#unprompted rant sorry

[roblogging]

i try not to be annoying but last year my kitchen stuff was used by another flatmate without telling me and i got really sick (reckon it was the plastic cutting boards init)

so i told everyone this year "oh pls don't use my stuff!! i haven't had meat and dairy in years and i get really sick from it" (plus just ew shared utensils gives me the ick) which i know might be annoying but we did GET move in packs with the flat, yall have your own.

WHERE DID ALL MY THINGS GO!? GONE.

but i've now learnt this week that if i say "contamination allergies" instead? all my stuff is fine.

which is probably a very minor thing to complain about but :((( guys :(((

[sapphicfandompirate]

Ok. I'm very curious about the official translations so I'll probably come back to this later. But what the fuck do you mean Vegapunk. There is no such thing as a "pure" source for history/the past. I don't care if you hold a seance to talk to the ghosts of the departed, they will have their own biases and perspectives of any given event. The closest thing are primary sources from the time period, such as journals, diaries, newspapers, letters, ect, but again, these will always depict a certain perspective or bias surrounding the events. Even a video recording or pictures will only give partial information. It is the duty of the historians and archaeologists to piece these sources together to create a coherent narrative of what probably occurred, and how it was perceived.

Edit for clarity: having a direct voice or account of the past is amazing. But if we want to know the true history, or more info about the war that raged back then, having a personal account would come with biases that would skew the perceptions of the events. I absolutely want to see these accounts of course, but you can't get the full story that way!

Thank you @brookstolemybrand in the notes for the translations/original wording!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

not to out myself on main but Katsuki Bakugo continues to make me fucking insane

[jamisonwritestf2trash]

Totally off topic, but the fact that people still use McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit as an example of a "frivolous lawsuit" instead of a blatant example of corporate greed and negleance boils my blood in ways I can't comprehend.

[hyperrealisticblood]

apparently the way the packaging for the wally and barnaby pins is designed makes the spoons behind the pins look like eyes once the pins are removed. its possible that it was unintentional but! interesting!! very interesting!!!

(credit to r/Purplefox135 on reddit for the image)

[betty-bourgeoisie]

You jest, but Alfred would make a decent candidate for Temperance if reversed (if you even use reversed card meanings; some don’t, I’m usually one of them).

Oh I think he would be great for Temperance reversed.

Actually I think Alfred really does represent a duality that would work well for temperance - The idea of temperance has heavily influenced American culture through various religious groups (Quakers, Shakers, Puritans - I won't list every itty bitty Protestant sect that hates fun, but there are/were a LOT of them in the U.S. The Temperance movement itself had religious roots too). Even the more generic flavors of American protestantism tend to emphasize not being too flashy or tacky.

And then on the other hand you have the conspicuous consumption, bigger is better attitude that is so heavily associated with American capitalism and the American entertainment industry.

These values are supposedly antithetical to each other, but they're both corner stones of the American over culture, and the tension between the two is ever present - in fashion, in foodways, in home decor, in language- the need to show off your wealth while still appearing humble and reserved (ie: godly) is always there.

As a personification of the United States I think Alfred's character could be uniquely positioned to represent both temperance and temperance reversed in a tarot deck for exactly this reason.

[darklight-owl]

I will never forgive Pokemon Sword and Shield for whatever the fuck the fossil pokemon were. Like that's body horror. You can't tell me that isn't body horror. You look at Arctozolt and try to convince me it isn't in pain every day of its miserable life. I'm going to take all galarian scientists and tie them to a chair with their eyes held open like in clockwork orange and force them to watch Jurassic Park over and over again until they learn to not do that.

[nephriteknight]

random pet peeve of mine: if you're going to write text messages in your story, write them like texts, not dialogue! there is a whole other system of expression and convention and potential characterization that people use while texting, and you're probably very familiar with it, and its so interesting! but if you write it like dialogue, with ellipses for hesitation or interrupting yourself mid sentence bc you regretted what you were saying (rather than either taking the time to edit or sending too quickly and regretting it), you're breaking the realism of your writing and sacrificing the unique interesting things that come with texting.

[wlwaerith]

not to be a theatre kid on main but there’s nothing i hate more than when musicals try to be self aware and scathing in an attempt to appeal to people who don’t like musicals. “oh don’t start singing” “oh okay they’re singing again” congratulations you’ve made everyone hate it

[yandere-daze]

I downloaded the Ensemble Training app. I can't believe that a game with anime boys in it got me to exercise. And boy, it made me realize that my body desperately needs it, because on the first day with the warmup stretches, my entire spine, lower back and hips just popped. Now I'm on my 15th day streak, and my motivation is to get better arm strength (because my upper body is like a wet paper bag in terms of strength) to be able to do a handstand like Midori-kun one day 💪. (Which btw. Why have we never seen him do a handstand, what's up with that?)

-midori enjoyer

Omg the enstars exercise app! I haven't tried it out myself but I've heard that apparently it's actually not that bad? Like the actual exercises themselves are legit? And that's just so fascinating to me.

I'm honestly tempted to try it out myself for shits and giggles but I'm always worried that I won't understand what they're saying because it's in Japanese and that my little phone screen will be too small for me to be able to tell what I'm supposed to do.

My stamina and general fitness level are terrible, I really need to do more (read: any exercise at all) but I'm so lazy and tired and I procrastinate even doing the things I actually like doing. I can never seen to motivate myself long term 😔

[lemongrass13]

me after watching people discredit a show's worth just because it's animated

it just doesn't make sense to me, to discredit a movie or show and consider it suddenly less serious/impactful or worthy of attention because it's animated.

Even if the show is directed towards a younger audience, there have been many animated shows and films in the past which tackle serious topics in ways that are digestible for their audience (ie ATLA). Outside of that, despite the current state of adult animation, there are some really fascinating shows and movies out there that don't get as much attention as they probably deserve on the crux of it being animated.

basically tldr: just because something is animated doesn't make it undeserving of praise or whatever sorry if this made no sense

[beachesgetpeaches]

I was in Ft Worth, and at the end just thought...well can't wait for that to get taken out of context and twisted to make him some sort of phob when he was on fucking point.

uhm first of all whats it like being gods favourite? like getting to hear the speech live must have been so so so amazing.

but also yes, the moment I read it, the moment I watched the videos... I just immediately thought "how will this one be taken out of context to make him the villain?"

(and honestly after such a well written speech it's going to require fucking mental mental gymnastics so kudos to people who actually manage to completely misinterpret and twist his words in bad faith. at least their brains and thoughts are bendy and hypocritical as fuck ✨💖)

But then I realised those people will never ever change their mindset, they will just forget about him when they find another person to make into a villain in order to paint themselves as some virtuous modern-day heroes. And Matty will can never win that game unfortunately bcs those are not reasonable, rational people 🤷🏻‍♀️ What he does have is us, the fandom, the people willing to listen and think and like accept him as the flawed human being he is.

Anyway - uh how was it being at the concert? COWBOY MATTY?? Like you got so many iconic moments, Im jealous bcs 1) I have to wait till March to see them, and 2) again cowboyyyy

[highlifeboat]

🫂🫂🫂

It's always good shows my dude I swear to God.

It's never shit like Family Guy that have been on for 23 years and run the same joke into the ground.

Or Big Mouth. Like I like Big Mouth, but goddamn 6 seasons is a lot for a show that's just about kids going through puberty. (I feel like giving it pity points because it's got very blatant representation which is nice. But it's a hit n miss show tbh)

I think the last actually decent "long running" cartoon I watched was Bojack. And even that got shortened.

Because Netflix and Disney just hate good shows I guess 🙃

[drvwing]

had to change my profile pic because the amount of m*n who message me unprovoked is diabolical & frankly made me uncomfortable & want to not use this site. this is a girl blog for the girls gays and theys ONLY!! im always open to talking to new people & starting new moots but horny men can leave me all the way alone!!!

[lovelornnobodyknows]

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[fisshgutss]

i’m lowkey tired of this plastic surgery debate circling around. and yes i am biased because i bought my damn nose, saved up from the age of 11, got it at 17, paid for every penny. and you know what? two things can be true at once. Does cosmetic plastic surgery prey on the insecurities of mostly women? Yes, absolutely. But did getting a nose job make my life better and help me love myself? Yes, absolutely. I cannot stress enough how looking in the mirror changed for me after I got my nose job. I cannot explain enough how fitting beauty standards does change how people treat you, how you treat yourself. And they treat you better, it’s true.

I do not regret my nose job, I also spent 7 grand on it so I better fucking like it, and I was very blessed to have a wonderful surgeon who did an AMAZING job, you really can’t even see my scar, he did that good, it’s a beautiful natural looking button nose that uses the features I already had as a base. It feels like my nose now.

But! After I got my nose job I looked back and realized that I was always very beautiful. I would have never, ever, EVER been able to come to that conclusion if I did not get my nose done, i was that stuck in my tunnel vision. Getting my nose done allowed me to love myself, present and past.

I got my nose done because I could not look in the mirror without seeing my mother, I was constantly bullied by the people around me for my nose. A girl once told me the first thing she noticed about me is that I had a big nose. The way that beauty standards did influence my decision cannot be understated. It absolutely did, but it had more to do with that self hate that came from being connected to my mother. I would literally smack the shit out myself because i hated my face so much. Self hate in one form or another was why I changed myself.

I never hit myself again after I got my surgery. I stopped self harming completely.

It just really annoys me that people who have not had any kind of surgery and are never going to have any kind of work done, are the ones leading the conversation when they have not experienced what they are talking about. Looking in from the outside makes it very easy to judge. But actually it’s a very nuanced reality. Society does influence the decision, but you cannot deny the fact that a successful surgery does change the way you are treated. It is a remedy for the problem. And it does work.

And I don’t think it’s productive either to sit and say, oh well i hate the fact that everyone looks the same, you just need to learn to love yourself instead, i love big noses I think they’re so pretty and gorgeous, every time a girl with a big nose gets a nose job an angel loses its wings (that one is funny though so it’s excused) because now you are just like the people who influenced their first decision! Sure you may not like it, and society made have influenced it, but so what?

Because at the end of the day, it’s not your decision to make. it’s not your face, it’s not your body. What someone does with their body is their choice, regardless of whether it’s societally considered a good or bad moral choice. You don’t get to make the decision of how a person should feel about their body. At the end of the day, and as awful as this sounds, your voice does not matter. If someone wants to get work done and can get work done they will get work done.

I think it’s more important to advocate for people to really understand how serious of a decision getting plastic surgery is. That plastic surgery will not completely fix their self esteem, I still don’t like how I look sometimes, I still find things to pick apart. I still have to make a conscious decision to accept my perceived flaws and decide to love myself for them. You cannot fix everything, you have to learn to accept what you cannot change (without a shit ton of money). That you shouldn’t change every part of yourself to make yourself more palatable to society, learn when to stop changing yourself and just love yourself instead. Before I got my nose job I had finally started to kinda like my nose, to like my face!

We don’t live in a vacuum where plastic surgery isn’t influenced by western beauty standards and misogyny. And plastic surgery is not a good way to fix all your insecurities, you shouldn’t “have” to fix your insecurities. But we also don’t live in a reality where beauty standards don’t exist, they do. And to just deny their importance and act as if they don’t matter is sort of naive. Because again, they do fucking matter, and they matter A LOT.

tldr: stop focusing your anger on the symptom and direct it to the root cause.