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YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA.

u ever see someone with extremely fucked up views (or actions) and think wowww if a couple of things in my life went the tiniest bit differently that would have been me

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thoughts on like. Polish gender neutral pronouns? I’m increasingly hearing that there’s no way to de-gender a gendered language at all which i totally get but also what do non-binary people do

it's not really possible to de-gender a gendered language, yeah - a table, for example, has to be masculine in Polish, and it'd be rather counterproductive to try and deny that or change that.

but it's not counterproductive to look for a way to talk about and to someone - or about yourself - without gendering the person. is it a bit wonky in a language as strict as Polish? perhaps. will it take a long time to get widely accepted, and especially as correct Polish? of course.

but from neutrative forms, plurals, to dukaisms - the nonbinary (and not only) community in Poland has found many ways of self identification through language. and while it might sound strange at first, they work - and they can continue to do so with just a bit of effort on our end.

I would recommend the website zaimki.pl run by the “Neutral Language Council” collective - and their various language versions - and especially the bit about Polish language in English.

language is an ever-growing collective user-run project - it is human-made and human-used, and it will always keep evolving. that's what it's for!

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What doesn't kill you makes you strangely frail and overly sensitive actually

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I have to do a presentation tomorrow (which I need to read a whole ass book for) and the day after tomorrow I have an exam that I failed before, 3 or 4 years ago. it's probably going to be very difficult and also. I think it might be in Norwegian? I forgot Norwegian. I have opened my notes *once*. I'm tired and haven't slept enough. I'm also going to have a whole ass shift at work tomorrow.

fuck. I spent so much money to come back to this fucking university just to. fuck it up again.

#university #student #studyblr #vent #vent post #adhd problems

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yes.

I’m a fierce believer and defender of Smooth Brain Astarion (affectionate).

I love that, if left to his own devices, he ends up dead in a ditch. I love that this pasty menace of an elf is a walking disaster. I love that his brain produces one coherent thought per day, only to have it backfire on him later on. I love that his first choice in freedom is to unapologetically be the worst version of himself. Because it makes sense. 

That’s what abuse and trauma do to your brain—they fuck with it. 

And in Astarion’s defence, the man didn’t have to use his brain for nearly 200 years—it’s probably the very thing that kept him as alive as he can be; to survive 200 years of pure shit. 

And what use is his brain when his days and nights are dictated by someone else for as long as he can remember? When he has no say in what clothes he wears. When he doesn’t get to choose what or when to eat. When his body and mind aren’t his own, distorted by torture and hunger and self-loathing, forced to obey his vampiric master. Why use his brain when his survival depends exclusively on his abuser’s whims? 

Astarion could’ve come up with the most brilliant plan possible to escape Cazador or save a mark from their doom, but he never stood a chance of succeeding—which doesn’t mean that he didn’t get punished for trying (or even thinking about it) anyway.

Existing under Cazador was a game he couldn’t win, so why bother playing? 

And it’s only by chance that Astarion’s autonomy is returned to him literally overnight. It’s only natural that he’s overwhelmed by his newfound freedom. How is he expected to make sound decisions when he can’t even recall a time when he could do and say as he pleased? 

Of course Astarion is a walking disaster when he finds himself on that beach after the Nautiloid crash—and he’s fully aware of that! That’s why it’s so crucial for him to get on the player’s/other companion’s good side.

He’s self-aware enough to be so insecure about himself that he would rather trust a stranger’s capabilities than his own. 

Being a catastrophe of a person is part of Astarion’s character journey. Not only does he have to reclaim his personhood, he has to learn how to depend on his own brain again and I think that's such a painfully beautiful, important message Baldur’s Gate 3 sends. 

Because healing isn’t pretty. Nor is it easy.

You’re not alright the moment you’re free of whatever horrors you had to live through—and that’s ok! There’s time and room for you to adjust. 

And the moment Astarion feels more or less safe within his new environment, when he’s fed and treated like a person worthy of respect and consideration, his insights, skills and perception are crucial assets to the group.

Astarion knows his art and literature, and although his little remarks are unhinged at times, he's genuinely witty. Even his objections are, considering the circumstances, absolutely legitimate.

Personally, I love seeing Smooth Brain Astarion become more and more secure in his judgement the more Tav/other companions trust and support him.

Astarion is smart, his brain’s just been stewed for nearly 200 years.

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I needed to read this

sobbing into my plate after overhearing a conversation between a mom and her tiny daughter in this shopping centre food court

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"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" wrong. What doesn't kill you actually makes you all fucked up and evil and consumed with neverending anger and unjustified self-pity

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It took me too long to realize that not all the world is my enemy

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The strike is over.

The writers won on every demand. On some, it was to at least a good enough degree that they felt comfortable accepting it. On other demands, they won exactly what they wanted.

Unions work. Striking works. Support unions. Support strikers.

Another victory for the people! Never stop fighting for your fair compensation, your rights, your safety, and your security. The people hold the power, even if these rich corporations pretend and posture otherwise.

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exactly. gender dysphoria isn't some "mad tr*nny disease". it's a side effect of gender norms and beauty standards and the connection beetween them.

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kink at pride is easy af to explain to kids, idk what yall are talking about. "mommy, why is that mostly-naked man wearing leather?" because lots of gay men think it looks nice. "why is that guy on a leash with a mask?" hes playing pretend. "why does she have a whip?" she thinks its fun. you know how you like to play with water guns? its like that but only for grown-ups, and she wont play with anyone who doesnt want to play with her so we're all totally safe

if your 6yo's next question is "is that a sex thing?", thats fucking wild and a completely different problem. for you. not really an "Us Problem" collectively for all pride-goers, tbh. something's going on there thats hard to call the dominatrix's fault

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FEMA is doing an emergency alert test on all TVs, radios, and cell phones on October 4, 2023, at approximately 2:20pm ET.

If you live in the US and you have a phone you need to keep secret for any reason, make sure that it is turned off at this time.

Yes, I'm doing this months in advance, and yes, my blog has very little reach, but I figure better to post about it more than less.

Please reblog and add better tags than mine, I'm bad at tags.

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I am going BACK to UNIVERSITY I am going to STUDY to speak NORWEGIAN and TRANSLATE SHIT and get a DEGREE so I can get a DECENT job and I will live in a CITY where I can access ART SUPPLY STORES and VEGAN FOOD and I will meet NEW PEOPLE and make NEW FRIENDS and also work in a queer group that actually has any RESOURCES and the people are THERE and they have TIME and they DO STUFF

#student #student life #studyblr #good news #good vibes #optimism #optimistic #positivity #no shade to my people though. i love my tiny activist circle #with people who are all over the place and have absolutely no time or energy to do stuff right now #we have done amazing things together #and i look forward to other amazing stuff we will do in the future #i am just excited for new opportunities

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Really frickin rude that I have to make so many appointments to get treated for Can't Make Appointments Disease

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I don't want to make ““doctor’s appointments””and ““schedule a follow up.”” I want to be coaxed gently into a crate and taken to the vet.