#sorry for the rant post

[soggyburgers]

whenever 5sos go on a break or aren't active for awhile it's really weird because a lot of fans preach about how glad they are they take breaks for themselves but in the same vein will be "COME HOMEEEEE" and i think it's just really important to remember musicians and artists and actors and people with platforms are in fact REAL live people who have thoughts and feelings and hardships to deal with and it's important for EVERYONE to take breaks from social media every now and then without having to feel guilty or shamed for putting themselves first HOWEVER this may just be me idk

[thesickleandthepen]

Democracy in the United States is a myth.

As a word or a value to uphold, "democracy" means nothing more than the terrible system we uphold today. The U.S. may be a republic politically, but that's not what we pretend to fight for. That's not what we tell our soldiers when they go to commit genocides and war crimes, that they are fighting for a republic which gives one person either all the power or none at all. We tell them that we are protecting a democracy, and the only true democracy in the world.

We were scared when communism rose in Russia and China, and spent decades baselessly bashing the entire concept due to dictatorships labeled as communism. We fought fascism in Europe and Japan during WW2, bringing down some of the most evil governments we've seen in modern history. Yet fascists now control the White House, the symbol of our so called "democracy".

Presidents from Truman to Nixon killed thousands in Vietnam and poisoned the land with chemical weapons over the Red Scare, and protecting democracy. MAGA Republicans fight for "democracy", otherwise known as the true dictatorship under their daddy Trump. We threw Japanese Americans into concentration camps, threw Black Americans into slavery and segregation, thre Mexican Americans out of this country to protect our fragile, broken, disgusting democracy.

We need a reset. We need a new government, one that actually embodies democracy, where every voice is heard equally, and everyone from the underpriveliged to the business owners and politicians can have a say and be heard. One where our vote matters, and isn't drowned out by the millions of brainwashed psychopaths voting in a narcissist. This government is simply not enough; we need one that respects the people, makes sure everyone can live, have food, water, and shelter guaranteed. One where the rich lose their power, and their money is distributed to those who need it and programs that could use it. One where children can actually be educated on how the world works, instead of being lied to by Christians and right wing politicians, turning them into the worst kind of people on this earth.

I don't know how we'll get there. It may take a while, but we can do it. All ot takes are voices, making sure we get our way. Yelling at the top of our lungs, putting the right people in power, unfettered by the elite and insane. It's gonna be hard, but every small step is a battle won in the war towards a better world. A world where the sun feels warm on your face, almost as if the very universe is congratulating you on a job well done.

That is the world we need. It is the world we deserve.

[onesidedradiostatic]

new challenge is trying to see if the #aroace alastor tag can go 3 days without discourse

[a-bass-ist]

Alright, I put down another book: here's my cliff notes review of no country for old men

It was excellent, I enjoyed it, I struggled to understand it at times though. McCarthy had a very, let's say, acquired sense of writing and once I got through the novelty of not having quotation marks or many commas, I realized I just had to focus. He's a good author but if I'm gonna read say, "the road" or "blood meridian" remains to be seen.

The book itself was good, as I said, I liked how completely unnerving the scenes with Chigurh are, I felt tense reading parts because of that. Moss was a good character, but to keep it spoiler free I'd say they did him, unceremoniously dirty. Bell was good, his parts were the hardest to grasp but he was a shaded in character and very interesting. Most of the characters were well written in fact, of the main 3 that is.

Would I recommend this book? I'm not sure, if you want to start reading Cormac McCarthy, yes, it's not at all a bad place to start. If you're just curious or have seen the movie, I don't know, I enjoyed it, but it's (as I've stated like two times) hard to follow a good couple times. I guess you could say, my recommendation, is a coin toss

[frost-queen]

how did you like the season 3 of bridgertons?

I liked the first half, the second half felt like a disappointment or so out of line. After episode 5 or 6 Polin seemed to become side charachters 😒 while it was their season! The side-stories took complete control in the second half. I found their scenes sometimes awkward in part 2. I felt second hand embarrassement. The Benny scene's urgh I skipped them he was barely around and spend more time having threesomes than being around the family. It felt plain and just driven with pleasure. I have no problem with Michaela (michael) the thing that bothered me was that Fran said she loved John. Their kiss felt like she did not love him and her lovey dovey eyes to Michaela from the first second felt like she just threw her love confession for John out of the window like John who? It felt too rushed. I mean if it built up like in the book (which I have not read) I could understand it more. Now it just felt like what she built up with John by telling how she loved him and wanted to marry him, that it meant nothing! Also why let us have sympathy for Cressida to just let her be the villain once more 🤷‍♀️

I did enjoy Lady D as always 🥰 Phillipa that darn sweetie with the bugs was an absolute delight. I really enjoyed the featherintongs more this season than the Bridgertons. The Bridgerton's where all over the place 🫣

I wonder whoes next story will be and how? I do hope Sofie remains as I just love myself a Cinderella story.

What did you think?

Also i'm not saying this to start a war or something. It is just how I felt about the season. I didn't enjoy it as much as the second one which is up till now still my fav season 🥰

[starfleetshrimps]

unfollow me right the fuck now if you think supporting palestine is antisemitic because i have far too many nasty ppl messaging me right now accusing me of being

A) a zionist

and

B) an antisemite.

you people do not know what these words mean and i'm tired. I am a jew, and (not that it largely matters) an ethnic, cultural jew, who has been taught through deep seated intergeneration trauma, from very early childhood what genocide looks like. this is genocide. I will support Palestinian people however I can I would just really like to stop getting accused of two terrible opposite things, neither of which are true in the slightest.

fuck off.

[relatabletoaster]

It's very frustrating to read people straight up post misinformation in the name of body positivity. Like, you don't have to lie about how the human body works in order to fight against fatphobia. It's bad, actually. Health comes in many different shapes and sizes, and it's important to keep that in mind.

[rats4brainzzz]

imagine how much of a fucking horrible person you have to be that on the first day your elected into office the crisis calls of a Suicide Prevention Project Go Up 33%. The Trevor Project Received over 1,400 Call By Early Monday Afternoon. Most of those calls, if not all, are coming from children. Children scared of you and what you will do. Imagine how much power and how horrible you have to be to do that.

( Edit ) Link To Where I Got My Info:

[mothdustts]

sorrry ive been really stressed out the past couple of days because my uni is being a fuckinf bitch about my enrolment for this upcoming semester booooo 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

also whats pissing me off more is that as an international student im literally paying these mfs 4 times the amount a local student has to pay and this is the service im receiving srsly what the fuck

[himeshifts]

reminder: shifting is real. you’re going to have memories from when you were a kid or random interactions with people you knew back then. even the dream you may have had when you were 10... oh and perhaps the supermarket you visited with your parents 6 years ago? your life in your dr doesn’t start from the moment you shift there. life is still life. don’t treat your dr as a ‘magical‘ place.

[princeyralsei]

Shadow during that last fight scene

[godivaghoul]

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[cowbot-lumberjane]

fucking hate that the clothes I bought to try and help make me feel more like me physically fucking hurt me. I bought the biggest sports bras I could find for a reasonable price and they destroy my shoulders and hurt my ribs. Im so tired of being shaped like this dude I wanna fucking die.

[mirrored-lipstick-obituary]

gjoing fucking insane over mumbo's new video like goth mumbo and punk babe mumbo were funny of course but the work he's put into his town??? he has a lesbian couple!! jill and bill!!! the auction and the juggling and people on stairs and people having conversations !! the details and interactions !!! god his town is so beautiful and diverse and it's amazing to see him so happy with it because it is realky beautiful and full of life !! i'm so incredibly normal about this "small" build he's made (small relative to others) and i love the fact that he's branched off into narrative building because it plays into his strengths as a film maker !! it's beautiful and amazing and i'm here for it

[moonstruckdraws]

Wanted to do some art of @circusinarun's swap AU of warrior Penelope (here). I want to do art and so much other stuff for the EPIC musical in general (especially since the last saga is so soon RAH), because it got me back into mythology. But I don't think I'll be doing any until after it's over.

But that doesn't mean I can't do AUs! (Hope you don't mind I used my ver. of Ares for this Kobi; it let me figure out more of his design like changing his helmet)

. . . they are best friends, right? They probably aren't, but Ares isn't that well liked by the other gods, so I think him being best friends with Penelope would be cute! Idk, it's probably me just being a fan of Ares that I don't want him to be friendless lmao.

I'm so curious on how this AU would flow, you know? Like, is Calypso a human in this AU that replaces Antinous in Little Wolf; and if so, who's on Antinous Island (don’t mind this question I can’t read)? Does Calypso trap Penelope there, if she is a goddess (ignore this too I still can’t read)? Who would Ares argue with in place of Aphrodite, or would she be in the challenge of God Games anyway? I'm assuming Eurylochus is replaced by his wife Ctimene, but is Polites in the same role?

It's a lot of questions that aren't that serious, it's just a fun AU, but I'm a curious person who loves details. I especially like thinking about how God Games would go, since no one really likes Ares other than his family, lover, and those who associate with him like Eris. It'd be on hard mode for him and it makes me sad to think about, yet so intrigued on how he'd convince them all; especially Hephaestus and Athena, but I feel like she wouldn't be so hard to convince... just stubborn against her brother to agree.

[bookinit02]

i really do think there’s a huge disconnect on here w/ people who have never used tiktok as to what it actually is and who actually uses it. the number of people i’ve seen call it a “teen dancing app” is actually insane. it has not been a teen dancing app since i was in high school, around 2016 - 2020. the main communities i saw on a daily basis were 1) black history/anti-racism educators, 2) high school & college teachers sharing in-classroom strategies and frustrations with the education system, 3) local/state political leaders giving real-time updates on behind-the-scenes government decisions, & 4) community activism & leadership. like tiktok is an adult platform. almost every person i interacted with was my age or older. and yes it completely depends on your fyp and how you interact with the app, yes there’s still teenagers and dance videos and literally anything else you can think of. but these communities of adults aren’t insubstantial at all, they have literally millions of interactions on a daily basis. there’s about a million other types of communities that i could name just off the top of my head, because the range of users was SO diverse and thriving. it’s a long-distance community tool, just like any other social media—and honestly much better than any other social media, because it relies primarily on the kindness of strangers. i saw at least 5-10 videos today of queer people in rural areas panicking because they don’t have any access to queer community on any other platform or in real life. and before i end this i do want to say i think tiktok is coming back, i think this is a highly orchestrated political move, etc., but i do know it won’t ever be exactly the same. people are panicking about free speech violations because tiktok was a place where people fucking SPEAK. i have never seen mass mobilization and communication in this same way for as long as i’ve been alive. it is the people’s app, not just a silly teenage thing. if you’re not on tiktok and never have been, please stop talking about it like you know anything at all😭