#this shouldn’t be this hard

[gameshowghozt]

i have never wanted to snap my keyboard in half more than i do now

too bad i’mm invested in this game now

[teethbomb]

Made this while I was watching drawtectives. Hag yuri upon you

[gothra]

I’ll never forget when I was arguing with a person in favor of total prison abolition and I asked them “what about violent offenders?” And they said “Well, in a world where prisons have been abolished, we’ll have leveled the playing field and everyone will have their basic needs met, and crime won’t be as much of an issue.” And then I was like “okay. But…no. Because rich people also rape and murder, so it isn’t just a poor person thing. So what will we do about that?” And I don’t think they answered me after that. I’m ashamed to say I continued to think that the problem was that I simply didn’t understand prison abolitionists enough and that their point was right in front of me, and it would click once I finally let myself understand it. It took me a long time to realize that if something is going to make sense, it needs to make sense. If you want to turn theory into Praxis (I’m using that word right don’t correct me I’ll vomit) everyone needs to be on board, which mean it all needs to click and it needs to click fast and fucking clear. You need to turn a complex idea into something both digestible and flexible enough to be expanded upon. Every time I ask a prison abolitionist what they actually intend to do about violent crime, I get directed to a summer reading list and a BreadTuber. It’s like a sleight-of-hand trick. Where’s the answer to my question. There it is. No wait, there it is. It’s under this cup. No it isn’t. “There’s theory that can explain this better than I can.” As if most theory isn’t just a collection of essays meant to be absorbed and discussed by academics, not the average skeptic. “Read this book.” And the book won’t even answer the question. The book tells you to go ask someone else. “Oh, watch this so-and-so, she totally explains it better than me.” Why can’t you explain it at all? Why did you even bring it up if you were going to point me to someone else to give me the basics that you should probably already know? Maybe I’m just one of those crazy people who thinks that some people need to be kept away from the public for everyone’s good. Maybe that just makes me insane. Maybe not believing that pervasive systemic misogyny could be solved with a UBI and a prayer circle makes me a bad guy. But it’s not like women’s safety is a priority anyway. It’s not like there is an objective claim to be made that re-releasing violent offenders or simply not locking them up is deadly.

[chanafehs]

This game is truly written by the kind of liberals who love to make statements like “I love animals more than humans” and the humans they’re always referring to end up being people of color. Genuinely what the fuck

[kingkatsuki]

Men that stroke their cocks to your most innocent selfies.

[somerandomdudelmao]

[themoonunderstoodmydadjokes]

I don’t think we talk enough about how being love bombed can like really fuck you up??? Like yeah is it easy to identify from an outside perspective? Absolutely. But being in it and having someone devote that much time and attention to you (even if it is manipulative in nature) to then having it end abruptly when they’ve gotten what they wanted out of you… 🫠

[thisisntseriousbusiness]

Bagginshieldtober - Day 4, 8, and 10

Prompts - Culture, Courting, and Music

I really enjoyed the process of this one, esp because I saw this photo on pinterest and immediately thought of them :3 <3

[vanhelsingapologist]

Publishing has always been a fucking nightmare, but now it’s a layer of hell. It’s not enough that writers be good at what they do. Writers have to maintain an active social media presence and cultivate a following. Be available.

They have to be conventionally attractive enough to look good enough to see on a screen, aesthetically pleasing, kind, funny, up-to-date on trends, socially aware but not so controversial that they turn off a brand from California from slapping their discount code on a video promoting a book.

They have to do all of this with no media training, with little help from the companies that are supposed to be doing this for them.

Of course, a lot of this isn't possible for say, the 40-something mother of two who teaches English at a school and writes on the side. She’s boxed out of an already complex industry that already has enough walls.

On some level, I think authors have always marketed themselves a little, but we’ve reached such a crazy point where we’re demanding the author become the influencer. Accessibility in publishing has narrowed from an inch to a sliver. And that inch was hard enough to get in as is.

[stillgotscars]

not everyone who lives in california is rich. i repeat, not everyone who lives in california is rich.

[inmyheaddd]

people who hate on botl annabeth… imagine knowing that your best friend / the guy you like is prophesied to die in 6 months and it seems like he doesn’t even want to spend it with you, and memorizes another girls phone number, and that girl who he’s spending so much time with takes over your quest, when you’ve been longing for one for years.. YOUR quest!!

and on top of that, the guy you like goes missing after an explosion (… where you just kissed him) after you just got told on this quest you’ll ‘lose a love to worse than death,’ then comes back like nothing happened, and then you put two and two together… calypsos island. you think she’d just be completely fine??

[reigobun]

wow…..the under man…..

[politicalasylumincuba]

SaEon has loved her since they were kids. His comment of knowing each other for “twenty years” makes sense. (Side note: I don’t think he’s their real son. But that’s just speculation).

He remembers what she likes & isn’t overtly loud about it despite his sometimes overbearing personality.

It’s attractive that he remembers the little details about HeeJoo.

[seaweedbrain404]

i don’t know who needs to hear this (me) but if you experience chronic pain or illness or you’re disabled and you can’t work at all or you can’t work certain jobs or you can only work a couple hours or you’re struggling to find a job, it’s okay. especially if you’re also in full time education because this is difficult and i wish we didn’t have to work whilst being in full time education.

but my point is; you are trying your best with what you have. do not push yourself to do what able bodied and healthy people are doing because that is not only an unrealistic, but quite unfair, standard to set for yourself

[philsmeatylegss]

Yesterday, in NYC, a man lit a woman, who was sleeping in a subway car, on fire until she died. So the man arrested will be charged with terrorism as well as murder, correct? His attack was also threatening the lives of other homeless people (which it is assumed she was so). Surely he will also be charged with terrorism for scaring those people, right?

Or is it only terrorism when rich people are threatened?

Also, surely the fact the person who did this being an undocumented immigrant won’t be mentioned in every single news article about it, right? A woman was brutally murdered. Who gives a shit where the perpetrator is from, all we should care is that he is detained and punished.

Right?

We all agreed to this, right?

Or does race and immigration status only matter when a non-white and or undocumented immigrant commits a crime?

Same place, same police.

And I think we all know how differently this murder will be treated. And why.

[tera-ixie]

Every time someone asks the cast to marry/adopt them I have a physical reaction of second hand embarrassment. Especially since you can see that they’re not comfortable with that kind of question. Half of this fandom is wonderful and one of the most open and respectful fandoms I have been in but then the other half is just gross.

PLEASE DO NOT RUIN THIS FOR THE REST OF US AND MAKE US THAT BROADWAY FANDOM