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The fact that animals that care for their young will sometimes adopt others' lost or orphaned young to raise along their own is just funny to me. I know that it's all hormonal and there's no conscious thought involved in it, but the internal logic of it is so funny.

"Baby = success. More baby = more success. I have one baby and I found four other baby. I have five baby. I am being so fucking successful right now."

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A good rule of thumb for AI is "would you trust a trained pigeon to do this?"

"We trained a pigeon to recognise cancerous cell clusters and somehow they're really good at it" okay great, that's something that could plausibly be a thing.

"We trained a pigeon to recognise good CV:s and left it in charge of sorting through all our job applications" uh perhaps consider not doing that.

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daily affirmations:

i am kind

i am in control of my emotions

it does not bother me when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

everyone in the house has the right to be in the kitchen

i am kind and in control of my emotions even when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

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An anonymous trans donator asked skizz if he'd say a "trans rights" for pride month and he softly shut it down saying "this channel about good times good vibes, and not anything political. I've got nothing against anything, I've driven that home."

I know it's parasocial to be disappointed that a man in his mid 40s considers queer rights a political topic and it doesn't mean I won't watch him but,,,,, I couldn't help but feel my heart sink a little as that played out live. Skizz says he wants to bring happiness, and joy, and that's literally all this person wanted. A firm, no room for doubt affirmation that Skizz sees and cares for his trans fans. I don't think he's transphobic, but I do think he has a misconception about why saying "trans rights" matters, and why it SHOULDNT be political. Pride month exists for the same reason there's a women's month, and a black history month, and a Juneteenth, and a Veteran's Day. We are lucky to be alive, and we're still fighting for our rights to this day, so we need times to just celebrate our continued existence.

And like,,,, I'm sure that he's heard a lot online but the discussion on trans rights is only political because basic human rights are being denied to trans people for no reason other than bigotry. We want basic human rights for all, for trans people, gay people, disabled people, people of color. We want the standard of care the government and its services and the businesses of our country to be better, more accessible, and affordable for EVERYONE, regardless of gender, race, political belief, religion. The fact that THAT desire is a political matter is because politicians keep denying it.

There were also members of his chat that subtlety ragged on the anonymous donator, saying it was "weird" and "cringe". I have no words for them.

I know Hermitcraft is supposed to be a safe space, and a place to get away from the world's problems, but so you know what is counteractive to that? Bigotry. Transphobia. There are so many young queer fans of hermitcraft, and to say that their existence, this one little piece of affirmation isn't allowed, is insulting and disheartening. Good vibes isn't all free speech and being neutral, it's explicitly saying "you are safe here. I see that you are in danger and you are safe."

I will also leave this video here because I think it's important to be firm about keeping bigotry out of your community, regardless if it means you get less viewers or are seen as "political"

[UPDATE: IT'S ALL GOOD]

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Ayoo just to preempt the inevitable dumb takes we’re about to start seeing;

I am PRO-WOOL

I am PRO-LEATHER

I am PRO-BEES

Fuck the idea of replacing durable, sustainable animal products with cheap, flimsy plastic that doesn’t bio-degrade. Agave nectar and other artificial sweeteners are expensive, labor-intensive, and destroy the environment to be farmed.

Do not buy into pernicious marketing campaigns pushed by dickhead organizations trying to stay relevant, like PETA.

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Anna Haifisch

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Vivienne Westwood snail bracelet 🐌

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#neverforget

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hey you! come over here.

puts a frog on ur head. puts a frog on ur head. puts a frog on ur head. puts a frog on ur head. puts a frog on yo

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A sudden, terrifying thought

When you see an animal with its eyes set to the front, like wolves, or humans, that’s usually a predator animal.

If you see an animal with its eyes set farther back, though—to the side—that animal is prey.

Now look at this dragon.

See those eyes?

They’re to the SIDE.

This raises an interesting—and terrifying—question.

What in the name of Lovecraft led evolution to consider DRAGONS…

As PREY?

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I love grindr images like this, they're so awesome sauced

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one, in my opinion, HUGE mischaracterization that i haven’t seen anyone bring up about five in season 4 is that he is very nonchalant about the fact that the siblings don’t want their powers back, to a point where he doesn’t even seem to care if he gets his back himself

is there anyone else out there who thinks that five would be absolutely ITCHING to get his blinking back. that guy teleported so much pre-universe reset. as much as i love the guy, he has an out of control ego and very much views him and his siblings as more important than regular ordinary people because of their abilities. five definitely would’ve still retained his cockiness without them, but i am positive he’d be a lot more confident in himself if he was able to continue blinking in and out of situations like he did before.

not only did he use his abilities when in dangerous situations and fights (his many physical altercations with lila, the swedes, sparrow ben, jayme, his old self, commission gunmen, hazel and cha cha, the handler, etc.) but also in everyday conversation to emphasize his points (blinking in front of reginald when arguing about oblivion in s3 and diego when arguing about lila using him in s2, etc.) and casual convenience (retrieving fluffernutter ingredients, blinking into elliot’s home and stealing his coffee, etc.) like you can’t tell me the guy doesn’t love his abilities and would’ve craved them deeply in their absence. out of all the siblings, he undoubtedly used his the most.

maybe i’m totally wrong here and just being overly critical of a season we’ve already established was terrible, but thinking about it is just twisting my brain into knots because i am so very confident five would actually have gone to ridiculous lengths to have the advantages his blinking gave him again

“alright then, motion fails, we don’t drink the mystery juice” five i know your ass was laying in bed that night wishing you’d drunk the goddamn mystery juice

^ that’s more like it!!

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