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How long did you have that Fem Jax design ready to go? Did you design her recently or way back when you were still making the pilot?

I drew it right before I posted it because I wanted to put pomni fucking ribbit into people's heads.

renthony

I was 12 when the first of my siblings was born, so I have very vivid memories of the way my mother was excluded from a lot of spaces because people find children annoying.

If you think "children should not be allowed in this space," you HAVE TO reckon with the fact that you are now excluding parents (and very often women specifically) who don't have access to childcare. You are isolating people who are poor, or rural, or single parents, or any number of other factors that might prevent someone from having on-demand childcare. You are cutting them off from being able to exist in public. You are denying parents and children the ability to fully participate in society.

My mom spent several years only leaving the house to buy groceries or take me to school, and even then, people would still come up to her to complain TO HER FACE about how she shouldn't bring a crying toddler to Walmart. Entitled strangers would literally try and demand that my mom leave and come back without the kids.

"Why can't your husband watch them?" Because he was at work, usually working extreme amounts of overtime so we didn't get evicted, because landlords don't like it when you stop paying rent.

"Why can't you send them to daycare?" Because that costs money.

"Why can't your teenager stay home with them and babysit?" Because I also deserved to be able to leave the house for something other than school, and taking me to the grocery store was how my mom taught me to manage a household budget, shop sales, and meal plan.

"Don't bring your kid in public if you can't CONTROL them and make them stop crying!" Kids cry when they're upset, and being dragged around a store is upsetting! Don't be an asshole! Children are human beings who are still learning how the world works, and they don't have a lot of agency. You'd cry, too.

"Spank them until they learn to stop crying!" That's just straight-up child abuse, Jesus Christ.

What the fuck was our family supposed to do? Never go to the grocery store? Starve because strangers couldn't handle a toddler existing in public?

renthony

I am incredibly fucking disturbed at the way this post has brought people out of the woodwork who really want to tell me all about how hitting kids isn't actually abuse, how they think babies are the spawn of Satan, and how being confined to the home is an acceptable punishment for women who dare to have children. People have told me all about how they think children should be banned from airplanes, that I'm being inconsiderate to childfree people, that allowing crying babies in public is ableist against people with sensory issues (I have those, too, and so do many children, which is often WHY THEY ARE CRYING, jackass), and that people who have children are "irresponsible" and "selfish."

I have blocked multiple people who went on tirades about how I'm a "horrible breeder" who is "contributing to overpopulation" and how I and my "spawn" deserve to be trapped at home. (I am infertile and my foster kid is an adult now, so I don't know what breeding and spawn they think they're talking about.)

One person asked if I was posting ragebait for fun because "this isn't a real issue." Several have asked if this "really happens" and told me that my "experience isn't universal." (There are multiple parents in the comments who have agreed with me and talked about how hard it is to navigate the world with their kids.)

Children are an oppressed class who are treated like absolute vermin. Parents are given absolutely no support in caring for them. Good parents are set at a disadvantage even when they have all the best intentions, struggling parents aren't given resources to improve their situation or get community assistance, and blatantly abusive parents don't get caught because hitting and screaming and controlling are considered perfectly normal ways to treat a child. Communities would rather shut kids away where they can be ignored and forgotten and mistreated, all for the sin of "being annoying in public."

Youth liberation is vital, regardless of whether you, personally, like kids. You cannot ban children from public. You cannot shut children away in isolation and expect them to grow into happy, healthy, well-adjusted adults who can function in our society. You do not get to demand children be removed from every corner of public life all for your personal comfort.

Children are people.

fungalfaggot

self-care phrases to boost your confidence

this shit ain't nothin to me man

I'll fucking kill you

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seali

I am grub and I live in. The snno w

persephone-snacked

We are truly blessed.

When the Apothecary Diaries anime was announced I was thrilled, but thought to myself "this probably won't be popular or get a season 2 because it isn't shonen and they're going to market it only to women as a shoujo even though it isn't. This anime is just for me"

Never been so happy to be proven wrong, we have season 3 on the way, a movie with an original story, and everyone is reading the light novels.

Sometimes good art wins. I have to remember that.

miaoxiaoxiao

When you offer advice for your friend's love, but he misunderstood the meaning

silencecaravan-afterhours

It was caines adventure from the start

He always draws bees...

If only they noticed it.

the-spam-specialist

So, Episode 7

This is my takeaway: Abel was Caine's projection.

Caine used Abel to voice all of his concerns and insecurities. Abel brought up Caine being just as trapped as all the humans. He used Abel to see if anyone would care if he got left behind.

Abel had Jax spend time with Caine and ask him about his hobbies because no human has ever done that for Caine. He was desperate for someone to talk to. He's lonely.

Abel talked about watching the humans from afar, wanting to join them. Caine's been doing that for years.

Everything Abel said was a reflection of how Caine felt and what he wanted. He feels like a prisoner in his own world. He wants to join the humans and be happy with them. He just wants someone to care about him.

Was what Caine did with the Escape the Circus adventure fucked up? Absolutely. But it all came from a lonely AI with a fear of being left behind. Who just wants to belong.

aqualish007

LOSING MY MIND OVER THE PHOTOS IN THE AFTON HOUSE OH MY GOD

from 8-BIT Ryan's vlog!!

girlvasectomy

pov: you're charlie emily, you got locked out of your own birthday party and your dad's coworker pull up in his stupid car

ubeng-ubas

I think something's wrong with my funnybunny

embrose

I'm so afraid that in the next part of the story, or in any other future appearances, Silent Salt either won't mention Elder Faerie at all, or mentions him very briefly. Because I wanna see his reaction to his closest friend's death, I want to see him grieve and talk about him with sorrow and warmth

Because shipping aside, those two were very close, we all could tell. That's why the ship got so popular. And if I, after centuries and centuries, suddenly got revived and learned my best friend died, was killed by my old co-worker, I'd be inconsolable. Heartbroken, shattered, absolute mess. And I just...wish the writing will acknowledge their friendship in the present, and acknowledge that Elder Faerie's absence and sacrifice mean something to Silent Salt