#that's a lot of people...

[misiahasahardname]

my little polyship has invaded my brain... and YES it's gotten bigger

here's a basic little thing of relationships within the people involved (originally meant for my partner but i felt like sharing it)

beware of the slightly long post! (oOOoooOoOOo)

relationships in the super bi polycule:

gwen - dating trent, geoff and lindsay. in a qpr with leshawna and bridgette. close friends with cody

trent - dating gwen and cody. best friends with harold

cody - dating trent and harold. close friends with tyler and gwen, is chill with geoff, and best friends with beth. (not in the original message i copied this from but in a qpr with heather)

harold - dating cody and leshawna. best friends with trent and tyler. at odds with courtney, decently close with lindsay.

leshawna - dating harold and lindsay. in a qpr with gwen. best friends with trent, beth and tyler. at odds with courtney. close friends with bridgette.

lindsay - dating leshawna, gwen, tyler and beth. best friends with everyone, though unsure about courtney.

beth - dating lindsay. best friends with leshawna and cody. close friends with harold and tyler. despises courtney.

tyler - dating lindsay. best friends with geoff and leshawna. close friends with beth and harold.

bridgette - dating geoff and courtney. in a qpr with gwen. close friends with leshawna and brody.

geoff - dating gwen, bridgette and brody. best friends with everyone :D

courtney - dating bridgette and scott. she's alright with gwen. despises beth. she's not so well liked here, lmao

scott - dating courtney. she's the only person he really knows

brody - dating geoff. best friends with bridgette. close friends with everyone else

[yunfox00]

Haha funny number

[canonkiller]

I just think everyone should take a moment to consider the question "what is your visual shorthand for cruelty?" and then follow it up with a critical "and who taught you that?"

specific examples include but are not limited to

why is an evil timeline character design disabled? (why do the heroes go through equally punishing battles and never lose an arm, a leg, an eye?)

why are the futuristic scifi terrorists uniformly darker skinned? (why are the heroes so much lighter?)

why is the greedy boss fat? (why are the heroes skinny?)

why is the criminal mastermind heavily scarred? (why is the brooding, traumatized hero unscathed?)

why is the predatory creep a bearded person in a dress and makeup? (why are none of the heroes trans women?)

who taught you that this is how things are?

how long do you plan on repeating it?

[mythtakens]

“these characters should be mentally healthy before they get together 😌” ummm no I actually think we should smash their mental illnesses together like clumps of play-doh and see what colors it makes

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[markwateneymemorialcrater]

Please note. The orange one is not included because A. He isn’t a billionaire. And B. Calling him obnoxious is too kind for him.

[agnesandhilda]

if female top nudity weren't viewed as inherently sexually explicit. oh brother. I would be letting those puppies hang like you wouldn't believe

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[angelicgarnet]

the way people online talk about autism is getting really weird, like do they know that neurotypicals still have interests? that someone being passionate about a hobby doesn't mean they're autistic? you guys know that right

[sunbentshadows]

So, about that outage, huh

[nyxi-pixie]

'wah wah everywhere is falling to the right wing the whole world is doomed' literally like 6 months ago we were talking about how there was a trend in countries getting rid of their right wing governments. poland at the end of last year, france voted in a unified centre left/left alliance, even the UK finally got rid of the tories after 15 years (right wing splitting be damned, it still happened). outside of europe, bangladesh removed a dictator in like 2 seconds, india may have reelected their Evil Guy but on a DISTINCTLY reduced majority, theres been queer rights successes in thailand, with gay marriage set to be legal by 2025, and thereve been positive court cases on it in japan. and this is just stuff i vaguely remember hearing about. im sure theres more if you care to look for anything aside from more reasons to make yourself miserable

the US has a distinct effect on everyone, so this won't be fun for anyone (least of all its population. sorry guys), and there ARE a lot of people sliding into right wing extremism, but presenting this like its an unchallenged worldwide phenomenon is inaccurate, its damagingly bleak, and all it does is encourage despair and apathy. you DO have political power, and you shouldnt forget that just because of bad election results and the media's desperation to make you lose hope

[yeepof]

Local PHD student at wizard school HARRASSED!! FOR SHAME!!

[max1461]

Disgust has absolutely no ethical weight. If you are basing your ethical positions on the emotion of disgust you should stop, it is entirely unjustified and leads to a huge amount of harm.

[ionomycin]

Grief

ref photo by @jawsstone

[lazylittledragon]

some domestic shadowlachs <33