#pitiful object

[falseandrealultravival]

D. Trump is the Joker (Essay)

The word Trump is a trump card in a card game, and D. Trump is a trump card in many ways. He's the Joker(or fool). He is a complete amateur in all fields, including politics, economics, and the military. Even in his specialty, real estate, he has caused his own company to go bankrupt many times. This complete amateur has returned to power as president of the world's most powerful country, the USA.

Of course, he knows neither history nor philosophy, and he disrupts the world with a mind that can only calculate money. The state of the world has changed dramatically in the two months since he took office. Japan is no exception, and he is pushing Japan away militarily, so this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Japan.

The USA has continued to hate Japan and has been plotting to disable Japan, especially militarily. The phrase "protecting Japan with a nuclear umbrella" is just an excuse to continue to deceive Japan, and the USA has no intention of protecting Japan in the event of an emergency. Previous US leaders have been very understanding of this policy, but Trump, a complete amateur who knows neither history nor philosophy, will leave Japan alone -- now is the chance for Japan to become nuclear-armed. Trump is the Joker, and he will completely change the setting of the game.

PS President Trump (the Joker in the card game) is nothing but a pitiful object to me.

Rei Morishita

D.トランプはジョーカーだ（エッセイ）

Trumpという言葉はカードゲームの切り札であり、D.トランプはいろいろな意味で切り札的存在である。ジョーカーだな（馬鹿者でもある）。彼は、政治、経済、軍事、全ての分野においてド素人である。専門の不動産業でも自分の会社を何回も倒産させている。このド素人が世界最強国USAの大統領に返り咲いたのだ。

もちろん彼は歴史も哲学も知らず、金銭勘定しかできない頭脳で世界を攪乱する。就任2か月で世界の様子は激変した。日本も例外ではなく、軍事的にも日本を突き放す勢いで、これは日本にとって千載一遇のチャンスだ。

USAは日本を憎み続け、日本を特に軍事面で不能にするよう画策してきた。「日本を核の傘で守る」というフレーズも日本を騙し続ける口実で、有事には日本を守る気はUSAにはサラサラない。これまでのUSAの為政者はこの方針をよく理解してきたが、歴史も哲学も知らぬド素人のトランプは日本を放置するだろう――今こそ日本が核武装するチャンスなのだ。トランプはジョーカーで、場の設定をがらりと変える。

PS　トランプ大統領（カードのジョーカー）は、私にとって哀れな物体でしかない。

森下礼

[chubb-e-cheese]

It’s crazy to think that when you’re fat, you’re essentially forbidden from expressing desire. People react negatively towards fat people wanting anything anyway, but if you dare to even THINK about liking someone romantically or sexually? Ooooh you’re gonna get looks and comments

[yourgamemasterthewhiterabbit]

Both my parents actually suffer from HORRID emotional dysregulation and are prone to snapping and going into rages. My sister is the same way tbh. I am now realizing this is why they are constantly baffled by the question of whether or not I am mad at them.

I don't have external meltdowns.

I could. I don't let it happen.

I keep my rage on the inside and stay pretty quiet about it. It's just as strong as theirs [physically shaking nose bleed from high blood pressure kind of bad], but like as a kid I saw how terrifying it was to be around [dad breaking dishes, mom putting our lawn chairs into walls] and I just internalized that I wasn't going to wear that anger on the outside.

So my mother genuinely cannot tell if I am just being quiet or if I am silently hearing the dial-up noises of pure rage. This has lead her to both making strong and confident statements like "You are a pacifist who would never hurt a fly U.U" but also acting like I am secretly dangerous maybe... It's because she has never seen me snap.

She knows what her temper is like [throwing chairs through walls], she knows what my father's temper is like [pick up child and toss out door], and she can tell I am being tested, but she doesn't know what happens when I snap or where that breaking point is.

Her -perhaps unhinged- solution to this, my whole life, has been to do things that should obviously enrage me or shut me down completely, like ignoring important boundaries, repeatedly, punishing me for expressing emotions or needs at all, etc... And then to constantly ask me if I am angry with her when I get too quiet [right after near directly telling me to shut up].

It has occurred to me now, they have never once seen me lose my temper, so they literally just can't tell if I am angry at them. My sister is easy, my mother fights and screams with my sister constantly, my mother understands this. My mother doesn't have any grasp of feelings or boundaries that are not screamed at her [apparently, and I fear my sister is the same way]. Her and my sister are close despite constant fucking fighting because they understand each other.

They are trying to get me to engage the same way and it is not working. I realize now that this has been hard for them.

I was so successfully taught to suppress my emotions, by being punished for any outburst, that rage quiet looks the same as any other kind of quiet from the outside. To them anyway.

I did tell her. For the record. I used my words. I did tell her very calmly that my response to rage, in order to avoid doing the things that terrified me as a child, was to simply leave [the autistic urge to GTFO]. When a situation or person causes too much of the dial-up rage noise, I simply extract myself from that situation, up to and including never speaking to a person again. I explained this calmly. I explained it calmly 100 times and I explained that I explain myself calmly as my rage response 1-5 [also pretty much every other negative emotion tbh], and I told her that what came next was me simply opting out and fucking off. I told her this. I couldn't understand why she never took me seriously, or why she never fucking understood.

I couldn't understand what made her like this.

But it's the same problem I have with everyone else multiplied by a factor of 10.

If I am explaining myself calmly, they can't understand that it's actually serious or that I am actually upset. ESPECIALLY because they read me as "female" and women "aren't that rational" so if I am not screaming and crying about something, which I never do, people assume I can't be upset and it isn't serious.

And then after having my boundaries ignored too many times despite having calmly explained how and why it's a problem [shaking inside or not]... I leave. I leave and everyone gets upset like this is unexpected behaviour, even though I told them 50 times that is how I would respond if they kept doing *the thing.*

And for neurotypical people especially, they are expecting there to be a disconnect between what someone says they need or feel and what their actually boundaries and feelings are, and they expect the latter to be demonstrated with emotions. Telling them bluntly you do not function that way somehow never helps?

My mother isn't just looking for normal yelling or a few tears to know I am serious, whether or not I do those either [I don't], she's looking for an explosion to know there's a problem at all.

Fucked if I know how she proceeds through life this way in general or if this is just her expectation of her own kids???

And I couldn't get why my mother couldn't read my emotions and didn't seem to think I have any. It's because she's testing for the rage limit to see where my 'actual' limit is instead of taking my word for it. Never the fuck mind that she could simply *not* test at my boundaries instead of letting me have them. Separate issue.

I couldn't figure out what made her *like this*

She's expecting me to throw a giant meltdown violent tantrum at people when I have 'actually' had enough. Maybe she got away with those being like 5'4" in another time, but I am the size of the average man, I do not get to have giant screaming rages, whether or not people perceive me consciously as a woman, and least of all because a lot of people -at least unconsciously- read me as 'masculine' or at least always "they guy" of the situation compared to all other women and some men [bigger stronger and more rational, more able to just absorb the damage and let it go so the less rational screaming/crying one doesn't have to be dealt with]. Even if it was in me to be willing to terrify people [usually never], there are such limited instances where it wouldn't just blow back on me. Potentially very dangerously.

I am going to be the quiet calm one. You are going to have to let me use my words, bitch.

So she kept ignoring my boundaries until I had to cut her out of my life, and she probably doesn't understand and probably thinks it feels sudden -after 36 long years of bullshit- abrupt and unfair.

But I told her hundreds of times.

I probably should have just screamed at her.

[greenerteacups]

Hello GT, I absolutely love Lionheart!

I published my first fic and have been dealing with some criticism; it’s not anythjng super hateful, but it’s not anything meant to make me improve either. I’ve been feeling sort of down because of it. My question is: have you ever dealt with hate or criticism before? What is your attitude towards it?

I find your work and answers on here super insightful and inspiring! I hope you have a nice day ❤️

Fuck em. Like, seriously, just fuck em. There's a time and place for writers to take critique and be strict with themselves; it's necessary for any artist to grow. That place is with a chosen group of creatives whose work you admire and whose judgment you trust. A rando on the Internet, while they may in fact be the next Marcel Proust, probably isn't. And I was raised to believe that while it's appropriate and kind to pay compliments to strangers when they're performing — just as you'd smile at a busker on the sidewalk, and or compliment a chalk artist — it's not appropriate to criticize them when what they do isn't to your tastes. They're providing you with their art for free. No one forced you to read it; no one forced you to listen. If you don't like it, it costs $0 to shut the fuck up.

Also — that thing I said about artists taking critique? That assumes that you're doing this out of a desire to improve your writing, which, while noble, is not actually a thing you need to do if you're a hobby writer. I like trying to improve; it makes me feel good. But at the end of the day, I do this for fun. I do this because in my real job, I am ruthless and self-critical and try really fucking hard to do well, and you need parts of your life that Aren't Like that. You need parts of your life where you're not worrying about whether you're Doing It Right. And living without that anxiety of critique is, paradoxically, the only way you'll find the artistic courage to take risks and develop new skills. Everyone is a little bit rough around the edges to begin with. (Not saying you're a beginner — you merely said "publish," and I certainly wrote a lot of things before I started publishing! But every artist is always trying to develop new skills and techniques; in the grand scope of things, we're all beginners.) Giving someone blunt critique when they're in the beginning phases of their journey as an artist is about as helpful as screaming at your six-year-old kid because he can't swim the butterfly.

And the thing is, these people will bluster and say "well, I'm just being honest, I'm just trying to be helpful," but like: mmmmmmno, you're not! You're not. And it's disingenuous to say so. Because if you were actually trying to be helpful, you would introduce yourself, offer your skills as an editor/beta reader, and start building the relationship of trust that grounds any meaningful co-creative partnership. People do not just accept random critique that comes flying at them from the blue nowhere. And issuing it in that form is the best way to make them hostile, defensive, and unreceptive to it. Delivering harsh feedback without a context of care and support is almost sure to fail as a method of actually changing behavior, and either (1) you know that, and are doing it anyway — presumably because you want people to know how Terribly Clever and Better At Writing you are, or (2) you sincerely have never thought about the effect that context and word choice have on how other people receive your meaning.

Which tells me you are the last fucking person on the planet I want writing advice from.

[iamanartichoke]

Not me getting social anxiety / panic about how I'm going to interact and handle my feels when Loki season 2 drops bc what is tumblr anymore, even.

Um, anyway, reblog this post if you're in the Loki fandom, plan on watching season 2, and are down to discuss / possibly deep dive into the material, in a way that is non-toxic to one's overall fandom experience.

To be completely upfront/transparent: Non-toxic doesn't necessarily mean positive. I'm sure I will have my own criticisms I'll want to talk about, and I have no problem with - nay, I enjoy, even - discussing both what I loved as well as what I wish had been ripped from the script draft, tossed into a wastebasket in the writers' room, and then set on fire.

In other words, all opinions are welcome, as are (civil) disagreements, but I'm not here for either anti-level hate or toxic "this is the best and if you don't agree you're an anti" positivity. I like my meta in the middle, very gray, and perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

(I hate myself so much for quoting Thanos, but it's become a bit of a meme in other spaces and it lives in my brain now.)

So yeah ... anyway reblog/follow me if you want to, or whatever. No pressure.

Not really, but yknow.

[camgoloud]

you ever just. become overwhelmed by a sudden out-of-nowhere wave of tenderness and affection and longing for reconnection directed towards someone to whom you no longer speak for Very Good Reasons

[april-december]

Was in the pet store this afternoon (and in great distress but I digress) and I found this dog toy that was just….too sweet and too realistic to perish in a dog’s mouth so I took pity on her and bought her.

She’s currently only stuffed with crinkle plastic so I’m gonna take that out and stuff her and make her into a Real Toy.

[hetheymerrill]

The way that he never directly accuses you of this but it's clear he thought there was a nonzero chance that he was getting terminally ill guy pity sex..... crazy stuff.

[moe-broey]

Freyja voice I'm So Sorry you had a Traumatic Childhood and it made you Stupid On-Line.

[sophsicle]

i swear every chapter makes me feel worse for regulus. he was SO underprepared to become king and he’s left filling a throne he never wanted. i know in the end he’ll be a better king than sirius could’ve but the betrayal of being abandoned and left to clean up someone else’s mess so they can be free and happy…it’s an interesting interpretation for canon black brothers too. sirius’ freedom coming at a cost only regulus can pay…it’s gut wrenching really.

still the character most in need of a hug, warm blanket, and loaded gun is my poor girl andy 😭

I mean, okay, i do feel i need to come to the aid of my boy Sirius here and remind us all that he a) did not want to leave regulus and b) was fearing for his life

like he IS absolutely way happier not being king and hanging out with a bunch of pirates fo sure, BUT like, he didn't leave just because he wanted to be happy

technically leaving wasn't even his idea it was James's

it was also James who was pushing real hard that Regulus couldn't be trusted (which fair tbh i don't think regulus can ever be trusted just generally) SO you know, i just feel like there's so much happening in this fic that sometimes Sirius's motivations are forgotten, but he did not just skip town like some deadbeat dad, his mother was conspiring to murder him

[markipliers-madhouse]

Telephone Ring

Pages 9-12

FIRST - PREV - NEXT

Nothing like a nice phone call to get us all in the mood :]]

But ey another set done! Gotta admit not much going on here, mainly an exposition set explaining the rules/gimmicks the robos got, but still i think a good set overall!

...Mainly just for the last panel on the last page i am really damn proud of that one look at my boi l u r k i n g -

That and also for more Mark! literally title character woah Gotta admit i meant to show him a lil more in this set, but that's okay! We'll be seeing more of him in the future, so look forward to that! ...maybe keep updated by following or something i dunno-

But yeah, not much else to say, just hoping you enjoy this set! And I'm suuuure everything'll be just fiiiine next set. After all...the first night is usually never that eventful :]

[ask-steve-cobs]

…

One question.

Why.

Why did you tell them?? The contestants??? About how THEY ARE NOT REAL???

Oh, but if I didn't, who will?

[chutefullofholes]

not being conventionally attractive is suchhhh a prison el o l i hate how i look in the majority of my photos from gettysburg to the extent that it makes me want to cry a bit bc i had such a good time but want to delete all my posts about it bc i look bad (((:

[dataframe]

my curse of loving side characters will never die i fear. how the fuck do you get emotionally attached to A Sword.

[orcelito]

Hm. I guess I'm a bit bummed that trump didn't die, since it'd fix a whole lot of my worries, though I'm not like... Like Logically, I can see why it might affect voter turnout in the election, but I also don't really understand people insisting this means he's basically won the election. The man's still a fucking idiot. Project 2025 still exists. I'm still going to do the thing I was planning all along - show up to the polls in November and vote against him. Why is everyone acting like everything's so different now?

Just fucking vote against him if you're able to. It's that simple.

[sapporomilktea]

wah wah wah