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Seeing a lot of new people show up in my notes with like "proship dni" or whatever so RENT LOWERING GUNSHOT: IM AN ADULT WHO DOES NOT CARE IF PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMATIC SHIPS, IM OLD AND BELIEVE TABOO FICTION IS SAFE AND HEALTHY, IM AN OLD MAN WHO THINKS IT'S FINE TO HAVE SHIPS THAT WOULD BE BAD IN REAL LIFE, I BELIEVE IN TABOO KINKS AS HEALING PLACES, I DO NOT DO SHIP DISCOURSE, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO WRITE ABOUT BAD THINGS HAPPENING TO GOOD PEOPLE WITHOUT CONDEMNING IT IN THE NARRATIVE, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO GET OFF TO MAKE BELIEVE BAD THINGS!!! THANKS

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Foreigners should know that American students are actually the smartest in the world, but The School System does not teach them anything. American teachers actually suck the knowledge out of students’ brains dementor style every day. Even after graduating, they cannot learn anything outside of school either because all the books are banned; local libraries and book stores make banned book displays to taunt Americans with forbidden knowledge but, if they touch a banned book, they will spontaneously combust. If someone somehow manages to illegally retain any knowledge, their burger rations are withheld.

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"First they came for the porn sites (but it wasn't actually the porn sites, it was Wikipedia) and I said nothing, and then next they came for me because by saying nothing I explicitly told them that they were free to target undesirables and no one would object while knowing full well that I was also an undesirable"

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AI people: we're just as much artists as you are, you gotta be so observant and go through so many correcting phases for the picture to look good uwu also AI people:

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I know the point of being a good writer is having the ability to be flexible in the type of content you write, but I still find it absolutely WILD that these 2 things were written by the same person

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A good rule of thumb whenever a non-fiction author has "Dr." or "Phd" next to their name on the cover is to check if:

Their doctorate is real and from an accredited institution

Their doctorate is relevant to the subject matter of the book

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This was posted on a ‘second hand finds’ Facebook page…

…only to be followed by this amazing message.

The roller coaster ride started.

With a happy ending…

…and a sweet poem to finish.

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steam notifications

your childhood best friend who moved four states away in 2014 is playing Terraria

coworker from your high school job is playing My Sexy Anime Neighbor from Sin University

ex friend who blocked you on everything but steam for some reason is playing The Binding of Isaac

the guy you genuinely thought of as a brother at one point but havent seen in years is playing Elden Ring

rando who was kind of nice to you in tf2 a decade ago is playing Team Fortress 2

your parents' neighbors' son is playing Resident Evil 4 (2023)

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"Gooner game!" "Gooner show!" "Gooner behaviour!"

There's literally nothing wrong with media containing sexual content, appealing to sexual fantasies, or ppl finding aspects sexually appealing.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying sexual fantasies, getting off to media, speaking about finding characters attractive, etc.

And whilst theres nothing wrong with it, a piece of media covering sexual topics or having attractive characters doesn't necessarily mean it's just a "gooner" media either. Things can have emotional depth and be beautifully written, and still have sexual content. You sound like a Puritan.

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imagine being a film director and constantly meeting people who say "oh i love movies! i watch the sound of music every day. i hate julie andrews and musical numbers though so i just mute the movie whenever she's talking or there's a song and invent my own dialogue about the italian mob"

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best thing about uncle iroh is that if you pay attention he is actually just as much of an idiot as zuko but has just mastered the art of coming across as a wise old man. the even better thing is that zuko is the only one on the planet who somewhat realizes this and no one would ever believe him because he’s zuko

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the word empathy is WIDELY misused, even in mental health spaces. 

empathy:

is responding to a person’s emotions by experiencing the same emotion as them (i.e. feeling sad when something sad happens to that person, or happy when something happy happens to that person.)

is an automatic response that cannot be controlled

cannot be learned

sympathy:

is recognizing that another person is in pain, even if you do not experience that pain, and offering comfort to that person

is something a person must actively choose to do

can be learned

compassion:

is showcasing care and support via words and actions

is something a person must actively choose to do

can be learned

if you need an example of a person with no empathy who practices sympathy and compassion, look no further than data from star trek: the next generation. he doesn’t have emotions at all, but he’s still kind to people and wants to help them.

stop telling people that they’re evil because they don’t experience empathy. stop equating empathy with morality. stop equating empathy with caring. stop saying that cruel people “lack empathy.” stop throwing neurodivergent and mentally ill people under the bus. 

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masks and helmets that hides someone's face in such a way that they become the face themselves my beloved

these are all creatures to me

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billions of dollars and untold environmental damage for this groundbreaking technology

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wow this is really clever because [USA law that isn't applicable in the country this is happening in]!

OP you need to get a lawyer because [USA law that isn't applicable in the country this is happening in]!

um but it's literally illegal for them to [thing that isn't illegal in the country this is happening in]

I'd really recommend you contact [US group who aren't in the country this is happening in]

oh here's a link for [thing that isn't applicable in the country this is happening in]