#and if you're interested

[a-method-in-it]

Also: How would they enforce it? Expansively. During the Lavender Scare (look it up), anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000 people lost their jobs and probably affected far, far more people who were targeted by government investigations.

Many of those people, both those investigated and those fired, were straight. It didn't matter. The bar to prove you were gay was low and the investigators cleared it. So those people lost their jobs, and lost them for being gay which effectively tanked their careers just as much as if they'd been gay anyway. The people behind a moral panic never care about having good standards of evidence.

We live in a world where a gay man is openly the secretary of transportation, and even though I am not a Pete Buttigieg fan, it's kind of incredible to me when you think about how not that long ago it was that you were not allowed to be a government employee and gay at the same time.

I mean Frank Kameny (also look him up) was at the White House when Obama signed the order granting benefits to federal employees same sex partners in 2009.

These days were not long ago. They will go back to them in a heartbeat if they can. And creating a widespread mindset that there are certain types of sex that consenting adults shouldn't be allowed to have because you personally find it distasteful is exactly how you give them that power.

Anyway with anti-sodomy laws back on the discussion table I'm going to repeat that you can personally be squicked out by the consensual sex someone else has, but saying that their consensual sex between willing, active, adult participants should be illegal and is indicative of some sort of moral failing is L I T E R A L L Y a major facet in extreme homophobia and absolutely has gotten people killed.

You don't have to like their business but as long as everyone involved in the encounter is saying yes, it's also really not your business.

This is the precident you are helping further by digging your heels in and saying 'but I think it's gross and makes them bad people'. This is what happened last time that was the reasoning for law, and what is being threatened to happen again.

[qvert]

I read someone on here saying that this would have happened to Caitlyn at least once and - I strongly agree

[apollos-olives]

before october 7th this blog was a meme page btw.

[sleepymccoy]

This is also a bit of a culture query, cos these are all in my house so I genuinely cook with these all (except chicken salt, that's been in my cupboard for ages)

But I'm not from the USA and most people here are, so I wonder if that's similar! Maybe your cupboard is identical to mine. Maybe we use the same stuff but call it something else. Maybe USA has a different relationship with pre mix spices and you use none of it. Maybe you've never heard of pre mix spices. I dunno. That's why I'm asking!

I use plain herbs and spices as well. Especially when making a complex meal I'll do it myself. But I use pre mixes other times, so I'm voting. Voting for a pre mix doesn't mean you don't also use paprika! If you genuinely have no pre mixes in the kitchen tho, then hell yeah, tell me!

Also, I know I haven't listed everything in the world. One, that's impossible. Two, this is a bit of a culture thing so I just checked my kitchen and used those. This selection is representative of me only

(you don't have to be from the USA to vote, obvs, we just all know that's how the results will end up. Please tell me about your spice mixes in other countries!!)

Morrison spice blend: Pepper, tumeric, ginger, cardamom, parsley, salt

Chinese five spice: Star anise, cinnamon, clove, fennel, Sichuan pepper

Chicken salt: Salt, chicken stock, garlic, paprika, pepper, onion, celery

Gluhwein gewurz: Orange peel, cinnamon, lemon peel, star anise, hibiscus, clove

Chimichurri: parsley, garlic, oregano, vinegar, chilli, salt, pepper

Za'atar: thyme, cumin, coriander, sesame seeds, sumac, salt, chilli

Garam masala: coriander, cumin, cardamom, cloves, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg

[suchscary]

comms for Noworiii

[duinoelegies]

something so crazy-making about unhealthy mentor-protegé relationships. we're foils, we're mirrors, we're the same person, we're a parent and a child, we're lovers, we're enemies, we'd be better off without each other, we'd kill and die for each other

[shotmrmiller]

the trope of you accidentally catching a peek of someone having sex with another and instead of fucking off you stick around and hope they don't find out except they already know but:

you're roommates with active military soap and it works because he's hardly there, he's real easy to be friends with and when his hands wander it's not totally repulsive because he's hot.

and then he brings his boyfriend over and you'd only meant to get some ice cream from the freezer but they left the door cracked open. you, as the good friend he doesn't fucking deserve, close the door while keeping your eyes glued to the ceiling and go about your day.

(you're so teasing him about the fact that he sounds like a bleating sheep while getting rawdogged lmaoooo)

but the one that catches you in the kitchen minding your own business isn't soap. it's his boyfriend. and his boyfriend is as forward as a freight train on a downhill slope.

"saw ya lookin' at us."

? you did no such thing.

"if ya were lookin' for a fuck, coulda just said so."

you were doing no such thing but it doesn't matter because you're but a simple hot blooded individual and having two doting meat heads fighting over who gets to taste you first is something out of a romance book.

[tizzymcwizzy]

i love love love these silly little kids they're so funny,, and watching link be a big brother to them all is just so sweet!! :]

get a print of this here!

[etherealspacejelly]

im so jealous of people who have special interests that are facts based. like how am i supposed to communicate to people that my special interest isnt star trek the tv show its star trek the story. the characters. the themes and motifs.

people ask me stuff about the lore or the production and im like nah nah nah. idk any of that stuff. but i could spend 30 minutes analysing the scene in corbomite manouver where spock says "im s-" and what implications that has for his character and his relationship with jim.

i dont know how a mind meld works or what powers a phaser but i could write you an essay on the themes of found family in star trek v, including the significance of row row row your boat in the cyclical narrative.

"how does a transporter work" fuck if i know. can i tell you about 'good luck spock'???

[swampybogg]

[callibrin]

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「 Part 1 of MakhesaAU comic 」

I wanted to show an interaction between Narinder and Makhesa to drop some headcanons abt how their worlds intersect and how it relates to Makhesa's Curse. ────────────────

BTW:

First, I mirrored the last frame so that you guys wouldn't break your necks :p

Second, I also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that the last frame is a reference to the Ritual of Resurrection icon. Like, it perfectly matches Makhesa's palette, WHY WOULDN'T I...

🔮About Makhesa

[anxiouscaretaker]

me when the character canonically gets little to no rest

[02511213942]

katelyn and marissa's adventures in being normal cheerleaders for the world's most insane college sports team 🎉🎀🧡

[disgracefulthings]

Mobei-Jun: So you reincarnated in this world with all your past memories. Hmm...

Shang Qinghua: What is it my king?

Mobei-Jun: How much older are you than me?

Shang Qinghua: Around 30 years

Mobei-Jun, pouting: I see. Qinghua must have had many past lovers

Shang Qinghua: Nah, I died a virgin

Mobei-Jun: ?????? How did people resist not fucking you?

Shang Qinghua: You know, if you existed in my past life then I wouldn't have needed therapy

[theejael]

am i makin' you feel sick?

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yeah, okay, the ghoul's kinda cool.