Why do I do what I do?

Heya! I'm just a person on the internet that's trying to have a good time. I write stuff sometimes, you can find me on AO3 at MxMuse. Pronouns: They/It/ask for neos

[mx-muse]

I was doodling today and made some new characters.

[lyraaorion]

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[mx-muse]

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[yellowcomics]

Not For Puppies

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[ngk-they-said]

This is one of those works of art that sticks with you forever. My partner and I first saw this comic years ago and quote the “okay, but like…” in our dogs’ voice several times a week.

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

I do love that every dog owner who has ever seen this just immediately goes “using that forever”

[chaotic-error]

@vocabulary-altering-posts ?

[vocabulary-altering-posts]

correct.

PHRASE ADDED!

“Okay, but like…what if it was for puppies.”

[bogleech]

Hey so I still see people utterly baffled by how religious fundies (still a majority in America and moreso its senate) react on certain issues so uhhh is it actually not common knowledge what the antichrist is all about? You guys know his defining characteristic is ending war, right? That he’s foretold to unite the world under his leadership by preaching global peace and solving basically every single problem in the world? So you know when you try to talk to these people about equality and togetherness they literally believe that’s what makes you an agent of the devil right???

[parfstar]

im sorry what.  so.  ok im assuming they think that this is all like.  to gain trust and then take over or something?  because.

[bogleech]

Yes, he’s called the “antichrist” because he’s an imposter Jesus and the majority of the world will love him when he ends all class divides and erases all borders, creating one world government with him at the top. That’s the “new world order” they’re terrified of. But they think he’ll oppress true Christian believers who see through his ruse, which is why they’re constantly looking for signs that they’re being discriminated against and panic when they lose any control over government. This is why they fear diversity, immigration, socialized anything. The less religious right are pretty clearly still running on the same logic; they might drop some of the spiritual lore but this is where they get the idea that all progressivism leads to the “real” fascism. Some believe the antichrist isn’t a literal person either but just that entire set of beliefs, so everyone protesting against war and trying to feed the hungry is a *collective* antichrist.

[bogleech]

So from the notes it turns out people are MUCH less familiar with all this than I suspected and that’s honestly kind of alarming, guys, you should really really pay attention to things that affect so much of this country. No these are absolutely not obscure or fringe beliefs, these are MAINSTREAM with megachurches, Trump voters, the GOP and a vast proportion of the wealthy. Alex Jones and multiple Fox News hosts openly believe word for word what I described here.

And yeah as several people pointed out it isn’t even explicitly in the bible, but something some radicals pieced together in maybe only the last century. My uncles all believe it to the letter and they all believe it’s what the Bible is “supposed” to be communicating.

A lot of people are also confused as to why they would believe the peace and unity are villainous things and what the difference even is then between the “antichrist” and actual Jesus, which brings me to another thing I realize some folks CRITICALLY overlook about American Christianity, which is that they do not believe in good or bad deeds. They believe the same deed can be right or wrong strictly according to whether or not it’s performed by a believer with God’s stamp of approval. Like, they KNOW the Satanic Church and Witch Covens do community service or donate to cancer research and they are not confused, surprised, bitter or embarrassed by that at all. It’s exactly what they’re taught to expect. They believe the forces of Satan do primarily “good” things so people will think he’s just as good or better than God. So if a pastor heals a sick child with a prayer then that’s good, but if a “witch” heals the same sick child with “magic” (not something I believe exists, but they do) then that’s a false miracle from the devil and the child was better off dying because now everyone involved is a sinner who deserves hell. They’re taught to view you as a ridiculous fool if you don’t grasp this difference, and every single argument you might make is a part of the satanic trickery.

After all, they think our entire existence on this Earth is an insignificant speck in the grand scheme of things. The suffering in the world isn’t a bug to them, but a feature that God set up to test everyone’s worthiness, teach them lessons and filter out the faithless, so they actively do not believe it’s always morally right in itself to help people or save lives. Rather, certain people are just intended to suffer and die and it can be MORE wrong to help them.

[bogleech]

Sorry to put this big ass thing on your dashboards again but I’m downright awestruck by the notes. There’s 15,500 of them at the time of this reblog and almost zero disagreement, just hundreds of people expressing absolute terror that they didn’t realize they were living under the thumb of a doomsday cult, and I’m really really sorry for that because I really did not expect to be the bearer of that news to so many. If you haven’t looked at the notes for yourself though, they’re pretty eye opening even to me, especially the next most common type of response on it:

….And something I’ve heard before but still neglected to mention:

…..so that’s all pretty nightmarish confirmation of how pervasive this mindset is around here, but you know, if the majority of reactions to this information have been either “what the fuck are you talking about?” or “yeah I WAS taught this and I’m better now,” maybe that’s a sign that it’s slowly but consistently fading with every generation?

I actually wasn’t raised religious AT ALL, and it was still impossible for me to not hear this shit constantly in the 80′s and 90′s from basically everyone outside my immediate family. It’d even crop up on television and radio stations that weren’t even supposed to be christian-oriented. Just boom, there’s an evangelist suddenly talking about how Only God is Allowed to End War and Satan Takes the Form of Kindness, like these were just normal banal perspectives to toss in between a relationship advice segment and the latest movie reviews. I’m really proud of every person saying they escaped from that indoctrination and actually feel much better and more hopeful about the whole thing. It might not be fixed completely in our lifetimes but clearly it is fixable.

[bogleech]

Bringing back my most viral post because:

[frottinq]

idk if i've told this story here but cis people knowing literally nothing about transitioning is insane. one time i was talking to my friend, she's a total sweetheart and i am not talking shit about her but she legitimately didn't know that estrogen did ANYTHING to change your body. she was shocked when i told her it literally changes your physiology. she didn't know about the fat redistribution or anything.

i was like "girl? I have boobs?" and she goes "oh well i don't wanna be offensive but i just thought you used to be fat and it just happened to work out well?" LIKE?????????????????????????? and then i realized 99.999999% of people are the same way, allies and bigots alike. nobody is working to understand, they're just taking stances

[paradoxial-cunt]

[bog-goblin]

[bog-goblin]

[i-am-a-fish]

[hroakie-blog]

[acmelabrat]

[whoisfaun]

[notcactusman]

More Odile propaganda

let's get our girl past round one, I know we can do it!!

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[badjokesbyjeff]

A truck driver used to amuse himself by running over lawyers he would see jogging on the side of the road. Every time he would see a lawyer jogging along the street, he would swerve to hit him. After hearing the loud "THUD," he would swerve back on the road. 

One day, as the truck driver was driving along he saw a priest hitchhiking, so he stopped to pick him up

The priest climbed into the passenger seat and the truck driver continued driving. Suddenly the truck driver saw a lawyer jogging up ahead, and immediately regretted picking up the priest. "Surely I can't run over a lawyer with a priest in the truck!" he thought.

Then he had an idea. He would pretend to fall asleep. The driver pretended to nod off, the truck drifted to the right, and he heard that satisfying "Thud."

"Did I hit that lawyer? Did I hit that lawyer?" the truck driver asked, pretending to wake up suddenly.

"No," said the priest. "But I got him with the door."

[frontmansdefender]

[gnar-slabdash]

Oh good, now I have a cheat sheet for Uncensored Nate

[teaboot]

I’ve narrowed it down to these three top reasons OP should be allowed to commit arson

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

Walking around with this sheet in hand and pointedly taking it out and methodically searching through it every time I want to say something

[recoiloperated]

This is killing me.

[blockiestone82]

Excuse me, sir, has to be my favorite of the list

[deltamb3r]

Felt bad for scrapping their cards so I've cleaned them up and decided to just, drop them like this

enjoy :>

[dogiperson]

HAPPY 3D YEAR CULT OF THE LAMB!!!!!!!

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you proudly romanticize literal villains ♡

[cloudfelt]

honestly: the reviews people on ebay leave about haunted/posessed items they bought are so genuine and pure it makes me so happy

[wetorturedsomefolks]

are these people intentionally rehabilitating ghosts? are they ghost rescuers? depending on whether i feel like believing in ghosts or not this is either the cutest or most foolish thing ive ever heard

[robosaurusrex]

I love the idea of ghost rescuers, especially in a world so eager to hunt or bust them.

[smokinghorse]

Burnout is a jockey and he's riding me to death.

[lavender-scorpio-deactivated202]

Not to vagueblog but some of you are definitely the sweetest souls and I think of you fondly

[luvmytrauma]