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randomreasonstolive · 1 year

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Reason to Live #8828

Discussing deep stuff with your partner, and bonding at the end of it <3. – Guest Submission

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troythecatfish · 6 months

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Here’s my personal recommendation of a YouTube video to check out:

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roman-and-azathoth · 1 year

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You can separate the art from the artist until their harmful politics and ideals begin leaking into their works.

A lot of times, artists and writers WILL leave their ideals in their works. That's not my point here. My point is that you can separate the art from the artist until they start weaponizing their work with their harmful views.

For example, we'll compare Dr. Seuss to JK Rowling.

On one side, we have a man who deeply cared about issues that affected his daily life. He was a leftist, a war veteran, a husband, and an author.

Dr. Seuss

Illustrated political cartoons during WWII, specifically supporting Roosevelt

Wrote Horton Hears a Who ad an allegory for the American post-war occupation of Japan

Sued the pro-life movement for using Horton's quote, "how small" on their propaganda stationary

His view on kids, "You have 'em, I'll entertain 'em"

Purposefully wrote the beginnings of his stories WITHOUT a moral in mind, quoting "Kids can see morals a mile away"

Continuing on that point, he wanted to view his stories as subversive rather than making an obvious remark within his works

A lot of his books have anti-consumerism, (the sneetches), racial equality (the butter battle book), arms race (yertle the turtle), and economic materialism (how the grinch stole christmas) allegories that fly over children's heads in favor of purposefully written morals that are intended for his younger audiences.

Point: Dr. Seuss never weaponized his writing. He never outright talked about things in his books to kids that were deemed inappropriate. In fact, a lot of his works were colorful and imaginative and weren't at all trying to teach specific moral issues. (What Was I Scared Of? Is a personal favorite of mine that teaches you how to fave your fears)

JK Rowling, on the other hand, decided to unapologetically use harmful stereotypes and politics in her works.

JK Rowling:

Admitted multiple times during interviews that goblins are a Jewish allegory

The only Irish character in her book is a harmful racial stereotype in that Seamus Finnigan not only has a stereotypical Irish name, he regularly explodes.

The only Jewish character in her book is Anthony Goldstein. Which is another rather harmful stereotype.

The only Asian character's name is Cho Chang.

The only Indian characters' names are Padma and Pervati Patil.

Hermione's protest movement Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare was named that way on purpose so other characters could call it SPEW and make fun of her. Insisting the house elves were better off working in slavery and they were happier that way, using a fired house elf (Winky) ad a harmful narrative device to try and defend the pro-slavery mindset within the Wizarding world

Uncomfortable Nazi allegories with Voldemort being a Magic Hitler

Attempting equality after her books were already published in an attempt to paint herself in a better light (tweeting that Dumbledore is queer, Hermione is black, etc.)

TERF behavior patterns that ended up in her publishing several radical publications explaining why trans people should die

So. There's a line to be drawn here.

Dr. Seuss illustrated a lot of commentaries on socio-economic issues in the WWII Era. Prominent and relevant issues. But he also taught important morals to kids in his writing while being subversive and rather imaginative in his books. They were obviously children's books and never swayed from children's books.

But there's something uncomfortably political about Harry Potter and that's why I can't separate it from JKR.

#dr seuss #jk rowling #harry potter #morals in books #childrensillustration #discussing #politics

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nando161mando · 2 months

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postcard-from-the-past · 8 months

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Emperor Wilhelm II discussing something with the priest of Le Mont-Notre-Dame during the German occupation in 1918, Picardy region of France

French vintage postcard

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animastellans · 1 month

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i'll always love being the devil's advocate. the challenge of not only being against what you truly believe but also finding counterarguments to your own points. the challenge to seek strong points and pros in a situation where usually, without much thought, you wouldn't find any. it forces you to think and analyse, which i love dearly.

#devil's advocate #debating #discussing #dark academia #arguing #contemplating #thinking #analitic thinking #arguments #counter arguments #critical thinking

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thirst-for-boys · 1 year

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#Adam DiMarco #Discussing #Theo James

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craycraybluejay · 8 months

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What is your opinion on taking a life in society? Any kind, punital justice, self defense, accidental, criminal, erotic, suicide, non-medical assisted suicide, euthenasia, etc. Do you think one is worse than the other, should they all be banned, or should they all be legal, etc? Personally I often think about it and how much double standard there are about murder. When a serial killer goes on a killing spree, they're a bad person, but when a corrupt cop (ACAB) gives them a death sentence, suddenly it's 'justice'. If it was merely the act murder itself that was wrong, then it couldn't ever be a way of justice. Sometimes even murdering your abuser could land you in jail, yet the only other alternative would've likely been being murdered or otherwise abused yourself. Killing your enemy durnig war is considered normal, even though they're just people too. You've all been dragged into an war that has been going back and forth. Perpetuating because both sides have to defend themselves from the other, and wanting revenge for previous attacks. Of course life isn't as simple and just stop having war, but war is also very pointless, so why does murder get a free pass then? Can murder every be justified? Is murder a morally neutral act? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Oh, also there is apparently a piece of land in bumfuck nowhere, USA where neither surrounding states or counties technically own legal jurisdiction over it so you could technically get away with crimes there. I forgot where it is, but Tom Scott has a video on it. I find it both very peculiar, surreal, and intruiging that such an occurance can happen.

Oooh very fascinating topic. I believe murder itself is very multivalent. And I will forever be pissed off that during wartime you can kill random ass people that may not even be a direct threat but if you kill your abuser who is a direct threat to your life you can be punished to hell and back. I think that's fucked up and goes to show how pro-abuse our society really is, among other things.

Punitive justice: no. But imo/ime better than glorified slavery and torture. Still not something I'd ever support but if I personally got convicted of a crime and sentenced I would find some way to push for death sentence bc hell to the no am I spending months, years, or life being treated worse than a slaughterhouse animal for any offense. No one deserves that. Except maybe Hitler.

Self defense: yes. It should be legally defended to hell and back to be able to kill someone who is an active threat to your life and livelihood. People should not be punished for choosing their life and safety over someone else's. It *should* be the way to protect yourself first and foremost. Obviously, don't kill someone if there's another way, but if you end up committing murder in self defense I believe that to be completely justified on your part. Like, is it fair? Maybe, maybe not. But it is justified because we cannot and should not expect or encourage people to simply lay down and die when they are under threat.

Accidental: idk about "justified" but definitely excusable at times. Accidents do happen, even deadly ones. Not much to say about this. I don't think a person's life should be ruined over an accident, I do however think that basic safety training/first aid/etc. is a must for everyone as to lessen accidental deaths.

Criminal: wildly dependent on why/how/circumstances. Did you kill someone just cause you thought it'd be fun or? Either way whether I agree with a specific murder or not I don't think it's anyone's place to deny someone their life for taking another's life, just as it isn't really anyone's place to take others lives in general. But sometimes push comes to shove and I can't speak for every situation bc I don't know it.

Erotic/consensual murder: this falls into category of consensual murder. Which, in my opinion, should be somewhat protected. Though of course there's the issue of faking or coercing consent so I think it's a complex issue but not one that society is all too ready to consider. I am of the opinion that people should be able to do what they want with their life and body, even if I wouldn't agree with it. It's a complex issue that deserves more consideration and conversation.

Suicide: same as previous pretty much but I'm a little more radically for it. I don't think people should be violated and forced to stay alive if they don't want to. Do some people regret it? Absolutely. Some people also regret not doing it. And I don't think regret is a viable political framework. Obviously, I think it's fine and good to give people real reasons to stick around and support your loved ones and community and discourage self harm/suicide. But I am staunchly against "saving" someone who has genuinely already decided (especially if you try to ressuciate someone who has done something that will effectively leave them unable to care for themselves/in a vegetative state), and in general against using coercive, abusive, and violating ways to physically prevent someone from having that option. Like involuntary psychiatry. Absolutely FUCK involuntary psychiatry. For people who aren't as actively suicidal, going through that hell can definitely be the last nail in the coffin and for those who are it's just a deeply dehumanizing and humiliating last stretch before they find a way to try again. Suicide should be an informed decision. Not a crime/"potential crime" that voids you of most or all of your basic human rights.

Euthanasia: I don't see why not. With consent from the person getting euthanized. Sometimes ur just done. It should be up to a person whether it May be Possible to get past constant suffering or not. Wildly big difference between "I'm in an abusive situation and I want to die right now but when I get older/earn enough from my job/etc. I might be able to get out and heal from it" and "I'm old and in constant pain and the meds have not been helping enough/in an abusive situation with no chance of an out/etc."

A lot of people argue that "suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem" but that argument falls apart immediately when some problems people have are not temporary. Some problems will last you the rest of your life. Sometimes it's a disability that you can go "I don't like living with this but I will" and other times you are in constant agony and it will be your whole life like that. So I think we need to reframe the way we see suicide as some irresponsible overreaction. It definitely CAN be, but it can also be an understandable and logical option. When slavery was the big American thing, slave suicides were a thing. And it wasn't because these people hated their situation *for right now.* Sometimes it was out of protest but other times it dawned out of the realization that things *weren't going to change or get better within their lifetime.* So I think the "temporary problem" argument is really immature and invalidating. And is very unfair to assume you know better about strangers decisions about something as big as taking your own life than themselves. Suicide rates aren't going up because of "irresponsible youth" and "we're not institutionalizing people enough." They're going up because our society is becoming more unliveable for more people. That's how the trends go. The statistics have an uptick the more that people get stuck in unsolvable situations that are often much bigger than just their own problem. So yeah. Discourage suicide when you can but also lend sympathy to people who are thinking about it, don't invalidate them. Often, if it's not a permanent problem your invalidation will just make them feel worse and more likely to try. And if it is, well, that's just a dick move that won't change the trajectory of their decisions but will make them feel more terrible. Let's be nice to suicidal people maybe. You know. How we should be to everyone else.

Cops killing innocent people and using their authority to get away with it is bad. Same with serial killing except serial killers don't abuse their social authority in the same way bc they don't have it.

Also the only place in the US I can think of like what you mentioned is Slab City. And i think it's a little more complicated than complete lawlessness (as in, iirc cops from nearby towns/cities sometimes come by and may have some power there). But generally this lawlessness does not result in mass murder, theft, etc., despite what many assume. As it turns out, most people are disinterested in randomly harming strangers for no reason. And even for those who are somewhat interested, lack of laws does not also wipe out social etiquette and the communal interest of living in peace. Most communities will oust you for doing harm, so even if you want to do harm it's in your best interest not to. Laws or not.

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urlocaltannenbaumm · 1 year

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istg making this batch of stickers took an entire day

#discussing #haikyuu!!#haikyuu #hq #stickers #ok but that was mainly bc i was things with the others in elle's gc for hinata&yachi going missing #but still #i'm happy i atleast finished #:))

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rivetgoth · 2 months

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It's honestly crazy that discussion around testosterone HRT skews so much towards the beginning stages of it (to the point that you have dozens of guys thinking their transition is "failed" if they don't pass by like a year in lol) and what the initial changes of the first couple of months to years look like, like the classic laundry list of those early basic changes like bottom growth, voice drop, etc, when IMO literally none of that compares remotely to the depth and intensity of the long term total masculinization you start to experience like 3-5+ years in.

#also has made it increasingly difficult to relate to those early into their transition honestly #like not in a bitter way it’s just like hard to express how diff the experience is #of being like a year on T vs 5 😭#ETA I muted this post ages ago now but fwiw seeing transphobes pop up in the notes on occasion just to say cruel reactionary shit #you are clowns I cannot imagine seeing a post that is ONLY about discussing with folks about the reality of a medication #and choosing to make that your moment to get a schoolyard bully jab in about how you find it gross or something.#you are less well adjusted than must children. may the universe be kinder to you than you are to others.

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apollos-boyfriend · 6 months

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we have GOT to kill tiktok/twitter self-censorship i just witnessed a grown adult say the word “smex” out loud to our professor

#icarus speaks #JUST SAY SEX!!!#my proof professor was SO confused too #because she had said sex. other students had said sex. IT IS NOT WRONG TO DISCUSS THAT!!!#WE WERE WATCHING A MOVIE ON FRIDA KAHLO. THIS IS INTEGRAL TO THE PLOT

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hamletthedane · 2 months

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I was meeting a client at a famous museum’s lounge for lunch (fancy, I know) and had an hour to kill afterwards so I joined the first random docent tour I could find. The woman who took us around was a great-grandmother from the Bronx “back when that was nothing to brag about” and she was doing a talk on alternative mediums within art.

What I thought that meant: telling us about unique sculpture materials and paint mixtures.

What that actually meant: an 84yo woman gingerly holding a beautifully beaded and embroidered dress (apparently from Ukraine and at least 200 years old) and, with tears in her eyes, showing how each individual thread was spun by hand and weaved into place on a cottage floor loom, with bright blue silk embroidery thread and hand-blown beads intricately piercing the work of other labor for days upon days, as the labor of a dozen talented people came together to make something so beautiful for a village girl’s wedding day.

What it also meant: in 1948, a young girl lived in a cramped tenement-like third floor apartment in Manhattan, with a father who had just joined them after not having been allowed to escape through Poland with his pregnant wife nine years earlier. She sits in her father’s lap and watches with wide, quiet eyes as her mother’s deft hands fly across fabric with bright blue silk thread (echoing hands from over a century years earlier). Thread that her mother had salvaged from white embroidery scraps at the tailor’s shop where she worked and spent the last few days carefully dying in the kitchen sink and drying on the roof.

The dress is in the traditional Hungarian fashion and is folded across her mother’s lap: her mother doesn’t had a pattern, but she doesn’t need one to make her daughter’s dress for the fifth grade dance. The dress would end up differing significantly from the pure white, petticoated first communion dresses worn by her daughter’s majority-Catholic classmates, but the young girl would love it all the more for its uniqueness and bright blue thread.

And now, that same young girl (and maybe also the villager from 19th century Ukraine) stands in front of us, trying not to clutch the old fabric too hard as her voice shakes with the emotion of all the love and humanity that is poured into the labor of art. The village girl and the girl in the Bronx were very different people: different centuries, different religions, different ages, and different continents. But the love in the stitches and beads on their dresses was the same. And she tells us that when we look at the labor of art, we don’t just see the work to create that piece - we see the labor of our own creations and the creations of others for us, and the value in something so seemingly frivolous.

But, maybe more importantly, she says that we only admire this piece in a museum because it happened to survive the love of the wearer and those who owned it afterwards, but there have been quite literally billions of small, quiet works of art in billions of small, quiet homes all over the world, for millennia. That your grandmother’s quilt is used as a picnic blanket just as Van Gogh’s works hung in his poor friends’ hallways. That your father’s hand-painted model plane sets are displayed in your parents’ livingroom as Grecian vases are displayed in museums. That your older sister’s engineering drawings in a steady, fine-lined hand are akin to Da Vinci’s scribbles of flying machines.

I don’t think there’s any dramatic conclusions to be drawn from these thoughts - they’ve been echoed by thousands of other people across the centuries. However, if you ever feel bad for spending all of your time sewing, knitting, drawing, building lego sets, or whatever else - especially if you feel like you have to somehow monetize or show off your work online to justify your labor - please know that there’s an 84yo museum docent in the Bronx who would cry simply at the thought of you spending so much effort to quietly create something that’s beautiful to you.

#shut up e #long post #Saturday thoughts #this has been in my drafts for a week haha #also this is the heart of why AI art feels so wrong #forget the discussion of copyright and theft etc - even if models were only trained on public domain they would still feel very wrong #because they’re not art. art is the labor of creation #even commercial art and art commissioned by the popes and kings of history: there is humanity in the labor of it #unrelated: I did not know living in the Bronx was now something to brag about. How the fuck do y’all New Yorkers afford this city???

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cursedgamerchild · 5 months

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"internet historian's alt-right anyways" "great day to have never liked james somerton" "never even heard of illuminaughtii before this lol"

that's great buddy but don't go around thinking you're immune to this. if you're not looking for plagiarism, you likely won't notice it unless its egregiously obvious. hell, you've probably consumed plagiarized content without even realizing it. even hbomb pointed out that these people disguised what they presented pretty well as long as you didn't try and dig deeper. don't come away just thinking of this as a callout piece, take this as an important lesson about vetting your sources. if googling scripts in quotes was enough to expose the original, we should all start doing that shit!!

edit: it got a little too doomer-y a little too fast so one quick addition

this is hbomb's curated playlist of queer creators, many of whom were victims of plagiarism

this is producer kat on reddit calling for any more plagiarism discoveries and for queer content creators to be uplifted

please take some time to uplift these creators and recommend any you know! if you can help uncover more of the original creators whose work was lifted that would be great too :)

UPDATE- From Hbomb's twitter: "We're in the process of cataloguing everyone James Somerton plagiarised and finding their contact information. Which is quite a task, so to help us out: If you see this and happen to be one of the people Somerton stole from, please email us at [email protected]"

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#hbomberguy #james somerton #illuminaughtii #internet historian #vice #ign etc have had issues with plaigarism before #this isnt just some youtuber scandal remember #even books can fall victim to this #kaz rowe's history vids exemplify this pretty well #i'd recommend the triboulet ass slapping myth one if you want a good breakdown #and somerton absolutely had problems with the way he discussed foreign media and anyone that wasnt a cis gay man #but considering most of his ideas werent his own that doesnt dismiss the original authors' work keep in mind

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postcard-from-the-past · 9 months

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Tisserand's home in Donchery, meeting spot of Bismarck and Napoleon III discussing the French capitulation after the Battle of Sedan, Champagne region of eastern France

French vintage postcard

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xtremeservers · 2 months

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Hello again, everyone. Blake from Ironwo... https://www.xtremeservers.com/blog/unravel-the-gameplay-loop-of-pacific-drive-launching-on-ps5-feb-22/?feed_id=124047&_unique_id=65d5e11f70b77&Unravel%20the%20gameplay%20loop%20of%20Pacific%20Drive%2C%20launching%20on%20PS5%20Feb%2022

#Featured #PlayStation #again #Blake #discussing #everyone #from #goes #into #Ironwood #Studios #today

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quillyfied · 1 year

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One thing that Firefox can’t do is allow me to access my telehealth therapy appointments. Three different platforms now have rejected my use of Firefox. I use Safari instead bc that’s what works and at least it isn’t chrome, but for folks who rightfully use Firefox, be aware that many, if not all, telehealth platforms will not work on Firefox (something about the encryption/security not being up to their standard, I believe; if there are hacks that Firefox gurus know to bypass this, please share with the class?).

#Firefox #Mozilla Firefox #love Firefox. hate that I can’t do my therapy appointments on it #and don’t see that brought up very much in the switch to Firefox discussion

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