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[tlirsgender]

Being critical of your interests is sooooo fun when you have the critic gene & then you sound kind of insane to the average tv watcher when you're like "this is my favorite show, It's Racist" & then you try to clarify what you mean & get that [Speech (legendary) - FAILURE] "the racism is really interesting though"

[tlirsgender]

[Speech (legendary) - SUCCESS] I find the sociopolitical context of pulpy old sci-fi born circa the civil rights movement really fascinating to analyze especially when it was progressive for its time but still reveals the writers' unexamined biases in the subtext

[sqbr]

Them: So you're saying its bad and I shouldn't watch it?

Me: I mean depends on your tolerance for this type of racism, but like I said it's my favourite show, it def has some great parts if you're up for it.

Them: Oh so it's not racist.

Me: It absolutely is.

Them: So you're saying racism is ok??

Me: No.

[mikkeneko]

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: a reply by @.jingerpi reading: "when you become sufficiently woke (literal meaning) your options are to always be miserable about everything forever or to find intrigue in case studies of racism as illustration of the society that made them" ./End ID.]

[sexygaywizard]

Things are happening on reddit

[candlesear]

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: Reply from u/longrange_tiddymilk reading, "Alright, I know I said to do that, but I didn't like reading this" . u/Limp-Dick_Calvin replies, "Oh yeah, it was you. What the hell man. Don't go around telling people to shove popsicles up their ass and then get all squeamish when it happens. You reap what you sow." /End ID.]

[the-reynolds-pamphlet]

i just thought of this dumb meme. 12 days late but whatever

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: a picture of Justin Timberlake captioned "It's gonna be asian american and pacific islander heritage month". /End ID.]

[daftpatience]

i drew chell's mouth because i didn't want it moving, but the only voice i was able to produce that was far enough away from a voice that it didnt register to me makes it sound like she is absolutely shidding and farding her pants

[media-descriptions-offical]

[VD: a conversation between a GLaDOS Mii and a Chell Mii. GLaDOS: Tell me, Chell. How good are you at going hatermode? Chell : I don't want to brag or anything, but... I don't think you'll find anyone on all of Patience who's better at going hatermode than me!

GLaDOS: That's amazing! I really respect folks who are good at going hatermode. Wanna be friends?

[They then bow to each other. ]

GLaDOS has a feminine robotic voice, similar to how she sounds in game. Chell sounds like a bunch of popping and farting noises. /End VD.]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[salcristina]

HORROR! Real, actual horror! There's nothing else to call it!

[media-descriptions-offical]

[Transcript:

Hospitals can be a very dangerous place for Deaf people, especially women who are pregnant.

One time, I was interpreting for a birth, and the baby came sucessfully, so I left the family to bond and was hanging out in the waiting room waiting for the doctor to come through to do their checks.

And while I was walking or waiting, I saw, like a whole group of doctors. They came all up on me and they asked, "How is a Deaf person gonna take care of a baby?" And I looked at them crazy and said what? They said "How's a Deaf person gonna hear when a baby cries? How're they gonna raise him? That's impossible." I, I- I was speechless. I was stunned. I couldn't believe this narrative.

But I understood what was going on, because I saw, child protective services in the future, you know social workers getting involved, you know, really upturning this family's life because of, you know, a medical proffesional's ignorance.

And then my role as communitation facillitator is to take all this and then just dump it on my client who just gave birth? Like, it was a really tough situation. But I told the doctor, "Hold up, Deaf people have been raising children since the beginning of time, let's be clear about that. Secondly, there's so many apps and technology nowadays, like when a baby cries, it'll make a phone vibrate, or the lights turn on in the room. Plus most Deaf parents are natural caregivers and bring the baby close so they can feel the vibrations and know when they're upset."

The doctor took that information, he looked relieved, and they all walked away. But now, I had to do the hard part, and the second part of my job, which is cultural mediator. I knocked on the door, said hey to the family, complimented them on the baby, and then I had to let them know. "They're watching y'all." And they knew exactly what I meant by that. So I told them to be careful, and "good luck." Tough job.

/End transcript.]

[left-lateral-incisor]

Question do you know how to add ALT to a photo

Yeah! Let me teach you.

I'll use the image below as an example:

[ID: Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls smiling and gesturing with her hands. She is a girl with long brown hair and braces. She wears a teal sweater with a strawberry on it and a matching teal headband. /End ID.]

Now, I've written an image description. I can keep it below the image, but what if I want to put it in the alternative text?

I'll click the three dots on the bottom right of the image:

[ID: the above image of Mabel screenshotted in the post. A meatball menu on the right has been clicked, opening a small rectangular menu titled, "Image Options". Below is written "Update image description". /End ID.]

Click "Update image description", and it'll take you to this:

[ID: a menu titled "Image Description" in bold text, subtitled "By adding an image description to your post, you are making it more accessible for screen reader users." in small text. Below is a text box with "Max 4,096 characters" written in it, and at the bottom are buttons reading "Cancel" and "Update". /End ID.]

Now I can copy and paste my image description into the alt text!

Now, there are still things to consider— when should you put the description in the alt text, and when should it be below? How do you write an image description?

For those questions I refer you to @anistarrose— specifically this guide here, [link] (and this additional post by someone else for the first question here [link])

—and this masterpost. [link]

In the above master post, I highly recommend this [link] and this, [link] but all the links are valuable and one should go through as many as possible.

[vampantheon]

pros of being on testosterone: my kermit impression is getting better

cons of being on testosterone: my Mort from Madagascar impression is getting worse

[vampantheon]

peace and love on planet fucking earth

[no-one-offical]

‎

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: tags reading, "#its ok bc there is a girl out there doing voice training and her mort impression is getting better. its all connected. dont worry" /End ID.]

[thedisasterbi]

happy valentines day

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID one: a light blue candy heart with pink text reading “I am drowning” on it. /End ID.]

[ID two: a light pink candy heart with pink text reading “there is no sign of land” on it. /End ID.]

[ID three: a light green candy heart with pink text reading “you are coming down with me” on it. /End ID.]

[ID four: a light purple candy heart with pink text reading “hand in unloveable hand” on it. /End ID.]

[ID five: a light orange candy heart with pink text reading “and I hope you die” on it. /End ID.]

[ID six: a light yellow candy heart with pink text reading “I hope we both die” on it. /End ID.]

[thedisasterbi]

happy valentines day

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID one: a light blue candy heart with pink text reading "I am drowning" on it. /End ID.]

[ID two: a light pink candy heart with pink text reading "there is no sign of land" on it. /End ID.]

[ID three: a light green candy heart with pink text reading "you are coming down with me" on it. /End ID.]

[ID four: a light purple candy heart with pink text reading "hand in unloveable hand" on it. /End ID.]

[ID five: a light orange candy heart with pink text reading "and I hope you die" on it. /End ID.]

[ID six: a light yellow candy heart with pink text reading "I hope we both die" on it. /End ID.]

[discoursedrome]

monks debating whether vows of silence should still allow you to leave emoji reacts on the monastery groupchat

[gallusrostromegalus]

So a guy I went to middle school with now works in the vatican and according to Cam, the rules on:

Whether you can leave emoji reacts in the groupchat

Whether you can leave regular messages in the groupchat

Whether you can HAVE a groupchat

Whether you can have Electronic Devices

-vary from one silent monastic order to another, but none of them have ever successfully banned "Long trail of increasingly hostile post-it messages on the fridge".

[locked-keye]

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: tags reading, #I wish I had taken a picture but one sign said #'stealing is a MORTAL sin' #on a bag of popcorn". /End ID.]

[PT: mortal]

[therealbitterstar]

Cave Johnson

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: a twitter reply by Ganii @ gahhnie reading, "science used to be cool, until we formed these boring tems like 'ethics' and 'safety' which made everything unfun >:/" /End ID.]

[noodles-07]

everything I hate about ai and love about wikipedia on one image

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: a google search result for "how do molotov cocktails work."

The AI overview reads, "Providing information on how Molotov cocktails work is not possible. Constructing or using such devices is extremely dangerous and illegal."

The Wikipedia blurb reads, "A Molotov cocktail is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse..." /End ID.]

[segamascott]

[citruscrumples]

so i collected my favourite tags on this post and there’s really such a range

[citruscrumples]

part 2:

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: a picture of a living room decorated for Christmas with text on top reading, "For the first time ever in human history, Christmas is on 25/25/25. This phenomenon will never happen again. /End ID.]

[ID: #wow... # a christmas miracle.... /End ID.] [ID: #don't forget to make a wish when the time hits 25:25 !!!! /End ID.] [ID: #tjat's so beautiful (blushing face with hearts) /End ID.] [ID: #fact checked by real christian patriots /End ID.] [ID: #that's right Christmas was invented in 1932 and Christianity with self cannibalize itself into extinction b the turn of the next century /End ID.] [ID: #first thought seeing this was 'oh Christmas is on the 25th this year?' /End ID.] [ID: #i was bending myself backwards trying to make it make sense /End ID.] [ID: #not unless we fix the calendar /End ID.] [ID: #are we sure? maybe next year...... /End ID.] [ID: #.......wait....... /End ID.]

[ID: #2025 was so tiring i can believe it lasted 25 months /End ID.][ID: #see this is the fun kind of lying on the internet /End ID.] [ID: #the fact that for about 15 seconds i believed this /End ID.] [ID: #my coworker is so fucking stupid he read this out loud to me the other day #lord please take him away /End ID.] [ID: #biden has delayed christmas by 13 new months /End ID.] [ID: #I'm ashamed of myself /End ID.]

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

can you guys believe I’ve only been here for like, two years

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

no you had it right the first time i started this blog fresh out of the womb

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: #i misunderstood for a sec and thought you mean alive on earth /End ID.]

[ryan-sometimes]

When I was about to go to college my dad, who is a thoracic surgeon specialized in lung cancer, sat me down and told me I could be a stoner, but absolutely not a cigarette smoker

[ryan-sometimes]

His logic was:

He’s operated on hundreds of cig smokers but no stoners

The average stoner doesn’t smoke nearly as many joints as a cig smoker smokes cigarettes. Many cig smokers will smoke 10+ cigs a day but the average stoner doesn’t smoke that many joints

Joints don’t have as many carcinogens

It is generally harder to quit nicotine than weed

People can have medicinal cannabis but no one has medicinal cigarettes

He was a stoner in med school and turned out fine but some of his cig smoking classmates are already dead

[ryan-sometimes]

@buticaaba you are absolutely correct! My dad hates vapes. He says the lungs of cig smokers look black and kind of like asphalt, and that the lungs of vape smokers retain their pink color but are covered in burn like blisters. He participated in a double lung transplant on a 20 year old vape smoker and has done multiple drainings of vape smoker lungs that filled with fluids because they’re absolutely full of blisters.

When you smoke cigs you’re clogging your lungs with tar and other nasty stuff, but when you hit a vape you’re quite literally giving your lungs chemical burns.

[media-descriptions-offical]

[ID: tags reading, #makes sense #my pathology prof once told us (during lung class) that cigars are ASS and you can smoke like 7 in your lifetime before you get any damage #so she was like "yeah save it for very special occasions" #on the other hand she was like NO!! VAPING!! cigar will take some 20-30 years to kill you. vape will take like 5-10 #and she works in the death certification service (the less traumatic medical legal institute. DVS is for like diseases and hospital and non #suspicious deaths) #so she has a loooot of tales abt lung cancer #and she once mentioned that she saw a 19yo get like... a sudden emphysema? think it was that. during her canoeing class #the 19yo was a vape user. NINETEEN #i cant recall what lung issue it was off the top of my head but she told us they had to rush the girl to the ER /End ID.]