Finally updating my pinned post:

just a reminder that:

the phrase "say her name" is to used honor and bring attention to the murders of black women by the police or the state.

and the phrase "rest in power" is used to honor and signify the work that a black person has participated in, as far as the fight for social and racial justice.

streetcar madonna, crike

I’m good at taking care of my friends when they are sick. Ignore the display name

girl what was in that stuff i feel so symptoms

Have not a care, my liege. Merely imbibe more of my lovely brew and drift into a sleep most deep…

…a sleep so deep you may yet never rouse…

yayyyyy ultimate princess nap time 🥰

saw a post that claims that STEM smart people are smarter than humanities smart people because “any math student who speaks english can flip through an english book and understand it, but i’d like to see an english student do college math.” i have to say 1. holy disingenuous comparison batman, and 2. as someone who ta’d the english side of an english/biology fusion class, no the fuck they cannot. forget a collegiate level, we were struggling to teach these STEM major upperclassmen how to identify what’s on the page and articulate the themes on a high school level. the course texts were two YA novels and a handful of short stories. meanwhile all the humanities students were chugging through the biochemistry at what my colleague reported was an extremely respectable level. turns out that understanding what you’re reading is a skill just like any other, AND one with transferable applications

can someone tell Jacqueline Durran that the issue with the wuthering heights costumes isn't even that they're historically inaccurate. it's that they're fugly

This is the first time we see adult Cathy. As the film opens, we’re trying to lay out our intentions – this is a stylised version of Wuthering Heights, and it’s difficult to nail this look because it has a nod to the period, a nod to contemporary fashion and also a nod to Old Hollywood. It has all the themes that we want to bring in visually to the movie, so it was about meshing it all together. It’s a costume and you know it’s a costume – and it’s not necessarily realistic or unrealistic.

i get that. i get it. but it's hideous. jesus christ

xkcd fans are the only fandom I've had direct experience with where people do the stereotypical nerdy fan thing of referring to installments of the thing they like by their release order numbers instead of their titles

like I've never heard anyone just say "the simpsons season 7 episode 21" without also saying the episode title but I have heard people say "xkcd 2501" without also saying the title of the xkcd

Yeah, we shouldn't expect everyone to know every comic by heart. The average internet user probably only knows 1053 and 936.

and 2501, of course.

Of course!

sigh

hold on

xkcd 1053:

xkcd 936:

and of course, xkcd 2501:

Apparently ICE now has agents posing as utility workers to get into people's homes. The electric and gas companies have posted information on how to tell if it's one of their workers, and numbers to call to confirm whether they've sent someone to do utility work on your house.

Stay safe, friends.

In Elgar’nan’s Reply, Solas is addressed as Spirit Speaker before Second to Mythal. This order suggests Solas was first and foremost known (and even respected) among the Evanuris for his connection to spirits and the Fade, and that this was his core identity even before his political and military role beside Mythal. “Second to Mythal” reads like a title, while “Spirit Speaker” reflects who he was. That it's Elgar’nan's people who lead with that title implies Solas’ authority wasn't solely tied to Mythal.

It also makes Elgar’nan’s act of destroying an emotion - and in doing so, killing the spirits tied to it - come across as a psychological attack against Solas and the rebellion. It’s a very deliberate way to try and break someone who has a deep connection to spirits, especially when that Spirit Speaker is actively leading a rebellion against you.

I see the pendulum is firmly in the "only idiot losers go into the trades, have fun being crippled at age 40". But not to worry, in another two months it'll be back to "nice student debt idiot, has your job been taken by AI yet?"

And so balance will be kept and everyone will be wrong forever

"The trades are backbreaking, thankless work that will CRIPPLE you for LIFE" not really anymore if you wear your PPE and do team lifts

"Yeah, tradespeople are raking in 6 figures and living the high life while you all drown in student debt!" Actually a lot of us also have student debt and while the trades can pay very well, you're unlikely to take home 6 figures without working an incredible amount of overtime. Union benefits are good though

"That's right, only the TOUGHEST and MANLIEST of men could possibly handle these jobs!" My apprentice is a fat 5'3 woman and she's doing the same job as you, calm down Rambo

"Yeah, literally anyone can do this stuff, that's why in the post capitalist utopian commune we'll all just take turns" it's still difficult and dangerous manual labor that takes intense training and skill to do properly

"Yeah we have to ACTUALLY work for our paycheck, not like those whiny white collar nerds who just sit at a desk all day" well I managed to slack off enough to write all this, didn't I

OH MY GOD my 1950s cashmere ads get a "mature content" label while my dash is FULL of Heated Rivalry nudity gifsets I can't

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Friendly reminder that asking your lycan partner to turn you is incredibly insensitive! Seriously can we retire this trope already? Not only is it just offensive, but no one would ever actually choose this life! Lycanthropy is a curse. Full stop.

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Ok user "moon-moon" as if that original meme wasn't created to mock pack nomenclature 🙄

Anyway I'm not gonna touch that internalized lycanphobia with a ten foot pole. Being turned by your partner is something that can be incredibly intimate as long as both parties are consenting and the one being turned is 100% sure they want it. Literally the only downside to transforming once a month is the pain, but midol works just fine. No one with these "lycanthropy bad" takes ever wants to discuss the legitimate positives that come with this "curse" lmao.

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I'm literally reclaiming moon moon but go off I guess. Anyways turning your partner is absolutely disgusting and morally reprehensible and anyone who does it should be muzzled permanently.

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lmao my wife literally saved my life when she turned me but i guess she should be muzzled huh? we run through the woods hunting deer together and can each haul in groceries in one trip now, but nooo she's obviously a danger to society because she cares enough about me to help me when insurance wouldn't cover my medicine

also it was confirmed that the creator of that meme literally makes and sells silver bullets so if you still wanna use moon moon for yourself that certainly is a choice. source: (X)

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I love that instead of naming the more common benefits of lycanthropy, you mentioned that you and your wife can carry all the groceries in one trip. I think that's definitely a positive that gets overlooked far too often and I commend you for speaking your truth, sir

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lol thanks but I'm a woman 😅

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Plus werewolf blood tastes way better and is as filling as 10 humans 👍

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Oh my GOD you vampblr freaks will just flock to anything. It clearly says "vamps DNI" in my bio!

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lmaoooo of course you're a vampire exclusionist

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wasn't OP the same guy who said fursuits were offensive to lycanthropes and doxxed a werewolf fursuiter?

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They ARE offensive and harmful to this community and I'm tired of pretending they're not. They perpetuate harmful depictions of what a humanoid wolf is actually like.

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me when I dox someone for making candy colored animal costumes that look nothing like what a real werewolf does

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You know how kids are supposed to be exposed to some level of dirt and grime as they grow up so their immune systems can learn what's a deadly disease and what just causes some slight irritation? And if a kid grows up in a too clean environment they're likely to develop severe allergies or a hyper immune disorder?

I think the over sanitation of the internet is doing similar things to people's psyche.

No that ship with an age gap isn't the same as pedophilia, you're just having the moral equivalent to hay-fever.

lifehack: couldn’t sleep last night so instead got lost in a not so elaborate fantasy of being a hyena and tearing shitty people limb from limb and feasting upon their hearts

slept like a baby