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the only acceptable amount of distance is no distance, obviously

the uk is so fucking funny. imagine paying 300 dollars for a set of utensils bc there GPS trackers on all the pointy ones

gorps

okay this is really funny. what the fuck is happening in the UK

finder-plus

NEW TERRORIST THREAT DETECTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

IF YOU SEE THIS MAN, DO NOT INTERACT AND IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE NEAREST AUTHORITY

HE IS CONSIDERED, ARMED, DANGEROUS, VERY PERSISTENT, AND OPPORTUNISTIC

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

kameratar

september is bisexual bewareness month… beware… be aware…. they’re out there. and no laws apply to them for the month………… good luck.

agentcarters

nightofthecreeps

Oscar Isaac does know lesbians are attracted to him and he does feel really good about it

buffysummers

New Girl (2017) | Jennifer’s Body (2009)

millika

Who’s Alex?

Billboard demonstrating gender stereotypes as most people automatically assume that Alex is the boy.

urulokid

Actually, I’ve studied design and advertising, and I can tell you that the reason people would look at this and immediately assume Alex is the boy is because, quite simply, the boy is the focal point of the ad.

English-speaking readers’ line of sight goes from left to right and up to down. This ad leads the viewer from the words MEET ALEX etc straight to the boy and then over and down to the girl. I didn’t even notice there was a set of parenthesis with words in them in the ad until I looked the fourth time.

This is a fallacious confirmation bias, as anyone looking at it will assume Alex is the focal point (i.e. The Boy) and then if they’re perceptive they’ll notice the words at the bottom. Aha! Those damn gender stereotypes gotcha again! Except no, because the ad literally forces you to read it as “Alex is the boy” by the visual language and lines of sight.

A better ad would have been structured from top to bottom instead of left to right, and wouldn’t have pushed the girl, the real subject of the ad (who, by the way, has been VISUALLY PUSHED OUT OF HER RIGHTFUL SPACE ON THE AD BY HER BROTHER) off to the corner as far away from her identifiers as possible.

Here, I’ll make you a better ad.

Bam. Shitty stock photo but you get the point. If anyone sees this and assumes Alex is the boy, they don’t have the the ad layout to use as an excuse for their internalized gender shittery. Likewise, the ad isn’t actively trying to make you read it a certain way and THEN making you feel guilty for interpreting it the way they designed it to be.

whythatsbullshit

Holy fuck someone who actually understands design, sexism, and how they intersect? Yesssss

khaotunng

They really did huh

kiwifruit67

I love and appreciate fanfic authors, but I read their notes and I have to wonder what fucked up shit they did in a past life to make god hate them so much. Like why do the worst things happen to fanfic authors and they just brush over it. I’ll be reading a fluffy fic and the notes will be “hey sorry the fic is late both my parents died, I’m in hospital right now, and my house burnt down. anyway hope u enjoy this chapter!!“ bro???? Are you okay?????