#I'm holding a vote

[captainjonnitkessler]

You know I used to think "tumblr's absolute refusal to actually engage with the Trolley Problem in favor of insisting that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is just a short-sighted idiot is really fucking annoying, but I guess it's not actually doing any harm".

Anyway that was before we asked tumblr at large to decide between "guy aiding a genocide but making progress elsewhere" and "guy who would actively and enthusiastically participate in a genocide and would also make everything else much, much worse for everyone elsewhere" and the response was that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and that anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is a short-sighted idiot.

#there is not a third option. it is either trump OR biden #and one of those will be much MUCH worse for palestine #i'm really really sorry that these are the options. i wish they weren't. #but WHAT third option are you trying to take here? what on earth is your proposed outcome #that will actually make things better for palestine? #because letting trump win the election is NOT going to help them #i'm sorry but you need to set aside your feelings and take the option that will lead to less harm to palestine in the long run #you talk such a big game about how people need to be willing to make sacrifices to help palestine #but you yourself aren't even willing to hold your nose and vote to stop things from getting worse? #or did you think 'sacrifice' only meant not getting mcdonalds for a few months? #us politics

[strinak]

anyway. this is your notice that I will be liberally blocking blogs pushing antivoting/both parties are the same/etc bullshit. I am fully Not Here For It, as someone living in a deeply red state. I have had actual human people, to my face, at my fucking retail job, advocate for civil war and treason and military overthrow of the federal government. I cannot EXPRESS to you how little fucking patience I have for leftist infighting at this point!!!

#us politics #i am so done #genuinely just blocked a bitch i fully believe was a psyop #i'm not extending grace about this shit anymore #hold your fucking nose and vote blue no matter who #or admit you're a child so insulated from the consequences of another trump presidency that you can use politics as a purity clout game #and that you don’t give a shit about the people that attitude will literally get killed

[bonesblubs]

If you want to, do you think you could draw Feng Xin getting really angry after Mu Qing gets hurt. Your art is so great!

yall better stop enabling me...

#art tag #ask box #requests #fengqing #tgcf #listen yall voted for this on patreon SO i cannot be blamed for drawing MORE hurt comfort fengqing I'm simply not responsible #it is out of my hands #this is a bit more comfort than angry oops #my brand is drawing angry face looking at camera while they hold hurt partner ... embarrassing #In my brain mu qing went missing on a simple solo mission and FX and XL went looking for him #found him without his spiritual powers and all banged up #is this similar to incorporeal au? yes. do i care? also yes. but have it anyway

[statementlou]

I was just wondering, about Harry's "people like me" line, I know the whole message is about being queer and etc. but the thing that confuses me is that some people is pushing that he was once in the "working class" but isn't H quite "posh" before One-D? Right? I actually don't get the narratives people are pushing tbh, what can you say about it (genuinely asking)

Well in fact I don't think he does mean queer by that, and I don't think it would make any sense if he did, if he was saying queers never get to be famous pop stars! I think that would be extremely wrong if anyone said it, but the idea of Harry saying it is especially ludicrous given his interest in and knowledge of the incredible lineage of queer musicians he is a part of, such as the 70s rockers he takes so much of his aesthetic from like David Bowie, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, and all the other artists he pays tribute to in various ways through his outfits and show playlists and so on.

I do believe he means because he's just a regular working class guy from a small town in England who got lucky on a television show. And no, he wasn't posh before TXF. I feel like that's a narrative that comes partially from images pushed by the early 1D machinery and partially from some aspects of the way his accent sounds to non British people, but while his family was not in poverty or hungry, he absolutely did not belong to a class of people who could reasonably expect to have opportunities to find themselves on the grammys stage in California without a one in ten million arrangement of lucky chances. As someone who knows him and has seen him talk many times, it was heartwrenchingly apparent how overwhelmed he was in that moment, he was shaky and had no idea what to say or if he could manage to get it out before he started crying and so he reached for a familiar thing he says every night on stage, choked it out and got off the mic. But the people watching in this case weren't his adoring concert crowd and didn't know and love him or care about that and weren't thinking about him being from a boyband or a reality show and how much people might look down on him in the industry for that, and without context (and in the context of Beyonce being denied yet another AOTY award) it wasn't the best thing he could have said. I'm glad for him that he's free of the 1D managers trying to shut him up from behind every camera, but possibly he could benefit from consulting with experts a little bit here and there. In specific, given that his analysis around his privilege as a white person is, well, not very advanced, if he wants to avoid situations where he pisses people off just like this he should hire a person of color to consult him on such things, which is in fact a thing that some white people in positions where they say things publicly do to avoid saying things that come off very badly/ are offensive on account of just being a bit oblivious.

#he means he's not a nepo baby! #and its a real point #look at who his friends are in the industry like kaia gerber or whoever #he looks at that and at himself and is like #wow #what are the chances of me being here #and he's right #plus the way people look down on him still #did anyone read that article of who grammy voters voted for with the guy who was like I didn't even listen to HsH #he was in a boyband and I do hold that against him #otoh at least people are discoursing about him winning big rather thanabou t his performance #which is very very good and I'm sure he GREATLY prefers #hopefully this discourse will distract everyone from that #poor nervous babe #blah blah blah

[layzeal]

everytime the US singlehandedly vetoes a UN resolution that could offer Gaza even the slightest amount of humanitarian relief i am reminded of that stupidass post that was circulating a few weeks ago about how "framing the US as unique type of evil in the world is soooooo unfair and actually just another type of US centric view you guuuuuys". tumblr leftist are truly its own breed

#you people are entirely ignorant to the sheer amount of damage your country can create with a tap of a button #and then get pissy when people affected by those choices call it out #like. you think US elections are stressful. imagine knowing the results can affect the fate of your entire continent and you don't even #get a vote. tell me how is this reasonable or fair #though i'm also saying this in the website that thinks eastern europeans who hold a grudge against russia are unreasonable so #who knows!!!!! #like no you don't need to self-flagelate or fall on your knees cursing out oh how much you hate having been born in this nation #but like. maybe don't try to sell that ''actually we're not THAT bad'' is somehow a progressive take. shut up. #i need to find that post again. god

[awkward-teabag]

After every (American) election, there's always a bunch of posts going around exposing psyops or pointing out how there were posts on this site designed to get people to not vote blue.

And in the lead up to every (American) election, there's a bunch of posts being reblogged that are clearly either psyops or manipulative posts that tell people it's perfectly okay for them not to vote at all.

Like, there's history going back years on this hellsite where the alt-right intentionally tried to undermine or indoctrinate people so they get/stay in power. History a lot of y'all know of or were even there for and saw go down in real time.

But sure, be uncritical of what you reblog, don't bother looking at the source website, or just put things out there without caveats or nuance.

#i know media literacy is trash these days #and that there's intentional misinformation/no information about elections #but i've seen people who have reblogged things about psyops in the past who both reblog and support current ones #but unlike other social media sites you can reblog a post but then stick nuance in the tags #you can be critical of something while also gritting your teeth and supporting it because the alternative is worse #you can (and should) also be critical of the systems that lead to that in the first place #throwing your hands up and saying there's no point and you aren't going to bother #and it's fine if others do the same #is just giving up and saying it's too hard for you and you don't care about the harm that comes to others #the canadian system is different (though first past the post tries to make it the same) #but you can bet i'd vote for trudeau even though fuck him and his racist ass #if the alternative was pp because while trudeau sucks for many reasons #pp is fucking terrifying to me as a disabled queer person #and i'm lucky in that i'm white and canadian and can pass as cishet so i'd be spared the worst of it #others would not be so lucky #especially when his fans are eager to hate crime people and only hold themselves back because they would face social consequences #also learn what is private criticism you keep to yourself or talk to friends about #and what is okay to talk about publicly #some things you don't fucking say when it will be taken as permission for antipathy or approval by fascists

[nicejewishcharactershowdown]

hey, uh... am i shadow banned??

#asks have been chewed up for a while and i'm hearing some people are having trouble voting #if anyone knows a good way to test this lmk -- if i AM im gonna have to put njcs on hold until it's resolved

[bunnymajo]

They're both kid genius's but-!

On the one hand Tails has more experience thinking on his feet for problem solving

On the other Kit's whole brain was built for strategy and problem solving. It's a main part of his personality.

#idw sonic #tails #kit the fennec #just thinking #I want Tails & Kits next fight to be against wits. baby gamer fights #having it for week so everyone who's read IDW sonic can have a chance to vote #i'm more interested in hearing peoples thoughts on them than the poll itself so don't hold back if you have something to say #polls

[slydiddledeedee]

king of dressrosa

#one piece #donquixote doflamingo #opfanart #opart #image ID in image itself #get-a-load-of-this-guy cam #(people of dressrosa voice) king? i didn't vote for him #kind of based off that one cover? definitely used it as reference for the legs #i'm on ep 665 rn which is right at the beginning of the franky/senor pink fight #god. the dressrosa arc is so so so so so fucking good #i think it's up there with like. alabasta and water 7/enies lobby for me #bc it took me 5ever to get through punk hazard but i decided to watch op again #and the illness has taken hold of me again. #slydiddledeeart

[secretsimpleness]

I've got problems with whomever designed Thane's fingers. Thane, Shepard / Mass Effect 2 (c) Bioware

Anyone remember that poll I posted in July? I shall share the results:

I did manage to produce two comics during my summer holiday but both were for Dragon Age, haha ha.... So there were delays for our second winner. But here it is! Thanks to those who voted :)

#thane krios #commander shepard #mass effect #mass effect fanart #comic #bioware #thane #shepard #custom shepard #dough scraper #never do I crave a dough scraper as much as when I look at thane's fingers. do people know about dough scrapers? whatever. #why do the fingers have to stick together? just give him one less finger if it's so damn important. #regarding the poll: sucks for everyone not voting for pathfinder as that game probably has the biggest backlog rn. #I don't know why I find that so funny. it just makes me giggle thinking about it. #anyway so I have been sick. I actually thought I would escape my summer sickness this year but alas. it arrived. #and at the worst possible time. every year my town holds this large and free culture festival and I was really looking forward to it - #but then the fever rolled in. I am still so upset. I'm crying over the spilled milk here. betrayal of the year. #it's fine. there will be more chances etc.

[sysig]

Happy birthday!!! I hope you're having a great day!!

I am! Thank you :D

#Doodles #DDoodles #It's also voting day so I've done some birthday voting lol #And I got a few fun little trinkets from the dollar store as well :D Hehe ♪ Mostly silly things! #Lots of space-themed stuff - they had little felt scenes!! I haven't played with a felt board since I was little! #They only had one left with space and aliens!! I'm excited for it hehe ♫ #I also got a space themed lanyard and some ice cream erasers - oh and I forgot to draw them here but little buckets!! #They look so much like The Bucket from The Stanley Parable!! I wanna make mini stickers to put on them :D #And I wore my Tamagotchis around hehe ♪ I don't think I've mentioned my third little one? :0 #He's a Gen 2 rerelease! I named him Teacup and he's blue and glittery with a space theme as well!! #I was really holding out for the purple galaxy themed one but that's just a flat print - this one has glitter in the plastic! #We haven't officially done birthday things yet today :3 But smol and I talked about what I wanted already haha #Hopefully I'll finally get to watch her play Portal tomorrow! :3c I'm so looking forward to it!! #Hehe ♪♫ Thank you again for the birthday wishes! #It's a bit later than 2:30PM but it's here! It's today! Haha

[biogist]

stream? streamie?

#holding out my hand. #i have a few hours before i snooze and i'm bored. #hermits playing phaso. hermits playing among us. or jerma doll house stream 1. #vote below!!!

[asocial-skye]

no but Hindutva is so fucking stupid, because it’s a bunch of old men going around imposing a religion whose main thing is that it’s not a religion; it’s a way of life. a way of life where the gods don’t give a shit if you aren’t a believer and non-believers aren’t going to burn for their sins. a religion that preaches tolerance, the importance of doing good deeds even through you are trapped in a cycle of life, death and suffering. seriously, to break from the cycle, you just have to lead a good life doing good deeds and to help others. nowhere in hindu scriptures does it say that you will not attain moksha if you aren't a hindu; just do the good deeds, and you will become one with God. hinduism is like ‘let live and do good’ it says nowhere that you are a bad person if you aren’t a Hindu in doctrine; that’s what abrahamic religions do. I’m not even sure BJP understand what Hinduism is. fucking idiots.

#desi #desi tumblr #desiblr #india #indian politics #anti bjp #islamophobia #hinduism #hindu culture #i'm not even sure that you can even call yourself a hindu #if you want to oppress and harm others for the reason of holding other religious beliefs #that's not how it works #a cornerstone of dharmic religions is that you don't have to join any religion to be a good person #your morality as a person was intrinsic to your good deeds and your bad deeds #that's honestly a solid take on morals and i can't believe some old privileged men looked at this beauty and went #'but what if we were extremist right-wing catholics with hindu coatings' #disgrace to our culture #may they be voted out

[wordplayfics]

1D Wordplay 2022

Wordplay 6.0 Schedule

Author Sign-Ups Open - Wednesday, July 27th

First Prompt Posts - Wednesday, August 17th

First Fics Post - Wednesday, August 24th

Final Fics Post - Wednesday, September 21st

Wordplay 6.0 Basic Info

All participants must be at least 18 years old when the first prompt posts.

This fest is open to all pairings/groupings that include a current or former member of One Direction.

Every fic must include or be inspired by that week's prompt.

There are no word count restrictions or other qualifiers outside of the previous points. The fics can have any rating, gender, identity, relationship or no, etc that you so desire.

There will be no content moderation. Authors are required to use any and all appropriate tags for the content of their fics.

Prompts will be assigned weekly for five weeks total and all participants will have one week to write their fic. More details regarding the posting and schedule will be available come late July or early August.

This is not an anonymous fest, feel free to share snippets of your fics as you write!

Fic posts for the previous five years of Wordplay are being reblogged through the summer to get everyone excited for this coming year's fest! It's been fun to remember all the amazing fic that has already been a part of Wordplay, and I hope it's been inspirational for those considering participating too.

Let me know if you have any questions!

#wordplay 6.0 #wordplay 2022 #sorry i'm not allowing people to vote on the timing this year #and i'm ultimately choosing a time that is always less popular than any other #but i had to make an executive decision so i would be able to hold the challenge again this year #i hope people will still be excited and able to participate! #wordplay 6.0 schedule #wordplay 6.0 coming soon #wordplay 6.0 info

[archiephd]

man if you're voting for biden just to vote against trump, just say that. we have got to get over this harm reduction shit when what we really mean is harm reduced for us, me, mr american and literally nobody else on this bitch of an earth. if the only and most emphasized thing we do to reduce the harm our president and their platform does to the living is vote, we are reducing nothing. for anyone or ourselves, because voting alone doesn't challenge the trajectory of anything. it buys 4 more years before we have to do it all again, if that. thinking this way is what promises having to think this way again, and again, and again and again. in 2024, who american leftists vote for 1 day of the year matters little compared to what we do the other 364.

#j.txt #once again talking to me here there is a constant wailing alarm in my head like 24/7 #we aren't taught the other ways we can facilitate change on purpose #there is power in the polls but unfortunately in america it is very little compared to the power in. the union..... lol #i'm not hardcore judging scared minorities in america if they wanna vote for biden out of fear for trump this election cycle #but i am hardcore judging if it's proclaimed as the morally superior thing to do when it's just not #like at all #which is also by design! #would you like blue poison or red poison don't you love living in a country that lets you choose! #i also just hate the narrative that this is our only way out of trump's america #like if he wins it's over like people who've been organizing and agitating and fighting and being arrested won't be doing the same shit #before and after #we gotta stop seeing voting as activism let alone a meaningful challenge to facism #not that i know everything either #just. even the few history books i've opened don't hold instances of voting being the way out of a tide of facism man #we can multitask guys vote for who we think we need to but if that's all we're doing to change things um. #we will be stopping nothing and we will be here forever #these shitheads have power here in and outside of office and they will do whatever they can wherever they can do it regardless #like they tried storming the capital literally last election. like #and that's just. here in our own country #why should we expect them to act any different this go around. genuinely. i would like to be able to expect different #all that said i feel like i am going crazy every day 👍 #2024 elections