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@lethaleen
instead of maidifying punk girls (regressive), consider radicalizing maid girls by teaching them class consciousness (awesome)
maid 1: miss emily i argued for better wages today
maid 2: miss emily check out my new piercings
maid 3: i have poisoned the master's food
me horny as hell: that's awesome you guys are awesome
*so horny I can't stand* holy fuck
miss emily i have a suggestion
He's prostrating himself before the Eucharist, in case you're wondering. Or possibly planking.
@apocrypals
Hi, pope expert here. This isn’t funny — popes only do this when they’re in extreme distress
We're all in extreme distress, he's not special.
He's Catholic, Distress is good for them
"'I don't know' isn't an answer" alright man then I'll just. Fuckin. Enter my philosophical mind-palace and check the fuckin akashic records. Real quick lemme just catch and cook and eat the Salmon of All Knowledge. Tell me ur question again so I can real quick climb to the highest branches of the Yggdrasil and lay it at the feet of Freda the all-wise Queen of Heaven. Dickhead.
Clearly they want you to lie.
"Can such-and-such a person ever be redeemed?" I don't believe there is or could be or needs to be such a thing as redemption because I am not a Catholic, therefore the question is vacuous and incoherent. Next question.
What about redeemed like a voucher? Can you turn in Jim Kirk at the customer service counter for 40% off your purchase? Does Galadriel get you in store credit? Can you go to the bar and exchange Twilight Sparkle for a shitty beer?
Problematic characters can be redeemed at waffle house for a free omelet
I've got it! ill write problematic characters, and then redeem them for various minor favors and free samples; It's foolproof!
the 9/11 to Hunger Pangs pipeline is real and I will not be silenced
PLUTO, LMAO.
No, but wait. Hold on. Wait.
Okay, so. 9/11 happens, and MCR is formed. As a result, Stephanie Meyer has the most Mormon wet dream ever about Gerard Way, which gives us Twilight.
Twilight gives us 50 Shades of Grey, which leads to a boom in indie and self-pub erotica, directly creating a further boom in the publishing industry, and as a result, I get hired at a romance house. Thanks to both franchises, Crucifix Nail Nipples happens, and then 4 years later, my blog goes viral.
This leads to a sudden influx of people following me for writing and other weird shit, as well as writing prompts to try and get more amusing shit out of my brain like squeezing blood from a stone. One of such prompt was one about a vampire and werewolf in a polyamorous relationship, which four years after that became my international bestselling debut novel, Hunger Pangs.
I... I don't know what to do with this information.
if you learn to love bugs with all your heart the world will feel half as hostile and a thousand times as big
Theres a sentiment I'm noticing in the tags that I'd like to address. I dont think learning to love bugs with all your heart means forcing yourself out of discomfort you have with them overnight. It's about observing a different sort of being going about its life and deliberately trying to reframe your observations through a sense of wonder and delight. It's about cultivating a positive interest and curiosity for their ecology and behaviors. It's especially about trying to uncouple the value we find in them from how 'convenient' they are to us; to face head on the part of us that wants to assign moral evil to another organism who just happens to live life in a way that is not harmonius with ours. You can love insects in this way and still recognize your own health and safety needs. We are animals living side by side within a biosphere. This is how it is, sometimes.
I think this is important to cultivate because, if you are alive at all, you are coming into conflict with countless other people and things that dont owe you an apology for their existance and needs. If you are alive at all, you are encountering countless other people and things that harmful bias and personal discomfort have made repulsive to you. This is about bugs, but its also about way more than bugs.
It's hard to explain to the uninitiated that you can just go for a walk just about anywhere with a bit of green (and sometimes even in the heart of a city) and find like a dozen neat little unique guys if you're patient and observant.
People get really into bird watching but here's a secret: bugs are WAY easier to find than birds and they let you get a lot closer.
Try to approach the world with wonder and curiosity rather than fear and revulsion. Bugs are a great place to start.
happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!
though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!
thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!
the hanged man
(if yall could interact w this post regardless of how you feel about it that would be great bc I spent a lot of fucking time on it)
I like when fic length/book length/movie length is its own punchline
characters: Ah, I'm so glad that's all over now :). But luckily that's done and dealt with and we can all resume our normal lives now :)
fic length: Chapter 9 out of 48
Odysseus: Thank you for the concern, but brother, I can assure you Our journey is almost done.
Song 11 of 40
Characters: the Evil has been defeated
Me: me friends there are still 15 minutes left in the episode
People get really upset at me when I tell them I think Sweeney Todd is about the evils people commit for the sake of love, and I understand where that impulse comes from, but even if I were to concede that there somehow exists a "Real Love" that is definitionally "Always Good", then the story is most certainly about the evils commited in the name of false love
I think most people flatten it into a story about how Revenge Is Bad
Okay no see, perfect example. I wanna push you on that. What makes you say most of the characters aren't capable of love? What is your definition of love that it excludes the actions of Sweeney or Mrs. Lovett? I mean hell, I'm not gonna pretend like the Judge isn't an awful, evil person, but when Anthony sings about wanting to steal away Johanna... dont they seem just a little similar? Is it possible that because of the stories you grew up with, where love redeems and triumphs over all and is the one universal good you can always depend on, may have given you a limited perspective on what it can mean? And if that's the case... what mistakes might have been excused in your life because they were done in the name of love?
If revenge bad then why is the judge both utterly odious, guilty of incredible harm to sweeny specifically, and also fully intending to commit more harm; it is hard for me to imagine a more justified revenge.
Arguments could be mage for the Dangers of Obsession being a moral, or the evils of capitalism, but "the evils people commit int the name of love" is an incredible valid reading of the text.
you guys are so right, I should have added the best part
This meme ages like a fine wine every year that passes.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER MOBILE GAME 🦇
5.05 | "No Place Like Home"
love this.
The first depiction of Mary and Jesus
Look.
As a Californian, I was not a fan of Kamala Harris's presidential candidacy. I really feel like she did not align with me on some pretty fundamental issues and I wish the Democrats had had an actual primary in 2024 so that she could have been soundly trounced by better candidates like she was in 2020.
Kamala Harris was a candidate that I was *at best* lukewarm on.
Okay? Okay.
Now. Democrats.
If you dipshits run Gavin Newsom in 2028 or pull any stupid fucking tricks to give him a better position in the primary (like the stupid fucking trick you lucky assholes pulled by not putting support behind a democratic candidate for the recall as a safety measure), i am going to start committing thematic crimes and/or assembling a killdozer.
I was not particularly fond of Kamala Harris, but I fucking *loathe* Governor Gavin "Homeless Sweeps" Newsom. Kamala was not great, but she was also not "using the destruction/disruption of a homeless encampment with her own two hands as a photo op" bad. She was not "I wouldn't want my daughter playing college sports against a trans woman" bad. She was not "inviting Charlie Goddamned Kirk on the first episode of her new podcast to ask advice about running to get approval from fucking republicans" bad.
If, in three years, I have to listen to a bunch of democrats telling me that there's no better choice and I have to vote blue no matter who and the blue that they are handing me is *this motherfucking ghoul* I am going to end up in a federal prison so if you happen to be a democrat and you happen to be reading my blog I would really like it if your party could run better candidates than this piece of shit so if you hear people starting to mumble about how "Well maybe Gavin Newsom has some good policies, he's going to be better for LGBTQIA folks than Vance and he's got experience running a big state" please let them know what a tremendous piece of shit he is so I don't have to walk away from super tuesday and hear that this greasy fuck is the lesser of two evils.
You know how after the fires in January Trump said "we're going to release the water, that water from up North, it's going to come down through the state, we're going to bring it to the cities, instead of giving it to the fish - which are bad fish anyway, too small - that don't need our water, we're going to open the dams, we're going to fill the river" and everyone who knows anything about water infrastructure in california promptly went "what the fuck are you TALKING about are you INSANE that is an awful idea"? You know, that thing? That's what it feels like to see people discussing Gavin Newsom as a national candidate.
Here he is getting ready to throw away the place where somebody sleeps while running a state that has more than twice as many unhoused people as it has shelter beds. This CNN article about Newsom's order to dismantle homeless encampments ends with a quote about tents like the one the governor is throwing away here:
“Every time that you like regain a tent and maybe some blankets and a couple of outfits and just get enough stuff around you to start to really feel – I’m not going to say normal – like you have a safety zone, it’s gone,” he said. “Even though it’s a tent and a few things, as soon as you get to that point, in that moment, it’s wiped out again… Nobody’s asking the question. The voters, the people. Where are the people going? If they’re not in my neighborhood now, then whose neighborhood are they going to if you don’t have enough shelter beds in your city?”
I personally know people who died after Newsom ordered encampment sweeps. I fucking hate this guy.
Seriously.
So many people had bad shit to say about Biden and Harris, but trust me it can get so much worse in regards to Shitty Dems.
Like I am ride or die vote blue no matter who, but but Newsom is a guy that would make me rethink that. policy.
(Also its a flash in the pan compared to some other stuff, but Newsom also sabotaged the state of California's investigation into Activision Blizzards dirty dealings by firing a key lawyer leading the investigation, at the behest of his buddy, CEO of Activision Blizzard and BFF to Jeffrey Eptstein Bobby Kottick).
Like a lot of people like to talk about how the Democrats and GOP are exactly the same and I just roll my eyes at that sort of talk, but in this case no, no, Newsom would be as bad as a Republican president, maybe not Trump bad, but he would definitely be a bad time for pretty much everyone.
Trump's waging war on US cities, we're not even to the midterms and you're already starting this bullshit
Leftists Before the Primary: Don't run shitty candidates, I would like to vote for a candidate who actually reflects my values rather than one who I have voted against in at least three elections because he has policy positions that I *DEEPLY DISAGREE WITH AND FIND MORALLY REPUGNANT.*
Democrats Before the Primary: Don't dismiss anyone! We've got to do better than Trump so we've got to be moderate to attract people from the center to vote for the democrats! Let's be a coalition for once instead of tearing each other apart like the left always does! Stop complaining and just support the democrats for once in your annoying leftist lives!
Leftists During the Primary: I am going to vote for the farthest left candidate possible and talk a lot about it and say that if this candidate doesn't win maybe I'll sit the election out because I support this candidate's policy positions and if they have a strong presence in the primaries other candidates will likely move toward their positions.
Democrats During the Primary: Don't you care about electability?!!?!?! You want to nominate a SOCIALIST for the presidency?!? That is RIDICULOUS you have to be strategic, you have to pick the candidate who is most likely to win in the general, so you have to pick the person who is most qualified and least offensive and has opinions on a muscular military strategy that are in line with Bush-era republicans, that's just the way it is, otherwise you're throwing away your vote. That's why we've got to use our coalition power to undermine the candidate with popular support - the voters aren't thinking strategically and are going to select an unelectable candidate.
Leftists After the Primary: You have nominated a shit candidate and I don't want to vote for them unless they have less shit policies. I will loudly discuss my intentions to stay home until we have a democrat candidate who isn't talking about how out of control the border is (because the border isn't out of control and we should be talking about amnesty not deportation). Candidate, if you want me to vote for you, you have to be less shitty.
Democrats After the Primary: Vote blue no matter who! Vote blue no matter who! If you don't vote for someone who has bloodthirsty defense attitudes similar to those you protested against in the 2000s and has personally worked at companies that built the surveillance state you're ceding the ground to fascism!
Leftists After the Election (Dems Win): Now that you have won, I am going to criticize your shit policies and protest your border crackdowns and and yell at you for not doing enough to protect workers or marginalized groups and for not rescheduling marijuana or making any attempt to pack the court.
Democrats After the Election (Dems Win): Let people enjoy their victory! We worked hard for this! Stop being so critical! They're doing the best they can but republicans in congress won't cooperate and the anti-choice, anti-labor, pro-lobby democrat congresspeople we ran in purple districts as a concession to 'moderates' have managed to foil our plans to make things better, so we just have to hold the line until the midterms!
Leftists After the Election (Dems Lose): This sucks, but things would have sucked anyway. I wish you had run someone who sucked less. Let's get back to protesting and doing taillight checks.
Dems After the Election (Dems Lose): This is your fault for not supporting democrats!
Both parties suck, both parties are disliked, Republicans have gamed the system harder to make it easier for them to win. There are a shitload of voters up for grabs who feel like they've been left behind by everyone who could probably be swayed by policies like medicare for all or amnesty for immigrants or free college, but instead the dems spent the last election sucking Liz Cheney's asshole and talking about how we were going to have the strongest military in the world.
Shut the fuck up. Now is exactly the time for leftists to yell about this bullshit. Run better people in the primaries. We're telling you that Newsom is both a bad candidate (because he's a fucking conservative) and that he will lose to the republicans (because he's a smarmy little fuck from California with no spine).
Before Trump was attacking Los Angeles, Newsom was doing the same thing (by tearing down homeless encampments and arresting the people who were trying to protect the only place they had to sleep). Protesting Trump and protesting Newsom come with the same cops and the same teargas from where I'm standing, which is why I'm saying something about it NOW.
Don't run this asshole, and tell people who are talking about running him that he is incredibly unpopular in his own state and is INCREDIBLY conservative.
this valentine's day remember that relationships are optional, you can only date the present version of someone, and you can break up at any time for literally any reason without having to prepare a fucking thesis to justify it!
"but what if they need me" "but what if they get hurt without me" "but what if they die without me"
DO NOT! VOLUNTEER! TO BE! SOMEONE'S! SLAVE!
as a person with life-threatening medical conditions I say if you have to choose between breaking up with someone shitty and risking their death vs you living a miserable life, LEAVE!
listen, chances are there are people all over the world right now who will die without whatever help, comfort, companionship you are able to provide! maybe even MILLIONS of them! you can not fucking save them all, and their deaths are not your fault or responsibility either! if you want to feel needed, help your community! volunteer!
but a relationship should be a partnership! it should be something you look forward to, something that makes you happy, something that improves your life. not something that holds you back in life, not something that feels like a job, and not something you dread!
are you being treated how you want to be treated? if your relationship stayed the exact same as it has been, would you be happy? your life belongs to you! please try and have experiences you want to have, with people who make your life better!
A lot of people seem to mix up ‘community’ with ‘friend group’ so when they read ‘no one should be abandoned by the community. No matter what they did’ they think it means ‘you have to be friends with abusers’. When in reality it means ‘no matter what someone does they shouldnt be left to go homeless and be denied financial, housing, medical, etc aid’
You don’t have to be friends with these people, no one is saying that. It’s just saying that you should support rehabilitative justice, support programs that help homeless people, support funding for free medical services, and make sure they don’t turn away anyone who needs help.
applying for new job:
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