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#Another reason to live a long happy anarchist life

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the default way for things to taste is good. we know this because "tasty" means something tastes good. conversely, from the words "smelly" and "noisy" we can conclude that the default way for things to smell and sound is bad. interestingly there are no corresponding adjectives for the senses of sight and touch. the inescapable conclusion is that the most ordinary object possible is invisible and intangible, produces a hideous cacophony, smells terrible, but tastes delicious. and yet this description matches no object or phenomenon known to science or human experience. so what the fuck

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Tech bros who think digital is forever and that uploading your consciousness to a computer is immortality crack me up. Like bro, you'd be "immortal" on the computer for like a year until your own company sends out some software update that makes you incompatible and whoops, there goes TechBro.soul into the great Recycling Bin in the sky

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in recognition of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21

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all these people who are like ACAB AND PUNCH NAZIS are gonna see Biden lift the "trans ban" on the military and are gonna cheer his praises not comprehending their irony and idiocy

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The Laws of Nature

There is no simpler symbol of the spirit of conservatism in our culture than the oft used phrase: “The Laws of Nature”

The phrase itself shows the inherent assumptions that are foundational to the philosophy.

The first, being nature itself. The belief in some objective, separable nature that existed before in purity but does no longer.

The narcissistic arrogance of a species that insists itself above the eternal chaos that created and sustains it. It's with this appeal to a perfect state, never realized, that one can dismiss all change, all growth and all progress. What does not fit that order, upheld by human authority, becomes “unnatural”.

The second being in the blurring of law and existence.

Existence, by its very being, is limited. Fish cannot fly, not because of an authoritarian state that wields a monopoly on violence to maintain the status quo, but because in their existence, fish have innate qualities that prevent their flight.

This was no decree, and to use the language of law is to blur the distinction creating two glaring misunderstandings.

The first is the acceptance that the law, power upheld by threat of violence, is immutable and omnipotent. That it existed before we know it began. It is irreplaceable, although it has been replaced. That it controls our very existence, when it does not.

Further, it connects the concept of human oppression with nature, our facticity. Violence is not necessary nor inherent to life or existence and never has been.

-RC

#politics #nature #government #conservatives #liberals #marxism #anarchism #lgbtqia #philosophy #deep thoughts #writing #quotes #queer #critical thought #Critique #anarchist #anti capitalism #antifascism

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The Divine

I think your God slipped out

In between the spaces on your page

Into the moments you never thought to look

-RC

#poetry #original poem #original art #god #theology #liminal #spilled ink #writing

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People who don’t want to read The Martian in case the science is too complicated should be informed that it contains the lines “The best way to store the ingredients of water is to make them be water”, “It is of course dangerous to set off an explosive device on a spacecraft”, and “If I cut a hole in the wall of the hab, the air won’t stay inside any more”.

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"You're unkind"

i've been trying to come up with better insults, because i overthink everything, and i've realized being more thoughtful about my language can be helpful. i firmly believe that there are people who should be criticized, but how we do it matters.

"that was an ugly thing to say" "that was lame" "that's a big fat lie" "stop being a pussy"

Here are some words i don't like:

dumb, lame, stupid, idiot (it's hard for me to see the difference between this and the R word)

pussy/cunt/dick, douchebag (these feel based in sexism)

Here are some words i'm neutral on:

trash bag, toilet brush, asshole, shit stain... (these are all unappealing things, so you're calling your opponent unappealing)

Here are some ones i like:

ignorant, unkind, bigot...

i would like to think the people i often criticize are people that fall into these categories, people that are just cruel or unthinking. i would never want to hate on someone for being a little slow, or not understanding something, or for being weird or gross, but i do like to hate on people for being unkind.

the reason i steer away from saying "wow this INSERT_POLITICIAN is unkind" is because i want a much better word that really stings, but why is it that "wow this INSERT_POLITICIAN is an asshole" hits harder? i think being unkind is one of the worst things you can be.

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I am a mosaic of everyone I have ever known and loved and touched and I find fragments of them in my playlists and how I make my tea. we may not know each other any more but we will stay connected like this. I hope a fragment of me is with you too.

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growing up my family and i played a lot of this card game called "Bang!" Maybe you've heard of it. Maybe not?

Well, in this game one player takes the public role of the Sherriff, and all the other players are secret other roles. You might be someone like an outlaw, who wants to see the Sheriff killed, or you might be the deputy, and it's your job to protect the Sheriff. You don't know who is who until bullets start to fly and you can see who is getting shot.

Well, sounds fun, except for one thing: Whenever we'd start the game, all my siblings and our friends started to find it funny to immediately blast me on the first round, regardless of what my role was. Sometimes, i was against them, and they'd congratulate themselves on a successful guess! Other times, they'd kill me, to their own detriment, and giggle about it anyway.

Well, as this was the family favorite game, we played it a lot, but i did not enjoy it myself. One day, as the deputy, after getting blasted by the Sheriff on the first turn, i decided i'd had enough. i played card after card trying to kill the sheriff, and the sheriff, my sibling, congratulated themselves on correctly finding an outlaw in hiding (or so they thought). But then, eventually, everyone was shooting at the sheriff and my sibling thought, "wait? who's supposed to be on my team?" When the game finally ended and i revealed my role, they were shocked! How could i throw the game like that? Didn't i realize that i would lose if the sheriff died? how could i be so short sighted? how was that any fun for anyone?

Well, after that, nobody picked on me the first turn ever again, and everyone else had a good laugh at the sheriff who felt rather embarrassed that they'd made an enemy out of their loyal supporter, all in the name of continuing the status quo of picking on me. They also took a moment and realized how much they'd taken my loyalty for granted after showing me none. Sometimes, you have to stand up for yourself, even if it means you lose a few rounds, to make sure you show people you have dignity, and they can't keep taking advantage of you by thinking that everything is always gonna remain the same. When you know there will be future games, "the right thing" is a little more complicated than simply identifying which gives you the best chances of winning this round. There's a reason we have a moral outrage.

Unrelated, i will not be voting for Joe Biden.

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Isn't it normal

Isn't it normal

to shun your attraction?

Until you discover the template that you're meant to be.

“I'm not made to love them, It's just a phase”

Yet will echo eternally in my heart

Shouldn't you let the world dictate who you love?

Isn't it normal

to have all the answers?

Until the world loses all mystery and vastness

Reduced to a simple formula of right and wrong

Certainty is worth the cost of arrogance

Discovery only for the naiveté of youth

Shouldn't you shrink your world?

Isn't it normal

to fear the others?

Until it's woven into your very veins

To hide from those who don't share our god, our language, our color

Staying safe in bubbles of uniformity

Shouldn't we hate differences?

Isn't it normal

to hate a talking head?

To spit their name like a curse

Until you say it more than any name you love It's mere mention, summoning bile

Shouldn't you program yourself to hate someone else?

Isn't it normal

to be disgusted by the body in the mirror?

To be disturbed by it's geometries and shapes

Until you want nothing but to leave your skin Into some other flesh

That could contain and not imprison

Shouldn't you hate your body?

Isn't it normal

to hate your own name?

Until your imagination is escape

Various places and times where you could be someone else,

anyone to be free of this constriction

Shouldn't you hate yourself?

Isn't our hate natural?

Isn't our hate normal?

It can't be taught or learned

Shouldn't this pain be unavoidable?

-Rayne✔️

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