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Super niche, but I just saw someone comment on something saying that they can't comprehend the fact that figure skating qualifies as a sport and as a figure it kind of just ticked me off? Of course the skaters seen on TV are really good at it and they make it look easy but the amount of work that goes into training that isn't seen in competition isn't as pretty as what's shown on the screen. There's a lot of off ice training for cardio and strength in the form of fitness classes and there's also the on ice cardio training which is running program parts in addition to the full run through. AND THEN, so it looks good, there's ballet, and on ice movement, and theatre on ice etc. etc. etc. which makes you THINK it's more of an artform but I've gotten so many bruises from falling that I don't think I can call it art, more like pain. Honestly figure skating is a dangerous sport, there's so many risks that can lead to injuries, I've a couple of friends who have gotten concussed from bad falls and I call myself very fortunate for not having gotten any bad injuries that cause me to take time off (knock on wood) but all of the gross stuff that happens out of the shiny costumes is what gives figure skating the right to call itself a sport.
#Obviously I mean no offence to the person who commented saying that#It's just that this has been sitting on my chest for a while and I needed to get it off#And I don't expect people to know what goes on at the rinks during training when we're not competing#Because it's not like it gets shown in competitions on livestreams and whatnot#But I really believe that figure skating deserves to be a sport#My friends and I actually had a discussion about how we believe it's one of the hardest#because most other sports are scored based off of time or getting an object into a certain target#whereas in figure skating (and gymnastics and probably synchro swimming(?))#it's scored based off of how easy you make it look#the difficulty of the skills which you are doing#how well you execute what you are doing etc.#I don't think you can get points taken off in hockey or in soccer for falling#Do with it what you will#but I'm going to stand by my opinion#also#there is no romance with zamboni guys#most of them are old enough to be our parents or even grandparents#heck one of the arena guys at my rink retired#but then he came out of retirement to return to being an arena guy because he was bored at home or something#figure skating#And#figure skating and ice dancing are the same thing
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if you're wondering why I kind of abandoned this blog, there's several reasons (fandom just doesn't feel fun anymore, I'm trying to cut back on screen time, I've been feeling like my faith is in contradiction to what I see/read/interact with on here is for years and years now) but the final straw has been what I see on my dash every day about Israel/Palestine.
I keep seeing people I used to interact with and used to like now peddling conspiracy theories, debunked claims, inflammatory headlines, and even bloodthirsty rhetoric with tens of thousands of notes (when corrections of those posts get ~500 notes at best), and reacting to nuanced conversations like they're calls for hatred, all while turning a blind eye to the very literal vicious hatred or sheer ignorance in many of those big posts. The level of black-and-white thinking is so strong that we are wayyyy past 'us-vs-them,' we're in the kind of discourse where even 'know thy enemy' (being interested in understanding the opposing arguments even just so you can dismantle them) is considered hatred - people can't be bothered to know what they're arguing for or against, nothing short of plugging your ears and screaming for the death of the Bad People is enough. This is a wave of just about the most hypocritical, callous and uninformed 'activism' this website has ever been guilty of and it's too much. I'm done with this.
And yes, this is about antisemitism. You can all shout 'not antisemitic, just anti-zionist' all day long but you have done jack shit to prove you don't hate Jews beside chanting 'punch a nazi' in the same breath you use KKK slurs and cheer for groups that have 'curse the Jews' in their slogan. I trust none of you anymore.
#israel palestine conflict#israel hamas war#antisemitism#I should have taken a stand from the beginning and I was afraid to. makes me a pretty shitty ally I guess#I also didn't want to talk about current events on a fandom blog bc who am I to give my two cents?#and how can I justify having an opinion unless I back it up with constantly up to date and rigorously examined info#and how can I stop talking about current events once i've started? making my fandom blog no longer about fandom#I still don't know what the right thing to do is#I still don't think it's my place to speak out on much of what's going on in I/P because of how hard it is to be accurate and objective#but if I'm on any 'side' it's certainly not the side of the western 'activists'#i'm on the 'side' of the innocent people suffering in both countries and on the side of the jewish people you've made feel afraid#i'm on the side of life#you GLORIFIED TERRORISM AND SUICIDE
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My (very old) loscar brooch (?) that i just now made doodles for
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#loscar#logan sargeant#ls2#oscar piastri#op81#and now starts the rant#my fave detail is probably tge eye. there few beads like this and they were laying around until my friend said that they look loscar relate#so o started making making whole thing around that bc in my opinion it's genius (also sorry this is gonna have extremely long tags bc i had#run out of them once. maximum is 30 apparently)#I'll go by lains from here so first obviously eagle. i think it's hilarious and what's even funnier is that i bought those charms before#even knowing who Logan was. just for shit and giggles#also to coala i added a bead on top to somewhat match the height#also i love mixing up their colours bc I'm insane about that. how they ideal negatives of eachother and how orange fits logan while blue-os#so i also mixed it up with those animals charms and their attachments here#next stop - oscar lane. there not a lot of black which is bas but at least last heart is actually black. beads above it represents eyes#(you can see with doodles) and next one is for his hair but i couldn't find how to show it#and round see through bead i use for his helmet bc it shines with red yellow and blue#middle part - i talked about the eye but also beads above it. i tried to match tones so they won't clash#then fish and i love that it's in form of heart bc i associate both of them with water so much i needed something here#and bead underneath that is for Logan eyes ofc. for doodles there tried to use brown so oscar would have blond/logan brown but didn't work#AND READ HEART. “-WELL IT'S NOT YELLOW” “PREMA RED THEN?”#as you can see I'm totally normal about their prema times plus i love how it stands out with everything else and can be read as#usual meaning of red hearts. also made out of corals so it fits them too#and last but not least - Logan my beloved#first and foremost STARS#I added as much as humanly possible party bc of American meme party bc i fucking love stars and associate him with them#also added all williams shades of blue and even white so it covers all that#okay no I lied a bit bc i used a button for their dark blue#another thing i would like to mention is metal ring bc it has extremely small hearts on it that you need to look for to notice#I HIT LIMIT FUCK.last thing to say is how I tried to play with circles in middle of every lane. okay goodbye
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Posts that are like "if you reblog without this condescending addition then [threat/guilt tripping/etc]" baffle me so much because like... how are you going to verify that someone purposefully reblogged without that specific thread addition? It's such an empty claim. You cannot prove that a person went out of their way to ignore a specific reblog addition. Posts go around with like 5 different post-addition variations, that's just how tumblr works??? forever confusing and mildly annoying honestly.
#maybe it's the demand avoidance but if you say something like that then I'm not reblogging at all. shrug.#all that does is make me want to not reblog it or literally go purposefully reblog without the addition that guilts my followers and I.#like sorry but by reblogging it I am saying that I agree- and I DON'T agree with your methods. I won't secondhand talk to people like that.#I've seen such a 'the ends justify the means' mindset with how people try to make discourse-type posts gain traction#and I'm not a fan?#Either your discourse take is good enough that it stands on its own and people will reblog on their own... or it isn't that good.#anyways. tossing my 'discourse opinion of the month' card away now. see you guys again in november.
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When people write Yoichi and make him socially competent and cool and effectively flirty it makes my blood boil
Like girl that man had the childhood socialization of a feral raccoon. His only frame of reference for human interaction was fucking. Afo, of all people. until he taught himself read, at which time he decided to model his entire personality and worldview after a cheesy one-dimensional comic book hero in elastic tights. He presumably never attended any form of standardized schooling. I'm willing to bet he's never had a real job. He probably received his first and most formative exposure to the concept of romance from fucking comic books, of all things
Stop making him normal and well adjusted, you are depriving him of what little implied narrative flavor he has been given!!! He is weird!!! He is socially inept!!! He did not know what indoor plumbing was until he was at least twelve!!! He reasonably must've internalized at least some degree of his brother's batshit behaviors and belief system considering that they were literally all he was exposed to during his formative years!!!
Justice for loser freak Yoichi, you'll always be real in my heart 😔
#i just KNOW he has the same fucking mile long stare everyone judges child afo for ik it in my heart of hearts#this is flagrant social outcast erasure and I will not stand for it#if you write him effectively flirting i am killing you with my mind#/not actually it's a difference of opinion i just need more freak loser contebt pls I'm eating my gd socks out here#bnha#yoichi shigaraki#yes this is going on the main tag it's gospel bitches
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i'm like n1 lecfosa but i have to say some of the anons i've seen in other people's inboxes because they think that charles could've driven better today or that carlos deserved the win....have not been it. if you have an opinion to say, please just post it on your own blog and put your own name to it rather than going to terrorise and spit on someone who doesn't agree with you while retaining the luxury of hiding behind an anonymous icon. or even better, if you're upset, stick to the blogs that you know share your opinions.
#do not give the lecfosi a bad name we may not be particularly ethical people but we are fair#bonus points if you get that reference#but seriously guys......i was as upset as the next person but at the end of the day it's one race and charles is still p2 in the standings#with a suzuka upgrade coming that will make the front pointier#and carlos did win after getting his appendix out literally two weeks ago it is an impressive narrative people are ALLOWED to be impressed#blogs you enjoy can have differing opinions from you and that's okay!#but if you're upset about it there is no reason to send those with differing opinions a barrage of “CHARLES DESERVED BETTER DON'T YOU SEE”#like do i think charles deserved better. yeah. am i going into the inboxes of people happy for carlos and taking that away from them. no#if you have something to say that could be controversial put your name to it#like i'm fully aware my opinions are not everybody's cup of tea and that's okay#i have mutuals i really enjoy content from celebrating carlos and that's also okay end of the day it's a SPORT#if you come into my askbox and tell me that charles leclerc is washed i will be snitty because that's my territory#but the beauty of tumblr is you can curate your space - USE THAT BEAUTY#okay rant over just a psa i have been a little upset seeing some ppl i like content from get upset
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why did he do this (rhetorical) (profoundly affected)
#obviously referenced from start to finish. half second shots that kill#you go ''i was already Changed by the mere socked glasses flip / kick gifs. i'm ready'' but you are actually collapsed on the ground#raising my hand as one of the handful of randos who stood up suddenly these past few months like why yes i Will watch your films then#and also as [guy lecturing & emphatically pointing to laptop] i have to do everything myself the undereye coloring is a distinctive trait#fashion icon shit around here also i'm not kidding in the least#i want well another pair of glasses for one & graphic tees short shorts a fanny pack a calculator(?) buttonsy digital watch i completely do#also again with the adhd these flashbacks were beautiful. inspiring. revelatory. profound (cont.)#it's also occurring to me that i've watched a couple movies for the first time recently and it was like. man cmon#one horror one that was like. I Said Man Cmon. another non horror one that was just like an unending shrug#all the more appreciation like yeah hey a horror movie and also just a movie where it's like yes i'm completely along for the ride wahoo yay#raising my third hand as a correct opinions about media haver#corned beef#it#no time to be coy i was here three and greater than three years ago. and just nowadays; evidently:#reddie#online listicle video voice The Couple Of Dozen V Varied Moments From The IT Movies That Drew Blood (Mine)#whoever came up with this sequence i'm kissing on the mouth like my god. again: profound#the power of the rileable using their end of things as their plausible deniability. like oh god i hope he thinks i'm cool. ok asshole Enough#being the guy Just Standing There like fellas the boy you're in love with very insistently did this wyd (only caring abt literature)#adding a 50% pink overlay like it comes time to make these coloring choices & i put on a vivacious song to inspire having fun / being myself#great choice imo. now to slide right under that midnight est wire
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My thoughts on jewish politics are nuanced and convoluted in many ways, but if somebody comes at me with the idea of categorizing my thoughts as being in line with the "good jews" or the "bad jews," you've just got to assume I'm not One Of The Good Ones.
#jewish politics#jumblr#jew by choice#jewish conversion#personal thoughts tag#caveat that i am not officially jewish yet and some of y'all (antisemites) still treat me with similar hatred and jew hatred#for some (many) antisemites i'm already too far gone and frankly i'm glad. i'm glad to face their hatred rather than concern trolling...#...or the infantilizing antisemitic 'let me save you from the jews 🥺🥺🥺'. it makes me sick to my stomach either way but at least...#...with the outright hatred you arent trying to bullshit me. i despise when people lie to me or put on façades or use platitudes to trick m#i have never been One Of The Good Ones and i'm not about to start now basically#and i would rather stand with others/other jews (again im in progress but i digress) than stand a second near antisemitism 🙏#like i know at some point i'm probably going to have to have more concrete opinions but now isn't the right time for that#i try to educate myself but i don't for one second want to encroach. in many ways i guess i'm waiting until i am a jew? i dunno 👍#felt i should make this clear in case i do start getting the same shit the jews/fellow jews-in-prgress i follow are#thank g-d i haven't had too much shit on this account but i have already been barraged by actual tumblr nazis who called me the k-slur so h#that happened a While ago (again thank g-d) but that still cemented in my head that i am... maybe ig Too Jewish to ever be safe ever again#if that statement makes sense
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Just a heads up that I don't agree with what the fuck they're doing with Jack in TSAMS (from an ethical perspective) so I will not be making a Jack design for TSAMS. Instead I'm gonna make a Jack FNAF design and when I refer to Jack for AUs and shit it's going to be FNAF Jack and not TSAMS Jack unless explicitly stated otherwise regardless of the content.
#alex talks#I'm literally so pissed about the fact they made him a child#not that I have anything wrong with child characters#but you don't fuck with kids in my opinion#at all#He's a living weapon#he makes adult jokes#he was kissed by an old man#like in a weird way#it's fucking gross#again this is just my opinion#but my Jack is forever going to be an adult bc I cannot stand what they are doing in canon + I literally thought#for months that he was supposed to be an adult like lunar#childish at times sure but still indisputably an adult#the fact that he's supposed to be seen as an actual kid in tsams rubs me wrong in every directions
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i have been thinking about "that's not what I was thinking you should tell her" and orym's slight shake of his head and "i don't care" since it happened live
#i'm going to stand by my opinion that there wasn't any hiding it because it's been stressed that imogen is the spitting image of her mom#and keyleth said she had a suspicion because. obviously.#cr spoilers#c3e66#orym of the air ashari#imogen temult#critical role#bell's hells
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Tumblr insists I compress these down to ugly quality >_>
You can listen to the Prologue and Chapter One if you want to understand what to heck is going on here!
Listening time: 17 mins~
Sound effects used: [x][x][x]
#I have said this on other posts but I'm obviously not going to post the whole book in audio posts lol#these are just a lil taste of the story so you'll know if its for you when i finish and hopefully publish it#dipping your toe in to check the temperature. that sorta thing#the water dog#mine#my writing#original writing#sowwy about the audio quality i record on my phone and then it gets compressed#best listened to with headphones if you can stand my voice#and if you're enjoying the story so far i'd love to hear feedback! this is still just the first draft#Sybil is a tricky protagonist bc shes kinda boring at the start.... but she grows through the story i promise she gets interesting#in my opinion anyway#its hard to write a silent protagonist in a novel where she is not actually silent#but silent in the 'god i wish i didnt have to speak to people' way#anyway im rambling now!#thanks for listening if you do
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At the bus stop one time there was a gaggle of preschoolers waiting to catch the bus for a field trip day, and someone walked past with a couple of friendly little dogs, to great general delight.
But after a little bit, the dogs were getting overwhelmed, and the preschoolers were gently coaxed to back off so the person with the dogs could continue on. Specifically, one of the preschool teachers said, "Sometimes, when you're small, being surrounded by big people can be a bit scary and overwhelming. Even if they are friendly."
This was recieved as great wisdom: after all, the preschoolers were also small, and understood how scary and overwhelming big people could be! And the dogs were indeed even smaller than the preschoolers, so it made sense.
What was funny and charming was that, upon absorbing and reflecting on this wisdom, they all felt the need to tell it to one another. In tones of great insight, they turned to one another and said, "Did you know? Sometimes when you are small, being surrounded by big people can be scary and overwhelming! Even if they are friendly!" Back and forth, without any particular concern that they were all saying the same thing. Have reached comprehension of an insight, it must be shared!
I must say that this behavior is less charming in tumblr users than in preschoolers. Not least because tumblr users, having gained a little analytical skill to misuse, insist on Summarizing and Generalizing and Unifying the insights they repeat, quickly turning any interesting new information into formulaic dogmatic mush.
#i made the mistake of looking in the notes of the beach sand post i reblogged to see if anyone else had interesting comments#And the rate at which it went from like#1) person states with moderate confidence an opinion based on their personal observations#2) multiple people reply with “wow thats so insightful!” (aka it aligns with my preconceived notions of how things work)#3) someone else adds additional personal observations which are not really relevant but which can be absorbed into the narrative#4) people start outright stating the underlying belief on which this bias is constructed as if it were a fresh insight#5) general derisive attitude towards people who haven't seen the Obviously Correct solution to this complex real world problem yet#It's very.......#It's not like it's a high stakes post but it's such a microcosm of the whole dogmatic phenomenon#Also this js a more specific gripe to My Field or w/e#But the degree to which people react to the problems caused by the whole “Control of Nature” era of engineering#with this equally reductive “Nature will Fix Everything” type of attitude#Is sooooo frustrating.#Yes a great many of our current problems could have been avoided if we had not made massive changes to ecosystem processes on the assumptio#That they were simple and we understood them. And that they would respond in predictable ways.#the simplicity in retrospect of “wow we Should Not have done that” does not mean that they are simple to undo!#You can't go back in time. You can't turn back the clock on chaotic processes#Which is. Almost every process ever.#Restoration is hard! Returning to previous regimes of sediment or flooding or fire is tricky and full of foibles!#Moving towards a future which doesn't suck as much even if the past cant be recreated is also uncertain and difficult!#It's frustrating to see people act all high and mighty about how they Respect Nature unlike whoever is making all these decisions#When their understanding of the natural processes in question is AS simplistic as the people who caused the whole mess back in 1910 or w/e#Like I'm not saying there's not bad interests standing in the way of functional restoration on all levels#That's very much a fight to be fought.#But looking at that fight-in-process and saying “wow none of you Respect Nature like me uwu let nature fix it”#Is.#Ugh.
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might burst into tears at work idk
#i feel so miserable#my boss sent me a long email getting me in trouble for wearing the school uniform sweatshirt that the students wear#apparently when i wear it it means i'm being disrespectful and casual and misrepresenting the school#and i talked to my coworkers about it and they all agree it's ridiculous but there's nothing we can do about it#because our boss is a very particular boomer who makes his opinions law and also can't stand when women stand up to him#i wanted to email him back and push back on it but my coworkers said basically to let it go because it's no use and it'll iust piss him off#but i hate breaking rules. i wouldn't have worn it if i'd known it was a rule#so i feel like a fucking idiot and i'm also mad because it's a stupid rule and i hate the way my boss bullies me#but i don't know what to do. i like my job and i love my kids but i hate my boss#i just want to cry#and the thing is every coworker i talk to agree that he's a miserable old boomer who hates women#but they always excuse him? or just give up and lay down and die? i want to push back on the bastard#and at least let him know that one person (someone he doesn't value: a young woman) is not going to back down to him#i don't know. i'm so upset. i don't know what to do#and it feels stupid to be so upset but this is just the most recent in a long line of bs i've dealt with from him#so i'm just. miserable :)
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Jesus christ 5 again
❝ woah... not me apparently being compatible with an arkham employee, ❞ barton let out an incredulous scoff upon seeing the results of this 'bingo card,' squinting his eyes at some of the boxes. like, what did she mean she doesn't hate his mask? and matches his freak? barton might believe it if elizabeth didn't work at the worst rehabilitation clinic on earth, but unfortunately, she did. but then again — he didn't really know much about her, did he? barton's lips curled downwards in displeasure as he let out an uncertain hum and tilted his head to the side. ❝ what exactly are you trying to accomplish by sending me this, hmm? to show that you are 'different from the rest of them?' ❞ he rolled his eyes at the very concept, looking towards the wall for something. aha... there it was.
❝ yeah right. how about you quit and THEN we'll talk, huh? but for now, get out of here! before i use your eyes for my next doll. i've got a lot to do, and you're preventing me from doing it, ❞ barton picked up the object that he was looking for, which turned out to be a broom, and then proceeded to use it to try to get her to go away. he pushed it in her general direction and waved it around as if he was trying to spook her. and honestly, it might have looked a little bit like this:
#OF MONSTERS AND MEN: musings.#type bingo!#JSJSJ i'm sorry for using that as the visual aid but i literally thought it was just too perfect for this situation and i am by no means-#insulting elizabeth bc she is honestly SUCH a cool character in my opinion! i was just simply trying to make it easier for people to#imagine how he sees elizabeth (as that little guy running away even though she's literally quite tall LOL) bc he will commonly call people-#pests if they are bothering him so it seemed kind of fitting LMAO but anyhowww i know barton is being mean here and i apologize for that bu#he just really doesn't like ANYONE from arkham so although she got a LOT of bingos he isn't about to engage with her right off the bat.#it's basically the principle for him even though eliza isn't a doctor bc that place has caused him SO much suffering and also some of his-#friends suffering too so like. yeahhh like he said unless she QUITS then barton probably isn't going to even acknowledge that they could-#potentially work as a couple. i have nothing against her personally OFC though like i was saying! i mean i think it could be interesting-#to see if they could develop a friendship w/ each other since eliza did check off a lot of his boxes and then? who knows after that??#perhaps they could go on a date BUT as it stands barton is telling her to 'scram' so yeah 💀
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Come on, you know you want to, give us the character bingo for Viktor.
don't mind if i doooo
#ask me#okay there's a lot going on here but first things first#viktor has transcended the favorite character tier where I want to protect him or whatever#like yeah he did that shit! I support him but I also don't! the more trouble he gets himself into the happier I'll be!#do you feel me#like one of the things I love most about Viktor is that I feel so much sympathy for the circumstances he's in that are out of his control#but he has so much agency in his own story that everything he's gained and accomplished are because he makes choices#and GETS HIMSELF places#and now the same thing is happening with his BAD choices and I find that just as delightful if not moreso#he is the agent of his own salvation and his own destruction and I will be in the front row seat with popcorn for both or either#so writing him is mostly me studying him under the microscope poking him until he does something untoward it's very fun#I only hesitantly say that Viktor is like me but the Balkan ties and the grumpy-but-kind and obsessive personality#and the strong opinions about a chosen STEM field#are inescapable okay#mommy issues is not circled because I have mommy issues but bc I have convinced myself that Viktor WILL have them#if Nikola Tesla is anything to go by#the jayce-mel-viktor trifecta is ruled by mommy issues and i will stand by that claim#also viktor is more interesting with no therapy - with as little therapy as possible would be my preference#WITH THE EXCEPTION of the lonely genius shit that Singed planted in his head#that is absolutely the lie that Viktor believes that he MUST discard in order to progress as a character and I am excited for it#I genuinely think that Viktor will be happier and more eccentric as [REDACTED] but it won't last#he will hit a VERY LITERAL -if thy right hand offend thee cut it off- situation and then he'll have peace but he won't call it happiness#I can't say that I'd hate anyone who hurt him because that is half of why I'm excited for s2#but I will probably lose it at any scene where he loses to [REDACTED] for rivalry reasons#I genuinely do want to see Mel completely own his ass as [REDACTED] though like can you imagine the banter#and both of them secretly having fun with it
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I am aware that I'm sinning and that I'm gonna feel bad about it after, but fuck it
#i don't actually know what people's opinions are on embracing the dark urge#but it just feels like something people tend to oppose#now i KNOW people go to bat against astarion's ascending ending and yes i agree it's awful#but also consider that i have morbid curiosity#and that my character is a stand in for emily so#dudes this game is so much fun#fishgills speaks#fishgills plays bg3#baldur's gate 3#bg3#to be 100% clear i've only gotten to when raphael tells astarion about the ritual#and i think i'm playing way out of order but whatever#also the fact that it was mephistopheles that made the bargain is funny for personal reasons#rip to kit marlowe you would have loved your legacy living on in this gay ass rpg
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