janie babie

no fear, shakespeare political takes, aesthetics, idk. free palestine

[anglaised]

im starting to think fandoms dont like women

[gayestoffense-deactivated202601]

Or queer men unless they exist solely to indulge your fetish and not be treated like real people

[anglaised]

i was talking about women actually

[anglaised]

this guy deleted because byler from stranger things didnt become canon btw

[janie-babie]

I fucking hate byler holy shit

[harrenhals]

one of the most comforting constants on this website is when a long-running show comes to an end and all the people who gaslit themselves to the point of psychosis over a ship that would never be canon go apeshit

[45percenterthen]

no one kill themselves about stranger things please . listen to me. it ony a movie

[janie-babie]

what universe are y'all living in where Mike is somehow becoming his dad like what is making you think that. Because he has GLASSES? Mike has never been like Ted a day in his life.

[inyourroomzephyrmix]

I think we really need to watch some other media maybe

[janie-babie]

mike wheeler get behind me GET BEHIND ME

[janie-babie]

so convinced that the majority of bylers actually hate Mike Wheeler

[obriy]

[45percenterthen]

maybe we should all calm down and have a biscuit x

[janie-babie]

I’m sorry I really am but byler is not going to happen and it never was. we are reaching johnlock conspiracy levels of self delusion now

[bimmyjimmy]

I was playing in the trash…

[ithinkthereforeidread]

— “suddenly it’s december”, margaux paul

[7777777awawawa7777777]

now that fascism is destroying the world it’s imperative that we romanticize a mythical past, defend the ideals of our nation against foreign threats, and put our full faith in a political party that scapegoats communists and marginalized people while endorsing genocide #resist

[janie-babie]

you guys are going to "taking no action is activism" us all into the dirt

[theonion]

Trump’s North American Tariffs: Myth Vs. Fact

President Trump’s plans for tariffs, including on goods from Canada and Mexico, have left many consumers and investors uneasy. The Onion separates the facts from the myths.

[femmedesyeuxnoirs]

Conservatives having a normal one

[neatrogenous]

[penrosesun]

Hey so like, this is funny and all, but if you know someone who genuinely cannot stop thinking about something and who is distressed by that, take a moment and consider that it might not just be bigotry, it might be undiagnosed OCD, and there’s a possibility that getting them mental health help could actually help them be less bigoted. I’m completely serious.

OCD gets stereotyped as “needing everything just so”, but the compulsions associated with OCD are actually just a coping mechanism for the real underlying issue, which is that your brain’s mechanism for moving on from transient thoughts is broken.

If you are neurotypical, you might think about the existence of gay sex by happenstance – you might even picture it, briefly. If you’re not into gay sex and this happens to you, then you’ll probably think “huh weird that I thought of that” – if you think anything about it at all – and then your brain will move on to something else.

But if you have OCD, you might get “stuck” – you might picture gay sex briefly, and then your brain might just keep picturing gay sex, nonstop, no matter what you do, for minutes, or hours, or even days. Some people have thoughts that don’t go away for entire weeks straight. And that can be extremely distressing! It can be distressing even if you don’t have a problem with gay sex at all, just because it won’t stop. You saw a gay person, and that made you briefly think about gay sex, and now you have an image of gay sex playing on loop in your mind, indefinitely, and nothing you do will make it go away.

The right wing loves to prey on people with undiagnosed OCD because they’re easy to manipulate and radicalize. If every time you see a gay person, your brain show you a non-stop loop of gay porn that you cannot stop thinking about no matter what you do, then it’s very easy to be seduced into thinking that gay people are inflicting harm on you just by existing in public life. If every time you hear a foreign language your brain supplies an endless list of mean things that that person could be potentially be saying without you understanding them, it’s easy to be seduced into thinking that people who don’t speak English in America are a threat. If the mere thought of someone getting an abortion can produce a nonstop flashing slideshow of every inflammatory image of an aborted fetus you have ever seen in your life, then the ability of other people to get abortions can feel like it’s a pressing issue that directly affects you, even if it absolutely doesn’t.

When you see bigots who are exhibiting signs of extreme mental distress, ask them if they are ok, and direct them to help. You’d do that if this woman had been in tears because she “couldn’t stop thinking about cows” or “couldn’t stop worrying that her house was on fire” or “couldn’t stop graphically imagining her husband cheating on her.” Don’t ignore your instincts regarding a mental health crisis just because the form that crisis takes seems bigoted.

[asaltysquid]

This is both related and unrelated but genuinely I would love a study to be done on OCD and radicalization/likelihood of joining a cult.

Genuinely religion and cult thinking are the perfect combination to generate OCD but also soothe it.

My cousin has scrupulosity OCD, meaning he is obsessed with the idea of himself and other people sinning before God to the point that he has been unable to leave his house for five years.

For those who don't know the treatment for OCD outside of medication is ERP (exposure response prevention) therapy. The method of which is to expose yourself in leveling doses to the things that make you afraid to desensitize your brain's panic response. So if someone's having intrusive thoughts about harming themselves, an Exposure their therapist might have them do is try holding a knife for longer and longer periods of time without self soothing after.

However here's the thing-

For my cousin his exposures that his therapist was trying to get him to perform were "say the Lord's name in vain", "don't pray before eating", "throw the Bible on the ground." And his parents wouldn't make him do it because then he "would actually be sinning".

He was also obsessed with me going to hell for being queer as well as his little sister. He'd constantly demand people repent or apologize.

I myself have had weeks of being convinced that I was being tortured by God like Job for my sins. As a kid I was convinced I was a prophet of God who could only foresee tragedy and my parents would regularly tell me that they knew I had sinned or lied because God had told them.

People with OCD are just so particularly vulnerable to this kind of thought control but also the dynamic of being told EXACTLY what you need to do in life and how you need to behave to be a good person is also particularly appealing to the doubting disorder.

((also I remember seeing this post a while back and going "huh that sounds like OCD" but didn't have the words to articulate like this person did))

OCD is a far more debilitating/psychosis inducing disorder then it's ever given credit for. Obviously it does not excuse abusive action or bigotry but it can definitely perpetuate keeping someone in that thought pattern. And remember it's far more common for good people to be obsessed with being bigoted/cruel/bad people than otherwise.

[janie-babie]

genuinely curious if this is what’s wrong with Nancy Mace

[capacity2]

We’re doomed oh I mean good morning. I guess