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also speaking of jakub rĂłĆŒalski this painting of his is my FAVOURITE like yes girl snitch on the knight!!! get his ass!!!
the one of a girl looking longingly at a naked witch flying by and the one of a babushka yelling at a devil also rule tho
Just want to make sure people are aware that the artist is on ArtStation and many of these, including the longing stare at witch one, are in fact for sale as prints for highly reasonable prices - the cheapest option being an 8 by 12 art poster for 18 US dollars (plus shipping).
HEREâS HIS WEBSITE
Not only will you get to see the hilarious names of these works but usually a short story and a detailed look at his work progress!
He also does a lot of werewolf art which I adore!
Nine years to HFK !!!
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In my opinion the human body gets dehydrated too easily.
Also when it wants water itâs a secret for some fucking reason.
"Republicans don't have consistent morals"
Yes they do. It's just that their morals are rooted in "protect the people and things closest to me at all costs". Their values are extreme tribalism. They also believe those outside the group are constantly threatening the safety and prosperity of the in-group.
This is why so much of what they do seems contradictory and hypocritical. Yes, they want prosperity for those they consider "like them", but they are also willing to do things that harm themselves if it harms the "enemy" more. And, they blame the enemy for that harm, not themselves.
It's literally "this is why we can't have nice things". It's your fault.
A conservative may think, "welfare might be nice, and it's true all my neighbors depend on it, but those welfare queens are stealing it, so we can't have it. Public pools might be nice, and they provide a safe place for my children to play, but people I consider unclean might use them, so we can't have them."
This is how a conservative woman can justify an abortion for herself, but not for others, even though anti-abortion laws make it harder for her to get that abortion in the first place.
What needs to be done will morph and change, external influences will change what they think are important values for the inside group to have to some degree, but at the core it's always about protecting their own.
When I was in highschool, I had a conversation that truly made me understand how conservatives think on a fundamental level. I was discussing with a conservative family friend an essay I was writing that was arguing for the decriminalization of sex work and I spent a while laying out my various arguments and why this issue was important and at the end she said to me "okay, but I don't want my daughter to think that is an acceptable thing to do".
I (being a teenager) was confused by this because this issue is so much larger than just her daughter. So I tried again to explain how many people are harmed by sex work criminalization and how decriminalization would decrease sex trafficking and she repeated again, with a smile on her face: "I don't want my daughter to do that and decriminalization would signal that that is an acceptable thing for her to do".
I was struck with a moment of realization that the way I see the world is the exact opposite of this woman. She fundamentally saw the world as centered on her and her loved ones as individuals, and was completely unconcerned with how it would affect society on a larger level. To her, the material harm that was caused to thousands of people is completely inconsequential when compared to the imagined possibility of it signaling something to her family that she personally disagrees with. That is, at it's core the conservative mindset.
yeah the bad news is that trying to argue through this mindset the normal way is a recipe for a stress-induced coronary and a satisfied conservative opponent.
the good news is you don't have to argue through it the normal way.
conservatives are vulnerable to the kind of emotion-driven arguments that most people are taught to avoid as inappropriate. they're vulnerable to cheap manipulation tactics, trolling, and fearmongering. use these to your advantage. don't waste your breath laying out rational, empathetic arguments; hit them with their own medicine and a "well i think it's my god-given american right to earn a living by running a small business on onlyfans, and if you think the government should stop me you're a dirty commie!" confuses the hell out of em every time, and if it ends up bringing one or two of them around to the right position via the wrong route, all the better!
Not to sound like an evil chessmaster or anything, but yeah. Studying rhetoric means learning to make a good argument⊠and it also means learning when a good argument isnât what the situation calls for. Sometimes all you need is a good olâ appeal to pathos. Sheer manipulation, baby.
Youâll notice that this is how they talk to each other, too. Theyâll say âfacts donât care about your feelings,â but theyâll disregard science when it comes to climate change or vaccines or LGBTQ+ identities. The basic conservative rhetoric strategy is blindingly simple, and because we have to live in the same world as them, itâs useful to know how to speak their language.
Conservative Arguments go as follows:
Identify the In Group, as relevant to the topic. It can be as broad as âall of humanityâ or as narrow as âwhite suburban moms in the Midwest.â
Identify perceived threat to the In Group. Notably, you can convince them of almost anything if you frame it as competitive (âif X wins, we lose!â) or dangerous (âyour children will get hurt!â).
Make that perceived threat PERSONAL. They donât care about people in the abstract, so bring in their family. Donât say âwhat if,â frame it as a matter of When. (ex. If weâre talking healthcare, age inherently comes with disability. Disability is a scary Out Group word to them, but age is not. The frame would be âwhen youâre eighty and your knees need to be replaced, that shouldnât have to be as expensive as buying a new car!ââ inevitable, personal, and based on a comparison they understand). In a carrot and stick sense, this is the stick.
After laying out the worst case scenario, provide an optimistic alternative. This is something conservatives are very good at and leftists are presently very bad at. Conservatives use nostalgic language and imagery to paint a picture of an idyllic world where the In Group is safe and the Out Group is nowhere to be seen. This is the âmake America great againâ and 1950s visuals that erase anyone who doesnât fit their whitewashed worldview. A leftist alternative might be an optimistic future where billionairesâ our Out Groupâ are no longer fiscally possible and their wealth is with the people, where people can afford homes, and where a shift to sustainability has revitalized industry. It doesnât need to be realistic. The 1950s tradwife wet dream certainly isnât. It just needs to meet their desire for safety from the Perceived Threat mentioned earlier. This gives them something to fight for: the carrot.
Prescribe a course of action. Conservatives are good at mobilizing, itâs why theyâre in power. Specifically, prescribe action other than just votingâ ways to incorporate goals into a lifestyle. For the conservatives, this has looked like participation in evangelicalism, putting their kids in private or home schools, or refusing vaccines. Leftist alternatives might be asking people to engage in mutual aid and/or gift economies (by another name, this one is too lefty for most of themâ try âhelping your neighborsâ or âpaying it forwardâ), joining firefighters or medics instead of the military or police (âbad apples spoil the bunch and good apples donât make it better!â), recording law enforcement officers (âto make sure everyoneâs rights are protected from Themâ) etc.
As they leave their echo chambers and participate in face to face community with other people, their In Group may be widened against their will (think of college students who go from right to left wing after meeting people from other backgrounds) and their mindset may open to more intellectually honest arguments.
Of course, it doesnât work on everyone. Many people are too far down the conspiracy hole to engage with people they see as belonging to the Out Group in any peaceable way. This is part of why itâs the responsibility of people who they might perceive as members of their personal In Group (ie other white people, other cishets, other men, etc) to try to change their mind. Even a little.
At this point, itâs less like changing someoneâs perspective with reasoned debate and more like redirecting a loaded gun. But that means it matters more than ever. If your discussion can be the difference between a parent encouraging their son to join ice or telling him to reconsider, if you can convince someone to record law enforcement when they see them harassing someone, if you can get some guy to think about becoming a firefighter instead of a cop, if you can get someone to donate directly to a food bank instead of to a church group, if you can redirect their anger and paranoia towards billionaires instead of immigrantsâ even one change can have a ripple effect.
So yes. Manipulate the conservatives. Itâs one of our last rhetorical tools against them.
my fav line from my fav album, part of halsey is now on me forever
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I managed to put together a fit for the Halsey concert entirely out of pieces I actually wore in 2015. The only thing that's new are the black skinny jeans because I definitely am not the same size jean I was a decade ago. The shirt, flannel, jacket, hat, jewelery, belt are all genuinely from 2015 haha.
Halsey performing âThe Lighthouse (Reimagined)â during the âBack To Badlandsâ Tour in Philadelphia on October 29, 2025.