#rant hours

[mysisterluvver]

evil idea but imagine a band called oaSIS with a song called my sister lover but they're actually just two british brothers

[notachair]

That checking out the trending tags AND NOT getting to see what was previewed to me when clicking to browse it? That drives me outta my mind and I find it wild that something that used to work and then broke- is not getting fixed. Enshittification I guess.

[sordidmusings]

Dude today got me chuckling about when people use the word hyperfocus for just focusing solidly on something cuz I just spent the whole day hyper focusing against my will (as it basically always b) without fully realizing it to this moment 💀 of course it was for cleaning but none of the cleaning I wanted and the whole time you got that body buzz of hyperfixating that’s the subtle AAAAAAAAAAAAA through your cells and brain cuz if you stop the task then Panic and Death lol and it’s never the task you want it to be 😭😭😭 long story short I was like “why does my body feel more like hell” then I realized I hadn’t eaten yet today (context: it’s 4 pm pfff) and I forgot to drink since my morning coffee 💀 I am Very Functional in fact no issues with executive function here all of this was a willing decision 💀

At least some shit got deep cleaned I guess 🤷🏼‍♀️

Anyway, now to like do Life Sustaining tasks then get on the original things I had planned today whdhfjdndjdndk if there’s some review reblogs and/or some fic up you know I succeeded. If not, wish me luck as I fight against the dopamine demons 🫡

[whoreiaki-kakyoin]

Y’all if you don’t have an age in your bio, don’t interact with my posts. I’m begging. It isn’t hard. List somewhere that you aren’t a minor or get lost.

[jatpwriting]

y’all i am fuming right now at the fans who showed up outside owen’s apartment building 

we were having such a good time and now the whole mood has been brought down by this 

its not hard to RESPECT THEIR FUCKING PRIVACY! just be a decent human being and don't fucking stalk them

yes they have a large following of fans but THEY'RE STILL HUMAN BEINGS, you wouldn't follow a person home from the grocery store so how is this any different? it's fuckin creepy they don't owe us anything, just leave them alone and let them live their lives

if you see anyone sharing owen’s address please report them straight away and please do not go looking for it, respect owen’s privacy

[the-home-of-innovation]

To start off my return I'll begin a discussion about how people on other platforms shun the idea of characters within the Dream SMP ever being in relationships (with a few canon exceptions). They allow queer existence in the universe only when it is canon but never outside of that because they view the characters as equivalents to the real breathing people that play them. You aren't allowed to gaze into coding or subtext lest it clash with the sexuality of an otherwise unrelated being. And that's frustrating! It's frustrating when such a distinctly personal nuance is sucked out of such an open and vast world, you allow violence, cannibalism and death but somehow you draw the line at queer relationships?

Maybe this is coming from a place of nostalgia for how open to interpretation mc characters I grew up loving were, how they could be any gender, sexuality and race regardless of anything, but it sucks to see people straight up get harassed over something so trivial in the grand scheme of things.

[hwallogist]

!! SPOILERS FOR BSD MANGA CHAPTER 71 !!

this is so exasperating i can't anymore :-[ i just feel like tachihara was so happier in the port mafia.. and like better off kinda?? i don't know but i felt like he belonged there,, plus the black lizard group was so iconic :( im just sad this sucks 😐 although i don't mind the hunting dogs

[ceasarslegion]

If Star Wars is relevant again can i tell yall my earliest experience with sexism lmao

So in like, 2nd grade, I used to hang out with the boys more, and we all agreed to bring our toy lightsabers one day so we could play Jedi vs Sith at recess. Pretty normal children antics.

I wanted to be Obi Wan, because he was my favourite character back then, and I wanted to be like him when I grew up. Again, pretty normal children shit. Cool Jedi knights trump firefighters any day for an 8 year-old. They have the high ground, you could say

Anyway, when I brought my toy lightsaber and said that I wanted to be Obi Wan, I was told no, I can't be Obi Wan or a Jedi or a Sith because girls can't be force-users (this was before I knew I was Not A Girl). They told me I could be Princess Leia though, so I was like fine, she's a warrior anyway, give me a blaster and I'll wreck you fools. Only again, I was told no, I wasn't supposed to fight, I was supposed to be the damsel in distress that they could rescue, which ingrained societal sexism aside, is just out of character for Leia. Like, fake-ass fans don't even know how feral Leia is. So they took my lightsaber and designated me to the sidelines while they played Star Wars functionally without me

So where am I going with this? "Dames, you're reading way too much into a normal childhood experience" is part of the problem, I think. Why is it considered normal that children already emulate the sexism they see in society before they've developed their reading comprehension? No, the one experience didn't really mean anything, and didn't actually harm me at all in the long run, but it's the pattern of behavior that becomes a problem.

The reason children play fighting games like that is because playfighting is important for their social and physical development, and the imagination and creativity aspects of it develop their abstract thought patterns. If I fell on the playground, the adults always came running and made a big fuss about it and told me to be more careful, but if one of the other boys fell, they'd just get brushed off and sent back out. Children are supposed to get scrapes and bruises, because they learn that pain isn't the end of the world, they're tougher than they think, and what level of pain is actually concerning vs just inconsequential. Children cry when they get scraped knees because they don't know what is and isn't a big deal yet, not because they're being dramatic, so their brains take the safe route and just assume the worst. Children wrestle and fight each other because they're learning their own limits, and how to gauge others' as well.

But if you treat all little girls like they really are made of glass, that they can't fight, that they're only good enough to be the damsel in distress, you're barring half the population from properly developing that knowledge. It wasn't just the one time for me, I was never allowed to play fighting games with the other boys because they thought a "girl" would just ruin it for them because "girls can't fight lol," and I'm so conflict-avoidant now that it's an actual problem because I don't know how to stand up for myself and end up either taking an unjust beating lying down or overcompensating and going so far in the other direction that I ruin relationships from it, and I can't help but wonder if being treated like porcelain instead of just giving me a goddamn lightsaber was partially to blame for that problem. Because I was taught that I wasn't as strong as the other boys, I couldn't handle falling down or getting bonked with a plastic tube like THEY can, because if I got "hurt," it was worse than if they did.

And little boys see that happening too, and it instills this subconscious conclusion of "I'm stronger than them, I'm more capable then them, I'm BETTER than them" in them. It's a two-way street, and if that lesson isn't actively unlearned later in life, you get men who believe in gender essentialism.

Anyway, I'm in no way claiming that this is THE cause of systemic sexism, just a contributing factor that seriously needs to be addressed. Just let little girls scrape their knees and play Star Wars. I'm