Apollo

aroace || 22

[apollothegod22]

After what happened today, there's something I need to say. Because the world we're living in is a scary one. And unfortunately, it's only going to get worse tomorrow.

It's ok to be scared. I know I am. But you have to exist. WE have to exist. We have to stand up and fight for our rights. We have to do it because no one else will. If you are scared, we must do it scared.

I will never hide the fact that I'm trans. That's what he wants, to make us scared. To push us underground. We can't do that. We have to stand up and show ourselves, no matter how scared we are. We have to fight, if not for us, then for those who are more vulnerable, who aren't in a place to fight. But no. We cannot hide. I am trans and I will never deny that fact.

[grapnel]

An example of why one should use the Oxford comma.

[sepdet]

LOL. I think they tried to fix it.

Nice try. Still no.

[rivendellrose]

Wake up, babe, a new example of why the Oxford comma is a really good idea just dropped...

[wcvconsensus]

in cow world, green onions are cigarettes

[mxjackparker]

Making motivational "it's never too late to transition" posts is really undercut if the age you're highlighting is still young. Claiming that your transition was late and it worked out great for you actually makes older people more afraid to transition if you're saying that shit in your 20s. How do you think a trans person in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s feels when you're 23 and calling yourself a late transitioner?

It's never too late until you're in a coffin. It is worth it for a single day of being yourself, even if you're 110.

[catboybiologist]

Tapping the sign.

[frankenmouse]

It is so ridiculously easy to gain a reputation for being competent by just reading signs.

This is not metaphorical. I mean actual, literal pieces of paper/plastic/metal/whatever explicitly erected to inform the public.

“How did you know this was the right trail?” I read the sign.

“Wow, how did you know what that flower is?” There’s a SIGN.

“How did you know we needed to use the side door?” THERE IS A SIGN POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR.

Just…why are we having such different experiences of the world? People can read. I KNOW they can read. There’s nothing wrong with their vision.

Just. READ. THE. GOD. DAMN. SIGN.

This also applies to:

Syllabi

Instructions

[checkyourasianbias]

matcha originated in China about 1200 years ago, açaí has been consumed by Indigenous communities in the Amazon for centuries, and Dubai chocolate was invented by combining chocolate with knafeh, an 1100 year old SWANA snack.

western (usually white but seemingly not in this case) people love to call nonwhite foods suddenly becoming popular in western mainstream culture "industry plants" as if they haven't always existed.

this is orientalism.

[losttheoldone-hereweareagain]

I've honestly never been more aware (and appreciative) of just how many people Dropout employs, even if it's only for one episode, as with the Behind the Scenes for Count the Rice

You've got the seven contestants, Sam, the hosts for the seven rooms, 25 Grants, the room bouncers, and a huge amount of production and crew members both for prep ahead of time, on the day itself, and then editing the episode

And all of these people get profit sharing moving forward, in addition to whatever they were paid for that single shoot day

I'm just constantly impressed that Dropout is built on both fun for the audience and on taking care of the people who work there

[gunsandfireandshit]

[scorebug]

height check. how tall are you people in my phone

[secret-spirit]

I turn left at the crossroads and suddenly I'm beamed with a new hyperfixation 💔

[ksdesign]

Until next time, friend

[allenmikaoz]

"Be yourself."

One of my biggest takeaways from this story is that both Avery and D3rlord were able to defeat the KIY only by remaining true to themselves. They proved to be exactly the heroes we needed.

[vimirsky]

if you like minecraft ARGs like i do IM BEGGING YOU PLEAAAASE WATCH WIFIES' searching for a world that doesn't exist ITS ABSOLUTE CINEMA!!

anyways, i absolutely adore Der's character, hands down one of the smartest arg protagonists i've ever seen 🙌

[pinehutch]

You're never too old to:

Stay up late thinking about the character

Be haunted by the memory of the character

Wonder if you'll ever finish that fic you started (x 20)

Reread your old fic and ask if you'll ever write anything again

Be tormented by visions of a made-up guy (gn)

Unfortunately, neither your body, your phone's bedtime mode, nor your job agree

[42starsintheuniverse]

I think we should all consider that Rocky grew up genderless on Erid, and spent his whole life feeling strange about it. He was naturally drawn to jobs that are dirty, gross, that have a higher injury rate leaving him with chips and dents in his legs, he didn't want to be pretty or handsome. His carapace got dryer and tougher, and a lot of Eridian's thought it was odd.

Then he met Grace and the first thing Grace did was go 'I wonder if they use pronouns? I don't know how their gender works... I'm just gonna use the same pronouns as me!'

And when Grace explains pronouns and gender Rocky goes "Oh.... Oh I am keeping you." Because Grace -without even realising it- described something in Rocky that he couldn't explain. -Rocky is subsequently ecstatic about using he/him pronouns.

Despite being blasé about it, it only takes a few extra weeks before Grace is wearing skirts and singlet tops more often, and letting the facial hair go wild because who cares? And it kinda... Works, on them. And then Grace freaks out realising they've internally switched to using they/them pronouns personally. It's only Rocky explaining that being gender neutral on Erid is normal, and having a strong sense of gender makes HIM weirder that helps Grace a little.

And then they start having a really supportive, yet utterly befuddled conversation about what the heck is going on with gender between the two of them, and the ultimate conclusion is; do what makes you happy and we can figure the rest out later (or not)!

Anyway T4T Grocky <3 <3 <3

[philcollinsenjoyer]

explained to an 8 year old that once a fruit is ripe you only have so much time until it rots so you have to eat it soon and she said so i'll never be able to keep it perfect like this forever? no and there are about a million pieces of art for you unrelatedly