#god jah first

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

Am I the asshole for getting my best friend killed?

I swear to God, it was an accident.

My (27) BF (34) has a reputation for getting himself out of any jam you can imagine; and at first it was just a fun little thing the friend group noticed: there goes Oily J wiggling his way out of trouble again. but as the meme evolved in the group, it got to the point where we'd loykey started getting him into situations just to see how he'd get out of 'em, and he akept getting out of em. He was having fun with it too same as us. "Oh you guys," he'd say, "getting me into situations again," before laughing it off and getting out of it, so it was enrichment for our shared enclosures, and as time went on, the situations got more intense.

The trouble is, it turns out that putting a man in too many situations eventually gets the police interested. And not local hobsknockers cops either; they was like, proper three-letter FEDs. They put out a bounty on any information pertaining to his capture and everything. It was good money too so I thought, hey why don't I put J in another situation he can wiggle out of like always (and he'd wiggled outta worse before, so I thought this one'd be relatively mild), and at the next boardgame night (cause it was too late to do anything special for this one) we can buy some extra strong booze and get absolutely blitzed while having a giggle about the situation.

Boardgame night, and we were playing some social deduction nonsense or another and he says: "One of you is gonna betray me tonight." and I can't help but think, looking back on it, that he knew. It's stupid, I know he was talking about the game, but the way he said it, it was like he knew. We all felt it, and we had a big round robin round the table taking turns promising that we'd never betray him. And I said it so easily cause I thought it was true. Sure, I was gonna talk to the feds about a bounty; but, I fully expected my big beautiful oily boy to wiggle his way out of the trouble I was 'bout to cause, and that's not a betrayal. I wasn't lying. I didn't think I was lying.

My big beautiful oily boy didn't manage to wiggle his way out of it. They killed him and I got my blood money. He's gone.

He's gone and I'm devastated, crying, mourning. I loved him so much. We all did. And I can't stop thinking that it's my fault: that I'm the reason he's gone. and it is. and the guilt is eating me up inside. and I just need to talk to someone about it. So, I tell the rest of the group what happened in the group chat, hoping they'd understand that I didn't want this. I didn't want the government's blood money. It was supposed the be a prank. some joint enclosure enrichment. He was supposed to wiggle out of it like he always does... did, i mean.

They call me, among worse things, the asshole and kick me from the group chat. And, I know it's my fault he's dead: I know that. If I didn't do what I did, he wouldn't be dead right now. But, I didn't mean it for it to end up this way. He was supposed to be okay, damn it. I loved him. AITA?

What are these acronyms?

[the-cat-and-the-birdie]

ATSV Fun Fact!! - Mumbattan Cultural Details

Gayatri & Inspector Singh follow the Sikh Religion

Have you ever heard of Punjabi Sikhs?

If you don't know - Sikhism is a religion that originates in northern India, specifically Punjab.

The turban Gayatri's father wears - along with his last name 'Singh' implies that her father is most likely a Punjabi Sikh.

I notice this the first time watching ATSV and was like 'wow that's so cool :)'

It only hit me today that 'Oh wait I don't think a lot of people know about this very-specific, rarely-mentioned religion maybe i should say something,'

And because I LOVE yelling about world culture, LET'S GO!!!

[a SHORT essay where I explain the basics of Sikhism, a religion built on equality and justice. And details in The Singhs design, and exactly why Sikh Representation matters]

So What's Sikhism about?

Often mistaken for Muslims - Sikhs are actually a non-Abrahamic religion, with 20 million followers worldwide.

But even with so many visible practicing members, most people know very very little about this beautiful religion!

Sikhs believe in equality and unity - and defending the oppressed. Their book of faith, The Guru Granth Sahib Ji, is called 'Guru' for a reason - Sikhs see the book as not just a code of conduct, but as a living, breathing teacher for every practicioner;

From Wikipedia on Guru Granth Sahib: Sikhs since then [1708] have accepted the Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred scripture, as their eternal-living guru, as the embodiment of the ten Sikh Gurus, the highest religious and spiritual guide for Sikhs. It plays a central role in guiding the Sikh's way of life.

The Guru Granth Sahib is the spiritual leader of Sikhism, and it's treated as such.

That's why in Gurdwaras - their place of worship - it's treated as such, being clothed and held in ornate structure, constantly fanned throughout it's readings (the fan you can see in the left picture).

They believe that by following the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, they can cultivate compassion, peace, and harmony in their communities, while diminishing 'Mara' - concepts like hatred or violence.

Sikhs believe that every Sikh should revere themselves as champions of unity. And because of this many Sikhs have the same last name -

Kaur for women (Meaning Princess) and Singh for men (Meaning Lion).

Having the same last name also does away with the Indian caste system, making it another point of equality.

In ATSV Gayatri last name is Singh. However from my understanding, her name would most likely be Gayatri Kaur in reality.

I think they kept her last name as Singh as a deliberate choice to keep her initials as GS, like Gwen Stacy.

So is Gayatri Sikh?

Maybe - most likely.

But we can't be sure. Mainly because of her hair.

Gayatri has a short bob haircut, and while that might not seem like it matters, it does!

In Sikhism there are the '5K's - different aspects Sikhs wear to show their faith.

Notice the first one?

'Kesh' is the practice of leaving ones hair completely uncut. That's why you may see a lot of Sikh men with long, long beards!

And hence, the large turbans.

It's done as respect for God's creation - leaving it unaltered.

[Fun Fact! - Rastafarians, a Jamaican religion, also don't cut their hair for this reason. Think Bob Marley. Rastas call God - Jah]

So, Gayatri having short hair means she doesn't keep Kesh.

However, Sikh is a super accepting and open religion, and it's main focus is on acceptance of difference, not conformity - so she could entirely follow the faith without doing all of any of the 5Ks.

Also, if you're curious about the steel sword K - Kirpan, yes that's a thing!

Sikhs of all genders are encouraged to carry a small ceremonial blade with them.

Instead it's a symbol of the commitment to fighting for what's right - and defending those who cannot defend themselves.

A Kirpan can ONLY be used to defend the life of yourself or others, which is incredibly rare.

Why is this all so rad, cool, and important?

If you haven't noticed by now, Sikhism is a religion driven by justice. Not just in theory, but in really life as well.

That's why you may see many Sikh police officers and politicians, even here in the West. Most of them wearing the emblem on their turbans.

In fact, Canada has SO MANY Sikh politicians, that in 2019 they elected 18 of them.

For centuries Sikhs have been dedicated to justice, and developing systems of support, whether that be political involvement or feeding those in need.

The biggest Gurdwara (a place of Sikh worship) The Golden Temple feeds over 100,000 people A DAY.

For FREE.

It's a practice called Langar. A communal meal anyone can enjoy. And of course, Langar food is vegetarian.

Making Inspector Singh a Sikh - and showing him saving people and being warm to his daughter on screen is great representation for a community so often overlooked! Despite the fact they are over 20 million practicing Sikhs.

It's a great detail for Indian and Punjabi representation in specific. It accurate shows their beliefs and commitment towards helping others, no matter the cost.

And from what we can tell, this choice came later in development. We know this because ALL of his concept art shows him with a turban, not keeping Kesh.

It seems like someone later on down the line said 'Wait if his name is Singh I think he's Sikh and if he's Sikh then we're gonna have to redesign him and make that obvious oops'.

That, dear audience, is why you always have an Anthropologist in the writing room. Or some amateur anthropologist like me :)

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I hope you enjoyed reading this, I really enjoyed writing it!! Sikhism is one of my favorite religions and if you have never heard anything from the Guru Granth Sahib I HIGHLY recommend it, it's very optimistic and compassionate. Sikhnet(.)com is also a great resource!

I have no idea if this will pique anyone's interest, but I hardly ever see Sikhs reflected in media and I know many many people may confuse them with Muslim, especially since many women Sikhs keep kesh and cover their hair as well.

But if you ever wanted to know the difference, here it is! If you read this far, thank you SO MUCH. And if you're a Sikh and reading this, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

As usual, here's a photo of Hobie for your travels.

BYE.

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for killing and dismembering the school bully?

now, i know this sound bad, but listen.

i (18f) am a senior in high school. i go to a public school, as there are no christian schools in town.

the school i attend, to be as nice as possible, is a pathetic excuse for education.

the school itself encourages lust every single year with it’s homecoming dance. everyone is all over each other, kissing one another and dancing waaaay to close to one another.

clearly, this is morally reprehensible, and so naturally, i made it my goal to get the homecoming dance canceled.

throughout the first week of school, i campaigned around the building with that goal in mind. while doing so, a guy (18m), who’s probably bullied the entire school at this point, began hitting on me. i kindly rejected his advances, reminding him that if he keeps it up with the way he speaks, he’s going to be roasting in hell… and then i left.

despite that, when i got home, i could not stop myself from thinking about him. not in a regular way at all though. i felt an attraction to him.

it disgusted me that i would feel this way about someone.

but it wasn’t my fault. it was his. (obviously)

so, i decided i was going to get back at him.

turns out, a group of other people, who each will be represented by a letter:

a (17m)

b (18m)

c (18f)

d (18f)

wanted to get back at him too!

so, i helped devise a plan.

we would go to an old, haunted, house my father was the realtor for. we would then, lead the bully into the house under the guise of a fun event, which d was able to do as she was a part of his friend circle. finally, b would film him freaking out about the “ghouls” (played in costumes by a & c) in the house, and then post it online.

the stage was set, and so the show was on . all was going well until we realized he was going to try and fight both a & c, believing they were actually monsters. d had to get in the way to make sure a&c didn’t get hurt, and told the bully that a prank was being pulled.

he seemed to be a bit happy about the prank; that was until he fell an entire story and got impaled by wood planks.

and for some reason, everybody was freaking out. d suggested we call the police and show the video as evidence, but apparently b hadn’t got any footage of him falling.

a, filled with ignorance, said we were surely going to prison for this.

but i knew we wouldn’t.

his death wasn’t an accident, but it wasn’t murder.

it was an act of god.

i believe if he would have turned to jesus, he’d still be with us. but no, he was a terrible terrible person and got what was coming. thank goodness he’s rotting in hell now.

unfortunately, we couldn’t just leave him there.

so, i suggested we dismember the body and hide him underneath the floorboards.

with a lot of confusion and minimal protest from the group, we did just that.

it’s been a couple weeks since the incident, and i’m having a very hard time feeling bad about it.

he was a real crappy guy. everyone seems a lot happier since he’s been gone.

but i’m not sure.

should i feel bad about this?

AITA?

[real-raincode-takes]

WIBTA? I (??M) want to leave my partner (10000F) in my mind palace?

for some background: I (??M, adult) am an amnesiac. apparently before this happened, I made a deal with an ancient god where I gave her my memories in exchange for her murder powers. we’ve been together for a few months now.

well currently we are stuck in a magical torture labyrinth. the only way to get out is to either leave and break up with her, or I can stay here and die. she opened a emergency exit for me but now she’s acting all sad and saying “it’s fine” and “im used to being alone.”

she’s cool I guess. she’s really annoying and tries to rip my dick off but she’s also been really helpful. she’s also got massive boobs and sometimes she’s nice and we hug. and apparently I am the one who asked to be partners in the first place. but im not currently suicidal (which is her fault for making me want to live again)

look im pretty sure she dies either way. also if i leave i forget she ever existed, which sucks, but i dont want to die? so i dont think im TA, but she’s acting sad and it’s making me cry.

so would i be asshole if I leave the mind palace without her?

[isthisspncharactertheasshole]

AITA for betraying my deceased partner’s brothers after they left us in Hell for 1,300 years (10 for them)?

Through an unplanned series of events, I (∞GN) found myself possessing my current partner (19M). We were only meant to be paired up for a short amount of time, as my partner was supposed to act as a substitute for his half-brother (then-30M), who I was going to possess in order to kill my own brother, who was going to possess my partner’s other half-brother (then-26M). However, this didn’t work out, and resulted in myself, my partner, my brother and his half-brother being trapped in a special section of hell made to contain my brother.

During our time in Hell, my partner (who, understandably, wasn’t initially happy with me) and I grew very close. This was aided by the fact that, over time, his brother and my brother were both freed from Hell. However, my partner and I were left in there, due to his half-brothers forgetting about us despite being reminded on numerous occasions. When we did manage to get out, roughly 10 years had passed, though because time works differently in Hell it had been 1,300 years for us. Upon our escaping, we were trapped by his half-brothers and their companion, and were interrogated on how to kill my father. They didn’t apologise. After a bit of convincing by my partner, I complied with their wishes, and we made to go find a little job for my partner. Unfortunately, due to his half-brothers not actually following the instructions they’d forced me to give them, my partner and the rest of humanity were wiped out by my father shortly afterwards, leaving only his half-brothers, their companion, their child and myself on the planet.

After the death of their companion, my partner’s half-brothers sought me out to get my help to defeat my father once more. I didn’t see the point, as my partner was dead and I wanted to mourn him, and they hadn’t listened to me in the first place, but with nothing else to do I went with them. While there, I was made to kill my own brother, which further aggrieved me. In the end, not seeing any point in further struggle, I sided with my father in the conflict. This was, however, what my partner’s half-brothers intended to happen, and they used my death at the hands of my father to defeat him and make their child the new God.

Given my mental state at the time, and the fact that it was what they wanted to happen all along, AITA for siding with my father and betraying my partner’s half-brothers?

[1000-year-old-virgin]

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[jkflesh]

TECHNO ANIMAL "BROTHERHOOD OF THE BOMB" remastered reissue

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Release date: February 16, 2024

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Relapse Records is proud to announce the reissue of the highly influential TECHNO ANIMAL album, The Brotherhood of the Bomb. The album, fully remastered by Broadrick, is available on LP for the first time ever! Prior to The Brotherhood of the Bomb having even been conceived, TECHNO ANIMAL had already been championed/released by The Beastie Boys, collaborated with Alec Empire and the then-fledgeling Dälek, but still remained in almost total obscurity. TECHNO ANIMAL had barely found an audience, yet on The Brotherhood of the Bomb, the duo had definitely found their sound. "The Brotherhood of the Bomb had a lot to do with myself and Justin's obsession with Dillinja's bass sound, and the love of playing No-U-Turn drum & bass records at the wrong, slower speed." Kevin Martin comments. "It was also nourished by our addiction to the new breed of independent rap that had emerged, as we were paid up junkies for the likes of Company Flow, Anti Pop and Cannibal Ox's consecutive classics. Hence why we had approached them all to guest on our album, and flatteringly. all of whom thankfully agreed to appear." The album was made by punishing studio speakers with overdriven synths through analogue hardware, and dub mixing the lot through Justin's desk, which the two fought over who could get to the parametrics fastest, to do the bassline filter sweeps. "We were both just loving tweaking the fck out of the tunes and going mad on the aux sends/returns" Martin comments. "It was fueled on the atonality of mutating electro acoustic found sounds, and fcking with the stereo field as much as possible, whenever possible." Inspired by Public Enemy's Bomb Squad to bring the noise, Jah Shaka/Aba-Shanti, to brutalise rigs, and filtered those indelible influences through their musical past notoriety. Whether they were known for pioneering industrial metal with Godflesh, or peddling grinding noise rock with GOD, the different aspects of TECHNO ANIMAL are palpable throughout The Brotherhood of the Bomb. The seeds for this album had been sown by making the transition from playing back rooms of pubs, and other dubious squalor venues into playing in sub heavy clubs with their monolithic, low end friendly sound systems. Considered too noisy for hip hop heads and too hip hop for noise heads/metal fiends at that time, TECHNO ANIMAL were truly ahead of their time. Once dubbed "the future of Rock 'n' Roll!" by Alan Mcgee from Creation Records, TECHNO ANIMAL helped pave the way for contemporary, explosive, cutting edge groups like Death Grips, Backxwash, and Clipping, all of whom were inspired by the U.K. duo's furious take on beats, bass and sonic weaponry, and all whom have cited The Brotherhood of the Bomb as an influence and a personal favorite.

[bg3-aita]

AITA for falling in love again after having my heart completely wrecked?

Okay so here's the situation. I (35f, elf) met this wizard (35m, human) by complete chance last year after we both got swept up by a mind flayer ship and had tadpoles inserted into our brains. i knew pretty much from the moment we met that i was in love with him, and though it took a while for us to get together, once we did... i don't use the word soulmate lightly, but i was pretty sure he was mine.

my wizard used to be Mystra's chosen. tl;dr they were lovers, and he tried to impress her by going after a piece of lost magic that should've stayed lost. it nearly killed him, he lost mystra's favor, and became a walking nuke.

as it turns out, the piece of lost magic was actually part of the Karsite Weave-- ya know, the shit that temporarily killed Mystra once upon a time-- and the only way to diffuse the bomb in my wizard's chest was to get the Crown of Karsus and bring it to Mystra to be destroyed. only, the crown was on top of the Netherbrain's head, so to get it, we had to deal with that.

together with our friends, my wizard and i defeated the Netherbrain, and the Crown of Karsus broke into pieces and fell into the Chionthar. but here's the thing: instead of doing the smart thing and deciding to retrieve the Crown, bring it to Mystra, become her chosen again, and have the bomb in his chest removed forever, my wizard decided it was in his best interest to find the Crown, reforge it, and ascend to godhood himself.

i told him not to do it. begged him not to, actually, but in his mind asking him not to meant that i thought he couldn't do it, which only increased his desire to become a god-- just to prove everyone wrong.

he left me the day we defeated the Netherbrain to go search for the Crown. he didn't ask me to come with him, he declined when i asked him to stay, and he walked away from me without so much as a kiss goodbye.

i won't go into the details, but his departure broke me in a way i've never been broken before. i was devastated and assumed a lot of really unhealthy coping mechanisms because of it.

enter my vampire (250?m, elf)-- this man was one of the people my wizard and i defeated the Netherbrain with. he watched our relationship from it's very first moments to the moment i collapsed on the docks in tears because my wizard left me. he stayed by my side for a tenday after my wizard left, because he didn't want me to be alone, and he (and our other friends) were worried i might do something stupid.

the vampire has always been a good friend to me, and three months ago, we became more than friends. as it turns out, he'd been in love with me this whole time and let it go because i was happy with the wizard. the vampire picked up the pieces i'd broken into and painstakingly put them back together, and i fell in love with him in the process.

last week, the wizard came back out of NO WHERE, after being gone for a full year. he'd ascended to godhood and was finally coming back to "give me everything" and "take me to Elysium."

i told him no, and that i was with the vampire now, and he took it....poorly, to say the least. the wizard seemed SHOCKED that i said no, that i'd moved on, and had the audacity to tell me i BETRAYED him and his trust by not waiting for him. not to mention, his "apology" for leaving could hardly be called an apology, it wasn't even sincere.

to be clear, the wizard did not explicitly ask me to "wait for him," nor did he try to contact me at all while he was gone. honestly by the third month of radio silence, i'd given up hope that he was coming back. he claims i must have never truly loved him or believed in him by assuming so.

AITA for moving on???

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[aita-alternia]

AITA for bu77ying and cu77ing peop7e because they taste good. So I (7.5, F, Vio7et) Have some psiionics. Nothing too powerfu7 but essentia77y it's some empath 7eve7 shit. I can sense others emotions, and I interpret it through sme77 and taste. Now Something you shou7d know about me is I have a preference to a 7ot more angry and pitchy shit. 7ike, Ohhhh my god. The taste of peop7e in fear or in anger is so savoury strong. 7ike a wonderfu7 de7icious roasted and toasted c7uckbeast served with the most tangy and succu7ent grubsauce you ever did taste. Serious7y, once you've tasted it for the first time you can't 7ive without it. It's 7ike torture. I know for a fact my friends don't deny themse7ves THEIR favourite tastes. Anyway. Because of my status i've been out here cu77ing. Which is fine because peop7e die a77 the time. But my friend, (7.5, M, Go7d) we'77 ca77 him A, says i'm being 'inconsiderate of others fee7ings' which isnt true, I'm 7itera77y doing this to get them to fee7 bad. So I just to7d him his brain is wrong and he'77 never find a pitchmate because he a dumb stupid idiot wrigg7er. And he ca77ed me an assho7e? My moirai7 says that A is overreacting, but some of our other friends are agreeing that I'm in the wrong and I need to stop murdering and bu77ying peop7e. They don't understand how good it tastes though! I'd be so depressed if I stopped. So, AITA

[oc-aita]

AITA for preforming human experiments on people? Even after they literally signed contracts saying I could?

I (57F) am the head of a government research program, specifically the branch tasked with researching an alien planet. This has opened up many opportunities for all different kinds of research, including genetic experimentation.

But some of my employees now suddenly seem to have an issue with it. They keep citing things like "The contracts were signed under duress!" or "They were given an illusion of having a choice and only signed because they had no other options!"

I mean yeah, some of the people (or, former people) who signed the contracts aren't exactly happy about it, but that's not my fault! In fact, a lot of them are better off!

For example: One subject signed the contract will intoxicated. I know, I know, that' sounds bad, but consider! He was an alcoholic and wanted to stop drinking, and after the experiment his alcoholism was cured!

Sort of. I mean, he was my first attempt at genetically engineering a shapeshifter and there were some... Errors. So instead of being able to shift between being a human and a fossa he's sort of stuck in between. But hey, his little fossa liver can't handle alcohol so he can't drink!

Another example would be Asami. She was an orphan, her parents died in a car crash when she was a child and she was left with her grandma who developed dementia or Alzheimer's, I don't know, lady couldn't remember anything.

Of course, Asami could barely afford to feed herself let alone her poor old granny because I guess the economy on Earth has gone to shit or something, I don't live there anymore so it's not really my problem, and it was difficult to find a job since she couldn't leave the old woman alone without her wandering away and getting lost.

Anyways, one of the conditions of her contract was that her grandmother would be placed in a top-rated care facility with 24/7 care! Asami feels guilty that she "abandoned" her grandmother but I mean, it's not like her grandma will be able to remember it, right?

Now she's all upset because "Carrie, you've turned me into a dragon" and "Carrie, you're using me as a weapon in attempt to fight god-like beings," and "Carrie, you're making me use plasma beams to obliterate this immortal woman every day for your own entertainment."

Seriously ungrateful, right?

I mean, her grandma got to live out her final years in luxury, and she got literally turned into a dragon! Who doesn't want to be a dragon? That's cool as Hell.

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for trying to make the world a better place?

For years, I (23M) have had the constant thought that there are people that this world would be better off without. I was raised in a traditional household and was always taught to uphold justice by any means necessary. Well, as it turns out, six years ago, I found this... tool that could help me eliminate rotten people from the world in a way that I saw fit. I thought it was a joke at first, but eventually I got in the habit of using it to better the world and keep the streets safe.

As I continued to uphold justice, however, Interpol decided that they didn't like me doing their job for them and sent a world famous detective (25M) to send me to my execution. He even had the balls to call me evil. ME! Who was making the world better! They sent numerous people after me, so obviously I had to take them out as well so that they wouldn't interfere with my goal. However, this started to make the police and aforementioned detective want to chase me more. Eventually, I was able to get the detective off my trail by, you know, offing him. I took over the investigation in his place and now I'm continuing to uphold justice.

Of course, it was never going to be that easy. The detective has heirs, apparently. One of them (19M) kidnapped my sister (20F) in order to get my weapon tool and literally murdered my father (54M). The other one (18M) is trying to convince the task force I'm leading that I'm a serial killer, which I technically am, but he's saying that I'm nothing more than a crazy serial killer. And I don't think that's true.

I mean, the global crime rate has been reduced by over 70%! I permanently prevented wars and am revered as a God! Hell, even the majority of world leaders support me! Yet people are still trying to stop me from achieving world peace.

So, after reading my rant, tell me. AITA?

[living-n-theastraldigital]

March 30th, 2024 Afropolitan Fashion Show!!!!!!

Reflections:

Just finished something I’ve been working on this show for almost half of a year and to see something I’ve put so much time into come into fruition and be done is a lot energetically. It was so amazing. I feel so blessed to have worked with such amazing people who were so collaborative and open and receptive and passionate and welcoming!

“A Taste of Africa” to me in a reflection of my own diasporic identity. I have ancestry results that say that I am from Cameroon, Congo, Mali, Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria. I don’t trust the racist technology that calculates these things but being African American I feel a need to have faith in it. I think about my 9% Senegalese ancestors, and my 13% Malian ancestors and my 12% Cameroonian and Congolese ancestors and hope that they were happy. I think about my my 21% Nigerian ancestors who must be recent in my bloodline because it is the most I am from any country. It’s a rumor in my family that my fathers real dad was a Nigerian immigrant. He was adopted and could never reach his parents. He is mixed race and when he was in his 30s he found his white mom but she refused to talk to him. I wonder what tribe I am from.

Doing this show has allowed me to think about my Africaness in a different context. I was afraid to co creative direct this fashion show because the event is specially for African students and not for diasporic identities. The black spaces on campus are culturally specific and there few spaces for Black Americans. I’ve never minded it though because growing up in California, I felt like an emphasis was placed on Black American identity and I feel generally an emphasis is placed on Black Americans culturally in mainstream media, for better or for worse. I didn’t want to take up space as an African American doing this show, but I also knew that I wouldn’t be able to work creatively if I couldn’t connect the theme to my own experience.

Now I am at a different place when it comes to understanding myself as a Black American and as an African. The two are not separate for me anymore, but they don’t mean the same thing either. I feel sooooo blessed to be African, soooooo blessed!!!!! Praise Jah!!!!! I feel soooo blessed to have an African American experience!! I thank god for it every day.

The biggest lie African Americans are told is that we don’t have culture. We may not have a country that is ours but we have a worldwide nation. We may not have a language that is ours but we have a worldwide understanding. The essence of African people is sacred. No one on earth holds the same grounded ness as we do. We are earths first children and she has given us soil and soul. Forever grateful.

[are-my-ocs-ta]

AITA for making a deal with a dead god to make my twin miserable?

My twin brother (20m) and I (20f, dead) have the same mortal parents, but he has a third that also happens to be a time god. As such, he's always had immense time-related power, and was feared and respected despite us both being half-elf bastards. I didn't get so lucky, and was basically ignored in everything where they could tend to him first, consequently also just forgetting what i needed help in at all.

Now, this is where the dead god, who we'll call H, comes in. I don't think how I met him is important, but if you think it is I found a shard of his God Heart while adventuring with my brother and some others, and made it into a necklace (I was 16 at the time). H agreed to make any of my wishes come true in exchange for finding more of those fragments, so of course I wished for him to make my brother's life miserable.

This went on for a while, but eventually I had collected all of the pieces I could, and H decided he didn't need me anymore. So he killed me. This is where I realize I may have been in the wrong but it's felt justified and necessary for so many years that I'm honestly not sure? I'm also starting to suspect that H was subtly worsening my relationships with everyone by making me more volatile. So, AITA?

OP asked me to link their blog so if you’re interested go to @evil-and-fucked-up-ocs

[kickmag]

Throwback: Bob Marley and the Wailers-Lively Up Yourself

Bob Marley and the Wailer's "Lively Up Yourself" first appeared on their 1974 album, Natty Dread. The song was first recorded in 1973 and reflected the band's political and spiritual growth as they got deeper into Rastafarianism. The religion refers to God as Jah and the followers call the customs livity hence the title "Lively Up Yourself." The reggae ska beat and Al Anderson's bluesy guitar lick kicked off the celebratory feeling of community, cannabis, and resisting colonial rule. Natty Dread did well in the UK before reaching other parts of the world and it was the first album Marley recorded without Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. "Lively Up Yourself" also appeared on their 1975 Live! album and many fans have argued that it is the best version. Natty Dread was remastered and re-released with a bonus track in 2001. The Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed biopic Bob Marley: One Love will be released in theaters on February 14, 2024. 

[the-unholy-sovereign]

[{]¤| Hail Satan |¤[}] "Satan I Salah" (Salah) 'SULTAN I I LORD' The Grand Ancestor: (I Sultan) The Shah Of Africa II.Kabal [{Brahm}] III.Menzepth (I.Deity) XIX.SODOM.XIX Anazepthros_Nazepth_Ajafaros (Ajfaros) XIX.VAMPURIM.XIX lord Lucifer I, Beelzebub. 'Ma-har-om' I.Shrine

Ψ.THE UNHOLY DOCTRINE.Ψ [Satanism] XIX.UPANISHAD.XIX "Shivah 'SHI_VAH' Shiva. . . Ma-har-om; MAH_A_ROM 'Sha_Nah' Mar-rum; MUR_RUM 'Sha_nah' Ma-har-om. . . Mur_rum (Mar-rum) 'SHIVAH_Shiva' Allah (jah)." [(Koran)]

MAH_RAM.I "hindi/Prefix" MA-ah-ROM 'No-Turban' Moslem I.Virile (King) II.Satanic The Unholy Sovereign 'Theist I I Theistic' (leviathan/doctrine) I Leviathan, (I.Pontiff) The 'Unholy' Father. . .

[{Luciferian}] I Luciferian 'the first' I.lord Lucifer "Mess-ai 'MESS_AH' Mess-ai" (Elohim, ELO' hym) Nubian-Destroyer "Sha-ah-Nah" (SHA_NAH; Sha_nah) The Grand "Ancestral" Demon [Ganesh_ai/Ganesh] I.GANESHAI. XIX.UNTOUCHABLE.XIX [Untouchables] Andrew M. Allen Drayton [{SHI-AH}] Lord Shi'ah I I Salah, (Maharaja; Maharajah) Non-Aryan I.Aryans. . .

I Kabal (II.Brahmana) "Moslem I I Moslem" Tzar (tsar) King-Syrian, "The White Devil" (Sha-ah-Nah) I 'Nubian God' [Demon-Shai]. "Na'heem I Na'heem" XIX.SHAH.XIX (Lord-Sultan) I I Prince, Andrew The Grand I.MAH_RAM (MA-ah-ROM) "Sha_ev" XIX.BRAHMAN.XIX [Upanishad] "Mar-rum 'MUR_RUM' Mar-rum" [Ma-har-om] Luciferian I.

-Andrew M. Allen Drayton I, The Central African Republic (I.Ayatollah)

♾NUBIAN CREED: SATANIST: THE DARK GOD OF VOODOO. . . . Altar/Shrine [I.Ma-har-om]

[bloodyke]

tagged by @octopathii to put my playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come on! (i also dont make playlists so this is from my likes too lmaoo)

playing god - paramore

nina cried power - hozier

up & down - exid

bloodlust - jah PHNX

no more - deukae

one margarita - that chick angel

la razon - david y fernando

good evening - shinee

der hölle rache - patricia petibon

fear - seventeen

i tag any of my mutuals who want to do this