#i probably didn't explain this right

[front-facing-pokemon]

#something is very obviously different about these two compared to my normal images on this blog. i acknowledge this #also the sv model is Really good. and since they always stare straight at the camera anyway… and no one pays attention to the background… #and the only high-quality phantump model i could find was so horribly shiny that its eyes were just white voids #in my defense‚ phantump always just stare straight at you in game #the lighting is different‚ yeah. that's probably the dead giveaway. beyond the background. but like. i'm the only being on the planet who #really likes phantump anyway. i feel like it's a generally forgettable pokémon to most folks #phantump #HELLO this one is a weird one. i have some explaining to do. so when i did this one i didn't know how to edit models really at all #and when i got the models for these‚ the xy models were super shiny. shiny to the point that it made their eyes fuckin invisible #and i decided that since you could barely tell it was phantump‚ i needed a different way to get these images #i remembered that in the SV dlc‚ every time you find a wild phantump‚ it just fucking. stares. at you. and i was like. aha #i kinda remembered because of the test stream that i did. tumblr user alligayytorr (am i getting the right amount of Ys) said #“haha i am getting a sneak peek” when i zoomed the camera in on a phantump. and i remembered that. and i was like. i can utilize this #and ended up using just an in-game screenshot of SV in replacement of the regular content. later on‚ after that #once we got into gen 7 and it became less and less reliable to find models‚ i had to learn how to edit them manually to remove the shine #i am a software dev. not a 3d modeler. this ended up coming down to editing the code of the models directly (which i ended up writing a #script to automate). now‚ today‚ january 22nd (the day of me writing these tags and updating this post)‚ i remembered this post was in the #queue and was not normal. so i went back‚ ran the script on the phantump and trevenant models‚ and unshinified them #then edited these two posts to be normal. i have left the original pictures i took under the cut for reference and as bonuses #because i really enjoy phantump. so that's why those images are there‚ and that's why these tags are here #just for posterity's sake‚ the folks who come here mostly for my commentary‚ i've left the ORIGINAL tags of the post when i initially #made it with the SV pictures up at the top (i wanted to rearrange them‚ but tumblr makes that Very difficult‚ so i left them as-is) #so if these tags are confusing to read i Apologize. but i hope now that you're at the bottom you understand what happened #i'm gonna go edit the trevenant post now

[petricorah]

hi whats prince and the fool day

hi!

a while back the book Legacy of the Fire Nation was released and it had this quote in it, from a letter Iroh wrote to Zuko:

needless to say, zukka nation went a bit crazy about it. today's the anniversary of the book being released and so ppl think of the quote and have fun with it

full quote in the read more:

“Sokka: I never considered sarcasm a natural element--until I met Sokka, that is. If what comes out of that boy's mouth is not considered a special type of bending, I don't know what bending is. At first, I would have dismissed Sokka as the weakest link in Team Avatar as he has no elemental powers. But it was his bravery and heart that gave his friends their strength, and in turn gave you an example of how friends could be your advocate in life and an asset in battle. The prince and the fool. But is that all you and Sokka were, or were to one another? No, I think not. There, see? I got to answer my own question. One of the many joys of writing this to you. Well, that and I don’t have to hear your back talk. But talking is most of what Sokka is: a mouth on legs. That gets him into plenty of trouble on its own. But it was when Sokka chose to act that you both got in over your heads. His fool desire to save his father from the bowels of the Boiling Rock prison without a plan, without help--it was only you who knew what Sokka was trying to do. And you stepped up. Sokka was brave enough to do something stupid for someone else, but he needed you, Zuko, to remind him that being brave can mean failing. Your experience with failure and your refusal to give up helped Sokka when he needed it most. And maybe you needed a bit of his foolhardy spirit to remind you that you are human too and that trying to do the honorable thing doesn't always mean doing the right thing.”

#i think if you wanna see the full letter you can google the prince and the fool #i hope im explaining it right lol #imma be real i didn't know it was a Day until today but i think it's cute so im all on board #almost done with the mini comic im drawing for it lol #i just...i know that whoever wrote this probably wasn't thinking of zukka but like. what Were they trying to say??? how is it supposed to b #read? insane #asks

[blaiddraws]

screw it. posting leaks. i cannot contain it

gamefreak owes me money

#pokemon #orthworm #submas #ghost worm au #pokemon spoilers #pokemon leaks #sv spoilers #sv leaks #there's probably more tags #words cannot explain how much i am absolutely losing my mind about this #one time way back when. someone mentioned they usually didn't like fakemon. #but they DID like wormgo because he looked like he would be an actual pokemon. like the design looked like you'd see it in the game #or whatever. this is literally proving them right #i am winning. i am getting a good grade at fakemon design which is both reasonable and possible to achieve #been constantly losing my mind the past. what. three days?

[magentagalaxies]

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#i should've just gatekept scott thompson from my college bc the way my college is treating me right now is bullshit #like i don't even want to do the scott event anymore bc of how they're treating me but i kind of have to #and i know i should be grateful they're even letting me be one of the interviewers but i hate being a student so much #i hate how nobody respects my opinion or input or experience even tho i'm literally the reason scott's even doing this event #(and ESPECIALLY the reason he's willing to do it for free!!) #and it especially stings bc scott has never made me feel like my insights were worth less because i'm a student #like he's always been one of the few people who consistently treat me like we're equals even tho he doesn't have to #and the way my college is treating me. it's like they don't trust me to not be an annoying little kid #like they're just assuming scott doesn't respect me so they don't have to respect me either #i mean on the plus side i'm supposed to have another phone call with scott either today or tomorrow so i can probably explain the situation #like i don't want to make him feel negatively about my college i want him to have a good time #but this treatment is genuinely fucking with my self confidence #and also maybe i can harness scott's power to hear ''don't talk about this thing'' and immediately make the interview all about this thing #(except in this case it would be him treating me like an equal instead of a random student) #and there's a bunch of bullshit currently going on with the class i have right after the event #so even tho originally i was like ''awesome i have the perfect schedule to bring scott to all of my classes!!'' #i might just ask scott if he wants to skip class together and hang out. like i never promised that class anything #the only thing i *have* to do is the interview. the class we'd be skipping is already being like #''oh are you sure scott wants to visit the class i don't want to take him away from a better use of his time'' #and scott was genuinely excited to see what my classes were like!! even if y'all didn't treat him like a big celebrity!! #but y'know what i'm sure scott does have a better use of his time. and i do too. #i'm gonna do the interview event bc i have to (we're in too deep at this point) #and i might ask scott if he wants to talk to that freshman film class about the buddy cole doc #bc 1. they offered to pay scott for that (they can't legally pay me but that's why i made the joke about money laundering) #2. since it's about the doc it's the one class where i get to be treated like an actual person #but other than that. damn it i was excited to share this part of my life with scott but fuck that this part of my life sucks #i'm gonna have a good time with scott in boston and my college is only going to be as much a part of is as they have to be #because we ARE friends (scott said so!) and i AM a brilliant filmmaker (bruce said so!) and i DO have potential (bellini said so!) #even tho it is hard to internalize those things after how much yesterday fucked me up. but that's ok scott will call again soon

[midnight-in-town]

AnE ch142 be like:

me:

wdym they are okay with letting Shiemi, Shura, Lightning and co sacrifice themselves while they go on to survive and avenge them “later”????!!!

Mephy what have you done to them, plz explain

#ao no exorcist #moriyama shiemi #okumura rin #okumura yukio #kirigakure shura #lewin light #lightning #ane 142 #ane spoilers #tbh it's probably a less than adequate use of cliffhanger #especially since it would def promote the future that Mephy was so mad about #but i really genuinely didn't understand that they barely fought with the idea #during the Aomori arc the twins were PISSED about Shura saying she would die soon #just like the Exwires were super pissed when Yukio left and Rin almost died consumed by his powers #and now the others are ready to be bait and to die and they're like 'guess we'll survive then?!' #i don't get this #sensei plz explain #first time in 5ever a chapter makes absolutely no sense in its execution and that doesn't sit right with me T-T #tbd maybe #honestly truly believing that the chapter was just designed like that bc she didn't have time and it will be rectified in the volume version #otherwise it just feels like Koneko and co are okay with Shiemi telling them to live on while she's off to be killed #and that is beyond senseless which is not like Sensei's usual writing at all

[mint-corset]

Genuinely asking, because I'm so conflicted on this emotion.

Is it normal to be a little pissed that someone hears something bad happen in the house (Like a loud noise of something breaking) and they call out "Are you okay" and proceed to not check on you. Like at all. No follow up.

And in my defense I really didn't respond because after the thing snapped and broke my brain had to catch up to anything that followed, and by the time I realized what happened I also realized "Oh wow thanks I guess I'm glad nothing worse happened and I'm not hurt or anything"

Like am I little irritated? Yes. Very much so. But I'm also not going to make it a problem. I'm just sorta silently sitting here wondering if maybe I'm just a neurotic bastard.

#I struggle with knowing I have some social issues and wondering what's me overreacting #and because I'm always worried about overreacting I will then underreact #and I genuinely just never know how I should interpret or react to a situation #and I usually settle with doing absolutely nothing because what if I do make a scene and I shouldn't have #And I also feel like when I try to explain emotional moments like this to people they think I'm some mentally ill fuck #and like They're right but my feelings matter right? I'm not trying to bitch at anyone either I just want to express myself #I want to express that I feel like I didn't really matter in that moment #and a game someone was playing was more important than checking on me #like yes what if I wasn't ok #what if I passed out or fell and hit something and couldn't respond #I know that's not what happened but how would they have even known #personal #I'll probably delete when I figure out processing this situation

[byanyan]

I've talked a fair amount about how byan has been bullied and hurt by teachers in the past (& how they'd hit their limit and seek drastic revenge, in some cases), but I've never really talked much about how byan has also bullied and outright tormented teachers for themself... like yeah, it's definitely because they don't trust teachers or authority figures in general due to their past experiences, but that doesn't mean that their 9th grade math teacher deserved to feel afraid for his own safety or that their 10th grade biology teacher should have been so stressed that she retired early. byan has been done dirty by a lot of people in their life but they've also been a genuine menace to others who gave them no real reason to be, and they have taken enjoyment in it in a lot of cases.

#byan has a complicated & difficult relationship with teachers & school staff as a whole #and tends to view them as 'deserving' of whatever torment they choose to cause #bc even if this person hasn't done anything too bad against THEM... they probably have to someone else #very like. black and white thinking when it comes to authority figures as a whole bc of their history with some of them #they anticipate that anyone in that sort of position will abuse their power at some point or another ig? #and in a way... I think them being the bully is them showing that they aren't the prime target for that sort of thing anymore #subconsciously ofc. and obvs that doesn't make it right it's still super fucked up #but byan is Not well known for coping well with their trauma lbr #I'm losing my train if thought... everything is scattered & I'm sure this is disjointed to some level but #I hope the basic point/idea/whatever is coming through #byan is not always the victim... they cause a lot of actual problems... they can & have hurt people who didn't deserve it... that's the gist #I'll try to expand on this at a time where my brain is working better & I can explain a little better #just needed to get the thought out there lmaoahfksg #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ ooc ⋮ don’t @ me.

[maddy-ferguson]

i saw someone say they were hoping noah would apologize and it's just kinda fascinating to me...if he thought zionism was sexy on monday (or i guess on sunday probably and for many days and weeks before that) why would he suddenly think it's an awful ideology on friday?

#and like i say: brf slt #i think people found out what zionism was like three weeks ago and think it's a slur or something when like #no it's an actual ideology it doesn't just mean killing and displacing an entire people that's only what ends up happening when you...put #the plan into motion. but yk #i would say zionism can mean one of three things: supporting the establishment of a jewish state. supporting the state of israel #specifically. supporting whatever awful thing the israeli government/army is up to that day #i saw someone get yelled at in the replies of a post because they were saying this when they were literally right? it was a post about noah #so again i'm assuming people don't know what they're talking about because. they don't. lol #and like obviously proudly being a zionist rn and being like zionism is sexy while israel is bombing people in the name of zionism after #killing and displacing people for decades in the name of zionism can only mean that you condone all that. but idk. i didn't like the way #people talked to that person WHO WAS LITERALLY RIGHT when they were probably the same people who were saying no going to israel and saying #you love it there doesn't mean anything at all this summer #and about the apology. lmao. i've seen people say the same thing about timothée chalamet on twitter and like yeah if he thought the hamas #joke was funny on saturday why would he be like omg nooooo this is really unfunny on monday. i'm not saying you can't expect anyone to #apologize for anything ever but celebrity apologies...................lmao. even when they do apologize it's always like i'm sorry #you're offended not i'm sorry for doing it #and explain to me how or why you would expect noah to be like sorry i didn't mean that zionism was a good thing. like what about his track #record would make you think he'd change his mind😭 if he ever realizes how wrong he is it definitely will not be now #and people saying that video should get him fired is like. brett gelman posted something about how if you don't get called a racist on the #internet once a day you're doing something wrong and you think they're gonna fire noah for being around stickers that say 'this ideology we #the creator+producer of the show subscribe to is sexy' and 'this organization we have decided has beheaded 40 babies and we're so #sure of that we repeated the lie in our open letter thanking the president who corroborated that lie is isis'. like they agree with him #i'm not defending anything btw i'm just saying why the fuck would you expect him to be like oh my bad you're right and apologize😭

[lurking-latinist]

🐈

#ooh I have a lot of thoughts about Six and Charley and her mysteriousness and how he responds to it #but they intersect with my Six's Mental Health Thoughts which are extremely headcanony #and I know a lot of the fandom would rather just kind of wall off Twin Dilemma and assume Six's proper characterization doesn't include it #and I don't know that I blame them for that #but I like trying to make things fit together #and also there's no way to do that without probably misusing real-world mental health terminology #because (watsonian) the doctor is an alien with an alien brain and (doylist) the writers do not know all that much about psychiatry #but. at least for a bit after his regeneration he deals with paranoia right? #like that's the term the narrative uses. (and it clearly explains his attack on peri - he's perceiving her as a threat due to delusion) #& she says 'I'm not letting a manic depressive paranoid personality like you shut me up' & he objects specifically to 'manic depressive' #later in uhhhh revelation of the daleks? he doesn't tell her about a real danger #and he says 'I didn't want to burden you with what might have been a piece of paranoid speculation on my part' #again I cannot emphasize enough how much I am talking about a fictional character with fictional problems. I do not know psychiatry either! #I do not want to mislead #but one of this character's problems is that he has a badly calibrated sense of danger. sometimes he sees things as threatening that aren't #and sometimes he overcompensates for that #and I think when he first meets Charley he is really not very sure whether he should trust the alarm bells he's hearing or not #she seems deeply suspicious! but also nice? he wants to like her? but deeply suspicious! #'or am I just being crazy?' he asks himself #and so he just kind of... keeps watching her #also unrelatedly to all that I think he kind of likes having the excuse of Mystery for doing what he does anyway which is orbiting her #just slightly obsessing over his companion at the time even if he also occasionally forgets they're there #(he's just very all or nothing in everything all the time) #but yeah. you know how 11 gets about Clara and her Mystery Plotline? 6 is like that about every companion in turn anyway #so he doesn't actually mind having the excuse of Mystery with Charley #this is also why 6 and Clara is so compelling #(this was a tag essay in response to lrb but I decided it was opening too many cans of worms and needed its own post)

[brltpop]

Okay so picture this:

> the biggest band in your country

> the biggest band in your country who only tours big venues and/or major cities

> the biggest band in your country who only tours big venues and major cities were hired to perform in your little town

> the biggest band in your country (...) were hired to perform in your little town FREE OF CHARGE for all attendees

> the biggest band in your country (...) were hired to perform in your little town FREE OF CHARGE for all attendees and it's on an open air venue which happens to be TWO BLOCKS away from your house

> the biggest band in your country is basically performing outside your house and you're not there

That's me, I'm the person who didn't go to said show

#guys i just can't explain it #why didn't i go??????? they're genuinely playing RIGHT OUTSIDE MY HOUSE #it's so incredibly loud from here you wouldn't even believe #i mean sure they're an amazing band and all but i just couldn't bring myself to go? like i wasn't THAT hyped #but now that its happening I'm like... you should've gone. like. it was free #shit was probably PACKED as hell but jesus... two blocks awY!!1 #rambless

[thethingything]

we have a dentist appointment tomorrow and on the plus side we're not really anxious about the appointment itself because the dentist was so nice last time and actually took our medical trauma into account.

unfortunately though we do have to have anaesthetic which makes us feel like shit for at least the rest of the day, and no matter how considerate the dentist is, having a medical professional touch us at all does still trigger certain trauma and then I end up having a bunch of panic attacks at some point within the next few days and it's a really shit time. I really don't wanna have to deal with that and the concept of it is making me nauseous

#personal #thoughts #🍬 post #vent post #<- kinda #medical trauma #(this turned into a long rant about medical trauma and consent so here's your warning for that if you read the tags) #I didn't like medical professionals touching me anyway but ever since the stuff last April when we went to the hospital #it's been a way bigger issue and I end up being an absolute wreck for a while because of it #I cannot begin to express how much I do not want a medical professional touching me at all but especially not in my mouth #and any other situation where someone shoves their fingers in your mouth when you don't want them to would be considered really violating #but because it's for medical reasons and we have to put up with it if we actually want treatment nobody around us seems to see it like that #same goes for various other medical procedures where it's like if a stranger touched me like that when I really didn't want them to #in any other situation that would be assault but because it's a medical setting I'm expected to just be okay with it??? #idk I probably haven't explained any of this right but I just don't like that people treat medical stuff as a special scenario #that's exempt from causing the same distress as any other scenario where someone touches you when you don't want them to #even though our brain is processing them the same way and we can't magically make that not happen #I know technically with medical procedures you (usually?) consent #but it's like... the choice is either consent to it or have your health keep getting worse #and once again in any other situation if your choices were to either consent or experience physical harm #that wouldn't really be considered consent and would be really distressing #I'm literally only consenting out of fear of what happens if I don't which... technically isn't consent but what choice do I have #idk this stuff is probably an issue specifically because of our trauma #but even still I would like to be taken seriously when I say I feel violated after medical procedures

[hystericfae]

I thought I wasn't gonna cry but then I did 😔

#chloe shush #his route really is a fuck fest and that's just one ending #I saw a coffin cg in another and another where he gets his head chopped off #idk why I was like awwww she'll see him in hades. but why did she go to heaven then? or did she not #is ankou gonna explain?? I'm actually so disheartened he went to hell too like I know #he killed probably a thousand people but what if I told you he was used and brainwashed 💔💔💔 #don't mind me rambling about this game... #I wonder if I'll be able to find his other endings anywhere else cause the person I'm watching goes right to scien and then #they didn't do anyone else...? ik there's another streamer bUT URGGHHHH #and I am not paying $60 for a switch game ...or am I #we'll see

[m4niackkyun]

Hi. (Announcement in the tags)

#uhmm...i don't know how to explain this... #so my family has been having a lot of trouble lately #mostly our relationship with our step father #there's been ups and downs..well..more on the downer side. the only main reason my mother married him was because of..well.. #money..as trash as that sounds. i can't deny the fact that I've been able to continue my studies due to his financial support. #i don't want to justify anything that i've probably done wrong to him but emotionally right now—i'm simply scarred to the point where— #I don't think I could heal without professional help. I've been struggling a lot with it ever since of what he did #i felt disgusted. dirty. I felt lost. I didn't want to forgive him. maybe this is the punishment i have to endure because I didn't have it— #—in me to forgive him. I know the principles of my religion and it is stated that one must always find forgiveness towards others. #no matter how big their mistake is. but you see—I'm not God. I am human. my kindness isn't as grand and as big as Him. #my patience is limited and so is my forgiveness #that applies the same to my mother. my mother is a very patient person when it comes to her husband. but yet again she isn't an angel— #nor is she God. she is also human and has limits to what she could handle and what she could forgive and forget. #they argued tonight. and I don't think it'll slide or end well like the past arguments. and I'm sorry to say but— #I won't be able to be active all that much either. #without him now I'll probably have to look for part time jobs. which is gonna limit how active I will be here and on my main account #I will probably go into an indefinite hiatus for some time #maybe I'll come back...maybe I won't. hopefully I will. just...pray for me that I have it in me to continue doing what I love and— #—sharing these little bits of what I do in my free time with you. #I won't have the time to reply to anything for the time being. college tests are on the way and I have to prepare myself for— #—the better or worse. #if things go downhill and you don't hear from me for a long while. then this will probably be my last post here. #I'll still be able to reply to messages on other platforms #but I just don't have the emotional stability to talk right now. No it's gonna be fine. I have faith in me and God. #I know that He doesn't put His children into burdens that none of them could handle. #and if He thinks I could handle this. then I will. and I can. He is with me and so is all of your faith. #that puts me in a sense of reassurance a little hahah... #yeah.. so...I'll see you then..bye.

[fakehelper]

the amount of misinformation that’s coming from the userbase rn is WILD and idk if it’s deliberate or if it’s just incompetence but if you see a fearmongering post about how the site is going to fundamentally change everything MAYBE you should like look into it for a second before telling staff to go die

#like y'all have worked in customer service before right? #you know that just because they work behind a computer for a giant company that probably doesn't care about them #they are still just people doing their jobs and trying to make the site better #for people that would rather drink a coffee that your barista fucked up rather than telling them it's wrong this is weird behavior #also just to be clear I don't like the layout change either! #but I could calmly construct a message telling staff that and explain what it was I didn't like #and I didn't have to tell them to kill themselves even once!

[victorluvsalice]

I said I might do this in the tags on the first post of last week's Chill Valicer Save update -- here's the full-sized images from the in-game photoshoot I had my trio do right before said update so I'd have at least one shot of them in the correct order and wearing the correct clothes for my "OT3 Math" Valicertine's Day post. And then I ended up using all three anyway because I couldn't decide which one I liked best. XD Did I really need to do this for a single silly tumblr post about how much I love my Valicer OT3? No. Am I glad I did it anyway? Yes. XD

#sims 4 #the lazy save #valicertine's day #victor van dort #alice liddell #smiler alton #smiler always #technically I took more than these three shots #but as it turned out I accidentally had them do the 'thinking' pose in the second picture again at the end #without realizing I'd already done that pose a bit earlier #so yeah no need to include that one #already here! #as I explained in the OT3 Math post #I didn't have a good shot of Alice Victor and Smiler in THAT ORDER #wearing appropriate clothes to match the posters/logos I was using in in the 'times' portion of the image #so I fired up the game for the sole purpose of putting Victor in the right CC outfit #and then having them do a photoshoot so I could get a proper picture or three with them in fun poses in the right order #I mean yes it was probably more work than the picture warranted #but at the same time I'm glad I did it #as it was fun AND prompted me to change Victor's everyday outfit to that cool CC one I'd found for him #that actually looks kind of like the outfit he wears in the movie #so yeah all worked out nicely :) #more Chill Valicer Save shenanigans next week! #queued

[andthebeanstalk]

Today, I am learning about Malcolm X, and the way he talks about white liberals really struck a chord with me.

I also found this quote from him about John Brown, a white abolitionist who went to war for his beliefs and helped push America towards civil war. I only learned about John Brown from my very racist AP US History teacher, Mr. Green, of Hampton Township, at Hampton High School, in D Hall, who lied to us and said the Civil War wasn't about slavery. And so this'll shock you, but I never learned about Malcolm X in school! Anyway, Malcolm X says:

“We need allies who are going to help us achieve a victory, not allies who are going to tell us to be nonviolent. If a white man wants to be your ally, what does he think of John Brown? You know what John Brown did? He went to war. He was a white man who went to war against white people to help free slaves. He wasn’t nonviolent. White people call John Brown a nut. Go read the history, go read what all of them say about John Brown. They’re trying to make it look like he was a nut, a fanatic. They made a movie on it, I saw a movie on the screen one night. Why, I would be afraid to get near John Brown if I go by what other white folks say about him. But they depict him in this image because he was willing to shed blood to free the slaves. And any white man who is ready and willing to shed blood for your freedom—in the sight of other whites, he’s nuts. As long as he wants to come up with some nonviolent action, they go for that, if he’s liberal, a nonviolent liberal, a love-everybody liberal. But when it comes time for making the same kind of contribution for your and my freedom that was necessary for them to make for their own freedom, they back out of the situation. So, when you want to know good white folks in history where black people are concerned, go read the history of John Brown. That was what I call a white liberal. But those other kind, they are questionable. So if we need white allies in this country, we don’t need those kind who compromise. We don’t need those kind who encourage us to be polite, responsible, you know. We don’t need those kind who give us that kind of advice. We don’t need those kind who tell us how to be patient. No, if we want some white allies, we need the kind that John Brown was, or we don’t need you. And the only way to get those kind is to turn in a new direction.”

#original #malcolm x #john brown #racism #anti-racism #allyship #civil rights #american civil rights movement #my schooling left out a LOT of stuff that seemed to be left out for no other reason than it would make us confront modern racism #i went to a school that was like 99% white and the other 1% was Asian i didn't have a full conversation with a Black person until I #was already in high school. it was fucking bad and that system produced a LOT of racists i mean a LOT #i had to unlearn a lot of things in order to try and become the kind of white person that doesn't suck for people of color to be around #we were never taught outright that Black folk are inferior but we were instead taught that racism is over and we needn't worry about it. #aka we were taught that any incidences of modern racism were essentially harmless and exaggerated. which is so deeply evil and insidious. #and NO ONE EVER EXPLAINED WHY OUR ENTIRE TOWNSHIP HAD NO BLACK PEOPLE - IT WAS WEIRD HOW NO ONE TALKED ABOUT IT. FUCK SUBURBIA MAN! #You don't have to tell a white person racist beliefs to make them more racist. We'll pick those up from our segregated environments. #No no you'll have much much more success by telling him that his apathy and his aggressive dismissal of racial issues is valid. #ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is place a child in an all-white environment in America... and change nothing. #WE HAD KIDS WITH CONFEDERATE FLAGS ON THEIR TRUCKS. IT WAS FUCKING ///PENNSYLVANIA/// - WE WERE IN THE UNION. Y'ALL. #and now that kid's probably a cop if i had to guess #anyway fuck racism and fuck you mr. green and i am gonna do a lot of reading on malcolm x on my fucking own i guess #edit: *All you have to do is place a white child nearly ANYWHERE in America and change nothing. #If you're white and not teaching your kids anti-racism then you have failed them and you have failed the people of color in this country #also why tHE FUCK would you put your child in an all-white school i mean test scores be DAMNED who DOES that?!