ajaneofmanytalents
A Jane of many talents
cis+ genderqueer demi-girl. she/her or they/them. neurodivergent in multiple ways.
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how do people hear about abusive/controlling parents and think the lesson is "damn, some people individually suck" and not "our system of parental rights strips children's autonomy and renders them easy and frequent targets of abuse"
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Having partaken of FFXIV up to partway through Stormblood, if there were to be a sneaky Kingdom Hearts event or cheeky reference I think I would cast Sora as a Lalafell (he already looks like one), Goofy as a Kobold, and Donald as a Vanu Vanu. This does make Goofy a bit shorter than normal, but at least he still has a helmet!
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My betrotheds mom is big in the SCA and does tons of hand sewing and period accurate clothes, sheâs got several custom made outfits and enters competitions with her special projects.
One of them she meticulously researched and created a custom glove. I have no idea how much work goes into such a thing other than A Lot but whenever she tells us stories about these competitions sheâs always slighted in favor of flashier offerings.
Her most recent endeavor was some kind of stiff collar. Iâm not going to embarrass myself pretending to know the specifics but the original ones back in the day used layers of fabric and whale baleen to get a nice strong silhouette. She researched the crap out of it and wrote up a report to go along with the item.
At the judging one of the judges commented, âWell, itâs alright, but itâs so disappointing that itâs not fully authentic, why didnât you use whale baleen?â
She sputtered out, âWell, if youâd read my report youâd know itâs because itâs illegal!â
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Out of curiosity and also guilt over my own coffee intake. I wanna ask:
Now I'm not talking about when you're studying and so you drink 3x the usual amount or something like that. This isn't me asking what your record is. I'm talking about the most basic, average day, how many coffees you drink?
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The person I reblogged this from deserves happiness and love
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I sat bolt upright out of a sound sleep because I could not remember if Basch FFXII had a pearl bindi like Garleans from FFXIV.
(He does not, BTW.)
I was also convinced that Ashley Riot from Vagrant Story was a Gunbreaker.
(According to wikipedia, he was actually a Riskbreaker, BTW.)
Getting spoiled on upcoming location names really messed with me it seems :/
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i just donât think âis dude gender neutralâ is that productive of a conversation because a word can be gendered and still used regardless of gender. i call my male friends girlypop and my female friends man but i donât think anybody would agree that those are somehow not gendered terms.
the real question is just âwould you be willing to apologize and stop using a word if somebody told you it made them uncomfortable?â the answer to which in a surprising number of cases is no mostly because it seems like overall ppl r more upset abt getting accused of transphobia than they are abt being transphobic
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Everything is like âQUEER historyâ and âList of QUEER young adult booksâ or âTop 10 QUEER moviesâ and queer this and queer that and for the love of god please just say LGBT.
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Realistically, a household the size of Wayne Manor needs more than just a butler, and while Bruce might imagine he can keep his proclivities secret from his own domestic staff, Alfred certainly harbours no such illusions. I've gotta wonder what the orientation lecture he's worked out looks like. Like, of course they're going to be extensively vetted before they ever set foot on the premises, but at some point during the onboarding process the subject of the Batcave has gotta come up â I just wanna know how Alfred broaches that.
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you need to get it out of your mind that psychosomatic illness is just âmaking up symptomsâ when itâs actually much more like your body is being actively poisoned by chemicals released from your brain
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Tips for Spotting Bad & Bullshit History
There's no way to make sure you never fall for historical misinformation, and I'm not expecting anyone to fact-check every detail of everything they read unless they're getting paid for it. But you can make an effort to avoid the Worst Takes.
Ask yourself â if I wanted to verify this, where would I start? If you look at a statement and canât actually find any facts to check, then you already know itâs bullshit.
Read the Wikipedia article on weasel words. Some experts say itâs very helpful!
Look for specifics: a who, a what, a where, a when. If one of those is missing or very broad, thatâs a red flag. Statements need to be rooted in a time and a place. âPeople in the past have alwaysâŚâ Nope.
Vague is bad. Unless youâre looking at a deliberate large-scale overview thatâs being broad and generalizing on purpose, you want names and dates and places and primary sources, pictures and quotes and examples.
But an example is not a trend. Thereâs a difference between whatâs possible and whatâs common, and history is full of exceptions and outliers. Extremely unusual people and events are overrepresented in the historical record (because nobody writes down whatâs normal,) and they can tell us a lot about history, but theyâre not directly representative of their place or time. Imagine a historian trying to reconstruct the 21st century based solely on Kiwifarm.
If a historian is competent or even just trying, you wonât have to go digging for sources, they will be shoved right into your face. Not out of mere academic rigor, but because a person who found them, either first- or second hand, is proud to have found them. People who have proof want to show you the proof, people who figured something out will want to show you their work, walk you through it. If they donât, ask yourself â how do you know this? And - why wonât you tell me how you know this?
Someone might have a legit historical source, and then try to stretch it to cover times and places where it no longer applies. Whatâs true of 12th century England may not be true of 14th century Venice, even though both are âMedieval Europe,â so watch for those stretches.
Anecdotes are fine, they reveal a lot about peopleâs values and perceptions, pro historians often use them for context, but what anecdotes are not is factual truth. Notice when someone is feeding you cute anecdotes.
If someone attributes a large-scale social or cultural transformation to a single person or event, yeah thatâs usually bullshit. Chances are, that person was part of a larger trend, a small link in a long chain. You can still appreciate their contribution, just put it in context!
Second-guess anyone who acts like they possess secret knowledge that the Media or Academia (or somebody) is hiding, theyâre usually bullshit. Remember, if something has a Wikipedia article, itâs not actually a dark secret.
Remember that if it happened in the past sixty years, tons of people will still remember it, and you can literally just go and ask them.
Learn to recognise a smear tactic. Did this person really fuck dogs, or was their posthumous biography written by their worst enemy? Should we take it at face value? Also learn to recognise overt propaganda in the opposite direction: is the king that great or does he have a court historian on retainer? Remember that people sometimes *lie* in their autobiographies.
Itâs fine to speculate about what âcouldâ or âmightâ have happened, professional historians also fill the gaps in the sources with the occasional educated guess. But failing to differentiate clearly between fact and speculation is a huge mistake.
Do not seek validation in history. It's not there. Iâm not saying you should approach history in an impersonal, apolitical way, of course not. Our present situation influences our interpretation of history, and it should. What Iâm saying is, try not to hang too much of your individual or group identity on a historical narrative. Especially if itâs bullshit. Youâre worthy and human because youâre worthy and human today, not because of the deeds and misdeeds of people in the past.
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Id like to propose we invent a paper document u can have where it states that youve had a prescription for so many years, that u can just have it. Walk into any pharmacy. 200 miles from home. Nobody has ever heard of you. Show paper. Get prescription. For free. A prescription diploma. You put in so many years on this prescription, you graduate from having to ask for it. Life could be so perfect.
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"It's funny because it's true."
Empathy and decency aside, that's why a lot of old comedy doesn't land with audiences these days. Because the jokes AREN'T true.
If someone thinks a sexist joke is funny, it's probably not just a joke to them.
That is why they fail.
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