#because i and others need that clarification

[strawberryamanita]

"I don't like looking at a guide to understand tone tags!" Fam the youth of today make up new slang every five minutes nowadays. I'm getting whiplash trying to understand* Skibidi Ohio rizzler gyatt whatthefuckever, but I'm not trying to stop the rest of the world from using it

*I appreciate you taking the time to try and explain it, but I've done some research and... it's not sticking. I don't understand, and I'm okay with not understanding

[anistarrose]

feel like my headcanons for gender-nonconformity amongst Tres Horny Boys often fall just a little to the left of usual fanon — by which I mean, I see Taako as androgynous more so than feminine, and see Magnus as the one who's feminine, but in ways that he mix-and-matches with masculine elements too. and of course, the distinction between any of these things is a social construct, and is probably best thought of as revolving around individual intent — but that's how I like to conceptualize them conceptualizing it, you know?

this is probably better explained by example. to me, the typical Taako outfit is going to be something like those long flowy pants that are indistinguishable from a skirt at a distance, but with occasional real skirts in the rotation too (just to keep them guessing). while the average Magnus outfit involves multiple earrings (the dangliest ones that wouldn't be a hazard in a fight), pink nail polish, and a pair of cargo shorts. pure chaos that only he could make work. then in the meantime, Merle has never in his life even seriously contemplated gender presentation at all — if he puts flowers in his beard, that's 'cause it brings him closer to Pan and he happens to think these colors look nice! no reflection given and no reflection needed on any cultural concepts of masculinity, and whether or not he aligns with them.

[shadowxamyweek]

[la-principessa-nuova]

yeah, it's still not clear:

what counts as a weapon

what counts as a blade

what counts as a kind

without more information, the question is basically:

do you think there's more ????s of ????, or non-???? ????s?

like is a rock a weapon? since they have often been used as weapons? does it need to be man-made and purpose built to be a weapon? what about a utility knife? does that count as a weapon? and what about explosives? or a car used to intentionally run somebody over? do fictional weapons count or just ones that exist irl? what about real designs that haven't been produced? are teeth and claws weapons or only if they're pulled off first?

is a spike a blade? what about a sharp edge of a weapon not meant to be used to slice? what about an arrow tip?

is "ax" a kind of weapon or do we need to be more specific? is "polearm" specific enough? is "halberd" specific enough? a particular style of halberd? a specific design? are the idiosyncrasies of each produced unit enough to be considered a distinct "kind" of weapon? what if i customize mine with an engraving? what if I modify the shape of the blade by accident or on purpose? what if I add a second blade to the other end? what if I snap the handle in half and make it shorter?

and if bullets aren't weapons, then what about arrows? what if an arrow is used as a spear?

honestly it seems a bit unfair to projectile weapons to consider a different kind of projectile as not a distinct weapon. like it would sound ridiculous to decide that a different shaped blade makes it not a distinct weapon if the handle is the same, since that's the part that does the damage.

that all being said, without further clarification, I have to side with non-bladed weapons, because there are so many ways to make something do damage other than a blade, and the fact that humanity has interacted with and focused on blades so much I think introduces a ton of bias to make it seem like there's more blades.

sort of like how transcendental numbers (like pi or e) seem so rare because we encounter algebraic (not transcendental) numbers so much more often, but in reality there are a countably infinite number of algebraic numbers but an uncountably infinite number of transcendental numbers, so there are actually not just more transcendental numbers, but way more.

so I'm going with non-bladed, but it's such a subjective question that it could be interpreted to have any correct answer.

[illicien]

Every so often I see... interesting takes about Zemo that leave me questioning if we... all saw the same stuff.

Like, you know he commanded a death squad before his fam even died, right? This man is not a good dude. Sure, maybe it was in the name of his country but also... his country was a shit show and he said as much.

So I am absolutely perplexed by the number of "he wouldn't do x" and "why does everyone make him so toxic" kinds of things. He actively waterboarded Vasily Karpov like one of the first times we saw him. He was put in the RAFT because he is a fucking terrorist.

This feels like another one of those things I guess that reminds me of Hannibal. Him being polite doesn't make him any less of a cannibal. You can be both polite and a bad person.

[scopophobia-polaris]

But seriously tho you ever sat there with you and your wife just like this is dumb we can make a much more concise point and bring up some actual stuff about TP that can be read by the source material and now I'm reading Evelyn Alsultany work Arabs and Muslims in the Media after 9/11 that @blackautmedia recommended dude I am so sorry for dragging you into this but thank you so much for this anyways everyone here is the paper it's a pdf so don't get worried if yall wanna take a read 😭

[evilfloralfoolery]

Y'all can laugh at this real world shit.

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Hmmm I wonder why I cling to the fact that I’m smart and crave academic validation so much and immediately feel really good anytime someone reminds me that I am smart

*sibling had 4.8 gpa. sibling called me dumb a million times. sibling says I have no common sense every single time they’re yelling at me. sibling makes fun of me for not being smart any chance they get*

Oh

[savage-rhi]

MAGENTA.

[pa-pa-plasma]

(pick the one that applies most to you & elaborate in the tags/comments if you want)

[savoureuxx]

what the fuck is this

[team-moonlark]

Wait is the main foxfire building not the glass pyramid /gen. Oh wait do you think it’s in the tower thingies? Because if so I’m listening 👁️👁️

Oh, i don't know? I call the six towers the main building and the glass pyramid is just, the glass pyramid to me. I've always imagined the glass pyramid, the six levels of foxfire, and the silver and gold towers separate, with the buildings/towers of the six levels the main building, but i could be completely wrong here.

Actually the more i think about it, you may be right with the glass pyramid being the main building!

Picture reference of what I've always considered the main building because I'm terrible at describing things.

I imagine the healing center somewhere in between the 3th and 4th towers!

I could be completely wrong and the main building is considered the glass pyramid though! I haven't reread the first couple books in a while, so wouldn't be surprised.

If someone knows what the books call the main building at foxfire please tell us. 🙏

[danthropologie]

I've been reading anons as pointing out the "and alsos" of Daniel, so basically taking his excellent driving skills for granted! Like nothing should need to be clarified there--but anon is probably right that we should say it more cause some people (not on this blog) have short memories...

yes exactly!!! the perfect articulation of what i was trying to say!!

[the-trans-dragon]

It’s fucking annoying that upper management won’t let me off light duty, but being forbidden to do my old duties and being scolded for doing any extra work sure has forced me to stop being a hardworking dedicated diligent employee.

Yesterday I made a cute little paper chain, using long strips I cut from a torn paper bag, and using some techniques I invented to hold it together without any additional materials (I’m sure my techniques are old and very simple compared to more advanced stuff, but I’m having so much fun trying to reinvent things purely by experimenting around). I threw it away in a specific place to guarantee it won’t be seen by The Manager Who Deadpan Threatens To Kill Me For Small Mistakes I Make Because I Wasn’t Ever Trained For This Job Position.

This morning I was getting ready for work and my chronic illness flared up, and I was in so much pain that I couldn’t stop my throat from trying to scream. Normally I just ignore it and go to work, even though it means risking my health and creating a small but serious possibility of ending up in emergency surgery, but today? I called in sick.

I should write my manager a thank you letter. “Thank you for saying you’d kill me if I ran out of quarters again. And for always assuring me that I’m doing everything wrong. It’s good to know I’ll never be adequate for you, because I’m finally learning to prioritize myself over everything else. I still get scolded for it, but at least I benefit from caring about myself, unlike when I care about my job and put all of my effort into doing as much work as possible.

And thank you for teaching me how to ignore the opinions of others. I never did figure out how to handle being treated worthless—I always stood up for myself, even when it meant risking my life. But I finally figured out how to say “Yes” and “Okay.” The trick is: I don’t have to mean it, just say it. It’s okay to lie to people. You taught me that if have to pick between arguing and lying, I should just lie. You always think I’m lying anyways, so I know you don’t believe it, but I guess it imitates respect enough to be satisfactory.

I realize this lesson is one that many people learn during childhood, so I hope you’ll forgive me for not knowing it in advance. Thank you for the miraculous opportunity to make up for my messy childhood.”

[taichissu]

ok but i can't handle black coffee drinkers bc like

while i dislike both coffee and tea, tea drinkers just feel so Out Of It when talking about real tea and proper brewing and shit i can't really take it all that seriously

coffee drinkers are always those dude bros who actually only drink one kind of coffee ever and god forbid you add any cream or sugar to it it's this puritan who has been dating his girlfriend since high school and they don't love each other anymore they both know they cheat on each other but they don't want to break up because they don't want the change

[skitscratched]

A day after posting this poll and I have already learnt several valuable things:

Making a poll while running off the manic energy of existential dread from the growing certainty I will not like the answer I receive is not a good idea. This makes the choices more confusing and the question vague

(+1) This also makes one more susceptible to personal bias. Ex: I have never considered pots and pans dishwasher acceptable and thus the thought to consider the option never occurred. I also forget dishwashers exist most of the time despite having one bc my personal default for dishes is hand washing while my family's is a mix. Flip side, I also learned different pots and pans can have different cleaning methods

I shouldn't try to be funny with the voting options - not everyone gets my humor

I probably should have explained the details of the options below the poll, but again, manic energy. Impulse control why did you leave me

(+1) For the sake of not screwing with everyone's previous votes, I shouldn't clarify what I meant by the choices or question. Not even when I REALLY REALLY want to

TL;DR: I need to think before making a poll because otherwise you get a chaotic mess like this one

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