Born To Die With A Smack On The Ass In Between

"I guess I would scream too if I knew a God could hear me" is too much of a raw line to come from a tik tok about a cat

“My basic assumption was, you know, the judge had obviously made his mind up about our guilt before the trial even began, and so it didn’t take me by surprise at all when I actually was sentenced to 50 years in the Bureau of Prisons. I knew, like, this is about making an example, this is about creating a narrative that, you know, anyone who resists the Trump administration’s agenda of mass deportation, is going to be made an example of, is gonna be treated this way, that if you stand up, if you speak out, we will bury you. I knew that that was what this was about the entire time that we were going to trial, and it was why I said from the very beginning, “I’m not gonna plea to anything.” You know, like they offered us plea deals, you know, we could have signed to 15 years for material support for terrorism. And I took the risk that I took of, you know, going to trial because I was like, I’m not going to create evidence of this non-existent terrorist conspiracy. That goes against everything I believe in.” — Autumn Hill

You just described Tumblr.

I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that...” in prose writing I immediately think “how?  How does he know it?”  Interrogate your witnesses.  Cross-examine them.  Make them explain their reasoning.  It pays dividends.

All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.

This is your "show not tell" advice explained!

Add any sense words to the pile too if you want to crank it up. "Character saw–" Nope. It's from their pov? If it's being described they're seeing it.

ok if my answer is "queer" where does that fall? like potentially it leads to follow-up questions (that were already answered) but it's a one-word reply

THIS IS THE HARDEST I HAVE LAUGHED IN SO LONG YOU HAVE CURED MY DEPRESSION

This is one of the greatest posts I’ve ever witnessed. The payoff was amazing.

My roommate heard it going and went “OH MY GOD is it EVER going to resolve?” then the payoff hit and she busted up laughing

i can only agree with this, and a lot of these things are reasons why im souring more and more towards americans. its just tiring to have your own culture slowly erased and taken over by their companies, forced to learn their language because they never will themselves, expected to know all of their customs and have your life being too confrolled by their batshit politics only to get told you need to thank their people who fought against their own opression for your rights even though they had marginal effects. the average american wont ever know of hirschfelds institute of sexual science, of the queer haven that the weimar republic was, and all of the other struggles of people in my country. and even when i want to learn about others, like aoteraoa's queer history or of that of other european countries all of it is painted in a coat of "thanks to america". this goes for a lot of non-queer topics too. every time i hear americans talk about racism the only thing they talk about is white people = powerful, black people = opressed. racism extends so much further than american structural issues yet these people never realize their worldview might be flawed since they already try to paint the world in theirs. idk im just tired

this sucks. one of the worst things i had probably learnt in a while was the origin of international workers day, may 1st. Americans do not celebrate this day. why? it is the celebration of American worker anarchists striking in Chicago, which was then forcefully shot down. the rest of the world solidarily stood with the workers, still celebrating their bravery today. most Americans i speak to on may 1st dont even know that it is a holiday in most of the world. the one time americans worked internationally and a bond was formed in the working class and they just forget it.

we seriously need to stop conceding to the personhood trap when it comes to abortion rights. is a fetus a person? thats a spiritual question. i dont care about the answer. should another person dictate what someone can do with their body? simple answer: no.

After two years of feeding crows they started leaving you gifts - bottle caps, string, small things. Cute! As a joke, you gave extra peanuts every time. But the gifts became more valuable - a coin, a ring... giving them the whole bag was a mistake since now you're stuck with the deed to Faerie.

I do think the Hank Green AI thing makes it abundantly clear that if you have ADHD or any other mental illness and/or you are prone to addiction you need to avoid AI at all costs. This shit will rope you in, and if you have a mental illness that say, starves your brain of dopamine, you're gonna be extra susceptible to that. I won't use AI for a lot of reasons but one of the big ones is knowing how it would fuck with my ADHD and bipolar. Like yes, it's bad for the environment and giving money to rich scumbags and runs on plagarism, but even more than all that, it's straight up not safe at all and you really shouldn't use it if for no other reason than to protect yourself from whatever the fuck it might do to you.