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Wait im confused, is proship a good thing?

proship means “being against censorship (a fascist means to control people) and also against harassing real people over fiction”. that’s it. that’s all.

do you think it’s a good thing to stand up against harassment and fascists? because that’s all proship is about.

screamingquestions

Pearl-clutching over shipping is dumb, but y'all have GOT to stop calling everything that's retrogressive "fascist".

decemberwinter

I mean censorship is literally a nazi and fascist tool, so I wouldn’t know what else to call it

roselinbooks

Like...the rise in fascism offline and the rise in censorship and harassment in fandom spaces are not wholly self-contained events. Fandom isn't separate from real life, it's part of it. Don't think we don't notice those who call advocates for weird and taboo art "degenerates", a VERY loaded term.

Censorship, regardless of the content being censored, IS fascist. It's fascist when it's Moms For Liberty trying to ban books with POC and LGBT representation from schools, it's fascist when people burn books with "dangerous" messages, it's fascist when it's online harassment campaigns over posting content for the "wrong" ship.

There is NO good censorship.

madhouse-institute

Wish more people understood that the tools of fascisim are never going to be obvious. They are always going to be quiet, little things that SEEM innocuous. Like purity in Fandom. But it comes down to Thought Policing, which is the number one tool in the fascist toolbelt. I'm sorry young people have been so brainwashed that they can't see the loss of freedom outside the scope of Fandom, but it is a direct reflection of the values a certain part of society is trying to push, and harassing people over their LITERAL THOUGHTS is one of the first rules in the Nazi Handbook.

lumi-lex

prev is ____ coded

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Remaining time: 6 days 38 minutes

l0rdgumby

PSA the "si" in shared YouTube links stand for Seal Indicator. This means there is a nefarious seal tracking your information and will give YouTube your data in exchange for fish. Please remove the part after "?si=" before you click on it or share the link with others because it is a tracking token!

butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway

"Just because I'm right, doesn't mean I'm being helpful" is a vastly underrated thought process that I strongly encourage others to get comfortable with

whatbigotspost

Hey op thanks for fundamentally rearranging my molecules in some helpful way this fine evening

cobra-bubbles

my life with ADHD

mardu-mama

This is very true and a great post.

But low key makes me think about how people with adhd have been raised their whole lives to value a day based on what they accomplished vs what they experienced

thatgirlwithadhd

I think your point is excellent. But also consider:

That list might say things like “Paint a picture. Go birdwatching. Finish that great novel I started reading. Call my grandma. Learn to bake a cake. Visit my sister. Play piano.”

For me at least, the good/fun things are harder without meds too. I can have the best intentions, but following through is hard.

adhd-informative

This addition is so important.

vinceaddams

Yeah. I once made a post in which I complained about being frustrated at my brain, and one of the things I said was:

“I should not be struggling this much to do things that I want to do and have the time, space, energy, and skills to do. Actually, when I list it all out like that, I should not be struggling at all to do those kinds of tasks.”

And I STILL somehow got a rant about capitalism in the comments. And I do understand where it’s coming from, yes, but goddamn did I not make myself clear? Did I not say Things That I Want To Do???

thottistani-deactivated20220220

No gay has all 5:

- A job

- Good relationship with father

- Neurotypical brain

- Ability to top

- Driver’s license

garbage-empress

this is a fun post because people will say how many they have in the tags then you get to figure out which ones.

#3?#2 #with confidence

datsderbunnyblog

This comment was left on a post about making the most of the Libby app. "Excessive use of generous lending policies" is the most absurd phrase I've ever seen anyone use to discuss libraries.

catboycommunist

evergreen

mayakern

2026 is the roughest year my small clothing store has had… maybe ever.

i don’t want to go into the nitty gritty of it all or try to dissect all the many things that have gone wrong because i’ve already done that and no amount of missteps that i’ve personally made rival the Big Reason We All Know: i’m an indie artist and designer that is dedicated to creating size inclusive, ethically made clothing in a world that seems determined to make that impossible for someone who is not already independently wealthy.

i haven’t talked about this publicly until now, but this year devin and i had to take substantial pay cuts just to keep the business running. we even skipped a few paychecks and seriously cut into our savings to make sure the business survived, and it’s still a struggle.

money is tight for everyone (me included) and the online attention economy is the worst it’s ever been—and for a small business that relies almost entirely on internet word-of-mouth to makes sales and pay the bills, that is a disastrous combination.

i’ve honestly reached a point where i feel bad even trying to post about my store because of how bad things are. it feels wrong to try to sell non-essential items in a world that is so hard. even if i love and believe in them. even if i know they are a net positive in the world.

everyone deserves clothing that makes them look and feel good, and that was made to last by people who were properly compensated to make it, regardless of their size. that is my core ethos running this store, and that’s what keeps me going. because i love and believe in what i do, even when it’s a struggle.

it feels silly, sometimes, to have so many big feelings about clothing—but i guess it’s normal to care about something that has made up the majority of your life for an entire decade.

i don’t really know where i’m going with this. a more astute sales person would probably include some photos of their wares at the end with a call to action and a link to their store, but right now even thinking about doing that here makes me feel gross.

i guess during a time when i feel so pressured to Get Over My Feelings and be a salesperson i want at least one moment that is just for my feelings.

mayakern

it’s 11pm on a friday night and i don’t have the words or the spoons to express eloquently how meaningful all of your kind and thoughtful words have been

so for now i will just say: thank you 🧡

excusethequality

While watching a DVD from the library my TV popped up a message saying to press a button if I wanted to watch this from additional providers.

It's never done that before so I looked it up and turns out Roku TVs have added all sorts of creepy things in the privacy section since I last checked.

One of which being they take screenshots from what you're watching and send them to third parties to identify it.

Fucking hell! Remember when every fucking device in your life wasn't a spy implanted in your home and working against your interests to try and sell your data? Remember how nice that was??

Remember when the TV was just a tool that would play the things you plugged into it?

Why must the future suck SO much?

excusethequality

TVs collect a huge amount of data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit the surveillance on TVs from LG, Samsung, TCL, and every othe

A good rundown on what each brand of TV is up to and which settings you should turn off.

anarchistmemedistro

lytefoot

PSA - Do not buy an LG smart TV. They just added a line to their terms of use that it's the user's responsibility to inform any guests in their house that by entering they consent to be recorded, in order to comply with wiretapping laws. That thing is literally recording you.

You can find tutorials online telling you how to open that thing up and physically remove the mic and wifi module. Frankly I don't trust anything less.

filmphotofranz

I rly need USAmericans to start referring to factories in our own country as sweatshops bc like, what do you mean "oh no this will be animated in a korean sweatshop" like at some point its just factories its just labor conditions like idk I know we were all taught when we were young about all the "good US factory jobs" that used to exist but turns out those jobs are still in the US they just got white trash working in awful factories without unions in Kentucky and undocumented latino immigrants working in similar factories in LA. Labor exploitation is not some shit that just happens in scary foreign countries!

filmphotofranz

Yeah I always explain that the largest Toyota factory in the world is in Kentucky in part because for Japan, manufacturing in Kentucky is like how we view manufacturing in India

animusrox

darkseid-deactivated20190806

ive talked about being too high for things before but this is like. next level

nianeyna

opened the reblog editor to say the mom is obviously Carmen Sandiego but then realized I have zero justification for that whatsoever I’m just going off of vibes

gallusrostromegalus

I mean I always shipped Waldo of Where’s Waldo with Carmen Sandiego, and if you combine the respective outfits of both and whatever deranged bullshit Waldo was on, I can see them producing twin Clown Princes of Crime and Corporations.

the-geeky-fangirl

imagine just saying “i always shipped waldo of where’s waldo with carmen sandiego” with no explanation whatsoever

andrewdundundun

what explanation could they need? they found each other.

tyronepowerbottom

couldn't sleep, so I put on an episode of Twin Peaks................... um

it actually is Thursday the 23rd

ralfmaximus

Happy Thursday the 23rd to those who celebrate

vithcy

Can anyone stop being an anti black racist for a moment? I want a chance at enjoying things again

vithcy

I'm not even kidding it's so clear that everyone sees black people and especially black women as some sort of alternate species. I'm getting into doll collection & customization videos because I've been getting into collecting myself and toys and art are supposed to bring me happiness and even there I can't escape the anti blackness. Like... you're lucky if you find a character or doll that's consistently brown skinned and carefully designed in popular brands. Collectors will always favor light skin or fantasy colors anyways. I had to watch a white creator call a custom Garnet doll "dummy thicc" and describe her in progress proportions as "female rappery" why couldn't you just have said curvy? You're not funny or cool and I'm very tired

theoutcastrogue

The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

"The problem is that there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are. A platform cannot magically discern that a user is 16 without collecting identifying information, whether through government documents such as a passport, payment information like a credit card, or other identity-disclosing data. Whether that data is stored by the platform itself or outsourced to a vendor, the result is always the same: A user’s offline identity is forever linked with their online behavior.

Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. Whistleblowers exposing corporate wrongdoing could be tracked and fired, government employees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face prosecution, and activists organizing protests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street."

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

Repulsive fascist dogshit being pushed by the oxygen thieving nazi gutter-scum infesting amerikkka's government

not-your-average-url

I miss when ads were a single click and then they’re gone. Now every ad has a minimum of three phases where you watch a video, exit the still frame of fake gameplay, and then exit the app download. That doesn’t even touch on the ones that forcibly take you to another app after opening a tab in safari without you ever touching the screen.

I hate advertising. I hate that you can’t do anything without companies jumping down your throat with mostly bullshit ads. I hate that billboards exist. I hate that every company unanimously decided to make their ads longer and longer. I hate that ad blockers try to charge you money and there are in app purchases to remove ads. I hate that my attention has become commodified. I hate that there’s nothing I can do about it.