#i need more responsibility with this blog

[teaboot]

Hey! Bamboo toilet paper person here. Your response was very thoughtful-- I want to apologize for placing the onus of climate issues on individual action, haha. I work at a zoo that bills itself as being very heavy on conservation messaging, but as a non-partisan organization we're obviously not allowed to talk about the evils of capitalism. This means that in our programming, we MUST place the responsibility of stopping climate change on individual guests, encouraging them to make more environmentally conscientious decisions like buying reef safe sunscreen or reducing carbon emissions by driving less. The most "political" we're allowed to get is telling people to stay educated and vote in favor of laws that will have a positive impact on the environment. I think I've been drinking the Zoolaid a little TOO much recently, because you're totally right-- the vast, VAST majority of damage to the environment is caused by major corporations, not random people working around their own unique needs. It was also low key a little ableist of me to take issue with that ngl.

Obviously no obligation to respond to this publicly (though it's fine if you choose to do so), but I did want to thank you for your response and mention that it did get through the nonprofit mission-based-organization propaganda living rent free in my head haha. Cheers!

Hey, you work at a zoo? That is SO cool, aadsdggjjg@!!!

And hey, no worries, you totally had a good point about endless waste and trying to counter it where possible- Just from personal experience involved in the barest edge of the fashion industry, I really, really, REALLY hate the idea that, like... people can't access simple shit like plastic straws, even if they're the best, most practical, least-harmful option for them.... because a 12 year old made up some random number for a school project about plastic waste

Where, as a zoo person, I imagine you're already aware that the average sea turtle is WILDLY more likely to die from abandoned plastic fishing nets or ocean-dump grocery bags than accidentally get a straw inside it

So here we are, using paper straws!- which may be an improvement, or may not, I don't have that data, and construction emissions are their own thing- BUT WE STILL HAVE OCEANS FULL OF ABANDONED NETS

WHICH ARE OBJECTIVELY WORSE, but MUCH harder to get rid of, and as the average person doesn't USE fishing nets, it'd much harder to market as a "You, not me" sort of issue.

Cleaning up fishing nets isn't trendy. It isn't sexy. You can't troubleshoot a cute little trendy solution for it that you can market to upwardly-mobile tweens.

But a reusable water bottle? A cute canvas tote? A metal straw? That's a solution you can buy and feel good about.

Never mind that you need to use a single cotton reusable bag somewhere like a million times before the cost of its construction counterbalances the cost of a single grocery bag every time you shop- which, hey, some of us were reusing as trash liners for their wastebaskets, or bundle bags for donating clothes, or lining for our leaky winter boots!

If a better option is available, I'll take it. But as ZERO HARM is next to impossible at this time, I personally am gonna aim for MINIMAL HARM as long as I can.

...sorry, I didn't mean to ramble off again.

But hey, if your nonprofit is doing good things, feel free to shoot me a link! I can post it on my blog :D

(Link to original post for context lol)

[lilbeanblogsabit]

Babysit A Bean 2024 - The Rules

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Diaper checks! …I might regret this… but diaper checks! From 11/29 to 12/4, I will be answering diaper checks to the best of my ability!  So get 'em out of your system because I won’t do this a ton.  But I figure I’ll need someone to tell me when to change.  

Polls, Polls, and More Polls.  Things like “What diaper should I wear” to “What should I have for dinner” and everything in between.

Lots of updates… some of them more entertaining than others I’d imagine.

Personal: 

Bean must enforce his own bedtimes and mornings.  If he doesn’t get at least 6 hours of sleep a night he gets 1 punishment point per offense, and must take an afternoon nap the day after.  

Bean must eat at least 1 meal a day.  That meal has to be okayed by me or he will earn 1 punishment point.  If he doesn’t have 1 pre-approved meal he will also earn a punishment point.  If Bean only eats a meal that is NOT pre-approved by me, he will earn 2 punishment points.  

Beanie will follow his normal drinking regiment.  Failure to do so is 1 punishment point per offense

Beanie has to send a picture of his playroom to me every night before bed, showing that it is tidy and well kept.  Failure to do so is 1 punishment point per offense

Bean is NOT allowed to sleep in my bed while I am gone.  He will sleep in his playroom.  Failure to do so is 1 punishment point per offense

Beanie is expected to keep up with his daily chores and house upkeep.  Daily FaceTime calls will confirm this.  Failure to do so is 1 punishment point. 

Beanie will put all professional responsibilities above the kinky ones.  Failure to do so is 1 punishment point per offense.

Kinky:

Beanie will be padded 24/7, either in Diapers or Pull ups.  

Beanie will carry a diaper bag wherever he goes.  It can be left in his car, but he is expected to change whenever he needs to, either in a bathroom or in his car.  Failure to do so is 1 punishment point per offense. 

Bean will not be allowed to enter the house from an outing that's over an hour, until he has peed at least once.  

Beanie is expected to keep up with his training so he must do the following. Failure to do any of these is 1 punishment point. 

Wear a plug for at least 2 hours a day

Practice his oral skills on his other cock (...that's what Daddy calls my dildo)

Spend at least 30 minutes a day with Hannah, or her stuffie replacement. 

Beanie will NOT be locked in chastity, unless it is determined he can’t be trusted.  Beanie will be allowed to make cummies, but only if someone tells him he can.  Cumming without permission is an automatic punishment. 

Tasks and Punishments:

Beanie will complete Daddy’s daily task without hesitation by 7:00pm.  If Beanie does not complete a task fully, He earns 3 punishment points.  If Beanie does’t even attempt the task, it will be an automatic punishment.

All Tasks will be confirmed complete by Daddy.

If Beanie earns 5 punishment points a day, he will be punished the following day.

All punishments will be created and dished out by the wonderful @polkadotpuddles since she loves a chance to make me suffer!

…you guys won’t know them until she dishes one out… but trust me they are WAY worse than the tasks Daddy gave me… 

Misc Rules:

All rules are flexible and can be bent if needed.  This is meant to be fun! Not meant to drive Bean insane.  

All tasks and Punishments will need photo/video proof.  Proof will be published on Bean’s blog.  If it is too blushy, proof will be submitted to Daddy and he will verify. 

Link to Main Post: *Click Here*

Link to Daily Tasks: *Click Here*

[olderthannetfic]

"People worried about ao3 must be privileged to have no other worries right now" is…a very, very, very bad-faith assumption. First of all, if it annoys you when people lambast anyone that dares donate their money to ao3 instead of social issues, you ought to see why it might annoy people when you lambast them for being concerned about ao3 "instead of" social issues, particularly because money is a limited resource, and when it comes to donations it ACTUALLY IS "this $20 is going to ao3 INSTEAD OF my local homeless shelter" (even if you also donate $20 to your local homeless shelter, you COULD'VE donated $40 and didn't, which is fair and fine, but point is, money is a limited resource) and concern is NOT a limited resource. It's not "you're worried about ao3 INSTEAD OF queer people and people of color and women." I'm sure a lot of them ARE worried about queer people and people of color and women! They just want the opinion of The Fanfiction Blog about whether ao3 will be affected! Which leads me to my next point: second of all, y'all, this is the fanfiction blog, about fanfiction, where we discuss fanfiction. You know, the fanfiction blog? It's become a forum for every topic under the sun, but it remains, at its core, a fanfiction blog, about fanfiction, where we discuss fanfiction. Someone worried about whether ao3 will be affected doesn't need to add on "oh, and also, here's all the other issues I'm worried about right now." There's a chance they've sent a separate anon about that. Because most of us are on anon, and you can't assume you know whether someone is affected by more "legitimate issues," or even assume they've never mentioned more "legitimate issues" ON THIS BLOG before, from one anon. And even if they haven't...it might be because this is the fanfiction blog, where we discuss fanfiction. Doesn't mean they're not engaging in discussions about more "legitimate issues" elsewhere. And lastly, censorship remains a social issue. It cannot be cleanly separated from other social issues, particularly queer issues. The fact it's unlikely the new administration can touch ao3, or even cares enough to attempt it at all, doesn't mean it's dumb or privileged to be worried about ao3. Antis have used the "you're not being oppressed for your smut" line in response to our criticisms of censorship before. & I'm also just sort of tired by "don't worry about whether the new administration will do XYZ, that's illegal." It's like telling someone "don't worry about being robbed, that's illegal." I know we're attempting to mitigate fatalism and that's fair and good, but even if the new administration doesn't come for ao3 in particular, we might have to contend with increasingly bold attempts to censor and even criminalise sexual expression, and expression considered sexual (ie queer expression). It's a leap to say "THEY'RE GOING TO COME FOR AO3, A FANFICTION SITE MOST OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW EXISTS," but I can definitely sympathise with the worry behind that leap. A lot of us are panicked right now, and panic famously doesn't encourage rational thought. Apologies for the wall of text, I'm not capable of being terse. I need to emphasise about THE FANFICTION BLOG, dammit!

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Why does no one send me knitting questions?

[butchpeace]

hi there! thank you so much for you're response to my anon ask- i was honestly expecting you to mock me and then tell me im in a cult and am bringing down other women- which is the response i usually get when trying to ask radfem blogs things- i understand why they would say this but i am asking questions genuinely. I've looked through the medical articles linked in your page, I'll be honest it is concerning but currently I am enjoying the physical and mental changes on testosterone and dont want that to stop- obviously while paying attention to my body and working with my doctor if any issues occur. i think i'll talk about doses with my doctor to understand what options i have when i want to taper off or vaguely slow down, i hope my approach to medical transition isnt seen as aggravating or flippant this is just my general philosophy about things :) i dont know i kinda feel like crying this is kinda the first radfem space i have felt safe in?

i enjoy having a deep voice- being hairy, being flat chested and these are all things women can do-- i feel that my decisions to get a mastectomy and be on hormones to achieve this shouldnt be used to kick me out of butch spaces but maybe im just being naive 🤷

A lot of radfems have that knee jerk reaction to trans identified women. Those are the kinds of people who pushed me away from radical feminism before I transitioned, so I know how that feels!

There aren’t a lot of people who both identify with radical feminism and also have the empathy and understanding needed to help us work through our gender issues. My goal is to be the person I needed back then.

My viewpoint is that people have a wide variety of different feelings about their gender, but at its core it all comes down to the same thing: The inability to accept our bodies as they are.

That’s something butch women particularly have been dealing with for a very long time. Of course butches want to be more masculine. Why wouldn’t we? We live in a patriarchy, and physical masculinity and androgyny is considered attractive in butches.

But my opinion is that accepting our bodies as they are should be the ultimate goal, and that messing with our hormonal systems and having cosmetic surgeries is objectively a negative thing. Not just because of health risks, but also because it’s a way of rejecting femaleness. I believe that all forms of rejecting the female aspects of our bodies come from misogyny. Because of that, giving in to the pressure to change our bodies isn’t a positive thing in the big picture, even if it makes us feel subjectively better about ourselves.

But I feel that way about all cosmetic surgery, including botox and all the other things women do to alter themselves. I don’t think that the way we’ve altered ourselves is any different from what they’re doing. I’m against all of it, but I don’t see us as the problem, I see patriarchy as the problem.

Whether radfems agree with it or not, the fact is that many butch women have taken hormones and have had mastectomies, and we are still women. Testosterone and mastectomies are so widespread among butch women these days that it’s kinda just part of who we are at this point. That doesn’t mean it’s a good thing or that it should be encouraged, and people have the right to criticize it. But we should be accepted.

Our appearances are altered but that doesn’t change who we are, and it doesn’t change the fact that we need community and a sense of belonging.

[waitmyturtles]

I stopped writing about Kidnap the Series about a quarter into the series because it was clearly designed to deliver the memeable romantic moments that GMMTV prioritizes these days for its number one goal, social media engagement. [And the series did this so well that many Kidnap-related social media accounts on Twitter got either banned or shadowbanned for explicit (??? get outta here, Elon) content, so the series actually did its damn thing.]

There wasn't enough plot material to actually criticize, which is my priority on this blog, so I gave my writing a rest. But: I did give the series a full watch out of deference to my insatiable stanning of the Series Y king, Ohm Pawat, and...

I'm here to say that I am not complaining about that final episode at all. I'm actually, surprisingly, happy with it!

Before I get into this, let me just first say that Kidnap didn't do something that many of the very big GMMTV series have done lately: it did not tread into disingenuous narrative waters. It didn't make thematic contradictions or leave open plot holes (Wandee Goodday), it didn't punish characters for real-life moral or ethical slips (Only Friends), it didn't jump story beats to design questionable moments without prior established emotional context (Last Twilight, 23.5).

Kidnap was sappy, very often repetitive and boring, but it wasn't offensively disingenuous, and it didn't ask its audience to hold back its understanding and expectations of how humanity generally functions. (Expect for the fact that the series had a very loose grip on the exact definition of "kidnapping," BUT ANYWAY.)

But anyway: I didn't expect the final episode to be rooted in Q's and Mhen's recoveries. And I loved that. The show didn't forget the framework in which it set up its main romance. Min is and was always a caretaker. He allowed that caretaking to obstruct his progress forward in life, whether vis à vis Nong Mhen or his Q. Both Mhen and Q asked Min to move forward from them, by the both of them taking accountability for their health, in part to allow Min to loosen his shackles (heh) on his perceived responsibilities to them.

I liked that! That was a responsible move by the show to not tilt the emotional scales in a direction that would have Min continue to take on a burden of taking care of people who, with a little help, could learn to take care of themselves.

And I'm a sucker for a therapeutic process. I'll take a quibble at the suggestion that Q "throw away" memories (since, cough cough, it could be about re-contextualizing the literal time spent and the value that an individual places on certain memories cough cough, but different strokes for different therapists), but honestly, having the entire episode framed on Q's mental health progress warmed my cockles. More mental health discussions in dramas!

I was baseline hoping for a potentially more campy or comedic take on crime and kidnapping when this show started, a kind of ironic approach that I know the acting of Ohm Pawat could take on, but that's asking a lot from a studio that's pumping out quantity over quality at the moment. I'm just very glad this show didn't end with me tilting my head to the side with question marks flying out in a thought cloud. It was, overall, a pleasant and warm watch, something worth fast-forwarding through during the holidays for the smoochy moments after one too many glasses of wine (heh heh).

And it looks like the branded pair of OhmLeng is permanent now, so I hope for a better script for these guys in the near future. Leng needs a LOT more acting classes -- but these two have chemistry in spades, and that chemistry could be used well in a better script.

[pythoness94]

miss...you do know you don't have to say everything online, right? Let's break it down.

"so I don’t like a actor, sue me."

no one is sueing you, just voicing their opinion as they have the right to do. Just as you do.

"I see that what I posted was insensitive so I deleted the original post. "

it wasn't really insensitive but the topic of Noah in general is. Often times you can't just say you hate someone without any listed reason and not expect people to draw from the common reason said person is hated. The information of a statement said is not on the reader to do the research but the poster.

"I’m not always a happy positive person pal. "

nobody is but it doesn't give you the right to say whatever you want without consequences. Freedom of speech is not freedom of consequences. People respond to your posts that you post online where everyone can see. If you can't deal with it. Don't say it.

"I have real actual anger problems and I tend to say things that aren’t nice out of frustration "

that's just not our problem. So do I but if I say something because of my anger problems I don't expect people to take it on the chin and just deal with it. If your frustrated. Get offline. This is simply not something that needed to be voiced. You didn't need to respond to @hawkins-batman but you did and opened yourself up to this. often times you have to block and move on, but you didn't and now you have to face the consequences of your frustration.

"(like a lot of people) and I know that doesn’t justify being a bitch but in a world full of people your gonna come across some that don’t agree with you, "

despite saying this you don't seem to understand that and decide to fight back. Yes. People don't agree with you. Deal with it. People don't agree with Hawkins either but they deal with it too. You don't always need to respond and it's often healthier for your anger issues not to. Every angry thought or response doesn't need to be voiced. You should really think out what you're going to type or write it out, than delete it because you'll just get more angry when they eventually respond.

"and I never was saying everyone should hate Noah I just wanted to say something I thought on my blog heaven forbid. "

Again, people will draw their own conclusions and nobody is telling you not to post. They'll saying that you should expect to get a response when you post something controversal.

Okay I’m just gonna say it

I love Will Byers he’s amazing obviously

But

I really don’t like Noah Schnapp

Sorry

(not sorry)

[triglycercule]

mtt therapy moment except dust keeps taking breaks to talk to phantom papyrus and horror just wants this to hurry up so it can get to his turn because he couldn't give two shits about dust and killer's trauma and killer physically cannot discuss his issues and just starts zoning out while crying for some reason during it

and i'm the therapist listening to all of this writing down notes fervently because ITS CANON MATERIAL CANON I NEED TO GET THE CANON MATERIAL

[jacobglaser]

Well this absolutely sucks.

[pumpking64]

to all my mutuals out there: i love you and get happy every time i see you on my dash or in my notifications or just your tiny icon in the corner of my screen from having messaged a bit some time ago and i want you to know that you are appreciated <3

[blindmagdalena]

I'm pretty good at reading people's vibes and I feel like you might have a crush on Homelander?? Idk it's like a weird feeling.

who??? me??? a crush??? what would make you think—oh god, i dropped my bag, please don't look. no, no those aren't photos of homelander i just—fuck, look away! these aren't even mine! i was carrying them for a friend! stop looking at my boy!!!!

[communistkenobi]

I’m curious if other communists have like a religious relationship to their political beliefs for lack of a better word? That’s not a good word to use but I don’t know how else to describe it. I’m solidly atheist but all of the feelings and emotions religious people talk about, revelation and spiritual connection to community and so on are all things I experience pretty regularly and I interpret those feelings as fundamentally communist. the way I take in and absorb information in particular feels revelatory in a religious sense. I’m pretty sure this is fairly common with MLs but I’m curious about it in general

[nafohcnis]

WAIT HI AGAIN ITSTHE JD QUICK AND CONCISE ANON plz share all ur doodles and thoughts abt the fic or just trolls in general (HOORAY!) ur reply made me so joyful

HIIII IM GLAD U LIKED THE ART HOHOHO here’s another school notebook drawing from a while ago.. Based on something me and my siblings used to do teehee. Shortly before jds descent into madnes..!

And lucky for u again I HAVE made.. another jd’s quick and concise guide comic.. um idk whether or not to put it in this post or to put it as its own separate post so i think i will do the latter huhue… I’ll post it directly after ths so u’ll prolly see it before u see me actually answering the ask WHATEVS!!!

Here’s my trollsona calling this loozer OLD cuz of that one kevin hart audio i think.

I’ve actually made a lot of trollsona drawings but ive been too busy posting The Dory… so i’ll probably post those later too.

[autumnrory]

i rmr when all the initial meta around endgame was coming out people were talking about steve being depressed and whatnot and it's like well yeah but he's BEEN depressed, like he woke up alone in this century and he kept going, now i can understand it being worse this time after finding a family and getting bucky back and losing them all except of course that's not why endgame steve was on about so like......the people writing meta were trying to connect these things that of course weren't really there on screen because that simply wasn't our steve

but i think it really could've been SO interesting to see this is the thing that finally makes steve stay down like he's lost so much and he just CAN'T keep fighting like i get some people think that's what they were going for but considering the ending......it's really not. and so i'm just thinking about a version after iw, maybe he gets some of the thor treatment except not turning his depression into a dumb fatphobic joke lol and maybe nat and others are trying to get through to him and it just doesn't work and then we get some flashbacks (which you could have done for all the original avengers actually which would be particularly important for bruce and nat and clint who did not have their own trilogies) including his mom telling him "you always stand up" and THAT being the thing to finally get him moving like it would've been such a perfect way to finally show sarah rogers some respect and ACTUALLY show steve really struggling instead of whatever they tried to do with him in that movie

[friezaglasiencold]

hey Frieza, i was wondering how Yamcha's doing? also idk if this has been asked already but what's his relationship with Kuriza?

((hi i was wondering if you could give me some tips on starting my own character ask blog? if that's alright))

He's fine... actually, we had ourselves a little get-together last night. Saw a movie. Played some word games.

(Among other activities.)

He's taken on a very active role with Kuriza, which I do appreciate. Most strapping bachelors of his ilk don't take as well to their dates having children as he has. The boy adores him, too.

It's a dangerous situation for me to be in, however, to allow my child to become so attached to someone I might well leave by the wayside. I wouldn't want to obligate myself into a relationship for his sake. Still, we have fun, and Yamcha plays the role of babysitter quite well.

[blanketforcas]

okay turning off anon for a bit! might turn it back on when i feel normal again

[fisheito]

hey kids! time to explain!