some kind of thing

anarchist, any pronoun

[alittlesupernova]

A fantasy story that starts off like any other and after some time a character's six'th finger gets mentioned off-handedly that makes you go 'huh, I guess this one just has six fingers one one hand' but as time goes on more and more such possible-but-statistically-unlikely body features get mentioned for different characters until you get a passage where the main character breaks their third left leg or something at which point you realize that you very wrongly assumed that everyone was human because nothing else was implied but now it looks like the species of sentient beings that the book is about has at best only some vaguely human features but the story doesn't even frame that as a revelation or something because it would of course be the most normal thing for the characters to not be human and goes on without looking twice at the fact that everyone has ten legs on each side

[lastoneout]

I know it's more nuanced than this but I think having a hard policy of thinking anyone who genuinely hates one group of queer people for their identity might as well hate all of us and thus I should block any queerphobic queer person I see can do a lot to save you from believing anything exclusionists say.

"bomb that kills all-" "I just don't get bi women bringing their-" "pansexuality isn't a real thing-" "all lesbians-" "trans men really are the men of the-" "theyfabs-" "pfft aroace people are cringe-" "nonbinary people are actually all-" Instant block. Goodbye. Not listening. It's for both solidarity with your fellow queers AND to protect yourself, because once a person is convinced to hate one group for their immutable traits they can be convinced fairly easily to hate another too, and thus I do not trust them.

Just block these people the second they pop up, they aren't your allies and nothing they have to say is worth listening to.

[lastoneout]

These types will often try to guilt you into defaulting to their judgement by citing their own identities but that's bullshit. You can, should, and must completely ignore them. A bigot is a bigot, and if you wouldn't listen to a cishetperisex one then you shouldn't listen to a queer one either.

[deityofhearts]

my roommate just looked over because I menacingly went “oh ho ho yes” while looking at this image

[caspercryptid]

I would actually go as far as to say that MOST abuse is unintentional. I think most people will go through their lives without ever experiencing intentional abuse. People are abusive because they're selfish, because they're stressed, because they care more about what society thinks they should do than the impacts of their actions on their children and partners, because they think what they're doing is correct, because they've made it make sense in their own heads, because they think they can fix their victims, they think they can fix their relationships, they think they can stop you from leaving, they think they can make you a better partner to them, they think that means you need to do what they want. We've sort of constructed mental illness in a way that doing this shit to other people counts as a form of mental illness because it is anti social behavior in the literal sense— it is behavior that causes social harm.

I don't say any of this to excuse it. I think everyone needs to be more aware of this because if you think abuse has to be intentional you will never realize you are capable of abusive behavior. You will never realize you are being shitty to the people you love, because YOU know what you mean, YOU know you don't mean any harm. But you're doing harm. You need to pay attention to the impact you have on other people, and you need to do it all the time, Especially when you feel least capable of doing so. Sorry! You live in a society. Get your head out of your ass.

[wolfsteax]

I humbly offer this contribution.

[wiles-art-blog]

It's make a terrible comic day.

[deadsetagainst]

australian sour patch kids have gluten in them i am truly at my fucking limit im crashing out im waging war against wheat idgaf anymore

[amvs]

oh is that one of those things where ableist companies put in traces of common allergens so they can just avoid the cost of making it safe

[deadsetagainst]

WHAT

[amvs]

Why Manufacturers Are Intentionally Adding Allergens to Their Foods

A trend we predicted in 2016 continues.

US based but it’s similar reasons in other countries. and of course many companies have international locations. idk if that’s why it’s happening with sour patch kids but this is a thing

[rosetintmyworld84]

I cannot even explain how ANGRY I am at this.

My nephew is very allergic to eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame. Last year my sister discovered all hot dogs and hamburger buns now contain sesame. Not "may contain", but listed in the ingredients. This year basically every brand of sliced bread also now contains sesame, making it very difficult to find bread items he can eat.

They're just adding it to their products, so they can just list it as an ingredient and not bother with worrying about cross contamination. And they aren't even bothering with telling anyone. Capitalism is going to kill us all.

"Which brings us back to Kellogg’s. Back in 2016, the company found a way around the added burden and expense of complying with the FSMA: they simply began adding trace amounts of peanut flour to their cracker products. Doing so allowed them to list peanuts as an ingredient of the product, freeing them from having to prevent cross-contact.

At the time, Kellogg’s notified Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) about the impending change and left it to them to warn the allergic community. In this case, Pearson’s didn’t even bother as near as we can tell."

[earthwormes]

a quote from the above article. i feel like people without food restrictions and allergies don't truly understand the life those of us with them do. this is our reality. this is for every ingredient you ever buy. you have to check the ingredients on every grocery every time. you still run the risk of it going home and making you sick. people with allergies and food restrictions have to deal with so much all the time. can you imagine if you could only consistently have a handful of foods that were 'safe' but every time you go to the grocery store (for the rest of your life) there's the chance you will have less and less options to eat?

[rottingfacade]

i love those blinking red lights they put on top of radio towers and windmills and skyscrapers etc, theyre like electronic flowers or something to me

[rottingfacade]

[rottingfacade]

i love those blinking red lights they put on top of radio towers and windmills and skyscrapers etc, theyre like electronic flowers or something to me

[rottingfacade]

[clickbeetle]

was at the aquarium with my friends and one of them pointed out a neat looking fish. and it immediately looked familiar to me, so i was like “wait wait wait guys hang on wait let me google something for you” and desperately fought with the shitty wifi for a full minute to pull up a picture of an eastern eyed click beetle. and felt like that one spider man shirt post.

[clickbeetle]

[clickbeetle]

ok but in my defense

[judgejudyofficial]

stop letting miserable people on the internet convince you that you must have a concrete, well-constructed opinion on everything that has ever existed.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

[judgejudyofficial]

everybody say thank you Marcus Aurelius

[flowerinaflame]

[hallogallo]

Smug face of a free man

[cheddar-baby]

Domming a guy i hate and convincing him good puppies like to be named Hubert then getting his name legally changed to Hubert then ghosting him

[alittlesupernova]

There are no stupid questions is fine and good. However there are stupid questions and I think long term it would be better to stop shaming stupidness.

It is normal to not know things.

It is normal to be unable to make connections.

If you are stupid, I love you <3

[alittlesupernova]

What bothers me about the 'worst person you know just made a great point' or 'new kind of guy just dropped' memes is that they kind of reflect and reproduce a black and white view of human opinions and character.

Like, you can find a common opinion with everyone you will ever meet. And someone having different opinions than you (yes, maybe even those you find morally repulsive) does not make them stupid in every way

[alittlesupernova]

ALSO relating to that: having the right opinions is not some sign of purity that elevates you above everyone else – and a person you disagree with having the same opinion as you about something doesn't automatically taint that thing in any way

[alittlesupernova]

What bothers me about the 'worst person you know just made a great point' or 'new kind of guy just dropped' memes is that they kind of reflect and reproduce a black and white view of human opinions and character.

Like, you can find a common opinion with everyone you will ever meet. And someone having different opinions than you (yes, maybe even those you find morally repulsive) does not make them stupid in every way

[geekysteven]

A common theme in science fiction is that if you're in space, don't trust a corporation. And Earth is in space

[loreleywrites]

im always saying this

[ggcrono]

[fleshengine]