So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

yes, India made legal gender change impossible but my friends have always gendered me correctly and stick to it even when it confuses other people and my friend's little sibling calls me older brother in Kannada yes, India made legal gender change impossible but my dog learned my new name quicker than the humans and she runs to give me a kiss when she's told to without being confused about who's being referred to

yes, India made legal gender change impossible but I can feel the Adam's apple growing in my throat and my muscles getting stronger, and my smile more real and I'm growing a beard, and I talk more freely

My stepmother did NOT like the way her Libertarian Viking Neighbor framed pregnancy as the fetus "attacking the woman". She incredulously told him this was extremely disrespectful to expectant mothers to portray pregnancy as so violent and negative.

Libertarian Viking Neighbor's response was that people consensually hurt each other all the time, and "there's like a whole community about that, with the acronym the one that starts with a B" And his reasoning was that if the mother was consenting to bring attacked by the baby, it in fact wasn't violent and negative because there was consent.

Rudolf Koller (Swiss, 1828-1905)

Another week, another new OC

Donny's real good with his hose 😉

are you just trying to soak him in a full bath? if so, that's the problem. a vaporeon's instinct when put into a body of water is to swell its cells up with the water (which is what causes them to "dissolve"). that's great for playtime and for water-basking, but obviously not ideal for getting clean.

the best way to clean a vaporeon is to spray it down with water in somewhere with good drainage so that the water doesn't build up. for most people, a shower works just fine. let your vaporeon have a good 15-20 minutes under a cool spray. he should do most of the cleaning himself! vaporeon naturally want to groom themselves during rainstorms. if he's super dirty or isn't good at cleaning himself, which happens sometimes with older vaporeon or those with health issues, you can use a soft towel to help loosen any dirt. don't use soap unless absolutely necessary, and make sure any soap you do use is unscented/gentle formula (vaporeon's waterlike cell structure can result in them absorbing the soap into their skin).

It's rude. You're making someone take their time to read something you couldn't bother to write. You're telling them they were so unimportant you couldn't be bothered to actually take the time to say something yourself. And frankly, you're lying about it while you're at it.