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Here today, pond tomorrow

[darth--nickels]

19th century AITA only its "Have I been the most dreadful cad?"

Yes you are an abominable bounder/No you behaved as a gentleman should/All parties mentioned seem simply horrid

[raangmanch]

Treat Hindutvadis as you treat Zionists. You have to make them feel unwelcome everywhere. Hindutvadis have consistently said that they dream of an India that is "pure" /"decolonized" i.e. a land only for Hindus. These are a lot of words for basically calling for extermination of every other culture, every other person who is not a Hindu.

[raangmanch]

No culture, no tradition no food habit no philosophy no connection to the land except that prescribed by the Brahminical tradition- that is the goal. They want to emulate that which Israel has done in Palestine; so basically every resource, material benefit is to be redirected to UC Hindus while everyone else is rendered a second class citizen. That is why so many of their talking points are the same as that of Zionists. You will hear them talking about "Hinduphobia" / genocide against Hindus/ reclaiming of ancestral lands. You have to nip these bullshit in the bud. In India, no community is as privileged as the UC Hindus, remember that.

[crabussy]

hi trans kiwis and friends. if you haven't seen the news, they're trying to pass a frankly insidious bill in aotearoa to define the terms 'man' and 'woman' based on biological sex. this unsurprisingly reflects a lot of similar cruel efforts happening overseas at the moment. IT HASN'T PASSED YET, but I figured I should speak up about it because this is happening as we speak.

(screenshot from the linked RNZ article)

it seems very fucking bleak!!!! please don't lose hope! it hasn't passed yet and a lot of the shoddy bills suggested by the coalition have been shot down already. it's still worth knowing about. you don't have to share this post if you don't want to. I just know that a lot of my followers are kiwi. if there are any updates as to what we can do to push back against this, I'll make a relevant addition. kia kaha, okay? love you all.

[crabussy]

UPDATE: you can now very quickly and very easily submit a comment on the bill! these will be counted and considered in parliament.

it took me less than three minutes, and that's only because I wrote a whole paragraphs on why this is a stupid idea. all you really need to put is "don't pass this bill" if you want. it'll only take 30 seconds.

if you're able to and you want to, please consider reblogging! the more reach this gets, the better. thank you all so much [:

[3liza]

i gotta be real with you guys im just sort of stunned tumblr has been running an open-front ZenDesk form for tumblr TOS reporting this whole time that doesnt require any kind of validation except a fucking email address. this one fact alone explains every single "why did so and so get banned for no reason" event of the past X years. however it is equally baffling that i didnt notice it before now. i would say it is baffling they implemented it in the first place but like i said, the management of their website is verifiably not well

[quietwingsinthesky]

its so weird to me that cis people will dislike their name so ardently and yet. not change it. you guys know that’s an option, right. no one can make you keep the shit name your mom gave you. no, not even her.

[penrosesun]

One of my friends in undergrad changed his name because he didn’t want to bear the name of his abusive and absent father. It’s been years since he did it, and he still says that it was the single best decision of his life.

One of my friends in high school changed his named as soon as he turned 18, so that the ethnic name his family gave him was finally the name reflected on all of his paperwork. He told me that he understood why his parents had given him an “English” name, but that he felt that if he needed to assimilate in order to succeed, then that was a type of success that he didn’t want.

When I was on my way home from the courthouse after changing my own name, I got into a conversation with my rideshare driver, who was extremely interested once I told him what I was in court for, and wanted to know how I’d done it, how much it cost, was it difficult, etc. It turned out that his girlfriend had chosen the name “Yo-yo” when she came to the United States, unaware of how rare that was as a name, and that she was frequently made fun of because of it. Neither one of them had realized that a name change was so easy, and he told me he was excited to let her know that she had options.

There was an intern at a summer job I had once, who changed her name to be the same name, but a different spelling. She said that she had no idea why her parents had spelled her name so oddly to begin with, and suspected that it was just an honest mistake either by them or by some nurse, but it had been a headache for her entire life, and it was a huge relief to not need to be correcting people’s spelling on important documents anymore.

One of my exes legally changed his name to have an exclamation point, because he liked to sign his name with an exclamation point.

You can always change your name if you don’t like it. You always have that option. It doesn’t matter why – it can be conformist or anti-assimilationist, serious or silly, a minor change or a major change. Your name is yours, and you have every right to change it to be whatever you want.

[cryptotheism]

He has been flayed for an amazing reason

[punishedsaints]

[shadowblade8192]

do you think the people who would build a rent reducer 9000 are the same people who are building houses

[sartieparty]

queen herebqueen there queen everywhere

also a sketch based on the fanfic i read called mechanical mortality by clegfly

[lazyleafeon]

[image description: a comic starring a rhino beetle anthro character. the rhino beetle knocks on the door, and a stag beetle anthro answers.

rhino beetle: sorry i'm late!

stag beetle: you're not late at all! i'm so happy you could make it! everyone else was delayed too, so you're the first person here.

rhino: seriously?

rhino, holding up a grocery bag: oh! brought something for the potluck!

stag, looking through the bag, pulls out what looks like a huge jello cup: oh thats really nice of- is this the limited stock gourmet beetle jelly i was eyeing last week that was sold out instantly?!

they hug each other. stag beetle says, excited: Ah, you shouldn't have! that's so thoughtful! it's more fitting for dessert but... should we crack it open now?

rhino: it's your party

stag: it is... let's do it! the others better get here soon if they want a bite!

they both move to the kitchen. stag beetle: can you grab me a cutting board?

rhino: got it! (thinking: so they're going to cut it so we all get a piece? how sweet of them)

stag: thank you!

stag holds the knife over the beetle jelly container, placed on the cutting board.

rhino, thinking: a knife's a little overkill for the lid, isn't it?

stag cleaves the beetle jelly in half with one slice.

rhino stands there shocked as stag hands them one half of the container.

stag, walking away while rhino remains shocked: oh, let me get you a spoon!

there's an extra shot of them eating the jelly. rhino thinks: it is easier to get the last bits of jelly out like this... End ID]

imagining debates among anthro beetle jelly enjoyers over beetle jelly serving preferences

[goodgirl-inc]

[dreamstars]

"Flower Nails", made by Masaharo Ono (2005)

[pinkblanc]

[bubblvii]

i can never go home

nobody loves me

nobody loves me

nobody loves me

my third year of redrawing care! 2023 | 2024

[byjove]

I only identified as a lesbian for a very brief period but straight girls do this realllllly bizarre thing where they ask you if you have a crush on them or who you think the hottest girl in a certain group is and get offended if you say no or refuse to answer. It’s like walking on a tightrope over a lake of fire, there is no good answer to give. Inside, you know if you were to say “Yes, I think you’re very attractive, I’m into you.” they would definitely weaponize that against you or treat you like a perv but if you say “No, you’re not my type, I’m not interested in you.” they act soooooooo wounded. And I’m sure some straight girls who do this are not entirely straight and were interested in feeling me out but I do think there are a lot of straight girls who do this as some form of power play. Anyway, it was so weird. And they have the audacity to act like lesbians are sexually inappropriate bullies.

[bugdotpng]

i took these back in 2013 and to this day they're some of my favorite photos i've ever taken ;w;

[velvetys]

I plan on watching a movie at some point in the future

[sometiktoksarevalid]