Slightly Feral

IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY. THAT IS A THREAT AND A PROMISE.

the real “problem with political correctness” is not that it’s considered offensive to use slurs, but that there are now many “progressive” environments where saying the right things is more important than doing the right thing. it’s why it’s so easy for abusers to gain traction in leftist circles (they learn the right words quickly and employ them to frame their own behavior as progressive); it’s why so much potential activist energy gets poured into fighting about language; it’s why moderate liberals didn’t believe fer/guson had a problem until the police emails with actual racist language were leaked. (you can do racist things, you just can’t SAY racist things.) i don’t have a neat conclusion here but a related point is that i’m so much happier since i started focusing on like, being a good kind caring person instead of trying to remove the word “crazy” from the vocabulary of everyone in my family

Just saying this is truly one of the best “discourse” posts on this site like……this hits the nail directly on the head re: what is going on with language right now and everyone pushing back in the notes only serves to further prove the point it’s making

I think one thing advocacy communities should be wary of is performativity. Especially since advocacy historically does attract people who are there not because they want to make a difference, but because they like the praise, validation, and moral high ground it can give them.

@argumate

you verb noun?

You verb noun? You verb noun like the comparison? Oh!! Punishment for title! Punishment for amount of time!!!!

You deconstruct meme? You deconstruct meme into its base parts? Oh!! Explanation for readers! Explanation for one thousand reblogs!!!!

Miette, the gift that keeps on giving.

My medieval servant boy has gone missing. I’ll just use Google to see if I can find him.

im deleting this fucking website

It took me a minute

Gotdamn I haven’t seen this post in almost a decade

all these clothing stores with their 'boyfriend shirts', 'boyfriend hoodies', 'boyfriend sweatpants', 'boyfriend shorts' - every two minutes someone's poor boyfriend is being divested of his clothes for resale and left cold and naked and confused somewhere

Cemeteries are not wastes of space. Historical cemeteries ESPECIALLY are not wastes of space. The fact developers are continuously foaming at the mouth to destroy them and put a strip mall up in their place should make you even more determined to help maintain them. In urban areas, they are a haven for wildlife. They are a green space. If you are too afraid of death to utilize them for that purpose, that is on you.

Wait, developers are trying to get rid of cemeteries?? What the fuck. I'm not a religious, or even really a spiritual person, but...the level of disrespect. Really nothing is sacred under capitalism, huh.

Adult realization: you will make mistakes, you will act irrationally. You will commit some wrongs that cannot be fully righted. People will dislike you and misunderstand you for all sorts of reasons. None of these make you a bad person. All you can do is try your best to be kind and just to people, grow and learn.

in addition: Trying to avoid ever doing these things will cost you in ways you cannot comprehend until you stop and accept this.

"don't worry scientists will invent a way to solve climate change!" They already did... several times over... just the people who didnt like their solutions (cough cough oil companies) had enough cash to shut them up both legally and illegally

Op can may we inquire about the website list

As someone with social anxiety disorder, can confirm. Take it slow if you need to, but exposure therapy is good. It helps. And life WILL be better when you can exust in public and avoid becoming socially isolated.

Ok, an unusually high number of people in the comments have relatives that probably have a Wikipedia article with their name.

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

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