Grey's mess

They/Them The zombie form of a recently unearthed page from the long ago times. Try to take my old posts with a grain of salt, I've learned a few things about myself since then.

[otowonder]

My knowledge was called upon

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

my corner store guy is a 50 year old man who's my best friend in the world and recently he was like "you're too pretty to be single I have some nephews you should meet. very handsome!" and I was like "a niece might be more up my alley" and he just got more excited and said "ah even better! I was overselling my nephews but my nieces are very beautiful"

[caustic-pixie]

OP the tags!!

[queer-as-city-folk]

Copyright should end when a company stops selling the original piece of media

[queer-as-city-folk]

Or 50 years after publication, whichever is first

[queer-as-city-folk]

I'm sorry but if I can't watch a movie or play a game legally, then it shouldn't be piracy to do so

[queer-as-city-folk]

Take Pokemon Emerald, that game is no longer sold by Nintendo*, and they have no plans to rerelease it, so why should I who wants to play this game, have to commit something technically a crime to play it?

[queer-as-city-folk]

And this gets more important for less famous pieces of media that didn't sell millions of copies, where copyright fundamentally exists in a manner which blocks preservation and access

[boybeetles]

Someone in Glasgow please go see this for me pls. I will be there in spirit 🙏

[tinyglowingsharks]

Brief report from the flute accompaniment:

It went well! At least 100 people attended, families dogs a solid portion of Glasgow's trans community. There was a really lovely atmosphere, nice weather and a very cheerful celebratory vibe.

After short speeches from the ballhaver and the large dyke (my wife), the ballhaver was given a chupa chup and blindfolded (execution style). The balls were then duly kicked; it made a surprisingly loud dull thumping sound. She fell to the ground to loud cheers and there was a moment of silence while Taps played on the flute. The large dyke wore solovair urban hikers.

[polar-bear-butch]

Account from the Large Dyke.

Arrived early to find the crowd already gathering, so the kick got off to a prompt start. Following some introductions from everybody and some cheery folk music from our flautist (my wife!) we got on with the kick.

I think we got good contact, the top of my boot making a good solid noise on impact. Very good atmosphere all round, people stayed to chat for a while. Were it not January it would have been an excellent opportunity for a picnic.

10/10 queer event, would happily kick anybody in the balls in the name of community.

[noisepuppy]

Account from the ball haver

7am: the pressure is getting to me; I wake up and drink half a bottle of diet iron bru from my bedside table; roll out of bed, and psych myself up in the mirror - "you can do this my little pogchamp" I say to myself over and over until I decend into a stupor.

8am: I play an hour of Okami on steam to replenish my chi levels

9am: I look at my balls for a while

10am: I spend 20 or so minutes trying to decide what to wear before realising it's the subartic in midwinter and I'm going to have to dress for -2C° regardless of what I choose and opt of my trusty black Schott thermal padded winter flight jacket and a pair of loose, warm Uniqlo trousers to give my testicles room to breathe.

11am: crashing out, texting my friends to arange a substitute kickee, an understudy, anybody so I can just become one with the crowd and not go through with it

12am: the homies have arrived, I'm drinking redbush tea in a small cafe by the park; god is in his heaven and all is right with the world

12.15: "you must be here to watch me get kicked in the balls?"

12.40: a circle emerges, from within the circle a palpable energy focuses like a lens down unto me and I feel like I'm gonna pee my pants a little

12.50: cheers begin, several complete families with dogs arrive - more friends appear and assort themselves into a gathering of 'real heads' ready to watch my groin be dessicated by the firm lace of a women for woman woman with a foot loosed through the gates of war as Augustus saw fit the dispatch and return of his troops from far corners through the blessings of Janus.

12.55: I think I left the stove on

1pm: Short introductions are made, grace is shown, beautiful flute music accompanies the gathering

1.03pm: what is left of my dignity disappears up my inguinal canal; I fall to the ground and languish a moment. I can feel it more in my lower chest than I can in my groin but the humour and adrenaline lift me and I'm laughing on my feet again soon. I kneel for the last post.

[future-crab]

So I follow N. D. Stevenson (comics writer and animator, most famous for Nimona and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and his husband Lee Ostertag (also a comics writer and animator) on Instagram. When I started following them, they were both publicly presenting as women, and then a few years ago N. D. came out as transmasc nonbinary, and then earlier this year Lee also came out as transmasc. Anyway this is all setup to say that Lee had the chance to make the funniest post of all time and he took it:

Absolutely iconic.

[gingerhaze]

hehehehehe

[victusinveritas]

[enki2]

[shima-draws]

Everybody stop what you’re doing RIGHT NOW and celebrate the last Out of Touch Thursday of 2020

[cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024]

OUTTA TOUCH THURSDAY!

[analog-machine]

The last Out of Touch Thursday of 2021

[mrtylers]

The last Out of Touch Thursday of 2022!

[transgendercyborg-deactivated20]

The Final Out Of Touch Thursday 2023!

[robokyenthusiast]

THE LAST OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY OF 2024!

[ltwilliammowett]

This video depicts a moment that is nearly impossible to observe: a sperm whale surfacing with a giant squid clenched between its teeth. These predators hunt at depths exceeding 800 meters, where light does not penetrate, and only biosonar directs the pursuit. Consequently, clear surface images are exceedingly rare.

🎬: @lud_adventure

[strawbeary-moonlight]

This is, factually, the first footage of this that we have ever gotten. This has never been observed by a human being before in recorded history. The only reason we knew these whales ate those squids before was the beaks of the squids found in the stomachs of dead whales, and the battle scars on whales consistent with fighting giant squids.

My favorite thing about this clip is that, in the original uncropped footage, you can see her calf is right beside her, ascending from the depths along with her. Whale calves don't dive until they're taught by their mothers. It is very likely that this footage is of a mother whale teaching her calf to hunt on one of its very first dives.

When I saw this footage for the first time, I cried a little tbh.

[isaacsapphire]

Arising from the inky depths with a delicious giant squid snack… with mama.

[elierlick]

If you don't already agree that there's a moral panic over transgender care, just read the New York Times' articles on hormone therapy for cis people and compare them to their hit pieces on the hormone therapy for trans people.

[beemovieerotica]

[mbta-unofficial]

Holy shit queen

[notlikingbestgirl]

Out of Touch

[is-it-out-of-touch-thursday]

Yes

[bizzyboy-reg]

I’m so out of touch I have no idea what this is

[sooz-art]

would you draw momo? maybe doing the long cat thing?

[ryoki-ph]

(Source) (highly recommend watching)

[dankmemeuniversity]

[xelayxes]

[xelayxes]

@matzahball

[dracophile]

For a second I didn’t realize it meant “high” as in a stoner--I thought “High Geologist” was like a rank of geologist or something and he was insulted you would challenge him to naming stones

[hamptercatapult]

great poast every one👍

[shirecorn]

I have drawn him.... The High Geologist

[syberfire117]

Can’t believe he’s ace

[shirecorn]

He is now And here’s the photo evidence:

[marinella-ela]

[ackwardroots-deactivated2022090]

[squeakitties]

valve just utterly torpedoed the csgo skin economy lmao?

[squeakitties]

valve just quietly added the ability to 'trade up' skins in counter strike global offensive. by sending in 5 covert-grade items ('reds'), you are given a knife or pair of gloves.

'reds' are usually ~$10 skins. knives have, historically, been in the thousands of dollars.

^ in the span of 12 hours btw

if you're wondering why steam is slow or laggy rn it's because of high-value csgo inventory holders rushing to cash out as quickly as possible

[dawn-path]

This is an INCREDIBLY good thing, by the way. CSGO skins (and other similar digital "economy" items) are one of the primary ways gambling sites draw in kids and give them genuine gambling addictions. Legally, I might add, since these items *technically* don't count as gambling "real" money — the items are only traded for actual cash through unofficial avenues.

CSGO gambling has outright ruined *far more lives* than you would guess, and has been something that Valve has been asked to address for years (and many guessed they weren't, since it made them money too).

This is MASSIVELY good news.