#there are many things

[allo-frouto]

Something you haven't tried but you'd like to?

Having sex in a fitting room.

[a-method-in-it]

A non-complete list of things you can do that will actually affect the world in positive ways:

Give money. If you have money, this one is easy. Whatever cause you care about, there are people actively working on it, and they all need more money.

For maximum impact for your money, set up a recurring donation, even if it's small. Recurring donations allow organizations to plan their budgets better and spend less on trying to solicit donations.

Call your reps. Ignore anyone who tells you it doesn't matter. Call them. Local, state, federal, all of them. The more local they are, the bigger impact individual calls make.

Register to vote. Ignore anyone who tells you it doesn't matter. Terrible people would not have spent hundreds of years and untold amounts of money trying to restrict access to the ballot box if it didn't matter. Vote every time.

Donate Blood. Stealing this one from the person above. It's a good one.

Join a community organization. Doesn't have to be political or big. Get involved with a community garden or a group that reads to kids at the library. Join a local DSA chapter or become an abortion clinic escort or attend a queer meetup. Honestly, join a walking group if that's what's around you. Getting out into your community is an inherent good and will make you more likely to encounter groups doing good work in your community.

Start a community organization. Does your town need a community garden? A mutual aid group? Someone to pick up litter at the park so people actually go there? Be the change you want to see in the world.

Unionize your workplace. I yap about this one all the time, but it's a thing that anyone can try to do; it's hard but there's no barrier to entry at all. I have resources on my union 101 tag about how to get started if you want them.

Talk to real people in your life about politics. Online debate with strangers doesn't do anything. Talking to people in real life can. Reblogging doesn't do anything. Telling your mom how upset you feel about an issue and explaining it to her might. If you feel like you're shouting into the void on social media, it's probably because you are. And I find it's much better to talk (not shout) to people you know who actually hear you.

I feel like. Part of the reason we're seeing hot takes like "video games like Stardew Valley are bourgeoisie and you should feel bad for playing them" and "if any actor in a TV show even hints at supporting any part of Israel then we need to boycott that entire show" and stuff like that is.

Online activism does virtually nothing. It does virtually nothing, guys. You can reblog and repost stuff all day and it does nothing. And so there's this desperate need in people's minds to Do Something, but social media platforms have so thoroughly trapped us into the idea that This Is How You Connect With People, that we think blogging = activism.

But nothing we've reblogged thus far has made a significant difference in the world. So we keep reblogging, desperately, convinced that if we root out the real evil in our media consumption or if we pare down our beliefs to the One True Ideal and force everyone around us to share that ideal, then finally Something Will Change For The Better.

Log off. Go give blood; there's a critical shortage right now. Help someone in your community; it might not fix wars that are thousands of miles away but it'll help that person. Call or email your local representative about issues that matter to you. Fucking vote. Do something in the not-online space. It'll matter more than 100 posts in a row about Important Things.

[macdenlover]

it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this

[bored-boring-and-tired]

i propose that instead of pride month, we have queer year (queer people are treated like actual people all year long)

edit: @ilackhumanqualities wins best addition to this post

[kensatou]

MONKEY MAN (2024)

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[acorviart]

not to sound like a boomer, but I need some people to learn how to write emails in a semi-professional (at the very least) format so you're not cold emailing a business/potential employer/any other stranger about formal matters in the exact same way you'd DM a close friend on instagram

the formality/language can loosen up in the email chain once you've established a rapport and you match the other person if they're being less formal, but please don't have the very first email you send a stranger be written in all lowercase ultra-casual sms slang with no greeting or signature and a billion emojis

[whitneyzombie]

Oops I dropped my updated drive of DnD resources that I'd NEVER put the 2024 Player's Handbook on, or any other materials.

That would be so reckless of me. Who would leave 100+ DnD materials just laying around?

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[wardensantoineandevka]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

[bereft-of-frogs]

There’s that post that’s like ‘everyone should get into a tiny niche fandom at least once’ fully agree, that was really fun -- but I would like to add that everyone should get into a fandom where their opinions run counter to major fanon because it really teaches you about sticking to your guns and trusting your interpretation of the text without having to rely on peer validation

because WHAT are people talking about sometimes

[wizardnuke]

"i hate microlabels" yeah i also kind of dislike the idea of putting ourselves and our identities into very specific boxes, i think it can be really isolating- ohh wait you mean you think they're invalid. ohh no that's not the way to look at it. killing you

[noodles-and-tea]

Continuation of this

[botanyshitposts]

love when dogs come back to you with seeds stuck to them. lmao get used as dispersal idiot. that’s just what you get for snuffling the grasses

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Me doing my stupid research so I can fill out the stupid ballot and do my stupid civic duty.