People debating the ethics of “killing” those robot police “dogs” and whether or not they should be considered benevolent tools versus violent weapons when real life police dogs already exist as non-benevolent tools and violent weapons
“Well we just don’t know what they’ll be used for.”
Idk bro probably the same way cops use guns and tasers and mace and tear gas and water cannons and noise machines and riot shields and clubs and batons and beanbags and rubber bullets and paintballs and bicycles and motorcycles and cars and drones and any other blunt item they can get their hands on, and oh yeah, also dogs. So like, not nicely?
A few people have said things along the lines of “exactly, they aren’t even alive!” The issue isn’t whether it’s a hunk of metal or a living thing.
Police dogs are living things, police HORSES are living things.
I love dogs! I love horses! My affinity for either goes extremely out the window when it comes to police dogs and horses because they are not pets, they are not cute little animals, they are now weapons.
I feel sad for the animals, and it is sad when they are killed, but as far as I am concerned, every cop dog and cop horse death is the fault of the cops, and not anyone else, no matter what happened to them—which, to be fair, is often they were killed by their own handler spraying and praying—because they are out there to be weapons.
I will never fault someone who kills a cop dog sent to maul them. I will never fault anyone who hurts a cop horse pulling the rider off when the purpose of the horse is to TRAMPLE dissent.
It’s not a dog, it is a weapon. It’s not a horse, it’s a weapon.
Cops are human people, but they are not your friend, not your ally. They are brute thugs. They are a weapon of the state.
Any destruction of a weapon sent to brutalize is self-defense and you cannot change my mind.
u know whats wild. everyone on here like 20 and when i first joined everyone was like 14 15. u ask anybody n they been here for years. nobody new on here. staff locked the doors n were all Stuck Inside
Tag your current age and how old you were when you joined Tumblr
Nothing boomer about this. It’s another thing that forces you to rely on specialized accessories. Plus, the wireless headphones are easier to lose or damage. And they’re often more than double the price of a pair of wired earbuds.
New technology should always be an option, not a requirement. Bluetooth is great - as an option. Digital currency is great - as an option. Electric cars are great - as an option.
Plus, if the only way you can get people to adopt new tech is to make it the only thing available, or require it by law, one has to wonder how great said tech really is.
Its like the way everything requires a constant internet connection and a smartphone app. I struggle to find a game I like on gog because I hate Steam’s policy of “you own nothing, peasant!”.
I have a game called Rise of Nations. It was designed as standalone, but the rewritten to make it dependent on steam.
The other day, my access to it was blocked and it took a struggle with their tech support before I was allowed access again.
And even the vacuum cleaner my relative bought can be disabled remotely. The scandal recently was that they were taking footage of children changing etc and auctioning it off on the dark web.
Why the fuck is internet access mandatory for a vacuum cleaner?
can we normalise people not saying mean jokes to one another without their consent? and not call the people who aren’t comfortable with mean jokes “snowflakes”?
we don’t call people who aren’t comfortable with physical touch without consent “snowflakes”.
you wouldn’t say sexual things to a stranger online without knowing whether or not they’re an adult who is comfortable with it (some people do, but they don’t count). so why should people be expected to ‘grow up’ when someone is uncomfortable with a mean joke?
(i’m autistic and tend to misinterpret the cues a lot of mean jokes have, so i’m not comfortable with them)
Going to out myself as an absolute freak here but as an autistic adult I get a strange joy out of roleplaying a Normal Person. like I think it’s fun and satisfying to maintain this cordial appearance of Normalcy with my neighbors and I know that’s only my approximation of how a normal person would act but I like the idea of fitting in idk. I like to dress cute and make sandwiches and sort my bookcase and arrange everything just so
it’s always so fucking funny to me when terfs are like “how can you say trans women and women are the same thing! being born as a man makes you different!” because like. yes. trans women and cis women are different. so are black women and white women. and straight women and queer woman. and women from different countries and different socioeconomic statuses. there’s diversity in the experience of womanhood? what a wild concept
…we reject the stance of Lesbian separatism because it is not a viable political analysis or strategy for us. It leaves out far too much and far too many people, particularly Black men, women, and children. We have a great deal of criticism and loathing for what men have been socialized to be in this society: what they support, how they act, and how they oppress. But we do not have the misguided notion that it is their maleness, per se—i.e., their biological maleness—that makes them what they are. As BIack women we find any type of biological determinism a particularly dangerous and reactionary basis upon which to build a politic.
(emphasis mine)
“To argue that transsexual women should not enter [women-exclusive spaces] because their experiences are different would have to assume that all other women’s experiences are the same, and this is a racist assumption. The argument that transsexual women have experienced some degree of male privilege should not bar them from our communities once we realize that not all women are equally privileged or oppressed.”
This. This is the core of it. This is why trans-exclusionary radical feminism is rooted in racism, colonialism, and imperialism. It excludes the idea that there can be any other type of “woman” except one very (white, colonialist, imperialist) definition.
I’m like a werewolf but instead of turning into a wolf I’m becoming a tgirl. also I’m also doing it much, much slower. I’m pretty confident the moon still has something to do with it though
the moon is a lesbian so id believe she’d had the power to do that
as you may know, i have a clown named binky, they are starting to have a problem with gender identity. do clowns even have gender and if so how similar is it to humans??? please help i need to support them so they can stay happy and honky
As you probably know, many clown keepers advise against using paint to alter your clowns markings and appearance. In this case, however, you might want to offer Binky some grease paints to experiment with!
Much like humans, clown gender can be tied to clown presentation (though, also like humans, its not one to one). Offering them the option to control or alter their features its a good first step and shows your clown that it has support from its troupe!
I Highly recommend asking where Binky has gone the first few times they show you their paint, if they decide to use it! Its a good bit
alr is washable body paints good? i think i might already have some lying around but idk if its safe for clown skin. i could check in with my local clown shops to see if they have any (explaining its for binkys own identity and not for my aesthetic, those ppl are weird) bc id imagine clown gender crisis is not something special
Massive fuck you to everyone who is talking about Palestinians as if we’re already all dead and sharing more solidarity with our corpses than us living. “We will never forget the beautiful Palestinian people-“ how about you stop “making peace” with Palestinian extermination. My people are not going to be forgotten because we are going to live. Palestinians have already survived one genocide and have been surviving one ever since.
Do not ever let the idea that all Palestinians are going to die exist in your mind. Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living.
That’s enough money to give every homeless American24 THOUSAND DOLLARS
That’s enough money to give 43 dollars to the ENTIRE U.S. POPULATION.
That’s enough to fully treat ~95,000 Cancer Patients for FREE.
This is where your tax dollars go.
NOT schools.
NOT Protection.
NOT Healthcare.
NOT Homes and shelter.
NOT Science and Medicine.
NOT the potholes in your roads.
NOT your retirement or your future.
You are being made to pay for Genocide while your own people die.
Yeah. I literally don’t know what the deal is with the whole “just because the other guy wants to commit two genocides doesn’t mean we should forget about the genocide that is happening because of the first guy” yeah but trump isn’t going to stop the genocide in Palestine either.
Also it should be mentioned that Trump is literally calling his political rivals “vermin”. Dehumanizing is one of the first steps in a genocide. He’s literally worse.
I know this is my own post, but every single time this comes across my dash I am delighted. Every single time, I re-watch the video and laugh, and then scroll down and laugh more. What a truly excellent reblog chain.
I know that’s kind of the go-to thing to show that a vampire character is “one of the good ones” or whatever but it actually seems a little bit more fucked up for a vampire to steal blood from a blood bank than for a vampire to attack people for blood, at least as long as it’s not the kind of vampire where a bite is instantly lethal like it never stops bleeding.
People can recover from losing some blood but blood bank blood is constantly in short supply and is reserved for people who imminently need blood transfusion of a specific blood type or else they die.
I also hate the “I can just substitute human blood with animal blood” like the whole idea of vampirism sort of hinges on the fact the only thing you can feed off of are humans.
YOU get it
Once you start having vampires subsist on animals, well, like, so do humans. In fact the average human probably eats more animals per year than most of the animal-blood-drinking vampires I’ve seen depicted.
That’s not a vampire, all you’ve written is an immortal superhuman who subsists on…food, even if it’s a bit undercooked. That’s a fucking elf.
Some of y’all’s ideas of other options for “ethical” vampires is insane.
“Ethical vampires should feed on criminals.” So it is ethical for a person to get death penalty without trial and/or to be literally consumed by other citizens as punishment for a crime? That’s the prison-industrial complex.
Do you think tumblr will ever learn the difference between “I’m defending this person because I agree with them wholeheartedly and I am also like this person” and “I’m defending this person because your behavior is dangerous and you need to stop”
IMO, blurring the lines between “I’m defending them because they’re right” and “I’m defending them because you’re taking this too far” is step numero uno to cutting down the very existence of fair trial and democracy–even in places where saying that might seem a little dramatic.
Mob mentality is extremely strong in humans and it’s also extremely dangerous. Mobs don’t think things through. Mobs kill and they destroy and they can’t be reasoned with. Someone trying to calm a mob down isn’t someone defending the ~problematic party~ It’s time we re-learn that.
“even IF the guy did whatever you’re accusing them of, mob violence isn’t a fair or proportionate response, and you guys need to go home and mind your own fucking business” is a thing absolutely no one likes to hear but frequently needs to be said regardless
I love it when you can pick up an animator’s quirks.
I’ve read in old interviews with Milt Khal’s fellow animators that he did the swaggle to purposefully show off. Moving the head in 3-d space is an exceptionally hard thing to do but Khal upped the level of difficulty to a place many animators wouldn’t go. Not only are they all doing the swaggle you’ll notice they are all TALKING while they are doing it. This is back in the days where you had to use a timing sheet to pace your animation and a head swaggle doesn’t work if its too slow or too fast so he had to figure out the right speed so it looked natural while the character finishes what they have to say while not interfering with the distinct mouth shapes. Not only did Khal do it without any shifting weight problems or timing issues he would often do it while moving the rest of the body. This isn’t his signature move just because he was good at it.This is his signature move because he was one of the only people skilled enough to DO IT AT ALL.
for years i attended knight school in hopes of becoming a hero who rescues beautiful maidens from danger (wyrms, wolves etc). unfortunately due to Feminism the maidens have all started rescuing themselves thus rendering me obsolete
There appear to be fresh openings in the wyrm/wolf companion careers. Are you allergic to dogs, gold, or fine silks?
all three 😔
thou could'st cut out ye middle manne and become a maiden?
verily, i have tried this but was ryte terrible at it
Mayhaps thyne attempt be short lived. Think upon the chances of trying once more. Practice improves.
forsooth you sound just like my mother
Quite the query indeed. Ah, a thought has’t granted me illumination. Has’t thou ever considered ventures into the bandit trade. There be riches abound and beautiful maidens to woo with thy'n outlaw charm
an intriguing proposition! tell me, are maidens these days into “bad boys”? because i am bad. at many things.
Client: “Is e-mail on the internet? I have no internet, can I still read my e-mail?”
Me: “Well yes, you must be able to get online to view your e-mail.”
Client: “Oh, dear. I can’t see my e-mail.”
Me: “Well, let’s see. Can you open up Internet Explorer for me and tell me what you see?”
Client: “Open what?”
Me: “Your browser, can you open up your browser?”
Client: “My…my…?”
Me: “What you click on when you want to browse the internet?”
Client: “I don’t use anything, I just turn my computer on, and it’s there.”
Me: “Okay. Do you see the little blue ‘e’ icon on your desktop?”
Client: “You mean I have to start writing letters again?”
Me: “I’m…what, I’m sorry?”
Client: “I don’t have any pens at my desk. I just want my e-mail again.”
Me: “No, ma'am, your desktop, on your computer screen. Can you click on the little blue ‘e’ on your computer screen for me?”
Client: “Oh, this is too much work. I’m too upset. Just send me my e-mail. Can’t you send me my e-mail?”
Me: “We…okay, ma'am. Can you tell me what color the lights are on your router right now?”
Client: “My what?”
Me: “The little box with green or possibly a couple of red lights on it right now - it’s most likely near your computer?”
Client: “Lights and boxes, boxes and lights, just get my e-mail for me.
Me: “My test is showing that you should be able to get online right now. Can you tell me what you’re seeing on your computer screen?”
Client: “It’s been the same thing for the last two hours.”
Me: “An error message?”
Client: “No, just stars. It’s black and moving stars.”
Me: “…Do you see your mouse next to your keyboard?”
Client: “Yes.”
Me: “Move it for me.”
Client: “Move it?”
Me: “Yes. Move it.”
Client: “My e-mail!”
This post gave me a fucking ulcer.
You meet people like this at the library. People who have been coming in every day for YEARS to use the computers and monopolize your time with conversations like this, that seem to go out of their way to avoid listening to anything you try to teach them because they’d rather you just do it for them.
So one day, this tiny, frail little woman comes to the desk with a huge folder of papers under her arm. She says “I need to use one of the computers,” and I’m like “alright, I’ll set you up with a guest account.”
And then she says “I’ll also need you to show me how to use a computer. I’m 97 years old and I’ve never even touched one before, but I need to file my health information and they told me I needed to do it using this,” and she holds out a little scrap of paper with a url scrawled on it in a shaky hand.
And I’m just mentally like ‘oh no,’ but I say of course I can help her. So I sit her down and sign her in, and she stops me to ask basically what the mouse is, and I explain it, but I’m just thinking that this is going to take a million years. But I start doing a quick and dirty run down of the parts of the computer, the programs, the desktop, what a url is and what the Internet is, what a search engine is, what websites are, and so on.
She doesn’t interrupt or ask any questions or anything, and then I’m like ‘okay let’s go to this url’ and it’s an interactive, multi-page form that she needs to put all that info in her folder into and submit, and I’m just terrified as I’m explaining it that I’m going to spend all day with this woman.
But she’s just like “alright. I think I’ve got it.” And she must have had a secretary job back in the typewriter days, because she just *whips* through the first page of the form and submits and goes on to the next, and tells me she’ll find me if she needs me.
She came over once to tell me she needed an email address and wanted to know how to set one up - I told her about her options and she picked Gmail and went back to the computer and set it up all by herself, and got her information all filed properly in about an hour and a half – and she’d NEVER used a computer before in her LIFE.
When she was done, she came over to ask me how to turn it off and I showed her and she thanked me for being so patient, and I told her quite honestly that I’d NEVER seen a novice adult pick up using a computer so fast.
And she said “oh, but it’s so simple! And so useful! My grandkids made it sound so difficult, but I’m going to pick up my own computer tomorrow!”
And I think she must have, because I never saw her in the library again.
Anyway I hope I’m that quick when I’m 97.
^ thank you for sharing this very positive experience because the experience from OP really gave me a headache. it was nice to end on a positive note.. gives hope
My grandma adores technology, and she used to work as a typist/secretary, too!
We were also climbing up really high a few years ago, and as soon as we got to the top of the tower, she stopped, surveyed our surroundings, and declared “this reminds me of a level in Assassin’s Creed” and then we walked all the way back down again.
This is legitimately a very good example about how game design is often a magicians trick. It is smoke, mirrors, and presentation. The right amount of lie and truth to put someone into the same mindset, evoke a mood, encourage a type of behavior…
