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original thread by @pukicho and several other users
I always love seeing this comic because it interprets Tumblr as a gigantic theater ruled by absolute chaos where sometimes somebody just stands up on their chair and shouts and we all pay attention
this post is from THIS YEAR
had to fact check and holy shit 2020 really has been 3 years long.
Happy one year anniversary little thread
Funny thing about only using he/they (my preferred pronouns) on my tumblr is that I actually DO have irl friends on here, who just never log in, and if they one day do log in and see me live posting a trans vent they're probably just gonna be like
"Huh...So thats new."
He’s just like me fr I am so proud of them ❤️🏳️🌈
good afternoon and thank you to everyone who uses both sets of pronouns for people who have more than one
My elderly father started talking about how frustrating he finds “the pronouns thing” and I was like. Oh no. He had such a good stand on this, he’s been they/them-ing his cishet siblings for god’s sake! Is he regressing?? And he was talking about how difficult it is to remember, and how onerous it feels to expect strangers to keep track of it, and I’m like oh no oh no.
Then he says, “I mean, the problem isn’t the gender thing. The problem is four words: she, her, he, and him. We got rid of stewardess and turned it into flight attendant. It doesn’t matter if the flight attendant is a man or woman, so we got rid of it. We just need to get rid of those. I don’t need to know.”
“You don’t need to know… people’s gender?”
“No. I don’t care, I don’t need to know, and I don’t want to remember it.”
So we can relax. It’s just a continuation of his crusade to they/them the world. He doesn’t want to remember anyone’s gender. He’s abolishing the genders.
an angel wearing a t shirt that says ↖ MY ↑ EYES ↗ ARE → AROUND ↘ HERE ↓
Bonus courtesy of @claiborneart:
Wanting attention is a basic human need, not a character flaw.
Don’t get be wrong axolotls are adorable and deserve the love but I don’t see enough attention for their freaky cave hermit cousins the olm
Like if u think the woman on the right is just as beautiful as the women on the left
I thought the head was just stylization you know - as one does - but no that's literally how they fucking look
the olm is like the Long Horse of amphibians
Borzoi Axolotl
Friggin love capys
Me: any pronouns are fine. I'm feminine presenting anywho
Also me: please for the love of all things sane do not use "she/her" when referring to me my word it hurts
Also me: do not refer to me
Me: wants to dress super gothic/punk and androgynous
Also me: feels the urge to dress like a trophy wife because I AM A GROWN ADULT WHO IS ALLOWED TO DRESS HOW I WANT
Me again: wants to dress super masculine
Me at work: dresses super professional for no reason
Me usually: hoodie and yoga pants
me: okay, so, are we fighting or are we flirting? because i'm getting mixed signals here
vampire: my fangs are literally inches from your throat right now
me: that doesn't answer my question
Perfection
#so did they miss the part where gatsby ends up floating dead in a pool and all the miserable deaths in wuthering heights#or did they miss that because there weren’t any chapters titled In Which The Sinners Are Punished For Their Errors#like. even if you require explicit moral instruction from literature it’s pretty hard to miss the comeuppance in those.
“What I assume my teachers were trying to teach me”
Huck Finn is about a white Southern boy who was raised to believe that freeing slaves is a sin that would send you directly to hell who forges a familial bond with a runaway slave and chooses to free him and thereby in his mind lose his salvation because he refuses to believe that his best friend and surrogate father is less of a man just because he’s black. Yes it features what we now consider racial slurs but this is a book written only 20 years after people were literally fighting to be allowed to keep other human beings as property, we cannot expect people from the 1880s to exactly conform with the social mores of 2020, and more to the point if we ourselves had been raised during that time period there’s very little doubt that we would also hold most if not all of the prevalent views of the time because actual history isn’t like period novels written now where the heroes are perfect 21st century social justice crusaders and the villains are all as racist and sexist as humanly possible. Change happens slowly and ignoring the radical statement that we’re all human beings that Twain wrote at a time when segregation and racial tensions were still hugely prevalent just because he wrote using the language of his time period is short-sighted and foolhardy to the highest degree.
Losing my mind remembering that pic chelsea manning posted of the extremely undercover and not at all obvious fbi agent who was tailing her after her release
what kind of sixth sense do american have to recognize fbi agents that easily
to paraphrase her, its always the shoes.
americans please explain to a foreigner, he looks like some random dude to me
1. They all have the same haircut, almost everybody in law enforcement and the military have the same haircut due to regulations.
2. They all wear the same shoes. Same boots, and same overpolished dress shoes.
3. They act different. Shifty eyed and always on their own.
4. They’re kinda really bad at their jobs. I’ve encountered plenty of “undercover” cops outside of bars that ask questions no regular person in their right mind would ever ask. “How are you getting home?” “Who did you come here with tonight?”
5. America is a police state on a budget. Most officers are poorly trained, fbi agents require a 4 year degree (I think), but lord knows how much training they actually get. And the dumb kids from your high school always become cops.
It’s always the dense as a brick kid, with something to prove that becomes a cop. The kid that mouth-breathed and couldn’t chew gum and walk at the same time.
Their shirts are never form fitting so they can conceal a weapon and cuffs.
Always look at the watch, it’ll be expensive but in neutral tones (uniform standards strike again).
They will always sit where they can see their target and the nearest exit.
They will have a partner who is less obvious but wil point a recording device (phone or camera) at you. Check elevated positions, it gives them the clearest view to track you and keep an eye on their partner at the same time.
Also the shoes have tactical soles, as they may need to flee or give chase to whoever they’re tailing. They’re super easy to spot because they don’t give folks enough credit.
Literally.
Don’t sign up for the job if you aren’t willing to give it your all. I’m glad our society is moving away from compulsory parenthood.
I agree about moving away from compulsory parenthood. But the fact is that parents have almost never in society had to do it all themselves (this is why we had extended family or tribal living). And even when we did, we weren’t doing it while having to teach them and hold down full-time jobs in an economy where everyone is being laid off. And we weren’t doing it while our kids were suffering the mental health effects of isolation and not getting to see or interact with other children.
Parenting right now is ten times harder than anyone expected it to be. Yes, I signed up for it. And even now, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. But just saying “this is what parenting is” makes it seem like all of this is normal. And it’s not. And we should have real conversations about what needs to be done to help parents and children through this, rather than stopping the conversation by saying this is what parenting is. We should not be acting like you don’t love kids if you are having a hard time right now.
^^^ well and truly stated. Acknowledging that there are unprecedented pressures on parents and children alike right now is only the first step in finding ways to support families during this difficult time. These are conversations that need to be had honestly and without the fear of judgement or “mommy shaming”.
An additional perspective I want to add. I recently met a mom who has a son with Down syndrome. She is a single mom with little support from her son’s dad, and she has to work (maybe she also chooses to because she finds it fulfilling…we didn’t get into that). She picked up her life and moved to a different school district, living in a smaller home that probably cost twice as much, so her son could get a better education and better support for his needs. She loves her kid AND parenting is fucking hard for her right now. Both can be true. Struggling does not make her a shitty parent.
My kid has ADHD. Being home all day for months on end is the absolute worst environment for her. And because I have to work, it is also incredibly hard for me. I feel like I’m failing everyone in my life right now, and I’m exhausted all the time. Maybe instead of calling people shitty parents for having a hard time, people should try to have some empathy for people whose circumstances are different. Maybe they have much younger children who can’t entertain themselves. Maybe their children have additional needs. Maybe they have to work while parenting or they risk losing their job or their home. Many parents love their kids and are having severe mental health issues right now because they are trying to do three jobs at the same time. If you can 100% focus on your kids while they are home, that’s amazing. Many of us can’t. And we are doing the best we can.
This is why women are leaving the workforce at an alarming rate, reinforcing stereotypes about mothers being unfocused and incapable, setting back equality by decades. All because we are having THIS conversation instead of talking about how modern society is destructive toward family life.
Exactly! The bottom line is that it does take a village to raise a child and the village is falling apart at the seams.
