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Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

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pipistrellus

Swing state gothic

nyantara

oh also, in india it is general practice for professors to create course packets by photocopying sections of several textbooks. they compile them from the university library and then just hand them over to the campus xerox shops that will sell it for genuinely 1/1000th the price of the textbooks themselves.

this made the university of oxford and cambridge press insanely mad, they sued both delhi university and the xerox shop in a landmark case

what-even-is-thiss

I just had an argument with someone who was like “why would we settle for food stamps when we could have universal basic income?”

And it’s just like. People need food right now you know.

what-even-is-thiss

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Hippie church moms donating quinoa chips to my local food bank have done more for me materially than any internet idealist ever has.

what-even-is-thiss

People get pissed at me for being a pragmatist in my political ideals but I’ve been in the position where I was out of food right now.

And who helped me with that? Not people calling for some nebulous revolution. Not people telling me that the system was useless. Not people preaching at me to grow my own food. It was a church food bank partially funded by the state of Texas that some southern hippies donated a bunch of Whole Foods nonsense to.

And you know what? I’m sick and tired of defeatism. What can we get done right now, huh? Are you gonna accept something a bit better to help people right now or are you waiting for your perfect utopia to come to you?

Yeah, UBI is better than the quinoa chips. Sure. But right now the quinoa chips are stopping people from going hungry and if all we can do is get the food bank quinoa chips to more people, then I say so be it. That’s something. I’ll almost always take baby steps over nothing.

quasi-normalcy

Reverse Mulan about a young man who disguises himself as a noblewoman and has to learn how to do passive-agressive politicking at dinner parties.

batsarebetterthanpeople

He does so to dodge the draft

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slewfootwitch

The thing about radical kindness (or any kindness, for that matter) is that there are going to be times when someone or something makes you regret it. There are going to be times when you show someone empathy and grace that they don't "deserve". There are going to be times when someone takes that kindness and uses it against you. The world doesn't magically transform into a perfect place when you decide to choose kindness and people will take advantage of it. People will continue to be shitty.

But the thing is...that's not a flaw of kindness. That's not a you problem. That's a them problem. People who are happy with themselves and their lives don't go out of their way to misuse someone's kindness or grace. The "normal" response to kindness or empathy is not to find a way to exploit it. People who are happy with themselves don't look for ways to hurt people for no reason. Kindness will never be the problem. No matter what some shitty person decides to do with it. It should go without saying not to be a doormat, yes. Don't allow people to treat you badly just for the sake of being kind. But also don't let shitty people make you bitter because of how they treated you when you were kind.

solrin

We tried to warn you about the "adult content" bans. Now Kickstarter is starting that shit

problematic-faves-appreciation

"It must have serious value!"

Staight-up sounds like obscenity law/Miller Test-type crap.

thatdisasterauthor

So fucking pissed off at this. Those terms are so damn slippery and unenforceable.

And this is honestly so much more infuriating given how long Kickstarter has held the stance of "products are the responsibility of the project creator, not us, we have no liability." If you get scammed on a project Kickstarter won't help you, they say you assumed the risk when you agreed to back a project for something that wasn't real yet. But now they're turning around and doing this? Why am I allowed to assume the risk of not getting the product I back, but not seeing the scary scary sExUAl cONteNt?

thatdisasterauthor

Sent a long message to Kickstarter about this. If you would like to do the same, here is their contact page: https://help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. Please be respectful in your comments, screaming at them will not fix anything.

Once you submit your comment, you will get an email from support asking you to verify that you sent it. You must click this link for the comment to go through! It's a spam protection thing they have.

rhaegarzeppeli

Very well said and might I add: a... anything and everything can be sexually gratifying to anyone. How would they even apply these checks if I say "naaaaahhhh fam, I definitely did nOT create this thing specifically for gratification"?? How would they even know if I made a zine about purple umbrellas with frogs painted on purely for the sexual gratification of myself and a select few? lol

And - for the nth time - I don't know how to tell this to terminally online purity culture people but sexual gratification is part of the life of the majority of people on Earth. If we keep repressing this in ways of such plaforms enforcing rules against it, it's gon' be reaaaal unhealthy out there, real soon! (Already is. Just saying.)

thatdisasterauthor

Yep, that's a lot of what my message sent to them covered. And how this will disproportionately effect queer people.

existennialmemes

I don't think it's unreasonable for our public officials to be expected to prove they're alive and not in a coma to be able to retain their office.

If someone were, as a random example, say hospitalized for over two weeks with no explanation, I think that should automatically trigger a special election to replace them.

If you're still able to do your job, then prove it. And if you're not, then you're actively obstructing democracy by not stepping down.

Which is to say, that if a public official were to pass away or into a coma, and their handlers choose to obfuscate that fact, this should be seen as intentionally obstructing democracy.

And there should be, you know, consequences for the people who would do such a thing.

amberleewriter

I also think that it is not unreasonable for a public official to be expected to show up for their job in person or explain why they cannot to retain. their office.

If someone were, as a random example, go missing without explanation for one third of a legislative term, they should be "fired" and a special election held to replace them. At the very least someone should be appointed to do the job temporarily so votes are not missed - the 100% reason someone gets elected to a congressional seat.

**sidebar, I understand depression and have experienced said but everyone else who must work though said issues must go on medical leave and declare what is happening to their boss. We, the people, are, in fact, the boss of you when you are an elected official.**

crabussy

really fond of humans just from an appearance standpoint. the long legs. the manes of hair that can come in practically any colour and texture. those crazy high-contrast eyes with the white scleras and colourful irises. the fingers being so much longer than the toes. there's a lot to love. solid 10/10 animal species

crabussy

BAFFLINGLY SPOT ON COMPARISON.

hellgrub

that's right

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homokommari

yesterday my wife and i had a bit of a disagreement over what words to use to describe a game that objectifies women, because she felt just saying it objectifies women isn't insulting enough to the men who consume the media. so i said let's just say all men are pigs, and that'll even it out. then she brilliantly says "it's pigfeed." and now i desperately wish i was influential enough to make a phrase catch on. i just think it's so good. media that presents women as sex objects first for men to oggle at is pigfeed. misogynistic garbage men consume is pigfeed.

glorious-spoon

anyway the thing about fanfic is that it's not essentially bad or good; it's essentially amateur. some people are absolutely out there writing award-worthy prose (some fic writers ARE award-winning writers IRL!), but that's not the point. the point is that we're all telling campfire stories. it's a community, and it's a way to spend some more time in the worlds and stories that we love.

climbhighsleeplow

Trail towards Yakima Peak 7/31

batbetbitbotbut

"focaccia, serves 4" yes all 4 me

batbetbitbotbut

"tiramisu, serves 2" yes all 2 myself

introvertia

Pizza, serves 8, yes I 8 it all.

solo-walker

Hey so you know how sapphics are called sapphics because of Sappho the person and how lesbians are called lesbians because she was from the island of Lesbos?

All I'm saying is, "from kyoshi" is definitely slang for "queer woman" in the atla-verse

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