WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????
every time i think about game theory i think about the fucking petscop theory video they made where matpat reads in excruciating detail a transcript of candace newmaker's murder complete with little cutout animations depicting what was happening in the room at the time. for his fucking petscop theory video. Why did he do that
like yeah when you're making any sort of analysis video on petscop you kinda have to bring up candace newmaker at least Once, her case is referenced a ton throughout the first 10 episodes, it makes up a huge chunk of the series and an analysis video that tries to pretend that these references aren't there isn't really complete, no matter how strange and kind of distasteful it is that it's referenced at all. but also like. did he really have to do it like That. did he Really
To be fair, the fnaf theory was handled with respect, and the video had a very serious and respectful atmosphere. The "cute little graphics" weren't of the Actual People. Like the FUCKING PETSCOP VIDEO. CHRIST.
Also I would be willing to bet real money he wouldn't do that shit anymore within an inch of his life, but then again, WHAT THE FUCK WAS HE DOING IN THE PETSCOP VIDEO OH MY GOD DUDE
Its one thing to include silhouettes as a visual, but THIS SHIT DUDE??? THE FFFUCK?
I seriously doubt he was trying to make light of the tragedy in either, but come the fuck on my good man you had to realize how much of an obscenity this shit is.
Praying matpat doesn't do this shit again because. Man, .
Not justifying the visuals, just explaining that I don't think he was intending to mock them. Still what the hell matthew???
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Meet Hammad A.
Hammad is one out of 9 members of his family. He is the eldest boy and the sole provider of his family at the young age of 24 since his father has been battling heart disease, and consequently suffered a debilitating heart attack.
[TW: Close by sounds of heavy artillery shelling and bombing.]
Months ago, at the start of the war, the neighborhood that Hammad and his family grew up in, where they created and held so many cherished memories and bonds, was besieged.
For days, Hammad and his family were trapped, terrified, between the once stable, now crumbling, walls of his home that once brought comfort and privacy to him now threatened to crush him beneath the rubble and the violent shelling of bullets and bombs whistling past their ears through the air and decimating anything it came in contact with.
His family sat, hungry, terrified, praying to live, watching the sun make its rounds past the plumes of black smoke rising from crumpled homes that once lined their block. This is only a fraction of what Hammad has been forced to endure for the over 550 days.
He watched his beautiful home be destroyed — the memories of his childhood, destroyed; the hard work he and his family put into creating their home, destroyed; the pride he and his family had of their home, destroyed; comfort and security, destroyed.
So Hammad pitched a tent. In the face of exposure to harsh elements, forced conditions of unsanitary environments where disease and sickness spreads rapidly, and deprived of the most basic necessities with skyrocketing costs for flour, clothes, and shelter, Hammad persevered to keep his family alive and as safe as he could. He cared for his father as best he could, but his heart disease requires an operation that none of the besieged or otherwise destroyed hospitals of Gaza can do.
But a day came where deafening and core shaking sounds of shelling and bombardment shook the nearby area as they prepared food. Terrified, they ran for their lives. And when they were able to return, their tent has caught fire and burnt down, along with the few items in their tent that they were able to grab from their home before it was destroyed.
Faced with extreme hunger, thirst, displacement, and now the tent burnt down leading to more exposure to the harsh elements, Hammad’s father’s condition has only worsened. The resilience and strength Hammad has constantly and consistently shown only goes so far in the face of the lifeblood of his family suffering under such dire conditions, and I cannot bear for Hammad to have to endure the heartbreak of losing his father.
There is no more room for any more tragedy in his life. We cannot allow it.
While there is a lot of notes on the last post about Hammad’s campaign, traction has been dwindling fast and donations have been slowing down. I cannot emphasize enough the urgency of this campaign and how critically Hammad needs your help.
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The situation in Gaza is unbearable... The bombing never stops, and death is lurking around every corner. There is no water, no electricity, no food, and no safety. What happened recently at Al-Baqa Café is only a glimpse of the hell we live in every day. People are being killed while sitting and drinking coffee, and homes are being bombed without warning.
I appeal to you as a human being going through the hardest days of my life: my family and I are in real danger. We’ve lost our source of income and are nearly homeless. We survive on a little bread, and my family goes to sleep afraid every night.
If you can help us with any amount, big or small, it would be a lifeline. I’m not asking for much—just enough to feed my family and pay for a simple shelter to keep us safe from this nightmare.
cannot begin to describe how much i LOVE when people GET ME about this art piece. the hotbar is fulham's. not a top runner, sure, but still a known runner in the community and the analyst for ranked playoffs. he definently knows what he's doing. he has experience like any other runner and like everyone else he's just there to do one thing: Kill the dragon. there is no animal in sight, there is no threatening beast in sight, there's only a goal of complete the run and the only threat is losing it.
(and @skallyeen because i am also showing ur tags off but not reblogging from ur reblog)
I REALLY LOVE WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS PIECE. the hitboxes, the hotbar- the fact there's no armor, not a single food piece in the hotbar, the pearls, the what looks like random assortments of items to anyone not well-versed in speedrunning, the one single bed in the hotbar because the rest are in the inventory because you can pick block them — i LOOOVE when people notice this and point it out and word it in their own ways and point out that This is more than an experienced player, it's a speedrunner. yesss yes yes yes yessss yessss yesss
I think the glitching/distortion used here adds more to the "speed runner as eldritch terror" concept, because its not just skill being used, but batshit insane glitches. That only ups their power in this situation and that's fucking mortifying.
well this specific piece isn't in the context of any glitched category. this is in the context of 1.16.1 rsg. 1.16.1 rsg doesn't really utilise any glitches - it's called random seed glitchless afterall (although debatably should be called "no major glitches" because there are very few minor glitches allowed like sneak and crouch sprinting). it's moreso the horror of an endless cycle of death for a lonely mother with nothing left but a child that will never live
Ah, makes sense. I only thought that because of the horribly corrupted hotbar. Maybe its like that because its meant to show that its something the dragon could never ever feasibly comprehend?
cannot begin to describe how much i LOVE when people GET ME about this art piece. the hotbar is fulham's. not a top runner, sure, but still a known runner in the community and the analyst for ranked playoffs. he definently knows what he's doing. he has experience like any other runner and like everyone else he's just there to do one thing: Kill the dragon. there is no animal in sight, there is no threatening beast in sight, there's only a goal of complete the run and the only threat is losing it.
(and @skallyeen because i am also showing ur tags off but not reblogging from ur reblog)
I REALLY LOVE WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS PIECE. the hitboxes, the hotbar- the fact there's no armor, not a single food piece in the hotbar, the pearls, the what looks like random assortments of items to anyone not well-versed in speedrunning, the one single bed in the hotbar because the rest are in the inventory because you can pick block them — i LOOOVE when people notice this and point it out and word it in their own ways and point out that This is more than an experienced player, it's a speedrunner. yesss yes yes yes yessss yessss yesss
I think the glitching/distortion used here adds more to the "speed runner as eldritch terror" concept, because its not just skill being used, but batshit insane glitches. That only ups their power in this situation and that's fucking mortifying.
"men don't need to be afraid walking around at night"
Unless they're black
"men make more than women in jobs"
Black men make less than white women on average
"men don't get followed around by people who mean them harm"
Black men are heavily policed and regularly jumped and killed for just walking down the street
"no one tells a man what he can and cannot do with his own body"
Black men are repeatedly assaulted and have their hair forcibly shaved or cut for wearing their hair natural and in culturally important styles. Black men who choose body modifications like tattoos or piercings are branded as thugs. Black men who have children and black men who don't have children are both regarded as players, hounddogs, absent fathers, and baby daddies, as if the logical answer is that no one's first choice of partner and father of their children would ever be a black man.
"no one judges a man's worth based on his clothes"/"a man isn't ever in danger no matter what he wears"
Black men are required to look presentable and professional according to eurocentric standards, push themselves into clothes not made for their bodies, and be highly uncomfortable in their daily lives or else risk 'fitting the profile' or 'matching the description' and getting detained by police AT BEST for the crime of existing in public. Black men wearing comfortable clothes are seen as sloppy, thugs, gangsters, street rats, hood and ghetto.
"no man fears rape"
The rape and sexual assault of black men ties directly to black buck stereotypes and black fetishization to the point where liking a black person or having your dating pool be open to black people is treated like a sexuality much like being gay. People are both threatened by and aroused by our bodies and that leads them to perform extreme acts of violence on us, including rape, SA, coercion, trafficking, and more. Much like how "tranny" and "lesbian" is a porn category, so is Big Black Cock. Sometimes with us featured as the rapist. Sometimes with us featured as the victim. Almost never with us featured as intimate, passionate, loving, tender. Black men are either to be feared and reviled, or to be broken and forced to submit. Direct ties to slavery with white people still getting off to our suffering.
Just say you don't care as much about black people's suffering and go, jesus.
I have privilege because I sometimes pass as a man? Try walking in my shoes for a while. Turns out being a black man vs being a black woman isn't always so different.
I do think it's really interesting that I have a lot of black butches and trans mascs on this post verifying in their tags that yes they've lived both as 'black woman' and as 'black man' and 'black man' is really not the improvement it's advertised to be and in the mean time I have also a bunch of nonblack people and especially white europeans saying this post is stupid and no one who agrees knows anything about what it's like to be a black woman and I'm just wondering out of the two options who do you think is more knowledgeable about what black people go through? 🤔
My nephew was 6 years old when his mother sat him down and explained to him very plainly what happens to black boys and black men who are out at night.
Both of my parents worked in education. My white (passing) mother was a special ed teacher in a middle school. My father was her district's administrator. She was paid more than him. Significantly. They both have Master's Degrees.
My nephew was 13 when Trayvon Martin was killed. His mother asked him to please make sure he came home before the streetlights came on, and if he couldn't make it to not wear a hoodie and certainly don't wear it up. No matter how cold.
My nephew and my father were both pinned down and had their afros shaved/ruined by teachers, people they should have been able to trust. My nephew, my cousins, and more than one of my uncles have had the same happen to their locs. When my mother became pregnant very early in my parents' marriage, no one believed that she actually *wanted* to marry my dad but that she'd accidentally become pregnant and married him to not be ashamed. When my parents adopted my sister who is much darker skinned than my other sister or myself, the assumption was that she was a child from one of dad's previous marriages (he's only ever been married to one woman: my mom) and that my sister was only there because of a custody battle. The first time my dad came to pick me up from school, the office refused to let him in the building and called the police on him for trying to abduct me, because everyone knew my mom was white and the logical conclusion of a black man picking up his black/mixed kid from school was that he was a kidnapper and not that he was my fucking father.
My father arrived home late one night after flying in from Japan and was understandably in comfortable clothes after being exclusively in suits in Japan in the middle of summer for 6 months. Our neighbor saw him pull into the driveway, let himself in the back door... and called the police saying a black man in a hoodie was breaking into our house. We'd lived there at that point for more than a decade. My nephew and I have been followed around in stores for wearing beaters and basketball shorts in the middle of summer. My cousin was harassed by cops while sitting at the bus stop because he had his hood up and was listening to music on his ipod. My uncle was cornered by airport security and ended up missing his flight because someone gave a 'tip' that he 'looked suspicious' in his jeans and a t-shirt.
Every single one of my older black relatives, male and female, have been raped. Every single one. Some of the younger ones too.
This is not a 'what if' post. This is not a 'higher discussion of systemic violence' post. This is a 'stop erasing the experiences of black men because you think there is no way on earth a black man can suffer outside of [just racism]' post.
two years ago I posted this and two years later this still rings true, but I want to draw attention to something:
This is the post that netted me my "reputation" for saying that black women have it better than black men or that black women caused these problems.
This post was made in specifically because of radfem talking points, in direct response to a radfem post I saw and was mad about. Two years later I am seeing white radfems say the same about F1nn5ter. My response is still the same. A: trans women aren't men, B: that's not even true of cis men because marginalized cis men experience all of these things on a regular basis.
No where in this post does this blame black women for anything or say that black women don't experience this- in fact I specifically mention black butches in multiple reblogs and in other posts discussing this exact topic. Black women are frequently forcibly degendered and masculinized, and God forbid a black woman actually be GNC and masculine or transgender because then her risk of violence to be enacted upon her is at an absurd height.
This is a critique of white, radical feminism and how it actively perpetuates racism. Don't get it twisted.
Anyway when I bring up these points with this post, this is the sort of attitude I'm talking about. ALL of these are from a recent post where I am talking about my specific experience as a black trans man and ALL of these are nonblack people taking it upon themselves to give lip service to acknowledging black people are oppressed and then IMMEDIATELY following up with not including black men in their idea of what counts as oppressed.
When I say white radical feminism leaves racially marginalized men out of discussions of their own oppression, this is what I'm talking about.
This was from a post where I said people talk over me frequently and tell me my voice as a black person doesn't matter and I was taught not to tolerate it as a girl and I'm certainly not going to start tolerating it as a man. That people have regarded my presence as a black person as a threat just existing in an area my entire life and I didn't think it was a good thing when I was a black girl and I still don't think it's a good thing as a black man. This was a post about antiblack racism and how it affects me, an entire ass black trans man.
And nonblack people STILL sought to completely erase my perspective off my own post.
Does it hurt, when I point out your racism? Is it uncomfortable to realize that you're not innocent in spreading and perpetuating the same racism that's caused black people to die to violence at astronomical rates? Is it a hard pill to swallow?
I dont usually post serious stuff but this was something so weighted and well worded I just had to. I don't have much to say, other than that im so fucking sorry that people in your family, including you, have had to go through the shit you've detailed here. That shouldn't happen to anybody. Fucking ever. Plain and simple.
