#-ness

[rockettthefrog1409]

I feel the need to make a pride post abt smt I don’t see a lot about.

You are valid in your lgbtq+ identity even if you’re not “that” lgbtq+

Straight (romantic) cis asexual? Still valid and welcome

Genderfluid but majority of the time your agab? Valid and welcome

Demi-agab (afab demigirl/amab demiboy)? Still valid and welcome

Aroflux/aceflux but allo a lot of the time? Still valid, still welcome

Enby but dress in a way society deems based on your agab (feminine afab/masculine amab)? Still valid and welcome

Questioning and might be cisallohet? Still valid, still welcome

Thought you were lgbtq+ but realised you were cisallohet but still found a community you loved in the lgbtq+? Still valid, still welcome. (You may not be lgbtq+ but you are welcome to a loving and supportive community nonetheless and your identity is valid even if you questioned it before)

Obviously on the contrary, if you are like gay trans aroace neopronouns xenogender poly genderfluid aroaceflux gender hoarder like whatever “very” lgbtq+ constitutes as, also welcome, also valid.

There’s no one set way to be lgbtq+, it sometimes feels like you have to be lgbtq+ enough but not too lgbtq+ to really be accepted and that needs to change. No matter who you are you are welcome and valid in this community.

[semancer]

i have such feelings about airports ... my favorite limiinal spaces its such a mix of intimacy and never-see-you-again-ness

[locallygrowndaikon]

Delivery for one Ness

"Finally figured out Question Bringer's outfit when not running around in their normal cape and headscarf, hows Ness feel about this vibe?"

Ness:

“Ooh interesting contrast of the sunhat and the darker cape and pants! The hat clashes a bit, but for a more carefree or chaotic vibe, it isn’t all that bad. The same thing can be said for the lack of shoes. For a more put together outfit, having shoes would be better, but without shoes would bring the feeling of someone who likes running around in the wild without a care. I’ll give you a 7/10”

[cassiusrexxing]

chat is it a medical concern that most of the time when walkinf/standing i have to hold onto something cuz if i don’t i feel like i’m gonna fall

like sometimes i just go down. straight up just fall. and when i stand it’s all wavy and shit help

[frog-plague]

When you're on a server do you ever have a guy that you hate for no reason apart from just bad vibes

I'm having that mood rn

He's just got bad vibes I don't like him

I'm not going to leave the server because of 1 guy and he's a mod so I can't exactly do anything about it so I'm just going to hide from him

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

😳.. 💫

[midnightflaneuserie]

I was reading Middlemarch earlier this evening and came across the word "religiousness", which struck me as odd because I would've expected "religiosity" and presumed that adding "-ness" to the end of an adjective to make a noun would've become more popular in more recent times in the same way that the past tense is getting gradually standardised to "-ed".

However, I checked Google ngram,

and fascinatingly discovered this. Middlemarch was published in 1871 (same year Alice bands were invented. Fun fact that I know for some reason) so it makes sense that she used "religiousness".

I haven't done any research (😔) and am purely hypothesising here, but I'm presuming that prior to the 19th century, atheists (or nullifidians I suppose) were so few and far between in the English-speaking world that a term for how religious one was wasn't necessary, so piety and zeal fulfilled its roles.

As for why religiousness came before religiosity? Maybe "-ness" as a default dates back that far, but after it took off, some people began to 'correct' it to a word that fit better, and when that word became popular, it quickly replaced the clunkier version.

No idea though; I'll go and do some research and report back with any interesting findings