camp counselor cool dad figure percy loudly making increasingly stupid offerings at the dining hall so the new kids don’t feel awkward doing it as well and inadvertently starting a revolution where the gods get such absurd requests some of them even start happening and it’s a mess but he thinks it’s hilarious and lets it continue bc the idea of zeus fuming over a kid asking for a hoverboard in the brazier offering makes him (maybe not so) secretly smile
You might think that I'm joking when I say that we need cyborg rights to be codified into law, but I honestly think that, given the pace of development of medical implants and the rights issues raised by having proprietary technologies becoming part of a human body, I think that this is absolutely essential for bodily autonomy, disability rights, and human rights more generally. This has already become an issue, and it will only become a larger issue moving forwards.
tbh the fact that cats purr was an unnecessary bonus we don't always acknowledge. they're already cute and baby and little and soft and make silly noises and do funny shit. but they also like to cuddle and make a soothing pleasant noise to indicate they are happy when they cuddle you? huge. huge for the human race.
it constantly melts my brain that there is a disturbingly large segment of usamericans who consider themselves “progressive” and yet whatever part of their brain that’s capable of critical thinking turns off as soon as someone blames any issue on russia or china or north korea. they’ll hear “movies don’t have gay people in them because of China” and think yeah that makes sense, they’re so regressive and authoritarian. it’s a good thing we don’t have any authoritarians who hate gay people in this country
The hard truth about autism acceptance that a lot of people don't want to hear is that autism acceptance also inherently requires acceptance of people who are just weird.
And yes, I mean Those TM people. Middle schoolers who growl and bark and naruto run in the halls. Thirtysomethings who live with their parents. Furries. Fourteen-year-olds who identify as stargender and use neopronouns. Picky eaters. Adults in fandoms. People who talk weird. People who dress weird.
Because autistic people shouldn't have to disclose a medical diagnosis to you to avoid being mocked and ostracized for stuff that, at absolute worst, is annoying. Ruthlessly deriding people for this stuff then tacking on a "oh, but it's okay if they're autistic" does absolutely nothing to help autistic people! Especially when undiagnosed autistic people exist.
Like it or not, if you want to be an ally to autistic people, you're going to have to take the L and leave eccentric, weird people alone. Even if you don't know them to be autistic. You shouldn't be looking for Acceptable Reasons to be mean to people in the first place. Being respectful should be the default.