forget about the legal right to ablocking lol. are they trying to challenge the EU? bc they're not going to win that one. europe doesnt think this shit is cute

ive been flicking settings and programs on and off and updating drivers and shit trying to get youtube to load faster but it's being artificially throttled by google bc im using firefox

like. did they forget what antitrust suits are

[atzdjngo]

about me : hi, my name is lee, i am seventeen years old, from the UK and i have been shifting since late 2019 / early 2020. I have successfully shifted twice, both times to a harry potter dr ! this blog was officially created on JUNE 3RD 2024. my pronouns are they / them , but i only accept masc terms, fem terms make me uncomfortable - and gn terms quite often feel like fem terms, so please avoid those too! my goal on this blog is to meet other shifters, share scenarios, motivate myself etc;

my dr's :

i shift to a lot of places but the ones i will post about the most will be in bold ateez 9th member dr, stray kids 9th member dr, block b dr, shinee dr, 4th gen soloist dr, 3rd gen soloist dr, black knight ( kdrama ) dr, harry potter dr, mamma mia dr, outerbanks dr ++ more that i've forgotten to mention probably !

i also have a few casual ones, but i won't bother to mention them just yet !

likes , dislikes , hobbies : likes : writing, reading, kpop, shifting, blogs, making layouts, making discord servers, krp, the colour green and the colour red, musicals, snow days. dislikes : rude people, antis, toxic stays/blinks/armys, entitled people, shifters who tell others what they can and can't do in their own dr. hobbies : shifting, writing, reading, editing, making layouts for both tumblr and discord, role playing, etc;

dni : if you anti any of my ults - ateez, stray kids, the rose, shinee, block b, kep1er. if you're an anti - shifter. if you're a supremacist of any sort. if you're homophobic, transphobic, sexist, racist, ableist etc; if you push your religion onto others - i am atheist. if you anti kpop in general. if you're a pro - shipper, defender/committer of paedophilia, defender/committer of beastiality.

please interact if : you stan any of my ults - listed above. you're a shifter. you're lgbtq. you're into kpop. you're into anime. you're into musicals.

stan list + biases : favs are in bold !! groups : ateez | park seonghwa stray kids | han jisung , lee minho block b | u-kwon shinee | minho , onew the rose | ot4 kep1er | hihiz ( hikaru , bahiyyih ) 2PM | junho xikers | hunter , yechan tomorrow x together | taehyun , huening kai enhypen | jay twice | nayeon , jeongyeon big bang | taeyang , g-dragon xdinary heroes | jungsu , gaon lucy | ot4 nct 127 | yuta nct dream | jisung all my casuals ( warning, there are many! and they will be updated often most likely. ) : seventeen, jwiiver, blank2y, black level, bae173, tfn, day6, x-piers, viviz, nct wish, wayv, the new six, iz, ballistik boyz, rescene, unis, illit, the boyz, cix, exid, lun8, ampers&one, all(h)ours, 1the9, tempest, vixx, epex, dreamcatcher, black pink, bts, superm, nmixx, 8turn, riize, zerobaseone, boynextdoor, xeed, history, the kingdom, kard, sistar, purple kiss, red velvet, nchive, oh my girl, girls generation, gfriend, stayc, astro, i.o.i, brave girls, aoa, rania, 4minute, got7, tvxq!, miss a, monsta x, shinhwa, ikon, pentagon, wanna one, clc, mamamoo, treasure, nature, lovelyz, 2z, billlie, hellovenus, brown eyed girls, tws, oneus. soloists : kangdaniel woosung max changmin woodz ha sung woon taeyang g-dragon yuju nayeon chungha taeyeon sunmi jackson wang ugly duck wonstein bang yongguk ong seong wu george mino rain iu seo ji won marz23 keshi han sung woo woojin gaho demian hwasa somi chuu my favourite dramas + tv shows : uncontrollably fond - kdrama true beauty - kdrama the business proposal - kdrama king the land - kdrama meteor garden - cdrama f4 thailand - tdrama hwarang - kdrama outerbanks - western show never have i ever - western show use for my talent - cdrama angels last mission : love - kdrama anne with an e - western show arcane - western show cheer up - kdrama ( SO GOOD WATCH IT ) surviving summer - western show a time called you - kdrama doona - kdrama pending train - jdrama black knight - kdrama BLOODHOUNDS !!!!!!! - KDRAMA ( my all time favourite ) rain or shine - kdrama

extra : my fc in my dr is a more masculine version of myself, so i usually use random male kpop idols as my reference claim. i do not shift to change my race, nor do i wish to. this is just the easiest way to reference ! i also do not support my idols problematic actions, and never will. but i do enjoy their music, and for the most part - i do not allow their controversies to stop me from listening to music. also , post inspo by @sosarie + @ningsols

[balillee]

i need to talk more about this because i hate americans so fucking much they're all entitled assholes WHO NEED TO LEARN TO LISTEN

spaz is derived from the word spastic, or spastic cerebral palsy, and is a derogatory slur used to describe disabled people, most commonly those with cerebral palsy. it is used most commonly in two forms - as the noun, you can call someone a spaz, which is derogatory, or as the verb, you can say someone is 'spazzing out', to refer to them doing something wild, crazy or out of their control. both contexts of the word spaz are derogatory in all english vernaculars.

i do not give a fuck if spaz is a common word in aave. i couldn't give less of a fuck, primarily because it was not your word to take and try to change. i do not care that it's used most commonly as the verb in aave - it is still offensive and ableist to continue to use it. in fact, it is used in the exact same way in the UK, and guess what? it's still a deeply offensive slur because it means the exact same thing - we have just come to recognise it as a slur, meanwhile americans largely have not. it still stems from the humiliation of disabled people, both the noun and the verb, both as a part of and not a part of aave.

it is not at all comparable to fag. not in the slightest. fag, as most people know it, is a derogatory slur used mostly to describe a gay man. in the UK, it is also slang for cigarette. when used in that context, like asking for a fag, or saying you're having a fag, offends nobody, because everyone understands the context of that word, and it's context changes it's meaning. using fag as slang for cigarette is not an equivalent excuse to continue to use the word spaz in any non-informational context.

there are many words in many other languages that sound offensive in ours that mean completely innocuous things. stop trying to justify your ableism by saying that it's a part of your vernacular, or that is popular in your vernacular. that's not an excuse. it's still offensive, it still stems from the humiliation of disabled people, and aave is not some untouchable vernacular that is above being criticised because it can and will be. that term is offensive, cut it out of your vocabulary, find a new fucking word, because it was not for your community to take.

i understand that for many americans, they are largely unaware that it's a slur, and i understand. some people call it ignorance, but you can't ignore information that you were never presented with in the first place. but when you learn that it's a slur, don't try to defend it. it's still offensive to many disabled people and saying that it's 'different when african american people use it', or 'we use it differently to how it's used in the UK' (which you don't, btw) is just completely false because it isn't. it's not an aave exclusive term, and neither is their definition of it. that's not an excuse for the large levels of antiblackness i've seen surrounding the discourse about this term, but it's the truth. black or not, if you're not disabled, you do not own this term and you do not get to dictate how it is used, because it is offensive in all contexts, and by all definitions. aave is not a 'lesser english' by any means, and i want to make that firmly clear. it is often a vernacular that is needlessly insulted and misrepresented, and those that use it are largely equated with unintelligence, even though there's no correlation between those two things. but to say that the prevalence of spaz in aave is an excuse to continue using it or to diminish the voices of disabled people who are trying to tell users that they need to stop using it is a joke.

fun fact 'spaz' is a slur and there's no excuse for your use of it

[everythingqueerblog]

First of all, I'm so sorry you're ableist. 'Stupid' is also now technically a slur, so maybe consider that next time before criticising me over reclaiming one. And so is the word 'bitch', which I only just noticed you called either me or the other person who criticized you (or both of us) in your tag.

Secondly, as a queer person, I am fully entitled to reclaim the word 'queer' as so many have done before me, and you have no right to tell me that I can't.

If an individual asks me not to call them queer, specifically, I will not. But 'queer' is quickly becoming the preferred term for a sizeable portion of the community, and I will call it the 'queer community' because I am one of those. If you prefer to call it the LGBTQ+ community, go for it, but respect the fact that many of us are reclaiming the term 'queer' and have been doing so for a long time, as is our right.

Maybe if you made a habit of engaging politely, inclusively and respectfully with more demographics within the queer community, instead of ostracizing entire groups like the actual queerphobic cishets do, you wouldn't feel the need to behave in this unpleasant exclusionary and rude manner, and we could all support each other properly.

:)

“We chose the term “asexual” to describe ourselves because both “celibate” and “anti-sexual” have connotations we wished to avoid: the first implies that one has sacrificed sexuality for some higher good, the second that sexuality is degrading or somehow inherently bad. “Asexual”, as we use it, does not mean “without sex” but “relating sexually to no one”. This does not, of course, exclude masturbation but implies that if one has sexual feelings they do not require another person for their expression. Asexuality is, simply, self-contained sexuality.”

— The Asexual Manifesto, Lisa Orlando and Barbara Getz, 1972