Tuesday, 15th August 2023 @ 7:55 PM 777 notes
etymology-of-etymology

Lately, I've been thinking about the tenses that are commonly used in writing. I often see the past tense used in published stories but I rarely seem to encounter the present tense except in fanfic. In the right hands, both can be used to create incredible stories.

Which tense do you prefer?

past

present

present, but only in certain cases (explain)

past, but only in certain cases (explain)

meh, depends on the length

one of these makes my brain scream (explain)

I just like answering polls

give me a sec, I'm going to write an entire paragraph minimum about my thoughts

you shall never have my secrets, you vile wench (tell me you secrets)

it depends on whether I'm reading or writing (explain)

Monday, 14th August 2023 @ 7:50 PM 672 notes
gloomyarietine

PSA: TERMINOLOGY FOR WGA/SAG-AFTRA STRIKES

Friendly reminder that "Hollywood elites" is an antisemetic dogwhistle for Jews/Jewish people!

For those unaware, a dogwhistle is like a term with a double meaning. A sneaky way of bringing racist/homophobic/antisemetic and otherwise bigoted language into the mainstream. Do not let them do this! Refer to these CEOs by name, or as just that. CEOs, corporate execs, etc.

Anyone who thinks this is too much to ask, kindly block me and I will do the same! I have no interest interacting with antisemites, nor those willing to spread their language.

Monday, 14th August 2023 @ 7:33 PM 27,150 notes
transfaguette

"neckbeards" are a common facial hair pattern for people with PCOS and hirsutism and people who go on T and people who have a lot of weight on their face. It is not funny or cool or based to use physical features as a moral attack, and especially not when it's a common feature of intersex people and trans people and fat people and countless other types of people who society already mocks.

furiousmoneysuitcaseturtle

What?? Neckbeards are made fun of because they are too lazy to shave properly..

transfaguette

the fact that you see that as some sort of moral detriment is exactly the problem. Who the fuck cares what someone does with their facial hair, why does the way someone's hair grows naturally need to change. Terrible take. Get lost.

transfaguette

screenshot of tags that say "#you have a point but how else can i make fun of creepy cishet “nice guys”#i sound horrible but i’ve dealt with them irl"ALT

for their behavior??? not their appearance??? it's pretty simple.

mspectral

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notcuddles

Every time you target physical "flaws" to mock, you need to know that you're doing this because society has trained you to equate beauty with goodness and ugliness with degeneracy and immorality.

If you can't do the work to unpack these lazy but DEEPLY ingrained associations you will literally never achieve any kind of positive change in society.

The reason you target these traits is because society still largely agrees across the board that physical appearance is acceptable to mock. It's a target that you can be assured that the target of your ire is probably actually sensitive about on some level (or you perceive it to be that) and so you choose cruelty.

The reason you don't default to behavior is that you know it's not an instant win. You already know that a person who has chosen some loathesome idealogy probably doesn't value the things you do. So you can't actually shame them for their world view because "not caring" is baked into it. And thus...retreating to the cowards position: attempting to win via exploiting a known vulnerability, even though doing so runs counter to the values you claim to espouse.

annoyingloudmicrowavecultist

[ID: a stick figure comic drawn in MS paint. a figure labelled “You” fires a laser gun labelled “Bodyshaming” at a second figure labelled “Guy u don’t like but will never care”. the second figure deflects the “Bodyshaming” laser with a shield, so it ends up hitting a third figure labelled “Person you care about with the same trait who now knows you think they’re ugly”. /ID]

thesmegalodon

i saw that picture sometime last year and it has altered my brain permanently, in a good way