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8+7=15

2+4+1=7

Answer: 75

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White people love to be like "I avoid Black people because I'm scared I'll accidentally be racist to them" and think it's 1) somehow not racist to do this 2) a normal thing to do and admit

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hears someone pounding at my door immediately before receiving this message

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Hey send me your art fights. Thanks bye

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I don’t know how we’re letting trump get away with all this shit when I truly believe that if you threw a blanket over his head he would think it was nighttime and go to sleep like a bird

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It's really simple. If you're born with a vagina and you naturally have elevated testosterone levels, you're a man. If you have a vagina and you take testosterone, you're a woman. But also if you have a vagina, you'll never be a man. But also if you have higher testosterone then you were never a woman. Woman never yes man a vagina testosterone no was an elevated. Vagina man.

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this is going to be a generalized take, so please forgive me, but women are an underrated enforcer of femininity.

I’ve noticed this with hairdressers. multiple times I’ve gone to lady hairdressers and said “cut it all off,” and they’ve gone “hmm alright,” and basically just trimmed the split ends. meanwhile I can go to a dude and say “hey, can you make my hair slightly shorter?” and he’ll go “on it boss,” and shave me bald.

twice now, I’ve also had lady tattoo artists add pink to femme up a tattoo, despite that not being on the initial design.

god, also thinking about this brought back a memory. my mom once threw a fit because my shoes were “too masculine” (they were black women’s flats), saying that I’d upset my dad and ruin the formal event we were going to. I wore the shoes, my dad didn’t give a shit.

I dunno. it just feels like the misogyny is coming from inside the house sometimes.

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me when someone abruptly asks me if i want to go and do something fun together but the fun thing wasn't part of my daily plan:

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pov you checked the syscourse tag

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my fav trope is like, nonhuman characters not understanding human needs/customs but still being super supportive of their human companion

“look what I found while exploring this planet’s surface!” “kilrak please I’m trying to sleep” “ah yes your human circadian rhythm. *stage whispering* I am supposed to be quiet during this time in your rhythm, yes?”

“the book I purchased on ragnok V says humans require physical touch when upset. therefore, I shall engage in a ‘hug’ with you.” *supremely awkward five-armed hug ensues*

*human sneezes* “OH MY GOD SIL'EEN GET THE MEDIC OUR HUMAN IS DYING”

“this pamphlet I received recently says that humans require companions and packmates in the form of small earth creatures. you should have told me this before we departed earth, but it is no worry. we will have to stop at the next trade planet to get you one of these ‘cats’ or ‘dogs’.”

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YouTube ads: (30 seconds of irrelevant wackiness) Oh hohohoho the creature wants the Food!

Facebook ads: (fabricated sponsored "news" article) Here is why, everyone is buying the new thing. Trust us everyone is buying it

TikTok ads: (paid actor) I just bought this thing and it totally changed my life! Join me on my Journey, with Product...

Tumblr ads: (ai generated image of heaven) The Truth About Your Elbows

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birds that look like fruit <3

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“is this character good or bad” “is this ship unproblematic or not” “is this arc deserving of redemption or not” girl…

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happy to report that gen α is using ‘Elon Musk’ as a derogative as of recent

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WHY DO SURGERY SCARS ALWAYS HAVE TO ITCH SO MUCH WHEN THEYRE RECOVERING REEEE

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oh this happens every few months, basically people are comparing transDID/transOSDD (aka people who believe it is possible to transition to have DID or OSDD), which is something radqueers and, by extension xenosatanists, believe to willogenics

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I was skimming this for the Tibetian Buddhist / Tulpamancy topic since I'm decently involved in Tibetian Buddhism

The idea of Tibetian Buddhism fitting into "open vs closed" boxes doesn't really work or apply because its something more in between. Mahayana Buddhism is Open with a capital O.

The "openness" of Tibetian Buddhism is a filled with a lot more caveats. Yes, anyone interested can learn about it and apply teachings from it, but that only really applies to the more general, open access and briad teachings.

For more advanced teachings, they're considered sacred treasures and are intentionally made hard to learn without a teacher + a lot of teachings are passed verbally with a very strong "do not share my videos (if theyre recorded)" as sharing verbal teachings (which is only possible in the modern age) without permission is one of the few things that can and will get you in trouble with your teacher. You can question and challenge and not follow the expected life style rules in Tibetian Buddhism all you like as challenging the texts and lessons is ab inherent part of Buddhism, but sharing sacred teachings without permission to people who have not shown true and earnest interest in the study is considered very very bad.

Additionally, the level in which Tibetian Buddhism is comfortable with outsiders joining is a debate within the community as there is a risk for sacred practices to be taken by the hands of people who do not truly want to study them and adulterated to the point it souls the "sacred treasures" and makes them less helpful if not harmful (Tulpamancy and Theosophy's 'inspiration' taken from Tibetian Buddhism being an example of it). If you actually go into Tibetian Buddhist communities, you can tell there is a slight wound from how Westerners have borrowed and inspired Sacred Treasures and teachings and made them into something more consumable in the west at the cost of the value of the teachings.

This is all just to say the statement that Vajryana / Tibetian Buddhism is "open" isn't really correct. It isn't "closed" either, but it definitely isn't "open" at least not in the way Mahayana Buddhism is and there is a lot more cultural background, exploitation and suppression faced that has to be taken into context for Vajryana / Tibetian Buddhism when we talk about how open it is in a Western sphere.

Until about 1920s to 1940s - according to my teacher whose parents fled Tibet due to persecution - Tibetians didn't really even know much about the outside world existing, so a lot of interactions during that period with Westerners was honestly predatory imo due to the fact the Tibetian Buddhist culture really wasn't equipt to know what mught happen when information was shared.

Most current Tibetian Buddhists that come from Tibet have only about 100 years of awareness of things beyond their own space and so it's a very ethnic centered practice. It's not an ethno-religion like Judaism and it is "open" but it is heavily tied to Tibetian culture, history and oppression and all that needs to be understood and respected when engaging in it.

I'm Tulpacourse neutral at this point as I think its fine as long as people know and understand the history and the role ADN and theosophy has played in the adulteration of Tibetian practices, but I did just want to correct that point ^^

Syscourse Speedrun

- Endogenic means a system formed for reasons not correlated to trauma

- Endogenic does NOT mean a complete lack of trauma in an individual

- Endogenics, Pro-Endos and adjacent fundamentally view systemhood differently and outside of solely disordered experiences

That said...

- Complex Dissociative Disorders (DID/OSDD/Etc) have well known and studied ties to trauma, with complexity rising from prolonged and severe cases.

- Trauma is not part of diagnostic criteria to include those who cannot remember their trauma due to dissociation. Not because it isn't an important or known factor.

- Integration =/= Fusion, Integration is the lessening of dissociative barriers and a systems ability to function together. Fusion is the merging of parts.

- Final fusion and functional multiplicity are both viable end goals and up to the systems desires and needs. Integration is required for both of these.

- People are allowed to be affected positively AND negatively by their disorders and life experiences.

- People are also allowed to view their disorders in whatever way they desire

- It is not your job to police people because you think what they're doing is harmful for them.

- It is also not your job to tell people they have trauma that they just don't know about.

- Dissociation is a spectrum.

- Other disorders experience dissociative parts with less elaboration like those with DID/OSDD/Etc

- Westernized Tulpamancy and Tulpas as known today are not directly related to Tibetan Buddist Nirmanakaya or Sprul-pa. Westernized Tulpamancy comes from 20th century mystic explorers, who developed these ideas mostly independently.

- Vajrayana and Mahayana Buddhism are open and inclusive religions anyway, but what Tulpamancers practice is very different.

- There is a conversation to be had about the suppression of religious freedom that has affected Tibetan Buddhism, but it's still not a closed practice.

- Something here about Theosophy in relation to Westernized Tulpamancy

- Plural is not solely synonymous with system, and not everyone who identifies as plural is a system.

- Not every system will identify as plural either.

- The term plural has ties to other non-system communities such as alterhumanity.

- Plural is an inherently inclusive term.

- People are allowed to be wrong about their origins in whatever potential way.

- Being wrong is not equivalent to faking.

- Origins are self applied labels and tell you very little about a person and their system

- Origins can and often do overlap.

- Endogenic origins does not mean a system cannot be diagnosed and meet criteria for a CDD.

- People are allowed to view and label their parts in whatever way is best for them.

- System accountability is important. You are one tangible entity and you take responsibility for the things that occur because of your system.

- Discourse stances do not make a person or space inherently safer or more dangerous.

- People's actions speak louder than labels, and anyone can be a horrible person.

- Its up to a system to determine their own boundaries and needs.

- You don't need to argue if your boundaries differ from someone else's; enforce your own.

- Block people and topics that make you uncomfortable and especially if they're potentially triggering.

- Genuinely, please just learn to be friends with the block button.

- Harassment is bad no matter who you are.

- Yes it's still bad if you disagree with someone or think they're in the wrong.

- Criticism is not harassment.

- Even if you don't intent to change your mind, facilitating genuine conversation with people instead of assuming things about them or their experiences will contribute to a better interaction for both sides.

- Ableism is bad.

- Stop using things like delusional as Insults or treating people with ficticious disorder poorly.

- Stop treating mentally ill adults as inherently incapable of functioning or dictating things for themselves.

- Sanism is Also bad.

- Fake claiming is bad.

- Stop insinuating that pro-endos (and adjacent) aren't traumatized, aren't systems or can't have CDDs.

- Yes, again, fake claiming is bad even if you don't like or disagree with someone.

- Stop saying its "so easy" to tell who fakers are.

- The psychiatric and mental health systems are full of flaws.

- Diagnosis is a privilege for some and isn't for others.

- Some people may not want or desire a diagnosis for many reasons. This does not make their problems any less than.

- Being medically recognized is just as valid as having a diagnosis.

- Yes, therapists can diagnose people with things. A title does not equal credentials.

- If a therapist cannot diagnose you due to their credentials or other factors but suspects something, they will refer you to another professional who can for evaluation.

- Some therapists will choose of their own volition not to diagnose patients for varying reasons.

- Self diagnosis and self suspecting isn't a bad thing. Research is always encouraged for accuracy of what you suspect.

- The resources people find through self diagnosis even if not the right thing to suspect can be helpful for someone's situation.

- Reiterating here again that being wrong isn't faking, and that being wrong isn't a bad thing.

- Being able to help yourself cope is a good thing.

- Recognizing your symptoms if you intend to speak to a professional is also a good thing.

People are all different, be kind.

If you have questions I'm glad to talk, if you are aggressive or just trying to start something, you will be blocked :)