#no skin off my nose

[toloveviceforitself]

Okay so putting aside the question of whether supporting/voting for/spending political resources on Harris is the right tactical decision (I'm genuinely divided on this question, and arguments like this don't move the needle for me one way or the other)... If you've ever said "ACAB", but the reasoning in the posts above makes sense to you, then I need you to examine the contradiction. Because "she didn't necessarily agree with it but it was the LAW and it's her job to ENFORCE THE LAW" is the exact reasoning people use to defend cops participating in and upholding the most violent and dehumanizing end of a violent and dehumanizing system, and it's the exact argument that phrase is meant to condemn. The whole point of the phrase "ALL Cops Are Bastards" is that by choosing a career where it's your job to enforce and defend unjust and indefensible laws, you have taken your personal off-the-clock character out of the question. You are now, at minimum, exactly as much of a bastard as those laws and that system are. As such, no one dealing with you should have to care about or take into account your personal off-the-clock morality: whether you're grinning with sadistic glee or shaking your head solemnly to show you disagree, it feels exactly the same to someone under your boot. You're a bastard regardless. The moral calculus for prosecutors is the same, they are functionally the legalistic arm of the same organization (which is why people refer to prosecutors as cops: same job different department). At the end of the day you share the mantle of the system you choose to enforce. You've put yourself in a position where the options are to participate in and prop up that system to get ahead, or oppose it and be ejected (or worse), and at every step of the way you've chosen the former.

You can decide, if you want, that she's the least-bad bastard up there. In a diffuse way, all politicians at the executive level (and most at the legislative level) are bastards or aspiring bastards, and there are valid tactical arguments for trying to find a bastard that fits your needs. But when you argue that the nature of her job somehow absolves her, makes her NOT a bastard, then you have lost the plot.

[unlikelytrashthegarbagedump]

Hear is everything I have to offer that isn’t my invader zim stuff if my invader zim stuff interests you that would be located at @unlikelytrashcreation otherwise welcome to all the other stuff please enjoy.

[thelastattempt]

I promise you Louis wasn’t thinking ‘right I’ll use the white rose, the most popular symbol of Yorkshire, and this from the rose of Lancaster’ or whatever (Lancaster isn’t in Yorkshire and has no significance for Louis - Lancashire is in a completely different part of the country) but sure Louis is a history buff now 👍 Sometimes the simplest explanations are the correct ones instead of trying to find all these layers

I actually agree that the simplest explanation is probably the correct one and I’d refer you back to the differing side by side images.

And I’m not sure why you find the idea of Louis knowing his history so bizarre? It’s an extremely well known period of English history, with far reaching connotations for the political and religious landscape for generations. But okay, whatever you want. He’s just a silly guy doing silly things.

[transmutationisms]

a danger of talking about diagnosis as though it legitimises xyz functional struggle is that it always carries the implication that people w/out a medical chart designation are not entitled to experience the same difficulties, or more specifically are not entitled to the accommodations for it. this has obviously shitty consequences for people who cannot afford encounters w/ the medical system, but also for those who simply don't fit or don't use specific professionally legitimated nosological taxonomies. this is why it's interpreted as a threat to recognise & accommodate disability w/out requiring a specific diagnostic term or process as a mediator. diagnosis can only grant access to certain resources for certain people by virtue of its antithetical power to gatekeep them from others; and ofc the access it does grant is always & therefore limited and precarious in nature

[rebellum]

The whole transandrophobia discussion thing is weird bc it feels like it's a bunch of poc and jewish trans people being like "here are my experiences of how specifically being MASCULINE had affected me, and the discrimination and violence I experienced based on that. And here is how that relates to me being a racial/ethnic minority"

And then a few loud white trans people going "ohhh you wanna be oppressed so bad you *slur*. This is why there aren't any poc in your movement it's because REAL poc understand intersectionality"

[burningcheese-merchant]

When Burning Spice was introduced a lot of people made comparison with Capsaicin, and even thought they were related. You have any thoughts on that?

I do, and you're all probably going to be very disappointed lol

Not only do I NOT vibe with the idea that they're related, I'm actually really annoyed that it's as popular as it is lol. It doesn't even make sense. Burning Spice was in prison for thousands of years; when, where and how did he have a kid? At what point in time did this occur? Capsaicin is a young man. A regular mortal, outside of his "Spice Overlord" thing. I ask you all again: when? Where? How? WHY? Has anyone ever actually thought this through?

"ThEy LoOk SiMiLaR" okay, and? So fucking what? Neither of them own the concept of "long hair" or "muscles" or "sharp teeth". Pitaya has those too, and he has an arguably more substantial connection to Capsaicin because they're actually from the same fucking area. Happenstance. Lots of characters in this game have similar attributes, that doesn't necessarily mean anything

"ThEy'Re BoTh SpIcY" Refer to point A. Do you all think all the nut-based cookies are related, too? That's the logic you might as well be operating on. Correlation is not causation

"Blah blah both jail" you know how many characters in this whack-ass phone game count as felons, bro? How many of them SHOULD count as felons lol? The Cookie Run universe might as well be one giant Alcatraz with all the shit these little affronts to God get up to every day, I ain't making them all each other's relatives because of it

They're the wrong ages for them to be family. Burning Spice was serving a life sentence since long before Capsaicin was even thought of, he literally got out after the guy was already a grown ass man. They're not even from the same fucking CONTINENT! Capsaicin has probably never even HEARD of Beast-Yeast! Even that little comic the CRK Twitter account posted makes fun of all this shit!!! The Wild Spices mistake Cap for Spice from behind, and then get confused when he turns around because THEY VERY CLEARLY DO NOT KNOW WHO HE IS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE! Wouldn't an army know if their general had a son, even if it was only mentioned in passing? Wouldn't THIS army have a vested interest in having their general's son around if he existed, and stop at nothing to bring him home should he vanish, to gain favor with Spice and because of how powerful Capsaicin is and how useful he could be to them?

I wouldn't be so bent out of shape about all this if it wasn't LITERALLY FUCKING EVERYWHERE!!! I cannot enjoy any content of Burning Spice OR Capsaicin without having to endure a fucking barrage of "hurr durr father and son" posts!!! I just want to ogle my hot, sexy, deliciously evil spice man BY HIM-FUCKING-SELF in peace, I never asked to have to hear the exact fucking same "hi son I came back with the milk" joke over and over and over again

I know I sound like a massive dick right now and I'm truly sorry. You are more than welcome to think of these two as related in some way if you wish. I am not your mother, nor your leader, nor your god, I'm just some cringe loser on the internet. Enjoy this game and its characters in whatever way you choose. I even actually like a good bit of the father/son art, a lot of it is cute and funny. I'm able and willing to say that with complete sincerity.

I just wish I didn't have to feel like it's being forced on me. That is one of the biggest issues I have with this fandom: how oppressive it often feels. You MUST ship this particular pairing, you MUST headcanon these characters as family, you MUST take this one-off joke that was clearly just a goddamn joke and preach it 24/7/365 like it's the gospel truth that Devsis themselves wrote on stone tablets and delivered from the top of Mount Sinai. And then when someone doesn't want to do that, everyone else descends upon them like a plague of fucking locusts. I actually saw a Dad Spice + Son Cap post on here with the person who made it saying something like "ok since everyone agrees that these two are family [...]" and I just got so fucking irritated. No, actually, not everyone agrees. Not everyone agrees on a lot of the fanon that's shoved down the entire community's throats on a regular basis. PLEASE stop acting like they do. I still remember when people would get flat-out harassed for not acting like Herb is Sea Fairy's son (old ass drama lol).

Say what you will about me, I'm just one person and you can block me or whatever dumb tags I use for my dumb shit. There is NOWHERE I can go to avoid this. Twitter? Plagued. Tumblr? Plagued. Even fucking reddit is on this nonsense (only in my personal opinion). But that's what I get for acknowledging Reddit in any capacity lol

I shall once again sincerely apologize for my harsh tone here, I am not attacking you personally or anyone who headcanons these two as relatives. I am just generally, profoundly frustrated and I need to get it out. I appreciate you taking the time to ask me an honest question, I hope you can forgive me for my painfully honest answer

[arcane-vagabond]

Someone around here is a hater, apparently

Also, let me know what you guys want as a celebration for that milestone!!

[bananonbinary]

just spent 50 DOLLARS on 5 whole covid tests for the family to take (we have immunocompromised friends and don't take any chances with them)

this is a fucking travesty

[samijey]

It's quite nice to see Jey be the one to seek out Sami backstage and be supportive when he's struggling after how many times Sami did it for him in the past (Monday Night RAW 16/10/2023)

[thepoisonroom]

that post that's like "learning social skills helps with social anxiety" applies to dating also btw

[phatkochi]

That is not Steven Rudboys/neg

[t4llhum4n]

I gotta be honest, the second I heard Sam call Alexis a bitch, I knew this discourse was going to start up again.

[oldpotatoe]

im sorry my american followers and friends for saying this but it makes me absolutely sick to my stomach when you all approach next year's elections with such a blind 50/50 mindset while this shit happens

yeah trump's a fucking monster. but instead of sticking with your two options of eating poisoned shit and eating slightly less poisoned shit, why is america so fucking complacent with any option that leaves you with shit dripping from your mouth i fucking beg

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

I think there *is* some ambiguity as to whether "Ed and I had our dalliances" = "Ed and I had our dalliances with each other" that doesn't change the function and power of the scene, which one is actually true. (I do think they probably did fuck, ftr)

Honestly, I think this is a case where Occam's razor really applies here. Jack reads, at least for me, most intuitively and naturally as a way to fit the classic "oh shit the ex boyfriend is here to fuck shit up" trope into OFMD's storyline, and while I guess that ambiguity does exist if you squint, I do think you have to squint for it.

To be perfectly clear, I am about as Jack-neutral as it's possible to be, and I think he's interesting insofar as he reveals information about Ed's past that precious, precious few other characters in the entire show can give us. And I also like that Ed's allowed to have a messy ex-boyfriend who describes their past relationship as dismissively as a "dalliance" - he's allowed to have relationships that are messy and imperfect and not very good for him in hindsight, and he's never judged for it, and I think that's a very mature and realistic and kind angle for the show to take.

[ear-motif]

would you rather hannibal be your dietician or your cosmetic surgeon. no you cannot kill yourself

[purecommemasolitude]

actually if i fail this exam in two days it will be an epic and subtle sodapop curtis reference and not an academic failure at all. the [redacted] markers simply do not understand my outsiders swag