today my bf and i were talking about visiting my home for the holidays and i was (sadly) wondering aloud if i should cut my hair and our kid was like “why would you cut your hair??? your hair is cool” and not knowing how to explain it to him i said “my family doesnt think boys should have long hair” to which he went silent, wordlessly pulled out his phone and then swiftly held it out with a picture of keeanu reeves on his phone
^ POV u are me witnessing my 15 year old decimate decades of transphobia in an instant
smartphone storage plateauing in favor of just storing everything in the cloud is such dogshit. i should be able to have like a fucking terabyte of data on my phone at this point. i hate the fucking cloud
this is gonna make me sound very Old Man Yells At Cloud but i just hate how many things in my life assume i will always have access to a quick, reliable internet connection and almost cease to function without it. Obviously certain things Have To Have An Internet Connection, but i want to be able to listen to music if my service is bad. i want to still watch movies if Netflix is down. i want to have a working map when i can’t get a cell signal. nearly every tech product these days bears the fingerprint of the extremely internet-rich places they are developed, high rent offices in Seattle, San Francisco, etc.. I think often the idea of the internet not being available is so remote to them it doesn’t even factor in to development. i remember when the Xbox One was debuted and Microsoft was almost mockingly like “if you don’t have reliable fast internet, then don’t bother buying this”, and there was such backlash they completely went back on so much of that. But now that attitude is just the tech norm.
Happy Ace awareness week (or whenever you’re seeing this who knows could be a bad Monday)! Here is a list of “things not to say to asexuals” from an asexual:
(these are all aphobic, call out aphobia if you hear it)
You’re too young to know
How could you know if you haven’t tried it?
Maybe your just a lesbian/gay/ect.
You just haven’t met the right person
If you like sex how can you be ace?
But you have a boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other
You don’t have to decide now
But you’re not a virgin!
But you’re so hot
Then why do dress like that
All teenagers/young adults/everyone feel(s) that way
But you had crushes when you were younger
But you said that (name of person) was attractive
You just have internalized….
That’s not a real thing
You’re just worried noone will sleep with you/be attracted to you/want to date you
You just want to be different/feel marginalized/be trendy
Nobody likes sex/find random people attractive (who’s gonna tell them?)
Asexual is not a real thing
I don’t believe in asexuals (bish what are Santa Claus?)
It’s just your autism, depression, social anxiety, bpd, physical disability, ect.
That was made up by…
You can’t be ace and have a dirty mind/make dirty jokes/talk about sex
You’re only asexual because of your trauma
Are you sure
But, you have children/you’re married
You’re lying
Peoples appearance, clothing, age, libido, past experiences or relationships DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT invalidate their sexuality, so you shouldn’t!
I don’t think there’s anything funnier in this world than watching somebody playing a game known for plot twists and reveals, sudden dawning realisation on their face as they stop in the middle of a random scene after a line that has no bearing on the actual big twist to say they have it figured out, only to propose the most insane thing you’ve ever heard.
I wish I could show my gfs reaction from last night when I was telling her about Neopets and got around to explaining the pound chat and pet adoption process. When I said “so you have to basically write an essay about why you want and deserve this pretend animal” she could not believe it. I wasn’t even really questioning it as anything weird as I’ve been steeped in UFA culture since I was ten. then I had to explain that I myself have also written these neopet applications and she fully short circuited. the only stronger reaction she had in our 45min neopet discussion was when I said “so you have pets, and then you have petpets which are pets for your pets, and you have petpetpets which are pets for your petpets” and she audibly screamed
I think it’s important to let guys be gender non conforming without telling them they’re a girl, cause actually misgendering people is still shit even when you are pro trans. “You’re a girl, an egg waiting to crack, and that’s ok” how about you are a boy and a man and it’s still ok if you want to do something that doesn’t align with traditional ideals of your gender. You can still be he/him in a skirt and makeup.
“If you wear pink/like floral scents/write with gel pens/whatever then you’re a girl” is not the progressive statement that some people think it is.
and let the history books name joe biden, rishi sunak, justin trudeau, emmanuel macron, ursula von der leyen and every other world leader who did not step in to prevent the genocide of palestine as cold-blooded murderers. may they face a shred of the immeasurable pain and suffering they allowed to be committed against 2.2. million innocent lives.
For Israel, this time they’re trying to massacre everyone. A genocide in daylight
For Palestine, They’re fighting not just for survival, like they were for the last few decades, No, It’s for complete liberation.
This time, It’s win or win.
We, Arabs, have been raised knowing about the Palestinian cause. We sang songs and prayed for them. We didn’t have hope we could liberate it anytime soon. 2004 came and gone. 2016 came and gone. 2019 came and gone..
But something is different this time. Everyone can feel it.
One bright thing I can say for sure is that it’s you.
You guys,
I never could have imagined the amount of awareness and education spreading through foreign communities this quickly. Me, using Tumblr as a platform to talk about Palestine and thousands are engaging? No way.
Many Palestinians and Arabs are saying: Win the battle on the ground or not, We won. Because people know the truth now.
To everyone who wasn’t raised in an environment that taught about Palestine and educated themselves and are now sharing the truth with us,
Thank you ❤️
May God reward you for this in a way better than you wish for.
Don’t get bored.
Don’t stop sharing.
Don’t get used to the scene!
As Shreen said, “بدها طول نفس” : “It needs a long breath” (Patience and Stamina)
For Israel, this time they’re trying to massacre everyone. A genocide in daylight
For Palestine, They’re fighting not just for survival, like they were for the last few decades, No, It’s for complete liberation.
This time, It’s win or win.
We, Arabs, have been raised knowing about the Palestinian cause. We sang songs and prayed for them. We didn’t have hope we could liberate it anytime soon. 2004 came and gone. 2016 came and gone. 2019 came and gone..
But something is different this time. Everyone can feel it.
One bright thing I can say for sure is that it’s you.
You guys,
I never could have imagined the amount of awareness and education spreading through foreign communities this quickly. Me, using Tumblr as a platform to talk about Palestine and thousands are engaging? No way.
Many Palestinians and Arabs are saying: Win the battle on the ground or not, We won. Because people know the truth now.
To everyone who wasn’t raised in an environment that taught about Palestine and educated themselves and are now sharing the truth with us,
Thank you ❤️
May God reward you for this in a way better than you wish for.
Don’t get bored.
Don’t stop sharing.
Don’t get used to the scene!
As Shreen said, “بدها طول نفس” : “It needs a long breath” (Patience and Stamina)
what the fuck is going on this year. january through june didnt happen. july is a distant memory. august and september were the longest months of my life. october ended in 5 seconds. why is november here already this isn’t right
It’s the season erosion from the climate crisis, combined with a hyperindividualistic and stress-bound society. It warps your sense of time.
what the fuck is going on this year. january through june didnt happen. july is a distant memory. august and september were the longest months of my life. october ended in 5 seconds. why is november here already this isn’t right
It’s the season erosion from the climate crisis, combined with a hyperindividualistic and stress-bound society. It warps your sense of time.
Y'all ever notice that when people say “There were never that many X people before!!!” X people almost always seem to be Housebound due to Lack of Accessibility or Chance of Severe Illness, Unrepresented because no one Put A Name to the Demographic, Oppressed with Physical Violence and Societal Ostracization, or straight up fucking Dead?? Just me?
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