#cmunity

[soulbornincoldandrain]

i dont understand prople who are like god i hate jeff winger hes such a bitch he sucks and hes often comedically and mostly only plot-necessarily geberally the nicest most empathetic and soundminded person in the group in most situations and then its well ya everybody sucks theyre all soo sucky except for abed he's so dorky and sweet and lovable and then its like. the guy who regularly actively participates in the actual psychological torture of his friends because he thinks itd make for good teevee or hes seen good tv do it and likes the structure of it all as if the point isnt that hes just as sucky as all of them that's why theyre a friendgroup not an abedcentered polycule with jwinger at the other end of the moral spectrum because thats what the show wants u to believe is happening but its really evidently not so whats going on here guys its not even that one of them is better than the other or more likeable like a rlly core theme of it all is that they all suck but in a way that they all can uniquely forgive enough to make the friendship the Good Thing they need to survive this common hellxperience (college) why the abedworship i like the abedworship but to say hes the best of them all (persome moral code apparently) is not only factually wrong its also just like. have u seen the guy

[gendernewtral]

this isn’t happening anymore !! (published 04.28.2025)

there’s still a lot of plans to study autism ‘causes’ but they’re mostly accurate scientific studies and any recorded data wouldn’t be linked to specific individuals, following standard scientific study protocols.

[thedogeveryonehates]

you cant l cancel a wavedash you fucking CASUAL

Never played the game

I just use the funny words my bad

Sowwy smash cmunity it will NEVER happen again

[ticklefightqueen]

Was walking home talking to a friend in the community and made me wonder how many people iv walked past that iv met virtually in the cmunity or those that are also in but I haven't met strange anyone you pass could be a part of this with us

[ianarovoices]

Sadly, yes. There is a small, but substantial "sfw vore" cmunity here, which includes both minors enaging with the kink and adults who engage with those minors. Neither of them seem to have any issue with this, which is horrifying!

y i k e s

Thanks for the heads-up. Biiiiiig yikes.

[noweyesee]

Meritocracy and Contemporary Witchcraft

-> What is Meritocracy

From the dictionary:

‘Government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability.’

Meritocracy is a political system in which power is vested in people on the basis of talent, effort, and achievement, rather than wealth or social class.

This is an important word to keep in mind - specially in more contemporary contexts of Witchcraft. Like in governments, the idea that there are no other influencing factors that account for one’s talent, effort or achievement is botched - furthermore, the extremely social and cultural indicator of what is merit wise also comes into play.

Transfer those factoids into Witchcraft and you have a very present discussion of hierarchy and idealization over the practitioners - creating, in a subtle or unsubtle way, depending on the community, a vertical view of the practitioners skills, abilities and what they practice.

An example of this is that in some circles kitchen craft (such as spell jars, teas and mixes) can be seen as inferior to curses or deity work. More in depth and vertically, recently there have been discussions of deity workers that feel less for not being God spouses and so on.

These examples show that there is an innate view of hierarchy and merit inside the community, and as such I felt the need to talk about diversity, from the “mundane” view of Psychology and its effectivity in Witchcraft.

->Types of intelligence and Types of Witches

In 1983, Gardner developed his theory of Multiple Intelligences - this theory expands the concept that there is a perfect and specific mold needed to be considered “smart” , and as such acknowledges that each individual has (either through nurture or nature) an affinity for different types of actions, practices, and knowledge.

The number of intelligenes known vary, there are models with 8 or 12 types, but the most known ones are:

Linguistic intelligence (“word smart”)

Logical-mathematical intelligence (“number/reasoning smart”)

Spatial intelligence (“picture smart”)

Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence (“body smart”)

Musical intelligence (“music smart”)

Interpersonal intelligence (“people smart”)

Intrapersonal intelligence (“self smart”)

Naturalist intelligence (“nature smart”)

When filling what part of the brain is used and what affinity an individual has, we can find a similar concept in the infamous Types of Witche, that are too many and too diverse to accurately list.

This concept has been the cause of some headaches for new and more experienced practitioners alike, why?

-> Because, there is a certain moment where rotulation stops being helpful in finding a community and related content and starts being limiting. Just like the intelligence types, rarely an individual will solely have one affinity, and as such, why limit their experience and essence in a word when the World can be broader and more colorful than that.

-> Innate vs Acquired and Nurture vs Nature

Here we find an age-old discussion - the Innate that accounts for subjectivity, past lives and geniosity versus what is learned through interaction, acquired knowledge, culture and effort.

The point is, all individuals have something that is inherited (genetics, past lives, talent) and things we acquire - both come together, and as such, it is difficult to separate what makes someone skilled in their craft.

For example, there can be an innate practitioner that has some strong talents, but has decided to never breach witchcraft nor deepen it versus a practitioner that had almost no inherited craft related things, but spent years of their life studying and practicing.

Which one has the most merit?

If you answered none, you’re correct - both decided to follow different paths, and as such, comparing such subjective experiences and choices is unfair and almost inhumane. There can be admiration, but one shouldn’t place an hierarchical view based on effort when one hasn’t lived what the other has.

-> Conclusion: Agency over your own narrative

As you can see, the topics approached were quite open, with the intent to offer some insight and luckily bring a more diverse point of view of your practice as well as of others.

The point here is that, at the end (and Fate notwithstanding) we all have an Agency of our own narrative. Be it to improve innate elements or breach new ones - Witchcraft offers us that breath of fresh air that can be directioned wherever we want to, and as such, limitations, comparatives and the such serve only as obstacles to ourselves as well as taint our view of others.

Be curious, be cautious and be respectful.

[alexyeehaw]

oh! so a patton? i can fufil my true dreams of becoming a capatalistic god and copy right adderall monster energy

i think they should make a special line of monster that just has adderall but no one else knows so it gets put on the shelf with regular monster

[aroacemonster]

just because a lot of people prefer queer cmunity doesnt mean all of us do. I've been hurled the slur at, hear it under breaths, and to me it just feels wrong and uncomfortable. Its okay to use queer for urself but please dont force it on people. Some of us arent ready or dont feel like reclaiming it, just like not all gay men reclaim "f*g" and some do. Its a personal experience just like being LGBT is in and of itself. Respect that.

I’m sorry you’ve had to go through that.

I agree on how the term should be used. I’ve never used queer to refer to people who don’t self-identify as such and when I speak of the queer community I refer to people who identify as queer.

[dipthongs]

whats ur fo for the cmunity and did you seee the model who got acid thronw on HER FACE

wtf does this mean

[soulbornincoldandrain]

science of illusion s1 vs having one of the better friendship monologues. maybe better than youre like my favourite friend and i want you to be happy winger greats but the ethos of. ur like the anti-winger youre the heart of the group and im not good at the mushy stuff but if i was then we wouldn't need you and Jeff winger did it scared he did it mortified he did it with love. insane things to me (guy who wants his friends to love him no matter what) (guy sometimes overtaken by the ethos of jeff winger) hey man what if we were friends and loved each other and i implied that i bring people superficial joy the way a good punchline does and youre the underlying current of passion that holds people in for the setup. youre the suffocating torturous heat that people need to endure for my cold sharp gasp of relief to truly land. and i know it sucks and you hate it but i ask you to endure it nonetheless. because you'd hate it without me and i wouldn't be anywhere without you. im asking you to love it nonetheless so we can see this resolution together, not one that's promised but the one we can deliver together maybe with the shitty ropes handed through us. with the help of our good friend Sitcom TV. im saying the mental concrete playground of redstreet in my mind is one silly guy prancing around on the swingset saying people are saved thru tropes and love reaches people thru medium and this one time the medium is tv and it's just abed nadirs face on a poster in the back. im saying shhh. just watch. it's beautiful.

[soulbornincoldandrain]

once u get past tv assigned shitty archetypes of character in cmunity u realise that jeff winger loved being loved soo much that when he found somebody he loved and didnt know what to do about it he set 2 carving a place awkward and painful for his sad broken friend into his life and said hey . uh . if u want it . like idk haha. you can have it and i want you here . for the better maybe and britta said im worthless in a way i dont think can redeem itself from within me i think and he said i dont think ur worthless i think you're brave in a way that cripples u sometimes and makes you so endlessly vital to your friends you'll never be alone and britta looked at him sad and said but within sitcom im synonymous with the most pathetic thing youve ever seen coolguy :( and he looked at her terrified and he said maybe but if im coolguy then i want you to be my antithesis best friend i wan tto try and tell you this terrified but ill say it nonetheless and that's why ur here for maybe when im less brave but you're you're like. the heart of the group. i present as the perfect solution in joy (ethos of motion within tv) (the holy power of the bit) but that's because ur the catharsis in the torturous cocoon (the dark space between episodes where real life touches you finally) (bridging pilot to finale) (carrying character from script to reality) you put the heart underneath the archetype that roots tv to Me. or you even. jeff winger kind as narrative device vs britta perry kind in essence and terrified of it, working hand in hand to deliver the protagonists narrative (thru reinforcing their narratives on ye side of the screen- one better one worse than the characters they love) delivering us to tv (friends) (family) (love) and tv to us (me) (you) (us).

posts that are incomprehensible and abt the science of illusion. s1 had some real greats.

[soulbornincoldandrain]

hate documenting the cmunityrewatching this has turned me into a creature id choke in a nightmare

[soulbornincoldandrain]

a separate post is in fact just the jeff (watching) thru abed (tv)(trope)(screen) to britta (emotional conclusion) direction of thought vs britta (conflict)(hurt)(?boiled potato) thru abed (tv)(fourth wall)(distance) to jeff (solution)(likeable)(fictional) or jeff reducing loved one thru archetype to find a solution he cant process vs love finding him anyways because that's how love works in real life and people have depth and often in good ways and britta finding embarrassment and self flagellation is often lonely and stupid and world ending and resolution reaching her anyways thru that because sometimes love finds you oddly unexpectedly and perfectly like a neatly wrapped punchline in a bow because all ur friends are crying and somebody loves u to reach out amidst the chaos anyways and it works. so u take it. and you reach forward still. sometimes in being the antithesis to ur coolguy bestfriend you are brave enough to be sad and embarrassing and you inspire bravery within others still and people love you. pr whatever. who knows i dont even watch tv.

[soulbornincoldandrain]

the jeffannie presidential debate is really siblingscoded and well executed in a way that genuinely touches me as audience its really funny everything

[soulbornincoldandrain]

cmunity doing a bad dnd episode and sucking at it is the most cmunity thing they couldve ever done purely because they already pulled off the best cmunity standards dnd episode they couldve possibly achieved thru abeds uncontrollable christmas and they didnt even realise it and honestly at its crux that is everything wrong w the show

[soulbornincoldandrain]

it sucks that cmunity went into it all saying were going to make the material of something actually better than the symbology of it thru genuine attempt and love as its existing counterparts have failed to understand about this medium of art and then? turns out the symbology of what they made was better than the material of it. bit off more than you could chew huh heartfelt attempt at creating genuine art lost to the way you think art should work re arbitrary rules? yeah ur not the first, get in line.