Imagine comparing switching genders physically to becoming a dinosaur. People really tattling on how they view other genders/sexes as entirely different species or animals to them 💀
They are also showing how delusional they are about the USA medical system. If a kid claims they are trans, they aren't getting surgery just like that - whether that's because the parents and doctors are scared that the child will lose their fertility (they value an unpromised future of potential grandkids over a living child), the doctors don't want to perform the procedure (and not because of potential health risks, but because of politics/religion), it's just too expensive, or all of the above. They aren't even getting harmless hormone blockers as often as some people claim (even though cis kids more often get them without problems; hormone blockers and regular hormones are used if puberty starts too late or early, btw, which is what trans kids would use it for too). You know what that kid is getting? Told that their feelings are wrong, that there is something wrong with them mentally and sometimes even spiritually. Maybe that kid will get a therapist, but that's usually in more progressive areas and with the risk that it will be treated as something that needs fixed and not treated. (Thankfully, there are some therapists, parents, and doctors, who will actively treat it as an identity that you have to learn about yourself just like any cishet identity and who will help young trans kids prepare for potential, future surgeries. But thats me adding this to not loose hope in humanity.)
Exactly! Conservatives see men and women almost like different species, that’s how they justify treating women like shit and taking away their rights. Trans people have always been good for women’s rights in general because when you demonstrate fluidity between genders it becomes harder to deny that we are all cut from the same cloth (it also shows people that how they express themselves can be a choice, not something forced upon them, which is always a good thing). But that’s also the same reason why when you look at most things the conservatives say about trans people, it’s literally just misogyny in a hat.
that last one, i- i'm stuck on how she would get through middle school as Barney. i came out as trans in 7th-ish grade and got made fun of relentlessly, i can't imagine how awful it would be to be BARNEY then.
Yeah, I think she's trying to convey how insane she thinks parents supporting their trans kids is, but the analogy she used (and the sheer confidence) actually just shows her complete lack of understanding, and probably an unwillingness to open her mind to new information and perspectives. I have mixed feelings about the creator who responded, but I think he in return is trying to convey how truly ridiculous it is to so confidently spread such an ignorant opinion. There's not much us leftists can do about people like that.
no but literally white people vernacular is my favorite thing ever. i regularly say “let’s blow this popsicle stand” but especially because nobody has ever said that unironically
@@AG-vb6vv i think they were using the term "woke" as a conservative on fox news would, to indicate anything to do with social equality, leftist policies or similar topics conservatives don't like, not the original meaning of the word (which correct me if i'm wrong comes from AAVE?).
@@riccardozanoni2531 I’m pretty sure that’s not what conservatives mean when they say ‘woke’. Rather, I think it’s meant to refer to (real or perceived) hypocrisies in leftist viewpoints. For example, leftists would happily attack and criticise Christians and Christianity for being conservative, misogynist or homophobic, but would they attack Muslims or Islam in the same way. Actually, you may have some defending Islam (a conservative religion) and even things like the hijab (at its core, it’s a rather misogynist idea to make women cover themselves so only their husbands ‘see their beauty’), or ignoring homophobic elements within the Muslim community. This is an example of what conservatives mean when they attack us for being ‘woke’, our hypocrites and double standards. For example, I saw a video of leftists at a university kicking a Bible on the floor while Christian student watched. I don’t like the religion, but it seemed a bit wrong, yet the comments by leftists defended the people who kicked the Bible. I have also seen leftists attacking people who burned the Quran, an equivalent act, and sayings it’s wrong. This is what I mean by a double standard sometimes within the leftist camp. As a movement, we need to reflect and eradicate such double standards, and this will neuter much of the criticisms the right has against us, helping us be stronger as more people are brought on board.
@@AG-vb6vv The leftist camp🤣🤣 what are we, boy scouts? Jokes aside, i've genuinely never heard anyone use the term woke for those instances, neither have i ever seen anyone quote those instances, considering they're mostly (if they even happened at all, that is) singular people within the left... maybe some antitheist group? That said, it has absolutely nothing to do with the topic, or with the origin, meaning, or common use of the term woke. I'm also pretty sure those events were made up (call them strawmen if you wish), but i'll trust in your bona fide... Usually, when american conservatives use the word woke, it is against those people who fight for equal rights within a minority, or try to expose any kind of unequal treatment in our society and explain how it came to be and why it should be solved. Some people use it for anything "left-wing", just as a sort of derogatory version of "leftist". Those examples you cited are quite specific, and not related. Why, if i may ask, do you think these in particular are important to the discussion? (since you brought them up i'm wondering if it was just a misinterpretation of the use of the term woke or if you wanted to talk about these and just couldn't find a good way to introduce them into the discussion.) If you'd like to discuss antitheism i'm all for it, and just so you know, the vast majority of leftists and also atheists don't consider antitheism a valid position, at least in its more extreme versions, which seems like what you've depicted here.
hey ppl! the way that society expects us to always look our “best” is so awful. for most of us, its unrealistic to be able to spend enough time and money on our appearance for society to just see us as people who are worthy of kindness and respect.
True! For me, my autism is a superpower in that way, that I don't realise when society judges me. But still, it's not a bad thing that you're not looking perfect, it's normal. And sometimes I feel like everybody's way to focused on themselves to even notice that the pretty human being you are isn't looking like on that one insta picture you posted two months ago!
not everything is perfect, somethings need talking about, just because you do doesn't mean you all of the sudden have to stop liking or enjoying a thing
When I watch media that I like, I love to critique it because I want better for it and often, the better it is, the more nuanced the critiquing. I wish people didn't see it so much as me hating on a topic and moreso me being excited and wanting an open conversation about it because its media that I thoroughly enjoy.
Very true, watched isle of dogs last night with my partner and at the end we both said “Amazing movie, a little sexist but other than that it’s great 👍 “
Dude me and most Mexicans have those too, they have native ancestors who were killed by spanish people who were also our ancestors. Wdym its “hard” its in the past what affect does it have on you?
@@HeresAbigOneWow. Okay. Knowing that I’m here only because of all the shit that happened way back is sort of a moral burden for me. I can’t change it so I’m just like damn. I shouldn’t exist but I do
Same but think of it this way your native ancestors live in in you, and your ability to have a say in your likely white passing vote in society. Undercover agent if you will, and if you don't pass as white you have a nuanced view of how it affects people like you. You can use that experience to make a future your ancestors (and you) could actually be proud of.
@@chey7691Ive never thought of it from that perspective. I have olive skin and dark hair but my eyes are green so I pass as white. I’m very selective about who I tell in real life because they usually think I’m lying for attention(if they saw my grandma they’d know better)but yeah. I’m an international superspy lmao
@@CorvusMoon22 I'm in a similar boat so I thought I would share. I look nothing like my siblings, and look the "whitest" among them even though I took a genetic test to prove it as a child. It's interesting as well because of my experiences I can be mistaken as a (effeminate) white man (or woman if I don't try that day). I'm ND asexual intersex (masc gendered) dude who honestly gets shunned by every group I actually belong to because I don't seem X enough to the group at large. So I use my outsider status and insider knowledge of groups to help others improve them, so I'm full of knowledge that I can't fully use.
Please treat us neurodivergent, Cluster B, systems, etc people like how you want to be treated. We aren't monsters. Some of us have suffered worse than you have ever thought. Just be nice to us.
I poked a cicada with a stick and it said EEEEEEEEEEEEEE There are 4 different types where I live The ones that go EEEEEEEEEEEEE The ones that go rEEErEEErEEE The ones that go rereREREEEEEE The ones that go rereREREREREre
Hi y'all!! My dad's wedding was today. It was very fun, and also he is currently covered in glitter lol (had glitter, and small children present, enough said).
@@itisthefish I’m not actually sure they exist though, apparently Islam is homophobic and doesn’t accept LGBT people. That makes sense as I know Taliban, ISIS, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and other Islamic organisations/countries have banned homosexuality, even prison time. Sad.
I am phenotypically white(genotypically I’m all over the place)but I live in the south. A common thing with southern accents (especially the really thick rural ones like I have) is that they can often sound a lot like a “blaccent” or aave. There are some subtle differences though. Just be aware that a white person who seems to be using a blaccent maybe really isn’t depending on where they’re from
I WENT TO COMIC CON! I was cosplaying generation loss ranboo and met a couple people that were also dressed as gen loss characters. I gave all the people I met acorns, it was very snazzy. I also met an artist that I've followed for a while and I just happened across their booth it was so cool, we were both cosplaying ranboo which was a will silly.
I got the greatest compliment on my name the other day! I was talking with some friends and about how I had chosen my name, and one of them goes: "Yea, it fits you so well, sounds good with your last name, and is very rememberable. It's a perfect name for you." And I'm going to be riding the high of that compliment for the rest of my life ngl
That last one was insane. A kid wearing a dress instead of pants and being called sam instead of sally is NOTHING like medically transitioning into barney the motherfucking dinosaur😭
Hi everyone :3!! I got back into hollow knight a bit ago and ive gotten SO close to finally beating the 5th pantheon, but always die like 2-3 bosses away from the final one. I think i should be able to get it soon though!! These 90 hours in the game should pay off.
I alredy commented under fishie's comment (the one with the aroace flag) so that was my daily comment :) Also, i just found out that the trevor project has a safe space where you can text with other queer ppl!!! How cool's that?!
Would it be a small town? The country? A city? Maybe the place you're moving to has an online library where you can read up on the history. It can demystify your new home and make it feel safer. Will you be owning or renting? If you're owning, make a garden. If you're renting, make an above ground garden. Imagine the trees in your neighbourhood. Their smell. The new birds you'll meet. A sidewalk to draw on. Just the everyday things. America as a whole is scary. But you can do so much to make your small part of America the safest and most welcoming it can be.
I took down my fairy lights today. Replacing them with bat lights! I have one string of them up, and I'll buy two more next week. Halloween is the best.
first crochet update! three quarters done with a crochet hammock made out of that really chunky yarn like 25mm! it's working up really fast and I'm just having a grand old time! soon! i will be suspended!! in the air!!!!
im questioning the validity of my system again. this time its because some of our headmates are showing symptoms to disorders that i (as the root/core identity) have never shown symptoms to before. like one of them kind of has something similar to a cluster b personality going on, but i dont want to even go near labeling them as such because its not something ive ever shown before the system formed. dont disorders have to apply to every headmate since it effects the entire brain? i dont want us to sound like were giving "quirky disordered traits" to headmates or anything -ves
Unless its a genetic disorder like asd, adhd, etc things you have from birth every system member has it when they front. System members can however have disorders like npd, aspd, or other disorders that are formed after birth. The host also doesn’t have to feel these disorders, its only if it’s genetic or been there since birth then every member fronting has it.
@@FallenAngels336 oh okay thank you! that does make a little sense since we have genetic disorders that do apply to everyone, and i guess i got confused and thought every disorder needed to be like that. this helps!!
Crochet update 15: no actual crochet today minus the chain for the screen of the BMO bag, but I planned the measurements of all the details. Life update: I dyed my hair, and also downloaded minecraft for the first time. I fear I may never be productive again /j
5:04 my household actually has a milk delivery service from a local farm! they have glass bottles and it’s really cool and i wish we could bring back the other part of that statement haha
I FOUND MORE FRIENDS WITH MY SPECIAL INTERESTS AND MY SENSE OF HUMOR RECENTLY AND IM REALLY HAPPY SINCE THAT MEANS SCHOOL IS JUST THE TINIEST BIT BETTER FOR ME (it still sucks for the most part though, unfortunately i don't really think friends can save too much)
I find it funny that the Barney lady implied that she would be theoretically chill with being Barney for 25ish years before hitting 30… The age we all outgrew Barney. (Yes I know he mentioned that but my brain raced ahead before he could say it)
can i just admit something here?? i never liked english classes. i don't know what exactly it is about being in an english class, but i just absolutely hate it, which is especially weird considering every other queer person i've seen talk about school has said that english was their safe space and that english was just great for them. it seems like i may be just a bit of an outlier also another interesting, i now hate bio class. the interesting thing about that is the fact that i love(d) every single science class before this one. the interesting thing about THAT is that (almost) all of my former science teachers were queer women of some sort of color, and now my current science teacher is this (i'm pretty sure) straight cis black man who sounds absolutely uninterested in even teaching bio. huh.
I often believe that a teacher's passion for a subject is infectious, because they're educating with the goal of sharing this love they have for their subject.
i’ve also never really liked english, for a whole year i was so overwhelmed i was unable to complete any of the assessments properly and i was constantly crying. it didn’t help that both my teacher and class were horrible, it was always to loud in the lessons, specifically the planning lessons before the assessments, for me to concentrate. especially considering this was the 2020/2021 school year and i realised that i actually had sensory issues because i stopped being able to block it out as much due to stress. luckily i passed my english exams in the end so i never have to do it again.
as an english lover, it solely depends on the teacher. i’ve always have great and supportive english teachers that encouraged my writing. but if your teacher doesn’t care about the students the class is gonna suck.
Ah yes because people who know nothing about Wilson’s disease suddenly are experts the moment they read I’ve had to fight for a diagnosis through the shit healthcare system
Please call your senators and petition so KOSA doesn't pass. It would be extremely dangerous for queer kids in unsafe homes. It would also be bad because there will be a dip in resources for queer and bipoc people.
questions for the algorithm! ✨ 1. your favourite bug? 2. a weird thing you used to believe in? 3. your favourite pair of pants? 4. a book you've read recently? 5. have you ever been to a pride event? slay safe y'all!
1. Moths :) 2. My parents 3. There’s this pair of faded blue jeans I wear every Friday for school :) 4. The Cure. It’s the second part of a book series for the roblox video game Piggy 5. No, I wanna though.
1) fireflies! Or those pretty snowy moths 2) I cant think of much. I mean I believed in Santa as a kid. But only when I was super little. 3) flared boot cut jeans I got from walmart! They're thin enough I can wear them (I have to wear leggings under since I was blessed with sensory issues) 4) I honestly don't read anymore unless it's for school. I guess in that case it was "of mice and men". It was an interesting read, take that as you will. 5) no unfortunately but I might go with my friends this year if my mom lets me because they have really cool stuff! The one in my city is so cool, there's booths and stuff too.
1) Maybe worms or rollie pollies. I like backyard bugs. 2) I used to believe that stop lights worked due to there being little people cops whose whole job was to monitor traffic in the light boxes and manually switch the colours. 3) The pants my friend made for me. 4) I've mostly been rereading my own fanfic a billion times to make sure it's perfect before posting each week. 5) Yeas? Never a parade though. I think I would hate it tremendously.
8:42 this homie, I remember watching his tiktok years ago (when I had TikTok 😅) and I'm kinda glad he got more explicit about his views and more direct about how he responds to bigots. Like a lot of peopel I ued to watch have had a great evolution in their content and views, and I'm happy for them tbh
Hey y’all! At a kpop event for a friend rn and it’s at a library and I’m by the LGBTQ section but I’m too scared to grab a book while there’s an event going on Also I bought 2 Kandi bracelets and I think they might be a new special interest of mine rn
I love Kandi bracelets too! I love making friendship bracelets (or just bracelets) in general its sooo fun!!! also theyre so cute I love scene culture as a whole! (and Kandi bracelets as a whole.)
ur daily reminder from ur local self-dx person with multiple disorders: self dx is very valid and ppl do not ever have to say that they are self or prof dianogsed for you to guvebthem the accomedations u would someone prof dx (and by accomedations i mean like in friend situations explaining smth extra someone who struggles with tone wont understand or if someone has complex triggers respecting them)
Person who’s been clinically diagnosed here: I agree! Self diagnosis is the reason I was able to bring it up to my doctor and I know that’s not possible for everyone. If you think you have something and the coping stills for that thing also help you, that’s totally valid! Doctors also misdiagnosis all the time, at least with self diagnosis you know what you’re experiencing and you don’t have to argue that what you’re feeling is real
Very glad I've been able to let my body rest as it has needed to and play some cult of the lamb. I've been getting really into murder mystery shows as well, and having a good time. Sending good thoughts to y'all, and hope my other murder mystery lovers are having a good time.
Hi guys i havent really regularaly watched these in a year but i might try and start again. I started high school this year! I might join swiftie club at my school. I also take social justice class!!! I wish you guys could take it, its so fun! You guys would love it and id have loved to have you guys theres because no one in the class talks. Also we watched the music video for "The Man" by Taylor swift while studying gender roles and stereotypes etc. Also, I have multiple queer teachers! My school is super diverse so im very happy to be there each day. Also my birthday on the 30th! I had a heart shaped strawberry cake with white icing and little white accents and cherries! Sorry for rambling i just wanted to share some of my joy from the past couple of days. Also i switched my last class from this weird capitalist business class to film! My film teacher is very funny. He called us all scrubs because the boys kept deleting the google document we were writing on. And then asked us if we knew what scrubs are and then when no one answered he played "No Scrubs" by TLC and made us take notes. And yesterday he gave us a lecture on why we have labor day where he mostly talked shit about capitalists. And he also has a photo of jojo siwa on his desk that says "stay sweet" but he covered up and put sharpie over the letters so it says "stay queer". Interesting! I like my school a lot.
I don’t know where else to say this so I’m put it here TW: f s!ur My friend bri just casually uses the f s!ur and the word as like an insult it kinda hurts cause she knows that I’m gay and she even apologizes every time she uses it around me but I kinda wish she would just stop all together Also on Thursday she went up to my friend Anna and asked if she liked me even though I told her not too multiple times (I don’t even have a crush on Anna anymore) and now I stressing out if Anna hates me like I don’t need the stress man I just want to enjoy my weekend:/ But I did hang out with bri yesterday which was fun totally forget I was mad at her I don’t know if it’s healthy to go in between hating all my friends to loving them (kinda) Also she went around telling people I like Anna which is upsetting cause I don’t want random people knowing I’m gay Anyways I thought I’d just put these here since everyone in this community is just gay and I love it
@@Alliumsmylove dont take my word as law since i dont really know anything about your friendship with her, but i feel like you should start thinking about dropping her. i know its kinda hard to since it sounds like you still enjoy being around her but people that will continuously hurt you and overstep boundaries are not good people to be around no matter how nice or fun they are. in the future theyll probably think they can just use you and not listen to any of your boundaries. bri sounds like a toxic friend to me. toxicity doesnt have to look like constantly being a jerk to everybody, toxic people are usually really nice and fun to be around on the outside in short: yeah its kinda unhealthy to go between hating and loving your friends (of course its okay to fight and be mad at each other every once in a while but good friendships shouldnt make that super common) if you want to drop her, id suggest not doing it suddenly and sorta just hanging out with her less/phasing the friendship out. thats to avoid the chance of her maybe getting mad and spreading more rumors about you (this is just my assumption of what might happen, again i dont know her or what yalls friendship is like) hope this helps
@@thesnapshotscollection I do honestly want to drop her but I don’t really have any friends other than her (I have other friends kinda but my don’t have classes with them I don’t even talk to them and I only have one class with Anna) but next year I’m in highschool so I kinda hope we don’t go to same school which might be mean but it’s true I hope next year I can make new friends! So I might drop her next year maybe if she doesn’t change that is thanks for the advice!
14:41 when i was younger i was really obsessed with dragons(i still kinda am) and i thought "hey, being a dragon would be cool!" i am also a trans boy and when i hit puberty it was really upsetting because i wasn't flat chested anymore and i was becoming more feminine. i still think being a dragon would be cool but i don't cry at night because i'm not a dragon. i do that because people see me as a girl and i'm afab. they are not at all related wtf?!
Hey can you take care of yourself? Just do one small thing that will make yourself happy. And if you feel like you can do more, please stretch, drink some water, and eat something. You matter so much. I send all the virtual love. 💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗
Creative Writing Prompt 169: 1nice. Whelp, I'm out of time. I spent all day working in my little raised bed, harvesting the most pitiful haul of sweet potatoes of my life. This has not been my year in that garden. I got fewer than 10 tomatoes all summer, my peas died out almost immediately, my basil just doesn't want to grow and the day I sow some sunflower seeds and eggplants directly into the bank where the water likes to drain a muhuther fuhucking tornado comes through and dumps 50 gallons of water on them over 30 minutes. Hopefully my fall beans, carrots, and beets will be happier. Write a story about a bad harvest. An old family has depended on that chestnut tree for generations and it suddenly stops producing. A swarm of invasive insects wipes out an organic crop. The magic has dried up in a fantasy world and the abundance of crops you relied upon begin to shrivel. Climate change has begun to wreak its havoc upon the growing season. The dust bowl's first storm devastates a field of wheat sprouts. There can be drama or humor or anger or despair in a pitiable haul. Be creative and see what you can come up with.
Eg: The mealfruit trees were designed to grow in irradiated ground, designed to draw nutrition from anything, to resist the cold and the light, to hold out when the water generator acts up and there isn't enough moisture to keep other plants alive. Its wood is sturdy and light for construction, its bark is stringy to make clothes, its leaves compost quickly and its roots hold fast in dust or mud or soil. They were supposed to save us, so what is left for us when they fail? Where can we go when we can't go back? What is left for us when there is nothing but light and darkness? Once upon a time, what we once called the United States faced a period of stagnation. The Land had been filled up, not by people, but by what they used to call property. It was an idea. They believed that you could take land and say it belonged to you. Then you told the government and they shot anyone who argued with you. All the available land was filled up with property. They spread it into the swamps and the plains and the foothills and up into the mountains and beyond. They poured their property down into the earth and scattered it into the lakes and the rivers, sowed it right under the feet of people and animals and under the roots of the plants. When the property was all taken up they looked at the people they hated and told the government: “we hate them, shoot them so we may put our property there” and because the government hated those people too it did. They began to look west, out into the great flat plains of grasses and their minds filled with fantasies of property that spread all the way to the sea. Some people thought that if only they could afford some property they could live and be happy. Some thought that if they could just get that property they could control the people they hated. The government thought that if it gave them the land they would be done when they had filled it all up. When they did they were not. They needed food and they needed water. They needed shelter. They tore up the grasses and the feet and feet of roots, the thin and dry soil scattered. The dug wells to get at the water to make it fertile. They tore it all up to plant wheat and corn. They fought what the land wanted to be for so long that the fighting became normal to them, and forty years later when the grass was all gone and there was nothing left to hold down the soil, the land sent winds to take up the dust and drive away the people. The dust choked them and blinded them, it filled their houses and buried their property in meters for every foot of land they tore up. Most of them starved, many of them died. The land fought them for leagues and leagues. You can see it, the place where the dust storms thrashed against the hollow bands of their property. You can see it, right in the middle of that splash of green and brown in the middle of the pale blue dot on the horizon. They were promised that when their work was done there would be peace. They were not fools to believe it because they could not have known it was a lie. But we know it was a lie. And I think we may have believed it. What fools are we.
homi can i just say how much i admire your dedication? i always see these prompts! like you don't miss days ever! its impressive, i might use them in the future, but I'm in the middle of writers block lol. have a good day!
good today! I'm at my grandmas house. my cousin has a blahaj! he got it for Christmas. coincidentally at the same house. I didnt know it was a huge thing until a few months later but blahajs seem pretty cool!
Tiny vent I think??? I love my job but I hate that I have to work. I work at subway now and two of my co workers are people I worked with over at my previous workplace (also fast food), and one of those two is now my boss. She’s super kind and sweet and the best because she does everything she can to help everyone. I love that I don’t have to break myself like I did at my last job, and that it’s a super easy job comparatively, and I’m getting paid more. I just hate having to work 5 out of 7 days in the week because either way I may not be exhausted but I’m still so tired. I go to bed around midnight because I get home at 11, then I sleep until noon or sometimes longer and I have to go to work at 2. I love my job but I hate having to work full time. And it sucks. But hey at least the people I work with are nice and so is the pay.. kinda.
9:40 Don't know about you, but if I was in charge of a five year old and they told me they wanna be Barney....I'd indulge them? Like weak argument cuz I would treat that five year old like Barney. I'd call them Barney, watch Barney with them all the time, and let them wear a Barney costume every day if they like. It could be a phase. It could not be a phase. Harms no one and makes one person incredibly happy. Hell, if that five year old had to go to school and they had a problem with the child dressing and acting like Barney, I'd fight on their behalf. And like, what if it isn't a phase? Who cares. Furries literally exist. I may not purchase it, but it they want a fully animatronic Barney costume to fully live out there Barney dreams, just make sure the tail isn't knocking things over, you know? Like this argument is so weak. Let kids be happy even if their interests are strange to you.
Off topic but what r some of yalls opinions abt 9/11, like it was used to demonize Muslim ppl so much but it was also still a bad thing yknow? I just don't rlly have a solid opinion on it cause my mom personally knew the family of the first pilot
Imagine comparing switching genders physically to becoming a dinosaur. People really tattling on how they view other genders/sexes as entirely different species or animals to them 💀
Holy moly you’re right 😳never thought of it that way
They are also showing how delusional they are about the USA medical system.
If a kid claims they are trans, they aren't getting surgery just like that - whether that's because the parents and doctors are scared that the child will lose their fertility (they value an unpromised future of potential grandkids over a living child), the doctors don't want to perform the procedure (and not because of potential health risks, but because of politics/religion), it's just too expensive, or all of the above. They aren't even getting harmless hormone blockers as often as some people claim (even though cis kids more often get them without problems; hormone blockers and regular hormones are used if puberty starts too late or early, btw, which is what trans kids would use it for too).
You know what that kid is getting?
Told that their feelings are wrong, that there is something wrong with them mentally and sometimes even spiritually. Maybe that kid will get a therapist, but that's usually in more progressive areas and with the risk that it will be treated as something that needs fixed and not treated.
(Thankfully, there are some therapists, parents, and doctors, who will actively treat it as an identity that you have to learn about yourself just like any cishet identity and who will help young trans kids prepare for potential, future surgeries. But thats me adding this to not loose hope in humanity.)
Exactly! Conservatives see men and women almost like different species, that’s how they justify treating women like shit and taking away their rights. Trans people have always been good for women’s rights in general because when you demonstrate fluidity between genders it becomes harder to deny that we are all cut from the same cloth (it also shows people that how they express themselves can be a choice, not something forced upon them, which is always a good thing).
But that’s also the same reason why when you look at most things the conservatives say about trans people, it’s literally just misogyny in a hat.
@@theepicpop-tartcati am deeply in love with you and your amount of education /p
tbh, if morphing into a dinosaur were to be as easy as changing my pronouns to what ever i see fit, i’d be dinosaur all day long
that last one, i-
i'm stuck on how she would get through middle school as Barney. i came out as trans in 7th-ish grade and got made fun of relentlessly, i can't imagine how awful it would be to be BARNEY then.
Same.
Yeah, I think she's trying to convey how insane she thinks parents supporting their trans kids is, but the analogy she used (and the sheer confidence) actually just shows her complete lack of understanding, and probably an unwillingness to open her mind to new information and perspectives. I have mixed feelings about the creator who responded, but I think he in return is trying to convey how truly ridiculous it is to so confidently spread such an ignorant opinion. There's not much us leftists can do about people like that.
Does Barney drive? Did Barney get a driver’s license? Does Barney even fit in a car?
no but literally white people vernacular is my favorite thing ever. i regularly say “let’s blow this popsicle stand” but especially because nobody has ever said that unironically
Why not? It sounds fun and hilarious.
i’m english and i have never heard this phrase before and it sounds so ridiculous, what does it even mean?
@@max_ghostfan That you're going to leave (and yiu do it dramatically).
thanks that actually makes sense now
@@max_ghostfan You're welcome!
Sweden: *beats USA in World Cup
Fox: ha! That’s what we get for being woke
Sweden: you merely adopted the woke. I was born in it. Molded by it.
Actually woke culture began in America and was exported to the rest of the Western, especially Anglaphobe, world.
@@AG-vb6vv i think they were using the term "woke" as a conservative on fox news would, to indicate anything to do with social equality, leftist policies or similar topics conservatives don't like, not the original meaning of the word (which correct me if i'm wrong comes from AAVE?).
@@riccardozanoni2531 I’m pretty sure that’s not what conservatives mean when they say ‘woke’. Rather, I think it’s meant to refer to (real or perceived) hypocrisies in leftist viewpoints. For example, leftists would happily attack and criticise Christians and Christianity for being conservative, misogynist or homophobic, but would they attack Muslims or Islam in the same way. Actually, you may have some defending Islam (a conservative religion) and even things like the hijab (at its core, it’s a rather misogynist idea to make women cover themselves so only their husbands ‘see their beauty’), or ignoring homophobic elements within the Muslim community.
This is an example of what conservatives mean when they attack us for being ‘woke’, our hypocrites and double standards. For example, I saw a video of leftists at a university kicking a Bible on the floor while Christian student watched. I don’t like the religion, but it seemed a bit wrong, yet the comments by leftists defended the people who kicked the Bible. I have also seen leftists attacking people who burned the Quran, an equivalent act, and sayings it’s wrong. This is what I mean by a double standard sometimes within the leftist camp. As a movement, we need to reflect and eradicate such double standards, and this will neuter much of the criticisms the right has against us, helping us be stronger as more people are brought on board.
@@AG-vb6vv The leftist camp🤣🤣 what are we, boy scouts?
Jokes aside, i've genuinely never heard anyone use the term woke for those instances, neither have i ever seen anyone quote those instances, considering they're mostly (if they even happened at all, that is) singular people within the left... maybe some antitheist group? That said, it has absolutely nothing to do with the topic, or with the origin, meaning, or common use of the term woke. I'm also pretty sure those events were made up (call them strawmen if you wish), but i'll trust in your bona fide...
Usually, when american conservatives use the word woke, it is against those people who fight for equal rights within a minority, or try to expose any kind of unequal treatment in our society and explain how it came to be and why it should be solved. Some people use it for anything "left-wing", just as a sort of derogatory version of "leftist". Those examples you cited are quite specific, and not related. Why, if i may ask, do you think these in particular are important to the discussion? (since you brought them up i'm wondering if it was just a misinterpretation of the use of the term woke or if you wanted to talk about these and just couldn't find a good way to introduce them into the discussion.)
If you'd like to discuss antitheism i'm all for it, and just so you know, the vast majority of leftists and also atheists don't consider antitheism a valid position, at least in its more extreme versions, which seems like what you've depicted here.
also, if you want to talk about this we should probably do this in another comment, since we're kind of monopolizing this section ahah😅😅
hey ppl! the way that society expects us to always look our “best” is so awful. for most of us, its unrealistic to be able to spend enough time and money on our appearance for society to just see us as people who are worthy of kindness and respect.
True! For me, my autism is a superpower in that way, that I don't realise when society judges me. But still, it's not a bad thing that you're not looking perfect, it's normal. And sometimes I feel like everybody's way to focused on themselves to even notice that the pretty human being you are isn't looking like on that one insta picture you posted two months ago!
Yeah but don’t show up to work looking like you just rolled out of bed
Yes! I love doing makeup and my hair and pick a fun outfit sometimes…. But bro I can’t do that all the time
This is your reminder that you are allowed to criticize and critique pieces of media you like cause I feel like a lot of people forget that
not everything is perfect, somethings need talking about, just because you do doesn't mean you all of the sudden have to stop liking or enjoying a thing
When I watch media that I like, I love to critique it because I want better for it and often, the better it is, the more nuanced the critiquing.
I wish people didn't see it so much as me hating on a topic and moreso me being excited and wanting an open conversation about it because its media that I thoroughly enjoy.
I hate the police and I believe that they don’t need 2 exist, that being said, my comfort show is Brooklyn Nine Nine
Very true, watched isle of dogs last night with my partner and at the end we both said “Amazing movie, a little sexist but other than that it’s great 👍 “
Sometimes it’s hard having both Native and European ancestry. Some of my ancestors massacred my other ancestors
Dude me and most Mexicans have those too, they have native ancestors who were killed by spanish people who were also our ancestors. Wdym its “hard” its in the past what affect does it have on you?
@@HeresAbigOneWow. Okay. Knowing that I’m here only because of all the shit that happened way back is sort of a moral burden for me. I can’t change it so I’m just like damn. I shouldn’t exist but I do
Same but think of it this way your native ancestors live in in you, and your ability to have a say in your likely white passing vote in society. Undercover agent if you will, and if you don't pass as white you have a nuanced view of how it affects people like you. You can use that experience to make a future your ancestors (and you) could actually be proud of.
@@chey7691Ive never thought of it from that perspective. I have olive skin and dark hair but my eyes are green so I pass as white. I’m very selective about who I tell in real life because they usually think I’m lying for attention(if they saw my grandma they’d know better)but yeah. I’m an international superspy lmao
@@CorvusMoon22 I'm in a similar boat so I thought I would share. I look nothing like my siblings, and look the "whitest" among them even though I took a genetic test to prove it as a child. It's interesting as well because of my experiences I can be mistaken as a (effeminate) white man (or woman if I don't try that day). I'm ND asexual intersex (masc gendered) dude who honestly gets shunned by every group I actually belong to because I don't seem X enough to the group at large. So I use my outsider status and insider knowledge of groups to help others improve them, so I'm full of knowledge that I can't fully use.
3:21 the look is so Jacob Geller Henson shaving sponsorship
Please treat us neurodivergent, Cluster B, systems, etc people like how you want to be treated. We aren't monsters. Some of us have suffered worse than you have ever thought. Just be nice to us.
amen 🙏
@@wendyjohnson4345 can u elaborate maybe?
@@wendyjohnson4345 ah yes, and you can tell 'cause you're a licensed psychiatrist, right?
@@wendyjohnson4345or maybe people with disorders exist and have access to the internet and you saying everyone is faking is weird?
I poked a cicada with a stick and it said EEEEEEEEEEEEEE
There are 4 different types where I live
The ones that go EEEEEEEEEEEEE
The ones that go rEEErEEErEEE
The ones that go rereREREEEEEE
The ones that go rereREREREREre
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
jus like me when i get poked, cicadas are so relatable. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
i love cicadas and them just screaming all the time is a mood
Hi y'all!! My dad's wedding was today. It was very fun, and also he is currently covered in glitter lol (had glitter, and small children present, enough said).
my comments on the previous video, for some reason, RUclips really hate us lefties
Todays minority shoutout goes to... queers of color! (QOC)
Mine is for Muslim queers… I haven’t met any, but they must exist.
@@AG-vb6vvI did that a few days ago :)
@@itisthefish I’m not actually sure they exist though, apparently Islam is homophobic and doesn’t accept LGBT people. That makes sense as I know Taliban, ISIS, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and other Islamic organisations/countries have banned homosexuality, even prison time. Sad.
I am phenotypically white(genotypically I’m all over the place)but I live in the south. A common thing with southern accents (especially the really thick rural ones like I have) is that they can often sound a lot like a “blaccent” or aave. There are some subtle differences though. Just be aware that a white person who seems to be using a blaccent maybe really isn’t depending on where they’re from
I WENT TO COMIC CON!
I was cosplaying generation loss ranboo and met a couple people that were also dressed as gen loss characters. I gave all the people I met acorns, it was very snazzy. I also met an artist that I've followed for a while and I just happened across their booth it was so cool, we were both cosplaying ranboo which was a will silly.
I got the greatest compliment on my name the other day! I was talking with some friends and about how I had chosen my name, and one of them goes:
"Yea, it fits you so well, sounds good with your last name, and is very rememberable. It's a perfect name for you."
And I'm going to be riding the high of that compliment for the rest of my life ngl
that's a good compliment indeed!
that is such a good compliment i'm now also happy on your behalf :DD i'd be riding that high for the rest of my life too that's amazing!!
It feels amazing when people compliment you for your chosen name!
i love being enriched
That last one was insane. A kid wearing a dress instead of pants and being called sam instead of sally is NOTHING like medically transitioning into barney the motherfucking dinosaur😭
10:49
I love him so much, like he's so funny (T o T)
Like look at the stance. lol.
Hi everyone :3!! I got back into hollow knight a bit ago and ive gotten SO close to finally beating the 5th pantheon, but always die like 2-3 bosses away from the final one. I think i should be able to get it soon though!! These 90 hours in the game should pay off.
Just found out that I can use my crochet hook as a stylus lol
I alredy commented under fishie's comment (the one with the aroace flag) so that was my daily comment :) Also, i just found out that the trevor project has a safe space where you can text with other queer ppl!!! How cool's that?!
I just found out that I'm maybe, possibly, probably moving to the US next year, I want to cry
NOOOOOO
NOOO :(((
Best of luck 😕😕
Would it be a small town? The country? A city? Maybe the place you're moving to has an online library where you can read up on the history. It can demystify your new home and make it feel safer. Will you be owning or renting? If you're owning, make a garden. If you're renting, make an above ground garden. Imagine the trees in your neighbourhood. Their smell. The new birds you'll meet. A sidewalk to draw on. Just the everyday things.
America as a whole is scary. But you can do so much to make your small part of America the safest and most welcoming it can be.
im so, so, sorry, sending support
I took down my fairy lights today. Replacing them with bat lights! I have one string of them up, and I'll buy two more next week.
Halloween is the best.
The Midwest alternative to squeeze past ya is “ope I’m jus gonna scooch pass sha heere”
first crochet update! three quarters done with a crochet hammock made out of that really chunky yarn like 25mm! it's working up really fast and I'm just having a grand old time! soon! i will be suspended!! in the air!!!!
im questioning the validity of my system again. this time its because some of our headmates are showing symptoms to disorders that i (as the root/core identity) have never shown symptoms to before. like one of them kind of has something similar to a cluster b personality going on, but i dont want to even go near labeling them as such because its not something ive ever shown before the system formed. dont disorders have to apply to every headmate since it effects the entire brain? i dont want us to sound like were giving "quirky disordered traits" to headmates or anything
-ves
Unless its a genetic disorder like asd, adhd, etc things you have from birth every system member has it when they front. System members can however have disorders like npd, aspd, or other disorders that are formed after birth. The host also doesn’t have to feel these disorders, its only if it’s genetic or been there since birth then every member fronting has it.
@@FallenAngels336 oh okay thank you! that does make a little sense since we have genetic disorders that do apply to everyone, and i guess i got confused and thought every disorder needed to be like that. this helps!!
@@thesnapshotscollection glad to be of help
Spent the afternoon crying 😃😃😃😃😃😃
Honestly didn’t expect to make it to the evening so yeahh
proud of you for living another day, keep going!
I'm so proud of you! You've really got this! Good job!
i have to go to a four and a half hour party later i’m dreading it
Crochet update 15: no actual crochet today minus the chain for the screen of the BMO bag, but I planned the measurements of all the details.
Life update: I dyed my hair, and also downloaded minecraft for the first time. I fear I may never be productive again /j
I’m at work right now! The building I work at got a new roof so it smells like a Home Depot
What does home depot smell like? (I've never been to one)
@oldaccount4422 it smells like a mix of wood and flour, (i know it’s a weird description but that’s the best explanation I can give)
@@blueberrypancakebatter ohhh I got it
I know I’ve commented like 3 times already but hear me out
Chestnuts is a better name for bööbs
YES
UR SO RIGHT
so true
0:26 id like to add
"you cant be serious" in wav is "your yanking my chain"
"you're pulling my leg" is also one but it's less cool
@@doll_irl yes!
5:04 my household actually has a milk delivery service from a local farm! they have glass bottles and it’s really cool and i wish we could bring back the other part of that statement haha
The last video made my day- well, my night?? You got the point. Funny af.
ikr i was dying😭
I FOUND MORE FRIENDS WITH MY SPECIAL INTERESTS AND MY SENSE OF HUMOR RECENTLY AND IM REALLY HAPPY SINCE THAT MEANS SCHOOL IS JUST THE TINIEST BIT BETTER FOR ME (it still sucks for the most part though, unfortunately i don't really think friends can save too much)
yay, that's great! and good luck with school
Yay
YAAAY thats so fun!!!!
yoy!!!
I find it funny that the Barney lady implied that she would be theoretically chill with being Barney for 25ish years before hitting 30…
The age we all outgrew Barney.
(Yes I know he mentioned that but my brain raced ahead before he could say it)
can i just admit something here?? i never liked english classes. i don't know what exactly it is about being in an english class, but i just absolutely hate it, which is especially weird considering every other queer person i've seen talk about school has said that english was their safe space and that english was just great for them. it seems like i may be just a bit of an outlier
also another interesting, i now hate bio class. the interesting thing about that is the fact that i love(d) every single science class before this one. the interesting thing about THAT is that (almost) all of my former science teachers were queer women of some sort of color, and now my current science teacher is this (i'm pretty sure) straight cis black man who sounds absolutely uninterested in even teaching bio. huh.
Yes someone gets it and I love all science but hate bio
I often believe that a teacher's passion for a subject is infectious, because they're educating with the goal of sharing this love they have for their subject.
i’ve also never really liked english, for a whole year i was so overwhelmed i was unable to complete any of the assessments properly and i was constantly crying. it didn’t help that both my teacher and class were horrible, it was always to loud in the lessons, specifically the planning lessons before the assessments, for me to concentrate. especially considering this was the 2020/2021 school year and i realised that i actually had sensory issues because i stopped being able to block it out as much due to stress. luckily i passed my english exams in the end so i never have to do it again.
as an english lover, it solely depends on the teacher. i’ve always have great and supportive english teachers that encouraged my writing. but if your teacher doesn’t care about the students the class is gonna suck.
Ah yes because people who know nothing about Wilson’s disease suddenly are experts the moment they read I’ve had to fight for a diagnosis through the shit healthcare system
I'm glad you fought so that you could get treatment. 💗🖤♥️🖤💗🖤♥️🖤💗🖤♥️🖤💗
Please call your senators and petition so KOSA doesn't pass.
It would be extremely dangerous for queer kids in unsafe homes.
It would also be bad because there will be a dip in resources for queer and bipoc people.
questions for the algorithm! ✨
1. your favourite bug?
2. a weird thing you used to believe in?
3. your favourite pair of pants?
4. a book you've read recently?
5. have you ever been to a pride event?
slay safe y'all!
1. Moths :)
2. My parents
3. There’s this pair of faded blue jeans I wear every Friday for school :)
4. The Cure. It’s the second part of a book series for the roblox video game Piggy
5. No, I wanna though.
1. Moths ✨✨✨✨✨✨
2. nvm
3. Comfy
4. Fairest marrissa meyers
5. No, I’ve passed by one though (would love to tho)
omg, yes, moths, i love them!
1) fireflies! Or those pretty snowy moths
2) I cant think of much. I mean I believed in Santa as a kid. But only when I was super little.
3) flared boot cut jeans I got from walmart! They're thin enough I can wear them (I have to wear leggings under since I was blessed with sensory issues)
4) I honestly don't read anymore unless it's for school. I guess in that case it was "of mice and men". It was an interesting read, take that as you will.
5) no unfortunately but I might go with my friends this year if my mom lets me because they have really cool stuff! The one in my city is so cool, there's booths and stuff too.
1) Maybe worms or rollie pollies. I like backyard bugs.
2) I used to believe that stop lights worked due to there being little people cops whose whole job was to monitor traffic in the light boxes and manually switch the colours.
3) The pants my friend made for me.
4) I've mostly been rereading my own fanfic a billion times to make sure it's perfect before posting each week.
5) Yeas? Never a parade though. I think I would hate it tremendously.
8:42 this homie, I remember watching his tiktok years ago (when I had TikTok 😅) and I'm kinda glad he got more explicit about his views and more direct about how he responds to bigots. Like a lot of peopel I ued to watch have had a great evolution in their content and views, and I'm happy for them tbh
Hey y’all! At a kpop event for a friend rn and it’s at a library and I’m by the LGBTQ section but I’m too scared to grab a book while there’s an event going on
Also I bought 2 Kandi bracelets and I think they might be a new special interest of mine rn
Have fun and be safe 🤗🤗💜💜
@@broken_queer_but_fighting8589 Thanks! We just left and now we’re getting Starbucks :)
I love Kandi bracelets too! I love making friendship bracelets (or just bracelets) in general its sooo fun!!! also theyre so cute I love scene culture as a whole! (and Kandi bracelets as a whole.)
@@doll_irl I have 3 now
The first one is a necklace and bracelet Halloween set and the other two I bought today :)
ur daily reminder from ur local self-dx person with multiple disorders: self dx is very valid and ppl do not ever have to say that they are self or prof dianogsed for you to guvebthem the accomedations u would someone prof dx (and by accomedations i mean like in friend situations explaining smth extra someone who struggles with tone wont understand or if someone has complex triggers respecting them)
boosting
Agreed!!
Person who’s been clinically diagnosed here: I agree! Self diagnosis is the reason I was able to bring it up to my doctor and I know that’s not possible for everyone. If you think you have something and the coping stills for that thing also help you, that’s totally valid! Doctors also misdiagnosis all the time, at least with self diagnosis you know what you’re experiencing and you don’t have to argue that what you’re feeling is real
I haven't... oh my god, the Barney one, I'm losing it
Very glad I've been able to let my body rest as it has needed to and play some cult of the lamb. I've been getting really into murder mystery shows as well, and having a good time. Sending good thoughts to y'all, and hope my other murder mystery lovers are having a good time.
Have a good rest m8🤗🤗💜💜
vitamins 😋
Hi guys i havent really regularaly watched these in a year but i might try and start again.
I started high school this year! I might join swiftie club at my school. I also take social justice class!!! I wish you guys could take it, its so fun! You guys would love it and id have loved to have you guys theres because no one in the class talks. Also we watched the music video for "The Man" by Taylor swift while studying gender roles and stereotypes etc. Also, I have multiple queer teachers! My school is super diverse so im very happy to be there each day. Also my birthday on the 30th! I had a heart shaped strawberry cake with white icing and little white accents and cherries! Sorry for rambling i just wanted to share some of my joy from the past couple of days. Also i switched my last class from this weird capitalist business class to film! My film teacher is very funny. He called us all scrubs because the boys kept deleting the google document we were writing on. And then asked us if we knew what scrubs are and then when no one answered he played "No Scrubs" by TLC and made us take notes. And yesterday he gave us a lecture on why we have labor day where he mostly talked shit about capitalists. And he also has a photo of jojo siwa on his desk that says "stay sweet" but he covered up and put sharpie over the letters so it says "stay queer". Interesting! I like my school a lot.
I wanna go to your school
@@triple-AAA-battery I want you to come to my school! we could bond in social justice 🫶🏻🫶🏻
@@doll_irl Yeah!!!!
I don’t know where else to say this so I’m put it here
TW: f s!ur
My friend bri just casually uses the f s!ur and the word as like an insult it kinda hurts cause she knows that I’m gay and she even apologizes every time she uses it around me but I kinda wish she would just stop all together
Also on Thursday she went up to my friend Anna and asked if she liked me even though I told her not too multiple times (I don’t even have a crush on Anna anymore) and now I stressing out if Anna hates me like I don’t need the stress man I just want to enjoy my weekend:/
But I did hang out with bri yesterday which was fun totally forget I was mad at her I don’t know if it’s healthy to go in between hating all my friends to loving them (kinda)
Also she went around telling people I like Anna which is upsetting cause I don’t want random people knowing I’m gay
Anyways I thought I’d just put these here since everyone in this community is just gay and I love it
would you like some advice? /gen
🤗🤗💜💜
@@thesnapshotscollectionyess I need it
@@Alliumsmylove dont take my word as law since i dont really know anything about your friendship with her, but i feel like you should start thinking about dropping her. i know its kinda hard to since it sounds like you still enjoy being around her but people that will continuously hurt you and overstep boundaries are not good people to be around no matter how nice or fun they are. in the future theyll probably think they can just use you and not listen to any of your boundaries. bri sounds like a toxic friend to me. toxicity doesnt have to look like constantly being a jerk to everybody, toxic people are usually really nice and fun to be around on the outside
in short: yeah its kinda unhealthy to go between hating and loving your friends (of course its okay to fight and be mad at each other every once in a while but good friendships shouldnt make that super common)
if you want to drop her, id suggest not doing it suddenly and sorta just hanging out with her less/phasing the friendship out. thats to avoid the chance of her maybe getting mad and spreading more rumors about you (this is just my assumption of what might happen, again i dont know her or what yalls friendship is like)
hope this helps
@@thesnapshotscollection I do honestly want to drop her but I don’t really have any friends other than her (I have other friends kinda but my don’t have classes with them I don’t even talk to them and I only have one class with Anna) but next year I’m in highschool so I kinda hope we don’t go to same school which might be mean but it’s true I hope next year I can make new friends! So I might drop her next year maybe if she doesn’t change that is thanks for the advice!
14:41 when i was younger i was really obsessed with dragons(i still kinda am) and i thought "hey, being a dragon would be cool!" i am also a trans boy and when i hit puberty it was really upsetting because i wasn't flat chested anymore and i was becoming more feminine. i still think being a dragon would be cool but i don't cry at night because i'm not a dragon. i do that because people see me as a girl and i'm afab. they are not at all related wtf?!
Hey can you take care of yourself? Just do one small thing that will make yourself happy. And if you feel like you can do more, please stretch, drink some water, and eat something. You matter so much. I send all the virtual love. 💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗
bro my dad showed me a few 'the young ones' episodes yesterday and just made fun of me for being a communist the whole time.
Creative Writing Prompt 169: 1nice. Whelp, I'm out of time. I spent all day working in my little raised bed, harvesting the most pitiful haul of sweet potatoes of my life. This has not been my year in that garden. I got fewer than 10 tomatoes all summer, my peas died out almost immediately, my basil just doesn't want to grow and the day I sow some sunflower seeds and eggplants directly into the bank where the water likes to drain a muhuther fuhucking tornado comes through and dumps 50 gallons of water on them over 30 minutes. Hopefully my fall beans, carrots, and beets will be happier.
Write a story about a bad harvest. An old family has depended on that chestnut tree for generations and it suddenly stops producing. A swarm of invasive insects wipes out an organic crop. The magic has dried up in a fantasy world and the abundance of crops you relied upon begin to shrivel. Climate change has begun to wreak its havoc upon the growing season. The dust bowl's first storm devastates a field of wheat sprouts.
There can be drama or humor or anger or despair in a pitiable haul. Be creative and see what you can come up with.
Eg: The mealfruit trees were designed to grow in irradiated ground, designed to draw nutrition from anything, to resist the cold and the light, to hold out when the water generator acts up and there isn't enough moisture to keep other plants alive. Its wood is sturdy and light for construction, its bark is stringy to make clothes, its leaves compost quickly and its roots hold fast in dust or mud or soil. They were supposed to save us, so what is left for us when they fail? Where can we go when we can't go back? What is left for us when there is nothing but light and darkness?
Once upon a time, what we once called the United States faced a period of stagnation. The Land had been filled up, not by people, but by what they used to call property. It was an idea. They believed that you could take land and say it belonged to you. Then you told the government and they shot anyone who argued with you. All the available land was filled up with property. They spread it into the swamps and the plains and the foothills and up into the mountains and beyond. They poured their property down into the earth and scattered it into the lakes and the rivers, sowed it right under the feet of people and animals and under the roots of the plants. When the property was all taken up they looked at the people they hated and told the government: “we hate them, shoot them so we may put our property there” and because the government hated those people too it did.
They began to look west, out into the great flat plains of grasses and their minds filled with fantasies of property that spread all the way to the sea. Some people thought that if only they could afford some property they could live and be happy. Some thought that if they could just get that property they could control the people they hated. The government thought that if it gave them the land they would be done when they had filled it all up. When they did they were not.
They needed food and they needed water. They needed shelter. They tore up the grasses and the feet and feet of roots, the thin and dry soil scattered. The dug wells to get at the water to make it fertile. They tore it all up to plant wheat and corn. They fought what the land wanted to be for so long that the fighting became normal to them, and forty years later when the grass was all gone and there was nothing left to hold down the soil, the land sent winds to take up the dust and drive away the people. The dust choked them and blinded them, it filled their houses and buried their property in meters for every foot of land they tore up. Most of them starved, many of them died.
The land fought them for leagues and leagues. You can see it, the place where the dust storms thrashed against the hollow bands of their property. You can see it, right in the middle of that splash of green and brown in the middle of the pale blue dot on the horizon. They were promised that when their work was done there would be peace. They were not fools to believe it because they could not have known it was a lie. But we know it was a lie. And I think we may have believed it. What fools are we.
homi can i just say how much i admire your dedication? i always see these prompts! like you don't miss days ever! its impressive, i might use them in the future, but I'm in the middle of writers block lol. have a good day!
Transphobes really be wild
im currently cuddling my offbrand blahaj from my friend and im having a good day, hbu guys??
good today! I'm at my grandmas house. my cousin has a blahaj! he got it for Christmas. coincidentally at the same house. I didnt know it was a huge thing until a few months later but blahajs seem pretty cool!
Tiny vent I think???
I love my job but I hate that I have to work. I work at subway now and two of my co workers are people I worked with over at my previous workplace (also fast food), and one of those two is now my boss. She’s super kind and sweet and the best because she does everything she can to help everyone. I love that I don’t have to break myself like I did at my last job, and that it’s a super easy job comparatively, and I’m getting paid more. I just hate having to work 5 out of 7 days in the week because either way I may not be exhausted but I’m still so tired. I go to bed around midnight because I get home at 11, then I sleep until noon or sometimes longer and I have to go to work at 2.
I love my job but I hate having to work full time. And it sucks. But hey at least the people I work with are nice and so is the pay.. kinda.
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9:40 Don't know about you, but if I was in charge of a five year old and they told me they wanna be Barney....I'd indulge them? Like weak argument cuz I would treat that five year old like Barney. I'd call them Barney, watch Barney with them all the time, and let them wear a Barney costume every day if they like. It could be a phase. It could not be a phase. Harms no one and makes one person incredibly happy. Hell, if that five year old had to go to school and they had a problem with the child dressing and acting like Barney, I'd fight on their behalf. And like, what if it isn't a phase? Who cares. Furries literally exist. I may not purchase it, but it they want a fully animatronic Barney costume to fully live out there Barney dreams, just make sure the tail isn't knocking things over, you know?
Like this argument is so weak. Let kids be happy even if their interests are strange to you.
1434 days until i read the title as xenogenders and minerals
Off topic but what r some of yalls opinions abt 9/11, like it was used to demonize Muslim ppl so much but it was also still a bad thing yknow? I just don't rlly have a solid opinion on it cause my mom personally knew the family of the first pilot