🎵🎶 I want all of them fucken anti trans laws to go-o-oooo, cuz I would like to stay here.

🎵🎶 Shut the fuck up and protect the drag shows. I kinda wanna stay here.

🎵🎶 Don't talk about Seattle, it's fucking cold in Maine! Hell, the cost of living in the Triangle's insane!

🎵🎶 I know I hate the summer here but something's gotta change, oh VO-O-O-O-OTE!!!🎶🎵

(gets ignored by my group of friends that i’ve known my whole life when i try to ask as carefully as possible if they want to maybe go out to eat with me on my birthday): :,(

(remembers I now have new people in my life who are always enthusiastic about going out with me, and try out new games and anime just because i told them i like them, and say insane shit to me like “I really wanna do this thing but Only if you’re there as well when I do it because having you there with me is what makes it special”): :D

Oh my god I don't have good and fancy words for it but I'm so tired of the fucking polarisation spiral. The whole 'those people and these people and their stupid barbaric selfish people and our good intelligent kind people'. The fucking separation of it all - "I won't do politics unless that guy stops being a politician, I don't want to play until the playing field is fair, I don't want to vote until those people stop voting". Oh my god!! Who do you think has the power to make the playing field fair!!! That's you baby!!! Are you really truly any better than 'those people' who stereotype and judge others? Of course you can disagree with someone, of course you can dislike a politician and their views and of course you can dislike it when someone agrees with those views. And of course you can dislike spending time with a group of people because of their views! But dismissing an entire group of people as barbaric and stupid and not worth your time and even subhuman (?!) because of their views? Be serious. How will that ever fucking help. Do you think separating the good people from the bad people has ever resulted in anything good at all ever? You know what helps? Talking to each other. Finding common ground. Good, you both like baking. Good, you both live on the same street. Good, you both like the name Ruth. Or fucking whatever. And then go from there. Try to maybe listen and understand each other for once. I'm not talking about forgiving people who plan on taking away your human rights or who would rather see you dead. Obviously. I'm not saying you should find the nearest 'bad person' and befriend them. Obviously. But take a good look at yourself pleasseeeeee. What do you mean 'bad person'? If you believe hatred is taught, have you ever caught yourself believing in the innate evil of a trump supporter, have you ever considered them beyond saving? If you believe empathy is human, have you ever checked if your thoughts still mean the same, does "i hate men" still carry the same value, do you still look at men the same way you did before you started saying that? Do you catch yourself stripping away hobbies and feelings and meaningful relationships from 'those' people, do you consider yourself above them? Do you praise and celebrate when people change for the better or do you hold on to what they used to do and put all your focus on what they still need to learn? A homophobe might meet a gay man and consider him one of the good ones, and that's a good start. That's not the end but it's a good fucking start. If your politics are in-group/out-group politics you are not helping and you do not have the interest of your fellow people at heart. If your beliefs have pushed you to the point you hate a certain group so much you think it's better if they're dead? I'm asking you to think about that a little, okay? Maybe go outside. Talk to people. Jesus christ.

the boy lost :(

Lost is an understatement. My boy was run over by a steamroller ❤️

you're trying to figure out what to vote in the local election: multi-party system edition

got curious and looked at the MILGRAM # on twitter. sorted by latest. worst mistake of my life 💀💀

Being the only woman in my department is wearing me tf down 😒

Oh so THIS is that adult friendship thing yall were talking about

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Thinking about how Ishgard isn't a full democracy if the house of lords still seems to be the final word over the house of commons, since Aymeric is still seen as the leader of Ishgard. There's no separate figurehead, or a joint weighting between the two houses. He's also still head of the army as far as I can tell, and informally carries a lot of weight with decisions on the future of the church that people are just giving him because they like him.

Then I started thinking about if there was a full election for a head of state, the guy who's been putting in the effort with the Firmament and redoing the Brume is Francel. So it would probably be a bitter run off between him and Hilda after Aymeric got knocked out because he's probably still wildly contentious with the lower classes and even if they're not quite in the mood to stab him any more, it's not like he's the perfect candidate for ALL of ishgard. Sometimes that's just how it is when you bring about dramatic change to a place, and he hopefully doesn't have the dictator instinct to claw at the power that opportunity gave him while he earnestly meant well and he deserved it as a liberator and change maker.

Anyway I'm a nerd so I'm thinking about their political campaigns.

glad the banner caught your attention fellow american-- can i keep it for like five more seconds? cool.

shit's not great in the states right now and i speedran the stages of grief today. you may be still in one them - your journey is valid and please take the time you need.

when you're ready though - can i interest you in getting involved politically?

these folks (https://votesaveamerica.com/) have created a handy dandy website to help you get involved politically -- whether it's donating, volunteering, or just keeping aware of what's going on in anyway you can.

their website is incredibly easy to naviagte and it can get you started on your political journey ASAP. please give it a click and see if there's something that fits you.

shit's rough out there i'm not gonna lie. but we need every fighter we've got right now and yes that includes you, even if you don't feel like one (god knows i'm not sure i feel like one either).

if you do nothing else, please vote this midterm season. it is the easiest, single most impactful decision you can make as an american citizen on the system in which you live. if it didn't matter, the fundie christians who are trying to make the rest of us chattel wouldn't be doing it every year like clockwork. trust me.

(here's a handy dandy site to register to vote too: https://vote.gov/)

and if you're all the way at the bottom of this post with me, thank you for reading

if there's anything I learn about recent election in America is that media projection is BS and we'll just have to wait until all the votes are counted

Ember Warrior is now 53,000 words long!!

INVENTORY:

The fanciest clothes you could find

A lock-picking set

A faked invitation to the party which doesn't look completely right

A small dagger hidden behind your back

A pouch with a few coins (for emergencies)

Adventure masterpost

Gonna go to bed in a minute but still in genuine shock that the Fatal Frame 5 x GX crossover won my poll ngl aksksk