#firstworld

[nando161mando]

The migrant crisis in Latin America is the consequences of the Capitalist Modernity

Those people that are fleeing their land at thousands, if not millions, are met with the military and oppressive apparatus of the “first-world”, the “north-world”, European countries letting people die in the seas of the Mediterranean sea so they don’t get to the borders of the south Europe or the concentration camps in the Mexico-US border where agents of ICE and the United States Border Patrol behave as Gestapo agents by leaving people without food or any human care as they are caged – even children are separated from their families. This happens due to the eugenicist mentality of this countries, their white policies that had origin in the colonisation and the bases of the creation of the nation-state mentality.

[thingsfromthehead]

[andzi-a]

Suppression of Self-expression

The system says ‘go to school, get good grades, a good job then work to retirement so you live off your pension in your senior years’. People have been complaining for years about the lack of jobs in my part of the world. In essence this means they get hired later than most; resultantly they settle in jobs they are unqualified for while some earn peanuts. Our schools, on the other hand, condemn…

[andromerot]

lmao??

[apas-95]

trying to talk about social change with the average firstworlder is absurdly tedious because you need to go through a dozen more steps for every single point. like if you propose 'we should build a walking and cycling path here, between these two parklands, where that highway is' their first response would be 'ummm but if you built a path where the highway is youd get hit by cars'

[the-nyanguard-party]

trotskyism-firstworldism

[stormbreaker101]

How did Para happen?? Always separate from Nora, or separated FROM Nora...?

ALRIGHTY SO. I'm gonna start from a really zoomed out perspective and narrow in.

Way back in the Firstworld, we have the big three gods: Raven, Spider, and Bartleby. The edges of reality are weak, fuzzy things, a gradient between what was and wasn't.

When the Spiral was made, the gradient became something a bit more solid. A semi-proper border between what is and what isn't: the Dreaming. The "what if"s and "what could be"s. The way that Bartleby holds the Spiral together with his roots, the Dreamer maintains the Dreaming. It stands completely opposite of him, and he of it, with only the Springs Eternal being the slimmest of overlap between the two.

Flash forward to October 22, 1997. Nora is born on Earth. She is the child of destiny. Savior of the Spiral, Child of Light and Shadow, Scion of Bartleby, Divine Paradox, all that jazz. Nobody knows how it all fits together, not even Bartleby himself, but the Spiral has its Wizard.

Nora stepping into the Paradox Essence essentially 'awoke' the Dreamer, and it was able to join with Nora into becoming the Divine Paradox. It's kinda a Christian Holy Trinity situation except not a trinity, where the Scion of Bartleby and the Dreamer are two separate things but they are both the Divine Paradox now. The Divine Paradox coming to be is also what allowed the Nothing to glimpse the Spiral.

The following year, Nora had her Moment TM (can you tell it's getting late) and left the Spiral, leaving the Dreamer as the only remnants of the Divine Paradox. Now fully conscious and her own person, she names herself Para.

[firstworldlevelgod]

[malilebowitz]

amerikkans and other firstworlders talking about their experience with cars as if they were universal will never fail to annoy me. cars are a fucking nuisance and expensive to maintain, I fucking rather spend half an hour more on the bus or the subway and sleep, than waste my time in traffic and not being able to do anything but keep my eyes on the road.

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

Wish you could've seen it but there was a post of some idiot clutching pearls and crying because "Gazans are losing the ability to communicate because Israel is shutting down communications networks before intensifying attacks,".

Useless Pampered Firstworlder Discovers Basic Military Strategy, More at 11

I guess all Gazans are mute or something. Or maybe the pearl clutcher has only seen video of them shouting in some strange, incomprehensible language and thinks that means they all just make gibberish noises instead of speaking.

[endoyamato]

this is gonna sound #firstworld but i promise its not anyway i never understood the idea of flavored water bc water already tastes really good? like. why do u need it flavored. but then i remember how water tastes outside of bulgaria and im like actually i understand now

[thomasthetankengine]

i have a love-hate relationship with musicals because on one hand there a quite a few that i absolutely adore one of which has genuinely fundamentally changed my philosophies but on the other hand the online audience for musicals kinda just sucks. like if a musical isnt on broadway (or a firstworld anglophone countrys version of broadway) it just isnt talked about at all. even if a musical does make it on broadway the creators non-broadway works arent touched upon (for example, the great comet is gets a lot of love but dave malloys other works dont even tho those other works are a lot better imo). and then like even the popular musicals like six and hadestown are hardly engaged with beyond fandomization like what about the themes guys. those two are so upfront about their messages but its overlooked in favor of "girlboss omg" fandomization. all analysis is watsonian, rarely doylist.

[sentada]

Just went 2 costco #firstworld #raceswap

[andromerot]

hm i need money i think any firstworlders want to commission me whatever for 5-10 usd? (paypal 2 weeks completion)

[andromachos]

i dont even bother with anti-piracy arguments bc its literally always a firstworlder going "oh man c'mon, are you not going to pay 30 dollars for this? you're leaving people on the street? you know you pirating this makes it so artist do not recieve any economic compensaiton in their country right? couldn't you just have 30 dollars or never interact with it? maybe if you saved better :/"

[crazycatfaery]

ђєɭɭ๏, Շђเร เร ภ๏Շ ђเɭɭเє! 🧚 Evidently I am a weak HEX anon, because if you want more questions, more questions you shall have! 🥳 I hope these questions bring some joy to your days as the nights grow longer.

1 - If everyone shows up as a different color to magical senses, like the First World idea of auras, then what color are our five potential adult protagonists? If you feel moved to an essay for your reasons why I certainly won't complain, but don't feel pressured!

2 - Let's go with some just-for-fun pairing questions! How about you answer these for Ben and Rose?

Who pulls the other closer while sleeping? 😴

Who is the one who can’t stop laughing when trying to tell a joke? 🤣

Who bought the family matching pyjamas for some special occasion? (Bonus: what was the occasion and what was on the pyjamas?) 🥱

Who makes coffee (or tea!) for the other person in the morning? (Bonus: how do they take it?) ☕️

Who reaches for the other's hand first? 🤝

What is something small that they would randomly pick up for one another? 🎁

Can't wait to hear your answers! 😃 I hope you've had as much fun writing them as I have reading them.

Until next time... whenever that is! ✨💚

Omg more questions already, you know how to make me happy dear anon! 🤩

1 - Magical aura’s: Oooh now that is an interesting idea. At first I thought their aura’s would probably be something similar to the colour of their main powers, but that just seemed too easy. I also like to think that if real, aura’s wouldn't simply exist of one colour, much like people are multifaceted. They could even change depending on age/life experience and perhaps temporary by mood, but if I’d dive into that I’m sure we’ll be here for hours. So I’ll stick to assigning base aura colours to each person, which would be:

Farah: Royal/dark blue. Formal, mysterious, melancholic, but also stable, warm and empathic.

Saul: Teal. Cold, uneasy, private, but also supportive, logical and sympathetic.

Ben: Jade green. Naive, insecure, fearful, but also compassionate, intelligent, and healing.

Rose: Amber. Overbearing, emotional, impatient, but also generous, energetic, and positive.

Luna: Maroon. Arrogant, fickle, moody, but also inspiring, sensual, and ambitious.

2 - Ben and Rose questions: *rubs hands together excitingly*

Ben pulls Rose close more often than the other way around, but I’m sure Rose does it too.

Rose is a giggler and an emotional person, so she has a hard time keeping a straight face when telling a joke.

Ben once picked up on this Firstworld holiday called Mother’s day around the time Rose was pregnant with Terra, and he bought a matching set of onesies with heart prints on them thinking they were baby and toddler-sized. They were not. Rose loved them. Yes, she made him wear one.

They both are tea drinkers, Rose more avidly than Ben. Rose doesn’t function well if she hasn’t had a strong black tea with a splash of milk and two sugars first thing in the morning, which Ben happily makes for her. Ben drinks his tea plain.

They both reach for each other's hand, but I like to think Rose does it more.

Ben pick’s up Rose’s used teabags she tends to leave around the house (not on the floor, but I couldn’t think of anything Rose would drop). Rose picks up Ben’s pruning shears, which he somehow always forgets to put away and keeps slipping in his back pocket instead, losing them often when he bends down. Bonus: Rose takes off Ben’s glasses off when she wants to give him a good snog.

Sorry, I didn’t write an essay this time, I’m a bit low on energy while fighting off a cold 🤧. Thank you for obliging me, I hope you like my answers! 💚