#weaponized

[virtue3vice]

“There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such poisoned blade as treachery.”

— Ouida 🗡️

[stilesstilinskisposts]

[lebuc]

weaponized

* I really don't have any illusion about the importance of these words most will ignore them, favoring what's heard or seen with their two eyes - imo, a lazy fusion

if asked how we gather knowledge or how we decide what we know we're lo-fi, tl;dr to the max, yo flip'n off the metaphorical college.

i know weapons helped to clear the founding of this, or any nation there really is no other explanation the import of this is very dear;

sticks & stones can break some bones but names will never hurt them ' less weaponized to convert them & extract them from their fleshly homes

by heartless, yoking legislation designed to deprive some folk of life to deny access to anything nice & wakes of endless deprivation

with nary a bone that's smashed & no real punches thrown their way only edicts from what authorities say being valued as though they're cash.

so remember this poetic ditty with its questionable wit though pithy & this stanzas' changed rhyme scheme:

good weapons are never what they seem. * 4/24 - lebuc - weaponized

[eampro-blog]

Writing Prompt #100 Decay

["So, what's in the backpack?" "That's none of your concern." "Look, the group is worried. We have a right to know whether your carrying something that can endanger the group." "Hey! I could care less about this little group of yours. I was promised safe passage, no questions asked, GOT IT?"]

Write a short story based on the writing prompt. Challenge your writing abilities and see where your imagination takes you. Brainstorm and share your thoughts to where the story could go.

[nando161mando]

[headlesssamurai]

[volunteerismandanarchy]

Not only do I subscribe to the idea that governmental bureaucracies impede healthy progress what progress is made will be weaponized before it is used for more peaceful uses that will improve society.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“A word in the ear of the psychologists, assuming they are inclined to study ressentiment close up for once: this plant thrives best amongst anarchists and anti-Semites today, so it flowers like it always has done, in secret, like a violet but with a different scent. And just as like always gives rise to like, it will come as no surprise to find attempts coming once more from these circles, as so often before to sanctify revenge with the term justice—as though justice were fundamentally simply a further development of the feeling of having been wronged—and belatedly to legitimize with revenge emotional reactions in general, one and all.”

-- Friedrich Nietzsche, “On the Genealogy of Morality”

[h4vemercy]

Some spiritual folks, and I say spiritual lightly, have absolutely diminished the true essence of spiritually and divinity. Instead of looking at spirituality internally, which I suppose it is, they've gone as far as making it into something that is external and can be attainable physically. Spiritually is not tarots cards and crystals, it is not raw vegan diets and yoga, it is not an organization, and some of these spiritual folks are capitalizing (manipulating) off naive people, which to me, is the opposite of what they are supposed to be preaching. Spiritually isn't something that can be pushed, it's something that's very personal, internal, very individual.

When I see TikTok "mediums" asking for money to give you a glimpse into your future or love life, I can't help but cringe and get angry. You've turned something that is supposed to be intangible and formless into a money grab, and your true motives are hidden under a mask you call "spiritually"

It is easy for people to trust you, and you weaponized that. So disgusting.

[glasshomewrecker]

The fact that Kurtaj is being called a "risk" for hacking a corporation is just acknowledging that his knowledge can be weaponized. People learn to hack often to obtain a certain power over the internet-- a power only given, at present, to corporations and lawyers.

Calling a hacker a "risk" or "threat" to other people is like calling a person with a gun a "risk" or a "threat" for shooting an Amazon package. All they've done is demonstrate they know how to use it on a non-human entity. It's destruction of property, not an act of violence. Guns, of course, aren't illegal for potential to inflict harm, partially because a gun alone isn't enough to take down a whole server network, unlike hacking skills.

This is the UK, which has different ideas about "threats" and weapons, and of course I speak from a USAmerican perspective. If this happened in the USA, he'd be "treated" in the hospital by sedation until he's released by budget cuts, and then given "parole" by working for the CIA or Google.

let my bro out for fucks sake

definitely weird to see someone ive known since like 2020 be sentenced to life in hospital prison, but i guess it's to be expected with the work i do

[snakebites-and-ink]

Former living weapon absolutely dominating at laser tag

[buried-in-stardust]

Demonstrating the rope dart (繩標; sheng2biao1)

[eng by me]

[victusinveritas]

In case you need it for your D&D games or siege actions— here's what the ballistic trajectory of a flaming pumpkin fired out of a trebuchet looks like.

[eampro-blog]

Writing Prompt #101 Savior Soldier

["You weren't supposed to leave us. When you disappeared, that day, things changed." "For the better?" "NO! Things got worse for us. You don't understand true pain. Everything spiraled out of control when you left us. You were the chosen one. You had to stay and bring order."]

Write a short story based on the writing prompt. Challenge your writing abilities and see where your imagination takes you. Brainstorm and share your thoughts to where the story could go.

[nando161mando]

"Check out my conversation with @shane_burley1 about how antisemitism is showing up and being weaponized in the current moment":