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I just saw someone say "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" as an argument for boycotting AO3

Babe AO3 is a nonprofit. They do not exist under the ethics of capitalism. Fanfiction is legal because no money is ever exchanged around it. (All the money given to AO3 is used to maintain their servers and pay their lawyers to help keep fanfiction legal.)

Fanfiction is one of the few things in this world - probably the one singular form of entertainment that does not exist within the confines of capitalism. So by your own logic, even if you hate some of the content on AO3, it's inherently the only ethical thing to consume in the whole world.

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bro is it parasocial to experience art

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“Ariel sold her voice for legs just because of a guy“

Meanwhile Ariel with legs;

Ariel already loved the human world long before meeting Eric (you don’t get a collection like hers overnight) and when she finally got a chance to explore it, she took it.

Ursula made it more about Eric than Ariel ever did.

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I'm sorry, professor, I consider publishing your course a day late, having a mandatory live zoom meeting during business hours to stay enrolled for an asynchronous class, and requiring students to use a $60 ***pdf*** that you wrote as their textbook to be exceptionally unprofessional and since I've still got 14 days to get a refund I'm totally not paying $150 to take your class.

Also, for all the newbie professors out there: a syllabus is not just a greeting and a list of assignments. If you haven't given your students AT LEAST your office hours, your late work policy, and your preferred method of being contacted, then you have not given your students a syllabus it's just sparkling announcements.

But really. Sir. SIR. You teach Speech 100. This is one of the most basic classes with like, 20 of the most widely available accepted textbooks and you want me to pay sixty dollars for a pdf of a book that you rewrite every semester so that there are no previous editions?

Buddy this is interpersonal communication, not introductory rhetoric. Why is one of your *four* total assignments about Socrates?

Maybe it's the fact that I've taken Spch 100 interpersonal communication three times already, maybe it's the fact that I grew up with somebody who taught Spch 100 interpersonal communication from 1981 to 2018, but buddy what the fuck are you doing?

"Some of our lectures will only be available for 24 hours so it is up to you to stay on top of it."

Friend, you are teaching an asynchronous online 100-level class at a community college during a pandemic. Get off your high horse, a third of your students are probably parents. There is no reason whatsoever to limit access to course materials to 24 hours unless you are doing it to be a controlling asshole.

Also YOU published your class a day and a half late! You don't get to publish your class late with an incomplete syllabus and tell students to "stay on top of it." Especially not since that means that people have two fewer days to buy your PDF textbook and only one full day to prepare for your mandatory 1pm on a Tuesday zoom meeting!

Why do you require me to have access to a printer for an online class? Oh yeah it's because you expect me to print out and draw on sections of your $60 ebook.

SIR. No thank you.

Kids, new students: this is a level of bullshit and disorganization from a professor that you do not have to put up with. This is a neatly ordered series of red flags that say "this professor is going to be absolutely unbearable."

Also *any* humanities class where your whole grade is 4 assignments should get serious side-eye. You should be able to pass most 100 level humanities classes by just turning in weekly assignments. 4 assignments means that by the time you figure out how the professor grades you're probably close to halfway through the class. Look for classes that require weekly participation as a major chunk of the grade because that way, even if you fuck up a project in a major way, just showing up can save your ass.

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best part of KPop Demon Hunters is all the ridiculous faces the girls make

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I think if I could be the kind stranger in someone’s memory, that’d be enough.

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i hate when a piece of kids media is so well made that people start saying "clearly this was made FOR adults not for silly little babies. we are the true target demographic" like cmon man. you don't have to pretend it's something it isn't. sometimes things that are made for 12 year olds are good.

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harry potter fans in 2025

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I’m never wrong

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Reblog if, no matter the size of the role, you would agree to work with the Muppets if offered the chance to do so, no questions asked

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i fucking swear trying to talk about native american issues is EXHAUSTING!!! cuz will the government do anything to improve living conditions on reservations??? will the government do anything to give native's our land back??? will they give us THE BODIES OF OUR FUCKING CHILDREN BACK???? NO, NO THEY FUCKING WONT!!! but they can tell sports teams to change their names back to SLURS because "it didn't need to change" and "it just doesnt have the same ring to it"!!! and articles USING THE SLUR IN THEIR TITLES!!! and then NO ONE FUCKING TAKES IT FUCKING SERIOUSLY!!!!!

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Reminder that in the US, it's full-on illegal for an employer to forbid or penalize salary/wage discussions among employees. If you're in the US and have been told by your employer to not discuss pay with your coworkers, try to get that shit in writing. Depending on local laws, a voice recording may also work, but a paper/email trail is always best.

If your employers don't want you talking about your salary with your coworkers, it's because someone is being underpaid. Full stop. There is no innocent reason for not wanting employees to discuss their paychecks with each other.

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Seeing a lot of posts about the Palestinian flag, and it got me thinking about indigenous flags around the world.

Māori:

Kalaallit Nunaat:

Haudenosaunee

Nunatsiavut:

Australian Aboriginal:

Torres Strait Islands:

Rapa Nui:

Kurdistan:

Sami:

Ainu:

Of course, these are just a handful. May they all reclaim their stolen lands.

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pissed about the wild fires? land back.

pissed about climate change? land back.

pissed about shitty politicians? land back.

pissed that this nation cares more about money than people? give the land back to the indigenous peoples it was stolen from in the first place.

pissed about colonialism in other nations? give the land back. it starts at home.

the number one solution should be decolonization and returning the stolen land back to the proper stewardships so that we can focus on healing the land and the connection we have to it.

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Critical questions you should ask more often

Who said this was a rule?

Did they really say this?

Do you accept their authority? Why?

Who disagrees with this rule? What are their arguments against it?