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* (Oh, these parentheses I keep opening?
* (I'm collecting them.
* (Right now, I'm 1,762 parentheses deep.
* (Oh, my precious parentheses... (I don't ever want to close them!
* Oh, these parentheses I keep closing?)
* Thereās some guy who keeps opening them.)
* Right now, they think theyāre 1,762 parentheses deepā¦)
* But really? Theyāre all closed.) Thanks to me.)
A Mutual Understanding Between Nerds
Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as āproblematicā in class and our professor was like, āThatās cool, but āproblematicā doesnāt really mean anything. It means that the thing youāre describing has a problem, and in and of itself thatās not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else itās not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like youāre trying to say that this is bad, but you donāt want to say ābad.ā Is that right?ā
So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the ābadā thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, āIām uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.ā
Once we stopped calling things āproblematicā and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, āthatās racistā or āthatās misogynisticā or āew capitalism grossā out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, āUhhh... Iām not sure whatās so bad?ā and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.
Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I canāt help but think of this professor being like, āGood starting point, now letās get specific.ā I think when we have to commit to saying āthatās ___ā it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever weāre claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes itās art, and it should be full of problems, because thatās what art is.
they're still terming random transfems as i type this i see which does make quite a statement doing this today specifically
watched three girls who reblogged its new blog mutual aidpost (made literally 15 minutes ago) already disappear from its notifs. transfems are not included in their pride :/
QUITE the statement to be nuking transfems at the current accelerated pace right at the start of pride month like this, isn't it
Oh yeah happy bisexual day to Alphys and all the other bi characters who get mischaracterized as straight or gay
I found a lovely snail at work who was dried out so I let him have a shower and he seemed to enjoy it!! ššæ
Joy and whimsy detected! This snower (snail shower) is joyful and whimsical! ššæ
Horse figure of the day:Ā Staffordshire Horse
immediately after an interaction: i have GOT to get more normal oh god i need to get more normal immediately i have to get more normal or they're going to hunt me down they're going to hunt me down and flay me for sport
during an interaction: and why not put a little spin on it? why not add some conversational zest?
death of tigerstar
a blog with this single post on it just followed me and then immediately unfollowed me
literally the cutest couple in any video game ever
happy birthday, alex
iāve been meaning to mute this subreddit for a while but iām glad i didnāt because this is the funniest possible way to describe legendary performance artist marina abramoviÄās the artist is present
like sure, i guess in a manner of speaking many of those words may be considered true
tbh if we separate the art (post) from the artist (karma farming bot) itās kind of fun how the phrasing of āa woman was askedā addresses the themes of auto-coercion in abramoviÄās oeuvre, shifting the artist is present from its continuity with imponderabilia etc into continuity with her rhythm pieces
one of my friends started going on dates with her mailman but he cut things off and now it's like a situation where she's seeing her "ex" (lack of better term) like every day because he's her mailman
don't date your coworkers = normal advice
don't date your mailman = we need to work on this one
i love writing out numbers and then putting them in parentheses like "one (1)" even when i dont need to i think its funny
Grah, I hate doing this but my renters insurance renewed right before rent was due so I'm very suddenly down 170 bucks. If you can give anything that'd be a huge help right now.
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