Jo/e

"the backlash is the attempt to squash the spider instead of taking the time to recognize that you are not in any real danger, and gently allow yourself to relocate the spider to safety without harming either one of you. you don't need to excuse the flailing, and this metaphor is far from perfect and actively ripping at the seams, but hopefully the point is made a little bit. people react most strongly to things they still care about. and the fact that they are so angry and upset and hostile towards you, does in fact show that they care. of course, that could be in a malignant way. you could argue that some really evil people technically "care" about the people they are actively harming. but it is still useful to be able to look at that as hmmm. so you do care, after all. so I struck a nerve. sometimes the best insight into the truthfulness of your words is the way other people respond to them. (don't get too bigheaded about it, ofc). the truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. anger is not an evil emotion. undirected, misdirected rage that is used to create malicious harm, certainly is bad. but it is not evil to have emotions. it is what you do with them. additionally, it is not your place to take full responsibility for the emotional development of other people. me saying that these people hold issues far beyond yourself is not me saying that it is your job to solve those issues for these people. they can get with it or be left behind, that's their prerogative. you can help them a little, if you want. but it's not your job. do not become emotionally invested in the outcome of other people's development in that way. most of the reason you (probably) care anyways doesn't genuinely have to do with their wellbeing, even if you think that's why you're doing it, most of why you're (probably) doing it is bc they're actively hurting you and you want that to stop!! and you're not evil for feeling that way!!"

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I went to the food court and the judge showed leniency. I will not be eaten this day.

Monopoly is a really great simulation of capitalism because nobody who has fun with it plays it by the fucking rules and it makes all your friends hate you.

This advertisement doesn't even mention that Disco Elysium is the most realistic game because you spend most of it arguing with your own brain and then you end up doing what you didn't want to do anyway.

extremely psychologically healthy girl with absolutely no past relationship trauma who says things like "you make me happy, and in saying that I don't want to make you feel responsible for my happiness or create a sense of duty or obligation to spend time with me. It's just a nice thing. :)"

tonight i am doing the take your meds and fall asleep challenge

cartoon Scooby Doo with Shaggy's hair and tee shirt Full Metal Alchemist Scooby Dooby Doo

From my Larchives for you :)

Gender is a performance and I studied the wrong lines

every fucking time i see one of these rape denying motherfuckers pop off on this site i lose my fucking mind. unless you've been raped you have no idea how massively fucking horrifying it is. you can imagine but you never full understand. and having people deny that it happened to you makes you feel

They keep asserting they're going to put AI in everything, including critical, dangerous systems. Meanwhile, AI is like, "sure, eat those yard mushrooms, the word strawberry has 88 Rs, I'm Mecha Hitler, here's Taylor Swift naked when you didn't even ask for it and she has eleven fingers lol"

An infograph meme quoting a moment from the movie "The Incredibles". There is black text that reads: Alright, listen closely. I'd like to help you with the ads, but I can't. I'd like to tell you to click on the gear icon and select "Report Playback Issue". But I can't. I also do not advise you to select anything related to how the advertisement is offensive or inappropriate; I wouldn't expect Twitch to do something about the ICE ads if they get flooded with enough reports. Below, there are images that are as follows: From left to right, top to bottom. Mr Incredible whispering to an old lady in an office building. A screenshot of Twitchs' Settings menu with "Report Playback Issue" highlighted. A close-up of Mr Incredible whispering. A screenshot of Twitchs' Report Playback Issue menu with a dropdown menu containing options.

An info-graph regarding this post:

#Twitch #VSky #MeltTheICE #NoICE

Unsounded: Books One and Two Iron Circus is bringing the celebrated, long-running webcomic Unsounded to print!

Good morning, gang!

UNSOUNDED launched yesterday on Kickstarter, ♥️FULLY FUNDED♥️ in 75 MINUTES, and hit 🎉1000 BACKERS🎉 overnight!

Don’t tell me that doesn’t pique your curiosity! So many incredible fans already! Don’t you wanna know why?

e-books are just $15!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

10/10, no notes @vinnythomas.bsky.social

Your art heals. Make more of it.

i'm too much of a wet blanket to shoot swansea so i will never find out how Mouthwashing ends. sucks

Twitter is now 75% bot activity. The dead internet theory aint a theory anymore.

Mockup drawing of a UK parliament petition where the petitioner has asked for "good thing please" with description "we think the UK needs this". Government responded: "No."

Every UK petition is like this

Well yes!

Netflix hear me out, T4T Love Island

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sometimes you read your own blog and you're like huh, that thing i reposted was cool enough to repost twice but we don't have that feature

current mood

1/ If this was a new report saying puberty blockers cause irreversible harm -splashed across The Times etc with @BBCNews running umpteen ‘debates.’ But bcs it says the exact opposite - UK news blackout.
The ONLY studies which claim PBs are dangerous are written by quacks, or pseudo-medical fronts

I fear there is deep truth here.