the cycle of life

THINGS TO SAY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO APPEAR HUMAN

i think it's kinda funny seeing people in the notes go "wait people don't know that's actually a thing homophobic cis people made up" bc like. on the one hand i get how that's shocking. but also i've seen these kids say "wait is fruit like an actual insult" you are Vastly underestimating how sheltered terminally online queer kids as it pertains to queer history and the origins of various symbols or phrases. some of them don't even know that the term "tbabe" is from porn or that terms like "boygirl" were transphobic insults before they were genderfuck identities on tumblr.

these sorts of understandings will always occur within groups where everyone is 1.) the same age and 2.) getting most of their information from each other. a 65+ stitch-n-bitch will be equally clueless about Youth Affairs if their entire conception of Youth Affairs comes from talking to each other, at the 65+ stitch-n-bitch