Black Lives Still Matter

there is no excuse for using the r word. none. it is a SLUR, and it’s not suddenly okay to use it because your media is ‘supposed’ to be offensive. i am saying this as someone who REALLY ENJOYED the pilot and doesn’t really care about the vivziepop discourse. i’m just commenting on this specific aspect.

tldr; it adds nothing to the scene, it’s there purely for shock value, making a joke out of it doesn’t make it okay, and if you’re fine with Helluva Boss dropping the r word then you have to be fine with them dropping racist/queerphobic slurs too because it’s literally the same thing, and to say otherwise would be hypocritical to disabled people.

learn your alphabets by tracing the letters on tombstones

lose your virginity on the grave of your mother

invent a whole new literary genre at the age of eighteen

The guy in charge of approving ads:

Virgil gets turned into a vampire and doesnt realize it till Logan, an Elder Vampire, approaches him out of worry bc "who just leaves a defenseless newly turned all alone out in the sun of all places???" And finds out Virgils been a vampire for all of three months, whos suddenly on his own and pretty much starving himself because he hasnt been shown how to even eat correctly let alone what to eat??

And while Logan wants to pummel the idiot who turned this poor 20 y/o without a care in the world and left him to starve, Logan has bigger issues to attend to.

So, Elder Vampire Logan decides, ultimately, to take this newly turned in as one of his own. Which is WILD to all the other vampires who know him/know aout him bc Elder Vampire Logan is a serious no nonsense guy whos never been interested in looking after other vampires or starting his own clan before while focused and obsessed with the pursuit of new knowledge, so many other vampires p much have to wonder; "what the fuck did this kid have going for him to have a immortal, whos been around longer than most people on the planet, decide to just up and adopt him as one of his own??" And boi do some of Logans closer, bolder vampire friends visit and ask him abt it while wanting to meet Virgil.

Virgil is confused as fuck and still just trying to focus at suddenly having a new parent that actually cares about him and learning all the things on what being a vampire entails, Logan is doing his best to coach, teach, and not coddle his new 'son' but honestly who can blame him for holding the poor boy for hours after his first meal because Virgil had been so conflicted about finally feeling full despite the fact that he'd drank blood of all things to get to that point that he'd sat and cried.

was talking with some friends and. theres so much trans coding in danny phantom its not even funny danny is trans and his friends and family are very supportive and you cant change my mind

(if youre going to comment on this with something transphobic, dont because nobody needs to hear it)

Me: you will not earn what you desire by banging the cabinet door.

My cat: This is a test of wills, is it not? We shall see if your ability to put up with my incessant banging outlasts my eternal lust for snackie treats. Years of conditioning have hardened me for this purpose. bang bang bang

Me: ksst!

My cat, throwing herself to the ground like she's been shot: Oh! Oh I have been assailed in my own home! Have mercy, have pity! Surely in the cruel darkness of your heart there is some mote of goodness that might stay your hand! Do not strike me, I pray you!

Me: ok

If I were going to describe the perfect contraceptive, it would go something like this: no babies, no latex, no daily pill to remember, no hormones to interfere with mood or sex drive, no negative health effects whatsoever, and 100 percent effectiveness. The funny thing is, something like that currently exists.

The procedure called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) takes about 15 minutes with a doctor, is effective after about three days, and lasts for 10 or more years…

Oh, and when you do decide you want those babies, it only takes one other injection of water and baking soda to flush out the gel, and within two to three months, you’ve got all your healthy sperm again.

https://twitter.com/LiamODellUK/status/1288869766980042752

and you know what the fucking bullshit is  they’re replacing it with a ~6 months free of a subscription to a third party captions provider~ which of course you’d have to pay for after those 6 months are up and you KNOW random youtuber #9039 isn’t going to bother to keep paying for that either because they won’t have the money or they just won’t care. and youtube’s going to act like that’s a perfectly fine alternative that won’t result in the majority of the site suddenly going from “more or less accessible” to “Fuck You If You’re Disabled” 

“citing low usage” are you fucking kidding me nearly every worthwhile video i watch uses community captions. sometimes they’re kind of janky cuz they were made by some 14 year old who thought it’d be funny to put their own irrelevant jokes and commentary in there but that wasn’t a reason to ditch the feature entirely when its so useful and important

i’m not even hard of hearing and i rely on them to watch videos in other languages…this is literally how people have been making english subs for japanese songs and the like for years and it was great because you didn’t have to reupload the videos yourself and take away views from the original creators. many creators don’t allow reprints of their work whatsoever so if they go through with this (which unfortunately they seem pretty deadset on because lololol moneyyyyyy) it’s entirely likely that there just won’t be a way to watch that content with captions

there’s a petition to keep community captions…i don’t know if it’ll really do anything since they’re already going ~oh but we have Paid Alternatives!~ but don’t just let this pass by this should be a huge deal but i’ve barely seen anyone talking about it (not that i expect people to talk about things of any particular importance on tumblr but it’s not even getting attention on twitter beyond that one thread and like 2 other posts)

We’re OK with letting them have this BAR though:

Don’t talk to bigots. Don’t ‘debate’ bigots. Don’t let them talk you into ‘having a civil conversation.’