Nov. 8th, 2019
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idiopathicsmile:
idiopathicsmile:
book, movie, play, or musical: and it was love at first sight :)
my inner demisexual, rising from my person like the fucking kracken: ok but like, what are your mutual interests? what are your shared values? name me one (1) single fact you know about this individual other than how their face looks by moonlight? how is their sense of humor? will they get along with your friends? are they even nice? well jesUS DON’T KISS HIM YET, FOR ALL YOU KNOW HE’S A REPUBLICAN
as a rule, once a shitpost reaches more than ~50k notes, you can expect some degree of negative pushback. this is true literally no matter how innocuous the post or how carefully the views within are expressed. someone, somewhere, will find it in themselves to get upset about what you wrote and boy will they let you know.
part of existing on this site and maintaining any degree of sanity is recognizing this, and developing an instinct for when the criticism is valid & It Is Time To Change and Grow™, versus when the criticism is complete bullshit that you shouldn’t begin to engage with.
this post has reached the negative pushback phase in honestly record time, which i think maybe says something about the way that ace issues are treated in this particular moment in history. engaging with trolls is obviously just a waste of typing, but for the benefit of anyone out there truly willing to change and grow:
1. i am aware that love at first sight is just a storytelling device, but it’s a heightened expression of a thing that does observably happen in real life. people develop romantic and/or sexual interest in each other pretty quickly all the time.
2. i’m almost 32, and i have reached the realization of being ace after over a decade of hating myself for not having sexual interest in people at the “normal” speed and in the “normal” way. i didn’t randomly watch the first half of Frozen and decide, “oh, this must be the norm and i don’t match up to it, boo hoo.”
my feelings have come about from my lived experiences of consistently feeling like i’m doing something wrong every time someone expresses interest in sleeping with me on the first or second or third (or fourth or fifth or sixth) date and my only reaction is panic. oh shit, do i tell them no and risk a fight, or do i go along with it and try to pretend i’m okay with it.
3. i am not pretending to be ace for the attention. besides other ace people, the attention you get for being ace is pretty much uniformally bad. even people in my life who i love and trust the most have said hurtful things, because our culture has a really really hard time with the concept.
(our culture that does things like glorify instant romantic/sexual attraction, hmm)
i’m public about being ace because for over a decade, i didn’t have any words for how i experienced attraction and desire that were even neutral. the world told me i was weird and i believed it. it really sucked. i don’t want anyone else to have to go through that.
4. this post doesn’t “prove that demisexuality doesn’t exist.” for one thing, you can’t prove a negative.
5. i think that for anyone leaping up and going, “aha! proof that people who claim to be demisexual are just making it up because they got the wrong idea from cinema!” you should take a good hard look at why it is so very important to you to “disprove” an identity you don’t have, which doesn’t harm you in any way.
i am telling you i exist. you are telling me i don’t. one of us is right, dude.
6. yes, i still stand by “don’t kiss a republican.” it’s 2019. they voted for the people who put immigrant kids in cages. no kisses.
idiopathicsmile:
idiopathicsmile:
book, movie, play, or musical: and it was love at first sight :)
my inner demisexual, rising from my person like the fucking kracken: ok but like, what are your mutual interests? what are your shared values? name me one (1) single fact you know about this individual other than how their face looks by moonlight? how is their sense of humor? will they get along with your friends? are they even nice? well jesUS DON’T KISS HIM YET, FOR ALL YOU KNOW HE’S A REPUBLICAN
as a rule, once a shitpost reaches more than ~50k notes, you can expect some degree of negative pushback. this is true literally no matter how innocuous the post or how carefully the views within are expressed. someone, somewhere, will find it in themselves to get upset about what you wrote and boy will they let you know.
part of existing on this site and maintaining any degree of sanity is recognizing this, and developing an instinct for when the criticism is valid & It Is Time To Change and Grow™, versus when the criticism is complete bullshit that you shouldn’t begin to engage with.
this post has reached the negative pushback phase in honestly record time, which i think maybe says something about the way that ace issues are treated in this particular moment in history. engaging with trolls is obviously just a waste of typing, but for the benefit of anyone out there truly willing to change and grow:
1. i am aware that love at first sight is just a storytelling device, but it’s a heightened expression of a thing that does observably happen in real life. people develop romantic and/or sexual interest in each other pretty quickly all the time.
2. i’m almost 32, and i have reached the realization of being ace after over a decade of hating myself for not having sexual interest in people at the “normal” speed and in the “normal” way. i didn’t randomly watch the first half of Frozen and decide, “oh, this must be the norm and i don’t match up to it, boo hoo.”
my feelings have come about from my lived experiences of consistently feeling like i’m doing something wrong every time someone expresses interest in sleeping with me on the first or second or third (or fourth or fifth or sixth) date and my only reaction is panic. oh shit, do i tell them no and risk a fight, or do i go along with it and try to pretend i’m okay with it.
3. i am not pretending to be ace for the attention. besides other ace people, the attention you get for being ace is pretty much uniformally bad. even people in my life who i love and trust the most have said hurtful things, because our culture has a really really hard time with the concept.
(our culture that does things like glorify instant romantic/sexual attraction, hmm)
i’m public about being ace because for over a decade, i didn’t have any words for how i experienced attraction and desire that were even neutral. the world told me i was weird and i believed it. it really sucked. i don’t want anyone else to have to go through that.
4. this post doesn’t “prove that demisexuality doesn’t exist.” for one thing, you can’t prove a negative.
5. i think that for anyone leaping up and going, “aha! proof that people who claim to be demisexual are just making it up because they got the wrong idea from cinema!” you should take a good hard look at why it is so very important to you to “disprove” an identity you don’t have, which doesn’t harm you in any way.
i am telling you i exist. you are telling me i don’t. one of us is right, dude.
6. yes, i still stand by “don’t kiss a republican.” it’s 2019. they voted for the people who put immigrant kids in cages. no kisses.
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misterlemonzeasychair:
07-04-19
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masochist-incarnate:
underwaterlookingupatyou:
Millenial: “Don’t say g*psy or r*tard. They are slurs, just like the n-word, which you also shouldn’t say.”
Boomer: “More PC crap? They are not slurs you are just a snowflake.”
Gen Z: “Okay Boomer.”
Boomer: “SLUR! That’s a slur and you can’t say that!”
thats exactly what happened
masochist-incarnate:
underwaterlookingupatyou:
Millenial: “Don’t say g*psy or r*tard. They are slurs, just like the n-word, which you also shouldn’t say.”
Boomer: “More PC crap? They are not slurs you are just a snowflake.”
Gen Z: “Okay Boomer.”
Boomer: “SLUR! That’s a slur and you can’t say that!”
thats exactly what happened
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asundergrowth:
apatheticastronaut:
ivan-fyodorovich:
if it ain’t broke
It soon will be
This move is considered the most lethal hunting tactic in the animal kingdom. It also has the most metal name in all of biology:
The Death Roll
asundergrowth:
apatheticastronaut:
ivan-fyodorovich:
if it ain’t broke
It soon will be
This move is considered the most lethal hunting tactic in the animal kingdom. It also has the most metal name in all of biology:
The Death Roll
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caffeinewitchcraft:
ohhbobs:
stop checking on them
they don’t miss you
These are the words written on a post-it (a human invention) in Persephone’s bedroom. They’re written in what she fondly calls New English, aka the English that her mother still doesn’t know, even after all these years.
Every morning, when she wakes, she sees this post-it stuck onto the stone wall and makes herself read it out loud.
“Stop checking on him,” she says, arms wrapped tight around her knees. “He doesn’t miss you.” The words bring the familiar sting of pain, the familiar tightness in her chest, the accompanying breathlessness. There’s still a part of her that rebels at the thought, that clings to what he said before and not after.
She thinks she might have been happier loving a mortal, which is so in fashion these days that her mother is gallivanting about Earth like she hadn’t spent centuries chastising Persephone for the same. If she loved a mortal, she could bind them in ways that it’s impossible to bind a god.
She gets up and gets ready for her day. Being an immortal means that she can’t just spend all day in bed. That path leads to centuries of apathy and she’s still young. So very, very young.
“Go back to Olympus. I should have known better than to let a child into my kingdom.”
There was no “letting” about it. She’d been younger still and in chains and in captivity and in love. She’d beguiled and coerced so that he’d take her with him, made him free her.
She’d thought she was shedding her chains, choosing new ones that better suited her, but she didn’t see the way her discarded shackles slipped onto him. She didn’t see what a burden she was, what a burden she would become to him, how limiting, how heavy, how stupid.
It’s been five years now and she’s still counting seasons like she has a chance of being let back in. Summer and winter, summer and winter, summer and winter, ad nauseum. Her mother had said that she’d stick to the cycle, that the Earth actually benefited from winter, but Persephone sees the way the summers are growing longer and hotter, the way the winters are short but so sharp she could cut her teeth on them.
Spring? She stopped that a long time ago. The melting of winter is good enough for mortals and gods alike. They don’t notice and, therefore, they don’t ask.
Keep reading
caffeinewitchcraft:
ohhbobs:
stop checking on them
they don’t miss you
These are the words written on a post-it (a human invention) in Persephone’s bedroom. They’re written in what she fondly calls New English, aka the English that her mother still doesn’t know, even after all these years.
Every morning, when she wakes, she sees this post-it stuck onto the stone wall and makes herself read it out loud.
“Stop checking on him,” she says, arms wrapped tight around her knees. “He doesn’t miss you.” The words bring the familiar sting of pain, the familiar tightness in her chest, the accompanying breathlessness. There’s still a part of her that rebels at the thought, that clings to what he said before and not after.
She thinks she might have been happier loving a mortal, which is so in fashion these days that her mother is gallivanting about Earth like she hadn’t spent centuries chastising Persephone for the same. If she loved a mortal, she could bind them in ways that it’s impossible to bind a god.
She gets up and gets ready for her day. Being an immortal means that she can’t just spend all day in bed. That path leads to centuries of apathy and she’s still young. So very, very young.
“Go back to Olympus. I should have known better than to let a child into my kingdom.”
There was no “letting” about it. She’d been younger still and in chains and in captivity and in love. She’d beguiled and coerced so that he’d take her with him, made him free her.
She’d thought she was shedding her chains, choosing new ones that better suited her, but she didn’t see the way her discarded shackles slipped onto him. She didn’t see what a burden she was, what a burden she would become to him, how limiting, how heavy, how stupid.
It’s been five years now and she’s still counting seasons like she has a chance of being let back in. Summer and winter, summer and winter, summer and winter, ad nauseum. Her mother had said that she’d stick to the cycle, that the Earth actually benefited from winter, but Persephone sees the way the summers are growing longer and hotter, the way the winters are short but so sharp she could cut her teeth on them.
Spring? She stopped that a long time ago. The melting of winter is good enough for mortals and gods alike. They don’t notice and, therefore, they don’t ask.
Keep reading
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samharium:
This is even more better as a german person who is understanding every single sentence in this movie and just trying to read different subtitles to it
marvel-lous-things:
The fact that this was posted by Taika himself on his Instagram account makes this 189x funnier
noneotherthanthejoker:
This is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣
=D
gotta tell you, I just about split my side with the final line, but “I thought we were done making fun of hitler” is a very close contender, especially with the lovely reassurance girl right after. No. We will never be done making fun of hitler. speaking as a german person: not ever.
(and also, not ever again! I have a crow bar I am willing to use!)
samharium:
This is even more better as a german person who is understanding every single sentence in this movie and just trying to read different subtitles to it
marvel-lous-things:
The fact that this was posted by Taika himself on his Instagram account makes this 189x funnier
noneotherthanthejoker:
This is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣
=D
gotta tell you, I just about split my side with the final line, but “I thought we were done making fun of hitler” is a very close contender, especially with the lovely reassurance girl right after. No. We will never be done making fun of hitler. speaking as a german person: not ever.
(and also, not ever again! I have a crow bar I am willing to use!)
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unseenphil:
prokopetz:
The other fun thing about running D&D in something approximating an authentically medieval milieu is that you can have warlocks with proper lord-and-vassal relationships with their patrons, with all the intensely legalistic and excruciatingly complicated webs of rights and obligations that implies. It’s a nice alternative to the whole wizard-with-a-sugar-daddy business!
“You were supposed to levy troops to support me in my feud with the King of the thirteenth hell this past season.”
“I did! I raised that entire army of skeletons.”
“That you used to fight a dragon with your fellow adventurers.”
“Look, the charter says I’m obliged to raise troops under your banner. But it also says that you will provide lodging and transport for them in the field. I didn’t see a portal to hell open at all for those three months. And believe me, we looked.”
“…”
“Look, it’s not my fault you haven’t granted me the power to instantly send people to hell yet, all I’m saying. But hey. We did fight under your banner, so your demonic majesty received the credit for that dragon takedown, which ought to at least be some bragging rights down there, right?”
unseenphil:
prokopetz:
The other fun thing about running D&D in something approximating an authentically medieval milieu is that you can have warlocks with proper lord-and-vassal relationships with their patrons, with all the intensely legalistic and excruciatingly complicated webs of rights and obligations that implies. It’s a nice alternative to the whole wizard-with-a-sugar-daddy business!
“You were supposed to levy troops to support me in my feud with the King of the thirteenth hell this past season.”
“I did! I raised that entire army of skeletons.”
“That you used to fight a dragon with your fellow adventurers.”
“Look, the charter says I’m obliged to raise troops under your banner. But it also says that you will provide lodging and transport for them in the field. I didn’t see a portal to hell open at all for those three months. And believe me, we looked.”
“…”
“Look, it’s not my fault you haven’t granted me the power to instantly send people to hell yet, all I’m saying. But hey. We did fight under your banner, so your demonic majesty received the credit for that dragon takedown, which ought to at least be some bragging rights down there, right?”
tywvin:I think so many people mistake
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tywvin:
I think so many people mistake the ‘you should reblog’ message with ‘I’m greedy and all I want is notes’ when it’s really not at all like that.
When creators say they’re discouraged from creating because their posts get no notes, they don’t mean they will refuse to create unless their last edit reaches at least 1k notes. What they mean is that the effort they’re putting into creating something purely out of inspiration and the need to share their passion and creativity with the world is being consumed and forgotten, just like it is on Instagram. Tumblr has changed from having an even reblog-like ratio, or even twice as many reblogs as likes, to being another social media where users consume content instead of sharing it.
We’re not trying to force you to reblog everything or want you to fill your blog with things you don’t like. But Tumblr is built on reblogs and likes. This is not a fast-food company where you can order something, consume it, and then throw it away. The very base of this website is sharing, as opposed to Instagram. Here, likes don’t give our posts exposure, reblogs do.
Notes are not the problem, the fact that you want new content without supporting creators is. So yeah, don’t be surprised if creators stop creating because nobody wants to share their creations.
kingdomheartsnyctophiliac:
And its like…. people dont even fucking realize how special tumblr is
Tumblr doesn’t have verified checkmarks. Tumblr doesn’t have an algorithm to you show ❝The Best Stuff❞. Tumblr doesn’t display how many followers you have. Tumblr isn’t obsessed with subscriptions.
Tumblr is an even playing field compared to websites like Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube. Which means its up to us, the users, to spread the word of people we enjoy– the way the internet should be.
I’m not asking you to reblog shit you don’t like. I’m not asking you to reblog everything out of pity. But when you see a post you genuinely like, reblog it.
kingdomheartsnyctophiliac:
My intention isn’t to BOSS people around. But people who don’t create on tumblr really have to understand that if creators stop posting here, you won’t have anything else to like but maybe memes. If you want content to circle around to your dashboard… you have to pay it forward and reblog. That is why this website is dying. The Ban is not the only reason.
tywvin:
I think so many people mistake the ‘you should reblog’ message with ‘I’m greedy and all I want is notes’ when it’s really not at all like that.
When creators say they’re discouraged from creating because their posts get no notes, they don’t mean they will refuse to create unless their last edit reaches at least 1k notes. What they mean is that the effort they’re putting into creating something purely out of inspiration and the need to share their passion and creativity with the world is being consumed and forgotten, just like it is on Instagram. Tumblr has changed from having an even reblog-like ratio, or even twice as many reblogs as likes, to being another social media where users consume content instead of sharing it.
We’re not trying to force you to reblog everything or want you to fill your blog with things you don’t like. But Tumblr is built on reblogs and likes. This is not a fast-food company where you can order something, consume it, and then throw it away. The very base of this website is sharing, as opposed to Instagram. Here, likes don’t give our posts exposure, reblogs do.
Notes are not the problem, the fact that you want new content without supporting creators is. So yeah, don’t be surprised if creators stop creating because nobody wants to share their creations.
kingdomheartsnyctophiliac:
And its like…. people dont even fucking realize how special tumblr is
Tumblr doesn’t have verified checkmarks. Tumblr doesn’t have an algorithm to you show ❝The Best Stuff❞. Tumblr doesn’t display how many followers you have. Tumblr isn’t obsessed with subscriptions.
Tumblr is an even playing field compared to websites like Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube. Which means its up to us, the users, to spread the word of people we enjoy– the way the internet should be.
I’m not asking you to reblog shit you don’t like. I’m not asking you to reblog everything out of pity. But when you see a post you genuinely like, reblog it.
kingdomheartsnyctophiliac:
My intention isn’t to BOSS people around. But people who don’t create on tumblr really have to understand that if creators stop posting here, you won’t have anything else to like but maybe memes. If you want content to circle around to your dashboard… you have to pay it forward and reblog. That is why this website is dying. The Ban is not the only reason.
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vaspider:
ohaugustine:
sherokutakari:
eighthdoctor:
sherokutakari:
eighthdoctor:
vortisaurus:
vortisaurus:
the idea of two aromantic platonic partners having a “convenience marriage” is like my favorite thing right now I’m both getting really excited and cracking up over the possibilities I mean just imagine:
“we got married because of tax benefits”
“we got married because it gave us an excuse to have sleepovers every night”
“we got married because it seemed convenient to ‘pool our assets’ (aka our library is now twice as big, as is our collection of Disney movies)”
“we got married because it gave us an excuse to ask for toasters from people as wedding gifts”
#we got married because weddings are really exciting and we can plan it how we want it and it doesn’t need to include kissing bc that can be weird#but it gives us an excuse to have a dessert table#because dESSERT TABLE#I just want dessert table festivities#festivities around a dessert table#ahh#desssseeeeerrrrrt#CHEESECAKES THOOOOOOOO#YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this is the most important addition anyone has made to this post bless you and may the Force be with you my friend
#aromantic couple that learns about the practice of getting married again to ‘reaffirm your commitment’#and proceeds to get married every year#and every year the dessert table is bigger and more extravagent#and they start experimenting with variations on the ceremony (x)
#we got married because we only needed to buy one copy of each book #we got married because then no one goes to the movies alone #we got married because then we got to design WEDDING CLOTHES #we got married because pillow fights #we got married because this makes emergency contact info much easier #we got married because weirding out conservatives (x)
We got married because broadway duets while doing chores, we got married because HALF AS MANY CHORES, we got married because surprise cookies on bad days, we got married because surprise cookies on GOOD days, we got married so we’d never have to ask the other if we could come over today again, we got married so our parents would stop asking (x)
#we got married because someone will get meds when we’re sick #we got married because secondary income #we got married because joint big finish account #we got married because two people can walk more dogs than one person which means more dogs #we got married because broadway duets while doing anything #we got married because only one of us likes cooking and the other is fine with dishes #we got married because both of us like cooking and we can trade off #we got married because help with disabilities and someone who doesn’t judge #we got married because of the satisfaction of hearing ‘have you found someone yet’ and getting to say ‘yes’ and hang up #we got married because anniversary parties are even more fun than weddings #MORE DESSERT TABLES #we got married because couples discounts on things
(
x
)
#we got married because two people can walk more dogs than one person which means more dogs PERFECT
I want y'all to pause for a moment and consider this: all of the things that people have cited above? Those are the things, in my experience, that make marriage ACTUALLY work in the long run. Splitting the work, taking care of each other, walking the dogs, sharing tasks because I am okay with folding laundry while my spouse hates it but he’ll carry the heavy baskets for me, because singing duets in the car is fun, because sometimes I worked all day and he’s on leave right now so he made dinner and made my favorite pasta dish with fresh tomatoes… those are the REAL reasons a marriage works.
So think about this for a moment because romance is, frankly, very secondary to what makes a marriage work in the long term. Partnership, task-sharing, friendship, all of those things are the true thing that will tell you whether a marriage will stand the test of time.
So it’s not that I’m saying that aromantic relationships are like taking a “normal” relationship and taking out the romance, I’m saying that IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WOULD NOT STAND UP WITHOUT THE ROMANCE IN IT, DON’T GET MARRIED.
We should in fact consider the aromantic “platonic lifemate” as the ideal BASIS for a marriage in the long term. We should be looking at platonic lifemates and saying, “do we measure up to that standard? Is our love for each other aromantic TOO? Are we at that bedrock?”
Because you will go through periods in your life, and your marriage, where even if you love one another romantically and deeply, there won’t be much romance. Maybe, you know, your spouse just got part of her spine removed, or you are really stressed out by work, or a move, or your dog/cat/kid/mouse/pet tarantula is sick, or your neighbor is crazy and intruding on your space, and you will NEED EACH OTHER but there won’t be much romance in it.
If you can’t be platonic partners, if you don’t stand up to that ideal, seriously consider this. Consider BUILDING this as part of building your relationship – and use it as a good test for whether or not sex/romance is covering up serious communication issues, or abuse.
I submit that we should refer to this as the New Platonic Ideal.
Thank you.
vaspider:
ohaugustine:
sherokutakari:
eighthdoctor:
sherokutakari:
eighthdoctor:
vortisaurus:
vortisaurus:
the idea of two aromantic platonic partners having a “convenience marriage” is like my favorite thing right now I’m both getting really excited and cracking up over the possibilities I mean just imagine:
“we got married because of tax benefits”
“we got married because it gave us an excuse to have sleepovers every night”
“we got married because it seemed convenient to ‘pool our assets’ (aka our library is now twice as big, as is our collection of Disney movies)”
“we got married because it gave us an excuse to ask for toasters from people as wedding gifts”
#we got married because weddings are really exciting and we can plan it how we want it and it doesn’t need to include kissing bc that can be weird#but it gives us an excuse to have a dessert table#because dESSERT TABLE#I just want dessert table festivities#festivities around a dessert table#ahh#desssseeeeerrrrrt#CHEESECAKES THOOOOOOOO#YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this is the most important addition anyone has made to this post bless you and may the Force be with you my friend
#aromantic couple that learns about the practice of getting married again to ‘reaffirm your commitment’#and proceeds to get married every year#and every year the dessert table is bigger and more extravagent#and they start experimenting with variations on the ceremony (x)
#we got married because we only needed to buy one copy of each book #we got married because then no one goes to the movies alone #we got married because then we got to design WEDDING CLOTHES #we got married because pillow fights #we got married because this makes emergency contact info much easier #we got married because weirding out conservatives (x)
We got married because broadway duets while doing chores, we got married because HALF AS MANY CHORES, we got married because surprise cookies on bad days, we got married because surprise cookies on GOOD days, we got married so we’d never have to ask the other if we could come over today again, we got married so our parents would stop asking (x)
#we got married because someone will get meds when we’re sick #we got married because secondary income #we got married because joint big finish account #we got married because two people can walk more dogs than one person which means more dogs #we got married because broadway duets while doing anything #we got married because only one of us likes cooking and the other is fine with dishes #we got married because both of us like cooking and we can trade off #we got married because help with disabilities and someone who doesn’t judge #we got married because of the satisfaction of hearing ‘have you found someone yet’ and getting to say ‘yes’ and hang up #we got married because anniversary parties are even more fun than weddings #MORE DESSERT TABLES #we got married because couples discounts on things
(
x
)
#we got married because two people can walk more dogs than one person which means more dogs PERFECT
I want y'all to pause for a moment and consider this: all of the things that people have cited above? Those are the things, in my experience, that make marriage ACTUALLY work in the long run. Splitting the work, taking care of each other, walking the dogs, sharing tasks because I am okay with folding laundry while my spouse hates it but he’ll carry the heavy baskets for me, because singing duets in the car is fun, because sometimes I worked all day and he’s on leave right now so he made dinner and made my favorite pasta dish with fresh tomatoes… those are the REAL reasons a marriage works.
So think about this for a moment because romance is, frankly, very secondary to what makes a marriage work in the long term. Partnership, task-sharing, friendship, all of those things are the true thing that will tell you whether a marriage will stand the test of time.
So it’s not that I’m saying that aromantic relationships are like taking a “normal” relationship and taking out the romance, I’m saying that IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WOULD NOT STAND UP WITHOUT THE ROMANCE IN IT, DON’T GET MARRIED.
We should in fact consider the aromantic “platonic lifemate” as the ideal BASIS for a marriage in the long term. We should be looking at platonic lifemates and saying, “do we measure up to that standard? Is our love for each other aromantic TOO? Are we at that bedrock?”
Because you will go through periods in your life, and your marriage, where even if you love one another romantically and deeply, there won’t be much romance. Maybe, you know, your spouse just got part of her spine removed, or you are really stressed out by work, or a move, or your dog/cat/kid/mouse/pet tarantula is sick, or your neighbor is crazy and intruding on your space, and you will NEED EACH OTHER but there won’t be much romance in it.
If you can’t be platonic partners, if you don’t stand up to that ideal, seriously consider this. Consider BUILDING this as part of building your relationship – and use it as a good test for whether or not sex/romance is covering up serious communication issues, or abuse.
I submit that we should refer to this as the New Platonic Ideal.
Thank you.
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deadcatwithaflamethrower:
thatpettyblackgirl:
reblog if you’ve ever:
self-harmed
attempted suicide
been to a therapist
cancelled on things because you don’t have the energy to live
lied about being okay
had a panic attack
has anxiety hitting the roof
the world needs to know how common these things are.
When I say “I’m fine!” it means “I’m still capable of typing.” Which does not negate any of the above potentials in the slightest.
deadcatwithaflamethrower:
thatpettyblackgirl:
reblog if you’ve ever:
self-harmed
attempted suicide
been to a therapist
cancelled on things because you don’t have the energy to live
lied about being okay
had a panic attack
has anxiety hitting the roof
the world needs to know how common these things are.
When I say “I’m fine!” it means “I’m still capable of typing.” Which does not negate any of the above potentials in the slightest.
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dcmultiverse:
Jules Verne once wrote: “Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide... they will come together”. That’s how my parents met: like two ships destined for each other.
Aquaman (2018) dir. James Wan
dcmultiverse:
Jules Verne once wrote: “Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide... they will come together”. That’s how my parents met: like two ships destined for each other.
Aquaman (2018) dir. James Wan
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Because AO3 is a hosting service. They don’t exist to police the content on their site as long as that content doesn’t breach the Terms of Service.
It’s an author’s responsibility to tag and rate and warn their fics appropriately. It’s a reader’s responsibility to read those tags and ratings and warnings and decide whether or not they want to read the fic. Anyone who isn’t willing to do their part probably shouldn’t be using the service.
Because AO3 is a hosting service. They don’t exist to police the content on their site as long as that content doesn’t breach the Terms of Service.
It’s an author’s responsibility to tag and rate and warn their fics appropriately. It’s a reader’s responsibility to read those tags and ratings and warnings and decide whether or not they want to read the fic. Anyone who isn’t willing to do their part probably shouldn’t be using the service.
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sap-king:
theradicalace:
minigeist:
shittycryptids:
A great white shark, but the size of a cat and with puppy teeth unable to cause any damage and moves by dragging itself across the ground. Makes for a great pet
op change your fucking url
#IMSOBBING
sap-king:
theradicalace:
minigeist:
shittycryptids:
A great white shark, but the size of a cat and with puppy teeth unable to cause any damage and moves by dragging itself across the ground. Makes for a great pet
op change your fucking url
#IMSOBBING
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pipcomix:
tsrabbits:
followthebluebell:
chickenkeeping:
tinysaurus-rex:
as a note for those who don’t know why heritage breeds are so good: they aren’t bred to overproduce. they’re bred for health and longevity. a production leghorn lays over 300 eggs a year and will live MAYBE three years. usually dying of some horrible reproductive illness, even in a good environment. the production meat hybrids get so meaty so quickly that they can’t physically live passed a few months, eight months is the absolute max before their legs stop being able to carry them or their heart gives out. they can’t breed on their own, they don’t live long enough.
heritage breed chickens must average over six years to be considered heritage. they’re hardy birds that lay fewer eggs, often 250 or less. there are many breeds bred for meat, but they grow slowly and breed on their own. they can live long, full lives. there are dual purpose breeds. these heritage breeds have valuable, unique genetics that not only benefit us humans, but their species as well! we have breeds that can withstand frigid winters, fight off disease thanks to breeders breeding for immunity, live far longer than junglefowl (what chickens were bred from thousands of hears ago), and all sorts of cool things. these unique genes hugely benefit science.
corperate hatcheries don’t breed for these things, they might have birds that they claim are heritage breeds, but they almost always have production mixed in. they breed on a massive, uncaring scale. by banning facebook sales, ARAs are saying a big “fuck you” to breeders who are just trying to keep a breed alive and maybe make a living doing so. although i rarely meet breeders who make more money than they pour into those birds. yes, there are bad breeders, but there are a lot of really awesome breeders. all big hatcheries are bad. the decision to ban animal sales directly benefits those bad hatcheries, and none of the breeders.
tinysaurus-rex:
congrats to the ARAs who got facebook to ban animal sales. shortly before then, many rare heritage chicken breeds were getting much needed attention to save the breeds thanks to various agricultural facebook pages highligting them. but now, with the ban of animal sales on facebook, those heritage breeds have become damn near impossible to find again. guess what that means? the breeds will begin dying out again. people will go back to hatcheries who mass produce unhealthy chicken breeds in horrible conditions. folks will always buy chickens, but now instead of buying them from ethical breeders on facebook they’ll be supporting a terrible industry, woohoo.
hope y’all are proud.
this is happening with pigeons as well and its terrible. it was already damn near impossible to find a good pigeon breeder but now it IS impossible since all the groups are getting shut down, facebook was one of the few places you could meet some breeders, other than meeting them at exhibitions or clubs in person. it sure is significantly speeding up the decline of the already-scarce hobby of keeping pigeons, thats for sure
It’s hit the reptile and amphibian hobby hard too. We used to have a page to vet buyers/sellers. No one wants to buy a sick animal or support someone who treats their animals poorly. That page was removed, taking out years of reviews.
It’s also going to have a huge impact on genetic diversity since it limits our ability to match animals. Bearded dragons are intensely inbred; the ability to find good lines was essential to correcting this.
It’s happening in rabbits too. And I’d like to echo ALL of these points because they’re good.
Although who are we kidding? The elimination of specific breeds, and animal keeping as a whole, is 100% a goal of the ARA movement.
Sheep as well! The Florida Cracker Sheep group on there still has a lot of cool info but its damn hard to hook up with breeders except in PMs and even then … fb messaging sucks, ppls PM settings vary, and even being like “check out this sheep. PM me” is considered a Suspect Post these days :/
pipcomix:
tsrabbits:
followthebluebell:
chickenkeeping:
tinysaurus-rex:
as a note for those who don’t know why heritage breeds are so good: they aren’t bred to overproduce. they’re bred for health and longevity. a production leghorn lays over 300 eggs a year and will live MAYBE three years. usually dying of some horrible reproductive illness, even in a good environment. the production meat hybrids get so meaty so quickly that they can’t physically live passed a few months, eight months is the absolute max before their legs stop being able to carry them or their heart gives out. they can’t breed on their own, they don’t live long enough.
heritage breed chickens must average over six years to be considered heritage. they’re hardy birds that lay fewer eggs, often 250 or less. there are many breeds bred for meat, but they grow slowly and breed on their own. they can live long, full lives. there are dual purpose breeds. these heritage breeds have valuable, unique genetics that not only benefit us humans, but their species as well! we have breeds that can withstand frigid winters, fight off disease thanks to breeders breeding for immunity, live far longer than junglefowl (what chickens were bred from thousands of hears ago), and all sorts of cool things. these unique genes hugely benefit science.
corperate hatcheries don’t breed for these things, they might have birds that they claim are heritage breeds, but they almost always have production mixed in. they breed on a massive, uncaring scale. by banning facebook sales, ARAs are saying a big “fuck you” to breeders who are just trying to keep a breed alive and maybe make a living doing so. although i rarely meet breeders who make more money than they pour into those birds. yes, there are bad breeders, but there are a lot of really awesome breeders. all big hatcheries are bad. the decision to ban animal sales directly benefits those bad hatcheries, and none of the breeders.
tinysaurus-rex:
congrats to the ARAs who got facebook to ban animal sales. shortly before then, many rare heritage chicken breeds were getting much needed attention to save the breeds thanks to various agricultural facebook pages highligting them. but now, with the ban of animal sales on facebook, those heritage breeds have become damn near impossible to find again. guess what that means? the breeds will begin dying out again. people will go back to hatcheries who mass produce unhealthy chicken breeds in horrible conditions. folks will always buy chickens, but now instead of buying them from ethical breeders on facebook they’ll be supporting a terrible industry, woohoo.
hope y’all are proud.
this is happening with pigeons as well and its terrible. it was already damn near impossible to find a good pigeon breeder but now it IS impossible since all the groups are getting shut down, facebook was one of the few places you could meet some breeders, other than meeting them at exhibitions or clubs in person. it sure is significantly speeding up the decline of the already-scarce hobby of keeping pigeons, thats for sure
It’s hit the reptile and amphibian hobby hard too. We used to have a page to vet buyers/sellers. No one wants to buy a sick animal or support someone who treats their animals poorly. That page was removed, taking out years of reviews.
It’s also going to have a huge impact on genetic diversity since it limits our ability to match animals. Bearded dragons are intensely inbred; the ability to find good lines was essential to correcting this.
It’s happening in rabbits too. And I’d like to echo ALL of these points because they’re good.
Although who are we kidding? The elimination of specific breeds, and animal keeping as a whole, is 100% a goal of the ARA movement.
Sheep as well! The Florida Cracker Sheep group on there still has a lot of cool info but its damn hard to hook up with breeders except in PMs and even then … fb messaging sucks, ppls PM settings vary, and even being like “check out this sheep. PM me” is considered a Suspect Post these days :/
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mothedmans:
were-writes:
were-writes:
Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?
You know what, another layer of difficulty is when you’re thinking about villains, and the wise words of Megamind come into your head. You don’t just want your child to be just a regular villain. But how do you make your villain a Supervillain with no cape? Where is the drama? But Edna says no capes, you must deny them the flair. It is impossible to please them both, and it’s tearing this family apart.
you. you get it.
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mothedmans:
were-writes:
were-writes:
Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?
You know what, another layer of difficulty is when you’re thinking about villains, and the wise words of Megamind come into your head. You don’t just want your child to be just a regular villain. But how do you make your villain a Supervillain with no cape? Where is the drama? But Edna says no capes, you must deny them the flair. It is impossible to please them both, and it’s tearing this family apart.
you. you get it.
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copperbadge:
prokopetz:
agni-kai13:
prokopetz:
resplendentgoldenwings:
prokopetz:
prokopetz:
The Great Gatsby enters the public domain in 2021. If at least one of us doesn’t have an unauthorised sequel ready to publish on January 1st at 12:01 sharp, I will be very disappointed.
I’m guessing the folks in the notes going “oh no, there’s not enough time!” fall into one of two groups:
1. People who misread the year and don’t realise I’m talking about a deadline fourteen months from now.
2. People who have an uncommonly realistic notion of the pace of their writing.
I’m #2
Plus I would imagine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s estate will probably renew the copyright.
That’s not how it works. There hasn’t been any such thing as copyright renewal for a long time, and even when copyright renewal was a thing, the effect of renewing was to prevent the relevant rights from expiring early, not to extend them beyond the usual statutory limit. With the exception of audio recordings, works published between 1923 and 1976 cap out at the date of publication plus 95 years – and that span is up for The Great Gatsby on January 1st, 2021.
so i could totally put gatsby into my sherlock and dracula story?
Yes, though you might have to wait a bit longer if you’re inclined to be picky about your timelines; while the bulk of the Sherlock Holmes canon is unencumbered by copyright, the last few short stories that cover the period of Holmes’ retirement – which is where his lifetime lines up with the events of The Great Gatsby – don’t enter the public domain until 2023.
(Holmes would canonically be 68 years old when the summer of 1922 chronicled in The Great Gatsby goes down, for the curious. How precisely he’d be induced to set aside his beekeeping and take a trip to Long Island at that age, I leave as an exercise for the inventive writer!)
Shit, I still have time to write Nobody’s Little Fool, my Great Gatsby sequel where the publishing of The Great Gatsby leads to Tom Buchanan murdering Daisy, and twenty years later their daughter sets out to write a scathing tell-all that will ruin Nick Carraway for his part in her mother’s murder, set against a backdrop of late-Depression-era Chicago.
copperbadge:
prokopetz:
agni-kai13:
prokopetz:
resplendentgoldenwings:
prokopetz:
prokopetz:
The Great Gatsby enters the public domain in 2021. If at least one of us doesn’t have an unauthorised sequel ready to publish on January 1st at 12:01 sharp, I will be very disappointed.
I’m guessing the folks in the notes going “oh no, there’s not enough time!” fall into one of two groups:
1. People who misread the year and don’t realise I’m talking about a deadline fourteen months from now.
2. People who have an uncommonly realistic notion of the pace of their writing.
I’m #2
Plus I would imagine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s estate will probably renew the copyright.
That’s not how it works. There hasn’t been any such thing as copyright renewal for a long time, and even when copyright renewal was a thing, the effect of renewing was to prevent the relevant rights from expiring early, not to extend them beyond the usual statutory limit. With the exception of audio recordings, works published between 1923 and 1976 cap out at the date of publication plus 95 years – and that span is up for The Great Gatsby on January 1st, 2021.
so i could totally put gatsby into my sherlock and dracula story?
Yes, though you might have to wait a bit longer if you’re inclined to be picky about your timelines; while the bulk of the Sherlock Holmes canon is unencumbered by copyright, the last few short stories that cover the period of Holmes’ retirement – which is where his lifetime lines up with the events of The Great Gatsby – don’t enter the public domain until 2023.
(Holmes would canonically be 68 years old when the summer of 1922 chronicled in The Great Gatsby goes down, for the curious. How precisely he’d be induced to set aside his beekeeping and take a trip to Long Island at that age, I leave as an exercise for the inventive writer!)
Shit, I still have time to write Nobody’s Little Fool, my Great Gatsby sequel where the publishing of The Great Gatsby leads to Tom Buchanan murdering Daisy, and twenty years later their daughter sets out to write a scathing tell-all that will ruin Nick Carraway for his part in her mother’s murder, set against a backdrop of late-Depression-era Chicago.
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theactualcluegirl:
alarajrogers:
unpretty:
stylish-suidae:
madgastronomer:
drharleyquinn-medicinewoman:
candiikismet:
unpretty:
ways i have tricked people into thinking i am competent:
bought a really nice looking fountain pen
that sounds like a joke but fountain pens are cheap as shit and when you use one people look at you like you’re a fucking wizard
this hero 901 cost me $3 on ebay and i don’t know why people assume that this is a pen for intelligent people but they do
it works better when i am using a nice notebook and not the avengers notebook that makes it look like the hulk is grabbing my sweet pen
i write in code which for some reason leads everyone to assume that i am some kind of da vinci motherfucker, instead of the reality, which is that i am writing about dicks and don’t want anyone to know
it looks like i am constantly taking notes on everything which is both intimidating and inaccurate, just the way i like it
i bought a usb clicker/laser pointer for $11 and now it seems like i’ve got this shit on lock, like i am so pro at giving presentations i even own accessories
holding a clicker makes you seem at least 10% more like you know what you’re talking about i’m pretty sure
i check the weekly freebies on creativemarket every monday so now i have a huge folder of pro-looking website themes and powerpoint templates and fill-in-the-blank resumes (also a lot of autumnal clipart and watercolor flowers and script fonts but that is less relevant)
i bought a ceramic coffee mug at world market years ago and it makes me look like a productive coffee-drinker because no one knows it’s full of hot cocoa
i don’t know why drinking coffee makes you look busy it just does even though i’m pretty sure it statistically reduces productivity
bonus: not only does no one know i’m just drinking Depression Chocolate but they think i am being Environmentally Conscious rather than Poor As Shit
extra bonus: i can take a sip whenever it looks like someone is going to ask a question and then they ask someone else
i almost never have to answer questions and i leave the room a lot because i have to pee constantly so double extra bonus
“That’s a very good question, and one that deserves an in-depth answer, so if you’d like to leave me your card I’d be happy to discuss it with you later one-on-one” aka “how DARE you suggest i waste everyone’s time answering this question right now” aka “lmfao i have no fucking clue what you just said please let me secretly google that okay”
bonus: now it seems like you are a sophisticated grownup who assumes everyone has A Card and if they have to settle for writing their email on a scrap of paper you can feel smug about it even though in your heart you know that you are no better
i’ve got anxiety and poor impulse control and anxiety about my poor impulse control so i generally say jack shit about shit and this constant silence is often misinterpreted as aloof observation
no one knows that my air of mystery is actually a bad case of the shy and i am too shy to correct them so it works out
when i’m on my laptop and i don’t want anyone to notice how much i’m dicking around i turn the brightness way down so they can’t snoop without being obvious
at least one window of notepad++ with some random html page or css stylesheet in it makes randos assume you are some kind of genius doing some genius shit, unless they are CS major randos, in which case i guess find an intimidating looking excel spreadsheet and hope for the best
Wow
This is AMAZING thank you for your life tips and guidance, friend
If you want to intimidate most CS randos, have a doc full of SQL sitting there. Just copy it off W3 Schools, it doesn’t matter, most programmers are intimidated by SQL, even ones who use a little bit of it.
Millennial George Costanza
i hate that i can’t contradict this
To be fair many of us SQL people are equally intimidated by programming code
If all that fails, find or make a slideshow of photos of old cobol punch cards, to intimidate everyone except retired NASA engineers.
theactualcluegirl:
alarajrogers:
unpretty:
stylish-suidae:
madgastronomer:
drharleyquinn-medicinewoman:
candiikismet:
unpretty:
ways i have tricked people into thinking i am competent:
bought a really nice looking fountain pen
that sounds like a joke but fountain pens are cheap as shit and when you use one people look at you like you’re a fucking wizard
this hero 901 cost me $3 on ebay and i don’t know why people assume that this is a pen for intelligent people but they do
it works better when i am using a nice notebook and not the avengers notebook that makes it look like the hulk is grabbing my sweet pen
i write in code which for some reason leads everyone to assume that i am some kind of da vinci motherfucker, instead of the reality, which is that i am writing about dicks and don’t want anyone to know
it looks like i am constantly taking notes on everything which is both intimidating and inaccurate, just the way i like it
i bought a usb clicker/laser pointer for $11 and now it seems like i’ve got this shit on lock, like i am so pro at giving presentations i even own accessories
holding a clicker makes you seem at least 10% more like you know what you’re talking about i’m pretty sure
i check the weekly freebies on creativemarket every monday so now i have a huge folder of pro-looking website themes and powerpoint templates and fill-in-the-blank resumes (also a lot of autumnal clipart and watercolor flowers and script fonts but that is less relevant)
i bought a ceramic coffee mug at world market years ago and it makes me look like a productive coffee-drinker because no one knows it’s full of hot cocoa
i don’t know why drinking coffee makes you look busy it just does even though i’m pretty sure it statistically reduces productivity
bonus: not only does no one know i’m just drinking Depression Chocolate but they think i am being Environmentally Conscious rather than Poor As Shit
extra bonus: i can take a sip whenever it looks like someone is going to ask a question and then they ask someone else
i almost never have to answer questions and i leave the room a lot because i have to pee constantly so double extra bonus
“That’s a very good question, and one that deserves an in-depth answer, so if you’d like to leave me your card I’d be happy to discuss it with you later one-on-one” aka “how DARE you suggest i waste everyone’s time answering this question right now” aka “lmfao i have no fucking clue what you just said please let me secretly google that okay”
bonus: now it seems like you are a sophisticated grownup who assumes everyone has A Card and if they have to settle for writing their email on a scrap of paper you can feel smug about it even though in your heart you know that you are no better
i’ve got anxiety and poor impulse control and anxiety about my poor impulse control so i generally say jack shit about shit and this constant silence is often misinterpreted as aloof observation
no one knows that my air of mystery is actually a bad case of the shy and i am too shy to correct them so it works out
when i’m on my laptop and i don’t want anyone to notice how much i’m dicking around i turn the brightness way down so they can’t snoop without being obvious
at least one window of notepad++ with some random html page or css stylesheet in it makes randos assume you are some kind of genius doing some genius shit, unless they are CS major randos, in which case i guess find an intimidating looking excel spreadsheet and hope for the best
Wow
This is AMAZING thank you for your life tips and guidance, friend
If you want to intimidate most CS randos, have a doc full of SQL sitting there. Just copy it off W3 Schools, it doesn’t matter, most programmers are intimidated by SQL, even ones who use a little bit of it.
Millennial George Costanza
i hate that i can’t contradict this
To be fair many of us SQL people are equally intimidated by programming code
If all that fails, find or make a slideshow of photos of old cobol punch cards, to intimidate everyone except retired NASA engineers.
A shout out to writers who support writers
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kill-your-idles:
Writers who may be feeling insecure out their own writing, yet still enthusiastically reblog and comment on someone else’s fic.
Writers who may struggle to find time to write their own stories, yet still read fics and take the time to let the writers know how much they like it in tags, asks, comments.
Writers who can appreciate and share a fic even though it might not be their ship or their “thing” because they respect the quality and the writer.
Writers who have tons of followers and share lesser known fics to help them get exposure.
Writers who have a small number of followers and will still reblog the popular fics.
Writers who will help another writer brainstorm or get through a tough part of their fic.
Writers who beta for other writers.
Writers who are kind and secure enough to support other writers.
I see you, and appreciate the hell out of you.
kill-your-idles:
Writers who may be feeling insecure out their own writing, yet still enthusiastically reblog and comment on someone else’s fic.
Writers who may struggle to find time to write their own stories, yet still read fics and take the time to let the writers know how much they like it in tags, asks, comments.
Writers who can appreciate and share a fic even though it might not be their ship or their “thing” because they respect the quality and the writer.
Writers who have tons of followers and share lesser known fics to help them get exposure.
Writers who have a small number of followers and will still reblog the popular fics.
Writers who will help another writer brainstorm or get through a tough part of their fic.
Writers who beta for other writers.
Writers who are kind and secure enough to support other writers.
I see you, and appreciate the hell out of you.
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vampires-and-witches:
I saw everyone on twitter tearing Emma Watson apart for saying she’s self - partnered instead of single and decided to watch her interview for British Vogue to know what the hell was she trying to say with that. I was very surprised to find a 30 minute video in which amongst other things she talks about the following:
She felt undeserving when she was appointed as UN Women goodwill ambassador and sought out Gloria Steinem to learn about feminist activism.
She thinks the criticism she received for being a white feminist was useful because it made her educate herself.
She says there’s a desperate need to reform the education system in the UK to change the way they are taught the history of how Britain has been involved in foreign affairs and how they profited from slavery.
She felt anxious about approaching 30 because there’s a lot of pressure to have a husband and a baby by then and she’s still figuring her life out.
She was so young when she was casted in Harry Potter that she doesn’t remember much of her life before it and she went to therapy to deal with her issues with fame. She used to feel very guilty for being unhappy because she thought she should enjoy fame more.
The interviewer is a transgender woman and they discuss transgender issues for a while. Emma is in regular contact with a trans child which makes the topic of trans rights emotional for her because she’s very anxious for this kid’s safety.
She talks about her role as Meg March in the new Little Women movie and defends that unlike what many people say choosing to be a wife and a mother doesn’t make Meg a less feminist character and quotes a line from the movie, “Just because my dreams are different than yours it doesn’t mean they are unimportant.”
She wishes more people would realize she’s not Hermione Granger but also understands why they want to see that in her because Hermione is a symbol for her too.
She used to think she could never be happy without a partner and now that she has learnt to navigate that better and is genuinely happy single she’s started to think of herself as self - partnered in contrast to the time when she thought of herself as single = lonely.
Every media outlet decided to focus in an out of context quote from the three minutes she talked about her dating life when the actual interview had a lot of depth and way more important things were discussed. I’m sad and angry but not surprised.
vampires-and-witches:
I saw everyone on twitter tearing Emma Watson apart for saying she’s self - partnered instead of single and decided to watch her interview for British Vogue to know what the hell was she trying to say with that. I was very surprised to find a 30 minute video in which amongst other things she talks about the following:
She felt undeserving when she was appointed as UN Women goodwill ambassador and sought out Gloria Steinem to learn about feminist activism.
She thinks the criticism she received for being a white feminist was useful because it made her educate herself.
She says there’s a desperate need to reform the education system in the UK to change the way they are taught the history of how Britain has been involved in foreign affairs and how they profited from slavery.
She felt anxious about approaching 30 because there’s a lot of pressure to have a husband and a baby by then and she’s still figuring her life out.
She was so young when she was casted in Harry Potter that she doesn’t remember much of her life before it and she went to therapy to deal with her issues with fame. She used to feel very guilty for being unhappy because she thought she should enjoy fame more.
The interviewer is a transgender woman and they discuss transgender issues for a while. Emma is in regular contact with a trans child which makes the topic of trans rights emotional for her because she’s very anxious for this kid’s safety.
She talks about her role as Meg March in the new Little Women movie and defends that unlike what many people say choosing to be a wife and a mother doesn’t make Meg a less feminist character and quotes a line from the movie, “Just because my dreams are different than yours it doesn’t mean they are unimportant.”
She wishes more people would realize she’s not Hermione Granger but also understands why they want to see that in her because Hermione is a symbol for her too.
She used to think she could never be happy without a partner and now that she has learnt to navigate that better and is genuinely happy single she’s started to think of herself as self - partnered in contrast to the time when she thought of herself as single = lonely.
Every media outlet decided to focus in an out of context quote from the three minutes she talked about her dating life when the actual interview had a lot of depth and way more important things were discussed. I’m sad and angry but not surprised.
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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
charismatic-hothead:
thestarbomb:
Things in Starkid musicals that never fail to make me laugh [x]: A Very Potter Musical
HE JUST FUCKIN MOVES ROUND THE CURTAIN OH THAT’S LIKE THE BEST META JOKE I’VE EVER SEEN
The musical that gave us, among other things, Draco Malfoy wanting a rocketship, “Rumbleroar” and of course Cornelius Fudge looking Voldemort in the eye and saying “I STILL DON’T BELIEVE YOU’RE BACK”
In other words, the best Harry Potter adaptation EVER
thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
charismatic-hothead:
thestarbomb:
Things in Starkid musicals that never fail to make me laugh [x]: A Very Potter Musical
HE JUST FUCKIN MOVES ROUND THE CURTAIN OH THAT’S LIKE THE BEST META JOKE I’VE EVER SEEN
The musical that gave us, among other things, Draco Malfoy wanting a rocketship, “Rumbleroar” and of course Cornelius Fudge looking Voldemort in the eye and saying “I STILL DON’T BELIEVE YOU’RE BACK”
In other words, the best Harry Potter adaptation EVER
Leverage Did It Well
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akireyta:
mierac:
lianabrooks:
I didn’t notice this the first time I watched Leverage (or the sixth), but when I posted a GIF of Hardison last week I noticed something…
The line is adorable, the writing fantastic, but the big thing I noticed is YOU CAN SEE HARDISON. Aldis Hodge is lit up so you can see his face easily.
Here’s another GIF.
And another…
So, here’s the thing. In most shows black actors fade in the background. They’re lit incorrectly and the dark background combined with the dark skin means the character vanishes. Especially on shows with cops and a lot of white people.
Poor David Sinclair (Alimi Ballard) of Numb3rs is invisible in every night scene because he’s not lit up correctly.
Before the advent of colored TV there were more black actors. They were common almost. But with color came the problem that a dark background makes a fair skinned person stand out while making a darker skinned person vanish. The Hollywood solution was to stop hiring darker skinned people. (Not a good idea).
In the first GIF Hardison is in a darker room. He should have vanished, they back-lit him, had ground lights, and framed him well.
Same with the second on, notice the light on his head. He’s glowing like an angel.
Third GIF… notice the lamp placement? The light almost washes out the color of the green towel behind Hardison, but it means the viewers see him perfectly. And isn’t that really the goal?
this is obviously about racism but also some part of you looks at this gorgeous human and thinks “OF COURSE THEY WANTED HIM BATHED IN SOFT LIGHT SO THAT WE COULD ALL GAZE UPON HIM AND BASK”
There’s a bit in one of the DVD commentaries where they talked about working with the lighting and not shooting until everyone is lit.
To be honest, yes to the above but also the real skill is when Hardison and Parker share a scene. Because they’re about as polar opposite as can be in terms of ideal lighting … But if a cable show produced on the smell of an empty rag can pull it off, no one has any excuse.
akireyta:
mierac:
lianabrooks:
I didn’t notice this the first time I watched Leverage (or the sixth), but when I posted a GIF of Hardison last week I noticed something…
The line is adorable, the writing fantastic, but the big thing I noticed is YOU CAN SEE HARDISON. Aldis Hodge is lit up so you can see his face easily.
Here’s another GIF.
And another…
So, here’s the thing. In most shows black actors fade in the background. They’re lit incorrectly and the dark background combined with the dark skin means the character vanishes. Especially on shows with cops and a lot of white people.
Poor David Sinclair (Alimi Ballard) of Numb3rs is invisible in every night scene because he’s not lit up correctly.
Before the advent of colored TV there were more black actors. They were common almost. But with color came the problem that a dark background makes a fair skinned person stand out while making a darker skinned person vanish. The Hollywood solution was to stop hiring darker skinned people. (Not a good idea).
In the first GIF Hardison is in a darker room. He should have vanished, they back-lit him, had ground lights, and framed him well.
Same with the second on, notice the light on his head. He’s glowing like an angel.
Third GIF… notice the lamp placement? The light almost washes out the color of the green towel behind Hardison, but it means the viewers see him perfectly. And isn’t that really the goal?
this is obviously about racism but also some part of you looks at this gorgeous human and thinks “OF COURSE THEY WANTED HIM BATHED IN SOFT LIGHT SO THAT WE COULD ALL GAZE UPON HIM AND BASK”
There’s a bit in one of the DVD commentaries where they talked about working with the lighting and not shooting until everyone is lit.
To be honest, yes to the above but also the real skill is when Hardison and Parker share a scene. Because they’re about as polar opposite as can be in terms of ideal lighting … But if a cable show produced on the smell of an empty rag can pull it off, no one has any excuse.
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copperbadge:
kweh-not-wark:
etraytin:
copperbadge:
kweh-not-wark replied to your post “AUs where the author writes from a source of deep knowledge are…”
My grandpa told me once that the only historical fiction he would ever read would be a book in which the Jewish people win WW2. Historically speaking, this doesn’t make much sense and the amount of research to sort of tackle a concept like that is boggling. Other times, I think about just throwing away all the depressing facts and just writing that fantastical story just for him.
Please tell your grandpa that I love this idea and I haven’t stopped thinking about it for like, days. I think actually it wouldn’t be too terribly hard to write – there were Jewish resistances and ghetto uprisings before and during the war, and if they had managed to get a stronger foothold (perhaps if they’d had better support) there’s a really interesting story to be told about Jewish resistance becoming an organized movement that then overtakes Germany and, per your grandpa’s stipulation that they win, installs a Jewish-led postwar government.
You’d have to be super careful about it. Especially about not implying that if Jewish people had just “done more” they could have prevented what was done to them. And suuuuuper careful not to trigger any weird conspiracy theory bullshit in general with the denoument. But I think it could be done, and with the right attitude it could be a brilliant flip-the-script on the generally creepy What If The Nazis Had Won subgenre that’s so popular with a very specific segment of the literary population. What If The Nazis Had Profoundly Lost.
And WWII is one of the most-documented wars with the least amount of censorship in basically the history of war, so there’s at least a lot of resources.
Or just write it for your grandpa and let it be fantastical and only make a small amount of sense, so long as it is COOL, and he will probably love it. A story doesn’t have to fit perfectly into history or even appeal to a large group of people to make it be exactly what one person wants. I wrote a fic once where a thinly veiled expy of my dad became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court because he wanted me to. He then wanted me to make the same character president (this was a small part of a large ongoing multi-chapter fic). Though it wouldn’t work at all in the storyline or in, like, reality, I wrote an alternate, not-widely-shared chapter just for him where by a ridiculous confluence of circumstances, everyone decided that the Chief Justice ought to become the President. And he loved it! Never discount the power of a story made for just one person.
This is a good point and one I’m glad I saw when I looked through the comments on this post. Thank you.
It’s an excellent point! Like you say in your other post, I like the challenge of doing it “to spec” as it were in terms of research and plotting, but you could even just write the ending – write the winners reflecting on how they won and don’t make it too specific. It’s kinda what I did with the It’s A Wonderful Life sequel – I didn’t go into the details, I just wrote the aftermath.
this is super fucking awesome and I would definitely want to read this AND pay good money for it! And I mean both, the researched and the hand-waved what-then! If I have to suffer through ONE (1) more “but what if the Nazis had won?!” arent-I-special-for-asking-this shit-fest excuse for some asshole’s personal fetishization of well-dressed genocide I will go fucking spare. Speaking as a german: they won enough - and STILL win - with every fucking instance of legitimizing their fucking bullshit catastrophy of a “reign” as havin the barest chance of winning, and also FUCK YOU PROJECT PAPERCLIP!
AS IF YOU LOT HADN’T HAD ENOUGH OF THAT WHITE SUPREMACY GARBAGE IN YOUR OWN SYSTEM ALREADY YOU DIDN’T NEED TO IMPORT MORE! NOW CAN WE PLEASE STOP PRETENDING THIS FASHIST RUBBISH IS ANYTHING BUT THE WORST CODE FOR GETTING A DECENT WORKING SYSTEM OF A SOCIETY ARGH!
copperbadge:
kweh-not-wark:
etraytin:
copperbadge:
kweh-not-wark replied to your post “AUs where the author writes from a source of deep knowledge are…”
My grandpa told me once that the only historical fiction he would ever read would be a book in which the Jewish people win WW2. Historically speaking, this doesn’t make much sense and the amount of research to sort of tackle a concept like that is boggling. Other times, I think about just throwing away all the depressing facts and just writing that fantastical story just for him.
Please tell your grandpa that I love this idea and I haven’t stopped thinking about it for like, days. I think actually it wouldn’t be too terribly hard to write – there were Jewish resistances and ghetto uprisings before and during the war, and if they had managed to get a stronger foothold (perhaps if they’d had better support) there’s a really interesting story to be told about Jewish resistance becoming an organized movement that then overtakes Germany and, per your grandpa’s stipulation that they win, installs a Jewish-led postwar government.
You’d have to be super careful about it. Especially about not implying that if Jewish people had just “done more” they could have prevented what was done to them. And suuuuuper careful not to trigger any weird conspiracy theory bullshit in general with the denoument. But I think it could be done, and with the right attitude it could be a brilliant flip-the-script on the generally creepy What If The Nazis Had Won subgenre that’s so popular with a very specific segment of the literary population. What If The Nazis Had Profoundly Lost.
And WWII is one of the most-documented wars with the least amount of censorship in basically the history of war, so there’s at least a lot of resources.
Or just write it for your grandpa and let it be fantastical and only make a small amount of sense, so long as it is COOL, and he will probably love it. A story doesn’t have to fit perfectly into history or even appeal to a large group of people to make it be exactly what one person wants. I wrote a fic once where a thinly veiled expy of my dad became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court because he wanted me to. He then wanted me to make the same character president (this was a small part of a large ongoing multi-chapter fic). Though it wouldn’t work at all in the storyline or in, like, reality, I wrote an alternate, not-widely-shared chapter just for him where by a ridiculous confluence of circumstances, everyone decided that the Chief Justice ought to become the President. And he loved it! Never discount the power of a story made for just one person.
This is a good point and one I’m glad I saw when I looked through the comments on this post. Thank you.
It’s an excellent point! Like you say in your other post, I like the challenge of doing it “to spec” as it were in terms of research and plotting, but you could even just write the ending – write the winners reflecting on how they won and don’t make it too specific. It’s kinda what I did with the It’s A Wonderful Life sequel – I didn’t go into the details, I just wrote the aftermath.
this is super fucking awesome and I would definitely want to read this AND pay good money for it! And I mean both, the researched and the hand-waved what-then! If I have to suffer through ONE (1) more “but what if the Nazis had won?!” arent-I-special-for-asking-this shit-fest excuse for some asshole’s personal fetishization of well-dressed genocide I will go fucking spare. Speaking as a german: they won enough - and STILL win - with every fucking instance of legitimizing their fucking bullshit catastrophy of a “reign” as havin the barest chance of winning, and also FUCK YOU PROJECT PAPERCLIP!
AS IF YOU LOT HADN’T HAD ENOUGH OF THAT WHITE SUPREMACY GARBAGE IN YOUR OWN SYSTEM ALREADY YOU DIDN’T NEED TO IMPORT MORE! NOW CAN WE PLEASE STOP PRETENDING THIS FASHIST RUBBISH IS ANYTHING BUT THE WORST CODE FOR GETTING A DECENT WORKING SYSTEM OF A SOCIETY ARGH!
#fightforfacts
Nov. 8th, 2019 09:19 pmvia https://ift.tt/2PY9Io7
12drakon:
everentropy:
returnsandreturns:
Snopes is struggling due to mounting legal fees and they are a crucial organization for the fucked up, anti-truth time we’re currently living in, so I’m donating what I can and also writing drabbles* in exchange for any level of donation.
If you donate $50+, I am also willing to update the WIP of your choice lol
Just donate & send me a screenshot and a prompt/pairing.
*in this case, drabbles means at least 100 words; they will likely be more because i have no restraint or good sense
Here’s the letter from the Snopes page describing the issue:
November 1, 2019 by David Mikkelson, Organizer
Dear Readers,
We wish we had better news, but they have filed another appeal. This time they’re appealing our successful defense of our First Amendment rights.
Parties suing us — including newly minted CEO of Salon.com, Chris Richmond — have spent years filing losing motions, asking for continuances, changing legal counsel, and appealing adverse rulings.
It is all part of a scheme, our counsel wrote, “to ‘bring legal hell’ on Snopes employees in retaliation for terminating Snopes’ contract with Proper Media.”
Even the court described their tactics as “hostile.”
With the truth on our side, we have foiled their attempts so far. But now the case will drag on even longer and legal fees will continue to drain our revenues, threatening Snopes’ existence.
But even while they try to drag us down, we are showing up to make Snopes work better for you.
Soon we will bring you two major new developments:
A membership program that will reward sustaining Snopes supporters with special features and exclusive content.
And Snopes News, a feed without the falsity, where you can find headlines of the day curated by fact-checkers and editors you know you can trust. Sign up for updates here.
So long as we have your support, we will not give up.
Make a contribution today to defend Snopes.
Truthfully yours,
Team Snopes
I’d like to add Snopes is one of THE most trusted sources out there, and if it goes we will lose a great deal
Electronic Frontier Foundation and other forces of light have been quite successful lately in defending against such attacks. There’s a growing legal know-how and a growing network of knowledgeable people. I am cautiously optimistic that community support at this crucial time CAN make a difference for Snopes.
12drakon:
everentropy:
returnsandreturns:
Snopes is struggling due to mounting legal fees and they are a crucial organization for the fucked up, anti-truth time we’re currently living in, so I’m donating what I can and also writing drabbles* in exchange for any level of donation.
If you donate $50+, I am also willing to update the WIP of your choice lol
Just donate & send me a screenshot and a prompt/pairing.
*in this case, drabbles means at least 100 words; they will likely be more because i have no restraint or good sense
Here’s the letter from the Snopes page describing the issue:
November 1, 2019 by David Mikkelson, Organizer
Dear Readers,
We wish we had better news, but they have filed another appeal. This time they’re appealing our successful defense of our First Amendment rights.
Parties suing us — including newly minted CEO of Salon.com, Chris Richmond — have spent years filing losing motions, asking for continuances, changing legal counsel, and appealing adverse rulings.
It is all part of a scheme, our counsel wrote, “to ‘bring legal hell’ on Snopes employees in retaliation for terminating Snopes’ contract with Proper Media.”
Even the court described their tactics as “hostile.”
With the truth on our side, we have foiled their attempts so far. But now the case will drag on even longer and legal fees will continue to drain our revenues, threatening Snopes’ existence.
But even while they try to drag us down, we are showing up to make Snopes work better for you.
Soon we will bring you two major new developments:
A membership program that will reward sustaining Snopes supporters with special features and exclusive content.
And Snopes News, a feed without the falsity, where you can find headlines of the day curated by fact-checkers and editors you know you can trust. Sign up for updates here.
So long as we have your support, we will not give up.
Make a contribution today to defend Snopes.
Truthfully yours,
Team Snopes
I’d like to add Snopes is one of THE most trusted sources out there, and if it goes we will lose a great deal
Electronic Frontier Foundation and other forces of light have been quite successful lately in defending against such attacks. There’s a growing legal know-how and a growing network of knowledgeable people. I am cautiously optimistic that community support at this crucial time CAN make a difference for Snopes.
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piavalesca:
sagrada familia.
gaudi’s magnificent, over the top, biomimetic fantasy spaceship
piavalesca:
sagrada familia.
gaudi’s magnificent, over the top, biomimetic fantasy spaceship
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kyraneko:
hyrude:
ao3′s orphaning option is cool and a good idea but mostly very fucking funny. i posted this work for fun when i was younger and i still want people to be able to come back to it if they liked it, but now im an adult professional and i dont want it attached to my name. whats the word for that? umm, anonymously posting? no. i want something that indicates i murdered this story’s parents
technically the story’s parents faked their own death and disappeared to go have an office job, and that’s even funnier
kyraneko:
hyrude:
ao3′s orphaning option is cool and a good idea but mostly very fucking funny. i posted this work for fun when i was younger and i still want people to be able to come back to it if they liked it, but now im an adult professional and i dont want it attached to my name. whats the word for that? umm, anonymously posting? no. i want something that indicates i murdered this story’s parents
technically the story’s parents faked their own death and disappeared to go have an office job, and that’s even funnier
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shitload-of-muses:
paper-mario-wiki:
if u ever find a genie and you’re really craving a dessert that looks like this:
do NOT say “i’d like a lifetime supply of raspberry crowns”
while this is, in fact, the name of the pastry, it’s ALSO the name of a species of wasp for some reason. the genie, being a nasty trickster, will no doubt give you a bunch of wasps.
this is an oddly specific post are you ok
shitload-of-muses:
paper-mario-wiki:
if u ever find a genie and you’re really craving a dessert that looks like this:
do NOT say “i’d like a lifetime supply of raspberry crowns”
while this is, in fact, the name of the pastry, it’s ALSO the name of a species of wasp for some reason. the genie, being a nasty trickster, will no doubt give you a bunch of wasps.
this is an oddly specific post are you ok
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darthxerik:
Least favorite trope: years of emotional neglect/abuse swept under the rug by one scene where a parent admits they loved their child all along. And their broken, traumatized victim adult child accepts this half-assed non-apology (and the audience should too) because the writers think that’s closure.
darthxerik:
Least favorite trope: years of emotional neglect/abuse swept under the rug by one scene where a parent admits they loved their child all along. And their broken, traumatized victim adult child accepts this half-assed non-apology (and the audience should too) because the writers think that’s closure.
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isa-ghost:
HADFJHFARHD
the-narrator-father:
deathlessmax:
Sup, my Booma
grimm-jimm:
My man said “boomer” with the hard “R”.
bigbangbonus:
SLUR?????
isa-ghost:
HADFJHFARHD
the-narrator-father:
deathlessmax:
Sup, my Booma
grimm-jimm:
My man said “boomer” with the hard “R”.
bigbangbonus:
SLUR?????
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heywriters:
kittehkats:
comcastkills:
tattooedheart:
comcastkills:
people who aggressively hate cats are weird
people who hate cats are who u should look out for. they hate cats because cats will not be controlled by a human and that fact upsets so many people.
I have a theory that many cat haters have done something evil or cruel to a cat in the past, possibly as children, and found out the hard way why cats have claws.
Cats, for the most part, give what they get, and behind most cats with anger issues, there’s a person tormenting it.
Remembering still my classmate who told the class how she thought her life was fine untill she realized her cat hid under the furniture every time her boyfriend came home from work. Up til then she’d been ignoring the abuse to herself.
Remembering too my mother telling me about the time one of her kittens got hurt and yelped in pain, so mama cat responded by crossing the room to attack my uncle. He hadn’t done anything to the kitten, but knowing him she just assumed he had and also knowing him my mom ran to protect her from him.
Dogs can do all this too, but their reaction is usually submission. If they are aggressive it’s written off or even encouraged since we train and breed dogs to be aggressive. Cats just come across as vicious for no reason because overall we expect them to be cuddly lap kitties who won’t fight back. When these perceptions are challenged, instead of thinking “wow, movies sure lied to me” we think “wow, the whole species must be that way.”
heywriters:
kittehkats:
comcastkills:
tattooedheart:
comcastkills:
people who aggressively hate cats are weird
people who hate cats are who u should look out for. they hate cats because cats will not be controlled by a human and that fact upsets so many people.
I have a theory that many cat haters have done something evil or cruel to a cat in the past, possibly as children, and found out the hard way why cats have claws.
Cats, for the most part, give what they get, and behind most cats with anger issues, there’s a person tormenting it.
Remembering still my classmate who told the class how she thought her life was fine untill she realized her cat hid under the furniture every time her boyfriend came home from work. Up til then she’d been ignoring the abuse to herself.
Remembering too my mother telling me about the time one of her kittens got hurt and yelped in pain, so mama cat responded by crossing the room to attack my uncle. He hadn’t done anything to the kitten, but knowing him she just assumed he had and also knowing him my mom ran to protect her from him.
Dogs can do all this too, but their reaction is usually submission. If they are aggressive it’s written off or even encouraged since we train and breed dogs to be aggressive. Cats just come across as vicious for no reason because overall we expect them to be cuddly lap kitties who won’t fight back. When these perceptions are challenged, instead of thinking “wow, movies sure lied to me” we think “wow, the whole species must be that way.”
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ghostcat3000:
beetledrink:
“write the exciting parts you WANT to write then work backwards!” is probably good writing advice for people with good working brains and not caveman idiots who will go “ooh fun part done me not want write no more” aka ME
CALLED THE FUCK OUT
ghostcat3000:
beetledrink:
“write the exciting parts you WANT to write then work backwards!” is probably good writing advice for people with good working brains and not caveman idiots who will go “ooh fun part done me not want write no more” aka ME
CALLED THE FUCK OUT
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actualkatebishop:
STUDENTS: you can register to vote both at your home address and your uni address (though obviously you can only vote once)
FELLOW BRITS IN THE UK: Make sure your overseas address is registered and get a proxy voter if you can. Don’t rely on the postal votes getting back home in time if you can avoid it.
NOT SURE WHO TO VOTE FOR? You have time to make your choice, but register NOW.
st-eve-barnes:
Sharing for all my British followers, please for the love of God VOTE! This is so important and it’s gonna affect us all if they go through with it, not only the UK citizens. Don’t assume your vote doesn’t matter, don’t ignore this.
angryschnauzer:
Heeeeyyyy… so Brexit huh? And a General Election on 12th December. Great huh? Big powerful Conservatives party that think they can’t be toppled because so many boomers will vote for them… just great huh?
Just in case anyone is disabled, wants equality, or relies on the current government for basic human rights, i quote from the article what the plans are after we leave the EU;
The bill states: “The Charter of Fundamental Rights is not part of domestic law on or after exit day.”
Vote. Make sure you vote. For anyone except Conservative or UKIP. Google tactical voting to see who is best to vote for in your area to oust the Conservatives. Because if you don’t then we’ll be heading back to pre-ww2 era bigotry, racism, and discrimination.
Share this far and wide. Even if you arent a brit please share.
Tory government votes not to keep European human rights charter in UK law after Brexit
actualkatebishop:
STUDENTS: you can register to vote both at your home address and your uni address (though obviously you can only vote once)
FELLOW BRITS IN THE UK: Make sure your overseas address is registered and get a proxy voter if you can. Don’t rely on the postal votes getting back home in time if you can avoid it.
NOT SURE WHO TO VOTE FOR? You have time to make your choice, but register NOW.
st-eve-barnes:
Sharing for all my British followers, please for the love of God VOTE! This is so important and it’s gonna affect us all if they go through with it, not only the UK citizens. Don’t assume your vote doesn’t matter, don’t ignore this.
angryschnauzer:
Heeeeyyyy… so Brexit huh? And a General Election on 12th December. Great huh? Big powerful Conservatives party that think they can’t be toppled because so many boomers will vote for them… just great huh?
Just in case anyone is disabled, wants equality, or relies on the current government for basic human rights, i quote from the article what the plans are after we leave the EU;
The bill states: “The Charter of Fundamental Rights is not part of domestic law on or after exit day.”
Vote. Make sure you vote. For anyone except Conservative or UKIP. Google tactical voting to see who is best to vote for in your area to oust the Conservatives. Because if you don’t then we’ll be heading back to pre-ww2 era bigotry, racism, and discrimination.
Share this far and wide. Even if you arent a brit please share.
Tory government votes not to keep European human rights charter in UK law after Brexit
