Look I know this is a scientific publication but you don’t understand— we need to include milk and cookies in the photo. We have to. Otherwise the science suffers
a while ago i was miserable and just scrolling thru instagram and i opened the comments on a video of someone embroidering something and there were a couple comments that seemed really rude so i opened the replies to see if anyone was yelling at them and each time without fail there was someone helpfully replying to answer their question or explain something or whatever and the original commenter would be like "ohh that makes sense thanks!" and it really felt like i was a character in a children's television show learning a valuable lesson about the importance of not jumping to conclusions and approaching others with an open heart
comment: why would u use this type of thread??? everyone says ur only supposed to use BLOING fiber not SHLORP fiber
me: that's so rude why is so much of the internet so mean op just wanted to show off their art :(
applejack in the comments: actually shlorp fiber can be better in certain projects because the texture makes it smoother to pull through fabric! plus it's sold in a wider variety of colors in some places :-)
commenter: ohhh i didnt know that, that makes sense thanks!
me: huh. i thought they were being mean on purpose i guess i misunderstood their tone
ladybug from miraculous: this is a magical charm :-) always keep it with u, it will protect u from sensing malice where there is none & help u see things in a more positive light 🐞
ALTGerard P Donelan
I love the notes saying this femme knows exactly what she's doing and it's all part of her flirting technique. You get it.
More of his stuff and about him
My absolute favorite of his work
Lest we forget "The Quilt" (not as funny, but worth a mention)
obviously it's stupid and exhausting when people try and argue that you can never try to help someone figure out they're trans because of the "egg prime directive", but I do agree with them on one principle, which is that trying to tell somebody else what they are is just kind of rude? like, if I had a male friend who was suffering for reasons that were clearly related to gender, I think it would be incomprehensibly cruel of me not to tell him "there are other options for you, you can always live your live in a way that makes you happier, you should give some thought as to what that would look like," but I would never tell him "You Are A Trans Woman"--not because I hate trans women and want to keep them closeted, but because it would be presumptuous of me to assign him a particular identity based on my own assumptions, no matter what those assumptions are
...and also because there are things you're allowed to be other than a Man or a Woman but I guess we're not allowed to talk about that anymore
I would actually go as far as to say that MOST abuse is unintentional. I think most people will go through their lives without ever experiencing intentional abuse. People are abusive because they're selfish, because they're stressed, because they care more about what society thinks they should do than the impacts of their actions on their children and partners, because they think what they're doing is correct, because they've made it make sense in their own heads, because they think they can fix their victims, they think they can fix their relationships, they think they can stop you from leaving, they think they can make you a better partner to them, they think that means you need to do what they want. We've sort of constructed mental illness in a way that doing this shit to other people counts as a form of mental illness because it is anti social behavior in the literal sense— it is behavior that causes social harm.
I don't say any of this to excuse it. I think everyone needs to be more aware of this because if you think abuse has to be intentional you will never realize you are capable of abusive behavior. You will never realize you are being shitty to the people you love, because YOU know what you mean, YOU know you don't mean any harm. But you're doing harm. You need to pay attention to the impact you have on other people, and you need to do it all the time, Especially when you feel least capable of doing so. Sorry! You live in a society. Get your head out of your ass.
I humbly offer this contribution.
Do the AI people know that the rest of us who never got on the bandwagon are still doing everything the same way we always have
The AI boom has changed literally nothing about my day to day life except I now have to work harder to get access to reliable information, all the important admin work is being done wrong, and I keep getting DMs letting me know the perfectly ordinary and plausible photo I liked was actually a fake image generated by a fascist to generate views and churn out ad money for the purpose of funding their tree-powered puppy-flushing toilet
Migrating To The Peripheral Web Part 1: The Indie Web, Personal Websites and How To Get Started
hello there! this is my first proper blogpost on this account. it is part of a currently theoretical series i want to write, exploring parts of the peripheral web and how to integrate them into regular use.
today i will discuss the indie web, how to make your very own personal website, and why making one matters in the current internet landscape.
What is the Peripheral Web, anyway?
the term itself is derived from the Yesterweb movement. it defines a split of internet spaces into the core web - encompassing mass-appeal, corporation-backed social media such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube - and the peripheral web, described as the outskirts of the internet, which encompass independent platforms such as Mastodon and SpaceHey, as well as independent, individual-ran personal websites. in a world where the core web's titans are looking to squeeze as much profit and engagement out of their platforms as possible, exploring smaller, independent options for online socialising, even if just marginally, is more important than ever.
Personal Websites Never Die
most people associate personal websites with the late 90s and early 2000s - the age of services like Geocities and Angelfire, which helped provide free web hosting to millions of internet users. the thing is, while these services are long gone, spiritual successors pop up all the time.
this post has reblogs off but i think about it all the time. truly evergreen post
affirmations when opening a stuck jar:
- I am stronger than the jar
- I know what left and right are
- smashing the jar will make a mess
- I have strong and dextrous hands
- I have opened jars before and I will open jars again
aropride
