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I just don’t understand how this happened. But here’s a picture of a lemon from my backyard
WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK
when life gives yoǘ̻̬͓͎̣̟̩̦͢ ͪ̂̀̆҉̳̘̝̺̀l͇̬̹̞̻̥͕̥̗̒̎ͩ̋ͥ͆e͙̭̭̠̣̠̊́ͩ̂̓̀ṃ̛̍̂͛̈̏o̠̪̪ͤ͗͘n̵͉̣ͭͧ̿ͧ͛̀s̷̠͑ͬͫͦ̅͡ ̸͐ͤ͘҉̦̺M̰̹͙͇ͮ̉ͫͅȦ̻̔̅̇̑ͭ͛͋͘K̠̻̫̤̇̀ͥE͂ͪ͏̱̤͚͕ ̞͔̜̬̑ͯ͑͢ͅŞ͔̦̩̳̣̖ͮ͊ͨA͈̓͂̈́̀̀̚͘C̡̠̟͉ͪ͆̔ͤ͂ͪR̬͙͕ͪ̀͠Ĩ̵̖͚̑̊̓́F͎͕̄Iͬͧ̀̂̑ͪ͟͏̴̪̤ͅC̢̰̝͓̗͛ͬ̔̍̓́́̚̚Ḙ̶̠̰̳̩̳̊ͭͮ̇̇̚̕S̻͖̣̰̒̈͟
If eyes start opening in that thing I’m gonna run screaming.
This is the fruit of Cthulhu.
(Source: sometimesoverwhelming)
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Okay so like…
Okay first like, pretend I’m not wearing a shirt so this can be actual porn.
…wait fuck that why pretend.
(Okay that still doesn’t count as porn by most standards so like, pretend there’s an erect penis in the picture somewhere. That usually makes something unambiguously porn. :P)
Like… okay I guess this could be attractive in a “broody disinterested person who piles scorn on you lesser mortals” way.
But like.
It still does not make any sense to me.
Probably because I’m not attracted to such people unless they’re also snarky. :P
Also I probably would prefer tonothave scorn in my sex.
Though.
I could see the appeal so I guess that makes sense.
Perhaps one should call it sigil-porn, because the sigils show.
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Okay but seriously, who decided that RPGs should level their content to you.
Because like that misses the entire point of levelling.
Having your characters level only makes sense if they get BETTER then the general surrounding mooks.
REALLY GUYS.
It would be a lot simpler to just remove the levelling-system…
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On Trigger Warnings and Tags
p-3a:
I’ll take a quick second to say hi. I’m Ani, I’m a Taurus, I like fresh mountain air, and I love trigger warnings.
This is a general post. There are people I have unceremoniously unfollowed and ignored because they refuse to use warnings or tags. (“I don’t believe in trigger warnings” is a piss-poor explanation. That’s nice, that you don’t believe in them, but the people you’ve triggered sure as fuck wish you would.)
What are triggers?
Triggers are most commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), but are not limited solely to those with PTSD. People with anxiety, depression, and even people considered ~sane~ get triggered.
Simply put, triggers are those things that set off (or ‘trigger’) memories, feelings, and fears that can send someone spiraling into severe panic, depression, dissociation, etc. They’re very serious, and a lot of people experience them.
NOTE: “Bugs are scary!” is not the same as being triggered. Being creeped out or annoyed or upset is not the same as being triggered. Please use the term responsibly; every time someone who doesn’t experience being triggered uses ‘triggers’ as an excuse, it gets a thousand times harder for the people who experience triggers to explain it and be taken seriously.
Triggers can come in any form. For some people, it’s suicide; for others, it’s abuse; I’ve known people who are triggered by their phobias, I’ve known people who are triggered by electric toothbrushes. Triggers are extremely varied.
That’s not to say that you immediately have to know what someone’s triggers are. On my personal, I do greetings—hi, lovely to meet you, can I ask your preferred pronouns, are there any warnings or tags I should use for you? It’s quick, it’s easy, and it literally takes less than a minute.
Okay, so… what are trigger warnings?
This part is easy. They’re generally in this format:
Trigger Warning: […]
Some people shorten it to ‘TW’; some people bold it. Just take that format, fill in the actual trigger you’re warning for, and plop it at the beginning of your post. If you’re using a trigger warning further down in your post, put it BEFORE the triggering content is brought up, as follows:
…and that’s how it went.
Trigger Warning: Suicide
She’s been talking about killing herself lately…
It’s quick, it’s easy, and it can potentially save people from reliving the worst moments of their lives.
There are a few general trigger warnings that should be used as a default. Self-harm or self-injury, suicide, violence, child abuse, sexual assault, rape, and animal abuse are among them.
Even if you don’t believe that someone’s triggered, it’s better safe than sorry, and quite frankly, it’s not your place to question someone’s mental health. It’s your place to use trigger warnings appropriately.
What if I think trigger warnings are for the weak?
I’m going to call you a douchebag and unfollow you. That’s it. You do whatever you want, but my mental health > interacting with you. That’s that. So don’t be a douchebag.
What about tags? Why bother with tags at all?
Bother with tags because of Tumblr Savior, which, if you haven’t downloaded, you definitely should. It blacklists tags for you, so that these things simply don’t show up on your dashboard.
If someone asks you to tag something, just tag it. It literally takes ten seconds or less. Furthermore, if you don’t want your post about suicide to show up in the suicide tag, work out a tag you can use for this instead, like “[Name] is losing the game” or something.
I’m not triggered. Why are you?
There are a few ways to answer this question. My favorite is “fuck you” but I’m being polite today.
- You don’t know anyone else’s history. You don’t know what someone’s gone through. Don’t make assumptions.
- There’s no set time for how long it takes someone to ‘get over’ triggers. Days, months, years… everyone’s different.
- That’s the most important one. EVERYONE’S DIFFERENT.
A survivor of any kind telling other survivors that their triggers are silly, invalid, or to be ignored? That’s among the top ten worst things you can do in my book. Survivors speaking about their experiences are in something of an authoritative position, because they get it. Don’t abuse that authority to treat someone else like shit and to dismiss or demean them for their feelings.
What if I screw up and don’t tag or warn correctly?
Easy three-step process.
- “I am so sorry.”
- “What tag or warning would you like me to use in the future?”
- DO IT. Everyone forgets sometimes, everyone fucks up. It doesn’t make them the scum of the earth. Just try to remember for next time! =)
How do I ask someone to use tags or warnings?
Do not be rude, or angry, or snappy. Easier said than done, especially when you’re triggered, but you also don’t know how the person making that post feels. Just leave them a quick message saying “Hey, do you mind using a trigger warning or tag for this? This is what I have blacklisted.”
If you’re calling someone out PUBLICLY, don’t have usernames attached, because that’s just tacky, and there’s a special circle of Hell reserved for the tacky.
And that’s it! It becomes habit after a while, and it gets much easier, and it could seriously save someone some awful, horrible times.
I’d just like to add to the bit at the top that body dysphoria, both as associated with trans* folks and with folks with eating disorders, is another thing that can be triggered and as such another thing that should be tagged for. I use biological sex, or bio-sex, TWs for anything that discusses physical genitalia and their consequences, for example.
I’m actually pretty shitty at adding comprehensive TWs without prompting, just because I’m bad at thinking of every eventuality in which someone could get triggered - so this is another call to my followers that if there’s anything, anything at all, even if it seems silly, that you want me to add Trigger Warnings, Content Warnings and/or Phobia Warnings for, message me and I will make it happen.
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TAL9000: Ugh.
never-going-to-leave-this-hell:
Yes, heterosexual parents disowning their kids for being homosexuals is a HUGE, DISGUSING PROBLEM…
But homosexual parents disowning their kids for being heterosexuals is also VERY WRONG.
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU HORRIBLE…
Perhaps they live in a paralell world where being gay is the norm.
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Dream: visit an alien planet, find out that there is monster living there that turn people into strange objects by looking them in the eyes.
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Trans- abbreviation of transgender
Trans*- the umbrella term for everyone who is not cis
Cis- non trans* people; gender matches sex
Gender/gender identity- how you feel
Sex- your body parts
Transgender- transitioning from one gender to the other
Transsexual- transitioning from one sex to the other
Androgynous- having both masculine and feminine characteristics
Genderqueer- both/mixed/neither male and/or female
- Genderless- neither
- Bigender- both
- Genderfluid- going back and forth between genders
Intersex- hormone imbalances during pregnancy; XXY or XYY chromosomes
Two-spirit- spiritually both male and female
Pangender- does not feel they are male or female
FtM- female to male
MtF- male to female
Trans*man/boy/guy- Ftm
Trans*girl/woman-MtF
Dysphoria- depression/anxiety towards one’s body
Binding- compressing the chest to seem flat and masculine
Binder- a shirt to compress the chest
Packer- an object (typically shaped like a penis) put in males pants to give a realistic budge
Testosterone- male hormones
Estrogen- female hormones
FAAB- female assigned at birth
MAAB- male assigned at birth
CAFAB- cisgender assigned female at birth
CAMAB- cisgender assigned male at birth
Drag king- someone (typically trans*men or females) who dress as men and perform/dance
Drag queen- someone (typically men) who dress as women and preform/dance
Transphobia- hate/dislike of trans*people and topics
Cissexism- cis people making trans*people below them
Except this is incorrect in several places.
CAMAB/CAFAB = coercively assigned (male or female) at birth
Transgender: identifying with a gender other than the one associated with your birth assignment; does not necessarily indicate transitioning
Transsexual: identifying with a sex other than the one you were assigned at birth; does not necessarily indicate transitioning (though it seems to be used more often for people who transition than “transgender” does; whether this is a false correlation or not, I don’t know)
Genderqueer, etc: someone who doesn’t identify with the gender binary, i.e., male/female dichotomy, i.e., the very thing this post is reinforcing left and right (protip: THERE IS MORE THAN JUST MALE AND FEMALE)
Androgynous: presenting as a blend of genders, typically as somewhere between male and female, though not necessarily
Two-spirit: a culturally-bound nonbinary identity.If you are not First Nation/Indigenous North American, you do not get to identify as this. (I am not, so if I’m speaking out of turn or presenting incorrect information, correct me.)
Intersex: the definition given is grossly simplified. Can refer to any number of bodily/genetic/hormonal configurations (at birth) that do not conform with society and medicine’s arbitrary standards for what qualifies as “male” and “female”. There are a broad spectrum of intersex conditions, many of which people may not know they have until it causes complications later in life (such as with fertility). Limiting the definition to “hormone imbalances during pregnancy” and to two of a million possible genetic configurations erases a great many intersex people.
This post also seems biased towards trans* men over trans* women and genderqueer people. It’s binarist as hell, and I notice that it offers definitions for binding and packing, but not for tucking, for example. I would love to see this corrected and expanded, because the only thing more harmful to the transgender community than not having information is having incorrect information.
This post is an okay start, but it is fantastically simplified and in places just plain wrong. Please do your research thoroughly before presenting definitions like these.
Casually dropping this over here too.
Why do i keep reading CAFAB/CAMAB as “casually asigned female/male at birth”?
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They made the Sarah Jane Adventures.
So they are required to make the Martha Jones Chronicles. Sorry, you have no choice BBC, Moffat, et al. Get on it now. Right now. Do it. Best companion ever gets her own spinoff too. Now.
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Insecurity questions
While I was just downloading a song from iTunes, I was forced to answer a set of what may be the worst security questions I’ve ever seen.
I’m going to reproduce the whole set of questions here, simply because they’re so ridiculous. With my own commentary as to why I simply couldn’t answer so many of them. And remember, you have to answer one question from each of the three sets…
Set 1:
- What was the first car you owned? - Would Apple’s form accept “null” as an answer, I wonder? I never did try. But how else is a lifelong non-driver supposed to answer this?
- Who was your first teacher? - This one’s got a strange issue for me that, admittedly, doesn’t apply to everyone. My first teacher got married while I was in her class, and so I know her by two different names. Also, her married name was “Smith”, which is likely to be any hacker’s first guess.
- What was the first album you owned? - Which format? I remember the first CD I owned, but I have no idea what the first cassette I owned was. Or do you mean the Sesame Street LP that I had on vinyl as a kid?
- Where was your first job? - First, do you mean the city or the company? I’m sure I’ll not remember which I answered. And second… I’ve had so few jobs that this is easily guessable from my résumé.
- In which city were you first kissed? - I couldn’t tell you this if my life depended on it.
Set 2:
- Which of the cars you’ve owned has been your favorite? - There you go again, Apple, assuming everyone can drive and/or has owned a car.
- Who was your favorite teacher? - Again, this is one of the few that I actually can answer from this set! And thankfully it wasn’t also my kindergarten teacher, because Apple doesn’t allow more than one question to have the same answer.
- What was the first concert you attended? - I honestly cannot remember this, either.
- Where was your favorite job? - See comments on the first job question.
- Who was your best childhood friend? - First name only, or first and last? And how will I remember which of my friends was my best friend, anyway, since that changed over childhood?
Set 3:
- Which of the cars you’ve owned has been your least favorite? - Y’all are dead set on me owning a car, aren’t you?
- Who was your least favorite teacher? - Oh, I can definitely remember this one. That teacher was practically a bully.
- Where was your least favorite job? - Again, see the previous two job-related questions.
- In which city did your mother and father meet? - I honestly have no idea. They may have told me this, but I’ve obviously forgotten.
- Where were you on January 1, 2000? - OK, fess up, how many fellow introverts out there answered “home” for this?
…Yeah, suffice it to say, I ended up doing all three of the ones related to teachers, because all of the other choices were either easily guessable, were impossible for me to remember, had multiple potential answers, or were simply not applicable. And even then, it’s a crapshoot if I ever have to answer them again. (Did I enter the names with honorifics or without? Will I remember that I didn’t enter “Smith” for the kindergarten teacher?)
Edited to add: My girlfriend pointed out another issue with the turn-of-the-century one. If that one’s not changed by next year, when the babies of 2000 become of legal age to hold an iTunes account, there’ll be some users who have to answer that one “in the womb”. (…Or did they answer it “in utero”?)
Seriously these sites need to let you write in your own questions more often. (I think in those cases I’ve put questions in my conlangs; waaaaay more secure then most of these.)
But I mean, seriously, security questions don’t make sense to me. “Oh no what if I forget my password?” It’s a far bigger risk I’d forget the answer to my security questions since I don’t type that one constantly, and the way language works there’s inevitably twenty different ways to say the same thing.
Using a conlang sounds like a great idea (when possible), normally i just enter a keyboard-smash, and hope i never have to repeat it again. (hopefully that will make their surveillance systems implode)
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Why must old Doctor Who-episodes be so hard to find?
I should have hoarded more boxes of the first doctor last i visited London…
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