stuck in universe city

radio silence fan | diet coke enthusiast | i like a lot of stuff | he/him | 23

[purpletrashcans]

i wish i was a fish

[ave-the-rat-king-deactivated202]

exclusionist can fuck off

[schrodingers-fyke]

I am loving the:

Bi-pan solidarity

Lesbian-ace solidarity

And the

NB-trans solidarity!

[the-based-brit]

Anyway, pansexuality is both biphobic and transphobic, thus pan people don't belong in the LGBT community.

Asexuals aren't inherently LGBT and don't belong, either (unless they also happen to experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria). Some aces are also pretty homophobic.

As for nonbinaries...well, I'm nb-neutral, but I do find it odd how no one identified as nonbinary before it was cool.

[lily-orchard]

[rossisrad]

Someone should remake that image, but with @the-rains-of-castamere's new user.

[folk-ever-lore]

[ellowynthenotking]

Anyone who says stuff like the-based-brit did is just trying to tear the community apart because we're weaker when we're separate groups.

We are stronger as a united front!

A rising tide lifts all ships, and rights for one are rights for everyone!

[the-haiku-bot]

A rising tide lifts

all ships, and rights for one are

rights for everyone!

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[macabro]

If eridians had ao3 this one would go crazy.

[goth-queen]

[moonshynecybin]

have you guys ever seen a crocodile with its fingies out

[moonshynecybin]

[sherlocking-out-loud]

I haven't seen this circulating here on Tumblr, so I decided to make my own post.

last saturday, in Porto, there was a pride parade going down the street and this old man was standing there, by his front door, waving the portuguese flag. most people on the parade probably thought the same: old person waving the national flag? he's probably protesting against the parade, he's a nationalist of some sort.

then the old man called for that person to come near him. the whole parade stopped. everyone just.. stopped moving. they didn't know what to expect, and most expected the worst. and that person decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and approached the old man. and then... they traded flags, he hugged the person and then he waved the pride flag happily. everyone cheered him.

such a wholesome moment. 🥹❤️🌈

(edited to add the link to the video, in case the twitter post gets deleted or smth)

[murphyslawyer]

It's been a few days and I'm still thinking about this story.

O abraço que tocou o Porto. A história de António, o “rosto” do dia em que o orgulho deu as mãos à solidão

Chama-se António Fernandes, tem 80 anos, e vive numa pequena casa junto à Rua de Cedofeita, no Porto. Foi ali que, no sábado passado, se fez

Porto Canal wrote a short piece ^ on this (just hit translate on that page if you don't speak Portuguese) and they interviewed him. His name is António Fernandes, he's 80 years old, a working class man and he lives by himself.

As the article linked above states, António's situation is one of elderly isolation. He saw the pride parade and decided to join in support. He said he felt embraced by our community. Because our community is about love. It has always been about love. And he may be an old straight man but he gets it.

Also he's said this about that picture of himself hugging the flag and I'm just. 😭😭😭

[pessimist-and-insomniac]

Happy pride!!!!!

❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

[st1cksandst4ns]

as a bay area resident i, too, would like to be shipped 11 lightyears away where i never have to look at ai advertisements again

[rapidhighway]

[dankmemeuniversity]

[popularsizes]

[homomilitant-deactivated2019071]

if you say anything homophobic in June this truck comes out of nowhere and crushes you like that bus crushed Regina George

[koizik-deleted-deactivated20241]

it’s optimus pride

[bat-anon]

The Trans Rig the Drawfee Crew are driving

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

Oh man I can't believe I forgot. You know that post that was like "tell me what clothes you've bought because of a character" or whatever. I searched for ages to find an adequate white cable knit sweater because of Ransom's in knives out.

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

It's a good sweater

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

I'm putting this here bc I feel like it's information everyone needs. You can find it here.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I don't knit but that's hilarious because this looks like such a complicated pattern for a beginner

[disaster-possum]

Oh it is. There's at least three different styles of cabling. And more advanced cabling at that. That sweater would take me like a year to finish.

[crossedwithblue]

All the cabling is done the same way. You just need to read your knitting and keep track of which row you're on

[itspronouncedtessa]

No, but for real. Knitting is just loops. Cables? Spicy loops. Lace? Spicy loops. Color work? Multicolored spicy loops.

There are no levels in knitting, there are no exams to pass or goals to achieve before you can continue.

The Handsome Chris is a perfect beginner project. It's all one color, it's knit flat, you get to learn lots of new techniques all at once, but most of all it's engaging and you're working towards a goal you really like.

I would have impaled myself on my needles if I'd been forced to complete a Sophie scarf before I got to advance to something more "challenging" like a washcloth, or God forbid a ribbed hat.

My very first project was a self-drafted 11-strand intarsia double sided cable scarf, because I didn't know I wasn't allowed and that was what I wanted to make.

This attitude of mystifying certain fabrics as advanced really twists my stitches. I cannot do simple stockinette colorwork to save my life, but I can 3-color brioche without looking.

There are no levels in knitting.

Make that fucking Handsome Chris if you want to, it's a great sweater. Or start with the Sophie scarf if that's more your vibe. But don't ever think that knitting is hard.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

You sound like me telling a beginner crocheter "nah the alligator stitch is easy for a beginner, it's all just double crochets!" (a real thing I have said to people picking up a crochet hook for the first time). I'm not saying you can't start with a complicated stitch I'm saying it's very funny when people do.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I mean. knitting and crochet both just build onto very basic stitches#once you know the basics it’s short work to do those ‘harder’ stitches#you just gotta practice them!

"Once you know the basics" is my point. Beginners do not know the basics. I am a beginner knitter and let me tell you we're doing shit like "trying to remember how to cast on", "not dropping too many stitches and going on without noticing if you can help it", "trying to figure out how to keep consistent tension so the width of the project doesn't keep changing", and "trying to remember the difference between a knit and a purl because at least a quarter of these stitches are definitely backwards".

[jmtorres]

[interestingmistakes]

Reblogging this manually. Op doesn't want credit for fear of being terminated.

[aquato-blog]

getting a note on a super old post

[estel-and-agape]

[possibly-emu]

reblog to slap op with some paper in the wind

[dogpuppy]

[pineappical]

ACTUALLY heres another one i quickly animated of rocky beating the shit out of grace

[castformi-deactivated20241025]

dystopia au where we are all assigned one of two chosen genders at birth

[peppylilspitfuck]

Thanks to ultrasounds, the genders can be assigned before birth.  The people are so excited to conform they throw “Gender reveal parties” to make sure their offspring exist in a strict binary since before they can even form thoughts. 

[slightlykylie]

Children are color-coded according to their binary assignment. 

[darkersolstice]

One of the genders is seen as inherently inferior.

[yothobro-deactivated20200505]

This all sounds really effing creepy when you put it that way

[rooksandravens]

#BECAUSE IT IS

[fuckyeahfeminist]

And if you deviate from the assigned gender you can be disowned by your family, fired from your job, and beaten by authorities.

[rodserlingofficial]