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they’re gonna be asexual lesbian jewish geckos getting married. making it wholesome. They gonna kiss.
This is gonna be the dialogue
Drunk Pleiadian at the Big Gay Jewish Reptilian Wedding.
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full on begging anti-civ people to explain just a little bit more what they mean by "destroy society" and "everything means nothing" and "civilization must end and all products of civilization" i desperately need you to clarify what you mean. those are intricate concepts that encompass vast swaths of the lived experiences of all people on earth, and it is deeply confusing.
instead of slapping down every possible idea for living more sustainably as a species, i would genuinely like to see some alternatives suggested. what do you want the future to look like? what does the "end of society" mean to you? because i feel as though the primary issue among anarchists is that no one can quite agree on what they mean by that, and what they want to see happen in the future. i struggle with it myself!
i just don't think defeatist rhetoric is very actionable, and i also think many anti-civ bloggers tend towards using nihilism to avoid engaging with the practicalities of what their philosophy is asking for - to the point where it gets rather confusing trying to figure out what, exactly, they believe the world should become in the aftermath of the destruction of civilization.
#genuinely am interested in hearing more about anti-civ beliefs#but it is difficult for me to engage in a conversation lacking clarity in the use of words#some people say 'destroy society' and mean it as 'destroy patriarchal class systems and their racializing assemblages'#and some people say 'destroy society' and mean 'society is a globalist conspiracy and must be destroyed' which is very different!#i know the second guy. i went to college with him and initially we got along bc we were both anarchists#then i found out that anarchism to him meant something very specifically white man conspiracy irt jewish people and racial minorities being#'in control' of the government in some way. he legit believes illegal immigrants are being bussed to his shitty hometown to steal jobs#but he also says things like 'we need to destroy society' and for the most part sounds like the average anti-civ anarchist on tumblr#so like i really do want to engage with the idea of anti-civilization because western civ is a poisonous concept built on conquest#i'd also just like some clarification on what yall mean by 'destroy' and also what the future should look like to all of you
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Reading my inboxes again and almost half of them are just about Louis Leroux
#louis leroux#criminal case the conspiracy#Tbh he is a cool character/has cool plot in general but what he did what pretty shitty#And the things I said before were probably bait to get more inboxes lol#And the funny thing is it worked#Shoutout to that one anonymous person tho lol#I wish I would have the same amount of inboxes if I talked about Hamilton#Hamilton International#Jason Arrow and Jacob Guzman tho
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I know
Käärijä didn't win because Finland isn't real
They can't hold Eurovision there
#käärijä#just remembered this old shitty conspiracy#made me laugh at the time#made me laugh one more time
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Love to torment my sister's do-nothing boyfriend. easiest method is simply doing things to reinforce his belief that my cat is actually my familiar (he is genuinely superstitious to this degree). this is easy for me because my cat is very responsive and easily trained. our recent accomplishment? she is meowing and i say "Cashmere, inside voices" and she pauses and then takes up meowing again...but quieter. Saw my sister's boyfriend struggling really hard not to immediately "call me out" in front of my sister.
#my sister is tired of her boyfriend trying to 'prove' that i'm capable of using magic to curse him#also it's not really a cute fun little 'teehee i'll trick him into thinking i can do magic and have a cool cat familiar'#and more I actively hate this guy#and he truly believes that you can't train cats to do anything beyond using a litterbox#he's also one of those guys who watches sketchy documentaries and weird podcasts and believes weird conspiracy shit#and also like just random stupid shit#the dumbest i've heard so far is that if you have glasses you should stop wearing them#so that your eyes can 'fix themselves'#not sure if there's like some alternative homeopathic bullshit he thinks you should do on top of that#but yeah my astigmatism is not gonna correct itself if i stop wearing my glasses dumbass#there's more but i think you get what i'm working with#all i need to do is teach my cat some simple tricks like 'lower your volume on my signal' and 'go where i point'#and he will start quietly (my sister will not be amused if he brings this up again) flipping his shit#like i'm lucky my cat is really responsive and trainable too. i've taught my cats simple tricks in the past#but i'm more motivated now that i have a purpose for it (riling up my sister's shitty boyfriend)#he just gets so frustrated because he wants to call me out so bad + he knows i'm 'being obvious' on purpose because no one will believe him#and it's true. he'll sound crazy if he tries to convince anyone i'm an actual witch–sorry tumblr witches but i do not believe in witchcraft#and i like to emphasize this by openly saying things to my sister like#'haha almost slept in this morning because Cashmere turned off my alarm so we could cuddle longer'#i previously explained to my sister that she figured out that if she smacks the thing making noise it will stop#so these statements are traps. if he brings up the familiar/witch shit my sister will chew him out#because she already got the 'haha my cat smacks my noisy phone to make it stop' explanation#so him saying 'obviously this is black magic' is not gonna go well for him
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if i see that "villagers are antisemitic because big nose and purely fanon greed so i turned them into literal sheeple instead" post one more fucking time i am actually going to lose it
#holy shit i hate it so much#like it's so actively mask-off shitty it's not even funny. what the actual fuck#like granted i am VERY defensive bc weve been a villager lover since they first showed up ingame#partly BECAUSE of them having big noses (like us!! We Have That!) but also because they're really cool#their lore is cool they were never actually even remotely greedy and have become even more explicitly CHARITY-ORIENTED over time#so yeah no it fucking pisses me off so bad#IF YOU WANT ANIMAL PEOPLE VILLAGERS JUST MAKE ANIMAL PEOPLE VILLAGERS#DON'T FUCKING CASE IT BEHIND ''I FIND THIS PROBLEMATIC''#GOD i am just so fucking tired of this shit. fuck you fuck the minecart you rolled up in and fuck the ketchup kids#AND FUCK THEIR SUNGLASSES#txt#salt#orig#oh also for context weve literally NEVER seen ''sheeple'' used w/o being a conspiracy theorist dogwhistle#like. EVER. that NEVER happens. people who use the word sheeple on any sort of regular basis are fucking NEVER trustworthy#and if for some reason that youre confused why i want you to really think about the people who usually use that term and what they're like#hint: it's shitty. you're being shitty. we lived with a conspiracy theorist for like 13 years. we're not taking this shit from people.#you cannot fucking reclaim ''sheeple'' i will bite your got damn head off your shoulders
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the long-ago aforementioned cool bi girl turned wannabe cathtradwife friend is currently getting flamed on facebook by friend and acquaintances. karma's a bitch ya shoulda known betta
#like she is intelligent enough to at least realize she looks like a massive hypocrite LMAO#babe you know how to have sex w trans women these nice catholic conservatives would call you a freak if they found out#and even if they love you bc you ~were saved~#i'm sure said trans women would love to hear that they were just a stepping stone on your awful sinful past life of debauchery!#before you got with a dude who's a fuckin 4/10 and are suddenly now a catholic conservative on about conspiracy theory shit#and speaking with her privately she seems a lot more like her old self tbh. she told me she was listening to chappell roan LMAO#like babe this is fun lesbian music. just the other day you were posting some shit ab 'mAkE mArRiAgE gOdLy aGaIn'#and i know music is music yada yada but like. girl blink twice if you need help#you're too smart for this#and you DESERVE better than this#and the thing is i don't think speaking to her ab it even chill-y will help#as someone who's seen bigoted spaces a lot of the time any pushback fuels their belief even further#this idea that they're persecuted and are lowkey martyrs for fighting The Good Fight#like no. people just think you suck because you believe and/or advocate for shitty things lol#idk. hope she gets better soon but she seems whipped by this billygoat lookin ass motherfucker sooo#this is so messy i'm stoned sorry folks#my post
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here's the thing about writing villains-
you're never going to get ppl to stop writing villains who want to control everything, who are evil for evils sake, who are manipulative and liars or whatever. who are just bad people who seem irredeemable- most peoples idea of a villain is whatever they fear most.
and just because there might be stereotypes about certain demographics surrounding these ideas doesnt mean they are inherently bad to have in your writing in general. the reason those stereotypes exist is because people wrongfully assume that a certain demographic is a certain way either through their own fears or from propaganda/conspiracy theories they're cooking up or have consumed-- which are all built around fear.
its normal to fear someone who wants to control everything. the problem comes in on whom you're projecting that on to and whom you think wants to do that. it's prolly not a good idea to make a villain- who wants to control the world and all of its money- jewish. its probably not a good idea to make a villain- whos a controlling manipulative abusive liar who will do everything to get their way in spite of who they hurt- someone with npd. it's probably not a good idea to make a terrorist-y type villain a muslim or of middle eastern decent. it would probably be a good idea to try to avoid adding stereotypes surrounding whichever demographic you're concerned about your character being misread as to your villain if you're already worried they're gonna be misinterpreted by uncharitable people online.
in my case, im making a vampire villain who wants to control everything. it would probably be really fuckin dumb of me if i added a bunch of jewish stereotypes to him along with that, considering theres a lot of antisemitism in how a lot of vampires in different forms of media were conceptualized and a whole ass conspiracy theory that jewish people already do control everything.
i dont think "wants to control the world" or even "secretly does control the world" is necessarily a bad place to start when creating a villain, it's all about what you do after that point. and its also all about keeping in mind different stereotypes/conspiracy theories/tropes/etc. around that idea that have harmed different people. it only becomes antisemitic if you draw the character the way antisemites draw jewish people, or add a bunch of conspiracy theory fueled ideas to the character, or add a bunch of jewish iconography around the character, or just make him in some way readibly jewish or just straight up make him jewish. the more you educate yourself on stereotypes/conspiracy theories/harmful tropes/etc. surrounding whichever demographic you're trying to avoid making your villain be misread as and actually avoid trying to make that character that way, i think the better off you'll be.
remember that those stereotypes/conspiracy theories/tropes/etc. all exist because someone wanted to make whichever demographic into a villain. those fears already exist in peoples minds, they just want a place to put them, and a lot of people will find a scapegoat to place them on to. it's not that those fears at their basic level are wrong or bad to have or wrong to use as a jumping point in your writing, it's that people sometimes project those fears on to other people, typically marginalized people, and again, for propaganda's sake or bc of their own fears of other people or whatever. if you avoid projecting those fears on to demographics targeted by said fears and thus avoid making your villain of said demographic in every way that you possibly can, the better off you'll be.
people will be uncharitable and read things in bad faith no matter what you do. if you're a creative, you already know the internet spends no time (and hardly any actual critical thought) in dismantling something they've deemed problematic, likely because they dont even like the thing they're critiquing but need to make it seem like its somehow a Moral dislike of the thing. ya gotta ignore it and have faith in at least some of the people viewing what you create to actually hear what you're trying to say. you also gotta take into consideration actual constructive criticism of what you create, because you might have a blind spot in this regard. try to avoid listening to people who seem off the bat antagonistic and demanding bc they likely dont even have a justified reason to be mad at you over if they're acting that way. if they have something they want to say to you bc they actually wanna change your mind, they're not gonna approach you apathetically, dismissively, passive aggressively, as if they know everything and are above you and are the most moral person in the room- people like that dont actually care if you change whatever it is you're doing and just want a self-justified reason to be mad at you that makes them look good for critiquing you, if they did want to change your mind they would try to approach you in the least confrontational way that that particular individual can manage.
ultimately, listen to people actually effected by these things so you know what to avoid and figure out how to not hurt them.
#i am by no means an expert on islamaphobia or antisemitism or anything. i dont think anyone is but the closer you are to being#effected by whichever -isms i think the closer u are to being an expert. so if anyone effected by said -isms more than I am thinks#im wrong about this i'd like to know. if im doing something harmful I want to know. so- unironically- please tell me if you#think something about what ive said here is wrong. i want to avoid hurting people and can only do so if ppl tell me how im doing it.#otherwise- if no one has any real genuine concerns of what im saying here-- i said what i said.#tldr; villain who wants to control the world? probably fine to make.#villain thats readibly jewish in many if not most ways and you made his motive controlling the world? most definitely *not* fine to make#whether that 'readibly jewish' means he's stereotypically jewish. he seems like someone who is plausibly jewish. or that his jewish-ness#is informed by a shit ton of conspiracy theories- doesnt make a difference. dont make a villain thats read as jewish in any capacity#with that motive. i'd only trust someone whos jewish + a good writer to be able to execute that in a productive & harmless way.#writing#the question isnt 'is writing a villain whos horrible in these ways bad' necessarily. its more like. whomst are you ascribing those motives#i mean obviously if you make a villain thats indistinguishable from how an antisemite might but just say hes not jewish... theres prolly#a problem. but thats why i say you need to actually EDUCATE YOURSELF on the shit surrounding x demographic so you know what to#avoid. the difference is you actually care enough to try to avoid it. shitty ppl are trying to find a way to do it w/o getting caught.
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Honestly something that baffles me about HP is how every time JK*R received a criticism she like, takes steps to make the world actively worse. The elf slavery is probably the most clear example of this: while it's tone-deaf (let's say James Cameron-esque) at best, the clear moral of that subplot in the second book is that:
🌸Slavery is Bad🌸
so ya know. We can agree on that at least. If she'd just left it at that we'd have a children's fantasy book that addresses a human (sapient magical creature in this case I guess) rights issue in a less than stellar manner.
But no, when people complained that this was handled poorly, or that the subject may have been a bit too dark for the whimsical magical school for kids series, or that it raised serious concerns about wizard society as a whole, rather than leaving it alone or even doing some more white saviorism, she said: no, actually, slavery is fine, the slaves love it! The one they rescued is just a freak. Which is... probably the worst thing she could've chosen. Like admitting the world is fucked up and wanting to fix it was already on the table, so why did she do THAT? Why include a clear metaphor in your writing if then you're gonna say "oh the thing that it's referencing is bad, but it's actually cool here"???? What????
There's like countless examples of this kind of horseplay and then at the end it seems like the only material change compared to the previous status quo is that Wizard Alcatraz no longer uses literal soul-sucking demons. Like even the rich wizard nazi family still gets away mostly scot-free.
How. How did so many people like this??? How did so many ADULTS like this where the fuck was the reading comprehension. The media analysis. Did no one besides Ursula K. Le Guin think about this shit.
Say what you want about the current state of media but at least we can call the MCU a steaming hot pile of garbage and that's like, a mostly uncontroversial opinion. How the fuck was THIS the holy grail of untouchable media in the 2000's. How was this such a dark time. Was it 9/11? Fuck it let's blame it on 9/11
#my own posts#i could go on and on#like theres the names of course#the fucking lycanthropy metaphor which is basically just. the dobby debacle but again. down to recreating harmful stereotypes later#(as gay men with aids btw)#the fucking goblins which. i feel at first were accidental but then she leaned into it which is like#THAT'S where you choose not to ignore the metaphor you wrote?#AND THEN THE LOVE POTION fucking hell every time the love potion is brought up it gets worse#like obviously whats more important is the ways in which she is actively bigoted and how she uses her money to fund it#which thankfully are much more widely known now#but like thats not the point of this post. its more important but its not the point here#also if you considered buying the new game. dont#like besides you know not funding a bigoted asshole#you shouldnt even pirate it lmao#the plot is word for word an antisemitic conspiracy theory. but ya know with goblins now#and theres mechanics that include: ya guessed it owning a slave#like. please let go of this shitty series. you can do it i believe in you
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#it's pretty much one of very few options at this point?? i guess i could ask my sister or even my shitty uncle but i rarely talk to either#and my sister probably needs the money herself for when the baby comes (o yea btw imma be an uncle. sidenote) and my uncle is a shitty alt#right conspiracy theorist. my brother has zero money and also has me blocked so there's not many ppl left lmao. and unless someone gives me#advice on how to eat fiscally responsibly i WILL need more money because at the current rate i might not even be able to make it stretch ti#thursday. so advice on any of these fronts would be welcome actually#anyway#mine#personal
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Love when a new trend crops up on some other platform but I don’t learn about it until there’s a post going around about why it’s generally problematic/a dog whistle/etc.
#ra speaks#personal#memes#apparently people are doing this. girl [noun/activity] thing on the tikkity toks#and it’s ending up as repackaged ‘cottagecore is femme and dark academia is masc’ kinda stuff#also the whole ‘noticing/noticer’ thing which is. straight up an antisemetic conspiracy theory dog whistle people#made a meme bc it sounds funny/they don’t understand it’s origin and implications#but I didn’t know these existed until there were posts on my dash complaining abt/explaining them like#woahhg ty for the info! didn’t know these existed until this moment!#which on one hand phew I’m spared so many shitty trends I guess#but on the other I know seeing the explanations first makes me more offended when I eventually do see it in the wild#bc I know why it’s Bad and think it’s obvious but that’s only bc my first experience w them is learning how shitty they are#anyways. time to make bean lunch.
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Artist friends, please don't use StickerMule
Full tweet
I've been on the "Fuck Stickermule" train for a few years now after they posted COVID conspiracy bullshit, and it was found out their CEO was a Trump / Anti-LGBTQ+ donor.
Take your business elsewhere. Just because they have good deals occasionally shouldn't mean they should be able to use your money to support shitty recipients.
Some businesses I'd recommend checking out:
StickerGuy -Been using Sticker Guy for like 15 years for my bands stickers over the years. They have some of the best vinyl stickers I've ever used and those things are practically indestructible. Ridiculously good prices too.
RockinMonkey - I've only ever used them for one run of holographic stickers but the quality is so good and I'd definitely go to them again if I were to get more printed.
StickerNinja - Never personally used but I've seen so many people recommend them and their quality shows on their socials. And I'm fairly certain they're BIPOC owned, super pro-LGBTQ+ and are very vocally Pro-Palestine which is a plus in my book!
StickerApp - has been getting a lot of positive feedback in the reblogs! Vograce - I've read some good things about them in the reblogs, and I've also seen some people on Tiktok showing off acrylic keychains they've made with their services!
EDIT [7/18/2024]:
Found this cool document full of information on other sticker / merch printers with a ton of comparisons and examples compiled by Theresa Chiechi! They also have a series of Tiktok videos linked on that page showing the different businesses they've tried. Be sure to check it out if you want a comprehensive look into your best options.
Please feel free to leave any other suggestions!
#art#artists#stickers#stickermule#stickerguy#stickerninja#rockinmonkey#artist alley#small business#artists on tumblr
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As it's also totally valid if you do happen to prefer contact lenses though, you don't have to actually buy those via your optician either - once you have your prescription and have trialled a lens brand you know works for you, there are plenty of much cheaper generics out there that you can brand match online (I use Everclears via VisionDirect in the UK) and then double checked they were safe with my optician next time I had an appt.
can we talk about how literally 64% of people wear glasses, and yet we NEVER see them in movies/tv unless it's on some nerdy or uncool character? why do we adhere to such a weird beauty standard that subconsciously makes us feel bad for,, not being able to see???
#here's a thought... maybe we can not frame disability aids as being purely about vanity and profit?#i fucking loathe wearing glasses as they're a sensory nightmare#best day of my life was when i finally got allowed my GP contact lenses aged ELEVEN#GP lenses actively stop your myopia worsening and also are shitty from a profit basis#now I'm officially Old & also fucking adore that i can wear cheapie disposable dailies instead because SO COMFORTABLE and no more cleaning#the one rest day a week i have to wear glasses is actively painful and gives me migraines (it's not a prescription thing it's just sensory)#there are things you can and can't do in glasses and hard/GP lenses and soft lenses and everyone is capable of making their own choices#it's not some moral failing or capitalist conspiracy if you find that contacts make your life SO much easier#i aint doing yoga in glasses they literally fall off my fucking face in downward dog#aaaand frankly there's no good option for swimming unless you want to wear goggles all the time &/or replace your dailies when you get out#prescription sunglasses have never worked for me so lenses are the only way i can wear sunglasses as well#being able to shove a bit of plastic into my eye given my prescription has been one of the great privileges of my life#i think education about the risks of soft dailies needs to be stepped WAY up though#people are always surprised when i change lenses after getting water anywhere near my eyes#i spend a lot of time explaining how having the equivalent of a petri dish on your eyeball needs constant risk management#still absolutely fucking love them#the only glasses i can still bear to wear for any length of time are a weirdo pair of designer ones i got in 2004 with floating hinges#they are supremely indestructible
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Anyway Rebel Ridge was fantastic btw
#I’m gonna be honest the trailers don’t do it justice#there’s a whole lot more small town conspiracy and a bit less guy beating up shitty cops#and it’s really good!
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You're more amazing than desks
When it comes to 2-drop uncommon black enchantments that give +1/+1 counters for removing one or more creature cards from your graveyard, we've got
#asks#it's so fucking hard to balance custom cards when the cards in official sets aren't balanced in the slightest#advantages of Thran Vigil: it works with artifacts. it can power up whatever creature you want. its colors are more lenient#doesn't matter because: artifacts don't leave the graveyard much. lesser in raw quantity of +1 counters. green is the best 2nd color anyway#advantages of Insidious Roots: it spawns its own creatures to power up. it places WAY WAY MORE counters. extra mana#i keep forgetting that Roots is a 2-drop because “there's no way a card with that much power costs less than 3 mana”#nah they just straight up printed that#conspiracy theory: it's a Rancor situation where it was supposed to cost 1 more mana but it got printed for 1 less as a misprint#evidence: just look at the thing jesus fucking christ#WAIT HOLY FUCK Vigil only triggers if the cards leave during YOUR turn but Roots doesn't have that restriction!#is that important? not even slightly but WOW just ANOTHER way that Roots is better jesus fuck#also why is the gatherer image for Roots so shitty?#just checked it looks like all the gatherer images from Wilds of Eldraine onward look shitty like that#not sure how they started fucking that up but leave it to WotC to find a way i guess
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I do not understand when people complain about the lack of group events in p5 because this game already has a massive amount of cutscenes. I've been stuck in cutscenes for over a week.
#☢️.txt#p5 esp p5r is a MASSIVE game. p3 and p4 are both ~70 hours (base) while p5r is 100 hours min if you aren't speedrunning#but most people i know spent closer to 150. my og is 200 but i tend to leave the game running while grabbing food so#i think p4g took me... 65? 75? id have to look. ik the kanji boss battle wasted a lot of time bc i was severely underleveled and stubborn#like i think p5 just has a very different tone than p4 and a lot of people are MASSIVE p4 fans (which i understand for sure)#p3 -> p4 was also a massive shift but bc it shifted from very dramatic to more chill i think the reception was different#also theres plenty of group cutscenes in p5. p5 is just not the Friendship Game#its the 'forming a criminal organization to take down your shitty gym teacher and accidentally getting dragged into a gov conspiracy' game#roz replays p5r
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