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Cleaning women washing a crucifix, 1938
via reddit
Me, thinking they’re hosing an emaciated child down the stairs: oh jesus…
Me, realizing it is in fact our lord and savior on the cross: oh, Jesus…
i should not be laughing about that note
THE OFT-LAMENTED “BURNING OF THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA” STRAIGHT-UP DID NOT HAPPEN. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENTAL FIRE IN PART OF ITS ARCHIVES NEAR THE END OF ITS PERIOD OF OPERATION, BUT THE LIBRARY SURVIVED AND THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED WITH MINIMAL, IF ANY, LOSS OF INFORMATION.
THE ACTUAL REASON FOR THE “DESTRUCTION” OF THE LIBRARY IS AS MUNDANE AS ANY OTHER LIBRARY CLOSING— ALEXANDRIAN SCHOLARSHIP HAD DECLINED IN PROMINENCE AND THE LIBRARY WAS LACKING IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND PUBLIC SUPPORT. UPON ITS CLOSING, MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE WORKS CONTAINED IN THE LIBRARY WOULD HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED AMONG ITS DAUGHTER LIBRARIES. BY THE TIME THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL LIBRARY WAS DESTROYED, IT’S UNLIKELY IT WAS EVEN STILL IN OPERATION.
IF YOU ARE KEPT UP AT NIGHT WONDERING WHAT WE LOST IN THE BURNING OF THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA, REST EASY, IT WAS “BASICALLY NOTHING” SINCE THE BURNING DID NOT HAPPEN AND MOST OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE LIBRARY SURVIVED ITS CLOSING. HOWEVER, IF YOU STILL WANT SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT, MIGHT I SUGGEST THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HISTORY, SCIENCE, MEDICINE, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE WIPED OUT IN RECENT CENTURIES BY ONGOING COLONIALIST CAMPAIGNS?
Source?
YOU WON’T FIND A BETTER LIST OF SCHOLARLY AND PEER-REVIEWED SOURCES ON THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARIES THAN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA.
IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE POPULAR STORY OF THE LIBRARY BEING MALICIOUSLY BURNED AT ITS PEAK IN ORDER TO WIPE OUT THE KNOWLEDGE CONTAINED THEREIN STARTED AS AN ISLAMOPHOBIC LIBEL BY A CHRISTIAN BISHOP (GREGORY BAR HEBRÆUS) WHO CLAIMED THAT THE “MOSLEM” CALIPH OMAR BURNED THE “GREAT LIBRARY CONTAINING ALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF YHE WORLD” BECAUSE THE WORKS INSIDE WOULD LIKELY CONTRADICT THE QU’RAN. THIS IS 100% A FABRICATION WRITTEN OVER 300 YEARS AFTER OMAR’S DEATH BY A CHRISTIAN INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO PIN ATROCITIES ON MUSLIMS IN ORDER TO DISCREDIT THEIR FAITH
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE REAL MOTIVATION BEHIND THE STORY IS WILDLY BIGOTED, MANY BLAME THE EMPEROR THEODOSIUS FOR THE LIBRARY’S DESTRUCTION, SINCE HE DID ORDER THE RAZING OF THE TEMPLE THAT HOUSED THE LIBRARY IN ORDER TO WIPE OUT PAGANISM IN THE REGION AND REPLACE IT WITH CHRISTIANITY. HOWEVER, BY THIS TIME, THE LIBRARY WAS ALREADY MOSTLY (IF NOT ENTIRELY) DEFUNCT, AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT WOULD’VE SURVIVED IN THE MANY COPIES MADE BY ALMOST EVERY SCRIBE WHO STUDIED THERE
OTHERS ATTEMPT TO BLAME CAESAR, WHO DID IN FACT START A FIRE IN THE PART OF THE CITY THE LIBRARY WAS HOUSED IN THAT MIGHT HAVE AFFECTED PART OF THE LIBRARY’S WAREHOUSES, BUT THIS FIRE HAPPENED SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THE LIBRARY’S ULTIMATE CLOSURE. AS MANY HISTORIANS WILL POINT OUT, CAESAR HAD HIS SHARE OF ENEMIES, AND HAD HE BEEN RESPONSIBLE, THERE WOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION THAN “CAESAR STARTED A FIRE NEAR THE LIBRARY ONCE HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE IT WAS DESTROYED”
IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT “THE LIBRARY” REFERS TO THE SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATION THAT RAN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH WERE LOCATED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY
but then we didnt actually lose all this knowledge people claim we did?
OF COURSE NOT, AND WHOEVER MADE THAT INFOGRAPHIC ABOUT HOW THE BURNING OF THE LIBRARY STARTED THE “DARK AGES” IS A HUGE IDIOT
fandoms act like pedophiles don’t watch tv, read books, or use the internet. “fiction vs reality” all you want but predators consume content that aligns with their interests. real, actual predators ship adults with minors, possess child porn of both real kids and fictional ones, read stories that show csa in a positive light, etc.
like I can see a predator watching how y'all justify minor / adult ships and feeling validated. they don’t just enact violence outside of the internet. they are real people who consume media just like you and me. those of you who ship children with adults share a space with actual predators
it’s also wild to me that y'all don’t think a pedophile could ever be an artist or writer. I guarantee you they are content creators you enjoy on social media. you’re giving them a space to safely express their interests and you validate their inclination to hurt real children when you promote “hebephilia” as healthy. every time you say “the technical definition of pedophilia is 13 years old and younger”, some adult freak feels better about being attracted to a 14 year old. saved by the bell huh!
you’re harboring actual predators, making them feel great about themselves, giving them a platform in fandom & the ability to harass minors into silence with that platform. it isn’t just desensitizing kids, it’s also desensitizing predators
just like white people felt justified in thinking of black people as all sorts of stereotypes (monkeys, mammies, pickanninies, unintelligent, biologically predisposed to being enslaved, etc) thanks to racist cartoons, justifying pedophilia in fiction is a gateway to them excusing harmful behavior in real life and actually doing it. if that should bother you
76% of people arrested for child porn (cp) which legally includes simulated cp (that’s digitally drawn art,or CGI), have molested actual children. in the late 20th century cp had almost been completely wiped out, but the creation of the internet caused a resurgence and now it’s uncontrollable. but people think enjoying these things in internet fandom are unrelated phenomenon
y'all really surround yourself with people who spend hours drawing cp, writing about it, making headcanons for it, creating communities & organizing celebration weeks for it, discussing it on social media and skype, but then you’re surprised when people who spend their days indulging in the fantasy of adults fucking children… are outed as adults who fuck children. like
(76% of people arrested for child porn have molested children) (in the late 20th century cp had almost been completely wiped out, but the creation of the internet caused a resurgence)
thanks for the sources! I didn’t have enough spoons to look it up
there are some really vile people trying to interact with this post, claiming that “fiction and reality are two different things.” i’d like to add a source that suggests that the brain is more susceptible to thoughts vs. actions than we think it is, and i hope OP finds it as important as i do.
this is an article about Alvaro Pascual-Leone’s neurology study at Harvard Medical. it’s actually almost a decade old at this point. in this study, he had a group play a simple piano exercise for one week, and he had another group only imagine playing the piano exercise for one week. in group one - the piano-practicing group - a new network of neurons blossomed in the brain to accompany the repetitive motion practiced on the piano. in the group that only imagined playing, the same thing happened.
the brain can and does form new neural connections when you only imagine something, even if you take no action. it doesn’t mean that everyone who’s ever had a bad thought is now a criminal, but this is a legitimate study that suggests that a concentrated, sustained effort – like a hobby, or writing, or shipping – results in real, measurable structural changes in your brain. you shouldn’t even need a study like this to prove “you resemble what you surround yourself with,” but here it is.
as a survivor of CSA, i am 100% not okay with anyone engaging with this topic in their leisure time*, and i think that “shipping” is the lamest excuse i’ve ever fucking heard to engage in real, damaging behavior. an abuse survivor who ships “because they’re traumatized” doesn’t get a pass, nor should they consume or create this content. i hate it when this gets brought up because it’s victim-blaming, using severely mentally ill people you don’t even care about as props, and describes a tragic method by which a victim grows into a perpetrator.
nobody’s fucking shippy feels or orgasm is above scrutiny and condemnation, nor are these things above the well-being of other people.
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*telling people to knock it off is not leisure time, trust me. i’m speaking about people who enjoy their interactions around child abuse.
Something to add:
Real pedophiles use nsfw art of minors to groom children in real life. They use the art and fanfic and shit you write to say “Hey look this character that is your age is doing this, so it’s okay!” They legit do this. I’ve had real life actual victims tell me they do this.
You’re not just making them feel valid. You’re making tools for them to do their sick bullshit to others.
we are human beings too. SW’s are not below you. give us some respect.
Excuse me, the dancers get a fine if they get touched?!?!?
correct. the fine can be up to $300. so keep your hands to yourself lol
GET LOUD
*open carries this*
AND???
like and share if you love bazuzi and are not a coward
I know this is like extremely depressing lol but when I look at people I would consider dating/marrying, 1 of the “litmus tests” I have for myself is the answer to this question: “if this marriage were to fall apart, could I see myself coparenting successfully with this person?”
There’s some people who are very petty and this is my first thought, just genuinely “if I married this person and we ended up divorcing, could I trust this person to provide our kids with a positive environment on their own/with a new partner, can I trust this person to raise these kids without trying to retailiate against me, could this person be trusted to watch out for the best interests of our children even if it included something he didn’t want to do” & let me tell u… so many people become unattractive when u get the answers to those questions
#this is good advice even if you don’t intend to have kids
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This is a very important camel toe gif of Keanu Reeves that I cherish a lot
I love being sent memes and people being like “this is you” or “this made me think of you”. Even if the meme is roasting me thank you for thinking about me ily.
an ecofascist blog has been gaining a lot of followers recently
the user captain-planet-official, who got popular from posts like this masking as environmental care (as most ecofascists do):
frequently slip in bits of white supremacist/racist/antisemitic commentary or ideals between posts, such as these:
or even the user outright requesting fashwave images from other fascists on here:
i’m not only worried about this for the sake of kicking weird fascist cunts like this off of the site, but also because of the fact that his entire persona has been attracting minors who don’t understand the undertone or even ecofascism itself. i’ve recently talked to one who had drawn fan art for the page! this isn’t good at all!
please spread this.
The way they say “shrubbery” gets me e v e r y time
this is the most trans girl shit ever i love it
*sheds a single tear thinking about big titty bara boys*
mw when i se e tge fuckigng,,, jdsjsdkndnk dekna nsdnsnanjanj hhh
bubies,
this site has one setting
Europeans: “I don’t understand you Americans, if your working conditions, wages, and social safety net are so bad, why do you not simply unionize or strike?”
Americans:
Also there’s literally so many restrictions on unions and strikes at this point that striking on any significant scale is nearly de facto illegal
Remember, folks: they wouldn’t be so afraid of it if it didn’t work. The IWW will give you the support and resources you need to organize
I know pirates gonna pirate, but seeing artists talk about torrenting night in the woods is crazy offensive. Like, you expect others to support your art when you’re ripping off individual artists? NITW is made by literally three people (Scott, Bethany, Alec) and their publisher is a mom and pop shop run from somewhere in Michigan like come on. In Scott’s own words:
If you can’t buy Night in the Woods just yet, consider tiding yourself over with Longest Night [itch.io] & Lost Constellation [itch.io]!
They’re both pay-your-own-price aka FREE AS SHIT and are part of the NITW universe!!! Longest Night directly deals with Mae & friends while Lost Constellation is a ghost story in the canon.
Indie game devs really don’t make any money even if their games blow up and become mainstream/popular and risk a lot by even releasing games in the first place. Support your artists.
