Lost my gender in a McDonald's play place

Because I’ve been to comic stores all across the country, and quite a few of them give off the vibe of ‘gross man cave.’ No duh you don’t see women in a place like that. Hell, I’m a dude and I don’t usually like going to stores like that.

And in the 2000s-2010s, I made sure to avoid mentioning being autistic or Hispanic on any comic book forum sites, because I knew I would be bombarded by Mexican slang jokes (even though I’m not Mexican) and the r-slur. So it’s not that non-white, non-male, non-straight comic fans and nerds didn’t exist until the 2010s-2020s. It’s that they stayed the hell away from places that were openly hostile or creepy to them.

Am I onto something or am I just talking out of my ass?

For reasons of personal safety, women do not feel comfortable venturing into enclosed dark troll-caves with limited visibility from the outside that give off a sleazy disreputable air.

This wasn't a censorious prude talking, this was the creator of an influential erotic furry comic. Too many comic shops give off a skeevy, unsafe air for women.

not only did our families live through the horror that was the ussr but now we gotta be reminded of that shit constantly in the community that we're supposed to share as queer people

not to mention that the ussr wasnt even communist it was just fascist. why are u communists using the symbols of fascists. it just looks like ur idolizing a fascist state.

It was an operation performed by our police which involved creating a massive database of queer people, they would track those people down, force them to sign documents, provide fingerprints, make confessions, denounce their partners or colleagues.

Alright. Carry on.

So are

colostomy bags

Diapers

insulin pumps

Oxygen systems

rollators

hearing aids

compression garments

prosthetics

FREEDOM AIDS

- service animals

- noise cancelling headphones/ear defenders

- wheelchair attachments

- fidgets

IT’S DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH YALL

The European Union already forced Apple to abandon its proprietary charging port and adopt USB-C across its entire iPhone lineup. It just did something bigger. A new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center. Batteries must maintain a minimum capacity threshold after a set number of charge cycles and replacement parts must remain available for up to ten years after a model goes on sale.

The consumer electronics industry built its current business model around batteries that degrade, cannot be replaced at home, and create a natural upgrade cycle every two to three years. The EU just legislated that model out of existence in the world's largest regulatory market.

Apple, Samsung, and every other manufacturer now faces a choice between redesigning their devices for the European market or accepting that their current hardware architecture is no longer legally sellable there.

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actually typing out emoticons like XD and :D and :V never should have gone out of fashion and you can pry them out of my cold dead hands okay I know emojis are fun but THEY DON’T CAPTURE THE EMOTION IN THE SAME WAY

so like

genuinely feels like this sums up so many online interactions

Making fun of a group of people that are privileged over you is one thing, but wishing non-cartoonish violence and death on them ("they should fall off a cliff" vs. "they should be wiped out"), wishing sexual violence on them, dehumanising them, claiming that they're less capable of creating art or living meaningful lives, saying that their relationships are inherently shallow and fake - these things are fucked up. I understand venting and saying extreme things when in pain, but when you find yourself regularly posting about wanting certain people tortured and killed, you need to examine that.

People killed: around three quarters of a million.