the videogame industry will see their own foot and be like is anybody else gonna shoot this and not wait for an answer

the problem with liking video games is that the gaming industry is genuinely so evil and needs to be wiped out

a funny thing about having conversations with people within institutions (academic in this case but also others) about gatekeeping, is that you end up having a conversation over and over in which you're like, "hey this alligator spike pit moat you have erected around your institution is keeping a lot of people out," and they're like, "well *I* navigated the alligator spike pit moat just fine," and you're like, "right. by dint of us having this conversation, you within the institution and me without, it is understood that you navigated the alligator spike pit moat. due to that being an inherent requirement of entering the institution," and they're like, "I don't think you understand the prestigious history of our alligator spike pit moat," and you're like, "is there a reason why there needs to be an alligator spike pit moat encircling the concept of higher education?" and they're like, "look, the alligator spike pit moat isn't for everyone. some people just aren't cut out for the alligator spike pit moat :)" and you're like, "right, yeah, like disabled people and people coming from poverty or unstable home environments or underserved communities or people dealing with difficult to navigate life events like pregnancy or abuse or prison or addiction or the death of a loved one, for example" and they're like, "how dare you imply that we are keeping those people out on purpose. it's their own problem if they can't wrestle the alligators and avoid the spikes while also disabled and/or poor and/or pregnant etc" and you're like, "well that seems evil," and they're like, "it sounds like maybe you're just bitter about the alligator spike pit moat because of your totally random individual experience with ONE bad alligator spike pit moat. have you considered therapy?" and you're like, "did you know that there's some patterns here in terms of how y'all are handling this stuff?" and they're like, "actually yes. we even have a department of alligator spike pit studies :)" and you're like, "that's great, how do I get access to and participate in those conversations?" and they're like, "well firstly you must cross the alligator spike pit moat"

free use? *smirks snartly* so naive. you know nothing in this damned society is really free...

many women are excited to get old and weird, but i have great news that it's fully possible to become weird now, before you get old. just imagine the heights of weirdness you will be able to reach in fifty years if you get started now. that's what I think

i’m trans but i’m not transfem or transmasc. i’m transitioning into nothing #mynothing

yall its 2026 can we stop calling it “women’s healthcare”. there are people who exist that need uterus, vulva, vagina, and breast related healthcare and aren’t women. PLEASE stop forgetting about trans people and intersex people for the love of fucking god

I love getting unaccompanied minors (kids flying alone) who so clearly just. Don't want to be here lol. Sometimes I get to know a little of their story, like their parents are divorced, or a family member died and they're heading to the funeral, but usually they just don't want to talk about it and that's fine. But I always treat the flight like it's a challenge to make them smile. I offer them snacks and soda but that's never enough, that's whatever, they could get those from an airport vending machine. Chump change. So then I tell the worst jokes. Just the most embarrassing, kindergarten teacher, annoying dad jokes you can think of. And those always get a groan, or a "Seriously??" And that's my in! Now I can say "Why, what's your idea of a good joke? No, come on hotshot, make your best joke, let's see it." And they hem and they haw but of course they eventually tell me their very best joke because kids are little competitive comedy goldmines. And it's always super funny, so I laugh, and that's where they slip up. Because you know what you almost always do when your joke successfully makes someone laugh? You smile. And I'm like. Gotcha. Rookie move. Now you're going to end up having a good time in spite of yourself. I win.

Did this with an 11yo u.m. today and he said "What did the ghost say to the other ghost?" And I said "What?" "Nothing. Ghosts aren't real."

Is anyone else disgusted by the concept of training bras being like an initiation ritual for little girls into growing up

“stop shaming people for liking harry potter!!!” no actually im not gonna stop. your “comfort series” is not worth the lives and livelihoods of trans people.

I wonder how it’s going in the universe where people decided to say ahoy when answering the phone instead of hello. Do you think they’ve achieved world peace?

We chose wrong as a society. We chose wrong.

"lock in" is probably one of the most important phrases to enter the public lexicon in the 2020s

the beautiful part of aromantic spectrum headcanons is that no one can stop you, they can try with weaksauce arguments like "at the end they get together" even though such a notion crumbles in the wake of demiromanticism, but at the end of the day they cant stop you and theyll just have to die mad about it

incredible that the shapes in the moon im looking at right now are the same shapes on the same moon that somebody was looking at thousands of years ago

Y'all know a lack romance and sex don't make a queer story not queer, right? ... right?