emotional support eldritch abomination

Obbi, ze/zir/zem, definitely not real, older than time but also 26; times hit post limit 22!

[quasi-normalcy]

I’m not trying to turn your kids trans; that’s stupid. I’m trying to turn them into socialists.

[quasi-normalcy]

#for real tho! their gender is their business but class struggle is everyone’s business

[luckyclaw]

Ayoo just to preempt the inevitable dumb takes we’re about to start seeing;

I am PRO-WOOL

I am PRO-LEATHER

I am PRO-BEES

Fuck the idea of replacing durable, sustainable animal products with cheap, flimsy plastic that doesn’t bio-degrade. Agave nectar and other artificial sweeteners are expensive, labor-intensive, and destroy the environment to be farmed.

Do not buy into pernicious marketing campaigns pushed by dickhead organizations trying to stay relevant, like PETA.

[marzipanandminutiae]

“but the industry-”

listen there is a huge difference between an industry with problems that can be made sustainable and more humane, and an industry that cannot, given current technology, continue to the present degree without destroying our planet

[oakenroots]

Wool - Contrary to what bullshit mongers like PETA would have you believe, wool is one of the most ethical materials humans have ever worked with. Happy sheep make better wool, experienced shearers seldom nick their sheep, and older sheep produce more wool, meaning its best to keep them alive and treat them well for many years.

Leather - one cow makes SO MUCH leather. One deer makes SO MUCH leather. Well-treated leather lasts almost FOREVER. Even animals with small skins like rabbits, a pair of well oiled rabbit leather gloves will last decades. Every animal usually made into leather is also a meat animal, so it’s more sustainable to get more than one product from a single ethically butchered animal (humane kills make less punctures in the hide!) Leather can be tanned with natural resources like brains and doesn’t require treatment with chemicals that seep into the groundwater!

Cotton: Cotton is a fucking plant, it burns. The growing and harvesting of cotton is rather water intensive but it IS possible to sustainably harvest and reuse the water spent in the cleaning process to reduce the ecological footprint of the crop. It burns clean, it cuts clean, it’s sturdy, and there are 1000 ways to weave it to change its properties.

Bees & Honey: yes yes, the european honey bee is an invasive species, we know that. But honey has been cultivated by humans for just about as long as there have been humans, and they 100% choose to be cultivated. Like bees can and will leave if they’re not treated and maintained well. They understand that humans protect and clean the hives, and often become familiar with their keepers, choosing to walk on and investigate them instead of acting defensive. If animal welfare and consent are your concerns, honeybees aren’t the animals to worry about. If you, like me, are worried about native bee species, instead of creating hives you can strip an area of grass and leave an open area of clay and sandy soil to attract mason and digger bees to nest in the spring. They will happily coexist with honey bees as long as you plant the native keystone species the native bees rely on (like indian blanket flower, partridge pea, native violets in my area) as well as the high nectar plants that honeybees prefer (like roses, sunflowers, bee balm and cone flowers). Nature is actually really adaptable and accommodating of the human urge to cultivate plants and animals, and the idea that nature is ‘dead’ rather than ‘neglected’ is something that corporations want you to believe so you don’t oppose them spraying pesticides every 15 feet.

[tucsonhorse]

The thing about cotton production is that if it is done somewhere other than A DESERT, it is far, far more sustainable and requires far less additional water. The reason cotton production in the US is such a water-suck is because they are taking this plant that likes lots and lots of water and they are growing it in the desert. Put it in an area closer to its natural habitat and it will be even more ecologically sustainable.

[skelotan]

Thanks for reading. <3

[halimaidmf]

walk into an lgbt org, about to try joining one of their events. ask organiser if the org is transfeminist or transmisogynist. she doesn't understand. i pull out the diagram explaining the difference between transmisogyny and transfeminism. she laughs and says "it's a good org dude"

[sapphling]

it's so epic that breakups/shitty dynamics/drama/mistreatment/neglect etc. are all just Stuff That Happens In Life if you're monogamous but if you're not then it's an itemized list of trespasses that the poly community MUST account for

[sapphling]

my point is never that polyamory requires no emotional maturity or work, it's that these are things you should be working on no matter what your relationships with others (sexual/romantic or otherwise) look like, but when monogamous people chronically fail to do any of it it's just considered par for the course/human failure/totally normal to be this irrationally controlling/"sometimes things don't work out" etc. and not Proof That Monogamy Just Doesn't Work In Real Life

[metagnostic-deactivated20200809]

[effemimaniac]

yes fine I wanted to touch and fuck on it

[shittysawtraps]

you do not, under any circumstances, “have to hand it to jigsaw”

[shittysawtraps]

i’m gonna be real, i’m drunk and coming off a really rough family reunion and i did not mean to recreate a “does jigsaw have a point” reddit thread from the saw universe

[sapphling]

i love that they changed autocorrect from a sometimes-wrong but largely useful tool to something your phone does to fuck with you

[brown-forking-weed]

looking for an honest man

but all i can find is this damn manila folder

[viktor-sbor]

Emancipated duels. Photo by Pavel Kurmilev

Baroness Lubinska who presided over the famous duel between Princess Pauline Metternich and the Countess Kielmannsegg in 1892, insisted that the duelists remove their clothing above their waists to avoid infection in the event that a sword pushed clothing into the wound it caused. Being a doctor, the baroness had seen many instances of septic infection in soldiers for this very reason throughout her years of medical training.

[samanthaswords]

“The cause of the duel is reputed to be an argument over arrangements for the Vienna Musical and Theatrical Exhibition.” - I like these ladies.

[breelandwalker]

Skirts: full

Swords: drawn

Titties: out

[ntrider]

some stupid animals I saw

[ntrider]

[dark-magician-girl-meets-world]

Kids are always talking about hardcore and deathcore and mecore and cottagecore. Most of them don't even know about forcecore!

[justatechnowizard]

What is forcecore?

[dark-magician-girl-meets-world]

FORCECORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT A NEW NATION CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THAT'S RIGHT! YOU JUST GOT LINCOLNED!

[amandapostman]

me when anything goes slightly wrong in my life: oh man i could write such a good horror movie based on this

[dramatic-dolphin]

i love declining birth rates 🥰 "what a horrible problem! society will collapse!" oopsie it looks like you're gonna have to make having children worth it 😊 teehee you're gonna have to improve society in order to fix this problem, or it will all collapse. oh noooooo. how horrible. :3c

[weirdthingifoundonline]

[hagiomoto]

2nd July...Thursday. I'm not American but here's a reminder to stock up on anxiety meds for your cats and dogs.

Put this on your to do list.

[fuck-customers]

[mactiir]

Getting up at 6 am IRL: aw fuck it’s so early oh my god

Getting up at 6 am in an rpg: *banging pots and pans together in front of the cobbler’s shop* WAKEY WAKEY THE SUN IS UP I WANT SOME SHOOOOOOOES

[tacomel420]

customers the same in all universes

[mactiir]

this is it. this is the best response i’ve ever received on this post. everyone pack up, go home, we’re done here