look i’m as absolutely against homophobic tropes as the next person, probably even more so, but like. at the end of the day if every gay character has to be wholesome and unproblematic in order to be a good character gay media is gonna get really bland really fast
i don’t just want “good gay characters/representation” i want a full spectrum of gay characters that encompass even a fraction of the thousands of diverse and complex straight characters in fiction
It’s a minor pet peeve, but it is everywhere today so errrr…. please keep in mind that “Rest in Peace”/RIP literally comes from a latin phrase and is a very very deeply Christian expression.
When talking about the departed, Jews say “may their memory be a blessing.”
So please, when talking about a dead person who is Jewish, try to keep in mind that RIP is a Christian phrase.
I learned something today, so I’ll pass it on so someone else can learn too
WATCH THIS: MAN SHUTS DOWN ANTISEMITIC WHITE POWER PREACHER
One of my friends in the Boston area took this video and gave me permission to post it. She writes: “ I stood there for twenty minutes, easily. Hitler Youth kept trying to preach about “the evils of the Jews” and the big guy barely let him get a word in edgewise. At one point, the big guy yelled, “I will be here ALL DAY” and the crowd cheered.”
I promise this will be the best thing you see today.
Where’s a goddamn bullhorn when you need it?
wow that preacher is probably shitting his pants low key with some big ass biker that close to his face
Caption for those who need it– the guy in the suit is saying shit like “all races must serve us as put here by God” and a lot of racist/anti Semitic drivel.
Every time he opens his mouth to speak though, the biker yells “AHHHHHHH!!!” Until the man in the suit shuts up again. When the man in the suit takes a breath and opens his mouth, the biker doesn’t even let him get started and just screams “AHHHHH”…. This happens a few times.
The guy in the suit plows ahead but the biker screams and says “No no no no!!!”
I love biker dude
Make racists afraid again.
Um, sorry, but the guy in the suit deserves to speak his opinions. How’d you like to get screamed at everything time you spoke about what you are passionate about? I’m not saying I agree with his opinion, but that doesn’t make shutting him down like this right. Freedom of Speech. Just agree to disagree and walk away.
1) Freedom of Speech means you have the right to speak your mind without being punished or censored by the government. It does not mean other people have to listen to you, and it does not mean they can’t yell over you if you’re saying something disgusting and inflammatory. The Biker Dude has just as much right to do what he’s doing as the Neo-Nazi. Nobody’s right is being infringed upon here.
2) The guy is “passionate about” hating and inciting violence against Jews. I’m passionate about information literacy, candle-making, and giving snuggles to my pet rabbit. There’s a fucking difference, there.
3) “Agree to disagree” is something you say when two people can’t come to a consensus over whether or not The Empire Strikes Back is the best Star Wars movie. It’s not something you say when one person is Jewish and the other person believes Jews are a evil satanic cabal trying to enslave the white race who must be stopped at all costs. That’s not an “agree to disagree” topic. We don’t “agree to disagree” over the issue of whether or not Jews are people. We don’t “agree to disagree” over whether or not black people, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ folks, etc. are deserving of basic human rights. These things are not up for debate, and there is no middle-ground to be had with people who think otherwise.
“I can’t remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you’re saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it’s not literally illegal to express.” – Randall Munroe
I feel really sorry for those with intestinal issues like IBD, IBS or anything like that because it feels like theyre unabled to talk about their issues because its considered “gross” or too “inappropriate”.
or worse, people think that theyre entitled to know what the illness does to them, even if they dont want to talk about it.
theyre either taught that talking about their illness is disgusting or theyre taught that they shouldnt have privacy, that theyre not allowed to say no.
I just really wanna say im sorry to those who have to go through that, because you are not gross and you deserve to talk about your issues as much as you want or to not talk about your issues at all.
you are not gross for having an illness that has to do with your stomach, you should never be ashamed or embarressed to have medical issues.
talking about your issues is not inapropriate.
not wanting to talk about your issues does not make you mean, or rude, it makes you a person who wants their privacy.
You deserve the right to vent and rant and educate
you also deserve the right to privacy.
you are strong
you are important
you matter.
and you shouldnt never have to feel guilty or apologize for having a medical issue, no matter what that issue is.
sorry if this doesnt sound that good, or if im not explaining well, i hope this comes out well tho.
reminder.
also to add, people with bladder issues, constant nausea or anything else that is seen as “gross” or “inappropriate” to talk about
youre not gross
you shouldnt be ashamed of your issues, you cant help it.
everything ive written above can apply to you as well
It’s important for cis dudes to know about medical issues for people with vaginas, too, because one day your teenage daughter might come up to you and be like, “Dad, my left side is killing me” and you don’t wanna be like, “AAAAAH, YOUR APPENDIX IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF YOUR BODY! YOU’RE NOT MY DAUGHTER! YOU’RE HER EVIL COUNTERPART FROM A MIRROR UNIVERSE!” and yeet her through a full-length mirror when actually she is just ovulating
Well shit I’m a 16 year old girl and I didn’t even know that’s what that meant
Yeah, it’s called mittelschmerz, which is literally German for “middle hurt,” and can happen on either side (whichever ovary is releasing the egg). Unless you really DO have your appendix on the opposite side of your body, which is an actual medical condition, but I’M NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES SO GET BACK IN THAT MIRROR DIMENSION FROM WHENCE YOU CAME BEFORE I ACCOST YOU WITH THIS DAMP SWIFFER MOP
Accepting and celebrating the things that make you “different” is…. good. It can be great, liberating even, to accept that you don’t have to fit the mold or meet certain arbitrary expectations to be a fully realized person.
But sometimes you do crave certain aspects of “normalacy” that you know you’re just… not wired for, and maybe you feel guilty for that, because ideologically you reject the notion of “normal”. And yet. And yet!!!
Of course the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence, when no grass grows on your side at all. It’s still your yard, though, grass or no grass – you can always build a rock garden. And yet…!
Honorable mention to the feeling of “I don’t actually want that, but I do kind of want to be able to want that.”
Also, the fear that expressing your sense of missing out will be used against you and turned into, “see, ‘different’ IS an aberration, you want to be ‘fixed’ and that’s proof!!!” so you just grimace and quietly arrange your rock garden without complaint.
Worked on this girl for 9 months. Now this new music video comes out and she’s immensely popular, arguably one of the most popular characters in the LoL universe.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m really glad she’s a huge hit, it’s super exciting to see so many people love the character design and the gameplay, and know that I contributed directly and significantly to the behind-the-scenes engineering that makes it all work. It’s validating.
But it’s also so fucking melancholy to know I did so much work and put in so much time for such a shitty company, run by shitty people, and the reward I got for it was unemployment.
I threw a lot into this character. I cried at work. I started getting panic attacks, which I’ve never gotten before. I developed persistent heart palpitations from the daily overwhelming stress and had to go to the hospital (this is true, seriously.) I basically dropped all my friends outside of work. My manager (and his manager!) lied to me constantly to keep me working. They said I was doing a great job but to keep it up. Don’t worry, it’s going to turn out great, and it’ll all be worth it in the end – recognition, a raise, probably a promotion in short order. They promised me the world. When she was finally finished, I didn’t even get to go to the release party, they just walked me out.
I remember a quote from my last day, it sticks out in my mind: “I know you realize this is really hard for me,” my manager said. Yes, in the end, when he awkwardly informed me I didn’t have my dream job anymore – or any job at all – and then stared back at my shell-shocked face, my thousand-yard stare, the only thing he felt was sorry for himself.
She launched with no major bugs and was considered a technical success. Doesn’t matter. Get the fuck out.
I don’t know how I feel. A weird sensation of pride and intense bitterness. I did a good job; at least, I think I did. Unfortunately, internal validation is the only kind I’m going to get.
Everyone reposting KDA should see this. Riot has successfully distracted everyone into forgetting their culture of sexism,exploitation, and toxicity mere months after it was all revealed.
Look, I get it. Akali is EXTREMELY my type. It’s obvious how much love and care was put into her development. But it makes me furious to see all the free advertising that Riot is getting from people who I thought would know better.
And now? One of the people who is arguably responsible for all that free advertising? Who’s work is undoubtedly making Riot hundreds of thousands of dollars a day? Who was overworked to the point of near breaking? They get nothing. WORSE than the scant bit of credit that most devs can get in a big company like Riot. They got let go.
Fuck Riot Games.
One thing that I thought really sucked a lot is that the production company who made the KDA video isn’t even credited. They credit a lot of other people on their videos, usually, but the actual animators of the video are hidden; almost a lie by omission. At best it’s a honest mistake, at worst it’s sneakily trying to pass off the video as something made in-house when it’s not. 😦
For the record, if you’re out walking and you see a depression in the ground where the grass is brighter green and there’s lots of clovers, azaleas and other nitrogen-fixing plants,
KEEP WALKING.
It could be a body dump.
…I really expected this to be about the dangers of walking into a faerie ring and being offered food by faw folk and foolishly accepting, leaving you trapped in faerieland forever for having cosumed the offerings of a host, a warning that I was given as a child (and nobody I go to school with was, those kids are gonna end up in some troublel.
But this is interesting too.
I mean, given what faeries get up to, there’s a strong likelihood of it being both.
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