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hmmm

toast-potent

i don’t need to say it

boingmann

don’t say anything. just reblog this if you’re thinking of exactly that thing when you see this picture

prof-grace-aspen

Rent-lowering gunshots:

QUEER IS NOT A SLUR

We reclaimed it way back in the 1980's. It is the accepted term used in academia, in colleges and universities ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I can't believe we have to have this discussion AGAIN. During PRIDE month.

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would you still be alive without modern medicine? looking back at your life, would you survive without any to the moment where you are now?

yes

no

barely

yes but it would affect me for the rest of my life

results

Voting ended onJun 2

I'd have my knee fucked up forever 🫪 alive but yeahhhhh

#I was 2 months premature #and BLUE #so yeah no I would not be here without modern medicene

miggylol

Spin the wheel.

You have been offered a full-ride scholarship to get a four-year degree in this field, specifically. Upon graduation, you will be guaranteed a job in this field at the 75th percentile of average salary for the field, with the possibility of further advancement as the years go on.

However, you will never be able to get a job in any other field.

Do you take the offer?

100% yes!

Probably yes

I'm honestly torn, this is a hard choice

Probably not

Absolutely fucking not

Random other option for people who want to ramble in the tags

Voting ended onJan 26

#software engineering #sure why not #I will truly be my father's child in that case

everybidenjusthavegoodtime

give a man a guitar and he’ll play for a day, teach a man guitar and today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you

I swear to God I am so tired of this meme. You guys need to leave Wonderwall alone, seriously by now you should’ve somehow realized what you gotta do

hannah-the-lion-deactivated2023

my friend asked if i was gonna stop laughing at wonderwall jokes.

i said maybe

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World Heritage Post

pandalikeelf

1954-2026

You will be missed. ❤️

depsidase

zhenya-grey

Which of these two specific forms of English do you like more?

USA English

British english

Voting ended onJun 12

No nuance, no attempts at "objectively better or worse", just pick one or don't, I purposely left out a ton of forms of English because there won't be enough spaces, and most importantly don't argue please.

I just want to know which one people like more.

#I am Canadian #so we use British spelling for the most part #except when we don't #it's a weird mishmash #but i lean more toward British English

zhenya-grey

Which of these two specific forms of English do you like more?

USA English

British english

Voting ended onJun 12

No nuance, no attempts at "objectively better or worse", just pick one or don't, I purposely left out a ton of forms of English because there won't be enough spaces, and most importantly don't argue please.

I just want to know which one people like more.

cowboyspones

women were not banging out spirk fanfiction in the 60s for you to be AI generating your fic

lesbiansforboromir

You actually cannot skip to being good at a creative endeavour that you haven't put much practice into. You cannot trick your way out of the 'knows that your work is not what you want it to be but don't know how to improve it' stage by planning or reading or talking about it really really hard. At some point you just have to craft through it until your brain finds it's own unique way back to the 'everything I make slaps' stage and be prepared to start the cycle all over again. You just have to make that project you're excited about slightly less good than you want it to be. (Says this standing in a pool of blood and covered in blood and also coughing up a little blood)

fforsythiaaa

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

hypokeimena

#'this is present in the text' is often a good first step #but those second and third ones (naming it; describing its function) are vital (via @elucubrare)

idiomagic

The most important next step, I think, is 'why is this there?'. What is the author trying to convey? Is it the character that is racist/misogynistic/etc. or the author? If the 'problematic' part is the character's viewpoint, what is the author trying to convey about that character? If it's a pervasive theme, how is the author treating it? What is the work as a whole saying about the 'problematic' topic?

bashcrandicoot

Based on a true story

little-smartass

so wild to me as someone who has been involved in online fandom for 15+ years seeing now a generation of young fans who have had queer rep in their mainstream media for pretty much their whole lives and are so used to audience/creator interaction on socials that they go into new media with the GENUINE ACTIVE EXPECTATION that their favourite noncanon queer ship will either be acknowledged or become canon if it's popular enough online

brightlotusmoon

Star Trek pays tribute to one of its most iconic characters with a new story released for Pride Month.

It's an amusing and sweet look into Sulu and Ben's past, and it ends on an absolutely beautiful note. While McCoy teases Sulu for falling so quickly, Sulu matter-of-factly remarks: "Doctor, you don't get it... I'm going to marry that man."

'Love's First Bloom' marks arguably the biggest appearance of Ben to date. The character was briefly seen in 2016's Star Trek Beyond, where he was played by Doug Jung. The role was so brief that the character was only named in the film's ending credits, but he was confirmed to be Sulu's husband in the Kelvin Timeline as a tribute to George Takei.

In the film, Ben looks after their daughter on Starbase Yorktown, and he can be seen running from the Krall's attack and taking her to safety. He later attended Kirk's 30th birthday party with his husband.