#The Discourse(TM)

[stumpyjoepete]

The Plutocratic Fallacy

Rich assholes would love for you to believe that anything that is good for them is definitionally good for the economy. This is not true, in case you were wondering. Rent seekers gonna rent seek.

After a lifetime of hearing this line, many people are understandably skeptical of rhetoric that something is "good for the economy", since that often is just a euphemism for "good for jet ski dealership owners and/or billionaires".

Perversely, this has led some lefty folks to argue that all sorts of policies that are objectively economically bad must actually be economically good, since in their minds "good for the economy" = "good for rich assholes" = "bad".

This is both a tactical and substantive mistake. If you manage to convince normies that a particular policy is bad for the economy (which in your clique may mean 'good for humanity'), you have actually just convinced them that it is bad, full stop. If you manage to convince normies that something is good for the economy (which to you means 'horrible and bad'), all you've done is convince them that it's good, full stop. Stop shooting yourself in the dick please.

Also, like, the economy is good. Producing goods and services is good. The means of fucking production? You're supposed to want to seize them, for christ sake. This seems like such an easy mistake to avoid making if you're a leftist. "Rich people are selfishly pursuing policies that benefit them but are disastrous in aggregate" is a Marxist slam dunk.

#degrowthers #nimbys #those weirdos hellbent on proving that slavery was the optimal economic system (since that means 'bad' to them) #stop making things worse #no one who votes thinks 'good for the economy' is a bad thing #so please stop trying to convince everyone that good things are bad #economics #the discourse tm

[leftistfanenboii]

Average tumblr user hit with at least 10 carhammers is a statistical error. Carhammer Matt, who has been hit by millions of carhammers in an explosion, is an outlier and shouldn't be counted

#🚗🔨⚒️💥 #the discourse tm

[quilliondollarbaby]

I'm really sick of

trans people who mock nonbinary and GNC-cis people with tired jokes like "congrats on your transition in three years" or any form of calling them an "uncracked egg."

These people are always just telling on themselves.

They want you to think it's a joke coming from some kind of "more gender-enlightened" place, but really all they're saying is that even in transition they haven't found a way to let go of their own self-hatred and find compassion for their past selves who struggled with self expression and didn't know any better.

If you were really "more gender-enlightened" you'd know that nonbinary and GNC expression is just as real as binary trans expression, you'd know that those jokes are genuinely hurtful and that no one has ever taken strides in their gender journey because of a hack joke from a trans person on twitter, and that true healing comes from forgiving your past self for their struggles even when they cause your present self strife because we're all doing the best we can

xoxo

A Trans Girl Who Doesn't Regret Her Nonbinary Phase At All And Resents The Influx Of Trans People Who Think This Is Now Okay To Say To Her Now For Some Reason

PS—even outside of The Discourse ™️, I need these people to know that in the world of comedy they call that “hack.” It’s a joke with a premise so obvious and played out that what little comic value it may have once had is gone because there’s nothing surprising or original about it. You’re not just telling on yourself and being rude, you’re also telling me that you’re not even creative enough to offer anything of substance.

#trans #genderqueer #queer #GNC #nonbinary #lgbt #enby #The Discourse TM

[roxannarambles]

If Hunter was a girl, shipping would be so different. But I bet their still be drama. Though imagine how simpler and much more popular( the Fandom content) lunter would be. Totally imaging a hilarious sort of team Edward vs team Jacob situation considering the level of drama the younger creators could make.

There are only three things certain in life: death, taxes, and ship wars

If Hunter was female, fans would just come up with new reasons to hate on Lunter, I have no doubt. It's a shame, but people do be getting a little worked up over their otps.

It's ok though, I'm happy with just doing my own thing in my little corner of sub-fandom. The spot I'm in is peaceful and that's all that matters, I think; finding a cozy corner of fandom (away from the sh*tshow) and some people you vibe with. <3

#asks #The Discourse TM

[yxlenas]

At what point will Jonathan realize that he can't use Will as an excuse every time someone asks him a semi-uncomfortable question?=

#Stranger things #the discourse TM #anti jonathan byers #the byers siblings

[dreamquestofunknownkadath]

Starting to see the whole “I have personally reclaimed this slur so that means no one else is allowed to feel uncomfortable about it in relation to themselves ever again” song and dance but about the r-word and it uhhhhhhh makes me want to die!

#content #the discourse tm

[edenfenixblogs]

Well Drawfee is officially no longer safe media for me :(

Karina liked multiple tweets conflating a PSA for antisemitism with Israeli propaganda and claiming that Israel planned its assault to coincide with the superbowl…

Julia liked posts claiming that the war isn’t a war. Nobody has liked anything about antisemitism or even acknowledging Jews are in danger right now.

TBH I’m devastated.

I have Drawfee art all over my home. I was actually gonna become a patron this year. I’d literally been saving to make it feasible. This is crushing. I feel sick.

#leftist antisemitism #antisemitism #drawfee #heartbroken #debated putting this in the Drawfee tag or not #but ultimately I think it’s important #I don’t wanna start fandom drama or Discourse TM #I just want there to be a record of how their silence on antisemitism #and liking of conspiratorial tweets #is affecting a very fragile community #and Nathan being Jewish doesn’t change this for me #his Jewishness does not shield me from his coworkers antisemitism #even though I wanna believe that antisemitism is unintentional #and I’m so happy for Nathan if he feels supported by his friends and coworkers #he obviously knows them better than I ever will #and I’m not calling in Jews to take sides over this or anything #I’m happy that Nathan doesn’t seem to be affected by this #it must mean he has a wonderful support system and that his friends and coworkers are better #at showing their support irl than they are online #and that is important and valid #but it doesn’t change how it affects Jews like me who only experience them through a screen #and do not have a support system #they don’t owe me anything #I don’t expect anything from any of them #but I also cannot deny that I am harmed #by the fact that they didn’t acknowledge the conflict until it affected people who aren’t Jewish #and have still not acknowledged that it affects people who are Jewish #and I especially cannot handle Karina’s clear support for the idea that a Super Bowl PSA for antisemitism prevention #is somehow a sinister Israeli plot and not evidence of the terrible time that Jews like me are having rn #I feel like I lost a friend tbh

[dadrielle]

They told me her coat was gonna be leather and I refuse to accept anything else t b h

#imogen temult #critical role #cr art #cr3 #my beloved #critical role spoilers #so I don't get dragged into the Discourse tm please known the caption is a joke #i accept it I just love leather lmao ok #fuck I forgot the embroidery #my art

[thelordofgifs]

the truth is that you simply can't kill people. even if they stole your stuff.

#silmarillion #this is not a Serious Discourse Post (tm) #but also it is the crux of the matter imo

[snowberry-pie]

game time. if your ocs were popular fictional characters how exactly would fandom violently butcher and misinterpret their characters

#kikay speaks #forgot to play my own game. #sifri — #people would somehow manage to turn her into a hypercompetent girlboss dom TM #cishet men would hate her i feel like she’d get the mary sue treatment #oh and the fact that she’s a brown woman would Not Help #lettie — #also girlbossified to shit or innocent cute smol bean uwu #there’d probably be weird discourse where ‘she’s too cute to be horny’ is the main point of contention #the fact that she’s ALSO a brown woman would not help #mith — #himbo-ified :( or like the Aggressive Loud Guy or pathetic a heem heem whimper guy #probs be oversexualized to shit #also definitely a prime target for top/bottom discourse

[stumpyjoepete]

#the discourse tm

[guardwyrm]

hello nonhuman community, what odd pair do you and your partner make, if they’re nonhuman as well? my mate is a kitsune/fox spirit, and it makes for a pretty metal pairing, especially when i draw us looking badass in art LOL. she’s also a unicorn, so the like dragon/unicorn trope is perfect for us and i love it . some art i’ve done of us

#otherkin #nonhuman #therian #apologies if my terminology is wrong with nonhuman alterhuman etc im not really caught up on the Label discourse tm #alterhuman #dragonkin #unicornkin #theriomythic #nonhuman community #my love #musings

[cat-scarr]

and Ben 10 hate comment of the year award goes to this fuckhead

#... #someone stop me from going off #I am so deep in my villain arc that I am already planning how best to rip this to shreds and put them on blast #(and yes I was looking into mbti types they interest me) #anyway I have an idea but it will have to wait for tm possibly #for now just LOOK at this 🙄 #even if this is a joke you know they actually believe some of this #ben 10 #ben 10 discourse

[dr3amofagame]

characters who logically assess a situation and choose to minimize harm but cannot eliminate it entirely evil and ruthless and bad for not being able to do the impossible; characters that purposefully choose to act in ways that do harm because of decisions that are made irrationally/emotionally excused because of their mental state. characters who outwardly react are good and characters who keep things to themselves are emotionless monsters. incompetence is absolving and being highly capable makes one inherently more responsible and therefore more to blame. self-preservation is morally wrong and selfish dont you care about everyone else don't you care enough to throw your life away. the worst thing someone can be is cold, to take things seriously, to give enough of a shit to stop fucking around and not enough of a fuck to let half their damn people die for the sake of one etc etc etc forever. ARENT WE TIRED ???? ARENT WE TIRED OF THIS

#tw negativity #cw negativity #tw discourse #disk horse #id write a polished thing abt how people favor characters who react in very specific ways while demonizing others #not because of what they do but because of certain traits that are judged more or less morally upstanding #due to expectations about how people should Feel (tm) and whatever #but i am too tired to do so

[sugarglider-s]

You ever see the most brainmelting discourse on the planet and then realize that it doesn’t fucking matter and you just get up and make a sandwich instead

#sugartalks #I’m really glad that even when I was younger I still didn’t really engage in discourse Tm #yes I was stupid but I wasn’t That stupid

[dauntingday]

trc should not get a TV adaptation because the story and the characters are deeply and fundamentally meaningful to me in a way that i think would be lost in translation on a big budget production. the dreamer trilogy should not get a TV adaptation because if i had to watch declan lynch get woken up by a cat with people hands i would start screaming and never stop

#inspired by the rwrb discourse (tm) #and also because i went entire months of my life not having to think about that fucking cat. but now i've been reminded #so i'm making it your problems <3 #the dreamer trilogy #trc