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[stuckinapril]

The most dystopian thing you could do 7 months into a genocide is complain that a genocide is still happening—and it’s even more disgusting when it’s specifically targeted at wanting people to tag Palestinian gofundmes so you can filter them out of your dash. You’re being extremely distasteful when you demand something like that. People are dying.

[stuckinapril]

It’s so crazy seeing the rise of the sentiment that “this has been going on for too long,” except instead of it being focused on the fact that Palestinians are still being liberally genocided (while others face fate worse than death), it’s about posts related to spreading awareness and boosting fundraisers. Like that really should not be the focus of your ire right now. Being disturbed by gofundme posts while the people posting them are dying is actually demented behavior

[batboyblog]

Just a thought for the night, but remember in 2016 there were all these accounts that seemed really really telling you all the ways Hillary Clinton was some kind of demon woman, just the worst, and really Trump wouldn't be worse and maybe he'd even be better?

and then it turned out they got banned for being literally Russian agents and never came back because spoiler they were?

does it feel like that all over again? just a thought.

[freegazafromhamas]

[answrs]

fun fact, this is legitimately why there's a report category for "election interference". don't just block them, report their posts so they stop being able to spread this "not voting is the only moral choice uwu" shit

[wealmostaneckbeard]

Nihilistic disinterest in politics favors the party most opposed to democracy. The United States electoral college was designed from its foundation to deny political power to non-white, non-male people. Don't do the work of conservative oppressors by refusing to participate in democracy.

[liberalsarecool]

Russian bots are Republican's best friend.

[homunculus-argument]

You think you're done with therapy but then get anxiety and start dreading doing a friend a favour because for some reason you were fully expecting some sort of backlash for trying to do the right thing. Scolded for not asking permission, for doing it wrong, for inconveniencing other people, just bracing yourself for The Consequences, with no idea what the fuck the consequences would even be, and then realise like wow. What the fuck was wrong with the people who raised me like this.

[homunculus-argument]

Literally just walked past a root that grew all fucked up to get past a tree stump that's now eroded and not there anymore. The root's way is no longer blocked but the shape of the obstacle is still there, as an absent silhouette.

If I wrote this shit into a book, an editor would beat my ass for such an over-the-top on the nose metaphor.

[enigmaticpink]

I think some people forget that some literature and some media is meant to be deeply uncomfortable and unsettling. It's meant to make you have a very visceral reaction to it. If you genuinely can't handle these stories then you are under no obligation to consume them but acting as if they have no purpose or as if people don't have a right to tell these stories, stories that often relate to the darkest or most disturbing parts of life, then you should do some introspection.

[moonkitty]

im a proud "ive never used chat gpt" user btw

[moonkitty]

i honestly dont think I've willingly used a chatbot since..... cleverbot in 2012. i genuinely dont know why so many people care about this ai bullshit. sorry im with the boomers on this one. i need human creation, emotion, and thought to be interested, pal

[velidewrites]

How are we doing today ladies. Are we still losing it. Are we going completely insane

[tikkunolamresistance]

“Surge in antisemitism”

I have worn my magen david and not had a single comment, from anyone— not Muslims, Christians, people wearing kufiyahs. I’ve been to protests and demonstrations, and never been more welcomed or felt so safe. Palestinians have hugged me, have shared food with me. Leftists have constantly held space to listen and to learn, to make room for changes and growth.

But you know what I have experienced? Jewish Zionists screaming at me, calling me shameful, Jewish Zionists on the internet debating the legitimacy of my Jewishness. I’ve been called kapo, k*ke and told I’d be r*ped by Hamas. I’ve had the most vitriol from ZIONISTS. I’ve faced the most antisemitism from Zionist Jews, and that makes me so inconceivably sad. I’ve been looked down upon and cursed at.

Zionism is not Judaism. Never will be.

[bijoumikhawal]

rising antisemitism has been a problem since 2016, but it has basically nothing to do with Palestinians and everything to do with christofascism, but all anybody wants to do is act like the problem is Palestinians

[braxbrowastaken]

of course, because if everyone’s looking at Palestinians when they think of ‘antisemitism’, then they won’t see the Christofascists rising in power behind them.

[tikkunolamresistance]

EXACTLY THIS!

[thehmn]

I’ll never forgive QAnon for ruining the fun of ridiculous conspiracies. Us conspiracy enjoyers have to be real fucking careful who we share our love of aliens and Illuminati with because chances are very high we’ll run into a crazy person who actually believes it but even higher that it’ll be someone who think you can’t have an interest in conspiracies as modern folklore without believing in it and immediately assuming you’re antisemitic and was personally present at the storming of the White House.

Diving into the real history of Illuminati is super fun (the reason why we know so much about them is because one of their members got struck by lightning and the police collected all sorts of secret documents from his dead body in the street), the stories about reptilians go well beyond antisemitism (the idea came from an Arnold Schwarzenegger fantasy movie) and there’s a whole hierarchy of aliens (forget the grays, the mantis aliens are who you should really be afraid of).

So boo on QAnon for taking this shit way too seriously. Us enjoyers had such a nice peaceful coexistence with the alien abductees and weird basement dwelling cousins who thought Illuminati was running the world without ever doing anything about it. Those were the days.

[pelicanhypeman]

i’m fucking dying. it’s been brought to ben collins (the rad new owner of the onion’s) attention that Google AI summary is using The Onion headlines, resulting in this:

[partywithponies]

What platform did you first explore fandom on?

tumblr

amino

livejournal

a dedicated forum or fansite

facebook

reddit

youtube

deviantart

tiktok

either ff.net, wattpad, or Ao3

an irl fanclub or fan group of some kind

other (elaborate in tags)

Voting ended onMay 27, 2024

[writingf3]

What do yall know about Flipnote Hatena

[natjennie]

they should invent a laying in your bed all day that is healthy and good for you.

[animentality]

[lizardsfromspace]

Loving the new counterpoint that not only is posting activism, not posting is complicity. Why doesn't everyone with any fame or internet presence immediately release a lengthy but perfectly-worded statement telling us where they stand on every issue? Is it because they're evil??? It must be because they're evil

And then the usual answer is "they don't post online very much". Which is all very suspicious, don't they know everything of importance is done by posts on social media now

[lizardsfromspace]

Okay I'm going to talk about this for the last time bc currently the stupidest manifestation of this I've ever seen is unfolding, and nothing can top it or explain this phenomenon better

So Amal Clooney was one of the lawyers who advised the ICC to charge Netanyahu with war crimes & issue an arrest warrant. But apparently there was already a backlash over her "not speaking up" which is already dumb, like, as far as I can tell she has no social media, but also she's a lawyer, she can't comment freely on cases, that could literally destroy the case

But she was trending bc people were saying she should be forgiven, for not posting. But also there are people adamant she not be forgiven. Because she should have spoken up sooner. Helping charge Benjamin Netanyahu with crimes against humanity is not good enough, she should have been posting, she needs to be held accountable for her lack of posting while she was, again, serving as a legal advisor on a international humans rights case against Benjamin Netanyahu.

Like when you're at the stage where people ask where a celebrity was, and the answer is "helping arrange an arrest warrant for Netanyahu", and your response is "why was she doing that instead of posting online" I really just have to conclude you think posting online is more important than anything else. Also that your online activism revolves around finding righteous ways to dislike celebrities you have entrenched parasocial relationships with that you rationalize by going "well I obsessively hate them so it's okay". But mostly the Posting Is More Important Than War Crimes Tribunals part

[inspirato]

🔴New Zealanders put on a powerful display by doing the Haka in solidarity with Palestine

[transmonk]

if you're not gonna sit dont stand right in front of the bench at the bus stop 😭 this is common sense

[writingf3]

omg, can i add to the bus bitching? When you end up standing near the back/middle door because there’s no seats, and the person who’s about to get off (despite there being a clear path to the front door and no one else getting on) decides to awkwardly hover around you and squish you against the door while they try to get out 😭

[transmonk]

okay, fair

...but sometimes i also do this because im just worried the other door will close before i reach it 😬 i will be more careful from now on (and get my ass up in advance if the door is far lmao)

[writingf3]

The driver controls when the door closes they’ll see u coming !

[transmonk]

if you're not gonna sit dont stand right in front of the bench at the bus stop 😭 this is common sense

[writingf3]

omg, can i add to the bus bitching? When you end up standing near the back/middle door because there’s no seats, and the person who’s about to get off (despite there being a clear path to the front door and no one else getting on) decides to awkwardly hover around you and squish you against the door while they try to get out 😭

[writingf3]

Things that are cool about long distance running:

Relatively low cost of entry

Can explore new music

Learn more about your neighborhood and the people in it. I’ve been to pottery sales and farmers markets just because I ran past the signs. Where I live, people are also putting up Koinobori (the Japanese fish flags), how cute!

Feel more connected to your body— have to learn to delineate pain (injury) from pain (tightness). When you stretch afterwards, you get to feel sweaty and enjoy having been in motion. Reminds me of how it felt to come home after playing outside as a kid.

Have to eat healthy and drink water or else you’ll be miserable during the run. You learn to consider ‘future you’ over current you. You also feel good because you’re eating healthy and drinking water.

Can see if your town has a running club and make friends :)

Get to go thrifting for new running shorts

Sleep so much better

Less acne for some reason

Get to brag on instagram stories