#the system is rigged

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

#VOTING CHANGES NOTHING #THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED

[aflamethatneverdies]

i don't like talking about my experiences with academia, but tbvh, my master's involved writing a lot of essays where I and others who were international students struggled so much more because we hadn't had the knowledge or tools to develop academic writing (a very specific skill set) the way others who had gone through the british education system had, so naturally they were much better at it. And I wanted to improve, I wanted to learn, I asked classmates to review my thesis before submission, I borrowed their thesis to study how they formatted and wrote it. I took a small class in writing essays along with all of the stuff I already had to do for my masters but, I still got lower grades compared to my peers even though I followed all the rules as best as I could figure them out.

All through my master's I blamed myself so much for having issues with being not smart enough when the others in my cohort were being so effortlessly good at this. And it was a consistent pattern too, kids from international backgrounds struggled, I saw it all the time. And we were expected to figure it all out ourselves.

I'm sorry but, i have no patience for treating academic writing and academia as this hallowed ground. fuck that actually.

#not getting into the academic gatekeeping by white men who thought they were greatest gift to science or whatever #personal #tbd possibly #also not even getting into disabilities that mean someone can't finish their degree. i know quite a few people who weren't able to #and not getting into how difficult it is to get into postgrad progs in intl unis if you're not financially well off in third world countrie #read: impossible #academia has so many access barriers #if you want to use chatgpt to make your life easier by all means #the system is rigged

[devotedtosadpoetry]

i can’t take a nap today there’s too much work to do :(

#the system is rigged

[howifeltabouthim]

Men with money decide who wins and who loses, what's good and what's bad.

Siri Hustvedt, from The Blazing World

#tastemakers #power #patriarchy #capitalism #oligarchy #social commentary #the system is rigged #arbiters of taste #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #siri hustvedt #the blazing world

[afriblaq]

He Called 911 Because His Car Was Stuck. The Cops Killed Him.

#police brutality #police murder #psychopaths #injustices #rogue cops #the system is rigged #justice system #articles #article

[cursivebloodlines]

the way i sent a few memes and got put on ask limit. and yet @overnightheartbeats sent me a bunch??? and DIDN'T EVEN GET THE GODDAMN VERIFICATION THINGY. i am being clowned by tumblr being like 'its nearly 4am go to bed' :( i am being victimised here

#ooc ;; jade talks for england #why does writing feel tempting at 4am #good question #THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED

[supernaturalsuperhero]

Food is simultaneously from heaven and from hell

#i guess thats probably just the digestive system actually #but you see #i have very little self control #so i eat a ton #and then feel sick #the system is rigged

[smellygayfurry]

i made this meme because i am a pc gamer and have opinions on things

#pc gaming #console gaming #playstation #xbox #microsoft #sony #graphics card #gpu #pc building #windows #amd #nvidia #the system is rigged

[kettlefire]

Justice League & The Observants

The first time The Observants appeared before the Justice League, they were met with resistance. The JL was more than apprehensive when it came to working with the beings.

A new side of their world was exposed to them. Since the day those things showed up at the watchtower, everywhere the JL turned, there was a new spooky thing to learn about.

The strange beings didn't say much. Appearing in the room through a swirling portal, took a look at the heroes and gave them a mission.

A mission. Like suddenly the Justice League works for them. Something that rubbed all the heroes the wrong way.

Yet, they had to take it. They couldn't let a town get absolutely destroyed and leveled just because they disliked the creatures that told them about it.

It kept happening.

Batman pulls out all the stops to learn more about these so called "Observants". Everything he could find.

It takes him down a rabbit hole. Finding out more and more about the world those beings came from. The Zone.

No one could really complain. The visits from the Observants were always short and to the point. A new problem has arise in the time line and they needed to fix it.

That was until the first time it wasn't one of those things stepping out of the portal.

This time it was a kid. Or something that looked like a kid, and this kid looked pissed.

He demands to know everything that the Observants had asked the league to do. Demands to be filled in.

The anger isn't directed at the JL. No, no. It's directed at the Observants. It seems the league aren't the only ones that despise those all-seeing beings.

He's a king. The kid is a King.

Not what anyone had expected, and it seemed the complication only grew more. The king, Phantom, informs them not to trust the Observants.

The Justice League takes it all in surprising strides. Confirms that they have done nothing wrong, and they haven't. It was simply that the Observants cared more of their own opinions than the betterment of the world.

However, it gets a little harder to keep a straight face when they are introduced to the God of Time.

Made even worse when the God, Clockwork, is a child. If they thought Phantom was a kid, this was a baby.

Except in almost a blink of an eye, Clockwork was an old man.

Things just kept getting more complicating and intriguing.

Before the Justice League knows it. They are essentially thrusted into the Zone's own problems. An inner war was brewing, and Phantom wanted to do everything he could to stop it.

#danny phantom #fandom things #fandom #multi fandom blog #fanfiction #dc x dp #dp #dpxdc #dc justice league #justice league #dc batman #dc flash #The zone was split when Danny become ghost king #Some didn't like the idea of a child in charge #others despised the idea of a halfa in charge #The observants are shady rats and tried to rig the system against Danny #Danny just wants to catch a break with everything going in in the living realm #He absolutely loses his shit when he finds out the observants were recruiting the JL to their side #I just imagine Danny trying to gentle parent the JL #Danny: *deep breath* it's okay it's okay they didn't know they don't know anything... I can't blame them I can't *struggling with anger #batman #dp x dc #phandom #danny fenton #The observants dp

[murderousink23]

They should've discontinued a system that's not working for us instead of the choco taco.

#choco taco #the system is rigged

[merlyns-corner]

Words cannot describe the simmering rage I feel being a woman in America right now. I have a friend who is 100% against people having abortions and I have no idea how to feel. She and I have talked about it in the past, but is was something that she was firm with her opinion and I mine. For a little more context she is very conservative (didn't nessacarily like Trump but felt that his "business perspective" was helping America) and also heavily Christian. Her church was "more tolenant to not turn away people who were LGBTQ+ but wouldn't openly talk about it. However, since then a lot has changed like the fact that Roe and Casey got overturned.

I am so unbelievably angry that some stacked Court who I didn't even have a choice in electing got to decide my rights as a woman. The US Government is flawed and only has become worse with the election of Trump (which the first time in 2016 was only electoral and not popular). Which, by the way, is a smart way to count for votes and send them in back before we had accurate voting machines. Not to mention the disgraceful use of gerrymandering (restructuring voting districts to retain voters in your area to keep you in power). Most people elected into office don't care about their constituents but only about winning some messed up game.

If they really cared about you, they'd be voting for helping to end the baby formula shortage. If they really cared about you, they'd vote to help underprivileged communities. If they really cared about you, they'd vote for human rights. If they really cared about you, they'd vote yes on gun control. If they really cared about you, they'd vote for parental and Healthcare. If they really cared about you, they'd try to be putting an end to global warming/climate change. This list goes on and serves as a reminder to research your candidates, don't vote based on party.

The US political system is broken. That is not false anymore, it is a fact! The two party system is flawed. The Constitution written by white men going on 300 years ago does not work. There is a reason why other countries have to update their own Constitutions. The 2nd Amendment was created in a time when their were only muskets for shooting where, if you were lucky, could get 6 shots a minute and not very accurate. We have moved so far past that point. We have moved so far forward only to be falling into the abyss of the past.

Women are, once again, becoming second class citizens in their own country. Don't think that the Supreme Court and Congress is going to stop there: Next they will be going after LGBTQ+ rights to marriage and to be in relationships, voting rights (which States have been since the 2020 election), POC rights, immigration rights, and so much more. They are going to "Make America Great Again" by stifling everyone who's not a Christian, White Male. It is the capitalist nature of this country who is also contributing based on how it was in the past. Most of this is based on looking back in time to inform us about the future. There is a reason I'm double majoring in History and Sociology, at first it was because I enjoyed it but now it has a purpose: to make fairly accurate conclusions for the future by looking at societal patterns and the history that informed them.

This is also something more about me, I grew up in a Catholic family. My extended family is both Democrat and Republican. It's hard to see when one half of your family won't even see the other because of the "Trump issue", as I would call it. However, I also know that if I were to talk more about my beliefs (more Wiccan/Pagan leaning) and the fact that I am Bisexual (I dont come out and say it but i dont hide my feelings anymore) half of my family would view me differently. Then again, I'm okay passing some of them off because I don't particularly like them anyway because I just feel off around them. Hell, my grandma is still convinced that me not being Catholic is "just a phase". At this point, I don't even care if I'm put on some list because the American systems in place are flawed and we need a reboot immediately!

I know that I wrote a lot but I had a lot to say because I needed to vent, Tumblr seemed like a good outlet. If you read this all, thank you, if not I completely understand. Be safe out there because the world is falling apart around us.

#roe v wade #my body my fucking choice #my body my rights #my body my choice #fuck the patriarchy #fuck the supreme court #fuck trump #im done #the us is fucked #the us government is flawed #the system is rigged #the system is broken

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#credit scores #credit reporting #corporate greed #oligarch assholes #tax the rich #the system is rigged for the rich

[sometranssoup]

ATTENTION ANYONE WHO IS AN ALLY OR IS LGBTQ+

They are trying to eradicate queer people. This is genocide of some form,I'm sure. If you can vote,please vote Democrat this election,even if it's 'not the best option'. If you can't, encourage and educate the people who can. Please spread this.

#trans issues #america #the systems rigged #trans genocide #very important #please boost

[afriblaq]

#racial inequities #racial injustice #institutionalized racism #racism #black lives matter #blacklivesmatter #the system is rigged #crt #crtical race theory #tiktok

[stuckinapril]

choice feminism is not actual feminism and will do nothing to help push women out of the shackles we have been subjected to

No I understand this. It’s completely duplicitous to pretend that women choose things in vacuum, when in reality a lot of their decisions are influenced by the patriarchal system we were born into—makeup being a byproduct of it. I’m all for women going against the grain and existing in public without feeling the need to put makeup on.

There does need to be a push against rigid beauty standards, but putting a woman down for adhering to them just isn’t the way to me. It doesn’t mean I think every choice is inherently feminist and shouldn’t be questioned. It just means I’m mindful of not infringing on other women’s autonomy w my opinions. Besides, experiences w makeup are so different… one woman could just be wearing it bc she’s artsy and just likes the way it looks, whereas another could be wearing it bc she understands that it could help her up the corporate ladder. I wouldn’t dream of calling either of them anti feminist for doing it.

Is that ideal? No. Should it should be questioned, analyzed, changed for the better? Again, bc I don’t want my words to be twisted—yes, it should be. I was never trying to say it shouldn’t. All I was stating was that I don’t think policing women on whether or not they should wear makeup is the answer. I rly don’t. I’m not prepared to call a woman who wears makeup anti-feminist. I’m not prepared to shame a woman for wearing makeup or getting plastic surgery. I’m just not. That is not the same thing as promoting choice feminism. Like I know this isn’t the critical thinking website but being accused of being pro choice feminism for simply supporting other women being happy is crazy

#being a woman is hard enough as it is. I’m not going to dunk on a woman for being born into a system rigged against women #it doesn’t mean I think every choice is feminist. it just means I’m mindful of how I approach conveying that #being supportive but also critical of modern society & wanting for change can all coexist #and it’s genuinely worthy of note that makeup in and of itself is neutral #a person’s intentions w it determine whether it inflicts harm or not. #some people use it to hide; others use it bc they like how a lip gloss looks. why can’t we approach these things w the nuance they deserve? #and also be respectful and compassionate while we’re at it??? #ask

[th3casscad3]

Hottest Hazbin Character Competition.

SO YALL SERIOSULY MEAN TO TELL ME VOX WON OVER LUCIFER AND ALASTOR. I MEAN WW GET IT HE's BABYGIRL BUT ALASTOR!?!? Nah, Vox Hacked The Competition. Somethin Aint Right.

#hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin vox #hottest hazbin character #vox rigged the system #hazbin hotel alastor #radio demon #hazbin #hazbin hotel vox #vox hazbin hotel #hazbin lucifer #lucifer morningstar #hazbin hotel lucifer