Chaotic Dichotomy

Kindra. Cis female (she/her). Asexual.

[scrunnchy]

Yummy treat! Here is a $5 gift certificate to Adagio Teas: 6995827641. Expires in 24 hours.

[valsdas]

britney spears has lost the court case, again, to end her father's conservatorship over her, and it makes me so fucking SAD that no one is in her corner, apart from like... britney stans that the rest of public opinion and internet treats as a joke. hashtag free britney itself started as a joke. meanwhile, she's now saying that she will not perform any more as long as her father has control over her, and still, no one seems to be in her corner. she has been infantilized since the beginning of her career, and her mental breakdown added that extra ~insanity~ layer to it all, thus turning her into someone who is treated condescendingly, with pity, with sarcasm, like a lobotomized version of her former self performing for others to make fun of her. but she is not given empathy. where is the fucking compassion?? not even out of nostalgia for a pop icon formative for an entire generation, in the full meaning of the word? who is having britney's back?? she deserves so much more.

[lesbianbending-moved]

seeing all the 14-17 y/o queer kids who don’t know what v for vendetta is.... u mean the blockbuster film written by two trans women about a masked vigilante who decides to singlehandedly take down a fascist alternate version of england set in the distant year of 2020... and his driving force was getting justice for a lesbian who he never met but whose diary he found, who was separated from her wife before being killed by said fascist gov.... and it stars natalie portman.... okay

[mckitterick]

the movie is great, with amazing acting:

and the original graphic novel is phenomenal:

I highly recommend them both

and they've never been more relevant

[digitaldiscipline]

“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

[lectorel]

There's strong subtext that V is a trans man and A)the lesbian from the diary or B)her wife.

[worldcircus]

[primitivetreasure-deactivated20]

Oscar-worthy.

[destinyknowz]

‘‘Tis peak my lord 😂😂😂

[marzipanandminutiae]

so this is hilarious and I don’t want to derail the post

but I love any excuse to talk about “Beauty Revealed” (Sarah Goodridge, 1828)

basically the artist was into this guy Daniel Webster. so she sent him a tiny miniature, painted on ivory

of her breasts

just her breasts. surrounded by white cloth

forget ankles- this lady went straight to the big guns

(you can Google the painting if you’re curious. ‘tis, indeed, peak)

[xenosaurus]

I think the greatest irony of my life is when the cafeteria at my college changed all the lights to blue bulbs for “autism awareness”, which fucked with my sensory issues badly enough that I could barely stand to be in the building

[xenosaurus]

I was certainly aware of my autism, at least.

[ourlovelsgod]

he is right and he should say it

[thirenponds]

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

It costs you literally nothing to leave service dogs the fuck alone.

yall. this isn’t a joke. if i can tell a 5 yr old “my dog is working, please let her be” and they understand then you can too. those dogs ARE working. they have a job to do. and when we say ‘leave them alone’ that includes making faces at them and baby talking them. literally act like they are just someone’s bag or something. if you distract them they could fail to alert their owner to a seizure or blood sugar issue or allergen. you are literally jeopardizing someone’s life bc you can’t have basic decency, respect, and self control.

[crowteeth]

SAY IT LOUDER

[rwandag]

am I allowed to tell the person I’m proud of the dog? Or should I just not bring up the dog?

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

Ignore the dog. Do not mention the dog.

[sevdoesnotexist]

Would you walk up to a stranger and be like “Oh damn your wheelchair is doing such a hecking good job being a wheelchair you go lil buddy!” no? then don’t do it to service animals that are clearly wearing their vest/collar/harness whatever it is that marks them as service animals

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

[ID: Comment from @certifiedcoolkidno1 “animals…..aren’t…….objects…….”]

Service…..animals…..are…..legally…..classified…..as…..assistive…..devices…..

Y’all literally do not care how many disabled people you kill and how many disabled lives you ruin - you want to coo at and pet the cute dog.

Go fuck yourself asshole.

[princecharmingtobe]

Here, if you want a comparison that isn’t an object: I worked as a caregiver for people with developmental (usually accompanied by physical) disabilities. My job was to accompany them into the community for various activities including shopping, dining, and leisure activities. And everywhere we went people would come up to ME and tell me what a good person I was, what a great service I was providing, god bless me, etc.  Not only was it embarrassing for both me and my consumers, it was distracting! I was supposed to be paying attention to my consumers and their needs, which could often change rapidly depending on their conditions, and instead I was having to deal with some prick who felt the need to voice what a martyr I was for doing my job. And they’d usually get angry if I ignored them or informed them they were distracting me from my job, which sounds familiar.

So yeah. Leave. The Dog. Alone. All you’re doing is making yourself feel good while distracting the dog from its job and endangering the person it’s supposed to be helping.

[doodle333]

Question: I know service dogs are for a variety of maladies (I hope that’s not offensive, if so plz correct me) so is it wrong to even go up to the person and calmly tell them their dog is cute and ask them to give them a pet for me later when they’re off the clock? Without actually giving the dog attention?

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

What exactly is it about “Ignore the dog. Do not mention the dog.” that y’all aren’t grasping.

Oh right. It’s not what you want to do so you’re just going to keep trying to weasel your way around it. Because fuck disabled people, it’s a cute dog.

[scarlet-rosepetals]

What’s really getting me is that all of these “but what if I” examples blatantly involve inserting yourself into a disabled person’s life just to get to their dog. Like

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

[ID: A white stick figure on a black background. Orange text says “that’s a human person”]

[servicetahoe]

people love talking to my dog or asking questions while we’re in line and therefore can’t just leave.  if we’re in line chances are I feel terrible, he’s doing his job and I’m trying not to fall on the floor I do not have the time or energy to answer questions.  he knows he’s a good boy and that he’s very smart.  I know he’s doing a good job.  I should not have to worry about people petting him when I’m having tachycardia and actively need him to do his job.  just leave us and our dofs alone

[doberbutts]

disabled people: leave me and my assistive devices including service animals and caregivers and aides alone

ableds: but what if-

disabled people: leave me and my assistive devices alone

ableds: but what if-

disabled people: what part of “leave me and my assistive devices alone” are you not understanding here

[canisitsnotlupus]

downside of having a golden retriever sd: people are fucking back to assuming i’m blind so they do things towards Forecast (like patting their legs to call her) because apparently “i can’t see them anyway” annnnnd this is why i considered a rottie lmao

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

If you ever want to know exactly how much disdain ableds hold for disabled people, this is it in a nutshell. “Oh, I thought you were blind!” They will do any damn thing to a disabled person if they think they can get away with it. They will interfere with guide dogs endangering the lives of blind people not to mention the very expensive training those dogs undergo because fuck disabled people they want to talk to the cute puppy.

Amit Patel - a blind man who lives in London - put a camera on his guide dog Kika and I’d say the shit people do to and around him and Kika is unbelievable but at this point I’d believe any damn thing when it comes to ableds. If y’all want to read about or see for yourselves what assholes ableds are, have at it. I’ll warn you now though you will want to murder someone.

And no, not every point he’s making is about people talking to or touching his dog. Some are about ableds obstructing his path or otherwise refusing to let him pass. Some are about ableds shoving him or his guide dog out of the way. And some are about ableds hitting his guide dog with their umbrellas to try to make her move. And if you think that’s somehow a compelling point on your side of the argument, go fuck yourself sideways with an umbrella.

[eelizabit]

You Farted

[imaginedsoldier]

[iamalivenow]

say what you want about buzzfeed unsolved but lets be honest with ourselves, the theory that shane is a demon and that’s why they never see any real supernatural bullshit is so much funnier then ghosts just not being real

[midiport]

finally some good news

[nihilist-anarchism]

[thelearnedwobbly]

take the shot piglet

[repost-this-image]

I took psychic damagr from each of these

[cosmicangst]

i wish i had this man’s “dick out no pants” approach to his work

[icannotholdmypen]

Fans: you're gonna mess up The Batman

Rob Pat: if you annoy me enough, I'll do it on purpose

[whitepeopletwitter]

[satanstrousers]

"How To Explain To Your Parents That Antifa Isn't An Organization But If It Was You'd Be In It"

[roger-taylor-owns-my-wigg]

every person can feel freddie’s presence in their souls when they sing MAMAAAAAA UUHHHH, I DONT WANNA DIE, I SOMETIMES I WISH I’VE NEVER BEEN BORN AT ALL with all the air in their lungs i’m not joking

[peachdisco]

it’s fucking crazy to think about the amount of people who have sung bohemian rhapsody? like it’s such a unifying song, by nature of the fact that so many people know it. it holds so many good memories for me and other people. it’s a song you scream in the car with your friends while you drive around your boring hometown, it’s a song you drunkenly sing with your arm around your best friend, or a song you sing along to with strangers when it’s on in public. it’s bittersweet to think about freddie’s legacy carrying on like that through his masterpiece. freddie carries on because he’s a part of so many people’s good memories and bohemian rhapsody is a huge part of that.

[deathbutwithfuzzyanimals]

Reblog if you have sung bohemian rhapsody with your friends

[reikah-deactivated20190906]

every time i see this post i’m reminded of the video of 65,000 people singing bohemian rhapsody in near-perfect harmony

like, what other song can make that claim?

[crewdlydrawn-deactivated2022072]

Some of the highlights of that video include:

The crowd cheering after the first stanza when they realize what they’re all doing

So many people audibly ‘doing the guitar parts’… like ya do

The sheer number of voices joining the rediculous falsetto (thanks, Roger)

How they all start jumping at the ramp-up “so you think you can stomp me”

Hands up, hundreds, thousands deep for the final “ooooo”s and the last line to close the song

[aces-to-apples]

Only days before my state went into lockdown, “Bohemian Rhapsody” came on in the restaurant kitchen I’d just been hired at and, no shit, every single worker in that little diner started singing along. Me (the only queer afaik), the manager, all the other kitchen workers, the dishwasher up front, the two people on the counter, all but two of the men over 30. Just belting out Freddie Mercury at the top of their lungs. And you can bet when “sometimes I wish I’d never been born at all” came around, we every single one of us ramped up the intensity and basically made sure Freddie could hear us in the afterlife.

[zohbugg]

[solarbird]

I wrote this on Twitter. Transcription below.

Okay. Right about this, right about now, is probably the peak Trump II map. It would’ve been nicer if I’d caught it while Maine was still showing up as red, but I didn’t.

What does that mean?

It means that multiple Trump-leaning states out east haven’t started counting mail-in votes yet, mostly because they have Republican legislatures who moved not to allow it.

Let’s take Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania has a pretty big red tilt right now. That’s what Republicans want you to see going to bed tonight. “They won.”

Except 2.2 million votes haven’t been counted yet, like, _at all_. The mail-in votes.

Because Pennsylvania is a party-registration state, where you register with a party to vote in primary elections, we know whose ballots they are, more or less.

And two thirds of them are registered as Democrats.

It’s not like the normal situation where you’ve got geographic lag, and yeah, results will shift a bit based on city/suburb/county/etc - you have a specifically _political_ lag. A division by _party_.

Republicans voting on the day of, and being counted first; Democrats voting early, and being counted last.

That’s on purpose. And the _purpose_ is to give Trump an artificial lead so he can move in with his lawyers - _as he’s publicly promised to do_ - and stop vote counting.

_Be ready for this_. They _will_ try to stop vote counting while they have a _purely artificial lead_.

A purely artificial _map_, that looks great for Trump.

But it’s not. It’s a map made out of vote counting where Republicans are counted _first_.

And that’s not how elections are supposed to work.

It’s quite possible that civil action will be needed to get all the votes to be counted. But if that’s what’s needed, _get out there and do it_.

This election isn’t over until all the votes are counted.

Which is why the Republicans will do whatever is possible to stop votes from being counted any further, and as soon as possible. 2000 in Florida all over again, just more, and bigger.

Are you ready?

Get ready.

[cumaeansibyl]

I believe very strongly in “I didn’t say it was good, I said I liked it” 

but what might be even more important is “I didn’t say it was bad, I said I hated it”

[cumaeansibyl]

I just wanna say if you hate something good because it sends terrible messages that’s fine but you can also just hate it because you hate it. free yourself of the struggle to find a “good enough” reason. sometimes it doesn’t hit right.

[mevima]

“I hate this author’s writing style”

is not the same as

“this author is bad at writing”

[ehlers-world-problems]

I love a lot of terrible things. And I hate a lot of things for absolutely no reason.

That is not a reflection of anything but my interests.