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look, guys, this may seem ironic coming from a person with Verbose Disease, but I'm about to tell you the secret to winning social media: shutting the fuck up. you have a controversial discourse opinion? shut the fuck up and no one will know. can't participate in a boycott for various reasons? shut the fuck up and no one will know. you think or do something Problematic that has no bearing on anyone but yourself? shut the fuck up and no one will know. you haven't been keeping up on a pressing social issue? shut the fuck up and no one will know. your mind is a wonderful place where you can have all the bad takes in the world and they're all perfectly insulated from everyone and everything unless you try to excise them on a grand scale. you can take the mental L all by yourself without using a public platform as a confession booth and face zero repercussions and it'll be just fine. open up a damn diary and explain yourself there.

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One question that's been buzzing around my head recently: if Abrahamic religions never really took off outside the Levant, would any other group of faiths have taken their place as major world religion?

If Judaism never left the Levant we probably wouldnt have Christianity or Islam. So the dominant religion of Europe would probably be something derived from Roman polytheism, and over in the near east it would be Zoroastrianism.

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I know this is Tumblr, the arguing website, but this is a doozy. Come on y'all, what's the real answer here?

#oh pee like the gods intended #<- that tag looks very sus but I refuse to change it now

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Reminder from someone with actual literal brain damage from a brain injury to stop fucking using "brain damage" and "brain injuries" as a means of describing someone whose opinions you don't like or deem as stupid.

It's ableist and offensive as fuck, and for some reason a lot of leftist people think it's okay to use. I've seen posts replying to right wing racists calling them "brain damaged if you believe this" and "do you have a brain injury? do you not understand X?". Just now I saw a beautiful post about fat people throughout history that was absolutely ruined by opening with "How do we break it to boomers with actual brain damage and nostalgic brainrot, and the 'tradwife' thirsting Andrew Tate fans..." before continuing to say that fat people existed throughout history.

Brain damage does not make you racist. A brain injury doesn't make you stupid, or fatphobic, or unaware of history and politics. Stop fucking using my disability as a catch all to describe people you think are shitty. Y'all use it like it's a replacement for how people used to use the R-slur, which shows you learned absolutely nothing about why the R-slur was wrong to use and decided to throw in other disabilities instead. Fuck off and stop doing it.

(And don't do it with other disabilities either, because I know y'all do.)

I know a lot of people with brain injuries. They're smart, and funny, and compassionate. They learn about the world and care about social issues and wish they could go to protests if their disability won't allow them to. Are there right wing people with brain injuries? Sure, absolutely. But they are not right wing because they have a brain injury, and using any disability as an insult is still fucking ableist.

Tldr - stop using brain damage and brain injury as an insult. It's ableist and incredibly offensive.

Love, your local brain injured/brain damaged pal

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If you need to block out negativity to keep your mood up because you soak bad vibes up like a sponge - do it. Stop watching the news. Stop watching sad content. Stop listening to sad songs. Tell people that you don't enjoy the conversation you're currently having if it brings you down. You'd be surprised how little negative consequences this has on your life. You're allowed to prioritize your mental health.

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if we could read minds I still don't think we'd understand them.

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#Anne Frank's diary #though I forget if it was for school or just on my own as a young teen

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Hi there, I found your blog by searching Gillian Genser's name in hopes of finding someone who posts about art studio safety. My sister is an art student at a school with horrible "old school" notions about safety. She asked a teacher to talk about safety and the next day her teacher dipped her hand in solvent and said "you don't need gloves." So I was wondering, do you know of any good posters or zines she could print out to raise awareness to the students at her school? She's already extremely educated on safety herself because it's a personal priority, I'm mostly looking for consciousness raising material, something she could put up in her art studio or leave in common areas. Thank you so much, and no worries if you can't think of anything.

I hope you don’t mind me posting this publicly. I don’t have any resources immediately available, but I know I have a few mutuals who really care about this too, so I’m hoping one of them has something.

If you’re on Instagram and not too shy, I recommend asking @auarts_print_media if they have any resources to share. The studio tech for printmaking at AUArts runs that account and she is passionate about proper safety/ppe usage especially in shared studio spaces. There was signage up in there when I worked out of that studio, and I’ve seen her post things on the Instagram before. It’s entirely possible she has a ton of resources and she’s always been very generous about sharing stuff.

Also just, in general, at everyone, a reminder, please use proper PPE when working with art materials. Do not assume your material is safe because other people are being casual with it. Look it up. There are more fun ways to poison yourself: don’t waste it on sticking your hand in solvent.

#I remember I was once talking to an oil painter student who had an art professor mom #she told me painting with oils takes about 10 years off your life and that's with modern “safe” paints and solvents

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#and too-fancy pens

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Wake up, Alex Krokus

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“But if every single person in this world are expecting that god will save them, then what about god? Won't a god get tired as well? ”

—Hua Cheng, TGCF (Revised ver.)

✨ art: anteiku, the official artist of tgcf russian edition

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Please do not let debt collectors play in your face.

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Cat incubating eggs and raising chicks

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