#and it's still what?

[ispeakeasily]

I don't think people are clocking what's going on when these colleges and universities call police to a student protest.

These protests have been non-violent, centering community, education, culture, solidarity, and, of course, divestment. They are made up of the body these institutions are meant to serve, expressing concerns and issuing demands.

But, to those with power in a capitalist system, interrupting the flow of capital will always be seen as peak violence. The heads of these institutions and the politicians backing them, albeit headasses, are smart. They know some things:

One. When police show up to non-violent protests, everyone -- the cops, the protesters, bystanders, passersby -- gets agitated. Things get tense and physical violence is more likely.

Two. The police will kill you. Some of them really want to. We have seen, in living memory, police kill anti-war student protesters on campus.

It's a very generous assessment to say that these colleges and universities, these politicians, are merely willing to let these students be killed for protesting the war and interrupting the flow of funds.

(I wrote this yesterday and didn't post it 'cause I kind of just keep my thoughts in my drafts and interact with people elsewhere online, but after everything that has happened in that time, I think it needs to be said that these institutions are calling the police in because they know they will attack protesters. They are calling them in to violently, even lethally, snuff out this movement. They're called in to administer punishment, not peace.)

[nb-marceline]

(full article here)

[some-pers0n]

I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. "Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don't you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It's so mid and bad you should listen to real music–" you are a pit of misery

[churroach]

Looking respectfully

(EDIT: fellas, it’s really not that deep. Anyone starting beef over this stupid drawing getting blocked, i dont care to argue with people who come and judge me (a stranger) in bad faith. A bit dissapointed that this joke post is what’s getting the most attention but alas that’s the internet for ya i guess.)

[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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[sanguinifex]

You gotta read and watch some old books and films that aren’t 100% modern politically correct. I’m not saying you should agree with everything in them but you need to learn where genres came from to understand what those genres are doing today and where media deconstructing old tropes is coming from.

Also, more often than you might think, they’re not actually promoting bigotry so much as “didn’t consider all the implications of something” or just used words that were polite then but considered offensive now.

Kill the censor in your head.

[pirateprincessjess]

When I was a kid my family pretended to get raptured so I would think I was left behind on earth while they all went to heaven.

I was like 8 years old and my sister and mom had gotten really into the Left Behind novels (bible fan fic about the rapture). In the books when the rapture happened the clothes that people were wearing when they got raptured were left behind in neatly folded piles.

One day when I was getting home from school my family decided that they would leave piles of neatly folded clothes around the house, and then hide in the basement.

The intended effect was that I would get home and see the clothes then, think that my family had been raptured and that I wasn’t good enough to get into heaven… or something?

The problem was that I had never read these books, and didn’t really think about the rapture very often. There was no reason that I would see some laundry on the floor and think “The rapture happened and I’ve been abandoned by God! I’ll never see my family again!! Oh nooo!!!!”

I just sat down and watched cartoons and eventually my family got bored and revealed that they were all hiding in the basement.

It’s a good thing I didn’t understand the joke, otherwise that shit would have been traumatic.

[holographings]

they got me. they fucking got me. jayvik nation hello

[demaparbat-hp]

He's never happy

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Expertise can't help you here.

[qrowpilled]

hate when you find a character whose so infuriatingly Your Type that its embarrassing like yeahg no one is gonna be surprised when i announce this is my new Guy Of The Month

[littlemut]

[cardo-de-comer]

10/10 - "all is gone, none is won"

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[pangur-and-grim]

one thing that took me embarrassingly long to learn is "sometimes when people say things, they will not be true."

I used to tell people about this revelation and they'd be like yeah.....duh.....but like, why wouldn't my base assumption be that you're communicating to me in a straightforward manner. anyway, I get scammed a lot.

[captainbee66]

I miss the era of the internet where everyone had an evil alter ego/character that would show up on their channel, just to be silly, that eventually got a lot of lore from the fandom for no reason. It was a simpler time.