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El girito final ma matao
they could've done so many good things with this, but they chose the worst thing ever to be witnessed. truly upsetting.
this makes me angry
i miss when you used to call people darling :( you should stop being in a relationship
you just can't make this shit up
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It's Giveaway Time!!
To celebrate Ojiro's birthday, I'm hosting a small giveaway for some free Ojiro stickers, pins, magnets and coasters!
Thanks to some amazing artists, I have lots of adorable goodies to dish out!
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The giveaway shall run from May 1st to May 28th 23:00GMT (Ojiro's birthday)
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To enter, all you've got to do is reblog and/or like this post! Do both and you get two chances to win.
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Not again…
My hypothesis is that in like 10 years gen z is gonna have a big cult boom the way the boomers did in the 70s
It’s already happening on tik tok. There’s a fun new thing going round that’s citing common symptoms of depression and anxiety as signs you’re about to have your awakening and that you are actually an alien and the reason you don’t feel right is because you’re home sick for your own galaxy. So that’s fun.
agreed, and i don’t mean this in a “haha gen z is so dumb they’re gonna join a tiktok cult lmao” i mean that conditions are perfect for the formation of cults right now.
high unemployment and a lot of underpaying, pointless jobs = people are looking for things to do with their life, a purpose
skyrocketing cost of living = most young people will not be able to live on their own, meaning some will end up in a group living situation with people interested in recruiting them
it’s a time of great cultural and political upheaval, nothing feels real, people are desperate for meaning and human connection. cults promise that
there is a new wave of acceptance and understanding for ways of life outside the norm, which is great! …except for when cult leaders tell you abusive and controlling practices are just their culture, their religion, their lifestyle, their beliefs, their tradition, and if you disrespect it you are the problem
social media influencers have already shown us how easy it is to build a cult of personality and attract people from anywhere in the world who are interested in the exact brand you are selling
spirtuality is having a boom, as are things like astrology, crystals, tarot, meditation, energy… those things aren’t bad on their own but they are often used as tools of cult spaces
wellness. i think a lot of people are already in wellness cults. you can make people do a lot of things in the name of “wellness” and a big factor of maintaining a cult is keeping members in a state of decreased cognition….. like say, with regular fasting
i think people are just unaware in general of how cults function, especially because the satanic panic was a big stupid false alarm that convinced the youths that dungeons and dragons or doom were gateways to cults, which are scary evil child murdering, satan-worshipping gangs. people don’t know how to spot them in real life.
So if that’s the case everyone remember with me the cardinal rules of not getting cult’d
SOCIAL BUFFER: Learn what healthy social boundaries are and develop relationships which are within those boundaries.
Be wary of those who step on your or others’ boundaries. Be there for your friends, but don’t be their therapists or parents. Go get coffee or juice or snacks & chat casually with a friendly crew on a regular basis.
ESTEEM BUFFER. Recognize that you and every other person on this planet are owed a baseline of respect.
Respect means that what you wear, what/who you take interest in, and who/what you are are things which you decide on based on your own reasoning. If anyone is trying to change your mind, make sure to think critically about their side and decide for yourself whether you want to change. Ask: Why do they want you to change? Is that valid to your situation? Who / what would benefit from this change? Do you want them / it to benefit? Then decide for yourself.
RELAXATION BUFFER. Take time exclusively for yourself.
Take care of your body and mind when it needs to be fed, watered, washed, or nurtured. Have a couple hobbies that are just for you. Have more than one interest. Think about more than just one topic. Cults keep you focused on them to the exclusion of all else, so don’t allow yourself to be blocked in.
BUBBLE POP BUFFER: Learn from multiple sources, even ones you don’t like or respect.
Read multiple sources’ versions of events before you decide what you feel about something. Recognize that not all sources are valid, but understand what those invalid sources are trying to do. Are they misguided or malicious? Who are THEIR sources? What is the agenda? Who benefits? Why would they want to say what they’re saying? Do they have a point? Who pays them? What do they care about? Then make your decision.
BEWARE THE B.I.T.E.: Cults control people via Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotion control. BITE
Look up the BITE model and consider it against groups you wish to join / have joined.
Remember. You are the arbiter of your mind.
You have the blessing and burden of making your own decisions. Other people who will love and care about you throughout your life will want you to think for yourself and will think for themselves.
You are not alone. You are worthwhile. Your thoughts are your own and you have every right to control them yourself.
^^^^
Casual reminder: the Jonestown folks were, among other things, civil rights activists and evangelists for progressive politics of the time. Politics that, outside the context of their cult, were completely agreeable and even good.
There are different ways cults convince you to cut ties with those outside the group, to rely on them as your primary or only source of community. Some will fall back on old school bigotries and social mores (strict gender roles, racism, ableism, etc). Others? Will tap into actual movements for positive ideologies and use the existing isolation that can exist with those valid but often belied beliefs to encourage even further isolation, for “self protection”, to “remove toxic people”, because others are “the enemy”.
All of which can be healthy things to do in theory, but be cautious of who’s suggesting you do them and why.
As folks have said above, it’s not just self proclaimed “religions” and “movements”. It’s also self-help, wellness, MLM companies, exercise groups, book clubs, basically any group that regularly gets together, and in the modern era? That includes: discords, subreddits, group chats, forums, etc.
I think one of the biggest mistakes people make about cults is reading all these kinds of warnings and garnering from it that there is intention and planning and malice in these manipulations. But here’s the most important thing to know: usually, the people “recruiting” you or “indoctrinating” you? They also mean well. They are genuinely other likeminded people who are trying their best. They’re true believers and they genuinely believe they are offering you solace and community that is good for you. You’ll say “but these people can’t be a cult, they’re so nice!” Yes they are! “They’re not evil!” Yeah! That’s what makes a cult a cult. The defining feature of a cult, above all else, is its ability to get otherwise good rational people to act in ways deeply outside their interest, ways they would normally never act.
“And they’re smart people!” Yes! There’s no “being too smart” to fall for a cult. In fact, many cults cater to those with above average intelligence. Often being “smart” can make it harder to leave, because you’re better at finding justifications for what should be unjustifiable. Finding rationale for what is irrational.
There are a few common avenues of daily reinforcement and control. Sex is the most notorious (there’s a reason people have been studying Incels under the model of a cult despite them lacking the technical qualifier of an unquestionable leader - a qualification that some are wondering if the internet hasn’t rendered moot given the propensity of communities to self-radicalize en masse with this new medium). There’s also Food, Sleep, Language, Clothes, Work, Entertainment.
Especially when the group manages to take the focus away from its stated ideologies to those mostly symbolic abstractions? And treating them as equivalent? That’s a method of thought control, and a means of getting you to voluntarily self-isolate. It starts reasonable and then morphs into controlling.
My religion thinks bodies are sacred and should be respected - becomes My religion thinks bodies should be kept private except to your immediate family - becomes My religion mandates we can’t wear clothes that expose our shoulders - becomes My religion is warning against hanging out with people who wear tank tops because they could be a bad influence.
The initial ideal the action represents is almost always good. It’s the abstraction and reformation of it into something small and mostly unrelated to the first goal, something that makes you afraid to step outside the group, that is the problem, and more than that, it’s then the enforcement of that now largely arbitrary and abstract rule.
Something reasonable like “We need to care for the environment and the wellbeing of animals” becomes “I could lose my entire community and would be considered irreparably evil if I ate an egg”.
Being vegan because you want to be? Because there’s good reasons to be? Because you like it? Chill. Being vegan because your entire social structure is based on it and you’re afraid of the moral and social consequences of doing differently? Because you worry it would make you morally bankrupt and beyond deserving love? Not chill.
Or not entirely beyond deserving love, the group tells you. There is a reparation you can make, but only the group holds that salvation, so you have to prostrate yourself before them on their terms to be accepted in the only community you have left.
This can become a cycle of guilt and repentance that keeps you trapped. You’re not supposed to masturbate, but you do. You feel guilty, so you confess. The group gives you a mandated penance that’s nearly impossible to meet. The guilt and anxiety overwhelm you. All you want is to feel good for just a second. You masturbate again. The cycle repeats. The group says you have an “addiction”, when a healthy attitude outside the group would call your initial act totally healthy and normal, and the diagnosis of it as a problem and the unnecessary shame as the actual problem. The group provides a solution to a problem they themselves invented.
Even if it’s not a full blown cult, if you’re afraid of the social retribution you might face for doing things like enjoying a movie or using the wrong label for yourself or choosing the wrong product brand - question that community and whether it’s actually good for you. (And if the RIGHT product brand happens to be owned by a major figure within the community? That’s a cult baby! Someone’s grifting you, get the hell out!)
Look out for love-bombing. For thought terminating cliches. For strict in-group/out-group boundaries. For so many alternate definitions to words that your conversations becomes nearly indecipherable to anyone outside the small community. For unreasonable demands of ideological purity. For things that can physically impair your judgment- like a strictly controlled diet, fasting, massive physical exertion, weird sleep schedules, mind altering substances. For outright dismissal of standard sources without examination (“oh you trust the mainstream media still?” “They just want to silence us.”) For ostracism or vilification of defectors or people who disagree, especially when it’s about relatively minor sticking points.
Cults and conspiracy theories can steal your relationships, your sense of self, your time, your money, and they can make you willingly do things that are actively hurtful to yourself and others in the name of the group or the conspiracy.
Be careful. We really are in a prime time for another cult boom. Cults thrive on people in states of stress and worlds in states of change and on the uncertainty of it all. Look out for each other.
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Chik-fil-le sandwich
INGREDIENTS:
4 hamburger buns, split
1 head green leaf lettuce, leaves separated
1 beefsteak tomato, sliced
20 dill pickle slices
FOR THE CHICKEN
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup dill pickle juice
1 ½ cups milk, divided
1 cup peanut oil
1 large egg
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
DIRECTIONS:
Place a chicken breast on a cutting board. With your hand flat on top of it, carefully slice the chicken in half horizontally. Trim excess fat as needed.
In a large shallow baking dish, combine chicken, pickle juice and ½ cup milk; marinate for at least 30 minutes. Drain well.
Heat peanut oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
In another large shallow baking dish, whisk together remaining 1 cup milk and egg. Stir in chicken to coat and drain excess milk mixture.
In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine chicken, flour and confectioners’ sugar; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Working in batches, add chicken to the skillet and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 4-5 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
Serve chicken immediately on burger buns with green leaf lettuce, tomato and pickles.
Also if y’all are interested, I have the copycat recipes for the Frosted Lemonade and the Chicken Nuggets
https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/copycat-chick-fil-a-nuggets/2b483ee0-a13e-4a3f-bf0b-9b26099c6e24
https://cincyshopper.com/copycat-chick-fil-a-frosted-lemonade/
If you like their food, this post will help you not fund them anymore.
if you have an aldi near you: they sell frozen chicken patties (i don’t remember what brand but the bag is red) that are fairly cheap and you just put them in the oven??? they taste just like chik fil a
I can’t remember if I’ve reblogged this before but if I have I’m doing it again
the Aldi frozen version is a great alternative! (also Aldi pays its workers way better than most grocery stores, and had better working conditions, and hires mostly women. good ethical alternative to places like food lion)
Presenting Star Trek TOS as text posts I’ve encountered on my dash
↳ part 1 / ?
DM: Time to get out the Monster Manual, or as some people like to call it: the Waifu Catalogue.
Me: WHAT.
Sometimes I smash or pass the whole book
What the fuck guys
I like to smash or pass monsters in DnD and Pathfinder books.
BugBears are legit.
can we not
@celestial-guardian-ragnarok @chika-ann
Smash or pass
Heh… that depends… what’s on the list
dogs
there are dogs on that list
you wanna fuck a dog
wait
this is tumblr
don’t answer that
dogs? pass.
Liches tho……. ;)))
That’s actually not a terrible entry to thirst after. I mean, you could technically count it as necrophilia, but its consensual necrophilia, so you do you.
What the fuck
Of all the reblogs and additions to this post, this is the one you’re shocked by?
Consensual necrophilia is not a phrase I thought I’d hear. Then again this is tumblr, so maybe that’s on me
Hot take: the term consensual necrophilia also applies to vampires, since they’re undead creatures. Wanna fuck Strahd? You’re in the same boat with the lich fuckers.
However, what I think the real treasure we’re all sleeping on is liches….in love. Just immortal wizard gals being pals.
I am absolutely here for the immortal undead lesbians
IS IT STILL NECROPHILIA IF YOU’RE DEAD TOO??
I don’t think so?
Ok next topic is a dragon and a human beastiality for the dragon?
both are sentient, so its just interspecies sex.
…I am now reminded of that argument I got into about whether or not a half-dragon would have a cloaca.
This post is an entire dungeon of bad decisions at this point
I think you mean legendary decisions
Legendary for being bad
This is not what i expected when i started this blog
To be fair, i wasnt expecting a whole lot when i started this blog in 2014
But it definitely didnt include 10k notes of thirsty monsterfuckers
11 approaching 12 thousand
Fuck you’re right
ok but can we just talk about abberations cuz like they’re intelligent and adults but their minds are inscrutable to humans. so like does that mean you can consent to sex with them? cuz you’re on wayyyy different levels of intelligence? but also they’re an adult with the capacity to give and understand consent? but could a normal sentient’s mind comprehend consenting to sex with them? help me out here i’m confused.
If both parties are sentient, its just interspecies sex, stop trying to overcomplicate things. Just because one species is better at calculus does not complicate the less intelligent species’ capacity for consent.
true but in most fiction an abberation’s mind functions in a completely different way from a non-abberation. essentially what i meant to point out was the potential issue of blue and orange morality
Are you seriously trying to start a philosophical debate on this post?
Like, I admire the chutzpah, dude, but it doesn’t matter if one species has a totally alien concept of everything. If both parties know what they want, communicate what they want, and agree with each other on it, its fully informed consent on each side and therefore just regular interspecies sex. Sentience is sentience, even if the way it manifests is wildly different.
honestly? i was drunk out of my mind both times i saw this post. also you make a very good point and are correct that flavors of sentience aside, as long as both parties are sentient and consent it’s fine. i apologize for drunk me’s ramblings.
… you get philosophically argumentative when you’re drunk? Thats a mood, my friend
what even is this post
Not sure. I lost it somewhere and I’m not sure where. Did it change from one subject to another or is it just me not understanding?
D&D logic & arguments
this post is a disaster and a tragedy and the essence of both D&D and Tumblr, what do y’all want from me
…wooooow
This post is truly a journey and yet if we look back to the innocent times of that original post we must all find ourselves reflecting: what did OP expect was going to happen?
Honestly? I didn’t really have any expectations. I figured, “hey, my DM said something stupid and funny, perfect, I’ll put it on the blog with the rest of the stupid and funny things people say in my D&D games,” and figured that would be that.
That being said, this is the Dungeon of Bad Decisions. As in, there are no good choices made here.
Also my IRL dump stat was probably Wisdom. I definitely have at least a -2 to Perception and Insight, I can tell you that. Forethought is not ny specialty.
Okay but this does raise the question of hyper-inteligent races with incredibly long lifespans. For instance, if a horny bard was trying to screw a god, from the bard’s perspective they’re both mature adults. However, by the standards of the god who has lived for millions of years and has a mind the size of a galaxy, the bard may be just a child. So, assuming the god consents, what would the implications of that be?
Now if you excuse me I need to go bleach my brain and stop thinking about this.
Would they be a child, though? I mean, sure by the standards of the god’s species, they might be - look at this little bard who can’t even bend the cosmos to their whim! (or however “adulthood” is measured with this type of deity) - but the bard is NOT a member of the god’s species. presumably if they’re that smart, they understand that
I would assume that if the bard is considered an adult by the standards of their own species, - eg, physical sexual maturity, psychological maturity, can understand any of the consequences and risks involved (magical/celestial STIs, pregnancy, any dangers inherent to transdimensional extraplanar sex, is there telepathy stuff going on with this god?, possible emotional risks, etc), etc - then it’s fine.
To put it a different way (because I’m less familiar with DnD elves and how their aging works), Tolkien elves don’t reach adulthood until age 100. You wouldn’t have sex with a 25 year old elf - they’d be a little kid, even though having sex with a consenting 25 year old human is fine. But an adult human and an adult elf - by the standards of their own species - can both give meaningful consent to sex/marriage. (I mean, look, Luthien’s dad fucked an angel.)
I think it’d be good to talk about it first, but that’s just a good policy in general with sex and boundaries.
Many good points, thank you!
I haven’t read this whole thing yet but I saw ‘consensual necrophilia’ twice and the fact that this ends with ‘many good points, thank you!’ fills me with an emotion only tumblr causes.
My feelings are summed up by:
Reminder: Lady Dimitrescue is a vampire and people have been thirsting up and down the internet for her All of you have a home in the consensual necrophilia pit
Consensual necrophilia is the gateway kink to straight up monsterfucking
skin color ref because some of yall non-black poc and whites keep fucking up as if yall don’t know there’s other shades of brown when u racebend for woke points or something
(non-black artists please reblog)
Please reblog regardless of your race/ethnicity.
heres a chart I made for myself showing diffrent undertones and how that affects the skin if anyone’s intrested
Use this to make a skin palette in your art program!
Also! This photography project by Angélica Dass has thousands of photos of people, with a Pantone color assigned to each! It’s very helpful as a resource !!
Humanae — Angélica Dass
And some examples of the project!
anyone know that reddit post about a girl who’s gf washes her hair and it talks about non sexual intimacy
found it :)
My heart..
This reminds me of this post;
Forgive me guys as I do not remember where the screenshot is from, but I have it here and I wanted to share with you.
A tragedy in four parts