Hello

I post everything. Just trying to die. None of my posts are mine Enjoy

[ampervadasz]

[diycraftsnmore]

[antowilly]

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[socialjusticeinamerica]

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[powerburial]

they deserve a lunchbreak just like any other profession. you shouldnt shame a doctor for eating fast food, theyre human just like you and me

[90shouseboat]

[schakira]

whats that story about this dude that really wanted to have sex with a clown and get a pie to the face while climaxing

[iszyjfry]

I heard every time he bounced on it, it squeaked.

[schakira]

wait i found the story actually [link 1] [link 2]

[str8aura-no-not-that-one]

[mens-rights-activia]

More wisdom from feral Nathan Fielder

[purplehazeplaysoffasamsung]

the world is not scary plus im strong as hell

[papayajuan2019]

[discodeerdiary]

I think a big reason why "children are an oppressed group" gets (wrongly!) read as a "pedophile talking point" is that everyone treats children so terribly that actual child molesters can speedrun winning a kid's trust by like, actually respecting their needs and perspective, at least at first. Which means that the only way out of this mess is for all of us adults to treat children with respect, so that abusers can't use the rareness of that respect as a weapon.

[discodeerdiary]

Yeah I've been thinking a lot about how cults will prey on marginalized people and how it's so much easier to push an "us versus them" mentality on a person who already (legitimately, accurately) perceives the world as hostile to them

[phinarei]

🙋🏻‍♀️ I was groomed by a predator this way and I also got dragged into cults this way. More than one.

Realizing that the validation was fake and that they didn't respect me any more than the other people in my life was more painful than the abuse I went through in some ways. So, like, maybe don't make people vulnerable to the whole situation. Treat kids like people.

[prismatic-bell]

When I was thirteen, my English teacher(???) had us do reports on various groups throughout American history. Don’t ask me why, I have no idea what made her think this was on-topic. ANYWAY, I was assigned the KKK. My mother had just finished college a couple years before and something she’d hammered into me while she was writing essays was that you should always present both sides of an argument.

If you think this is ending with “Nina did you actually try to interview the KKK,” you are…wrong.

It is ending with “Nina DID interview the KKK.” It’s ending with “some KKK secretary or whatever saw an earnest, gullible teenager say ‘my mom says I should present both sides so I thought I’d ask if I can talk to someone’ AND HAD THE GRAND FUCKING DRAGON ANSWER ME.”

It is ending with “when I was thirteen I came dangerously, BLISTERINGLY close to being recruited by the KKK.” Because let me tell you about this Grand Dragon. He was nice. He was kind, and patient. He answered all of my questions about his chapter’s history and what various KKK symbols meant. He sent me supplemental links on various bits of Klan history (Google didn’t exist yet, so this was both a treasure trove and, you can imagine, a way to tip the scales in the KKK’s favor). He encouraged me to let him know how my presentation went and praised me for doing in-depth research. Most of the adults in my life thought my research rabbitholes were weird or even dangerous, so “good job looking for your own answers instead of stopping at your first three sources” was a really big deal. “I’m so glad you reached out, what questions do you have?” was a really big deal.

What stopped me from falling all the way down that rabbit hole?

I was deeply Christian at the time and uncomfortable with the idea of burning (or, as they call it, “lighting”) crosses.

That’s it. That’s all that stood between me and “yes, I would like to talk to a local leader, I had no idea how much I knew about the Klan was wrong.”

That should scare the shit out of you. It scares the shit out of me, and I know the story turns out okay. How many of our young alt-righters do you think got caught EXACTLY THIS WAY?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

People are community-focused beings FIRST and rational beings SECOND. If you won't respect them as members of your community, somebody else will.

And contrary to popular belief, children are people.

[dailykafka]

[jaubaius]

Source

[alexaloraetheris]

Every day I discover forms of art I could not have concieved of before, and I am in awe of being alive.

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[renthony]

Okay but legit, if you're not in a Buy Nothing group, seek out your closest one. We literally got a free washer and dryer once. We've gotten groceries, craft supplies, pet supplies, clothes, and all sorts of shit. It's awesome.

On top of that, Instead of donating our old unwanted stuff to places like Goodwill, which wildly mistreat their workers, Buy Nothing lets me donate things directly to my community, without the risk that the sorters at the thrift shop will just throw things in the trash. I've passed along open things of hair care products that I didn't wind up liking but that had nothing wrong with them. I've passed along snacks we didn't like, pet food we didn't wind up using, and all sorts of perishables that would have otherwise gone right in the garbage.

My local group even has regular meetups where people bring all their stuff at once, and it's like a giant garage sale where everything is free.

They have a damn near global presence, so check out the website if you're looking for a local group!

[manny-jacinto]

a message from Rahul Kohli 

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