polarize. irritate. contaminate.

dean • 25 • he/they/it/dude • official jarmate

[the-mikey-way]

find me elsewhere:

ao3 my bg3 fic

neocities

if you’ve never looked into stenographic court reporting and/or realtime captioning, this is your sign

[mamoru]

yes I DO live under a rock and her name is the Moon and she is always smiling but she teaches me nothing

[tolovaj]

THANK YOU

[dykepuffs]

Friendly unfriendly reminder that "Ovulation is like an animal being in heat and makes you stupid" has been a keystone of western misogyny pretty much since Europe worked out what periods are.

[britomartis]

I want ppl to get so serious about calling American settlers what they are. Like when people (including settler Americans) complain about Americans or anything else. Like I want it to be so constantly at the forefront in everyone's mind 1) what the problem actually is and 2) that the land doesn't belong to settlers. (Ideally, it belongs to no one, but certainly not them.) Intellectually, sure, you probably understand that America is a colonial project. But I want that admission to be constant and deeply understood, and especially for "Natives" like me to not be theoretical in people's minds...

[balaclava-trismegistus]

I really need to do more studying and write an essay on how Americanism is a genuine folk religion which reveres capital and the vague concept of “the free market” as a god of providence to be pleased in order to lead a prosperous life, also that the founding fathers are prophetic, perhaps even messianic figures who basically gave birth to this god through the revolutionary war, and that the vast majority of conservative Christians in America revere capital more than the god they claim to serve in an ironic sort of golden calf situation.

[balaclava-trismegistus]

I think you’re just stupid, bro

Apotheosis of Washington

1800–1802 John James Barralet

There is a trend amongst depictions of the founding fathers to show them as literal christ figures, a trend that started very early in the nation’s life.

I’d also like to point out Washington & Lincoln Apotheosis, artist unknown, about 1865, the same year as lincoln’s assasination

The personification of America in the form of Columbia, a goddess of both the land and the concepts that America tends to inhabit. A pre-anime Hetalia. She was often used in depictions of Manifest Destiny, a religions ideal that stated that America, by God’s will, must go from coast to coast.

American Progress by, John Gast, 1872. Note the indigenous people cast in literal darkness, away from the light. The religions deification of America relies upon colonialism and white supremacy

[kereeachan]

Like, there are actual studies on this stuff. Look up “American civil religion” if you’re struggling for search terms. Or “American founder worship.”

also worth noting the vatican lists americanism as a specific official heresy. so even beyond the mountains of scholarship on the religion of americanism from various religious & secular perspectives, the roman catholic church itself officially recognises it as a religious heresy in the general region of idolatry that can be used in official church courts as grounds for excommunication. and it’s a religious view that’s drilled into americans so aggressively that to them it seems perfectly natural, whereas to most of the rest of the world ‘america’ seems more like a terrifying mind control cult than a country. this has led to large swathes of american catholics being members of a different religion than that of all the worlds other catholic populations and is a big part of how they became the closest thing to a pan-catholic in-joke, a global laughing stock if you will

[sapper-in-the-wire]

[aerialsquid]

Bioshock Infinite wasn’t ideal but making this subtext into text was probably one of the better things it did. Real interesting vibe, and they didn’t have to work hard to get there.

[t4t4t]

I’d like to remind everyone that Mormonism is a form of this “Americanism”

Also. There is never a moment to hand it to the Catholics, they’re also colonial bastards.

[violence-doggos]

Under no circumstances is catholocism, or the pope, “based”

[soundcarvings]

I think you’re all so smart and doing your best and I suspect it will work out in your favor too

[annabelle--cane]

crazy to me that you always have to say "ethical non monogamy" instead of just "non monogamy" otherwise everyone thinks you're talking about cheating. from now on unless I hear people specify that they're ethically monogamous I'm going to assume they're against no fault divorce and think partners always have a right to go through each others' phones to check for flirty text messages.

[warbeneaththerain]

i definitely ran out of time to do all the ones i wanted but there's always the next show... 9 trading cards for mcrnyc

[sapphling]

"drug seeking" as a patient label one of the most dogshit stupid concepts of all time. fuuuck everybody look out this guy came in here expecting medical treatment. better watch out in case he goes to a restaurant and starts food seeking

[bold-baddie]

[thegenderal]

[riverlinden]

"kung pow penis," a phrase commonly used in reblogs to indicate utter disdain for OP, has twelve letters, each of which (traditionally) must be supplied by a different user. the unanimity of disdain indicated by these twelve unrelated users has strong parallels to the requirement of unanimity for a jury—also traditionally of twelve—to arrive at a verdict. in this essay i will

[quendergeer]

"I'm not posting S and you can't make me!"

[lola-legendary]

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[hardyparti-deactivated20250411]

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[osvaldvvanstein]

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[tiredmisophonicwerewolf]

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[ecto-stone]

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[a-selkie-abroad]

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[kotdish]

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[aviandaleks]

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[dragonwysper]

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[ultimatenutshackfangirl]

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[ohhmichelettoohh]

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[beetle-goth]

[throwupgirl-deactivated20240906]

[lenin-it-to-win-it]

It’s so funny how like. Spock is queer bc of the subtext, the Otherness inextricable from his character, meanwhile William Shatner was handed the straightest man of all time on paper and fumbled the bag bc he couldn’t stop giving Leonard Nimoy fuck-me eyes and now he lives in a bi Kirk hell of his own devising, forever enduring the conshatquences of his shactions

[noellenescent]

[aroundmeblackbats]

when you go to bed significantly earlier than usual, a little menu should pop up asking if you want Wake Up Early or More Sleep. and then you should get what you requested. that's my human body UI improvement for the day.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

big fan of the four-year-old on this flight who yelled "THEY ARE BRINGING COMPLEMENTARY BEVERAGES" when the flight attendants came down with the drinks cart

[uss-emberprise]

[lost-in-ace]