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hiimcanadia · 2 months

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... I'm gonna be honest I thought that everyone had got their "Izzy is gonna come back to life" conspiracy theories out of their system by now and I very much did not expect to go into the tags and see one that was posted only a couple days ago.... Like guys they buried him... his body is in the dirt... you can and should let go now.....

#imo however you feel about Izzy i think it would be kinda shitty writing to have him die telling Ed to go live his life #and for them to make a big deal of everyone mourning him and having a whole funeral #only for it to all mean nothing bc surprise! he lived!!#that would honestly just feel cheap to me #2pm in the morning

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thedreadvampy · 10 months

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I'm going insane my notes are full of people responding to the communes post going like "this is why we need a state to prevent abuse"

HOW'S THAT STATE-PREVENTING-ABUSE THING GOING? PRETTY GREAT I DON'T THINK.

seriously this is what gets my fucking back up about people in opposition to anti-statism or anti-carceralism they're always like 'oh can you propose a way to 100% prevent abuse or violence' and it's like. Insert I, Robot gif here. Can you?

like I'm not complaining about the lack of attention to safeguarding and justice in anarchist communities because anarchism is particularly bad at it! I'm complaining about it because tackling the issue requires acknowledging that it does exist in every community we try to build and that we have to speak up and deal with it proactively.

abuse happens in anarchist spaces, in socialist spaces, in marxist-leninist-maoist spaces, in capitalist spaces, in religious fundamentalist spaces, in feudalism, in whatever fucking system of authorities you wanna name. the question is how we deal with it and anarchism is deeply imperfect in that but so is every other system I've seen and anarchism is pointing at the better goal, I think - a method of community accountability which focuses on harm reduction, desystematising, and healing rather than on punishment, revenge or cycles of violence.

we're not there yet and we will probably never build a 100% foolproof system where abuse and interpersonal harm never occur. but frankly neither will any other system, human interactions are complicated and messy and sometimes there will be shitshows - our priorities are to reduce the number, severity, fallout and normalisation of those shitshows and figure out ways to prevent, react and support healing.

like here's one key fucking thing ok. I have found the way that anarchist groups I've been in have handled abuse allegations really traumatic and overwhelming and triggering. but that's largely been because I have some faith in the approach and it hurts a lot more to fuck up when you have hope.

but you are fooling your damn selves if you think going through the police or the state is less traumatic and overwhelming tbh. reporting and going through the court system is notoriously retraumatising and miserable for survivors, even when it's done with empathy and support. it also Does Not Work. punitive justice actively intensifies cycles of abuse and trauma.

obviously like. the main problem in these notes is that inexplicably people reblogging my post seem to believe the core thesis of anarchism is sunshine, rainbows and the milk of human kindness not like. hard graft to build tailored systems to meet community need. and you are wrong about that. anarchism has never been about 'building a community of morally pure sweethearts who wouldn't hurt a fly' it's about taking responsibility yourself, as an individual, for the wellbeing of your community, and working together collectively to identify what needs to change and what systems would create that change.

but the secondary problem is a lack of fucking imagination. people act as if an idea for change not being utterly bulletproof is a reason to throw the whole concept away, as if existing systems are less imperfect. babies, bathwater, my guys.

If I say 'this part of how we're organising is likely to present the risk of abuse' that doesn't mean 'we should stop our whole approach to organising' it means 'we should take stock of why that risk is there and figure out how to adapt to manage it.' Criticising your ideas and approaches is a vital part of building a better version of them and it's really frustrating to have any critical appraisal met with a barrage of SEE THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD FULLY ABANDON THIS IDEA FOREVER

like fuck man how are you planning to build a better system if you can't iterate ideas, criticise, finetune, adapt, reiterate, problematise and adjust, and talk about what the fail points might be? how are you planning to build a better world if you reject any attempt to suggest a replacement for the Totally Fucked Hellworld system unless it has already ironed out every flaw before being tried?

the reason I am talking about the cracks in a lot of anarchist ideas where abuse comes in is because I want anarchist ideas to work. I think they're good ideas. (not communes I don't think communes are good ideas I have been clear on this). I want a better, happier, less harm-filled, less abusive, more just world and I think the anarchist vision has the most elements to get us there so I want those elements to work, which means I want to identify what comes packaged in with those ideas that might be counterproductive. so we can do better. so that we can use the good ideas and dump out the elements that are likely to cause harm. you know. like how thinking works.

#red said #totally unrelated but i did also recently watch i robot for the first time #i was unprepared for the level of slappitude #that film is GREAT #it's not a direct asimov adaptation but i think it does a great job with the spirit of Asimov #which is: use the 3 laws to create a locked room mystery and then go ham on social commentary #also they didn't make Susan Calvin a love interest as i had feared i think she's honestly pretty close to Asimov's character #with. this surprised me. probably less sexism?? cause i love book Calvin but she's very defined in opposition to Asimov's ideas about women #anyway these tags are nothing to do with this post about anarchism i just liked i robot

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shmorp-mcdurgen · 1 year

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I’ve never played a Sam and Max game ever but they seem neat I like ‘em

#doodles are neat #sam and max #shmorps art #hello. fandom I’m not in.#PLEASE don’t follow me for this my normal content is nothing like this #like. the opposite even.#also I’m surprised I was able to draw them at all because. I can not draw cartoon characters-#I really just watched videos about the games on YouTube that’s all I know about them #also. posting this later than I normally post art but eh #I’m hoping this. doesn’t turn into a fixation. honestly.

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arsenicflame · 1 year

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well i think its finally time to open this box

#sorry gang apparently i am incapable of sticking to my word and am continuing to have a personality on main and subject you all #to all of my bullshit #i am doing my best but i am a weak bitch who does not know how to process feelings #so its a fucking miracle im opening this box tbh. ive wavered a lot around this one #this round of thinking is being brought on by the probable imminent break up between me + my gf 🙃👍#its been on the cards for a hot minute i mean. she hasnt sent me a message since the 8th of march until today and its like a.#we need to talk message so. like im not surprised. ans ive been thinking about it all a lot recently #i dont really want to realise im aro while im with someone so ive been avoiding it but like. ive been thinking. and ive been thinking if we #shouod break up too anyway because like. i get i am so hard to be around. but nothing. for a month. even a silly picture. it hurts dude #but i kinda didn't want to push because. i know i am. me. and a lot. and i know shes got stuff on her plate. but so do i #maybe we're both no good #to be around #nyxtalks #this is very not helpful in my whole. everyone i love leaves me eventually so i should isolate myself and push them all away thing i guess #but i dont think. i want to cling. i dont wanna be that pathetic.#she can do better than me (i cant do better than her)#i mean. idk ive been questioning if im aro anyway so. idk #i dont fucking know #honestly this is gonna be so cringe if this isnt what she wanted to talk about but like. what else could it possibly be i guess #dude i am so sorry if you read this this turned into relationship vent rather than my feelings around aromanticism #those are.complicated enough for their own post and i probably need to talk to some actual aromantic people about that

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c6jpg · 8 months

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okay i love fontaine everyone is so ridiculous

#0.txt #4.0 spoilers #(minor)#just did act 1 it was FUN i thoroughly enjoyed it #i don't really have many thoughts i just appreciate that it was paced well for once without too much random sidequesting #like it really just fucking got to the point without being rushed it also threw in some dark topics there i was kinda surprised #+ all the lore and foreshadowing has me really excited to see what's going to happen in the future acts #childe's first appearance also kind of surprised me i did NOT expect him to be there but that was fun too lmao #also idrc for furina but it's kinda funny she's so cringefail and does nothing but take Ls #neuvillette is honestly not quite what i was expecting - i saw we get to know more about him in act 2 so looking forward to it

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ive-a-problem-to-flaunt · 4 months

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every now and then I'll be going be on my merry way, blissfully living my life, until some lines from the song What Would I Do? will randomly pop into my head and I'll go straight back to experiencing The Emotions about high school!Pran and viscerally fantasizing about giving him the tightest of hugs.

But like, what else am I supposed to do with lines like:

"Who would I be

If I had not loved you?

How would I know what love is?

God only knows, too soon

I'll remember your faults

Meanwhile, though, it's tears and schmaltz"

or,

"What would I do

If I had not met you?

Who would I blame my life on?

Once I was told

That all men get what they deserve

Who the hell then threw this curve?"

Or, the one that guts me the most on a regular basis because I'm a sucker for how this song uses the word 'friend' in the context of a romantic relationship:

"No simple answers

But what would I do

If you had not been

My friend?"

I started making this post because those bits kept haunting me but while looking up the lyrics I remembered these lines exist too and oh no everything hurts more:

"Do you regret?

I'd do it again

I'd like to believe that I'd do it again

And again and again"

like. get out.

#they go on to sing 'how am I to face tomorrow / after being screwed out of today'#and I'd beg steal or borrow if I could hold you for one hour more #which makes me think of ep 11 beach patpran #anyway this is quite possibly a post for an audience of me #but yeah. sigh. bill finn stop making me think of patpran challenge #for real actually. I literally have a draft that's just a series of bill finn lyrics that remind me of patpran #there's a surprising number in there #which is funny because honestly patpran are nothing like the couple that sings this song #but then they'll sing about how 'we're not denying / that of all the lesser passions / we like fighting most'#and then proceed to aggressively bicker/flirt via tango #OH AND #there's literally a bit when they go 'how could I know that without him my life would be boring as shit'#anyway I could go on #(well actually I HAVE gone on in that tumblr draft that'll never see the light of day lmao)#but that's beside the point #not that there was much of a point to be made here beyond getting this out of my system #placeholder tag #bad buddy

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pacifistcowboy · 7 months

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i’m nineteen years of age, i shouldn’t be googling shit like “does my crush like me” ffs this is humiliating

#i’m sorry i just keep talking about this #but i can’t stop thinking about his stupid fucking face and stupid fucking hair and stupid fucking hat #i’m lying they’re not stupid. that’s the whole problem #also i told one of my college friends about my feelings towards this guy and i regret it #because they’re gonna see us hang out and i’ll just KNOW they know so i’m gonna probably get so much more awkward dhfhehf #i honestly thought i was painfully obvious about my crush on him! but my friend was surprised when i told it!#there’s a chance only my crush has picked up on it! i feel like he notices but idk how he feels about it ‘cus he still hangs with me #which is good but he doesn’t like…give me any clues on how he feels about my feelings?? like not even negatively?#like he claimed i blushed at a compliment he gave me once n that i’m bad at looking at someone without being noticed #but like has no further commentary than ‘i notice you do these things’ and nothing telling me to stop or even to keep going like? wtf do i d

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pythonscrypt · 1 year

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r/mcc mods are crazyyyyy they did fuck all to deal with the overflow of posts slinging shit at blue29 and being horrible to aimsey, elaina and shelby in the lead up to mcc 29, the community is filled w misogyny to the point where people use block game stats to justify it and the only conversation that happens about that is users making posts about it (whose comments are 60% "i've never seen anything like this so you must be wrong") instead of like. the mods coming together to make a statement about it and underlining the behaviors that keep perpetuating this bullshit (which is sorely needed when half of the userbase thinks misogyny exists solely as the overt women-hating because nuance doesn't exist as a concept to them). but god forbid someone voices dislike for a former male player and how he never brought anything good to the event, is the sole reason a game has been pretty much removed from the games roster, and single-handedly contributed nothing but hatred and negativity to the event (only to make a whole drama about tapping out because his ego couldn't bear not being top 5 every event). no then your comments just get sent straight to the gulag because the reddit has to be a lovefest for the male players and especially THAT male player at all times even when he's you know not in the fucking event anymore

#b.txt #sorry catching up on old news and holy fuck. hooooly fuck they're so insane #it really doesn't surprise me honestly one of the mods is a full on stan who i've seen get mad #over people making light jokes about dream #this one time i saw people riffing about some fuckin cereal he had put out and making fun of it #and this guy (wasn't even in the convo btw) got so mad about it. deranged #the dream coddling goes crazy and then you have his actual stans who do nothing but push a dream vs the rest of the event and community #going all 'awww poor dweam actually got so much hate people don't appreciate him people hate him so much it's unreal'#it's crazy like a perfectly civil nice conversation nothing hateful said and was highly upvoted too #but just bc it wasn't fawning over dream like the sub apparently has to be at all times the whole comment chain gets nuked

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tiredsadpeach · 1 year

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I don’t think any of my friends would even notice if I just isolated myself lmao

#so I’m gonna do it!!!!#I don’t feel like any of them care anyway #I only have three friends btw no surprise there #honestly it’s a miracle I have any but yknow #it doesn’t matter all but one just continually forget about me even on days they Know are hard for me #and I’m not exaggerating because one sorta checked on me and then I was semi comforting him instead and the other tweeted about hoping I’m #okay but did nothing to actually check on me or anything I’m just a passing thought its like I’m not even there #like a tweet on your priv about me is nothing compared to actually messaging me and checking on me #whatever I’m just a dead flower anyway since I never text first and then I see things where they complain about people that don’t text first #and I get even more self conscious and upset at myself but I can’t do anything about it because when I try lately things go wrong so why try #stop watering a dead plant they say lmao #not like I have trauma that stops me or anything #not like when I had decided I needed help or just someone to talk to it took me hours to finally text #not like I texted first to try and resolve an argument twice lately and you were just even more angry #idk what you want me to do #I just know what I can and can’t do #I haven’t been enough for you this whole year and I know if you leave that he’ll leave too that’s how y’all work #I honestly wanna deactivate my twt but that’ll just piss him off #I just need to live silently until I get the tax money #oh lol just remembered one time when I texted first to try and fix things he tweeted about how he wished he had just killed himself the #night before so he wouldn’t have to have that conversation just then!!!!!!#but no I’m just an awful person because I don’t text first

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rendellstreet · 8 months

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"Varian should've been at season 2" at best his reconciliation with Rapunzel in season 3 is moved up and then after maybe a couple of acknowledgements of his existence (i.e. Adira probably going like "oh yeah, Quirin has a kid") he probably would get shoved into the back to focus on Rapunzel and Cassandra's disintegrating relationship

#Fandom chit chats #And this assuming Shorty and Hookfoot are still there #Because... idk TTS was adamant about them having a presence in season 2. Despite not bringing much to the table #Alternatively Varian is in season 2 but [monkey finger curls]#Lance remains in Corona #... Which honestly wouldn't surprise me tbh #Because he was left out in a lot of heavy episodes in season 1 #Like where the Hell was he during ''The Quest for Varian''#Or ''The Alchemist Returns''#You guys really had James Monroe Iglehart and did NOTHING with him. Absolutely criminal. Disney when I get you!!!

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theodoravery · 11 months

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you guys are so quick to hate women 🥱

#again. am i surprised? not at all. yall do the same every single year but #kind of annoying that when you go to the main tags theres soooo many posts on how much you guys hate ivy and amelia soooo much #and how you think theyre such bitches and whores etc etc #when weve only just met them and honestly? theyve done nothing to even justify a third of all the stuff you guys are saying about them #and i mean. dont get me wrong ok? if one of my sisters kissed/flirted with the person i was into i would be upset too but #i think youre taking it a bit too far #and also. i think its quite obvious that amelia wont be picking her sisters partner after all #and i wouldnt be surprised if the whole kiss thing was just for the drama #also! you guys want drama but when you get the drama you asked for you get upset like ??? make it make sense #litg #cami.txt

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michiganmerchant · 1 year

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