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young artist posting your work online, heed my warning. im holding your face so gently in my hands, you have to stop caring about numbers right now and start caring about making the weirdest and most self-indulgent art you possibly can

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“oh no.”

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Fandom get to know me better!

tagged by @birkholtz. Thank you!

Three ships I like:

Shallura (obvi), LadyNoir, and honestly been having a guilty pleasure in JayDick recently (though I'm picky about what I like).

First Ship ever:

Ha. Uhhhh Jily (James/Lily) from Harry Potter. I was twelve, ok? And my friends were into it and then I got WAY into it.

Last song I heard:

Well "Dance Until We Die" by Madison Rose is currently stuck in my head, so I guess that? lol

Favorite childhood book:

Look. I was a Harry Potter kid 100000% when I was growing up. The books were still coming out, and I had to be bribed to read anything else. I actually didn't believe I could read (long story) until I started reading Harry Potter. I know JKR is like persona non-grata on tumblr these days (for good reasons), but that wasn't the case 20 years ago and the books got me through a lot.

Currently reading:

Tress and the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson.

Currently watching:

Uhhh. Nothing? I'm normally not one to follow shows. Instead I pick one to binge and then let that determine my personality for the next 5-10 years lol

Currently consuming:

Random animal facts and paleontology videos on youtube. Did you know genetic testing recently revealed that orca are not a single species but actually at least two (and likely more) genetically distinct species? Also apparently there's a small group of orca recently observed that kill sperm whales. I love these murder oreos.

Currently craving:

Sweet, loving, emotionally complex lesbian representation…. And breakfast. It's 8am and I'm starving.

Gonna tag @synergetic-prose, @void-tiger, @dxckgrxsonx, and anyone else can claim I tagged them too if they want :D

#tag games #thanks for tagging me in this!

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Can't imagine what it's like to consume media like a normal person. To discover something you enjoy, go oh i loved that, then just move on and not spend the next 6 months of your life literally thinking about nothing else.

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A little Jaybird appears! Happy belated death day!

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The rich have legislatively rigged the system. Restoring a fairness through socialized democracy is the answer. #TaxTheRich

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world's finest doodles but i kinda ran out of steam ll

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13 y/o dick grayson, holding 9 y/o jason todd like a stray cat: bruce, i got a little brother!

bruce, doing paperwork for WE, not paying attention: that’s great, chum

. . .

bruce, several hours later: wait, what?!

dick: it’s okay, alfred said we can keep him!

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A sloppy shiro w no reference , I miss vld

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HC that the average life expectancy in Gotham is actually four years higher than the national average because they collectively just keep refusing to die

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i do enjoy in survival-esque escape-type movies when someone gets hurt and someone else is like “i can help, don’t worry i’m a doctor.” like. they’re probably not lying, but they totally could be

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Mermaid lovers <3

Piece of my very gay ocs Kiana & Amity as mermaids

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I’ve been making reaction images into vld characters and I’m having a lot of fun

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Astrology's weird bc if you've only ever had fun with it and come across someone w seething hatred for it you're understandably like, what the fuck is this person's problem? But also if you've seen someone take it Too Far, any mention of it understandably becomes a red flag

Like imagine if you really liked Pokemon and you're like, "I really don't see why people would hate this unless they're just assholes for no reason?" Like it's a totally normal opinion opinion to have. But also imagine if you took a quiz and learned you were a Bug type and people stopped talking to you because they were like "It's in your nature to be emotionally manipulative." It would also be totally normal to be like "Oh okay fuck Pokemon fans then."

Now you may be like, "But the latter situation doesn't happen!" and that tells me you are fortunate because you have not dealt with the worst that the west coast of America has to offer

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I feel the need to periodically remind people that Idiocracy is a eugenics movie.

One of the things that eugenicists believe is that it is bad for society when the “wrong people” breed.

The entire premise of the movie is that “stupid people” kept having kids while “smart people” didn’t have kids, and it ruined society because stupid genes propagated while smart genes died out. This is eugenics propaganda.

I know people will read this and their response will be “actually it’s satire” but the movie isn’t satirizing eugenics. It’s satirizing anti-intellectualism, and consumerism, and it proposes eugenics as a solution.

When eugenics was first conceived, it was used as a way to justify inequality. The idea was that people who held privilege were able to do so because they were smarter and genetically superior to lazy and stupid people who don’t have privilege. Obviously this is bad and wrong, but it is also the core lesson of Idiocracy.

The movie literally ends with the main character becoming president and having “the smartest children in the world.” Because he and his wife have smarter genes than everyone else. The proposed solution for the things that Idiocracy is satirizing is for the smart people to have children that can be in charge of the world.

I know it’s fun to use this movie to dunk on anti-intellectualism and the MAGA movement, but we need to stop. When you quote and reference this movie you are spreading eugenics propaganda.