Advanced Passenger Train

I hate when other people have sex. It should have been me.

It is implied through gameplay mechanics that the two kingdoms at war in chess both formally permit regnal polygamy, allowing the King to take at least nine wives of equal status, and that marriage can be bestowed as a military honour, but curiously that honour - in stark contrast to the conventional attitudes of the aristocracy - can only be bestowed upon soldiers of the unlanded class, leaving great questions to be asked of the material interests and stability of these kingdoms' aristocracies

also, their horses lack limbs & their castles are small

yknow the smallness of the castles is FAR from their most interesting distinction from the noticeably immobile ones we are familiar with

"tme/tma is a binary!!" yes that's how oppression descriptors fucking work dipshit. you're either the intended target for discrimination or you're not. you don't fucking transcend oppression just because you're nonbinary or intersex

And also the indestructibility of that woman's ankles

ultimately the best way to prevent abuse is to organize society in such a way that everyone's needs are met wothout having to rely on a parent or employer or boyfriend or any one individual. obviously wont stop, like, manipulation or so on, but the ability to dangle basic needs over someone's head is one of the most powerful and consistant tools of abuse out there. if someone is able to just leave, and know that they will have access to food and shelter and clean water and education, that will enable so, so mamy victims of abuse to do just that.

really funny how like 10% of the comments are people going "nuh uh" and the remaining 90% are people going "this is literally whats happening to me/my mom/etc Right Now"

cyberchase was great because it ostensibly took place in a computer, and used all this hot new tech names for stuff, and every single one other than "motherboard" was completely wrong.

Well the mistake they made was choosing to teach children about math instead of computers

Digital painting by Cassie Allis