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papayajuan2019

hey, do you mind if i immensly value our relationship, in a way i'll never properly be able to fully verbally communicate

lahiah

beam me up scotty (beam me up inside) can’t beam up (beam me up inside)

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)

whencartoonsruletheworld

did i tell u guys i got into an argument on twitter bc i said foxes are dogs and someone tried to bring up their actual fuckin. classification or whatever and i just said “foxes are dogs cause they are fluffye” and they kept arguing with me. the entire time i was like “you will not survive the immigration to tumblr you are lucky we are not there right now”

neopolitanfox

This is especially funny because they aren’t even right. Foxes *ARE* dogs.

trojanhorse8-2

No they aren’t.

supreme-leader-stoat

yes they are. because they are fluffye.

trojanhorse8-2

OK yes they are.

mr-deep-downer

Dog

jooshthepunished-deactivated202

Dog

utah-mountain-drifter-deactivat

Different family, but same order as @pictures-of-dogs

zarabithia12365-deactivated2022

No, they are the same family. They are the same kingdom, phylum, order and family. They separate at the genus.

They’re a dog.

birdsareblooming

yeah they’re fluffye

dacavendishtime

theyre literally not dogs theyre not even fluffy. can we get science tumblr over hear or what!?

birdsareblooming

checkmate athiests

ajarofpickledtears

fluffye

pa-pa-plasma

okay but they literally are dogs, for those who are confused

stele3

If foxes are dogs, then so are wolves, coyotes, dingoes, jackals, and several other extant and extinct species.

Behold! A dog.

lemon-badgeress

of course it’s a dog you buffoon. it’s fluffye.

findingfeather

Why on earth would someone think “BUT IF THEY’RE DOGS SO AR -”

Like yes of course wolves are dogs, where have you been. Jackals are excellent doggies! So are coyotes. Why is this confusing.

theknightlywolfe

I love that this is literally two completely different arguments running simultaneously.

derinthescarletpescatarian

That guy up there who said they’re not even fluffy was thinking of sharks

thebelovedlion

sharks are also dogs. ravenous water dogs, but still dogs

derinthescarletpescatarian

Sharks can NOT be dogs they are SMOOTH

porcupine-girl

Tags via @jenroses

gabyluvsxena

sharks are smooth dogs

grubby-gerblin

BEHOLD, a SHARK

bamboozled-bumblefuck

17 clown car pileup 84 injured 193 dead

banchie

i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges

girlrust

happy pride to my favorite gif in the world

liones-s

AI has made the internet so much less fun. I don't want to question whether a photo of a bunny is real. I don't want to worry about someone making a deepfake just because I posted a pic with my friends. I want to read a recipe and know that the photo is a real cake they made. Yes I know I need to touch grass but also I think I should be allowed to interact online without second-guessing whether someone fabricated every image for personal gain

liones-s

btw this is about the tragedy of the commons. it's not about spending too much time online or whatever - it's about the fact that a handful of people are polluting the collective space to the detriment of everyone else, and that there is no way to stop them from doing that. it sucks and it's killing the internet, and I'm mad about that

ms-demeanor

I just have to lock in and get through my to-do list and then I'll start my new system with a clean slate and everything will be better.

ms-demeanor

Me, replying to every malingering email in my inbox: "It's going to be such a relief to clear this out finally!"

Everyone I'm replying to sending a response at the same time because I emailed them at the same time: ...

ms-demeanor

I'll set a calendar event for two weeks ahead of time and two days ahead of time so I won't forget.

ms-demeanor

If I just remember to do it every day it'll become a habit and I won't have to think about it.

ms-demeanor

I'll just stay at my desk until all of my tasks are done for the day and then they won't build up.

ms-demeanor

That's important, let me write it down on my hand so I can't ignore it.

ms-demeanor

If I skip lunch I'll catch up a little bit and I won't have to stay late or start early to stay on top of things.

ms-demeanor

I think if I work late all week that'll get me through the backlog and then I just have to keep up.

janmisali

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tinyyellowflowers-blog

Was talking to a coworker today who explained that her grandfather was like Snow White “but Californian. And an old man.” in that the creatures of the forest would follow him around and presumably duet with him.

“When he died the ravens sat in the trees outside for a week, watching. Taking turns. A horde of raccoons tried to break into the house every night, tearing at the siding. Eventually they gave up, but it was unsettling.”

“Aww. They were checking on him!” I said, like a normal person. Internally, I thought “Maybe you could do the thing you do with dead pets, where you show them to the living pets so the living pet understands they’re gone. But I guess if you did that to a bunch of scavenging species, they’d be like “Well, that’s very sad but he IS food now.” So what you’d need, for human sensibilities, is some sort of transparent corpse barrier. Like a see-through coffin oh that’s what the dwarves were doing! You’ve stopped paying attention to this conversation about the loss of a beloved family member you gotta phase back in.”