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I gotta say. As someone who has met a puppygirl. What A Fucking Essay

Ok no I have further thoughts here are my further thoughts.

1. The puppygirl was able to make herself a sandwich and buy herself little treats and play games. Therefore the puppygirl is physically and mentally capable of performing small menial tasks. The puppygirl can clean, to some extent. The puppygirl has mental energy she could theoretically put towards helping the household, to some extent. The puppygirl is absolutely choosing not to do that work. I am not saying the puppygirl can do all the things perhaps expected of the average person but she can definitely do some things that she is choosing not to. And I'm sorry I'm sorry but feeling anxious is not a good reason not to clean up after yourself. Feeling unloved isn't either. At some point in life you have to do things that are inconvenient or uncomfortable or boring or scary and people having expectations of that is not unreasonable or hurtful

2. If you have a breakdown when something comes up that is incredibly distressing to you that's just life. If you have a breakdown EVERY TIME IT IS MENTIONED, to the extent that your partners can't even ask you to stack the fucking dishwasher, you are being completely unreasonable and it is a very valid reaction for them to stop accepting your meltdowns as currency. Part of the lot of living with anxiety is learning ways to engage with things that don't set you off. Maybe the puppygirl could message. Maybe she could write letters. She needed to actually try. A meltdown does not excuse you from life.

3. This is a controversial take but I'm gonna say it anyway. Actually preface first: the puppygirl is NOT a uniquely trans phenomenon. She is the sister of "girl math" and "damn bitch you live like this?". This is where I disagree with tara because I do not think the puppygirl is toxic masculinity I think she's toxic femininity. I think she's a girl that's asked herself what the girliest girl possible looks like and come up with the answer of "helpless". She's just a girl. Just a stupid girl. The puppygirl is acting out the worst version of womanhood and calling it her identity. The puppygirl is a fucking tradwife, minus the housework.

4. There are plenty of disabled people who contribute to their households. The level to which they can contribute varies. This essay is not ABOUT that. Being disabled has nothing to do with the puppygirl. An able bodied woman can be a puppygirl. Being the puppygirl is about refusing to take responsibility for yourself and the things you can do. It's about being the main character and the weakest and the softest and making that everyone else's problem

toniins

Yeah I can distill this down into like one para actually, here we go:

There is a subset of women who use the narrative that women are soft and weak and helpless to excuse themselves from any and all responsibility and accountability in life. Disability or disadvantage may play into how this starts, but the characteristic trait is always the insistence by these women themselves that they "need to be protected" - from work, from responsibility, and from life. The puppygirl is one archetype of this sort of woman, who couches her denial of accountability in leftist rhetoric. This, dare I fucking say it, is bad

#and here's a fun thought: why is the puppygirl always *white*#dump your puppygirl

fairycosmos

good morning to the beaten and the damned only

beansfrombeans

tahthetrickster

me: i have a very specific tumblr accent meme im thinking of that surely i should be able to pull up by searching the text in the meme

the most dogshit useless decimated search engine in the entire world:

tahthetrickster

i did find it btw but having a COMPUTER address me like it’s a person sent me into such an incandescent rage i nearly pitched my phone clear across the room

earhartsease

and the worst part of it is that the simulated intelligence replied more respectfully than 97% of humans - so where did they even scrape that from?

sztupy

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou

ayeforscotland

Let’s fucking go

made-in-manetheren

This is HUGE.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.

dragon-in-a-fez

there's a group of high school boys in this McDonald's and I just heard one of them say "I bet you you cannae break your own arm" so something interesting might happen shortly

dragon-in-a-fez

update: they are settling the bet by googling whether or not it's possible for a person to deliberately break their own arm. narratively this is a letdown but I suppose in other ways it's for the best

penny-anna

Anyway never been a better time to get into the expanded universe.

Big finish can do you new adventures of any number of Doctor Whos

They can even give you Jo Martin

If you're looking for a new era w a new Doctor then I would recommend jumping into the Eighth Doctor audios as there's loads of them. You can start with Storm Warning for a more classic who esque experience OR The Eighth Doctor Adventures S1 for a more new who esque experience

If you're after a totally new thing to get into there's Gallifrey (has some prerequisites. If this appeals to you I imagine you will work it out)

& if you don't like audio there's the 2 wilderness years book series (the new seventh doctor adventures & the eighth doctor adventures) available wherever you procure out of print dr who books

penny-anna

If you're after new stuff that's less classic who oriented another potential jumping in point is actually the Sixth Doctor audios. Due to a quirk in continuity (actually bcos the show was nearly cancelled) he has an almost fully open ended canon and a whole range of expanded universe companions including OG Big finish companion Evelyn Smythe

If you want something with more new who esque energies you might enjoy Constance Clark or Flip Jackson.

toniins

I gotta say. As someone who has met a puppygirl. What A Fucking Essay

toniins

Ok no I have further thoughts here are my further thoughts.

1. The puppygirl was able to make herself a sandwich and buy herself little treats and play games. Therefore the puppygirl is physically and mentally capable of performing small menial tasks. The puppygirl can clean, to some extent. The puppygirl has mental energy she could theoretically put towards helping the household, to some extent. The puppygirl is absolutely choosing not to do that work. I am not saying the puppygirl can do all the things perhaps expected of the average person but she can definitely do some things that she is choosing not to. And I'm sorry I'm sorry but feeling anxious is not a good reason not to clean up after yourself. Feeling unloved isn't either. At some point in life you have to do things that are inconvenient or uncomfortable or boring or scary and people having expectations of that is not unreasonable or hurtful

2. If you have a breakdown when something comes up that is incredibly distressing to you that's just life. If you have a breakdown EVERY TIME IT IS MENTIONED, to the extent that your partners can't even ask you to stack the fucking dishwasher, you are being completely unreasonable and it is a very valid reaction for them to stop accepting your meltdowns as currency. Part of the lot of living with anxiety is learning ways to engage with things that don't set you off. Maybe the puppygirl could message. Maybe she could write letters. She needed to actually try. A meltdown does not excuse you from life.

3. This is a controversial take but I'm gonna say it anyway. Actually preface first: the puppygirl is NOT a uniquely trans phenomenon. She is the sister of "girl math" and "damn bitch you live like this?". This is where I disagree with tara because I do not think the puppygirl is toxic masculinity I think she's toxic femininity. I think she's a girl that's asked herself what the girliest girl possible looks like and come up with the answer of "helpless". She's just a girl. Just a stupid girl. The puppygirl is acting out the worst version of womanhood and calling it her identity. The puppygirl is a fucking tradwife, minus the housework.

4. There are plenty of disabled people who contribute to their households. The level to which they can contribute varies. This essay is not ABOUT that. Being disabled has nothing to do with the puppygirl. An able bodied woman can be a puppygirl. Being the puppygirl is about refusing to take responsibility for yourself and the things you can do. It's about being the main character and the weakest and the softest and making that everyone else's problem

#dump your puppygirl

benzohoarder

figural

#google translate does not capture the tone switch so i have to say. first two sentences are like. normal maybe kind of feminine posting tone #& the last is like. shounen manga protagonist. action movie hero. jojo's bizarre adventure character. #the tone you would use if you were holding a gun with the safety off (– @chadlesbianjasontodd)

minothtime

Basically, a translation could be:

I just think it's so interesting that people end up falling in love with their friends' boyfriends! I absolutely despise every single one of them. give me my fucking homie back you goddamn bastard

liminalweirdo

translation tags by @minothtime because they are so so good

dikdikpronouncedxylophone

vintage-tigre

benzohoarder

figural

#google translate does not capture the tone switch so i have to say. first two sentences are like. normal maybe kind of feminine posting tone #& the last is like. shounen manga protagonist. action movie hero. jojo's bizarre adventure character. #the tone you would use if you were holding a gun with the safety off (– @chadlesbianjasontodd)

minothtime

Basically, a translation could be:

I just think it's so interesting that people end up falling in love with their friends' boyfriends! I absolutely despise every single one of them. give me my fucking homie back you goddamn bastard

liminalweirdo

translation tags by @minothtime because they are so so good

dikdikpronouncedxylophone

isawken

going over to my minimalist girlfriend’s house and she apologizes profusely for the mess and there’s just a single perfect, fresh pea on the floor of her living room

Blue Lois

can i help you

Red Marge

jesus christ. I Am Under Fucking Attack

worldheritagepostorganization

World Heritage Post

isawken

i deserve a medal for this post. not because i was particularly funny but because i survived an onslaught of nearly one hundred gimmick blogs in the wake of this post popping off, and the fact that i didn’t try to track any of them down and snuff them out with my bare hands is a testament to my immeasurable strength and should be rewarded. at one point i had “the official letter h” add on to this post. you wanna know that blog’s gimmick? the really funny and original and worthwhile gimmick the official letter h blog had? yep you guessed it they just gave me the god damned letter H and then fucked off. only jesus knows the suffering i endured over that harsh winter, and he wept for me

pointless-achievements

Rare Achievement Unlocked:

After The Clouds Clear

Sorry, I don't give out medals, this is the best I can do.

great-and-small

When I was in vet school I went to this one lecture that I will never forget. Various clubs would have different guest lecturers come in to talk about relevant topics and since I was in the Wildlife Disease Association club I naturally attended all the wildlife and conservation discussions. Well on this particular occasion, the speakers started off telling us they had been working on a project involving the conservation of lemurs in Madagascar. Lemurs exist only in Madagascar, and they are in real trouble; they’re considered the most endangered group of mammals on Earth. This team of veterinarians was initially assembled to address threats to lemur health and work on conservation solutions to try and save as many lemur species from extinction as possible. As they explored the most present dangers to lemurs they found that although habitat loss was the primary problem for these vulnerable animals, predation by humans was a significant cause of losses as well. The vets realized it was crucial for the hunting of lemurs by native people to stop, but of course this is not so simple a problem.

The local Malagasy people are dealing with extreme poverty and food insecurity, with nearly half of children under five years old suffering from chronic malnutrition. The local people have always subsisted on hunting wildlife for food, and as Madagascar’s wildlife population declines, the people who rely on so-called bushmeat to survive are struggling more and more. People are literally starving.

Our conservation team thought about this a lot. They had initially intended to focus efforts on education but came to understand that this is not an issue arising from a lack of knowledge. For these people it is a question of survival. It doesn’t matter how many times a foreigner tells you not to eat an animal you’ve hunted your entire life, if your child is starving you are going to do everything in your power to keep your family alive.

So the vets changed course. Rather than focus efforts on simply teaching people about lemurs, they decided to try and use veterinary medicine to reduce the underlying issue of food insecurity. They supposed that if a reliable protein source could be introduced for the people who needed it, the dependence on meat from wildlife would greatly decrease. So they got to work establishing new flocks of chickens in the most at-risk communities, and also initiated an aggressive vaccination program for Newcastle disease (an infectious illness of poultry that is of particular concern in this area). They worked with over 600 households to ensure appropriate husbandry and vaccination for every flock, and soon found these communities were being transformed by the introduction of a steady protein source. Families with a healthy flock of chickens were far less likely to hunt wild animals like lemurs, and fewer kids went hungry. Thats what we call a win-win situation.

This chicken vaccine program became just one small part of an amazing conservation outreach initiative in Madagascar that puts local people at the center of everything they do. Helping these vulnerable communities of people helps similarly vulnerable wildlife, always. If we go into a country guns-blazing with that fire for conservation in our hearts and a plan to save native animals, we simply cannot ignore the humans who live around them. Doing so is counterintuitive to creating an effective plan because whether we recognize it or not, humans and animals are inextricably linked in many ways. A true conservation success story is one that doesn’t leave needy humans in its wake, and that is why I think this particular story has stuck with me for so long.

(Source 1)

(Source 2- cool video exploring this initiative from some folks involved)

(Source 3)

handforthstudy

Unfortunately, I don’t have citations, but I have heard about the same phenomenon through Nat Geo Live presentations in the Amazon and Serengeti. Most individuals who are poachers or use slash-and-burn farming are doing this out of survival, not ignorance or greed. They have families to feed and children who will starve if they don’t find food or money. As OP said, fixing the human suffering fixes the conservation issue and is a win-win, while preaching conservation to starving people does nothing.

But on top of that, you know who the most ardent conservationists are once security has been achieved? The people who had once been forced to poach or slash-and-burn to survive. You know who’s great at tracking down gorilla poachers? Ex-poachers. Who’s good at understanding and advocating for people forced to do these things to survive? Ex-poachers. Who can convince others to take a chance on finding a better way to survive? Same answer.

It is win-win-win. As ecologists, conservationists, and environmentalists we must get out of our ivory towers of knowledge, stop carrying them into the field, and remember humans are part of the ecosystem too. And that sustainable change will never happen if human needs aren’t addressed.

buttons-beads-lace

I also love this story about the arapaima in Brazil. They increased the population of this endangered giant fish literally a hundred times over- from 3,000 to 300,000- by ending the total ban on arapaima fishing and instead creating legal fishing organizations. The fishing organization members get trained on how do population counts and determine how many fish they can take while still leaving enough for the population to grow.

The former illegal fishers are now sought-after experts, because they know how to spot the arapaima and tell juveniles apart from adults. They get to keep practicing the fishing skills that were passed down to them. The actual process of fishing is easier because they can work together and don't have to sneak around. The profits are higher because they can sell the fish openly to restaurants and to the public. The fishing organization members make sure that other people in their communities don't fish illegally. And the numbers of arapaima keep going up and up, so there's plenty to go around even as more people join the fishing organizations.

If you click all the way through to the report from the conservation org that started the fishing organizations project, there are quotes from fishing organization members:

"We built a second house and I'm putting my oldest two kids through college on the money we get from fishing."

"Nowadays you have young people walking around with pockets full of cash saying "I got 6,000 from fishing this year!" It used to be you wouldn't even get 50 reais of pocket money."

"At the first harvest after we started the fishing organization, I saw full-grown arapaima for the first time, really big ones like they're supposed to be. Before, I had only heard about how big they could get. That's when I knew that our work was paying off and we could keep moving forward."

luckposting

Dump your puppygirl is making me realize that some of you will go lengths to condone abuse. The issue was never the disability or care needed, they were always willing to do that. It's the heavy manipulation and emotional abuse inflicted while using disability as a way to excuse their actions, that is the problem.

As a severely disabled person with severe mental health problems, has a caretaker partner, and is trans, using your disability or mental health to get out of your bad behavior is just pathetic. Those can make things occur yes. But YOU still did it. YOU still need to apologize and take accountability. The puppygirl only ever used that to manipulate her partners. This whole debate is ridiculous.

I have been on a journey to better myself, but you have to actually put the work in and listen to your loved ones. You can be mad about this person detailing a long history of that puppygirl abusing people, with several other people saying the same things about the abuse, but that just makes you a bad person. If it was a man would you say the same thing?

And if you relate to the puppygirl that much you have a lot of work to do on yourself, and you need to think about how your actions affect others.

Be better, try harder, remeber to apologize and take accountability.

Being disabled doesnt give you the right to abuse and manipulate people, full stop.

ryan-sometimes

As a scientist I find the concept of Cecil freely yapping about Carlos on the radio so funny because if I was in the lab just going about my experiments and then some person on the radio started talking about how hot I am I would get clowned on it by my coworkers beyond belief. Every time I walked into the lab the grad students there would’ve been like “there he is with his perfect hair 😩” and if the centrifuge broke “try asking it to work with your sweet caramel voice 😫” like deadass the lab would be insufferable for months

puncertainty

<3 (prints here)

threedollarsdotcom

every time i try to check whats inside eggs stupid goop comes out

discreetwithabellyring-deactiva

https://thenewinquiry.com/blog/social-media-is-not-self-expression/

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