Newborn reader

I lwk downloaded and undownloaded this app a million times

[ozempicofficial]

[j-buzz]

Probably an unpopular opinion but i think teenagers have it worse now than most generations did before then. We had malls. We had parks and libraries. There were spaces for them to be in when home-life was hell.

But now, on top of Covid still spreading, monthly live active shooter drills, being chased out of parks for loitering, malls shutting down because people don't have that kind of money anymore, libraries running out of funding. They're being treated worse than anyone else because they don't have rights.

And when they turn 18, have stunted social skills, no prospects in life, we're creating another generation of failed souls, And doomed by the social narrative that teens should neither be seen nor heard. We owe them more than this. You cannot neglect a seedling crop, only for you to plant them into the ground and expect the largest crop that you've ever seen.

Don't get me wrong, fuck facebook, twitter, and TikTok, but these social platforms are sadly the only places they have left. And even then, we need to think of a better way other than blocking teens from everything. Maybe a teen-only social platform or something? We're failing them at every direction.

[writingdose]

genuine writers getting wrongly accused of using ai because of witch hunt and proper grammar/structure in their works must be what being a woman in the 1600s who is wrongly accused of being a witch because she can read and is intelligent feels like

[frog-on-top-of-a-log]

“Being aromantic and asexual sounds nice. You can skip all of the drama.”

That would be true if society reacted normally to childless single people or anyone else that doesn’t fulfill their expectations of a stereotypical relationship. The way things are now, the drama just comes from a different angle. Amatonormativity is a prison.

[sabertoothwalrus]

I love when someone is explaining instructions to a group I’m in and they look at me and it reminds them to say something about using preferred names/pronouns or that there’s vegan food options available. I go by my given name/pronouns and I’m not vegan but I’m proud that I can provide this service

[batbetbitbotbut]

[saturnn617]

"all ships are valid and you shouldnt harass people over what they ship-" yes so true

"--unless its an illegal ship" NOO!!!!!!😭😭😭

[themurdochmemesteries]

"i want old fandom back :(" y'all can't even handle people shipping fictional characters with a 2 year age gap, what makes you think you'll be able to handle all the stuff old fandom came with?

[riseofthecommonwoodpile]

i don’t think i’m exaggerating when i say that the average height for women in the US would increase by at least an inch if teen girls were allowed to eat as much as teen boys are

[theyaoimonster]

GRABS you by the THROAT. stop using "narcissistic", "slow", "depressed", "bipolar", "schizophrenic" and the literal R slur (i'm not saying it.) etc etc etc as insults. I don't care if you're neurodivergent and doing this you're still an ableist prick

[thecacophonyspeaks]

people need to learn the difference between reclamation and being a bigot, if you can reclaim one of these terms by being neurodivergent or disabled yourself, it doesn’t give you the right to use it hatefully, it’s still ableism if you’re using terms to hurt others under the guise of reclaiming them

[orbitingrook]

[underthesedarlingskies]

qft

[bloggingboutburgers]

That's what she said

Idk stupid jokes aside I guess it's obvious to us by now but it IS kind of the baseline of the struggle huh

[dragon-in-a-fez]

I love being an adult who always puts my hand out to shake when I meet a kid! every single time their face is like "no one does The Adult Greeting Ritual with me, is this a sign of respect or is this man simply unhinged" and then of course as we talk they realise it's both

[this-is-trans-joy]

You can’t call yourself a leftist if you hate children tbh, like you can choose not to have them or be around them, but outright hating the most marginalised group of people in the world who have absolutely no power or control over the most basic parts of their lives and bodies is a dangerous mentality to have and you need to grow the fuck up and get out of your edgy phase and start treating everyone around you like human beings, even the ones that piss you off.

[this-is-trans-joy]

Like the older I get, the more empathy I have for children. Imagine living on this planet for less than a decade and having to figure out every single thing from scratch, only for the people around you to treat you like a living doll and constantly invalidate your feelings because you haven’t learned how to express them beyond screaming at the top of your lungs, like you’d be having meltdowns in the grocery store as well. The least you can do is offer them some grace, everything is so fucking confusing and scary and overwhelming and they’re not able to communicate that properly and no one around them is explaining shit, and they are constantly at the mercy of whether or not the terrifyingly giant adults around them CHOOSE to be kind like genuinely put yourself in the situation of a child and tell me you wouldn’t also be freaking the fuck out.

The way society treats children is borderline inhumane, and you have the audacity to call them hellspawn crotch-goblins for screaming a little bit too loud or daring to be in the same vicinity as you.

[this-is-trans-joy]

I do also believe that hating children is a sign of underlying ableism, because most of the justifications of hating children comes down to “they’re annoying” or “they don’t know how to act” or “they’re gross” and if you are unable to treat people who lack social skills, who make loud or repetitive noises, who are incontinent etc. with basic respect and dignity, then what’s the difference between hating children and hating disabled adults that share the traits you find so irritating?

[familyromantic]

That's unironically the most normal person attitude to proship vs antiship discourse that I've seen

[suzieloveships]

I finally understand why that argument was always making me angry

[mylittleproshipper]

When the ship is between a younger character and their guardian figure who is in love with them but is afraid of breaking their trust and making them feel unsafe so they are constantly battling with their own morals and having to decide whether they should destroy the safe figure they provide in favor of their own lust or keep up their facade of normalcy to keep the one they love safe while suffering in silence

[proship-froggo]

"Oh, no! This child doesn't believe in harassment! I sure hope they get beaten thoroughly by their parents!"

Insane shit to say, especially coming from the self-proclaimed "We care about victims!!" folks.