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its-a-cautionary-tale · 7 months ago

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This wave of people joining “creators for Palestine” has me really frustrated.

I have no issue with supporting the right to safety and freedom for the people of Palestine and I have no issue with wanting to help but I DO have an issue with the organizations that they are choosing to support.

One of the main organizations is the UNRWA, a confirmed Hamas puppet. The UNRWA is actively stealing aid from civilians, and members were actively a part of the October 7th massacre and held hostages in their homes. Why would you want to send them money?!?!?

The amount of misinformation and disinformation that is being spread at the moment is absolutely appalling. Israel isn’t “not sending enough aid”, Hamas is attacking humanitarian aid crossings and stealing the aid that they do let in.

In many of the cases of these creators, I do believe that they have only the best intentions but they are choosing to support a terror organization rather than actually helping the people they claim to care about.

There are also so many people denying the very legitimate REASONS that Israel is doing what they’re doing. I’m not saying I support everything they are doing but I understand why they’re doing it. If you want safety and freedom for the Palestinian people, you have to support the destruction of Hamas. There will be no peace until they are gone. It’s really a simple matter when you strip it down to the basics (not the conflict itself, that’s very complicated, but the reality of the current situation regarding any hope for peace).

Anyway… I now have to decide if I’m going to unfollow all of these creators whose work otherwise brings me joy. They are contributing to the false narrative and waving a literal imperial flag under the guise of “indigenous liberation” (don’t even get me started on the stupid fucking watermelons…)

If anyone has any advice about how to deal with this (tips on separating the content from the creator perhaps) or people who ARE doing good work and are actually helping the situation, please let me know.

This post is most specifically about SMOSH but it applies to a lot of creators. I’m so tired, and I can’t even begin to imagine how the Jewish people in those circles are feeling. People have been calling for Noah Grossman to be fired for being Jewish a zionist for months now, this cannot be helping that situation. I want him to know that the people with critical thinking skills and fucking basic understanding of the complicated history and current situation in the Middle East support him.

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darlincollins · 1 year ago

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thinking about how blake just has a whole ass shade in a secret basement room... like for what sir! this is not star wars you cannot be dropping people into subterranean monster dungeons for a little teehee haha power moment

#like how did he get it in there and he said it was corporeal so how many other people has he fed to it #blake make better life choices challenge #redacted asmr #redacted audio #redacted blake

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the-pea-and-the-sun · 2 months ago

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MAKING DEWEY A TRANS GIRL WOULD FIX THIS SHOWWW IM SO SERIOUS

#in my beautiful mind its not just a running gag but a headcanon #cmonn it would make it so interesting CMONNNNNN. im right #“haha it kind of seems like dewey wants to be a girl sometimes and feels rly unlike his brothers in a way he cant articulate!” SHUT UPSHUT #its not even funny how much of a marked improvement to this show it would be. i need to throw glass at the wall about this #reverse loud house dewey is one girl w a bunch of brothers who are all uniquely challenging to live with #its like. you guys KNOW its an interesting choice to make dewey a contrast to the over-the-top older brotherness of reese and malcolm #and you guys KNOW its interesting to have something important and complex about deweys character be gradually revealed as he grows up #so like what are you scared of/why didnt this occur to you #shows could be better if showrunners and execs werent all cowardly and/or stupid #dont take this super seriously btw im only like halfway through the show. and im high #in the beautiful woke version of malcolm in the middle that exists in my mind dewey is trangender reese is gay #and all the other main characters are bi. also stevie's transgender too

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bumblingbunny · 2 years ago

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#sims 4 #poll #my first one!#I've been trying to play a personal save #but ever since the update/new ep #my game will start lagging badly after just playing for a little bit #even though I have way less mods/cc than before :(#so I'm planning to try a brand new save #(not the base save I've been usign for awhile now)#to see if it's any better #and I've been wanting to try this challenge for a long time now!#but also hate making choices like this #so please help!#and ty for reading this far #please have a cookie as a thanks

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mars-ipan · 4 months ago

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i do love my family very dearly but the internalized ableism the men in here struggle with is. so much

#marzi speaks #it’s worse with my brother but he’s doing more to actively work on improving that #my dad however has very subtle internalized ableism that i don’t think he recognizes is there #which is. fun #like earlier. either last night or this morning i don’t remember #i was talking to him about how while ideologically i have nothing against accepting needing help and things like that #in practice it’s very challenging to adjust to being disabled even temporarily. and that if i do end up with a diagnosis that’s gonna be #a lot to handle. both mentally and just with the lifestyle changes i’ll have to make #and he makes a bit of a face and goes ‘i wouldn’t quite call you disabled. i’d just say ‘ill’’#and i just sort of look at him. and i blink. and i go ‘i am physically Un-Able to do things i am normally able to do’#‘i can’t walk long distances at all. i can’t sit in chairs for too long without causing pain’#‘i’ve spent the last 24 hours staring longingly at my computer because i want to draw but am currently Not Able To’#he didn’t argue with me but i can tell he was still unnerved by the idea of picturing his daughter as disabled #also like . illness and disability are not mutually exclusive? several disabilities are or involve chronic illness #i shouldn’t be surprised though. i mentioned considering starting lexapro #and he went on his ‘you’re an adult and it’s your choice in the end but i wouldn’t recommend it’ spiel #(he’s anti-psychiatry bc he doesn’t like the idea of breaking the brain down into smth so purely physical)#(and also doesn’t like the idea of someone being dependent on pills their whole life)#(which i’m giving him some slack on rn bc he is a just-got-clean recovering opoid addict. so)#(btw before any of you say SHIT abt my dad he took his pills legally prescribed for chronic pain and did not abuse them)#(and even if he DID that would give nobody a right to make a moral judgement on him. ok cool)#i then reminded him that my mom takes anti-anxiety meds and they really really helped her #and he just goes ‘true.’ and moves on #king u got some shit to unpack #it’s fine if u didn’t want to start antidepressants when it was recommended to you meds aren’t for everyone #but like come on now. u don’t gotta be so fundamentally against it when literally ur own wife who you adore takes psych meds #anywho my mom handled me making the disability comment much better. she was basically just like ‘ur fear is totally understandable’#‘u have a good support system we’ll help you through it’#which. thanks mom 👍 that was very kind of her to say

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gothamcityneedsme · 9 months ago

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i would accept the joker if like, the brainiac brainwashing unlocked the joker locked in batman's mind though. a jokerfied batman is right there. then you don't even have to kill him. that'd be a blast.

#shitpost #like if batman was immune to mind control because like. if you put batman down the joker comes out. that'd be kind of wild #that would be like. actually challenging and complex in the narrative #it would be *gasp* playing with the existing story #fucking set me on fire please.#i already had a better suicide squad arkham concept called: put the arkham knight on the sucide squad you idiots'#and also like IM NOT A SLADE FAN BUT SLADE WAS THE ONLY CHARACTER FORESHADOWED TO BE PART OF THE SUICIDE SQUAD SO LIKE. THEY SHOULDVE USED #*SHOULDVE USED HIM #and harley can stay but like actually acknowledge that this is arkhamverse harley AKA a harley where the joker died before she escaped #so she will never escape his clutches!!!!#also arkhamverse harley in the comics at least was involved with the whole uhhh Jason Situation so like. uhhhhh.#that also makes her unforgiveable #oh and like maybe use deadshot but like the one that was in the game and not the like. random new one they're using #i'll never get over the king shark's son choice. its so funny. and captain boomerang is also just. such a stupid choice #like oh yeah lets throw in randomc haracters never fuckignin arkhamverse #king sharks son is the stupidiest though #because like i was like wait. king shark dies in the movie. how is he inthis game #oh its his son. like. that stupid #god im losing my fucking mind over here

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faaun · 2 years ago

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i feel conflicted abt my relationship...need advice etc . in tags . pls i need input sm

#i love my gf a lot and i think our relationship is doing rly good rn . i miss her a lot bc im in a diff country to her but ill see her #in a few weeks etc. anyway things are good....HOWERVER. i am worried abt . our future #like u are supposed to live in the moment and have fun and be young etc etc but this is like..the fact that its going well #is making me consider how our life paths would go tgth and if it would be fair to stay in a relationship u know wont work forever. like #this was one of the reasons why i felt hesitant at first etc. basically i swore to myself i would only date an academic or at least someone #who like. has. A Thing. that they are working towards that they are rly rly passionate abt. bc i thought it just wouldnt work out otherwise #and it seemed after a while of talking that she IS like that...shes applying for a graphic design degree and she seems to genuinely #love art etc so much and also she is amazing at it. HOWRVER...she hasnt drawn in a while #and is working a min wage job despite meaning to quit for ages...and as far as im aware #she still hasnt made a portfolio...etc etc. but im so confused bc like...shes great and ik she can do it i just dont #understand why she wont. she could also get an internship etc in the relevant field but i still dont get it...and its not my place to be #pushy abt it. like i already suggested these things and asked abt them but i dont want to ask any more bc like. its her choice #what she does w her life etc. but anyway its like...am i being pessimistic/impatient and everything is gonna #go well for her or do i hold genuine concerns. and if the latter/both potentially...is it unfair to be like #hey babe ik things are amazing rn but we have to reevaluate bc idk if in 10 yrs i would be happy w where we are #my friend was like. Break Up W Her from the beginning bc he thinks u shouldn't get into a relationship w smn whom you think will not also #elevate u in some way..and ur life paths dont align etc...but he is genuinely married to his academics like hes sworn off #love so i didnt rly listen bc hes rly extreme w his. love gets in the way of academics. etc #but also his point was valid i think? that you want the person u spend ur life w to elevate you. u want them to challenge you and make you #want to work harder and be better and achieve more and more...and i do want that and i have been trying to be that for them #but A) i can only be that to a reasonable extent for them before it starts being like nagging/being pushy and #B) i feel like if they end up going the way they are rn they can never be that for me. is that bad #like am i a horrible person for thinking this way. obviously i am not casting a moral judgement on her or anyone #for whatever path in life they choose to go down but also is it like...Silly to give up on a perfectly good #relationship bc ur like. as it stands i do not see you walking alongside me in 10 yrs etc #like im lich rally 20 . but what if it DOES end up going rly well and it DOES end up being thr case that we end up staying together #and then im like. feeling discouraged bc my partner in life is just not the kind of person i imagined being w when i was 19 or 20...#like in terms of careers etc. more importantly is this a discussion i should have w her . bc i literally do not know how to raise this #without sounding like a dick but is that bc i...am being a dick? is this a bad thing ?? is this thought not that of a good person ?#it sounds so WEIRD to be like hey babe either u have to start being more ambitious and insane abt ur art or i might break up w you. like :/

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daz4i · 2 years ago

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smh fics give me this false hope that someone might love me even while knowing all my baggage. so unrealistic. not fair.

#not to vent on main but i am very much unfit for first choice type of love #as in. people love me just fine. but I'm no one's favorite. at least not to those who know me #and that's fine. it's better than being unloved. it's just a bit depressing #as soon as someone sees me express genuine emotions without 700 layers of suppression it's over 👌#(well. maybe suppression isn't the exact right word. i just call it masks)#so i just 👌 don't do it 👌 ever 👌#it's fine. it's okay. no true self is lovable. we all gotta compromise in order to be loved. that's just life (<- so depressed)#tumblr let me make this post unrebloggable challenge

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inverse-problem · 1 year ago

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once october is over I'll put more than [checks time between posts] 7 minutes of effort into art I post here, I swear

#I have a lot going on so if I'm gonna be making art every day you'd better believe most of it is gonna be hasty #honestly it's been an endurance challenge as-is but ah well #glad I'm not self-conscious about posting stuff that's really rough #do what you want forever etc #trying to figure out what I want to do for the free choice day bc I kinda want to do a joke #but also I'll be busy bc it's halloween evening hmm #anyway ah well blah #inverse problem.txt

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yatiso · 1 year ago

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practiced guitar until my fingies ached... which didnt take long bc i havent practiced guitar in weeks bc the move...

#🍒#i was thinkin bout puttin this acoustic bass on lay away so i could get her next paycheck but.... what if i got acoustic guitar instead..#it would just make practicing sooooooo much easier.... if i didnt have to set up and transition into practicing maybe id practice more...#im trying to out smart my add here so i can unlock my daily Hyper Focus in a posi way...#the thing is. i have 3 basses... a 4 a 5 and a 6 string...#i have one electric guitar... it does NOT have a whammy bar... which will become a problem the better i get at geetar...#there are so many options in this world............ and these ones are all good but i gotta make The Best choice....#the bassist is a failed guitarist meme is gonna be opposite for me #im busting ass trying to make bass interesting n challenging when... i could just learn guitar....#learn it FR this time...

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thriev · 2 years ago

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i think one of caroline's big conflicts has always been about the lines she'd cross for her friends. how she'll call herself a 'good' vampire who is above slaughter and creating victims out of people for fun, but how at the end of the day there isn't much she wouldn't do if one of her friends's lives were at stake. and having it be about her friends is good and well but i decided to give her an extra layer of angst by making it about her instead. by having her kill damon i gave her an extra thing to worry about because now caroline knows she'd kill for her own survival, and she has killed for her own survival, and this was before she became a vampire. which means she was always capable of it, even when she was nothing but a harmless human girl. and idk! i just think it's tasty. it's interesting. i think it's always been a constant battle, for caroline, to be a good person. it's a constant effort, and she can't really afford to even slip up once, and i think it'd just be fun to explore all that.

#out.#sometimes care's made out to be this paragon of vampirism. like it's vampirism done right #and i argue that it's just vampirism done good. but not necessarilly vampirism done /right/#bc vampires are meant to be killers. they're meant to Eat. they're meant to outlive everything and everyone #so in a sense sometimes klaus has it right i think LFJSG just going apeshit all the time and ruining everyone's lives (including his own)#i think that's what vampires were made for.#caroline actively challenges that. Constantly. because she keeps reinforcing that all that behaviour is a /choice/ at the end of the day #and she's right!!!!!! (ripperism aside?) it Is always a choice. vampires just usually always make the easier one #caroline's had a life of making hard choices though. not hard as in morally ethically difficult but as in. personally #she has to try very hard to be kind. to be caring. she's always been passionate but she has to learn to channel it correctly #over the years it gets easier. it becomes more ingrained. but at first a bitch was really struggling #so. u know. making hard choices. doing the challenging thing instead of the easy thing? caroline's an expert <3 #all THAT to say her real battle isn't really with her humanity vs her vampirism #it's about the uglier side of her humanity that she's always tried to keep hidden vs the 'good' side of her that she's trying to preserve #i think about that line in the show a lot where tyler(?) says to caroline 'i guess they just expect better from you'#and care going 'what? like it's easy for me?'#bc it's not!!! it's hard!!! but it looks so easy everyone assumes it is like. baby girl's struggling Believe me

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orcelito · 2 years ago

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#speculation nation #fanny reads trigun #trigun spoilers/#blood/#INVOKING WOLFWOOD'S IMAGE WAS QUITE MEAN NIGHTOW NOT GONNA LIE!!!#even after vash comes at him with killing intent. he still hesitates at the last moment #legato has to literally force his hand in order for vash to finally take that decision #and vash makes it. with great personal agony. and wolfwood in mind.#wolfwood died following vash's ideals and vash lived to accept that wolfwood was right in the end #sometimes you really cant avoid it. sometimes you really must kill.#if it means protecting someone. you must make a choice. otherwise your inaction is a condemnation.#vash. deserved. so much better than having to go through this...#he deserved to uphold his ideals to the end. legato burn in hell challenge 2k23

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ribbonzregretz · 2 years ago

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my life is a poorly written and completely self indulgent hurt/comfort found family fic written by a young and unaware plural author

#i am having a difficult time accepting people care about and love me in a non-romantic way #how do i let people love me without completely ruining everything????#like seriously i have never felt this kind of attentive familial love before #google how do i accept platonic love without fucking hating myself and getting caught in my own thoughts #its even worse because im plural and when im in front my thoughts and speaking in my head are indescernable #so they can hear every single self hating thought and insecurity #and instead of hating me for still feeling sad they try to make me feel better?????#like arent you supposed to hate me because im still sad even though ur putting all this effort into me??#maybe im just difficult to love but they like the challenge???#seriously what the fuck how the fuck do i process taht people actually wanna be my family by choice???#and platonically too???#like are they aware that all tehyll get out of this relationship is my attention + affection back #with romantic relationships i understand because my love language is gift giving + quality time #so you get something out of me whilst ur involved romantically with me #obvi zim is diffrent than just wanting gifts from me because i love it #but it made our relationship a little easier to comprehend and process because i could understand why zim would love me #but i havent done anything for these guys other than talk to them and sometimes drawing me spending time with them #or drawing them if they want it #AND THEY STILL LOVE ME???#i give zim a shitton of words of affirmation and play games with him and give him gifts #so like i can process our relationship better #because i give him things so i understand why he loves me #obvi i know thats not why he loves me but it makes it easier on bad days #but my headmates just love me unconditionally??? for no reason other than i exist???#not all of them but a decent portion of them have adopted me #am i charming?? manipulative??? why why why do they like me???? im so confused

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featherymainffins · 2 months ago

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I feel like DA fans ultimately have a very different relationship with their franchise than BG fans, because when BG3 put some old characters in, everyone grabbed pitchforks and was preparing to defenestrate all of Larian Studios. Meanwhile DA fans seem to be quite angry that their favs won't be mentioned in the new game.

#seems kinda wild to me. like you people trust the writers?#like bg//3 fumbled the ball really damn hard on pretty much everyone but Mi//nsc. and i don't think there's any other way it could have gone #i think writers are inherently incapable of writing former characters consistently and in a way that accommodates your choices #and I would rather they just left them alone. that was everyone is happy.#'what if you get to a plot point that would logically require the use of a former character?'#make something up. better safe than sorry. never include former characters it's a bad idea.#unless you like. REALLY need one. for villain purposes or something. in which case you should think really long and really hard #and holy shit at least try not to completely ruin everything (challenge difficulty: impossible)

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abuyasin156 · 28 days ago

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In Egypt, we are stuck between a bitter alienation and a painful reality. 😔🚧 We do not have residency, which makes every step difficult and every day full of challenges. Prices in Egypt resources are unforgiving, and the ones we brought with us are quickly melting away. 💸 While we try to endure and survive, our hearts remain attached to Gaza; The homeland that never leaves our minds or leaves us for a moment. 🇵🇸💔 Our loved ones there live under siege, and we live under the burden of alienation and worry for them. Every day in Egypt feels like an endless wait, and every contact with Gaza opens a door to pain. 📞💔 Returning to Gaza did not alleviate the anxiety, but rather confirmed to me that the suffering continues, whether we are inside or outside.

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grymmdark · 8 months ago

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i applied to 2 campuses of the same university, and one of them would be much better for me academically and socially, but i wouldn't be able to get myself to and from there which fuckin sucks. like if it wasn't for the fact that I'd have to rely on my dad to drive me to/from there it'd basically be my dream school. however i wanna have some amount of independence and that's slightly more important for me than academics are

#grymms spectacular fucking posts #i might end up transferring from the closer campus to the other one if it turns out that having a smaller campus would be much better for me #but also it just sucks yknow? like i wish i didn't have to choose between self sufficiency in commute and actual academics #i might not get into the closer one since it's bigger and more academically challenging and i dont have like. a 4-point-smthg gpa with tons #of extracurriculars #so if i don't get accepted to that one it'll make my choice easier i guess

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