#it shouldnt be necessary to make a video like this

[nerdy-scribe]

Watch "The Continually Escalating Anti-LGBT Rhetoric" on YouTube

"I wish upon Matt Walsh everything he wishes upon Queer people."

[perenlop]

i cant help but roll my eyes when people say that the no mercy route is garbage writing and game design because “it jabs at the player for doing it, which means toby didnt want you to play it, which means he wants you to die and fuck off for playing his game!” bc like. if toby didnt want anyone playing no mercy or snowgrave or whatever then he wouldnt have included super boss fights and important lore and character moments in those routes?

[junonomenon]

WHY AM I GETTING L*LY ORCHARD IN MY FOR YOU.... ughughugh go away!!!!! blocked forever

[productivefairy]

your guide to build a morning routine:

So, do u wanna build a morning routine because it can give your day a structure, boost productivity and just makes you feel better? Here is how :-

start your day atleast 2-1.5 hour before your work or school. so u are not in a rush.

your morning routine should be realistic so that u can stick to it. cause' lets not lie the morning routine u see your fav wellness influencer have is hard to do.

Consistency is the key. The more days you follow your routine the more it becomes as habit.

Dont use phone or social media during mornings There are four pillars essential to have a morning routine which is healthy for your body and mind.

1.Things that keeps your body healthy.

2.Things that keeps your mind healthy.

3.Things that keeps your surrounding healthy.

4.Things that you enjoy.

Lets talk about each one, one by one:-

Things that keep you healthy :-

i) Drink water first thing in morning. If you dont like the taste of water. Add lemon or lime in it or maybe citrus infused water. But please drink water it'll help you sm.

ii)Do stretching, yoga, cardio, pilates, hot girl walks. Basically anything that keeps your body moving. It boosts productivity and puts you in good mood.

iii) eat healthy. Well it doesnt mean count all your calories or drink nasty juices NO. This means eating a healthy breakfast that will keep you full.

iv) Do your skincare and take shower in mornings.

v) Brush and floss your teeth. Oral healths are often neglected but hot girl like you shouldnt do that.

2.Things that keep your mind healthy :-

i) Meditating. Meditate for atleast 5-10 mins before starting your work day. It just stops the rush going in your mind. you can do guided meditation.

ii) If you believe in this then you can do affirmations in front of mirror. universalitgirlblog2 has some amazing affirmations you should check it out.

iii) Journal. If you are someone who enjoys journal then do it as it can set the tone of your day.

iv) . Make to do lists in morning it helps you declutter your day.

3.Things that keeps your surrounding healthy.

i)If you happen to have windows in your room then open them up. Lets the wind and sun come through.

ii)Make your bed. Its a kind gesture toward yourself and a less messy bed can fasten up your productivity.

iii) wash your breakfast dishes. or atleast the plate you ate in. It helps you not have a pile of dishes.

iv) optional but take a dusting cloth and play a song as your timer and just clean the surfaces which seems to have dirt. Just 3-4 mins and you'll feel better.

4.Things that you enjoy:-

This part is super important cause' if you follow a morning routine you deserve a reward and if one someday when u are not your best even then you deserve pamper. I dont know you or your intrest but you do so just add what you like in your routine. You wanna read that book go ahead read it, grab a starbucks drink on your way home, cook yourself a beautiful breakfast, get dressed as main character, water your plants or maybe just stare at the sky admiring them.

What do you do when you are not in the mood or you are on your periods or feeling underweather?

i) Make an altearnate easy routine to do which mostly consist of things that you like.

ii)Do only first step of your regular routine like you dont wanna excercise then just play the video of routine that you follow.

Additional tips-

ROMANTICIZE. This is the key. Enjoying and being grateful for most mundane moments of your day. Buy yourself a flowers. Acts as you are on vogue while doing skincare. Blast your fav playlist in morning.

Dont overwhelm yourself. You cant change your life in a day but you can add habits each day one by one.

Remember why you are doing this. You are doing this cause you love yourself thats why you wanna give everything to your body and your mind to make it its best version.

I try my best to make these post as concise as I can but I just feel like everything is necessary and dont wanna miss out on anything. I hope this helps.

[silkysong]

On the topic of not accepting a gift of ad-free subscription.

I'm honestly confused by the take that you wouldn't be willing to accept a gift sub for Tumblr. I totally understand the frustration with the advertisements that don't respect block lists (especially when it's due to a medical issue like the flashing lights), but I do not understand the distaste for purchasing a skip on the ads.

Tumblr as a platform is free but does have costs associated with its operation. It would be awesome if it could be free and not have ads, but unfortunately server space and bandwidth cost money.

Why not subscribe (or in this case accept the gift) if it 1) improves your experience, and 2) supports the site in a way that doesn't require them to bow to advertisers.

I see the same sort of thing with YouTube. Instead of encouraging premium people use adblockers and force creators to curb their content to match the algorithm and advertisers wants (sponsored videos, unnecessary censoring, etc). It confuses me to no end.

And I also get it that some people can't justify the cost. But in this case that isn't a concern as someone could have given you that without cost to yourself.

So I'm genuinely curious as to the why, especially when you've made heavy use of the platform already (and it's appreciated, I've really enjoyed seeing your posts on different media!).

i dont have to justify my personal choices on this. i dont want people to give money to tumblr to fix a problem that shouldnt have been one in the first place. but since im already here, im gonna do it anyway

my problem isnt with advertisements as a whole, i know websites need them to stay afloat, i dont need to be told all about this since ive seen the odds and ends of this field since my teenage years. BUT it doesnt make it okay to put the safety of a very very large part of the population behind a paywall. they could spam me with 100 static ads and i wouldnt bat an eye, but they use very aggressive flashing advertisements that are NOT necessary. at all. there is no excuse for that. its a literal health hazard, and for what? for people to be hospitalized (or in worst case scenario, but a very real one, die from a seizure) because tumblr needs to make a profit?

second of all, youtube and tumblr are not comparable in this sense. the money from these tumblr advertisements dont go to any creators. if anything, theyre personally profiting off the vast culture and inside jokes that the community has built over the past 15 years, and in return the community gets. nothing. more shitty features that pose a risk to people, like the recent kokobot advertisements, while the company itself is deep in allegations regarding the ethics of their practices, or the very severe privacy risk of tumblr live, and so on. if it can be avoided, i would rather not give these clowns a single dime, to be brutally honest

[thatadhdmood]

How much research do you consider necessary for someone to self diagnose. Me personally, I have put in around 30 hours reading articles, talking tests, watching videos on people with adhd (less so autism but seeing more audhd things make more sense then just adhd) and I just want to know if it's enough. Like, it is going to be impossible for me to get a diagnoses for at least 4 years, more likely 8 because money.

I dont think that there should be a certain number of hours you need to hit. If you know yourself and have done the enough research you feel certain and have asked other for their opinion, asking any autistic friends if your lucky enough to have their opinions is good, asking friends and family who may have known you when you where younger. Life is an ever going mission of seeking knowledge. I think that even if you arent autistic that if interacting with the autistic community, using the resources and coping mechanisms, makes you feel less isolated in your experiences as a person and helps ease your social issues or functioning or sensory issues in life then do it! And if it isnt autism and is some other underlying issue but the coping mechanism help, then thats great. And if it leads to you trying to get a diagnosis then the doctor will set you right, and theres no harm about it. It lead you to seeking help in the end and until you could it helped you connect with a community that could help you until then. I like helping people even if they arent "actually" autistic or "actually" adhd and might be confused, well they have a reason of discomfort and feeling of something off to lead them to me and if they can be helped. Oh wait fuck. I had a bowl and im stoned im sorry i shouldnt be answering my asks stoned ive gone all rambly. Lmao Im fine but Ive gone very off topic. But like. You get what i mean right. PRO SELF DIAGNOSIS

THIS TUMBLR IS PRO SELF DIAGNOSIS

[measureyourlifeincake]

May your old computer rest in peace (?)

yeah so the thing about my old computer is that i bought it a year ago bc my old-old one was running out of storage space and was just lowkey crappy, so i asked my brother to help me look at specs to figure out what would be a "good computer" and i found one that seemed good for a decent price*(it was some kinda dell inspiron. the old-old computer was a different dell inspiron)—yknow, decent amount of RAM, solid state drive, good processor, all that stuff—but it just like...kinda sucked? pretty much from day one. it ran super slowly, couldn't do a video call half the time, and im not much of a gamer but it couldnt run disco elysium (i'm no expert on this sort of thing, but i feel like disco elysium shouldnt be that hard to run on a modern pc? it doesnt seem like theres that much going on there, as far as games go).

so anyway, i was making do with that hunk of junk, when i tried to open it and the hinge totally broke out of nowhere. i brought the thing to best buy and the geek squad dude was like "you should call dell bc you have warranty and this is a known problem with these things so they could probably replace the part for free, but if you get it fixed here it'll cost money" so i called dell and they were like "yeah thats not covered by your warranty but we'll have the warranty guy call you back tomorrow" and then the warranty guy never called me back so i was like. welp. and i went back to using my old-old computer and honestly it runs better than my new-old computer did so i was like "why spend any money getting that thing fixed (or make myself push through executive dysfunction enough to follow up with dell and see if they can get it fixed for free) when im just gonna have a still-shitty computer by the end of it and I already have a working computer?" so i'm back to this old one and the new-old one has been collecting dust on a shelf while i waited to get a new-new one

so when black friday was nearing i decided to look at lenovos (bc a friend who knows more about computers than i do recommended the brand) and spent a long time just staring at and comparing different laptops bc i only know a little bit about this and was freaking out bc the specs looked FINE last time and i STILL dont know why my computer sucks (like. it was a newer model with a better processor and more ram than my old-old computer. by all rights it should NOT be running worse) so i just kinda crossed my fingers and hoped (i ended up getting one that is maybe a little more higher-end than is probably necessary for my purposes out of fear that anything lower would Mysteriously Suck. hopefully this one lasts for a good long while)

anyway at least lenovo seems to have a reputation for being durably built, so i probably wont have broken hinges (ive had several dells and multiple hinge/other hardware problems)

so yeah rest in fucking pieces or whatever

*you'll note that i bought it nearly exactly a year ago. i have been making use of black friday/cyber monday deals lol

[ive-given-up-the-bug-diet]

This is a big rant that probably makes no sense so please ignore it it's for my own personal gain

I hate how my phone decides it has urgent necessary software updates that only serve to make the interface more alien to me and make my phone slow as shit, I hate that the skip ad button on YouTube is tiny now & that now ADVERTS are called "sponsored videos" and just SLIPPED IN amongst the rest of what i watch. All this change and data harvesting in the name of progress and personalisation i don't get to see because the more I scroll the more my recommended is just people doing that stupid fucking sniperwolf face in a thumbnail for some bullshit i don't care about in a LITERAL FUCKING AD THAT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO A REGULAR VIDEO WHEN YOURE ON HORIZONTAL

Why are companies so against me being on horizontal? "oH iTs jUSt liKe tiKtOk" I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE LIKE TIKTOK IF I WANT TIKTOK ILL GO TO TIKTOK GOD FUCKING DAMMIT IF PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST IN TIKTOK THEY ARE NOT GOING TO INVEST IN INSTAGRAM BECAUSE OF YOUR SHITTY LITTLE "rEElS" OR AT THE VERY LEAST THAT SHOULDNT BE WORTH COMPROMISING USER EXPERIENCE

I hate how my old phone's autocorrect/spellchecker was almost perfect, I could type out the most incomprehensible bullshit and it would know what I was trying to say and my current phone's spellchecker can't even keep up with my - frankly mediocre - type speed and it just corrected "phone's spellcheck" to "phone's spellchecker". Sometimes I write the word so and it decides I meant to write "do". My old phone would consistently capitalise my "I"s and put in apostrophes where I would usually need them. My phone doesn't even capitalise my "I"s automatically. What did they do to the design of these phones that the spellcheck is worse?

Why did my phone just change "phones" to be "phone's"? Is it stupid? Why does it not understand after 3 separate times of me actively writing the word spellcheck that I want to write spellecheck and not spellchecker? Why when j wrote out "spellceckh" moments ago did it not correct me but it corrected me now? Is it too slow for my typing speed? Is the COMPUTER slower than my human hands?

I am going to find whoever makes these decisions, literally everyone involved in them - even tangentially, and I'm going to kill them with hammers. Im so fucking tired PUT THE APOSTROPHE INTO MY "I'M" RIGHT NOW YOU STUPID WORTHLESS PIECE OF PLASTIC SHIT YOU ARE A WASTE OF ENERGY AND A WASTE OF MONEY AND A WASTE OF LABOUR EVEN WHEN I AM USING YOU FOR THE MOST INNOCUOUS THINGS YOU STILL FIND A WAY TO INFURIATE ME SO I SPEND 5 MILLION YEARS USING YOU TO GET OUT MY FRUSTRATION ON PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WELL IM DONE IM NOT DOING IT ANYMORE I HATE YOU YOU SOUL-SUCKING CREATIVITY-DESTROYING HATE-MONGERING PIECE OF SCRAP METAL. A fucking computer the size of a microchip that can give me access to all the world's knowledge and its too fuckinf stupid to correct my typing what a ficking rip-off. And I'm keeping those typos in just as proof of the horseshit I have to put up with.

[sereniv]

vegans have to remember that from a non vegans perspective, we are a mariad of different definitions most of which are negative. and that within those definitions, is us being people who want to take away something that is part of their life

I think thats why ive gravitated more towards focusing on the non vegan aspect of veganism than the full on Earthling Ed approach. As in focusing on tradition, religion, and the possible and practical part instead of just trying to switch to more plant based eating.

Because its easy to spit the facts and provide resources and find alternatives, but i feel theres no active support and conversation for people who "cant go vegan". there is, but its nothing concrete and big. just individual conversations

Like someone who has a religion who requires the killing or use of an animal, or a tradition or a culture.

I just feel like these people are alienated, even though they are talked about in reference AND there are vegans who fall under that category of course. but because white/cis/straight/rich/abled types of ppl tend to get more focus, it drowns out everyone else out and even though i KNOW veganism is diverse sometimes it doesn't feel like it. then again, im only on tumblr

but i also feel the alienation can come from the non vegan too, with no willingness to have a conversation and figure these things out. but its also understandable like i said in the first paragraph.

obviously if the talk was with me, id have someone tell me their situation and it would be more about them talking and me listening, since i wouldnt be in the same identity as them and therefore cant have that "same hat" convo people have within their own community

- but also there NEEDS to be a place or network of different marginalized identities so that non vegans can talk with vegans of their same culture/religion/etc.

and i mean im just on tumblr so im limited in what i see. so maybe this exists?

idk how to explain this properly. i just never see anyone double down on these, and focus on people who's best includes animal products, like i do (not saying im better for doing that, i just feel odd one out)

i feel that the more symapthy and understanding for those situations would help drive out the people who claim to be vegan but arent. to get rid of people who try and say veganism is 100% plant based, who shit on others and are racist with their veganism.

to really drive in the importance of "possible and practical" and checking in with yourself and being honest with yourself.

idk there just needs to be...MORE.

i feel there is an emotional/mental/spiritual aspect not talked about enough.

i was watching Earthling Ed and this one guy said that the only options on campus were tofu and it was gross. now with the rest of the video, this guy probably doesnt try hard to find other options.

But i sympathize. But Ed said that theres always options and basically said that he could choose the tofu

But im thinking, what if the only option was mushrooms. I either eat that or dont eat. Now i wouldn't eat animal products, but mushrooms make me gag. I would dread looking forward to eating. it would ruin my day. it would drain me, and thus it wouldnt be practical for me to keep trying to eat it bc of them varying affects it has on my health (mentally or emotionally)

which may seem extreme, but you wouldnt get to say that someone in that situation can just suck it up. there has to at LEAST be sympathy and understanding.

now for someone else if they chose chicken instead, is it worth the life of a chicken? No, but it also shouldnt be at the expense of your wellbeing. This is why we tell people who have ED's who cant eat plant based, to focus on their wellbeing. because its all goes off of situation by situation. Its not about "the life of a chicken for aomeone who has an ED" its about doing your best within the situation you have, and to focus on doing what is necessary for you, and try and avoid unnecessary harm.

And if youve exhausted all other options then i dont think anyone can blame you. Because who is anyone to say that its possible for you to eat the tofu? Whos to say its possible for you to do something you say you cant do? We have to trust people with what they say and work with them, even if they are lying.

Thats why there needs to be symapthy and encouragement of self reflection. And to do that often. check in with yourself every month and ask if maybe you can change something that you couldn't before

idk. i just never see ppl focus on this as much as i do and i keep wondering if im like idk. wrong for it?

and to be clear, when i talk about religion or culture im talking about the individual. Because within every religion or culture i assume, there are going to be people who view it differently. Religion and culture can be personalized while also being a community. i mean cultures change and religions change and its usually bc of one person. this is NOT to say we should aim to change an entire culture or religion, just simply stating that just because someone is from a religion or culture doesnt mean they cant..idk the word..go over their views and stance and see if theres room for change. like "do i actually believe this, or would an alternative work?" and sometimes they come to the conclusion that there can be no change, and sometimes they find things they can change. both are fine

So while culture and religion as a whole are not valid reasons to cause unnecessary harm (unnecessary being individually defined. this is about animal use only), individuals within that culture or religion get to decide whether its necessary or not

Because otherwise youre talking about pushing colonialist ideas and genocide, if you are to say that killing an animal isnt necessary for someones spiritual connection to their religion or culture. Or to say that wearing an animal isnt necessary for a ceremony. Because even though a life is taken, and it might not seen necessary to you, why do YOU get to decide for that person?

2 people within the same religion can have 2 different approaches to it, 2 different views. same with culture. i mean thats how religion and culture change over years. how traditions change

I just wish there was a place where ppl could talk about that with others like them, to get out their worries and their frustrations and also help establish even, a stronger connection by finding out what truly is a necessity for them.

which sometimes will be using animals.

and i support that. and i think someone can still be vegan even if they use animals if they deem it undeniably necessary.

idk maybe ill make a discord server. bc this bugs me. no slight at any other vegans, but it bugs me that non vegans have such bad experience with veganism (whether its actual vegans or not), and i feel that connection is needed.

[tokaritoo]

havent been feeling the best so i believe the only logical cure is to watch hxh 1999

i might make a small thread of my thoughts (ill just edit)

_______

- i cant get over the fact that kurapikas introduction is him throwing a fork at a spider, its the funniest thing

- leorio complaining about it being too hot while he wears a full suit, uhuh

- also cool to see that the captain just casually murdered a man by throwing him off a ship in the middle of the ocean

- kurapika acted like a brat and a smartass, sat around while everyone tended the ship and then took a nap as the ship was sinking.

and the captain went “yes thats hunter material”

- kurapika tells this whole honourable reason about why he wants to become a hunter and leorio is probably thinking “fuck i was going to say i wanted money”

- “if you really want to understand someone, you need to know what makes them angry” one of my favourite lines from gon

-pft, the man going to shake kurapikas hand and kurapika just stares. Then leorio going “sorry he isnt normal”

- why does kurapika find it necessary to diss leorio every fuckin second. Like they can be talking about something random and he still finds a way to insult the man

- i love the way they handle leorios backstory here

- the cooking phase is one of my favourite parts of 1999

- glad to see leorio helping gon and killua using his super power of seduction (rip anita)

- kurapika looked at death in the eyes and said “k, anyway” (trick tower)

- its always so funny to me when kurapika takes off part of his clothes before fighting. Idk what his goal is but man he has no muscle definition. Its like the opposite of intimidating-

- “hey kurapika, go ahead and stick to your principles, ill take care of the rest” ???? What???? Huhhhh

- i hate leorio in trick tower. Actually, leorio trick tower doesnt exist. Who? Never heard of him nope

- ok the way 1999 handled leorio in trick tower is a better than 2011, it emphasizes how he is being messed with physiologically instead of just being gross

- id happily take ten episodes of the hxh main four just chilling in the waiting room for hours. Like they are just playing video games, talking and having fun??

- *part where leorio switches rooms with hanzo* oml and they were roomates

- i actually love the inclusion of the kurta treasure to the 1999 exam arc. It gives this extra level of melancholy to the kurta loss that isnt there in the 2011

- “kurapika, gon, dont come in” *gon and kurapika proceed to come in*

- one of the funniest moments in the exam arc is when leorio realizes “oh shit i shouldnt mess with kurapika, the twink can actually fight”

- kurapika with a hookah, thats it thats the comment

- what was that train scene, bless your soul kurapika

- it doesnt matter what happens the “lets meet up: September first in yorknew city” always makes my heart hurt and nearly causes me to cry

- at the part where kurapika is taking to his nen teacher and the teacher said “if you get into a fight with an enhancer... your strength can change based on how you feel that day” why does this sound like foreshadowing to the uvogin fight?

- i find it cool that kurapika took arguably one of the weaker nen types and made it a complete game changer, like damn

- poor melody, trying to strike up conversation and kurapika just says “sorry can i just not answer you”

- right now you are a butterfly getting tied up in the spider web of vengeance (what a beautiful line, drawing concept)

- kurapikas aesthetic, oh god

- i like how the greatest insult in hxh is being compared to leorio, you know, the doctor

- the uvogin shadow beast fight is one of my favourite eps, just the deception and the way they establish strength damn

- kurapika and melody have one of the best dynamics in the show,

-“melody thank you for calming me down, but fuck you im still going”

[help-i-need-a-cool-username]

So long story short i was taking a nap and you know how your thoughts flow in and out and generally dont make much sense? Ya somehow i started thinking about the spn and good omens crossovers i read two years ago and that train of thought led to this dream which is basically a crack fic.

Feel free to take any of these bullet points and make a real fic outta of them because some of these have potential

The dream opens with Sam and Dean walking up to Cas, whos outside standing next to Aziraphale

"Whos this?" "This is the Principality Az-" "im retired actually" "Aziraphale. Hes agreed to help us." "I can only do so much, being demoted and now retired and all. I do have conditions though"

And Sam and Dean are like wtf are his conditions? Also wtf is a Principality? Cas wtf is going on?

"Which are...?" "You cannot kill or hurt Crowley in any way" "Wh-" "That would be me" (i would like to specify that the "camera" zoomed out and panned to him in a comedic fashion) "Yes i assured him it wasnt necessary for him to come but he refuses to leave-" "Im not leaving you alone with these odds. You shouldnt even be helping its to danger-" "Secondly..."

They go inside (the bunker?) and spn!Crowley was there. Jumped up and shook go!Crowley's hand. "Why didnt you tell me he was coming!" "Uhh who is he" "Hes a legend in the Temptations Department. Absolute Legend!" And then to go!Crowley "hi I work in Sales"

Sam and Dean again are like wtf? Theres departments? Go!Crowley already doesnt like him because so many people take his name when they wanna become big shots

That was also the only time spn!Crowley was even in this dream

Yadda yadda yadda... Go!Crowley and Cas seemingly become friends. Best friends. Cas actually gets all of go!Crowley's jokes and that by itself weirds Sam and Dean out

"What... what is happening?" "He just gets my sense of humor" "But Cas doesnt get humor...?"

At one point Cas struggled to describe Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship because theres not a english word for it so he settles with "pair-bonded" which confuses Sam and Dean even more.

Aziraphale's flaming sword is mentioned. Sam and Dean are having trouble imagining this guy as a badass with a flaming sword

Turns out Aziraphale cant do much to help them (boo. I wanted Sam and Dean to be blown away by the power he never uses but alas, my dream didnt go that route) and him and Crowley leave as a half solved mystery.

(however, my dream did slip in the fandoms popular comedian!Warlock headcanon) Someone mentions go!Crowley's "nephew or something" does stand up comedy (spn!Crowley?) and Sam looks him up. Warlock isnt famous by any means but theres a few youtube videos of him out there and he made it on a few stand up shows a couple of times. The dream pans out on "so I had this nanny right? And my therapist says i was too young to remember this correctly and that my subconscious probably made it up, so Nanny if you're watching this let me know if i imagined it or not, yeah? Anyways she and the gardener had this feud-"

[fiction-and-reality-are-complex]

(1/?) Sorry for this rant but. Its one thing to not want to support media (and the creators) with themes and content you believe are immoral/harmful, i get that. But to say no one should watch it ever because its propaganda actually feels kinda counterintuitive. Shouldnt it be a good and necessary thing to look at content like that to critique the themes and point out propagandistic elements? So its more easily recognized when it inevitably shows up in other forms/places?

3(2/?) I feel like that whole mcu military thing is proof that plugging your ears and ignoring all problematic media just makes people more susceptible to it. Its not the same, but Ive taken entire classes focused SPECIFICALLY on only watching real Nazi propaganda videos as part of my german courses in college. The entire point was to analyze what was going on in the videos, how and why they worked and so on.

(3/3)Needless to say I did not become a Nazi after months of watching literal Nazi propaganda with the explicit intention of making Hitler and the third Reich look like gods. Theres a middle ground there that antis are refusing exists? Have discussions. Dont engage if its personally triggering But saying it shouldnt exist and no one should watch it under any circumstances if it does is almost more dangerous because propaganda WILL always exist no matter what. Youll just become more susceptible?

I believe so yes. I mean we need examples of propaganda. And honestly? The fact people are calling everything under the sun that makes them uncomfortable or references Germany or old history propaganda is just... not good.

It’s alarm fatigue. It’s bringing attention to things that are barely related. Just because the media makes you feel uncomfortable or you don’t like it DOESN’T MEAN IT’S PROPAGANDA. I absolutely agree with you there.

As someone who studied propaganda harshly in both psychology and my art history classes, I can tell what is and isn’t. Like these were 3 hour classes 3 times a week where we talked about what is and isn’t propaganda. Sure some of these shows are problematic and have some questionable dark humor, but it’s... very far from propaganda.

[haltraveler]

People arguing that the Ace-Ops shouldnt have lost to RWBY need to get it into their heads that character levels in TTRPGs and video games are abstractions made for the purpose of gameplay, and other forms of storytelling are not going to use that kind of scaling. In most narrative storytelling, the outcome of a fight between two characters is not determined by a set number that determines how “powerful” they are, but by a combination of the mindset and particular skills of the characters, and the exact circumstances involved. 

Any character can beat any other character in the right circumstances!

You can certainly make an argument that, on an even playing field, certain characters would win, but in the context of an actual story the characters are pretty much never going to be in a blank space, in perfect fighting shape, and completely focused on the sole goal of defeating their opponent through the most efficient means available to them. 

Looking at the Ace-Ops, we can clearly see why they weren’t in a position to win the fight: 

Harriet had a damaged aura from the fight with the megoliath alpha. In addition, Ruby exploited her primary weakness: competitiveness. If Harriet had stayed focused on her stated goal of apprehending Team RWBY, they wouldve been in trouble, but Ruby actively baited her in order to get her mad. Not only did this mean her head wasn’t fully in the game, but Harriet going over the edge and straight-up trying to kill Ruby hindered her ability to work with Marrow, whose abilities she’d probably best synergize with. 

Speaking of Marrow, Marrow does not want this fight, and he certainly doesn’t want to actually hurt Team RWBY. He tries to get Weiss to stand down, and as he says to Harriet he doesn’t want to risk killing her. If Marrow wasn’t so hesitant to fight, he might’ve been able to freeze Team RWBY before it even started, but he clearly wasn’t going to be the one to throw the first punch, so to speak. That gave Weiss enough time to set up the battlefield to her advantage, neutralizing his main ability in the process.  

Elm is also emotionally compromised in this fight. Like Marrow, she seems to have taken a genuine liking to Team RWBY, but unlike him rather than making her hesitant it’s made her angry at their perceived betrayal, which Yang exploits. Elm is generally out of control, compensating for her hurt feelings by going super-aggro on Yang and Blake, which means she isn’t coordinating with Vine. In addition, Yang managed to be very clever and turn Elm’s semblance from her greatest strength into a weakness by destroying the floor she’d rooted herself to. 

Vine is the only member of the team who seems to be committed to taking RWBY in by any means necessary, but since the rest of his team are so distracted, and he’s a support fighter with very little offensive capabilities, he’s pretty much helpless to actually use that clear mind to his advantage. Elm and Vine have been shown to work together very well in the past, but because she’s so distracted and pissed off, he’s unable to actually coordinate with her. As in the fable they are based on, the Elm and the Vine need each other, otherwise they both suffer. Also, Vine pretty much entirely uses his semblance to fight (to the point that he hasn't even drawn his weapon all volume) which may have left his aura fragile and vulnerable. 

So yeah, if the Ace-Ops had been united in a common goal, like Team RWBY was, then they’d have almost certainly won; but instead they were divided and outplayed because, in the end, following orders while wrestling with personal issues isn’t an effective substitute for actual camaraderie. 

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Puberty blockers:

PBs are not irreversible lmao. They don't mutilate a minors body. They merely keep puberty on hold long enough for the minor in question to have time to make sure they want to transition. PUBERTY is what is irreversible. Imagine going thru puberty and growing into a body that at worst will make you wanna KYS and at best hate looking at yourself in the mirror. Do you know how expensive transition can be after puberty? PLEASE do more research before making asinine statements like PBs being comparable to mutilation. PBs only hold puberty as long as theyre being taken, meaning that if you stop taking em puberty will set in just as it usually would.

"Even hormone blockers and transitional hormones are largely untested when it comes to long term effects" is a baseless claim which a little googling can be disproven.

"One of my friends in high school medically transitioned, and it did nothing to help their dysphoria. It just made them even more depressed, and they later killed themselves." I'm sorry for your loss, genuinly. That really sucks. But as much it makes me look like an asshole for saying this, this is an appeal to emotion (aka not factually backing your other claims) and also circumstancial. If your friend's suicide was tied to their transition, their case is just that: theirs. One of the biggest contributors to trans suicude rates is the unattainability of affordable transition and dysphoria caused by the changes made by puberty, only topped by abuse from people towards trans people. By advocating for PBs to be prohibited or limited, you don't help. You make the problem worse.

Communism:

"I’m against Communist and Fascism as they’re both extremely Authoritarian systems that give the government complete control over how you live your life." Since I'm a socialist and not a communist I cant speak for communism, but most allegedly communist states today still basically operate on a capitalist core, where they have communist parties etc., but still have a free market for instance. China for example, but Russia too.

Capitalism amasses copious amounts of wealth on the backs of the lower class in a short amount of time but is ultimately unsustainable. Vaush on youtube has a number of videos on this I recommend you to check out.

Healthcare:

"You can’t have a right to the services and labor of another person, their own freedom is taken away by that." No one is saying that should happen. Ideally, the state pays for this healthcare and before you say anything about that: I'm from a country without america's privatized healthcare. It's never been an issue here, people aren't fucking terrified shitless to go to the doctor bc they could go into crippling debt. Sure, you gotta wait a lil longer than someone w a private insurance company (which still exists but isnt necessary to live) in the waitingroom but that's annoying at worst.

I went to america end of 2019 to visit my gf and I fell really ill there. I had to go to the doctor there and I nearly felt my soul leave my body when I had to pay 100 FUCKING DOLLARS HOLY SHIT. thats nearly a fourth of my monthly income bro, how can you claim this to be okay? Ofc medstaff still need to be paid but oh my gods this is not okay. If I had to live with this system for the rest of my life it's fair to say I'd never go to the fucking doctor. And that'd be worse for the docs AND FOR ME.

"If you die or develop incurable illness awaiting treatment for months, there’s nothing anyone can do. If you’re treated right away and unfortunately end up with loads of medial debt, it’s unfortunate, but you’re still alive. You can still try to fundraise money, get donations, or if you’re skilled, work it off. It’s really shitty, but necessary." N- no????? It reaLLY ISNT THOUGH??? As I've stated before, this is not an issue w public healthcare. It's smth that's an issue in general and it DOES happen in america right now. Where I live this doesnt happen to my knowledge. Why should it? The gov is gonna pay anyway so might as well get it done and get the next patient. You shouldnt have to go into debt to live. That's not humane.

"I don’t think the poor should die, I don’t want the suffering to be left to their fate." Contradictory to the part where you think going into debt is necessary. Being in debt IS suffering. *I* am in debt, and I suffer because of it everyday. And it's not because of healthcare.

When going into debt to heal is your only option as an alternative to possibly dying or suffering on, then making that choice is like having to choose between the black plague and cholera.

"Buy a gun, grow a garden, learn to build shelter, and make plans to invade a neighboring territory and become it’s technocratic warlord after your country collapses into an unlivable hellscape." Making a joke like this at the end of a post about serious topics like this is kind of trivializing the entire issue and a little disrespectful. Don't do that please. It's like you're comparing to Fallout 4 and I shouldn't need to point out why that's bad.

At the end of the day, Im not trying to change your mind bc thats futile and not my job. But I do absolutely intend to fact check claims I know for a fact are BS, or educate myself to make my own judgement, and so should you. If you want to know how truthful smth is, listen to multiple scources (centrist AND leftist) and crosscompare wether what you hear abt certain leftist ideas is in fact true or not.

Or dont and continue living in an echochamber. Your call.

Have a nice day.

[themeed]

damn allowed myself to want things for a day and all i want is a van to live in, knowledge, freedom, weight loss, and a bass guitar.

im. happy with that i think. im proud of me, no jokes. im proud of being able to want things and care about them and vibrate towards them with longing. im... pleased with that. its fulfilling in a way Not Wanting For Anything isnt, because thats... kinda hollow. empty. in a vacant, lonely, yearning and grieving and SAD way. maybe because i Couldnt Want then. i Couldnt Desire or it would be used against me or taken away. that sucks. that sucked.

and now. im free to want again. and comparatively???? i think im very much never going to aim for buddhism or that weird Not Desiring Not Attached Nirvana mindset. like good for u but been there out of trauma and its not fun theres no reason to truly Live. u just float endlessly and experience and it aches so badly!!!! it hurts to want to want and not be able to. and i guess that is different from not wanting at all but... its not different enough for me to justify ever going back to that. or going forward to that. i just got this back and screw enlightenment if it means i have to give up on my passions i dont think life is worth living without it.

and anybody who looks down on that from a spiritual tower has yet to examine their own pride and how empty they feel without it.

anybody who looks down and smiles and wishes me luck on my journey? good for them. im glad theyre living their best life, on their journey as they see fit.

and i feel the need to protect myself because ive been hurt by the pride- the arrogance of others before. a lot of my hurts and traumas stem from my mother being too prideful to recognize that she can be wrong and someone under her power could be correct over her. and it was an uncomfortable truth. so she denied it was one at all and hurt me. i know the reason could be elaborated on. she didnt want to confront her own internal logic. or trauma. or even doublethink. that doesnt excuse her hurting a child for the sake of her sense of pride, of comfort, of self-worth. a child under her power, that she claimed to be parent of. teacher of.

not owing anyone anything is not the same as not hurting anyone. i havent reconciled that yet. oppressors should be held accountable for their mistakes, and give reparations if the harm is physical at LEAST. and i think that applies to politics, yes. privately though? if i beat up a nazi, i dont want to pay for his hospital bills. my personal philosophy struggles between equating people and ideas as a worth measurement, and realizing that that line of thinking is... similar to oppressors. but. its based on something people can change. the question is, do i think "if given the opportunity" is a good enough reason to stop and question a racist that runs their mouth? and do i think pre-emptive violence is okay? if say, a nazi walks into a bar and doesnt say anything but is wearing all the red flags and bells and whistles. i dont think that justifies a beatdown. being asked to leave, sure, but the beatdown doesnt start til the first remark flies.

once the intent is given OR the action is taken, the line is drawn. doesnt matter if they Havent Had The Chance. if theyre starting shit outside of debate spaces like that, and not, say, asking questions, theyre not looking for new perspectives, and it is NOT my job to educate people. its not my job to Show People The Light. a quick fucking google search could tell them why theyre wrong. if they havent put even the most basic energy into questioning their beliefs, thats on them.

it sounds like im trying to absolve myself of blame here. largely because. i think i should go out and help educate people because theyre inherently complacent if theyre, yknow, in a position of power. aka white folk and men and rich folk and cis folk and on and on and on. these people dont live my reality. they dont live the reality of a gay black man in the south, or a genderqueer lesbian in the west, or an indigenous woman whose nation is being targeted, or a muslim woman who cannot wear her headcoverings in the face of danger of death, or an asian immigrant who cant get a job because of COVD age discrimination resurging. we will never live each others realities, but we can become aware of them.

they wont come into awareness without someone asking or telling, and then doing something to change them.

we shouldnt need to go running to people in power for them to be aware of problems in the populace, govt is supposed to help and solve issues like this. like. actively. thats the whole point, make life better for the countrys citizens. and individuals in a position of social power...

are individuals who didnt take on a responsibility to protect and serve or otherwise care for the populace of a nation. i personally think they SHOULD care, but they are not obligated to. i cant make them care about others.

and honestly, on some of them, it would be a waste of time. there are people who want to change or question things and yknow what? they seek out answers. in people or places or online usually. stats and stories.

so like. i dont think someones Potential as a person matters when theres a throwdown about to happen. it really isnt my responsibility to save people from themselves or try to change their sides against their will. if they want to chat about it they can ask questions first.

not throw insults or punches or hatred.

what people have been taught is worth analyzing and trying to correct IN SOCIETY but i cant fix every broken white boy that comes to me. PSAs, fliers, outreach, online videos, debate spaces. those are things i already have access to and can be a part of if i really want to go around changing minds. or yknow. get involved in legislation and be myself around others to change their perceptions of whats socially acceptable or normal. maybe protest, maybe call congressfolk, etc.

but not every comment has to be analyzed or a learning opportunity. im allowed to shut it down, and people can respect that or stop talking to me. this isnt my parents house where i had to justify everything that i said or did when scrutinized, and doubly justify any criticism i had of mother, or any joke i frowned at instead of smiling.

these people dont have that power over me. they arent my mother. they arent my boss, and if they are i can fuck off and get a new job if necessary. they dont have financial control over my living space and food and schooling and physical control of where i can go and with who and for how long. I CONTROL THAT. I do.

Huh. maybe thats why i want a van so bad. i mean... when this lease ends if nobody is gonna end up living with me...

i could just... live in my car and shower at truck stops. get a storage unit for my stuff. save by driving jobs. like 40 to 60 a day. tear out my cars back, insulate it, and install my mattress pad there. water on the floor, cooler next to it, wooden cutting coard, knife, single camping plateware set, and another little shelf for spices. maybe a hot plate i can hook up to the car battery? get a long enough usb and it might be doable. i could go camping and open the trunk to just... vibe.

because yeah, honestly? i dont plan on having a solid apartment for a bit. like a long bit. and i still have like 70000 miles on my car before itll want to go. and by that point, even at like 100 miles a day, thats like 2 years, less if i go cross country in that vehicle. i could save up SO MUCH for a better vehicle, or like. college. live on campus, get some credit, continue working after i figure out want i want to do.

i think thats a solid plan, even if i dont get another apartment and put everything in storage. work as i need to instead of all the time for rent, really only paying for gas, car repairs, car ins, food, and phone data/hotspot internet... that would bring my monthly expenses down to like 500 a month max instead of like 1400. id only need to make some 1000 a month doing contract stuff to save for taxes and stuff. anything extra would be just that: extra for savings and things. holy shit.

depending on how this next month goes for my friends, holy s h i t.

i. i might do this. legitimately.

i. dont think i can yet. i need proof of address to get my license im pretty sure? but hey, thatll be my 21st this year, so. once i have that i wont need a new address for a While. i dont know if ill want one, really.

i could always just ask a friend or family member if i could use theirs for mail that cant go to a PO box.

anyway. yeah. wow.

[trans-advice]

im sure u get a lot of asks about how to tackle dysphpria&this ones no different im afab&the only person who knows im not cis is my sister,im currently undecided on pronouns,i keep switching between he&they,&ive tried lots of methods to reduce my dysphoria,but loose clothes dont hlp as much &ive tried binding but that hurts&i shouldnt even be binding coz im underage,i just need something to make me less aware of my body&it would mean the world to me if i got more advice abt how to deal with this

If binding is too uncomfortable for you then you definitely don’t have to do it, you don’t have to bind to be trans masc. It is worth noting though that there’s not an age restriction on binding. Plenty of younger people bind and as long as you’re doing it safely it’s a okay. As for dysphoria, I find that for my chest avoiding thin fabrics are very helpful. I tend to stick to button downs most days because most are made with a boxier fabric so they don’t highlight the curves of your torso. Wearing thick fabrics like sweaters or especially sweatshirts with a thick logo can be helpful too. Also another thing that helps with both hips and your chest is layers. Thicker layers like a denim jacket obviously do a better job of squaring you out, but if you need something lighter I’ve had luck with light cover shirts. They’re sorta like a button down but made with a thicker fabric, but not as thick as denim. You can also just wear an open button down over a T-shirt if it’s too hot for any sort of jacket. Hips are really tricky and that’s what I still struggle with the most. What I’ve found helpful is finding shorts or pants that fit to your body around your waist but then are less snug around your thighs and legs and depending on your body type that sometimes helps block things out a bit, but unless you have smaller hips as is that won’t fix it entirely. You could go the complete opposite route and wear baggier pants/shorts, but that’s not everyone’s style so I like to offer up something better than “just wear baggy clothes.” As for being less aware of your body, I find on bad dysphoria days my favorite thing to do is put on loose clothes that don’t cling to my body so that I can zone out and pretend I don’t have a physical form and then lay under a big thick blanket or comforter and play video games or watch tv so that I can just take a break from life for a bit and pretend I don’t have a body. But that’s just an escape it can’t help you all the time. So other than manipulating how your body looks through clothing there’s no way to really make yourself less aware of your body that I know of unfortunately. Other than disassociating from life, but that’s really not healthy though I know it’s sometimes necessary and I have to do it myself sometimes. But instead of trying to hide from your body maybe try doing what you can to reclaim it? Find a way to connect with your body and reclaim some sense of control over it. Some people do this through physical activity like exercise or yoga. Others just practice mindfulness and work on creating a better relationship with how they view their body. Really anything you can do to feel some sense of control. It doesn’t give the immediate relief most people are looking for, but it really really helps in the long run in my experience. If you have anymore questions or want me to go into further detail about anything you can reach me at @musicmanvans and I’d be happy to help you out!

Hope this helps,

Lake