#what a stupid fascist

[thebrainofmae]

something doubly evil abt Kathy Hochul trying to ban masks after killing congestion pricing, at least temporarily (which would have brought in badly needed funds to repair and upgrade the subways and also would have led to cleaner air because there would be fewer cars in Manhattan), which she did, btw, in direct opposition to the state assembly which had been working on that plan forever. This as she and Adams continue this insane narrative of some giant spike in violent crime on the subways so that they can justify spending absurd amounts of money putting cops and fucking state troopers on platforms to fine fare evaders and kick unhoused people out into the rain.

The two of them are going against the will of the people to turn the subways into derelict surveillance states, knowing that millions of people rely on them every day.

I still can’t get to work on time because of delays but no worries, because now we’ve saved the subways from the nefarious ways of *checks notes* people wearing covid masks or trying to find shelter.

[qqueenofhades]

I'd like to congratulate the 2024 GOP, facing a must-win election to keep their orange felon messiah out of prison, for somehow actually doing WORSE than McCain picking Palin in 2008.

[utilitycaster]

I was writing up a whole long stream of consciousness rant for the drafts, as I am wont to do, and without rewriting the whole thing here's something I realized.

There's like, three main flattened archetypes I see fandoms (FANDOMS. NOT NECESSARILY ORIGINAL CREATORS. FREQUENTLY NOT ORIGINAL CREATORS. I CANNOT MAKE THIS MORE CLEAR) place on white male characters:

Tough and Masculine (or Brilliant) Man Who Is Always Correct (often coming from cis straight white men; whether he is Tough or Brilliant depends on if they're a Military Bro or a Tech Bro)

Sad Boy Poor Little Meow Meow Whose Trauma Means He Cannot Be Wrong (rather more popular than the former with the Tumblr crowd)

Brooding Dom With Dark Past (if you've ever gone into the Percival de Rolo tags and used the block button like a machete on a swath of x reader fics, this one is immediately familar)

and to be clear the same character can be the recipient of all three of these from different groups; the latter two often even overlap among the same fans. Anyway it is extremely funny to me that of the men of the Veilguard companions, Emmrich doesn't really fall into this at all given he's way too polite and pleasant for the former and lacking in sufficient trauma for the latter two; and a lot of people are throwing various fits that Lucanis ABSOLUTELY isn't the third category and frankly isn't even the second, since if you exacerbate his trauma he just becomes cold and if you work on healing it his true self (a fucking dork) emerges AND because his entire situation is "I have limited expertise, let's leave the planning to someone else, I'm the dagger guy." On the other hand Davrin is an OBVIOUS candidate for the first one, but even if the story hadn't been like "nice infallible stronghold you got there, Warden, would be a shame if something were to happen to it" as the act one finale, he is also, crucially, a black man, so really all three of these irritating archetypes are impossible to place and while I do not think creators should necessarily try to avoid them since people will, as stated before, do this even if it's entirely unsupported by the text, it is very fun for me that it's actually fucking impossible to twist the text to do this without abandoning it altogether.

[straightlightyagami]

people who don’t know much about a subject and have trouble expressing themselves but have a level of open-mindedness and curiosity about the world and the bare minimum of critical thinking skills are infinitely better to talk to than someone who learned a bunch of big words and can say stupid things eloquently but has dogshit reasoning ability and absolutely no interest in listening to anyone else

[slyandthefamilybook]

I think we need to have a serious re-evaluation of what "leftist" means bc there ain't no fuckin way authcoms are on the same left as me lmao

[forcemascexperiments]

trans masc tags are full of discourse like come on I just wanted to look at some dudes ._.

[acebytaemin]

we literally need to start shaming people for ignorance again

[momentomori24]

You know, sometimes I think that I post too many vent-y or negative things and generally just complaining about people as opposed to posting silly stuff nowadays. I should try to share some joy and whimsy more often and try not to be so angry with people all th-- oh, what's that? People are going on a moral crusade and advocating for censorship on the anti-censorship site known as AO3 all while a glorified cheeto is planning to fuck literature in the face with book bans as is written in his 900 page long manifesto when he hits office in January? Oh. Ok. Nevermind.

[bioswear]

not to sound like some political bootlicker but i could cry honestly seeing a presidential candidate who can actually string a coherent sentence together and isn’t on the verge of having an aneurysm

[unnamed-atlas]

Finally finished sweet tooth s3. Having incredibly mixed feelings

[tenrose]

So you're telling me in the US they put their ballot votes in a box in the streets????

Learnt that because apparently they are being sent on fire which is exactly what I'd expect with that kind of system...

[marshmellowtea]

anti ai art arguments try not to be fascist or ableist for two seconds challenge

[snekdood]

i just dont wanna see any leftists policing other leftists after this. at all.

[nonbinarynerevar]

Why would you even be mad at third party voters at all lol blame kamala for being a fascist

because they couldn't suck it up and vote for the lesser evil and threw their vote away. in not voting for her you directly contributed to re-electing modern hitler. go ahead and block me if you disagree ✌️

[vally-vall-vall]

HE'S WINNING HOW THE FUCK IS HE WINNING???

[jewishbarbies]

I’m truly sorry your humanity is so far gone that you genuinely believe genocide is not only justified but should be the moral response to any perceived oppression but literally no one asked you and we don’t fucking care.