A huntress sculpture in the forest woven from willow branches

What makes this even funnier is if you’re a rich guy and do this the actual poker players will shower you with praise and stroke your ego (especially when you win hands through sheer variance) and say you’re great and to keep doing what you’re doing because they’re just siphoning money from you and want you to keep it up. Like, that’s the original definition of a “whale” in the gambling sense

One of John Wesley's historic questions that is still asked in examining potential United Methodist clergy is "are you in debt so as to embarrass you in your work?"

These days, those questions are generally asked right at the finish line, and treated as ceremonial.

But maybe they shouldn't be; maybe we need to address the fact that this whole process places an undue financial burden on future ministers, who will then often be working for less than a living wage for their first several years in ministry.

And this financial burden is in big things and small things; I was required to buy a specific study Bible for coursework (with an explanatory note saying "we know you all have many Bibles, we want you to have this specific one so we can all be on the same page, literally"), and then only used that study Bible to read its introduction. If I hadn't already had a good Bible, that would have been a great purchase, but I already have three study Bibles in that exact same translation, and there's only so much that can be said about any given passage in the footnotes of a study Bible.

Kids these days don't know what the fuck a liminal space is anymore but they use it to describe fucking EVERYTHING.

not to enforce gender roles but a computer should NOT fucking have apps okay. if I wanted an app I'd go on my phone my laptop is for Programs. I mean this.

within fifteen minutes i have found two different grown adult men who have dating app profiles that say their worst fear is:

werewolves.

one was funny. two is like... hang on, do we actually have a werewolf problem in this town?

I think the reason a lot of leftists struggle with disability justice is that they haven't moved past the concept that discrimination isn't bad because it's objectively "wrong." yes, sexists are objectively wrong when they try to claim women are dumber than men. yes, antisemites are objectively wrong that jewish people are inherently greedy and run the state. yes, racists are wrong when they try to claim that white people are the superior race. and so on.

but then with disabled people, there are a lot of objective truths to the discrimination we face. people with IDs/LDs do fall behind and struggle with certain concepts. physically disabled people are often weaker and less capable of performing demanding tasks than able bodied people. many of us with mental illnesses are more reckless and less responsible. a lot of us are dependent on others and do not contribute much "worth".

and guess what? disabled people still deserve a place in the world. disabled people still deserve the supports they need. because they are people, and that should be enough to support them and believe they deserve a place at the table.

if your only rebuttal against discrimination is its objective inaccuracies, you are meeting bigots where they are at. you are validating the very concept that if and when people are truly incapable of being equal to the majority, that means they are worth less. this causes some leftists to then try to deny the objective realities of disabled people and/or become ableist themselves.

your rallying behind marginalized groups should start and end with the fact that people are completely worthy of life and equity, because they are fellow human beings and that should, frankly, be enough.

Domestic sitcom about a were-whatsit whose inner-city apartment is declared a protected habitat after it turns out that – quite unbeknownst to them – the thing they turn into is a recognised endangered species.

I think I’m going to think about this youtube comment forever

introducing my four year old niece to the concept of "moral dilemmas" by telling her that i'm a monster that eats children and that i know it's wrong but i'm so so so hungry and everything else tastes yucky. i've tried all the human food in the world and it all tastes so yucky i can't even eat it. i can only eat children and i'm so hungry

Poll Time!

1. Anonymous: meaning behind a screen or with backs turned.

2. Face-to-face: whether that’s in the booth or in another location.

3. I haven’t been to Confession. This is for people raised Catholic that have gone either not at all or only once to receive First Communion.

4. No preference. You don’t have a preference for confession.

5. I am not Catholic. You’ve never been to confession and likely never will.