#obvious things

[stancythings]

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”

[tricornonthecob]

How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk

What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.

wow who could have guessed the woman who lived in Virginia all her life raised by a loud Marylander and a soft-spoken Missouri boy would have a dialect like this. Who.

[scifidancer]

Just noticed that:

1. Joe definitely squinted at David's groin area...

2. David definitely looks into Joe's crotch...

3. How do we know David's hand isn't where we think he has it? 😜

[tippitv]

“TEN RESTAURANTS YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE”

well I'm sure as hell not likely to try them after I die, genius

[truthdogg]

If it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, and promotes duck policies

If you’re conservative, and actively working to keep existing hierarchies in place, it’s difficult for the rest of us to not expect you to be a bigot.

We can try. I have a lot of conservative family that aren’t racist at heart, and a lot who are. Still others who support racist politicians and policies while thinking of themselves as kind-hearted and open-minded.

Kind and open is generally not how the rest of us see them. It’s simple: If your political focus is on preserving a system designed to be unfair, and that's what conservatism is, it’s likely you support its unfairness. If your primary goal is to keep your own privileges, you’re doing so at the expense of other people.

Some conservatives, like Rep. Steve King for example, are almost honest about this & admit to it. As King infamously tweeted, he doesn’t want a society made of “other people’s babies.” He denied he was being racist, even as he was directly quoting a white supremacist slogan, because he claims there’s logic in his statement. Sorry, but everyone has a degree of internal logic in their thinking. That doesn’t mean it makes sense, and doesn’t mean it isn’t vile.

I’m often struck by how many of King’s peers & supporters can make unabashedly white supremacist comments then get offended when called out for being racist. As if being called that is worse than actually saying damaging things. Similarly, and even more often, when politicians or opinion-writers are called out for promoting racist policies, they object that we’ve gone beyond the bounds of polite discourse, when it’s their policies themselves that long ago went beyond civility.

In the age of Trump, now that public racism has become normalized again, pointing it out needs to be normalized, too. We’ve reached a bizarre point where Americans and our media are once again more comfortable with racist speech than with criticism of it.

In that light, when people–and political parties–support policies that clearly hurt groups at the margins, we have to assume that is their intent. And we have to say so. If conservatives are not racist, or bigoted, or misogynist, then the burden is on them to prove it.

Unless of course, they don’t mind the assumption. Because their policies do not readily support other conclusions, and this country has too far to go for equality for us to allow such casual movement away from it.

[stancythings]

NANCY Okay—all better! Steve turns back around to face Nancy. They're suddenly very close. Steve's breath catches a little bit. STEVE Great. I guess I'll—get back to the investigation. “The obvious things are what— people observe.” Or— “don't observe.” Or— yeah. Sherlock Holmes. He flashes an awkward smile at Nancy, then hurries off. STRANGER THINGS - THE COMPLETE SCRIPTS, SEASON FOUR

[nntgr]

you see ☝️🤓 many if not most parents don't really think about what it means to have children. it is just a mandatory box one must check off in order to be seen as a worthy member of human species. what is a child. an accessory, an asset, something that can be useful be it for approval from family and society, or material help from the government in terms of money and special privileges for being a good little cog in the taxes and military machine and procreating on time (better of course if the child is healthy so it is not seen as a burden on the system and the family unit). thus since the child is not a human person with thoughts and feelings and a future where they will become an adult, the parents are free to treat them however they want (within the bounds of law if there's someone in enforce law in the first place, thus much of child abuse goes unchecked).

[crabussy]

something wrong with me something wrong with me 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺