stop telling transmascs that terfs harrassing them is their fault. why the fuck did i just see a post imploring trans men to “examine why terfs feel comfortable” intruding in their spaces. It’s because they’re transphobic and have no respect for trans men’s boundaries. How do you still not know this. fucking hell
people seem to assume that terfs have some unique ability to sniff out transmasc evil. That is not based in reality and frankly it gives terfs an absurd amount of power over transmascs within the trans community. what terfs are actually going off of in trying to approach transmascs isn’t some unerring transmisogyny meter; it’s gender stereotypes. If a transmasc matches their idea of a woman, they attempt recruitment. If not, they turn hostile.
So what are transmascs doing to make terfs think they’re good targets?
Expressing emotion. Discussing oppression. Venting about transphobia. Asking for support. Showing vulnerability.
Transmascs, especially trans men, are required to perform an extreme version of stoic self-sufficient masculinity under penalty of ostracisation. Any failure to project complete invulnerability will be taken advantage of by transphobes. And by treating said transphobes as unfailing traitor detectors, the trans community enable and encourage this behavior. Terfs are shown that the transmascs they harrass will not only see no support from the wider community, but be actively pushed away from it.
“have you learned how to drive yet” i have the spirit of friendship in my heart. the joy of lifes little things in my soul. the whimsy of magic. the beautiful enjoyment of nature. the answer is no though
the story of kfc fucks me up man. the colonel founded this gas station that expanded to restaurant, the chicken at the restaurant gets popular, makes KFC, it gets big and he sells it to a corporation for a lot of money. realizes he got sorta scammed out of the true worth of kfc so tries to get more money and they refuse and the courts side against him. then he starts a new chicken restaurant claiming the corporate people were not making chicken to his standards and kfc sued him because kfc owned the colonel’s likeness and the courts agreed. a corporation owned this man’s name and appearance. he wasnt allowed to use either, thus legally erasing his reputation making it harder for him to get taken seriously in any food venture. the man, to the day he died, was going into kfc’s and throwing fits because the food had fallen into such bad shape he hated it was associated with him. and it’s like, whether he’s a bad man or a good man or whatever, a corporation owned hisidentity, stopped him from using his reputation and identity in other businesses, and refused to acknowledge his outrage that they changed his recipes and still attributed it to him. this is literally the obnoxious plot of a jay and silent bob movie, but it was this dude’s real life. what the fuck.
It is 1880s America, you are about to spawn as a Historically Significant White Guy. Choose a class:
TROUBLEMAKING FRONTIER PREACHER
Special Power: Good Christian. Your vague adherence to American protestantism will ensure that law enforcement does not bother you whatsoever.
Victory condition: Fuck enough of your followers wives to start an inbred theofascist micronation.
MANICALLY AMBITIOUS CON ARTIST
Special Power: Basic Literacy. You’re poor, but you know how to read. They’ll never expect it. You may forge literally any document and it will be believed 100% of the time.
Victory Condition: Steal enough money to fuck off to Latin America. A Spanish speaking nation might as well be the moon to your debtors.
EUROPEAN NOBLE FAILSON
Special Power: Colonial Wealth. Your funny accent, foppish dress, and noble title, will make any American think you are totally good to buy it on credit.
Victory Condition: Become the boytoy to the wife of some borderline-gangster politician and save up enough political capital to run for office and get addicted to opium.
DOOMED FRONTIER EXPLORER
Special Power:How The Fuck Are You Alive. Your freakish diet of pork, whiskey, and maple syrup, makes you entirely immune to all physical injury and disease. Somehow.
Victory Condition: You have one mission, and one mission only. You need to piss off some completely friendly natives. You need to piss them off so bad they leave your stupid ass to starve in a food forest they’ve been cultivating for literally thousands of years.
You’re teleported to 44 BCE Rome in your everyday street clothes. You’re brought before Caesar and he believes you might be from the future, hoping to bring him fortune. One day he questions you, asking “How Do I Die?”
y'all need to vote for step 5, we need some more of it
YALL NEED TO VOTE FOR STEP 2 3 AND 4
Nuh-uh. Five.
GUYS DO NOT LISTEN TO WALMART THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE US LOSE
THAT’S NOT TRUE ILIKECHEESEANDCHOCOLATEE IS THE ONE ATTEMPTING SABOTAGE
GUYS YOU WILL REGRET PICKING 5 IM TELLING YOU WE HAVE WAY TOO MUCH OF THAT STUFF ALREADY WE NEED MORE OF THE ONES ABOVE
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS WALMART
THE PEOPLE WILL FIND OUT SOONER OR LATER WHOS THE SABOTAGER
ALAS THEY WILL FIND OUT TOO LATE THAT YOU ARE THE ONE SABOTAGING THIS OPERATION.
WOE IS US FOR YOU FEED US LIES AND SLANDER MY NAME.
WHY WOULD I LIE TO YOU PEOPLE JUST THINK ABOUT IT WHAT DO I POSSIBLE GAIN BY LYING. I JUST WANT A CLEAN EVEN STAIRCASE AND NOW I AM STARTING TO THINK GIMMICK BLOGS ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED
MY PEOPLE, PLEASE LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY DO NOT VOTE ANY MORE OF STEP 5. IT IS A TRICK AND IT IS INTENTIONALLY PLAYED TO MAKE US FALTER ON OUR STAIRCASE. CHOOSE 2, 3, AND 4.
You know what? Looking again, you’re entirely right. Everyone vote for step one. Step five needs more but mainly step one.
Julius Caesar memes are fun and all, but make sure you don’t forget the true meaning of the holiday: Stabbing the fuck out of politicians for their flagrant, self-serving abuse of power.
[ID: Tweet by Panic! At The TL @/Puff_Iya: Okay I’m having a debate: If someone says theyre going to show up “around 7” but get there at 7:20, is that still considered around 7?? /End ID]
It *is* genuinely great! So this is from October of ‘23! As of my reading this, it’s now January 11 of '24. I think I’m around the 1,000th note on it though, which is and is not startling.
Were this a “golf courses have killed ______ species” or a “you’re going to die 10 years sooner because of golf courses” piece, getting 1,000 notes would be a two-day affair.
I genuinely believe that at this time in our existence there is a moral obligation to share news about positive actions, and all the things people are doing to combat extinction at every level. There are so many things. Despair breeds inaction, and that’s simply not an option.
Rewilding is *amazing* and very much an option for lots of areas. And YES it’s happening.
Oh, this is good! Very good! Must look into this organization more to see what else they might have.
Earthquake Country Alliance is fantastic! I use this image all the time in my classes as an example of efficacy and accessibility in disaster info. They helped create the Great Shakeout drill as well!
When I see people sharing so much of their kids’ lives, I think about that one time my child told a joke, I shared that joke with ONE FRIEND in a private conversation, and my child said “can you please ask me next time, before you tell people something about me?”
And, yes, I absolutely should. So I apologized, and now I ask.
“I love that video of you, can I show it to a friend?”
“Can I tell a friend about how clever you were just now?”
“Can I share this in the family group chat?”
“Can I show your art to grandma and grandpa?”
And it’s not like my kids don’t like when I share their jokes and puns and fun moments. They love it! But they want to have control over what I share with people. Even without their faces or their names. Even people we know and trust.
Reliving an old political stabbing is fun and all, but personally I think we should celebrate The Ides of March by picking a new person to stab to death each year. There are plenty of eligible candidates seeing as most politicians are awful, and honestly I think this is what those that stabbed Caesar would want us to do to.
So many TV shows/movies depict the Epi Pen as a total solution for anaphylaxis…it’s not. The Epi Pen gives you 30 minutes to get to a hospital where they can save your life. TV makes it look like you just have to use the Epi Pen and then the crisis is over. Do people without allergies or a loved one with allergies know that an Epi Pen only buys you time? The more I see this on TV the more I worry…
**Maybe you should reblog this because I’m actually worried that most people don’t know.
Omg so much this! I have to use my epipens about three times a year and my doctor recommends I shoot both of them in my thigh and then call an ambulance! They are a STABILISER not a cure!!
What exactly is Coca Cola’s role in Israel’s occupation?
Coca-Cola has a factory in Atarot, an illegal Israeli settlement built on stolen Palestinian land. Palestinian communities are forcibly removed for illegal Israeli settlements like this to be built. These settlements are illegal under international law.
By having an Israeli franchise in the illegal Israeli settlement of Atarot, Coca-Cola is ignoring international law and profiting from the illegal occupation.
There are currently up to 750,000 Israeli settlers living in at least 250 illegal Israeli settlements across the occupied West Bank and East Jeruasalem. By drinking Coca-Cola, we as consumers are turning a blind eye to the illegal occupation of Palestine.
In 2022 American food company General Mills announced it was divesting from Atarot as a direct result of pressure from human rights groups, activists and others.
Let’s keep up the pressure on Coca-Cola to stop operating in Atarot!
Join our call to #BoycottCocaCola until it stops operating in Atarot illegal Israeli settlement. Make a pledge to boycott Coca-Cola until it stops operating on stolen Palestinian land.
If you’re in the UK, they have several upcoming campaign and events you can participate in.
Also, UK peeps: bad news.
Costa canned drinks, Monster, and a lot of those major brand premixes (Jack Daniels and Coke, Absolut and Sprite, and so on) are Coca Cola linked here. Time to give Rockstar Drinks a better market share. Oh, no, wait - they’re Britvic. Part of Pepsi.
yall better be just as outraged about this as you were about notre dame
This is even WORSE.
To elaborate why this is worse:
Art and religion are all well and good. But information can be critical. When libraries burn, information can be lost forever. Because we photograph art. We have blueprints of the Cathedral. The Notre Dame cathedral did not burn to the ground, only the wooden structures did.
The entire library and everything within is gone here.
Another reason this is worse? It was DELIBERATE. It was bombed. Accidents like Notre Dame happen all the time. But bombings don’t have to happen.
So yeah, if you cared about Notre Dame, logically you should care about this too,
the class war is not some hypothetical future event. class war is being waged right now, by the ruling class, against you, every single day of your life. the question is what you’re going to do to fight back.
I’d like to point out that this is the same guy who told millennials to stop eating avocado toast 6 years ago
fight the class war or become it’s victim
I was thinking about why he would say all that at a property summit. that’s real estate. this is not about that. why does he want to punish workers until they worship him? why does a real estate investor want a 40% unemployment rate?
it’s so you and your neighbors lose your homes or have to sell them for money to live. then he can buy them all for cheap, raise the rent, and sell them to other landlords. or use the land to build more big ass parking lots with chain stores that pay minimum wage
working at a grocery store this is something i was so worried would happen, i cant stop someone from trying to feed themselves.
but it literally hasn’t happened. people steal fried chicken and pack steaks into a duffel bag. or they have me write on cakes for their coworkers birthday and run out the door with it. they eat chicken and dump the bones on a shelf they pay for the rest of their “groceries”.
i’ve never once seen anyone steal bread, or fruit, or vegetables, or cold chicken
Same
We have free purified water but no they steal soda
so you’re saying it people are trying to feed themselves
How dare poor people eat things they enjoy rather than bland staples, the only thing they deserve
A little disappointed that this didn’t become a site-wide week-long discourse topic/meme fodder because it’s a discussion we’re way overdue to have
Like, let’s set aside the practical concerns, like how “unhealthy” food has more calories while taking up less bag space, people can’t survive on nothing but bread and water, many poor communities are food deserts where fresh food isn’t even available to steal, and many people (including the explicitly unhoused man in the meme) don’t have a way to prepare frozen chicken. Let’s set all that aside, because poor people aren’t required to justify every single action to you specifically
Instead let’s talk about the sheer undisguised hatred of the poor on display here. “The fried food at the grocery store is for me, because I’m a good special boy with money, if the filthy poors want to steal they can steal the dried gruel powder because that’s all they’re good enough for. Or they can have meat, I suppose, but only if it’s frozen meat that they’ll have to go heat up themselves to prove to me that they’ve earned it. And make sure they grab some raw vegetables that they’ll have to chop and cook themselves too, that’ll be a good use of their bountiful time and energy. If they wanted not to be miserable, they should have tried not being poor, like me!”
There is literally no justification for this shit. If you believe that stealing bread from a chain grocery store is a justified act that hurts no one, why the fuck would you feel different about steak? Why are you even thinking about this shit? Why are you sitting around fuming at the thought of poor people having anything that makes life worth living? What does it fucking matter to you?
How can you be heartless enough to look at a society where people have to steal in order to feed themselves and their families, and your biggest concern is about policing what they steal?
“They only steal the expensive stuff, then they go and PAY for the cheap stuff???”
Gee I wonder why that would be…
I wonder why you’ve never seen someone with no house steal raw chicken before. There are just some mysteries that can truly never be solved
For the record, I was homeless for a while - or at least, I lived in a motel by the highway. And luckily I had access to a mini fridge - and it was the kind of motel where people just *lived*, which I discovered when they served Thanksgiving dinner in the lobby to everyone and asked us if we’d like to come down for it. (I cried. A lot.)
That mini fridge was a miracle, but I didn’t have anything like a hot plate or a way to prepare food - just a pot for coffee/hot water. Mostly what I ate was peanut butter and jam sammiches, apples, and lunch meat and cheese if I could get it, because it was expensive. I never got to the point of stealing… but it wasn’t because I thought I was too good to steal. The smell of the fried chicken in the grocery store deli was murder. I just didn’t think I could get away with it.
If I didn’t have that mini fridge or a way to keep my food cold and safe… yeah, I’d probably be stealing that fucking chicken.
So as a retail worker who has five years of experience, I’d like to put my two cents in. While most people advocate stealing if you can’t buy food(which I do understand and completely empathize with), you must remember that you aren’t just stealing from the corporation, you are in fact stealing from the employees themselves. So many times I’ve asked for overtime and have been denied it bc our shrink is too high. Ever wonder why there aren’t enough cashiers? Cutting hours bc we need to recoup on our shrink. Also, on another note, the things I see people usually steal are high value electronics(like $70 fans, tvs, earbuds), makeup, and like $50+ toys. So while I empathize, please don’t steal. You are literally taking money out of employees paychecks, and depending on the corporation itself, you could actually get them fired for not catching when people steal.
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actually very easy to believe some people are shitty
@flower884 and everyone else in retail, I’m sorry, but you’re misassigning blame here.
The people stealing from your corporate overlords aren’t the ones choosing to understaff your workplace, cut your hours, pay you empoverishing wages much less than true value of your labor, nor fire you because they think the store’s shrink is too large: Your corporate overlords are the ones doing that and they blaming John val John hoping you and everyone else believes them so you don’t organize and demand concessions: and you’ve swallowed that pill like a potassum supository.
You’ve been in retail for five years; do some fucking organizing, form a union, fuck your boss’s wife, and don’t be the snitch that gets John 6 years hard labor for stealing some bread to feed his family.
It’s not that hard*, just do what Chris Smalls do: he led a win against Amazon. FUCKING Amazon. Successfully unionizing, or even failing to unionize but scaring the shit out of the corporate overlords that you might succeed will have a lot larger, more positive effect on your material conditions than bitching on the internet about poor people wanting necessary or nice things they can’t comfortably afford.
*Don’t misunderstand me, it’s hard work, organizing. Chris Smalls fought for over two years and a wrongful termination to acheive the win for fellows, but you’ll more likely to find success in unionizing even against the most notorious union buster than you are to baulk even one person from theft of either necesity or pleasure on the basis of, in my opinion, a critically flawed moral argument**.
**I view the so-called property rights of corporations as illegitimate***, so ‘stealing from a store’ is to me morally nonsensical even as I’m forced to recognize its legal reality. The point of this footnote being that I don’t think there is anything morally wrong with freely taking what ought be freely available to you, and you’d never convince me against 'shoplifting’ using a moral argument, least of all the consequencialist one you’re making because, as previously stated, you’re misassigning blame. Again, unionize and fuck your boss’s wife, yeah?
***As a property abolitionist, I also view a lot of 'property rights of individuals’ as illegitimate too, but that’s outside the scope of this discussion.
Also; what? It’s very sweet, actually, to steal a cake for your coworker 💖
Also-also, corporations have a budget explicitly to handle stolen product. All the poor people stealing food so they can not starve are not running them dry to the point that they have to fire employees. If they were at that point, they would already be shutting down so they didn’t go bankrupt.
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i worked at ross dress for less for a year or two. they checked our bags at the end of every shift. a girl was fired for allegedly stealing some makeup.
they made us do half an hour of cleanup after we’d all clocked out or we’d be penalized for not ‘clocking out on time’ but also ‘not finishing facing’. half an hour of work at minimum wage was about 3$, multiplied by 5-8 employees per shift, multiplied by about three shifts. per year. forever.
they’d hammer on and on and ON at us about loss prevention and shrinkage, while skimming off 45$-72$ from their own employees in wage theft. every day. plus the hours of free work managers put in. but whenever we were denied raises or bonuses or pizza rewards or whatever it was always because of ‘all the shrinkage this quarter’ and they’d blame thieves, for their shitty secondhand crap they bought in huge remaindered job lots anyway.
my manager cried in her office once, for a company that extracted hundreds of dollars worth of free work off its employees every month, and then blamed the poor for our abuse.
you’re not being overworked and underpaid because your grocery chain is being robbed blind by filthy savages and fucking walmart or wherever needs to pinch some pennies. your bosses are fucking you over specifically because they can.
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As a retail worker, if you blame other poor people or homeless people for your low wages, you’re a fucking bootlicker riddled with propaganda.
A corporation is not a person, the people stealing even expensive things are living, breathing people.
You want to know why people steal non-food items? Because we live in a society that operates on profit. Electronics like TVs and Headphones, expensive jewelry, shitty brand expensive clothing, etc. Are all valuable items that can be sold. That money can go to fresh meals, phone bills, campsite fees or hotel fees, or a common one is Fines, because it’s rare to be homeless and not have a cop cite you some bullshit, hundred dollar violation for something like sleeping on a bench, or your car having a missing brake light, and thats if you’re lucky and said cop doesn’t beat you or steal what you have on you.
Corporations are not people. Corporations are a infinite money glitch cycle so some rich fucks can horde money like fucking Smaug and convince the employees that oh we could pay more if Homeless Susan didn’t steal that $25 package of diapers.
If you are a retail worker, you are closer to being that homeless person stealing a bucket of security cameras than to even your District Manager, and yet the rich have you convinced that you are somehow better than your fellow humans.
As a retail worker, you are not allowed to be punished if someone steals in front of you and you don’t stop it. In fact, and actual retail workers will tell you this, we are advised to literally let people walk out because if we jump in we could open the Store up for lawsuits or workman’s comp claims, so they’d rather eat the shoplift than pay for the medical bills of an employee who got hurt.
And even if you get a talk down from your manager, I’d say that’s better than living with yourself knowing you just helped the Cops arrest a starving person who was just trying to get some food, clothes, or money so they could live another day.
Corporations aren’t humans, they have no loyalty. That homeless person who just stole a flat-screen is more likely to give you support if you can’t pay your rent and find yourself evicted, than a Corporation. A Corporation will not show you the loyalty you show it, a Corporation will throw you on your ass if your performance suffers due to illness, disaster, grief, disability etc. Because a Corporation is. Not. Human. And they will not be there when you fall.
Don’t let the King convince you that the peasants are holding him back from paying you better. The only thing holding him back is greed. You will never see a share of his gold that you protect so loyally.
