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The Magnus Protocol Episode 8: The Return of the 3Gs

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I’m a big fan of that post-laundry feeling when you’ve got all your A-list clothes back in the game.

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not to sound like a weak, morally impure centrist over here, but i think online leftist communities need to be a little more accepting of the concept that most people are just. not that well informed. we live in a society that provides access to an overwhelming amount of information and yet which discourages actually diving into much beyond the surface level. Most of the people you meet out in the world are just not gonna know much about a lot of what you care about, but that's not the same as being against those things, or being unwilling to learn, or being unnamenable to those ideas. Our modern society is an unending cascade of information and misinformation and disinformation and filtering through that shit enough to actually have a solid grasp of a subject, let alone a nuanced antiestablishment political take, is a skill that takes time and effort to develop, time and effort that is in very short supply. It really bothers me when I see leftists talk about how capitalism keeps us down by taking up all our time and energy and making recovery, both physical and emotional, cost what little we can afford, and then turn around and get upset that people are politically uninformed. On some level, you gotta meet some people where they are, and have a little faith in them to be open to new ideas and information. Ignorance is not inherently intentional, and it's not the same as antipathy.

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not to sound like a weak, morally impure centrist over here, but i think online leftist communities need to be a little more accepting of the concept that most people are just. not that well informed. we live in a society that provides access to an overwhelming amount of information and yet which discourages actually diving into much beyond the surface level. Most of the people you meet out in the world are just not gonna know much about a lot of what you care about, but that's not the same as being against those things, or being unwilling to learn, or being unnamenable to those ideas. Our modern society is an unending cascade of information and misinformation and disinformation and filtering through that shit enough to actually have a solid grasp of a subject, let alone a nuanced antiestablishment political take, is a skill that takes time and effort to develop, time and effort that is in very short supply. It really bothers me when I see leftists talk about how capitalism keeps us down by taking up all our time and energy and making recovery, both physical and emotional, cost what little we can afford, and then turn around and get upset that people are politically uninformed. On some level, you gotta meet some people where they are, and have a little faith in them to be open to new ideas and information. Ignorance is not inherently intentional, and it's not the same as antipathy.

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people love to find progressive ways to say we should all be arranged into separate groups and try our hardest to not relate to one another

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Stop just asking "is it normal?" and start asking "is it harming anyone?" Lots of harmful things are normalized in this society and lots of things considered weird or rare are completely harmless. Whether something is considered normal or common shouldn't be the deciding factor in whether it's okay

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thinking about how even gay rights just. aren’t taken seriously by your average well meaning liberal. i’m thinking about how coworkers a few jobs ago just chuckled when i said i didn’t want chicfila bc of their donations to anti gay efforts. more recently, a trans girl who works at my gym told me that her bosses wouldn’t let her hang a pride flag in the gym. This is despite it being a place that is largely queer and a strongly ‘liberal’ soace, because “conservatives go here too.” At what point do certain ideas become unacceptable? at what point do we stop having conversations about queer rights because yes we all know gay people deserve rights? “conservatives come here too!” okay and you’re okay with that? you want that? there’s people who will be made uncomfortable by something as simple as a pride flag and you’re okay with that? you’re accommodating it? have some fucking conviction! do the minimum!

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Autistic brain really is like, "you have to overexplain so there is absolutely zero chance for misinterpretation"

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IM FUCKING SCREAMING

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ya gotta stop caring what people think and start being extremely weird. but never cruel. i think that might save you

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What if TMA fantasy AU huh?? what then?

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Ice cold takes from a Transgender Woman:

Men are not inherently Evil

Everyone has the capacity for evil

Transgender Men are men

Transgender Women are women

Excluding Cisgender Men from your spaces requires Transgender Men to out themselves if they want to engage (Same for Women)

Anyone can be Non-Binary, there is no "look" or requirement

Non-binary masculine presenting people should be welcome in queer spaces, many are just treated as men and predators

Non-binary feminine presenting people should be welcome in queer spaces without being seen as "Woman-Lite"

Edited the wording on the first point because too many terfs keep thinking I'm their friend.

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Archivist 👁

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i feel like the youth should be reminded that the point of shipping is not for a ship to become canon. the point of shipping is to collect all the canon crumbs like starved mice, run away cackling and make some fun little scenarios with them just for the hell of it.

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Hey now that Jonny and Alex confirmed that basically all designs and headcannons from fans are cannon in different dimensions/universes can the sex interested and sex repulsed Jon enjoyers shake hands and make up. He’s both folks! He is canonically both.

I enjoy fanworks from both perspectives btw as an acespec person who kinda flipflops between the two himself 🙋 anyways I love all ace rep that doesn’t infantilize or attempts to “fix” us, blows kisses to you all (and a simple 🫶 to those opposed to such affection).

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ive got a hot take. someone taking inspiration from your drawings is not weird or bad or theft. hey by the way in this AI slop world we should really get back to being okay with inspiring each other. "their oc has similar colors to my oc!" okay?????

"their style looks similar to mine now!!!" alright????

please stop normalizing that art is 100% original all the time. if it makes you uncomfortable for people to be inspired (and obligatory "im not saying copying 1:1 is okay im saying inspired theres a difference" insert here) by YOUR ART then dont post online im genuinely serious

in this AI climate we have to be inspired by real, human beings

you cannot steal styles, colors, nor poses. you can be inspired by other humans, thats how you learn, thats how you develop your own style

just as you grew your style from learning from others, so will others from you

we are a community first and encouraging and inspiring each other is how we will survive

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Are they ‘trauma dumping’ or are they just discussing their life experience and you are such an asshole that you can’t stand to be confronted with information that makes you uncomfortable for 0.005 seconds???