leftist media discussion: “While this show said "trans rights” directly without any ambiguity, one plot element of this children’s show could be considered morally questionable after 25 degrees of separation, so the author must be a heckin fascist"
right wing media discussion: “Well it happened. The reboot of Female Protagonist Fights Unsubtle Allegory for Capitalism That I Was Too Young to Notice as a Kid -our last bastion of apolitical entertainment- has gone woke because they made a supporting character black”
centrist media discussion: “did you see the latest episode of Sword Hero Cleanses the Undesirables on crunchyroll? best show of the year imo”
leftist media discussion: “While this show said "trans rights” directly without any ambiguity, one plot element of this children’s show could be considered morally questionable after 25 degrees of separation, so the author must be a heckin fascist"
right wing media discussion: “Well it happened. The reboot of Female Protagonist Fights Unsubtle Allegory for Capitalism That I Was Too Young to Notice as a Kid -our last bastion of apolitical entertainment- has gone woke because they made a supporting character black”
centrist media discussion: “did you see the latest episode of Sword Hero Cleanses the Undesirables on crunchyroll? best show of the year imo”
leftist media discussion: “While this show said "trans rights” directly without any ambiguity, one plot element of this children’s show could be considered morally questionable after 25 degrees of separation, so the author must be a heckin fascist"
right wing media discussion: “Well it happened. The reboot of Female Protagonist Fights Unsubtle Allegory for Capitalism That I Was Too Young to Notice as a Kid -our last bastion of apolitical entertainment- has gone woke because they made a supporting character black”
centrist media discussion: “did you see the latest episode of Sword Hero Cleanses the Undesirables on crunchyroll? best show of the year imo”
you! guy who likes fictional lesbians to the point of feeling a strange sense of pain! you can be a lesbian. but there are some steps you have to complete first
First, you need to gather [4 BOAR HIDES] from the Haunted Village.
(mob boss voice) so here’s the deal, see. you’s gonna go home and get a gooood night’s sleep, see? and you’s gonna have sweet dreams and a reaaal nice rest. reaaal nice. max here will tuck you in *i motion to the thuggish goon behind me and he approaches you with a warm glass of milk held gingerly in his enormous hand*
“listen to such-and-such voices” is a requisite first-step in understanding any situation, of course–find out, before anything else, what some of the people who are directly affected have to say. unfortunately after that you still have to actually make up your mind on the issue because the such-and-such voices will in 100% of cases say different and contradicting things. however there’s a quick fix: if you just want to validate your own preexisting perspectives and feel like a good person in the process you can find someone who agrees with the thing you already think is true, stop there, and then yell at everyone else that they’re not centering lived experience
this lets you feel smug and superior about the correctness and righteousness of your viewpoint without any of the scary intellectual honesty of having to own it
The answer is don’t fucking do this bullshit at all. If you’re looking to make a group of “women and nonbinary people I consider women”, the problem is you.
The answer is this is a satire article, and if you relate, then you are the one being made fun of here.
you might be marked red on shiningami eyes because of the moths actually! Or more accurately the butterflies. I filter posts based a some key words including “terf” and consequently anything with “terf” in it gets blocked such as “butterfly,” “waterfall,” and “monsterfucker.” Like so:
The post in question is reblogged by my girlfriend from my own side blog that has “butterfly” in the title
that is quite honestly the funniest thing ever
Here’s a tumblr post I found with additional information about what’s been happening.
I’m rather embarrassed to only be finding about this now considering the earliest complaints I found with limited searching date back to a month ago. Needless to say, it has become fully unreliable, so it’s time to remove it.
Deviating from my usual posting content to share this, since I’m under the impression the Sky community is trans-friendly and thus may or may not be in the audience of people who use Shinigami Eyes.
As the person above me mentions, this not just a fluke. I had a look and the Firefox review page has very consistent comments noting discrimination against the non-binary, intersex, transmasc, and people of color. I dug around a bit more and found some similar complaints dating from around 2 months ago (potentially even 6?)
I rarely bring this up because it feels like fairly silly and low-stakes compared to all the other effects of american imperialism, but one of the funniest things when Americans deny that living in the imperial core and the center of global cultural hegemony confers them any sort of privilege over people from the imperial periphery is that like. In order for this conversation where you tell me you have no privilege over me to even be able to take place one of us had to learn the other’s language, and it wasn’t you.
I think the fact that by default the onus of learning the other’s language to enable communication is always put on the other side is a pretty significant privilege on the cultural front.
I fundamentally just don’t think that there are any circumstances under which making a copy of digital data can be accurately described as “theft” (yeah not even the one you’re thinking of) and this is linguistic ground that should have never been ceded and ceding it has only ever led to bad things 👍
When you “steal” a digital file, it’s like stealing a book. Except instead of taking the whole book, you copy down the contents into your own blank book. The original still exists.
That is in no way stealing. That is copying. Maybe it’s unauthorized copying, maybe that book owner wanted to sell you their own copy of that book, so maybe they missed out on money… But that’s a problem with their business model (they’re selling something that can be copied for free), not a problem with you taking something from them. They lost nothing but an opportunity for profit that you were probably never going to make them.
It’s absolutely not stealing.
It can be plagiarism or unauthorized re-upload of content you own but it’s not stealing because what you lost is hypothetical
I fundamentally just don’t think that there are any circumstances under which making a copy of digital data can be accurately described as “theft” (yeah not even the one you’re thinking of) and this is linguistic ground that should have never been ceded and ceding it has only ever led to bad things 👍
When you “steal” a digital file, it’s like stealing a book. Except instead of taking the whole book, you copy down the contents into your own blank book. The original still exists.
That is in no way stealing. That is copying. Maybe it’s unauthorized copying, maybe that book owner wanted to sell you their own copy of that book, so maybe they missed out on money… But that’s a problem with their business model (they’re selling something that can be copied for free), not a problem with you taking something from them. They lost nothing but an opportunity for profit that you were probably never going to make them.
Are you trying to kill your mother? Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Group of us were sitting underneath a staircase in the back of a bar huddled over the only table that would fit all six of us when my friend asks another for something in Spanish.
“A what??” Asks the second friend, Cuban.
First friend, Salvadoreñan, repeats while pointing at a straw. “A pajilla.”
“You mean an ABSORBENTE?” the Cuban says a little too condescendingly, because across from them the Colombian goes “Not a napkin dumbass, a pitillo” to which the Puerto Rican snaps “It’s a fuckin sorbeto, a pitillo is a joint” to which I screamed “Why do your people refer to it as Italian ice cream it’s a god damn popote what is wrong with all y'all” and that’s the night when we realized there’s 11 different ways to say “straw” in Spanish
This reminds me of the time I (a Floridian) was in a voice chat with A New Yorker, A Texan, A Canadian, a Brit, an Aussie, and a Brazilian; and the Brazilian was the only one not having any trouble understanding what anyone was saying.
this is all fantastic and valid but in the movie the reason he’s failing spanish is because he missed like eleven classes due to various minor life inconveniences such as his rebellious nature and the fact that he is spider-man
Basic rules for analysing fiction, an incomprehensive list jotted down in a hurry:
The protagonist isn’t always right
The protagonist isn’t always good
The protagonist isn’t always written to be relatable or likeable
The narrator isn’t always right
The narrator isn’t always good
The narrator isn’t always telling the truth
The narrator isn’t always the author
The protagonist’s moral compass, the narrator’s moral compass and the author’s moral compass are three entirely different things that only occasionally overlap
Pay attention to what characters do and not just what they say
Pay special attention when what the characters do is at odds with what they say
A lot of the time the curtains are blue for a reason. If they aren’t, you should read better books
Basic rules for analysing fiction, an incomprehensive list jotted down in a hurry:
The protagonist isn’t always right
The protagonist isn’t always good
The protagonist isn’t always written to be relatable or likeable
The narrator isn’t always right
The narrator isn’t always good
The narrator isn’t always telling the truth
The narrator isn’t always the author
The protagonist’s moral compass, the narrator’s moral compass and the author’s moral compass are three entirely different things that only occasionally overlap
Pay attention to what characters do and not just what they say
Pay special attention when what the characters do is at odds with what they say
A lot of the time the curtains are blue for a reason. If they aren’t, you should read better books
Basic rules for analysing fiction, an incomprehensive list jotted down in a hurry:
The protagonist isn’t always right
The protagonist isn’t always good
The protagonist isn’t always written to be relatable or likeable
The narrator isn’t always right
The narrator isn’t always good
The narrator isn’t always telling the truth
The narrator isn’t always the author
The protagonist’s moral compass, the narrator’s moral compass and the author’s moral compass are three entirely different things that only occasionally overlap
Pay attention to what characters do and not just what they say
Pay special attention when what the characters do is at odds with what they say
A lot of the time the curtains are blue for a reason. If they aren’t, you should read better books
Too tired to draw but I still need everyone to be aware of this bizarre interaction I had at work this morning
Worth mentioning is that I’m in Iceland and the store I work at only accepts icelandic króna so like even euros wouldn’t have worked in this case
On the one hand I refuse to defend Americans and this behavior is kind of embarrassing but on the other hand dumbasses enraging Europeans by not caring even a little bit about their funny little currencies is absolutely hilarious so I’m conflicted here
I think I’ve decided it’s time to topple the dollar as a world standard
I propose we switch to Chilean Peso
I think we should go back to harvesting seashells
I can’t do this anymore I am seriously at my limit here
Idk I’m in full support of forcing the English to accept my green construction paper
Could you do me a quick favour and point out where England is on this map?
steven universe will never be beaten as the funniest Media Phenomenon. it had an adult fanbase who were largely incapable of parsing basic interactions between colorful cartoon characters designed for children. they thought being attracted to short people made you a pedophile. there were people genuinely surprised and angry that the writers lied in response to a question that would have spoiled the main plot twist of the show. fascinating stuff all around
“To the Feds, I’ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone. This was fairly trivial: some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, a lot of patience. The spiral notebook, if present, has some straggling notes and To Do lists that illuminate the gist of it. My tech is pretty locked down because I work in engineering so probably not much info there. I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming. A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the [indecipherable] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart. It has grown and grown, but as our life expectancy? No the reality is, these [indecipherable] have simply gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allwed them to get away with it. Obviously the problem is more complex, but I do not have space, and frankly I do not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument. But many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain. It is not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games at play. Evidently I am the first to face it with such brutal honesty.”
like “ohh yeah we got our guy, he was holding the murder weapon, a manifesto that says "Hey feds! I did that crime and did it with this gun!! this is because the US has the most expensive healthcare but we don’t even live as long as some other countries? and its the fault of the american public who I hate!” anne 10 grand! is obvious that this is our guy, and he’s just a low down criminal who hates your! the american public"
also if they did find him with that why would he respond to their arrest with immediate legal defense rather than dignified resignation like the manifesto implies.
So the manifesto has no actual rhetoric or justification and he demures authority and intelligence. No advice or urging for others to do the same. It frames him as alone and unusual in taking his hatred as far as he has. It says there’s no point trying to get into his devices, yup, definitely no reasons for the cops to try to do so because there’s nothing on there which might contradict their story like location data. (How much you wanna bet they disappear from lockup before the trial?)
And it explicitly praises and gives respect to the cops, when while being taken by cops he shouted “It’s completely out of touch! It’s an insult to the intelligence of the American people!”
Yeah okay, this does it, I’m pretty convinced they’re framing an innocent man. No one willing to throw their life away killing a monster and expecting to get arrested for it and their words distributed is actually writing something like this.
what farming items in mmorpgs has taught me: i used to think using ice trays to make ice cubes was free but after thinking about it i have to pay the electric bill to power the freezer so every moment that i’m not freezing new trays of ice cubes is a moment that i’m underutilizing the freezer and increasing the cost of ice cubes. i have to constantly swap out ice trays for new ice cubes on an hourly rotation on a 24 hour basis or else i won’t produce the maximum amount of ice cubes possible and will underutilize the full potential of my electric bill. i need to stop using all other appliances and utilities in my home to make more ice cubes
what farming items in mmorpgs has taught me: i used to think using ice trays to make ice cubes was free but after thinking about it i have to pay the electric bill to power the freezer so every moment that i’m not freezing new trays of ice cubes is a moment that i’m underutilizing the freezer and increasing the cost of ice cubes. i have to constantly swap out ice trays for new ice cubes on an hourly rotation on a 24 hour basis or else i won’t produce the maximum amount of ice cubes possible and will underutilize the full potential of my electric bill. i need to stop using all other appliances and utilities in my home to make more ice cubes
19th century science fiction author wowing readers with careful description of the atomic spittoons located throughout the rocket ship for astronauts to hygienically dispose of their chewing tobacco.
Okay this is really bugging me but “atomic” was specifically a TWENTIETH century science fiction adjective; fuck, “atomic ashtrays” was even specifically an Asimov thing in Foundation. Science wasn’t even completely 100% convinced that atoms existed as anything except a bookkeeping trick for chemists until the beginning of the 20th century!
yes this scenario is anachronistic in both directions.
On the one hand, I’m always up for making fun of New Yorkers. On the other hand, every city I’ve actually been to has zoned corner stores out of existence – apart from gas station kiosks, I literally have not seen a residential corner store in twenty years – so I kind of get the romanticising bodegas thing.
where do you people buy milk I am so confused by American lifestyles
I’m Canadian, but to answer your question, when you live in a city that doesn’t allow (or no longer allows) mixed residential-commercial zoning, and you need some trivial article you can’t buy at a gas station kiosk, you drive to the nearest grocery store – which may be kilometres away – for every little thing. This is considered normal.
(For my part, I went to a great deal of trouble to find housing right on the border between a residential zone and a commercial zone, because I don’t drive, and living next to a highway is worth having a grocery store in easy walking distance!)
To be 100% fair, there’s also been a recent-ish move to reintroduce mixed residential/commercial neighbourhoods in the form of apartment buildings with shops on the ground floor. In practice, however, the owners almost invariably set the ground-floor rent far too high for convenience stores, so you end up with shit like an apartment building whose ground-floor shops consist of eight different orthodontists’ offices. Which is great if you need a lot of dental work, I suppose!
if i had a lame ass boyfriend i would hype him so much i would make him wait out side so i could go in first and be like get ready here comes the most specialest boy ever if you dont cheer and clap for him ill fucking blow this whole building up
overheard someone say that lesbians don’t have male icons the way gay men have female icons…. baby you have not logged onto tumblr dot com. the lesbians are dedicating blogs to men who look like the default mii
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