a nation of their own

A collection of the most embarrassing parts of my ID, with apologies. 

[angelicguy]

i bet girls hated it in 1902 cuz you would constantly go on dates w guys who are working on an invention to present at the world fair

[takofukkatsumi]

Reblog this and tell me what was your biggest crying over a piece of fiction. You can be vague if you don't want to spoil.

[cal3ris]

is this gonna get me fired you think

[viralfrog]

[passengerprincipessa]

also sorry i’m so tired of people acting like they can have nothing in common with someone a few years older or younger than them. have you never had coworkers who aren’t your exact age. have you never taken an art class with someone thirty years older than you. have you never had a friend. like did covid fry everyone’s brains this badly

[365gleit]

Point Reyes, CA

February 2016

[calllynx]

Op turned off reblogs but I MUST

[madderhatter]

[acekoral]

wawawawawawa. Very nice noises

[filmnoirsbian]

I love getting unaccompanied minors (kids flying alone) who so clearly just. Don't want to be here lol. Sometimes I get to know a little of their story, like their parents are divorced, or a family member died and they're heading to the funeral, but usually they just don't want to talk about it and that's fine. But I always treat the flight like it's a challenge to make them smile. I offer them snacks and soda but that's never enough, that's whatever, they could get those from an airport vending machine. Chump change. So then I tell the worst jokes. Just the most embarrassing, kindergarten teacher, annoying dad jokes you can think of. And those always get a groan, or a "Seriously??" And that's my in! Now I can say "Why, what's your idea of a good joke? No, come on hotshot, make your best joke, let's see it." And they hem and they haw but of course they eventually tell me their very best joke because kids are little competitive comedy goldmines. And it's always super funny, so I laugh, and that's where they slip up. Because you know what you almost always do when your joke successfully makes someone laugh? You smile. And I'm like. Gotcha. Rookie move. Now you're going to end up having a good time in spite of yourself. I win.

[filmnoirsbian]

Did this with an 11yo u.m. today and he said "What did the ghost say to the other ghost?" And I said "What?" "Nothing. Ghosts aren't real."

[filmnoirsbian]

I'm literally a flight attendant, offering snacks and drinks is my job

[this-is-a-name-dont-worry]

gshsjb

[spanishsongs]

"What is happening now in left and progressive spaces quietly reverses that progress. It teaches people, often without realizing it, that some identities can be treated as morally contingent. It reshapes how people think about other groups. It lowers the threshold for dehumanization. It makes it easier, over time, to more broadly justify dismissing suffering, othering, acts of discrimination anywhere it becomes politically inconvenient.

That is exactly how prejudice evolves itself into something systemic. By changing the rules of who is allowed to be seen clearly. And this is where it becomes personal.

Most people reading this do not think of themselves as antisemitic. They would never use a slur. They would never straight out and openly deny someone’s humanity. But that is not how this shows up anymore. It shows up in smaller decisions we make as progressive and left leaders these days. In what we excuse. In what we scroll past. In which deaths feel complicated instead of tragic and unacceptable. In whether we instinctively see a person or a position when we hear the word “Zionist” or “anti-Zionist.”

You can oppose Israeli policy. You can reject Zionism. You can defend it. None of those positions require you to sort Jews, Israelis, Palestinians, Arabs or Muslims into categories that determine whether they deserve empathy. If your framework depends on deciding which Jews are acceptable and which are not, or which civilians matter and which do not, then the issue is not that your politics are controversial. It is that your reasoning has already crossed a line that civil rights traditions were meant to prevent. The civil rights standard was never agreement. It was consistency. No collective guilt. No dehumanization. No conditional empathy.

We already know how to apply these principles. We are watching what happens when we fail to. The only question is whether we are willing to apply them when it challenges our own assumptions. Because if we cannot, then all we have really done is learn how to recognize injustice selectively.

And selective justice is not justice for all."

The Return of the “Good Jew” and the “Bad Jew”

How We Learned to Sort Jews Into “Acceptable” and “Unacceptable” Again and Why No One Wants to Admit It

[tzikeh]

People who aren't Jewish are welcome to reblog -- but read the whole essay first.

[saintluvly]

LOVE IS THE WHOLE POINT. OF IT ALL

[lordvast]

Tell me more about life 17 year old on the internet

[saintluvly]

ok die alone then idc

[angryonabus]

a PSA for well-meaning cis people

There will come a time in your life when you will be talking with someone you don't know terribly well — a colleague, or a friend of a friend, or a distant relative you haven't seen in a while — and you will pick up on a vibe.

A gender vibe. A certain je ne 'they' quoi, if you will.

And you'll want to be respectful and supportive, so you'll ask this person you're talking to, "Hey, what pronouns should I use for you?"

And the person will freeze for a moment, or appear slightly alarmed, and they'll look around the room very quickly, and then they'll shake themself and say, "Oh, uh — [pronouns] are fine." Maybe they'll smile awkwardly.

And you will be confused, because, yes, those pronouns will match what you understood to be the person's assigned gender at birth, but the vibe — that subtle sense of Unexpected Pronouns In The Bagging Area — will be, if anything, even stronger than it was before you asked the question.

Friend, you are going to be tempted to push — to ask if they're sure, to make sure they understand that you're an ally, to assure them that if they'd prefer a different set of pronouns, that's totally cool by you —

Please don't fucking do that. Please, please, just take the person at their word and keep using the pronouns they've told you to use.

Because chances are pretty good that you're not wrong about the vibe, but that, for whatever reason, your conversational partner would prefer not to discuss their pronouns in this particular context. Maybe they're still figuring some stuff out, pronoun-wise! Maybe they don't trust you, a person they've met exactly twice! Or maybe they trust you just fine, but they don't trust Alex from Finance / Jenny's boyfriend / Cousin Irma / whoever else is standing near enough to overhear your conversation.

Regardless of their reasons, they have sent you a clear message about what pronouns they would like you to use for them, which means that the most respectful and supportive thing you can do is to use the pronouns they've asked you to use. By asking about their pronouns at all, you have shown your willingness to be supportive, but now you need to back that up by following their lead. If they want to ask you to use different pronouns for you at a point in the future, they will do so.

Battering down the closet door doesn't make you a better ally; it makes you a jerk.

[zxid]

collection

[fishlung8877]

[remanence-of-love]

[moonshoesmargo]

An opinion without 3.14159 is just an onion.

[danceundersparklinglights]

i’m going to be really honest with you guys i think the tendency to read the absolute worst possible intentions into every action you don’t agree with is getting too automatic and it’s eating you from the inside out

[whosname]

[id. A twitter post by @/Bennieeexyz Jury duty letter came addressed to my cat. Not a mistake. "Felix Martinez" - that's his full name according to his vet records. My last name. His first name. Somehow he's a registered voter now. Called the county clerk. Me: My cat got summoned for jury duty. Clerk: Is the name correct on the summons? Me: Yes, but he's a cat. Clerk: Is Felix Martinez a legal resident of this county? Me: He's a legal cat. Clerk: Sir, if the name matches our records, he needs to appear or file an exemption. Me: He can't file anything. He has paws. Clerk: You can file on his behalf. Me: Under what exemption? There's no box for "is a cat." Clerk: (pause) Check "unable to serve due to medical reasons." Me: What's the medical reason? Clerk: He's a cat. Me: That's not a medical condition. Clerk: It is if it prevents him from serving. Sent in the form. Got rejected two weeks later. "Insufficient documentation. Please provide medical professional's statement." Took the letter to my vet. Me: I need you to write that my cat can't do jury duty. Vet: Why is your cat summoned for jury duty? Me: Excellent question. No good answer. Vet: This is the weirdest request I've gotten. Me: Can you just write that he's medically unfit to serve? Vet: On what grounds? Me: He's a cat. Vet: (started typing) "Patient is unable to serve due to species-related limitations including inability to speak, read, or comprehend legal proceedings." Me: Perfect. Sent it in. Got another rejection. "Summons is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in contempt of court." My roommate thought this was hilarious. Roommate: Felix is going to jail. Me: This is serious. Roommate: Bring him to court. See what happens. Decided that was actually the only option left. Day of jury duty, put Felix in his carrier. Brought the entire paper trail of rejection letters. Checked in at the courthouse. Clerk: Name? Me: Felix Martinez. Clerk: (looked at the cat carrier) Is that Felix? Me: Yes. Clerk: (long stare) He's a cat. Me: I've been saying that for six weeks. Clerk: Why didn't you file an exemption? Me: I filed three. All rejected. Showed her the letters. She read through them, expression shifting from confusion to disbelief. Clerk: Someone rejected the veterinary documentation? Me: Twice. Clerk: (called her supervisor over) You need to see this. Supervisor read everything. Looked at Felix. Looked at me. Supervisor: How did a cat get registered to vote? Me: You tell me. Supervisor: This is a data error. Me: Took you six weeks to figure that out. They dismissed Felix immediately. Apologized for the inconvenience. Supervisor: We'll remove him from the voter registry. Me: Appreciate it. Supervisor: (pause) Out of curiosity, how would he have voted? Me: Probably whatever party supports universal treats. Got a formal apology letter a week later and a voter registration card. For me this time. Apparently I wasn't registered, but my cat was. Roommate: Felix committed voter fraud. Me: Felix committed nothing. He's innocent. Roommate: That's what they all say. Felix is sleeping on the jury summons now. Fitting end to his legal career. end id]

[troglobite]

this is a genAI story (the account it's from posts a bunch of stories like this all the time, is monetized, and posts abt supporting AI)

however, it's generated based on a real story:

Jury Duty Cat: Why a Viral Story Is a Media Fail

When One Website Reported a Year-Old Story as New, Dozens of Big Outlets Followed; Welcome to the Web Rewrite Echo Chamber

[ziusik]

GOD I FUCKING HATE AI AND I HATE FEELING STUPID BECAUSE OF FUCKING GEN AI >:(