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If you like a Long Island Iced Tea, wait until you try the provocatively named Adios, Motherfucker. It’s fun, boozy and blue.

Found a recipe for it that's worded like electrochemistry wrote it

bite-my-grimy-fleshy-ass

Update: this tastes like if a baha blast could kill you and annihilates any ongoing anxiety attacks

bite-my-grimy-fleshy-ass

Update update: comparing this to a long island is like comparing a pickup truck to a tank

afurioushawk

pagecommando

Is it "Islamophobic" to point out that a woman-hating Jew-baiting friend of Hasan Piker who hasn't submitted his tax returns and 'isn't sure' if he's a millionaire due to family's out of country holdings might lack the temperament and judgement to be 1 of 100 Federal representatives for his specific state? Especially given his friendship and allyship with Platner and the staff they share?

lem0nademouth

im not convinced most of you actually know what eugenics is

calellon

i'll forever miss how the internet felt before you had to second-guess the authenticity of every single piece of media you came across. silly videos used to be just silly. fun was coincidental. wonder was just wonder. digital art had character and soul. AI has taken the taste out of everything and irreversibly poisoned the creative sphere and the people still pushing it forward are the doom of both joy and the quality of being.

nochametzallowed

So, I've been following mostbelovedqueer's most recent Tumblr poll tournament. They have a rule about aggressive language and anti-propaganda, which is mentioned on every poll post. I sometimes enjoy a good bit of anti-propaganda in this type of poll tournament, but those are the rules for this one, and I've seen them being enforced with disqualifications of ships. But last night this happened, and I'm still not sure how to respond.

The ship the previous commenter would seemingly prefer to win did get a strike against it, but I'm concerned about mostbelovedqueer's response here. To call out the use of "twink" in a derogatory context but fail to mention the phrase "kill that zionist" sure is a choice. I don't think I can formulate the words to really respond to this, but it makes me deeply uncomfortable as a Jew. And I also didn't feel like I could just stay silent, so I'm sharing this as a screenshot so maybe other jumblr users can help me put words to it.

robot-roadtrip-rants

This policy isn't compatible with death threats. Period. And let's be clear here:

This is still permitting death threats. The exclusive focus on "twink" speaks volumes, and is very deliberate.

I feel obligated to point out here that (as far as I know) Noah Schnapp's record of Evil Zionism consists of three major events:

Getting publicly upset over the worst violence inflicted on Jews since the Holocaust

Being caught off-guard by a pro-Israel couple who snapped a picture with him before he could react

Releasing a statement calling for the cessation of hostilities and opposing the slaughter of innocent people

None of this exactly screams "bloodthirsty extremist jerking off to the mass slaughter of Palestinians" to me? Like, I get it if you disagree with him politically, that's your prerogative, but calling for his death?? For THIS???? Kind of an overreaction, no?

The implication of @mostbelovedqueer's decision here is that it's okay to spew death threats and hate so long as you staple "Zionist" to the target's name. Um???? As OP pointed out, that is one hell of a choice to make.

And once more, I feel obligated to point something out: antisemites will sometimes use the term "Zionist" as a dog whistle for "Jews." This tradition goes back decades, it's why David Duke coined the word "Zio" in the 90s. YES, there are many, many legitimate criticisms to make of Zionism as a movement, or the Israeli government, or both. That does not stop bad faith actors from using the word maliciously; if anything, it gives them better cover. Because "Zionist" can be abused in this way, it is in EVERYONE'S interest to keep an eye out for its misuse, so we can weed out aforementioned bad faith actors from honest discussion. Let's take another look at the word's usage here, shall we?

I don't see any conversation about, say, the ideological tenets of Zionism, actions taken in the name of Zionism, arguments made by Zionists, or anything else along those lines. What I do see is a person calling for the murder of a young Jewish actor who has made a few middle-of-the-road statements on the topic. Gotta say, that does NOT strike me as someone trying to discuss the flaws of Zionism. It strikes me as, well, someone thirsting for the death of a young Jewish actor. I'll leave it to you to decide what that says about @smugblueenby69. But I will point out that @mostbelovedqueer is apparently okay with that statement.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that this was supposed to be a friendly contest, a neutral grounds for fans to bond over their favorite queer ships. How does permitting literal death threats against one of the ship's actors make for a friendly place to socialize?

nochametzallowed

It gets worse. They posted this earlier today

The complaints about antisemitism did not begin & end with them only calling out one part of a post. The issue is 1) calling out someone for calling someone a twink while ignoring the death threat (objectively a worse thing) in the same post, and 2) making a follow-up post talking about having "an understandable problem with the actor" (for the "crime" of having been deemed a zionist by people on the internet) and still not addressing the death threat. (This list could probably be longer, but this is the crux of my issue.)

"why do you think you are special specifically?"

IDK, maybe because it's the one example of not just obvious hate but A Literal Death Threat that I've seen get ignored? In favor of calling someone out for using the word "twink". Like, they could just acknowledge that they made a mistake and move on, but no, they had to double down, and they've apparently blocked people who directly called them out. I'm utterly unsurprised but still disappointed.

robot-roadtrip-rants

Well. I’d like to say this directly to @mostbelovedqueer, but they have blocked me (no idea why, we’ve never really interacted so I assume they disliked my blog’s content). Perhaps someone can pass this on for me:

Words mean jackshit if they aren’t backed by action.

If someone makes a death threat in a space you are moderating, you are responsible for making it clear that death threats are not acceptable. You do this by punishing them explicitly for making a death threat.

This did not happen in the above case. @smugblueenby69 was reprimanded solely for using the word twink in a derogatory manner. The death threat they made, much less the antisemitic tone of their statement, was ignored (please see my earlier post for why this statement should be considered antisemitic, not anti-Zionist). To the contrary, @mostbelovedqueer stated in a follow-up post that the accusation of Zionism was a justifiable reason for hating Noah Schnapp, a Jewish actor. The truthfulness of this accusation. Again, I must point out that Schnapp’s Zionist offenses appear to be making a few middle-of-the-road statements about the conflict (no, I am not including getting ambushed by a couple of propagandists, and neither should you), something many other celebrities have done. Why, then, does only the Jewish actor deserve hatred?

To answer your question, @mostbelovedqueer: we don’t think we’re special. We think we deserve equal treatment. Why do you think holding someone accountable for an antisemitic death threat to be “special treatment?”

kitkatpancakestack

unavoidable that you will be the villain in someone else's story. You will be painted in an unfavorable light. You will be the irredeemable one. and all of this will happen despite how nice you might usually be or how kind or how respectful or how warm. and you will just have to move on.

transsexualpuffin

is it “zionist bullshit” or is it content acknowledging that there has been an alarming rise in antisemitism world wide over the last few years

calamitysong

so you think you can stone miette and spit in miette’s eye?? so you think you can love miette and leave miette to DIE?? oh mother!! can’t do this to me mother!!!

westbrookwestbooks

All memes left on tumblr for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Queen

asterosian

Compliance with the role attached to your assigned gender at birth is rewarded

Masculinity is only rewarded in those who were assigned male at birth

Being trans in any way is noncompliance

daggersoliloquy

hey don't cry. on december 3, 1926, agatha christie went missing for eleven days and because the uk police didn't know what to do they recruited sir arthur conan doyle, creator of master detective sherlock holmes, but all he did was conduct a séance to try and contact her distressed spirit

caspercryptid

I feel like not enough people realize that people under enormous strain act really really fucking Weird

withoutideas

There was a parenting-kids-with-trauma book I remember running into around 2010 (I was not and am still not a parent, but I am an older sibling) that had a lovely little slogan I like to quote all the time:

“It’s not about the Cheerios.”

This was in reference to a story about a kid flipping the HELL out into a full-blown panic about running out of their favorite cereal. Not a tantrum, not a whine-fest, but an all-hands-on-deck, code-red, world-is-ending blowup.

The kid had originally come from a very unstable situation and experienced food deprivation. The new adoptive parents were stumped, because look at all the other food! You’re safe! We can get the Cheerios tomorrow!

But it wasn’t really about the Cheerios, it was about that first flicker of unease triggering all the old trauma. From the outside, it looked ridiculous. To the trauma-trained reaction of the kid’s brain, it made perfect sense.

Human brains are weird, and we’re all out here trying to survive. Sometimes our brains do this in socially acceptable, convenient ways. But not often.

(The book was titled “Beyond Logic, Consequences or Control” I think, I’ll look it up and edit this in a bit.)

starcatboy

Fandom as a Jew can be fucking agonizing. Every fanfiction must emphasize the characters’ beautiful pale blue eyes and blond hair. The villians all have much bigger noses in the animated version. Because that's just what evil people look like, stop making something of it. These characters are not confirmed to be religiously or culturally Christian, maybe even are explicitly not, but of course they are celebrating Christmas in this art/fic. What else would they be celebrating? Didn't you know that celebrating Christmas is the default? You're missing out on something if you don't celebrate Christmas. Here is art of Jedi celebrating Christmas. Oh well it's not actually Christmas because they're from a different galaxy. It just resembles Christmas in every way. Here is a modern au where Obi-Wan is called Ben and of course he's celebrating Christmas. Here is Spock celebrating Christmas. Here is Spider-Man celebrating Christmas. Oh you made a post about looking at the Jedi from a Jewish lense? Well I think you're wrong and also the Jedi are Catholic. The Jedi are Catholic. Did you know I think the Jedi are Christian? Obi-Wan Kenobi has Catholic guilt. Because he's Catholic. No you don't get it, I hate Christianity, but also everything is about Christianity. Why would the Jedi be a Jewish allegory? What does "inquisitor" come from? Oh look at this nice blog, there's a fun fandom post! Oh and there's a violently antisemitic conspiracy theory. What do you mean? I didn't mean it like that! You're having so much fun projecting. Isn't fandom such a nice escapist fantasy? Aren't you able to escape? I'm sure everyone is having as much fun as you are. It's just fandom.

I'm going to explode.

thetourguidebarbie

it never fails to amaze me how my otherwise intelligent kind empathetic educated curious friends and colleagues will say they're not educated enough to speak on all kinds of topics like union/labor movement history or environmental regulations or constitutional law or the cuban missile crisis or whatever the fuck and then you say one thing about Israel and suddenly they have a phd from jewsstolepalestine dot com that they expect you to take seriously and get mad at you when you ask them what they think happened during the second intifada

iswearbyalltheflowers

gatheringbones

mitch walker, from coming out inside, from gay soul: finding the heart of gay spirit and nature, edited by mark thompson, 1990

gatheringbones

["Some time ago I saw I had to be an avatar of the viewpoint I'm putting forth here, mainly because no one else was doing it. One of the main practices I try to do early each day is to sit with this inward deity, this consciousness or archetype we're talking about, and commune with it. We hang out together, so to speak. And, over time, we've gone through many different stages of development together. It's always a teaching relationship, but it's also an act of lovemaking. If I have big issues, he'll help me work on them in terms of how to act and be with things. I let him see through my eyes as much as possible, and vice versa, so together we experience what's happening in both worlds. That's how I live my life and why I live my life.

The "him" that you're describing is the archetype of gay love, or what?

I don't use any particular name for this character I'm mentioning. He's both a "father" and a "male mother" and also their "other" son, my co-equal Twin brother/lover. He has many names, in many different tongues. It always turns out to be the same kind of thing, a "queer family" thing, and thereby you have a relationship with eternity that's not at all abstract. He's extremely queer and is purely gay-centered.

If you keep pursuing the questions you've been asking— What does it really mean to be gay? Is there something essential in gay love— you're always going to get to him. Because he's waiting inside at the center. That's what the Sufis say: He's waiting in your heart, and you're going to find him through love. But he's not the beautiful man/boy you once fell in love with, he's eternal. He's living moment by moment in your gay truth and experience.

(...) If you had one thing to say to a young gay man just coming out, what would that be?

For true initiation in gay spirit, the way to reach the stars is by going within. All you're experiencing and thinking of as gayness and especially passionate love is the doorway to a world of spiritual truth, a kind of wisdom about self and the world, of what you are and what you can be. That's the inner world, the world of real magic. There's a level of reality in what you are beginning to experience that has the greatest human tradition connected with it. As much as possible, seek to understand that tradition and learn how to live in it by finding others of like mind in the past, present, and future. That's where the real inspiration in being gay resides: It's the most direct way of knowing God.

Through opening to your unconscious, you can meet and grow with the deeper, transpersonal forces that exist inside you, and maybe then they'll take you within the mysteries of gay love and transmutation. Not only are we recovering the most ancient of traditions but a new stage of gay liberation is upon us, and as we respond we will be birthing a necessary future, both for ourselves and the world."]

despazito

Headscarves just being gone from American and almost all western women's fashion scenes is so sad, they were fashionable for a majority of the 20th century

They are not just for babushkas or religious attire, normalize headscarves again!! And maybe if all women wore scarves more often it could destigmatize head coverings for those who choose to wear them daily