42_Clocks

peter | he/they transmasc gnc gay aro | 20+ i consist only of random knowledge

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[42-clocks]

at my job, I’ve noticed there’s a skill that my 5-8 year olds have yet to master — it’s the I’m Not Talking About You

soo often I, a camp counselor, will say to my group of ~14 kids something like “no running please!” because a couple kids are running and a kid sitting next to me will go “I’m not running!”

or I’ll say to a kid in front of me “oh your shoes are untied” and a kid next to them will say “my shoes are tied!”

……. does this always tick me off for a sec ? yep. I of course don’t blame or actually get mad at a kid for this bc they’re still learning how to discern what is relevant to them or not.

however there are many folks older than ages 5-8 that should probably refresh on this skill, me thinks

[hes-the-stallion]

emoji kitchen is lowkey beautiful guys…

[dragon-in-a-fez]

am I doing this right

[totally-cis-offical]

Important tags

[thoodleoo]

reading about the participation of children in rituals as a form of play in ancient greece and came across an incredibly charming story from julius pollux's onomasticon where a flood prevented the adults from reaching a sanctuary to sacrifice a ram to heracles, and the children solved the problem by....sticking a bunch of sticks in an apple to give it "legs" and "horns" and offering it as a sacrifice instead. it's such a charming thought and i can perfectly picture kids these days also pretending at sacrificing an apple "goat" at recess

[thoodleoo]

catch me on the playground playing sacrifices

[dogpuppy]

[prenbyw]

Spoon in the shape of a fish. Carved from some Sycamore I found just outside Wivenhoe, Essex.

[hinako-supremacy]

op i love your fish so much i made it a png

they are now a school of fish

[fraseris]

no matter how bad things are going at least you aren't watching instagram reels right now

[drysqu1d]

i tend to avoid discourse because most of it is trite and pointless but just this once i feel like i need to state my opinion: i think everyone should bend to my dark and evil will

[papercranesandpride]

I remember years ago, long enough ago that I was still using either Tiktok or Instagram regularly, because that's where I saw this, long enough ago that unfortunately I do not remember the username, I saw an older trans woman responding to a comment asking "how come we see trans women from your generation, but never trans men?" And her response was simple. "Unfortunately, it's because most of them are dead." Between lack of safe and legal abortions (which, hey, look what's an issue again), the HIV/AIDs crisis (which still is lacking in approved treatments for trans men, and they're still likely to be denied PrEP/PEP even when they should be eligible as sexually active queer men), and how many of them chose to take their own lives after being forced into marriages and other women's roles, a lot of the trans men that should be elderly right now did not make it.

And now, when I find myself making the mistake of going on Instagram, I get to see trans men themselves talking about how historically, trans men didn't do anything for the community, and so we need to step up now. Which, first of all, that isn't true, but second of all, if trans men's contributions are lesser, that makes a lot of sense if we listen to that trans woman talking about the trans men she was in community with back in the day. It's very hard to advance the trans cause if you're not alive.

Anyway. It's a really chilling answer. "Where are all the elderly trans men?" "They're dead." And I just wish more people saw that tiktok and listened to it and really took it to heart, now that we're in the age of "well obviously trans men have it so much easier."

[alleesaur]

[ ArtFight 2026 ] [5] Chimeric Deity

for woofee66

[what-even-is-thiss]

There’s a lot wrong with the US but watching the big evil terf lady weaponize UK libel laws so much makes me glad that it’s nearly impossible to sue someone for libel here

[what-even-is-thiss]

Watching UK people being legally forced to walk back tweets makes me glad I can say with no ambiguity that JK Rowling is an evil transphobic invader from Mars intent upon poisoning the minds of the youth with her evil brain mold laser

[what-even-is-thiss]

She’s also a muppet movie villain

[un-monstre]

Bloopers are movie aftercare and it’s fucked up that we got rid of them

[un-monstre]

Bloopers are movie aftercare and it’s fucked up that we got rid of them

[un-monstre]

Bloopers are movie aftercare and it’s fucked up that we got rid of them

[alleesaur]

[ ArtFight 2026 ] [8] Doomsday Fih

for aafish

[gender-incinerator]

I fear many of us are forgetting that trans men belong to Men (the gender) but not Men (the sociopolitical class) and I think thats an important distinction

[gender-incinerator]

I fear many of us are forgetting that trans men belong to Men (the gender) but not Men (the sociopolitical class) and I think thats an important distinction