Diabolical Moeblobbing

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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Future you will thank you for not pinning your ability to enjoy and get any sense of achievement on having the base energy levels of a teenager.

I work in an obstetrician and gynaecologist’s office. we have to tell patients on a regular basis that they are binge drinking weekly when they think they are simply consuming a normal amount of alcohol on the weekends.

having more than 3 drinks in a single sitting if you have an estrogen based endocrine system is a binge that is medically significant.

having more than 5 in a sitting is a medically significant binge for someone with a testosterone based endocrine system.

every time you do this, it significantly impacts your risk of getting breast cancer, and damages your liver. it takes time to recover from that liver damage. if you’re having a 3-5 or more drink binge on a weekly basis, you are an alcoholic, medically speaking, and your liver is not recovering.

again: the bar for what binge drinking is, medically, is so much lower than what you think it is.

alcohol is a really toxic substance and not something you should fuck around with.

again: if you have an estrogenized hormone system (common for most women), then 3 drinks is a binge. if you have a testosteronized hormone system (common for most men), then 5 drinks is a binge.

anything above that number, consumed as frequently as weekly or more, and you’re medically a binge drinking alcoholic.

also, if you’re drinking any quantity of alcohol 6 days a week or more, that’s another threshold at which, medically speaking, you meet the definition of alcoholism. your liver needs more days without alcohol in your system than just one a week to recover and be healthy.

I don’t say any of this to shame anyone—to me, alcoholism or substance use disorders aren’t a sign of weakness or moral failing. and most of us genuinely don’t know this stuff.

information is key. you don’t have to stop drinking, but the utter lack of education on alcohol + the normalization of binge drinking in current society leads to many people drinking without any idea of what it’s doing to their bodies.

Because a vodka shot is not the same as (idk, some low alcohol percentage alcohol.)

ROUND 4 — Match 30 of 36

Shion (No. 6)

Identity: MLM, explicit Notes: Romantically involved with Nezumi (a man). Propaganda: "He's such a strange and interesting character. He lived in a so-called utopian city, promised a perfect future, unaware of any strange underbelly, until at age 12 an escaped convict broke into his room for shelter -- because Shion had opened the window to scream his frustration at his perfect world. Into a hurricane. This convict was a child the same age as him, sporting a gunshot wound. He got Way Too Excited to apply his practical medical training to get the gunshot out, and then basically fell in love when Nezumi (literally just "Rat") threatened him with a spoon to the throat from the dinner he'd snuck him. Nezumi vanished into the night, and his location got tracked to Shion's house, and Shion's family fell to the outskirts. As an older teen and now a garbage man keeping the perfect parks pristine, he finds a suspicious corpse that would implicate the government in problems and is going to be eliminated -- except that Nezumi has kept an eye on him ever since and helps him escape to outside the city walls, where there is a horrible, terrible slum that the city regularly raids for test subjects. Shion is happy there, anyway, Shion falls in love there, Shion learns about how the world works there -- and when he finds out his best friend has vanished (by finding her discarded coat) none of those things will keep him from diving into the belly of the beast to try to save her, even as Nezumi curses him and panics. Inside he will encounter the most horrific war crimes, and find in himself a monster that only Nezumi can keep tame (a responsibility Nezumi definitely is terrified of). Absolutely incredible character writing. One of those characters who is kind and innocent-seeming and an absolute black hole of potential, negative or positive. He has rage blackouts. He wants to save the world. He can talk to animals (which drives Nezumi wild because he has pet rats and he can't talk to them). He can't recite poetry for shit. He probably shouldn't be put in charge of the government. I love him. He's everything to me."

vs. Ayda Mensah (The Murderbot Diaries)

Identity: Polyamorous and WLW, explicit Notes: Has two spouses, one of whom is a woman and the other whose gender has not yet been specified. Propaganda: "Intrepid galactic explorer! Mensah is a scientist, a politician, a mom of multiple children, and is holding this scientific survey together as everything blows up in their faces. Mensah is thoughtful, kind, brave, and so so so bad at talking about her own problems. She's the first person to ever truly treat Murderbot like a PERSON, and the way they navigate their relationship going forward is so fascinating and sweet and makes my heart full."

ROUND 4 — Match 25 of 36

Korra (Legend of Korra)

Identity: Bi/Pansexual, explicit Notes: Previously dated Mako (a man), later is in a relationship with Asami (a woman). Propaganda: N/A

vs. Nezumi (No. 6)

Identity: MLM, explicit Notes: Romantically involved with Shion (a man). Propaganda: 1. "Do you like indigenous gays overthrowing a dystopian government? Vote Nezumi! He is also likes cross-dressing and has a personal library, despite living in an abandoned basement. His relationship origin story is that he was shot in the shoulder at the age of twelve, and the bullet was tenderly removed by his future partner Shion (male), also at the age of twelve. He is a bee-themed god's specialest human because he can sing. WHAT is not to like." 2. "He is mean, cunning, and incredibly talented with a knife. He trusts no one and forces himself to be completely emotionally isolated ("he was only to develop relationships that could be severed easily" <- direct quote from volume 2) and forces himself to hide his true feelings just like a good traumized character should. He encourages shion (love interest/narrative foil) to be violent and to not care about other people for his own safety. He has a crisis over the fact that he doesn't want shion to die but hates having emotions as it feels dangerous to him. Shion briefly touches his neck and Nezumi has a panic attack, thinking that he will die. After shion hurts others in self defense-which nezumi TOLD HIM TO DO-he hates it, he feels immense guilt and requests shion not change because nezumi is terrified of change. I HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS ENTIRE ARC IS BASED ON REVENGE! HE WANTS REVENGE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE WRONGED HIM AND DAMMIT HE'S GONNA GET IT! Also he's a shakespeare obsessed theater kid who owns three pet mice and he makes what he refers to as "Macbeth soup" and drinks wine and then yells at other 16 year olds because they're too young to drink wine. Idk i cant articulate my love for him well. Hes everything you could possibly want in an angsty, genuinly cruel character. Cruel not in a normal Mean Teen way but in a Threatens to Kill And Beats Up His Love Interest Multiple Times kinda way could write a dissertation on him and maybe i will. He needs so mucb therapy <3"

The tragedy of needing to grieve and not knowing what or who you lost or why. The angst of having trauma and being denied the awareness that it's trauma. The suspense of being different somehow and left to wonder how and when. The tension of knowing that something is off and you can't find where it hurts. The Adventure Zone gets it. Kingdom Hearts gets it.

Nothing makes a story more unreadable than being able to see the author squirm apologetically for the story they actually want to write—wringing their hands and imploring the reader please, please don’t be mad, I know it’s ideologically questionable but I need you to not be mad at me!

For example: a Good King™️. It’s one thing for a story to present a fictional monarchy and ask me to root for it. It’s another thing for a story to say, hey, I know what you’re thinking—but don’t worry! I can justify this premise! I have introduced a lot of convoluted self-aware political justifications for why my king is good and likable without actually asking any risky ideological questions! These characters aren’t actually problematic! Don’t be mad at me!