#why is it never another white person

[halalgirlmeg]

Some honky: No no you don't understand the white person in this novel treated the Black person like shit because the Black person was mean and evil and terrible

Me:

[tariah23]

oooooo white people in my replies really saying ‘I can excuse racism but I draw the line at homophobia’

Not surprised since this is the site that only talks about racism and thinks it’s a big deal when they see it demonstrated in the cartoons and comics they like *coughs* dungeonmeshi *coughs* (for example at least. I haven’t seen THIS many white ppl talk as in depth about racism on here as much as these fandom nerds, man. I stg. Like “Ohhhh, so you all DO acknowledge that racism is real? Just not in real life even if you could feel it slapping you in the face at high speed. Gotcha.” It’s crazy.

Tumblr is like, 90% white and is extremely centered around them. That’s why you barely see stuff that’s important to black and brown people ever trending here or being talked about. It has to be something incredibly huge to the point where even white people can’t ignore it like they usually do, to talk about it here.

They only talked about George Floyd here because the topic of his death became world news. Even people in other countries were talking about it. Before him, it was probably Ferguson and Trayvon Martin… most of them are still trying their best to ignore the genocides because it’s a “touchy subject.” What do you expect from white people who live in their own bubbles of comfort and refuse to pop it with a needle??? They find comfort in their privilege and faux ignorance (they love playing stupid to avoid conversations about important things outside of fandoms like, are these mfs born with half a brain dedicated to fandom or what.) That’s literally all these mfs make a big deal out of, especially on this annoying ass platform. The ao3 mfs will go to war for the site that allows racist ff and cp like it’s no big deal. I wonder how many people here even donated to the site while actively scrolling past dono posts from folks who really do need help. They act like they’re doing a civil service by defending this site that makes over the amount of it’s intended dono goal in minutes.

Then you already know as soon as you even bring up racism in the stuff they like, they start ganging up and harassing black bloggers especially, calling them TERFs and the whole nine. Anything to make that person look bad for being concerned about the racism that they have such an intense aversion to. God, it’s absolutely exhausting knowing that these people would have no problem choosing a cartoon character over your entire existence if they COULD. Isn’t that fucking sad, man?

[dnpbeats]

i know it’s not that deep and doesn’t matter at the end of the day, but i find it so interesting that so many ppl just assume the green bedroom is phil’s room when he and dan have said nothing of the sort! not only that, i feel like it comes across that it’s considered a space that both dan and phil have ownership over (rather that a space that is phil’s personally). like the japan paintings from phil’s dad—phil said “my dad painted US some bamboo.” if the painting was for d&p both, why would they hang it up in a space that’s solely phil’s… but if it’s a guest room that is equally “theirs” (in the sense that it’s in their house and it doesn’t belong to only one of them), it would make sense to put something gifted to the both of them in there. and it’s the same thing with the green towels. sure dan was exasperated over phil dyeing his clothes green, but he seemed more annoyed at the bath towels. if they were phil’s bath towels literally why would dan gaf 😭 but if it’s the guest ensuite it makes sense dan would be actually annoyed—on top of that he says before they were dyed the bathroom “looked like a hotel,” a comment that makes a lot of sense to make abt a guest bathroom. like u could also make it about someone’s personal bathroom but again why would it be dan’s business 😭😭

idk i just find it interesting the assumptions people make. like yes for years there was “dan’s bedroom” and “phil’s bedroom” but we haven’t gotten those descriptors since they’ve moved into the phouse, and on top of that we know “phil’s bedroom” from 2017-2021 was a literal SET because they admitted it! like it’s just kinda silly that the only people perpetuating the two bedrooms thing is phannies. d&p themselves haven’t done that in years 😭

(disclaimer: i do know that sometimes couples have two bedrooms and sleep separately and if that’s the case with d&p, more power to them! obvs they can do what they want and it’s none of my business 🙏🏻 im more just making observations about how sometimes the phandom bends over backwards in order to like ~not make assumptions~ or whatever, when in reality they are actually making up MORE stuff rather than just going with the obvious choice yk? that's all)

[a-frog-in-a-bog]

can i be real i don't think whiteness and racism functions all that different in europe vs the us despite what europeans like to say. sure the irish and eastern europeans are discriminated against but to claim that makes them not white is laughable bc they're definitely not people of color lmao. an irish person is not more likely to be pulled over for the color of their skin. the root of this discrimination is still white supremacy to be sure, but i really don't think the birthplace of fascism aka western europe has a more nuanced understanding of race than america. like. during the very recent fascist riots in the uk right wingers were openly letting cars through if the driver looked white, they weren't checking IDs to make sure they were british, just that they weren't people of color. when the russian army first invaded ukraine, ukrainians were pushing black people off of trains so whites would be evacuated first. again, not checking IDs to make sure they were ukrainian, just that they were white. being white and having white privilege doesn't mean you never get discriminated against for your nationality, it just means you have an added degree of safety by not getting immediately clocked as a marginalized person that people of color don't get the privilege of having

[phagodyke]

the masculine urge to take a saucepan off thr draining board and bash myself repeatedly over the head with it until I pass out and no longer have to experience feeling Bad 😍

[constantvariations]

Prior to V3C11: Heroes and Monsters, are there any signs that Blake was abused? How well do you think her abuse arc as a whole is handled?

[nullcoast]

Why can't we just love eachother and help eachother and cry for eachother when we hurt and laugh for eachother when we're happy. What happened to radical acceptance and beauty. Why are we self-separating using white suppremist ideas about identity. The idea someone needs some pure property to be worthy of adopting a community is point blank a white suprematist idea. Where is the understanding of mistake and pain.

We are so alone and isolated in this generation and we are playing directly into the interests of those in power by further self-separating. Focus on some important fucking shit.

[bitegore]

ngl i think i kind of was a genius for being like 'yeah this character is a scary killyou cannibal scary killer who scary kills you' and then realizing that the way my worldbuilding works out is that there's a nonzero chance that if you leave literally any body parts over they can just come back, depending on what they believe in their heart of hearts can kill them. Of course she'd start eating her kills. She probably tried normal stuff first and then realized it didn't work and she had to try harder if she wanted to actually keep them dead.

[psalacanthea]

in case anyone cares this is the base currency translation I use for my bg3 modern au. I don't know why i care about this. But just know I do calculate every currency I write into us dollarydoos

Copper/Silver/Gold to USD (appx)

Copper=.25c

Silver=2.5$

Gold=25$

idk why but it just is important for ppl to know that astarion pays 250 bucks a pair for his underwear

[all-pacas]

aside from his malpractice blunders being the most public, do you think the fact that foreman is quick to call out other’s unethical behaviors/complain about the team doing malpractice when he was literally assistant manager of the malpractice department contributes to his reputation of being a bit fake or disingenuous?

That's actually an interesting point! Foreman definitely… one of my favorite jokes at his expense is in Two Stories, when we see him through House's point of view:

Masters : We need to get a chest C.T. Foreman : Excuse me, I'm the senior team member, which means we don't need anything unless I say we need it. […] Foreman : We need a chest C.T.

Which is a joke, obviously. But, you know. Foreman is ambitious, but he always wants the credit. He is dismissive and petty and always thinks he's right (just like House!). We see repeatedly (Histories, Deception, House Training) that when he doesn't like a patient he dismisses all their symptoms and tries to push them out the door. He's not at all good at pretending he cares when he doesn't. (And hilariously complains that Chase is too good at pretending to care when he doesn't.) But when it's something he believes in or cares about, he goes completely the opposite direction: he ruins the Huntington's trial for, as Thirteen points out, someone he's dated for two weeks. He steals bone marrow to save a life.

He's… kind of a pure example of a hypocrite. He complains about Cameron being biased and unethical, and then breaks laws for the people he cares about. He complains about Chase not liking patients, and even Cameron describes his bedside manner as bad. He is the first team member in the series to tattle to Cuddy, but he thinks Chase is a huge rat. He wants to be in charge, and consistently kind of struggles with being a good boss, earning respect, getting people to listen to him. He clings to the idea of being Senior Fellow, uses it as an excuse to tell people what to do, is pretty consistently open with how little he respects Cameron and Chase… and then gets mad at them in S2 when they have no interest in listening to him when he's in charge.

(Tangent: this is why Taubman is so good. Because Taub genuinely doesn't give a shit. He's not threatened by Foreman. Foreman can't boss him around unless Taub lets him.)

Another of my favorite little exchanges is in Deception, the first episode Foreman is in charge of the team post-The Mistake:

FOREMAN: And I expect you [House] here for grand rounds at nine. By the way, I like sugar in my coffee. [He's grinning. Joking but enjoying himself.] CUDDY: [To Foreman, sharply] If there’s a screw-up, it’s your screw-up. You won’t have Dr. House to fall back on. [Foreman's face falls.]

He wants the power. He wants the responsibility. He loves the idea of House having to do what he says. And the idea of actually having to deal with consequences of messing up scares him. He gets so into the idea of fucking with House that he loses sight of the actual job. And through the S2 Foreman arc, he… is cautious. He stops coming up with ideas, he struggles mightily with getting Cameron and Chase to do anything he wants, he doesn't really do much. He wants so badly to be in charge, to be important, and then he drops the ball when he has it.

I think this is all pretty obvious from the outside! It turns into a joke, that's how obvious it is. Foreman struts into a room (Kids has another great example) assuming he has all the power and authority in the world, and then goes blank when no one listens. He's constantly pushing to be in charge and struggles when he gets it. And it goes into a whole other thing.

Foreman has massive imposter syndrome. He has incredible issues with his worth and sense of belonging and struggles to connect with people and be vulnerable. He doesn't think he belongs, he thinks at any minute people will notice and catch on and throw him out. He's the poor Black kid from a bad neighborhood and no one lets him forget it. He doesn't let himself forget it. He's always trying so damn hard to prove himself, to be the best in the room, that he ends up coming off as wildly hypocritical: he puts down others to make himself look good, he pushes to be best but has no end goal, no win state, no moment that he does feel like he belongs. He doesn't want to be like House, correctly identifying that House is miserable. But he admires House. But in other ways, he wishes he could be like House. House doesn't give a shit what people think of him. Foreman spends every day looking over his shoulder.

[proto-language]

been thinking about how weird i have been feeling about the king's cancer diagnosis. and i had been wondering, 'am i wrong for feeling strange and sad about this when the family at the heart of it are the centre of this awful system?'

and i think that, actually, this is just another part of what makes the system terrible. of course it is, first and foremost, exploitative of the people - of the united kingdom, of the wider commonwealth, of the many other places which were touched by the british imperial project. but it is exploitative also of the people around whom it is designed. for whom a cancer diagnosis is not a private tragedy, but a public affair. whose actions and appearances are noticed, reported, scrutinised. what does this mean for harry and william's relationship? - where is the king staying during his treatment? - how is he going to meet with the prime minister?

nobody wins, i think, while the royal family remain royal. certainly some are losing more severely than others. charles will have access to the best possible care for his condition while millions languish on nhs waiting lists. but this doesn't feel like any sort of victory to me.

[despertara]

Irene bro if you see this I want you to know I've been podcasting (talking loudly and emphatically to myself) abt that Grammy Gun post for Hours. I started ranting in the rb tags and then I got so mad I started a spreadsheet on my phone Yes I have the Excel app. No I did not finish my tags

[theriverdalereviewer]

everyone jumping to team kamala we will never experience true freedom in this country

[anothermonikan]

Have I told you guys about the fucked up dreams I've been having recently? I've been having some fucked up dreams lately. yeah <3

[emmenai-kalliston]

no rizz just constantly "jokingly" tell him how fucking hot he is

[pinkfey]

i hate that poll that’s like do you say y’all the southern way or the gay way :) what is the gay way lmao