how violently uplifting

Rhetorical dogwhistles are things that most people would not be able to identify as bigoted because they're INTENDED to have plausible deniability.

The wording changes are meant to be subtle enough that people really can mix them up accidentally when they don't have much information!

So when the gender critical movement calls trans women "transwomen", they're hoping for 2 things.

this usage will spread enough among people who don't know any better, to give transphobes the plausible deniability of not LOOKING like a frothing bigot constantly.

the usage grammatically places trans women in a different category than other women; it's changing "trans" from an adjective to part of a noun to make this distinction.

The more we can avoid this usage, the less deniability have transmisogynists have when using it, and the less we are helping their cause.

Bureaucracy is good and important, actually.

Building safety regulations? Absolutely.

Posting Chapter 2 cover here (pages will be individually uploaded on twitter+bsky and then bulk uploaded to tumblr and tapas when I have enough of them)! 🎶🎹

Posting Chapter 2 cover here (pages will be individually uploaded on twitter+bsky and then bulk uploaded to tumblr and tapas when I have enough of them)! 🎶🎹

"Wow Rock you live like this? Junk all over the floor and parts everywhere? Very messy."

Might I interest you in some magical art? I haven't sold enough this month and I have bills to pay

Of course, what was supposed to be a short term service industry job before he lived for his art has bloomed into just being his life, and life as a poor artist is never as romantic as one imagines. While the cost of living of Bikini Bottom is low enough that even a frycook can be a homeowner, it's not quite so low that he can afford the luxuries he was used to growing up.

His view of the Working Class as the downtrodden masses were rather tattered by years of living between SpongeBob and Patrick, who were not so much temporarily oppressed intellectuals as they were, well, SpongeBob and Patrick.

Still, through thick and thin he's never gone back on his decision to leave the money behind. The great irony is that he is ignorant of his greatest achievement—his superiority to Squilliam isn't turning a bunch of randos into a functioning Marching Band or turning a burger joint into a fine dining establishment, it's having the strength of character to look at all the advantages Squilliam had and choose to leave it behind.

After countless hours in chalice dungeons I was finally able to witness it - the rarest and spookiest enemy attack in the game.