Miss the days when pockets were big enough to fit worms

Spiders and snakes too

[ant-amadan]

They should give me one william dollars and let me make an odyssey adaptation. I would give them cool clothes. I would cast some short dude for Odysseus like Homer intended. I would include all of his Massive Fucking Lies (including the fucking Nobody bit which is so very very important). In fact I would actually start the movie the way it starts in the original and that is with not even showing Odysseus at all at first and starting back at Ithica. I would not tell anyone who I was casting as Odysseus either so when some guy shows up and starts lying you dont know if he is Odysseus or not. I would let Athena do all her stuff. In fact I would let all the gods do their shenanigans. Id mayhe even include the whole Odysseus pretends to be mad so he doesn't have to go to war bit as an extra tidbit. They should give me one william dollars to direct so many different adaptations

[ant-amadan]

Forgot to mention but I'd also add all the Men Crying

[ant-amadan]

They should give me one william dollars and let me make an odyssey adaptation. I would give them cool clothes. I would cast some short dude for Odysseus like Homer intended. I would include all of his Massive Fucking Lies (including the fucking Nobody bit which is so very very important). In fact I would actually start the movie the way it starts in the original and that is with not even showing Odysseus at all at first and starting back at Ithica. I would not tell anyone who I was casting as Odysseus either so when some guy shows up and starts lying you dont know if he is Odysseus or not. I would let Athena do all her stuff. In fact I would let all the gods do their shenanigans. Id mayhe even include the whole Odysseus pretends to be mad so he doesn't have to go to war bit as an extra tidbit. They should give me one william dollars to direct so many different adaptations

[deadbeatmaker]

one of the guys in the kitchen at work got called irritating and replied “I am not irritating. You just find me irritating. There are many people who love me.” I think we should all adopt his attitude

[ant-amadan]

When playing monopoly, what happens when you land on free parking

nothing, its a safe spot

You get the tax pot (money from taxes that is placed in the center)

you get the tax pay plus whatever money people feel like throwing in the center

Other

Voting ended onJul 21

im curious

[luckyladylily]

I've known a number of non binary people in my life and I think single biggest conclusion I can draw from that is that non binary people are not the same. Like if Men fit in box A and women fit in box B, people really, really want nonbinary people to fit in a theoretical box C, and it just doesn't work like that. They are outside the boxes. They defy any simple categorization because they are not a third way of being, but every other possible way of being.

Being supportive of binary people is relatively simple, they have decided to sort themselves into one of the boxes that we have lots of experience interacting with. Being supportive of nonbinary people can be comparatively tricky, because you have to resist the urge to create box C and drop them all there. That's how we end up with various prejudices like "woman lite". Humans really, really like to categorize things. It helps us think. Unfortunately, sometimes it helps us think wrong.

If you have a non binary person in your life, I think it is important to take the extra effort to learn about them specifically.

[luckyladylily]

#So instead of boxes is it more like every individual person is their own dot on a scatter plot?#Is that more accurate?

I actually think that's not a bad way of thinking about it. Here, lets make a visual aid

So here we have what we might call a scatter plot of gender. It's not perfect, because the hard lines imply hard lines between different genders, but this is the most effort I am willing to go to. For the sake of this visual aid, consider each possible placement of a dot as a possible gender experience.

I wouldn't say this is fully accurate, but it is a good enough visualization to begin thinking about gender in a more coherent way. Notice how we have two different points outside the binary but who are also very, very different from each other. Notice how the binary can overlap. Notice how there you can have two people who are both women but have quite different experiences with their gender. Notice how someone can fall on the edge of a binary gender.

Mainstream society likes to flatten all of this into just two choices, man or woman, which no nuance within those two choices. That's bullshit. But even so, binary people, like myself, have the luxury of aligning closely enough with one of the binary genders such that we can at least give people a commonly understood starting point. On the other hand, nonbinary people are out there where there isn't a commonly understood starting point. This causes a lot of trouble for them even among people who want to be supportive, let alone larger society.

[ant-amadan]

Apparently my brother is at it again (it being pulling fish out of the water with his bare hands)

[soycrates]

Gentrification creates a stifling homogeneity in urban areas that makes it less suited for the everyday lives of the lower class and more suited towards the leisure and tourism of those with expendable income.

An old, decrepit laundromat gets replaced by an upscale bakery? And people are mad? It’s not that the poor hate organic vegan cupcakes, it’s that most of us don’t have a way to do laundry in our own home.

Run-down corner stores replaced by hand-made designer clothing boutiques? We don’t hate your eco-fabric shawl, but I can’t eat that for dinner after work like I could have a can of beans I grabbed from that corner store when I don’t have time to take the bus to the real grocery store after work.

What gentrification brings in and of itself is not typically bad, it’s that gentrification brings institutions of leisure and pleasure and makes it so that the poor have to go farther out of their way for basic necessities. It turns low-income living spaces into local tourist attractions. It can even create food deserts by putting restaurants, grocery stores, etc. in that the majority of the lower class cannot afford.

Imagine if someone totally renovated your house and turned it into a mini theme park - they took away your sleeping space, where you prepare food, where you clean yourself and get ready for your day, and replaced it with things that will please people who are visiting, who have their own homes they can go back to, who are here not for their entire life but just as a distraction from their otherwise mundane existence. It’s not that you hate theme parks, it’s not like you’ve never been to a theme park and vow to never visit one again. It’s just that you need to live! To survive! And the leisure of those who have more than you should not invalidate your existence.

[soycrates]

I am glad this has made the rounds. Some people feel a dense misunderstanding or misinterpretation concerning gentrification, and I think it helps to hear a description/explanation of what gentrification is from those who are both affected by it and educated by the culture from which it hails. I and many others enjoy some of the delights of gentrification while simultaneously having their livelihoods threatened by it. 

[bunjywunjy]

we noticed the position its actual limbs were in and spent a few minutes aggressively squatting at each other with our arms out

[395nm]

that's goddess pose

[bunjywunjy]

holy shit it sure is

[duckghosttoad]

[ant-amadan]

Had to work outside in the heat yesterday it was Awful. Over 100° Fahrenheit. I was dripping sweat. Tilted my wrist up and an absolute river of sweat ran out from my gloves. Dressed in polyester the whole time with long pants. Absolutely Bad

[ant-amadan]

Me: inserts emotion into my voice because I am upset, but isn't actually raising my voice

My sister: why are you yelling at me!?!?!? Stop yelling at me!!!!!!

Also my sister: i wasn't yelling what do you mean?!?!?!?!?! (She was absolutely yelling)

[ant-amadan]

Look, I dislike some new Disney star wars as much as anyone, but you cant be complaining about them "nerfing the lightsabers" if you're also a huge Maul fan

[ant-amadan]

"Oh the uniforms/outfits/clothes/whatever for the women are just like that for optimal performance! They just have to be like that so they can perform better, no other reason!" OK. Then why dont the men wear the same uniforms? Why dont they? I thought you said it was just to improve performance, so why dont the men wear the same thing?

[ant-amadan]

I showed my sister my Mortuary archaeology final paper because I was proud of it and thought it was a good paper (and it was, I got an A on it), not asking for constructive criticism, just for her to read it, and she immediately is all "this is boring, I don't wanna read this" and then when she does she just starts criticizing everything about it and complaining. "you need more variation in your sentence structure so it's more entertaining/easier to read" this is an academic paper. I am not writing a story or a persuasive essay. I am writing this to tell you about this. It does not need uneccessary variation in sentences to keep your 5-second attention span hooked. The sentences as they are get the information across in an understandable, easy-to-read way. Plus, she kept criticizing my turns of phrase for being "clunky" when a) they were not and b) she has used far far clunkier and worse sounding (not to mention grammatically incorrect) turns of phrase in writings she has done for school and refused to change it when she asked me for feedback/criticism on her papers. The whole time, she kept acting like she knew more about writing than me when a) I am the one in college, writing college papers, while she is still in high school, b) I've taken (and passed! I got a five on both of the AP Tests with no studying) more AP English classes than her, c) have had more years of experience writing than her (though this kinda goes with point a), and d) have always been pretty good/talented at writing stuff (had a college reading level or whatever in 6th grade, got a 600 on my writing SOL in high school, would typically write all my essays an hour before they were due and get As). IDK, I'm just frustrated that I had this paper that I thought was neat and interesting that I asked her to read, and DID NOT ask for criticism on (it didn't even need criticism, it had already been turned in and graded), and her immediate response was "I should call this boring and criticize it". And after I told her I didn't want criticism, she just refused to keep reading it! She got less than two pages in! She didn't even get past the background and into the first case study/evidence bit!

[blackjame]

[ant-amadan]

ma'am please hold still i am trying to photograph you

[busket]

wait, cis tumblr user!

before you reblog that seemingly innocuous transgender positivity or discourse post, here's some important things to look out for:

1. does this post uplift one marginalized group at the expense of another? specific positivity posts are great, like "protect black trans women" or "lets support intersex folks", but be sure that the post in question doesnt put down another group. examples: "trans women get all the love, so lets have some support for trans men for once" or "trans women are so strong for what they go through, trans men could never understand the struggle and dont experience even half of what trans women are put through" 🚨🚨DONT REBLOG IT!🚨🚨 find another post that doesnt have to put down another marginalized group or pit us against each other. remember, as a cis ally, its not your place to decide who does or doesnt deserve support, or to pick sides when misguided trans folks decide to play oppression olympics.

2. listen for dogwhistles! what seems like a harmless feminist post venting about cishet men can have hateful intentions towards marginalized people. terfs will often misgender trans women when they complain about them so it looks like theyre talking about predatory men, but theyre really meaning trans women. radfems/baeddels frequently omit the "trans" aspect of trans men to hide their anti-transmasculinity. if you have doubts, go to the OPs blog and search terms like "TIM" "TIF" "TRA" "TMRA" "radfem" "terf" "radical feminism" "theyfab" etc. you can also just search trans men/transmasc/trans woman/transfem and if you see anything negative, block and move along!

3. does the post operate under the binary for no good reason? does OP seem to forget that nonbinary and/or intersex people exist? does it use agab language when it seems to only be talking about trans men/women or cis men/women? does it use gendered euphemisms instead of specific and plain language, example: talking about periods and saying "women" "afab people" "females" instead of "people who menstruate". while it seems harmless, these small language quirks really build up in the psyche of trans folks and reminds us that people often are not willing to accommodate us. if your goal as an ally is to make us feel welcome and safe, being as direct and plain with your language is a good start

4. lastly, read the notes! watch out for "us vs them" language or advocating violence. even a common, unserious sentiment like "kill all men" that carries little weight in the cis world is a lot heavier in the trans community; cis men are rarely killed but trans men are murdered at high rates. watch out for malgendering, which is someone holding a trans persons gender identity against them, like "trans men really ARE men 🙄" or calling trans women hysterical bitches. remember that no demographic of trans person is "coddled" or supported by the status quo, we all live in a world that is increasingly hostile to us. if people agreeing with the post in question have this level of vitriol against other trans people, chances are its not actually a very friendly and positive post. again, as a cis ally, its not your place to involve yourself in community infighting.

with these simple tips, you can stop accidently spreading anti trans propaganda or harmful infighting that fractures trans unity and solidarity

[ant-amadan]

Why does my family assume I like getting angry. Do you think I enjoy my siblings pestering me because they find it funny how easy I am to wind up? Do they think I find pleasure in yelling at my siblings to leave me alone because they just keep pestering me and teasing me? Do they think I find it fun to be miserable and bothered?