#How to combat obesity

[draltamashshaikh]

Are you battling with the challenges of obesity? Finding it hard to carve out time or muster up the energy for exercise? You're not alone. However, there's hope! Even simple moves can make a significant difference in your fight against obesity. Let's delve into some easy exercises that anyone can incorporate into their daily routine, regardless of their schedule or physical condition.

Walking: Walking is one of the most accessible and effective forms of exercise. It doesn't require any special equipment, and you can do it virtually anywhere. Aim for at least 30 minutes of brisk walking most days of the week. Whether it's a stroll around your neighborhood, a walk in the park, or pacing while on a phone call, every step counts towards your health goals.

Stair Climbing: If you have access to stairs, use them to your advantage. Climbing stairs is a fantastic way to get your heart pumping and build strength in your lower body. Start by incorporating a few flights of stairs into your daily routine, gradually increasing as your stamina improves.

Chair Exercises: Don't underestimate the power of seated workouts. Chair exercises are ideal for individuals with limited mobility or those who spend long hours sitting at a desk. From leg lifts and seated marches to arm circles and shoulder rolls, there are plenty of movements you can do right from your chair.

Stretching: Flexibility is an essential component of overall fitness and can help alleviate stiffness and improve posture. Spend a few minutes each day stretching your major muscle groups. Focus on areas that feel tight or tense, and remember to breathe deeply as you stretch.

Dancing: Who says exercise has to be boring? Turn up the music and let loose with some dancing. Whether you prefer salsa, hip-hop, or ballroom, dancing is a fun way to burn calories and improve cardiovascular health. Plus, it's a great stress reliever!

Incorporating these simple exercises into your daily routine can have a profound impact on your health and well-being. Remember, consistency is key. Start with small, manageable goals and gradually increase the intensity and duration of your workouts as you progress.

[corinescorner]

Biases That Doctors Can Have

Doctors, like all people, carry biases. They influence how they perceieve and treat patients. These biases may be unconscious or consious, either way they impact the quality of care that patients recieve from them.

Appearance-Related:

Weight: Patients with obesity might be stigmatized, leading doctors to attribute all health concerns to weight.

Age: Older people might face ageism, with symptoms dismissed as "just aging," while younger people might be seen as less credible.

Disability: Patients with disabilities may have their health issues minimized or overlooked entirely.

Hygiene: Disheveled appearance or poor hygiene can lead to assumptions about the patient's responsibilities or mental health issues.

Identity and Demographic:

Racial and Ethnic: Patients of color, especially Black, Indigenous, and Hispanic individuals, often report being dismissed or disbelieved. Research shows that they might recieve little to no pain medication or aggressive treatments for serious conditions.

Gender: Women may have their pain minimized or attributed to emotional cases. Men, on the otherhand, might have emotional concerned dismissed as physical.

Queer: Queer individuals may face ignorance, prejudice, or assumtions about their health based on their identities. For example; trans people often have barriers when seeking gender-affirming care.

Socioeconomic:

Income: Patients with a low-income may face assumptions about their ability to follow treatment plans, access medications, or prioritize health.

Insurance: Those without insurance may experience rushed care or not have their concerns taken seriously

Behavioral and Communication:

Mental Health: Patients with psychiatric conditions might have their physical symptoms dismissed as psychological.

Substance Use: Individuals with a history of substance use may struggle to have their pain or concerns validated.

Communication: Patients who are overly assertive, passive, or emotional may be judged negatively.

Bias Based on Health Status:

Chronic Illness: Patients with chronic conditions may be viewed as "complainers."

Rare Diseases: Symptoms of rare conditions may be dismissed as "all in their head."

How Can We Combat This?

To limit the biases in healthcare, it is crucial to promote sensitivity and cultural competency training for medical professionals. It would help them recognize and address their own implicit biases. We should also increase the diverisity among healthcare providers. Patients should be encouraged to advocate for themselves, ask questions, and seek second opinions when they feel like their needs aren't being met or addressed.

Remember, not every doctor is trustworthy and free of bias. We shouldn't be ignorant against the healthcare that people can receive. This is why research self-diagnosis is very important.

[littlemelaninfics]

Cuffed (E.B) || Chapter 1 18+ only

“You do realize that it’s been 10 months since you’ve even thought about a guy?”

“Yes, okay I realize that, but I’m sick of being in the cycle of download and delete. I think I just need to stay away from dating sites all together.”

“That makes no sense. Everyone who has ever downloaded a dating app or signed up for one has deleted the app or their whole account an alarming amount of times. It’s completely normal!”

It’s not that she’s wrong, but I’m 26 and feel like I’m going to be alone forever.

“Come on, you know I’m right.” 

“I never said you weren’t.”

“So you’ll re-download them? At least one?”

“Mari, I don’t know. I could still meet someone the old fashioned way.”

“You really want to be one of those girls who wears white beanies, maroon scarves and light brown combat boots in the Fall; hoping to meet your one true love in a coffee shop while drinking a pumpkin spice latte and reading “The Fault in Our Fucking Stars”? That’s what you want?”

“Okay, get out of 2013 and stay off of Tumblr. And no, that’s not exactly what I want. It’d be a caramel macchiato. I hate pumpkin.”

“And I’m starting to hate you. Climb out of your own ass and comfort zone and download a damn app.”

“You’re riding me pretty hard on this. You haven’t had a boyfriend in over a year either, so why don’t I ride you to find someone.”

“You’re not riding anyone, that’s the problem. And you know I get my fair share. Just without all the romance bullshit.”

“You are cold.”

“But my bed isn’t.”

“I’m not going to tell you that I will download another one, but I’m not saying I won’t either.”

“We’ve been best friends for how long? At this point, I know you won’t.”

“Not true. I’m just not going to put pressure on myself. I know I say I’ll be alone forever, but I don’t know if I actually mean that.”

“You’re not going to be alone forever. You can meet and get anyone you want. I just want you to have fun and live a little.”

“I do, just not in the ways you do.”

“I know, Y/N. I know. Let me ask you, do you think I’m a slut?”

“No, I think you’re free spirited and know what you want.”

“Thank you, now go find what you want. I have to get ready for work, but I love you my beautiful antisocial butterfly.”

“I love you too. I’ll text you later.” Goddamnit. 

Over the next few days, all I’ve seen are ads for different dating sites and I’ve tried them all. While I was scrolling through Instagram, an ad popped up for a new dating site. Actually it’s not that new, but it is one I’ve never tried. 

I click on the link and it opens to a different page. In the blink of an eye, the app is ready to be downloaded from the app store. In the process of Apple scanning my face, I tell myself, ‘Last one. For real this time’. The application is now ready to be opened and I kind of sit there and stare at it. I finally click it and a black page with the word “CUFFED” written out in cursive and handcuffs has taken over my screen. It finally loads and I click “REGISTER”. 

“Okay name, Y/N. Height, 5′6. Build? Petite, Athletic, Average, A Few Extra Pounds or Overweight? Jesus.” I start to wonder if this is a bad idea. I’m technically clinically obese, but if a grown man has never seen, let alone "handled" a woman like me then that's a problem only therapy can solve. I chose my answer, swallowed my pride and clicked next.

“Moving on. Ethnicity, African American. Kids, no. Animals, 1 dog. and a Mekhai.”

Ah, yes. Mekhai. The 270 pound lap dog my sister calls her boyfriend. He's been around since I was 17 and even though Erika and I share an apartment, it's pretty much mine as she is always at his place. I'm convinced they're only keeping this arrangement afloat for me and my finances...or lack there of.

I went on to fill out the rest of the registration with my hobbies, whether I drink or smoke, the utmost flattering pictures of myself I can find within the last year and finally my location in Pasadena, CA. 

I reviewed the answers I put in and clicked “Activate”.

35 minutes up the freeway, Buck hesitated. His thumb hovering over the "Activate Account" button on his phone. Chimney, never one for subtlety, slapped the countertop, making Buck jump. "Come on, Buckaroo! What are you waiting for, a formal invitation from Cupid himself? Download it already! Live a little!" He set the enormous salad bowl down with a resounding thud, the lettuce rustling like a disapproving whisper.

"I don't know, Chim," Buck mumbled, scrolling through the app's interface again. "It just feels… artificial. Like reducing connection to a swipe right or left."

Hen, balancing a mountain of garlic bread on a plate, chimed in from behind them. "Honey, everything's artificial these days. My lashes, Mara's princess obsession, the flavor of most 'natural' fruit snacks. Besides," she added with a wink, setting the plate down, "from what I overheard at the mall – a gaggle of ladies practically squealing about it while I was trying to find Mara a tiara that wouldn't scratch her face— it's perfect for people not looking for commitment. Casual fun, that's the key." Bobby, who was meticulously arranging plates and silverware, nodded in agreement.

He looked at Buck with a fatherly concern that always made Buck’s chest ache a little. "You've had a rough patch, Buck. Between being a sperm donor, navigating the whole Tommy situation – twice, might I add – and then… Eddie leaving for Texas. You know, maybe Maddie is right. You deserve to let loose, to have some fun without the weight of expectation. CUFFED might be just what you need to blow off some steam."

Buck chewed on his lip, considering their words. They weren't wrong. The last year had been a rollercoaster of emotions, from the profound joy of helping a couple have a child to the crushing heartbreak of losing Eddie, not to mention the confusing dance with Tommy. He was tired. Tired of the intensity, tired of the pressure to find "the one," tired of feeling like he was constantly failing at relationships.

Maybe Hen was right. Maybe he didn't need a soulmate right now. Maybe he just needed… a date. Or two. Or however many swipes it took to find someone interesting and willing to share a laugh.

He looked at his found family, their faces etched with genuine care and support. They just wanted him to be happy. To not be so… alone.

With a sigh of resignation, but also a flicker of anticipation, Buck finally tapped the button. "Okay, okay, you guys win," he said, holding up his phone. "I'm activating the account. But if I end up on a date with someone who only talks about their NFT collection or their obsession with competitive birdwatching, I'm blaming all of you."

Chimney whooped with joy, throwing his arms around Buck in a brief, slightly damp hug. "That's the spirit! Now let's get that profile looking irresistible. First picture: Definitely action shot. Maybe that time you saved that cat from the tree? Or rescuing that guy pinned under the bus? Heroes get matches, Buck! Heroes get matches!"

Hen chuckled. "Let's keep the profile authentic, Chimney. A little bit of Buck, a little bit of vulnerability, a little bit of… that smile. That smile gets 'em every time." She waggled her eyebrows suggestively.

Bobby smiled, a warm, genuine smile that reached his eyes. "Just be yourself, Buck. You're kind, you're brave, you're a good friend. That's enough. The right person will see that."

As Buck started filling out his profile, a mix of nerves and excitement bubbling in his stomach, he couldn't help but smile. Maybe they were right. Maybe this wouldn't be a complete disaster. And even if it was, he had his family here, always ready with a supportive hug, a terrible joke, and a giant bowl of salad. That was more than enough to face whatever CUFFED threw his way. He typed a brief bio, chose a few pictures he thought were relatively flattering, and with a deep breath, officially entered the world of app-based dating. Time to see what awaited him.

[austinbutlerslovers]

Can we get a teaser of the feyd fic

It is almost complete, minor details are subject to change. Here is the scene mentioned in the summary:

Feyd Fantasy Part II <Excerpt>

The Barons Favorite

The Baron speaks with his advisors in the morning about the upcoming gladiatorial fights around the massive table in the meeting hall. When the assembly concludes he uses his hover suit to bring the men of court to watch Feyd in combat training.

Part Two Complete✍🏼

He is proud of the accomplishments of his nephew Feyd, he is the Barons favorite over his older brother Glossu Rabban Harkonnen.

After making several public embarrassments to the family name the Baron had Feyds brother Rabban shipped to Arrakis. He gives him one last chance to prove his worth controlling their families most lucrative venture, harvesting spice.

Though ominous and foreboding the Baron is an obesely over weight man. He can no longer walk without the assistance of integrated technology to reduce the burden of his weight. His hover suit is implanted into his spine with thick tubes connected on two small orbs. The orbs float behind him carrying the chemicals which enable him to defy gravity.

They arrive to the second story of the courtyard in Feyds quarters. When the men gather looking down into the training pit on the first floor it is deserted. A low murmur begins between his advisors as to the where abouts of Feyd. Always eager to show off his knife skills Feyds absence is jarring.

The Baron immediately hovers to Feyds chambers and finds them empty as well. Feyds male Page appears at the entrance hearing the commotion.

“Well where is he?” The Baron snaps “You are to be at his side at all times have you forgotten your purpose”The Baron is fuming at the Pages insolence.

The Page trembles knowing the truth and averts his eyes from the Barons sinister Gaze “Spit it out or I cut it out” the Baron says coldly. He hovers into the young man’s personal space. The Page knows both men will readily slit his throat.

He divulges enough not to be dispatched by either “He and his lady are in the great halls of the fortress. I’m not sure where but he wanted to show her the grandeur of Geidi Prime” the Baron squints in anger how idiotic at a time like this with so much at stake to impress his new bride. His scowl deepens because Feyd above all neglected his training. For that he will be heavily punished.

The Great Meeting Hall

After touring your fifth great hall with Feyd it is readily apparent his family has amassed a great fortune with power and control over the populous of Geidi Prime.

He pushes open the large black inscribed doors of the meeting hall. There are thrones at opposite ends raised on platforms with stairs. The high floor to ceiling windows display the industrial city scape and a grand table that can seat fifty people occupies the majority of the floor space. Everything is void of color, only stone marble, black and granite can be seen in the gigantic area.

You walk over to the throne on your left “is this one yours?” Your voice echos in the large hall. Feyd nods, his hands are clasped behind his back. He follows you around the room as you study the furniture and the giant painting of his uncle and then of himself. There is a portait of a third Harkonnen male next to Feyds but he interrupts your thoughts before you can ask the identity.

“This is where the most important decisions are made on Geidi Prime, as well as another secret room with the cones of silence” he adds.

“What are cones of silence? “ you ask. The words are somewhat familiar to you.

“They are able to mute all sounds around them, only the two inside can hear each other.” He answers as he imagines himself fucking you inside of one until he makes you scream in pleasure as loud as he possibly can. He stops walking and stands behind you.

You've paused to study something that caught your eye. His eyes wander your form up to the beauty of your side profile. He can’t help himself as his hand trails down your shoulder. “Do these things in impress you?” He asks. You finally look over your shoulder at him.

You had been mesmerized studying an ancient Harkonnen sword on display. It is carved with hieroglyphs that date back centuries. It represents how his entire culture revolves around war and greed . “Yes ” you say addressing his question to be kind. You turn back to looking at the sword again. Inside you are deeply longing for your home world.

You remember the beautiful gardens, waterfalls, flowers, and colors of life. You especially miss the large atrium where you would read for hours basking in the afternoon sunlight. The warm rays would kiss your skin as it filtered through the glass dome.

Laying on a spacious out door ottoman with your fellow Bene Gesserit sisters honing your skills in the palatial gardens seemed like a dream now.

Feyd sees you lost deep in thought and softly grabs your chin “What would impress you more” he asks with intent. He knows you aren’t fond of the ways on Geidi Prime. You don’t have an answer so you remain quiet.

He knows one thing he has that impresses you on end. He gently pulls you into a kiss. His bottom lip rubs softly with yours as his warm tongue fills your mouth.

He ignites your passions and you place your hands on his jaw. You lean your head with his as you kiss him in return. You want to focus on the carnal and forget your distant memories. He presses himself against you and the heat of his body claims you.

He turns you walking back as he kisses your lips until you are met against the grand meeting hall table. He sits on the edge and moves to the center. He rests back on his heels beckoning you to come.

You climb onto the edge and crawl to him. Now both in the center he holds your jaw and pulls you close. His lips find yours again hungrier than before.

You feel his teeth bite into your lower lip and tug. It arouses you and he releases your lip to do again. Then he envelops his mouth completely onto yours. You feel the hardness of his cock as he presses it into your thigh.

He wants to defile you on this table. He smirks at the high disrespect to the Harkonnen dynasty he is about to commit. Soon this will all belong to him so what does it matter. He pushes you back to lie flat against the stone slab. You gaze up above him to the metallic barbs of the chandelier until his face obstructs your view.

His hands start at your knees grabbing the hem of your gown sliding it up to your hips.

His hands clutch one side of your panties tearing them apart making you gasp. He tears the other side and rips them clean from your body.

You watch as he sits back on his heels between your parted legs. He unhooks the clasp of his pants and pulls his thick veiny cock out. The contrast of the black fabric against his large hardened pale cock is striking.

His slaps his pink tip on your clit to edge you.

You flinch at each tap as it makes your bundle of nerves jump. He slides his hand down your thigh to meet your hip and holds you steady. He lines himself up and thrusts into you so roughly you have no time to adjust to the feeling.

Your vision goes hazy as your back arcs from the table. His penetration shocked you senseless. His large cock expands parts of you that you never knew existed. He watches how your face changes from pain to pleasure and back again as you try and relax around the girth of his size.

He wants to spur you on and leans down pressing his chest to yours. He wraps his hand around the back of your neck titling your head so he can speak softly into your ear.

”You are so beautiful to me” he says as his eyes study your side profile. He traces his thumb on your lower lip as you pant for him. “So desperate for my cock, the way you’d let me fuck you on this table you’d let me do anything to you” a moan escapes your lips as he shushes you “Just lay still and look pretty while I fuck you until you stretch open for me” you moan louder at his words.

He begins to roughly thrust inside of you like he wants to posses you. His cock hits your core at a dangerous pace. Your breasts bounce with every push of his hips. He is already becoming lost in pleasure grunting above you. He loves the feeling of your tight cunt stretching around his throbbing cock.

You arc your back down flat to brace yourself against his rutting. “You…feel too good on my cock” he rasps out as he finally hits the thrust that stretches you around his size. He stares down into your eyes completely transfixed by the physical connection between your bodies.

Unbeknownst to you both the Baron has finally narrowed his search. After spying into several halls down the corridor his servants waves him over finally finding the one you are in. The Baron peeks through the discreet opening made by one of the nimble servants. There on the middle of the table in the grand meeting hall he sees Feyd fucking you ruthlessly.

Your are constantly being pounded into the stone slab table by his strength. His hips begin slapping harder against you as he thrust between your legs. You hold out until the familiar tightening in your abdomen begins. Your moans start to fill the air.

As your walls clench around him it makes his cock feel incredible inside of you. Your eyes stare up at him, pleading and begging for release.

He sees the neediness in your eyes and brings his hand between your bodies touching your clit. His finger tips are wet by your arousal and he slicks them expertly in firm circles around your bundle of nerves.

It sends shocks though your core that radiate your entire body “YES please Feyd just like that“. You are unable to string together another sentence as you orgasm. He strums your clit as hard as he can with his cock slamming into your soaked pussy.

His mouth opens when he feels the pleasurable sensation of your walls milking his cock from the orgasm. He pins your wrists next to your head and plows into you even harder his release is immediate. His pace falters as he orgasms. You both moan as he paints rope after rope of his hot cum into your cervix.

He rests down on his elbows laying his full weight on you panting. He kisses your lips passionately with his final slow thrusts. His breath shudders into your mouth as he feels his cock empty inside of you.

He plants soft kisses around your face as he comes down. Each one more tender and loving than the last. His heart feels revived when he’s with you. He cradles your head in his hands staring deeply into your eyes. You smile at him and he smiles back, this time it isn’t like his sinister ones before, this one is radiant you see the kindness return in his eyes.

His uncle spying on the entire moment becomes enraged : not at the fact Feyd missed training, not at the fact he satisfied his carnal urges on the sacred meeting hall table, but at the fact Feyd put a woman’s pleasure before his own. The Baron turns away in disgust his patience is severed.

He raised Feyd with enough brutality and greed to become a ruthless tyrant. Now he sees every aspect of brutally he instilled in Feyd quickly being stripped away by a female. He never thought this was possible.

He is resolute in his decision to regain control. He will take out two problems with one swift action: Punishing Feyd by having you removed from his presence entirely.

[Sneak Peek: Full fic in finalization]

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[kanguin]

"Wall-E was a fatphobic movie" I'm sorry, where, in all of its run time, did it make the assertion that the humans aboard the Axiom were lazy and to blame for their situation? Where did it mock them or assert they had less value because of being fat? Where were the insults and negative comments directly aimed at the obesity of the passengers? Did I miss the narrative where the fat passengers were completely incapable of doing anything and failed to make a stand against the autopilot? Did we watch different movies? Or did some people just fail so completely at competent media analysis that they saw characters who were portrayed as "fat" and "helpless" unitilizing "mobility aids" and conclude "oh this movie hates fat people".

Before I get into this, a few things:

I am fat. Very, very fat, fatter than 99% of adults in the US. Probably fatter than you, maybe not, who knows! I feel very comfortable determining what does and does not feel insulting to me as a fat person.

I am disabled. I have chronic pain, joint instability, and various other conditions that make my life hell but aren't "literally can never walk". I feel VERY comfortable speaking on portrayals of disability and mobility devices in media because of my own experiences.

I like the movie Wall-E. It is cute, speaks to me in many ways, and can be something of s comfort at times. But it's not sacred, it's a product of Disney, and is not free from criticism. There ARE things to criticize in Wall-E, do not get me wrong, but this isn't one that holds water, imo.

Anyway. Onto the meat and potatoes.

In reduced gravity environments like a space vessel, even with some form of artificial gravity, people need to do extra exercise to combat muscle atrophy. And as muscle atrophy kicks in, fat stops being burned and starts to accumulate. That's a literal fact of how the human body works in low-G environments, and if you watch the commentaries for Wall-E included on the DVD, you'll know that the writers knew this because they poured research into it to get it right. The writers wanted to tell a story where a megacorporation obsessed with corner cutting and automation left an unfeeling computer in charge of the lives of generations of people, and explore how that mindset in time would lead to the complete reduction in autonomy of human lives. And to do so, they followed muscle atrophy and sedentary existence with constant advertising to its logical extreme.

The chairs the characters move about in are on paper mobility aids, but in the story were explicitly said to be marketed as luxury recliners, and explicitly shown to ONLY be able to follow the predefined paths on the ship, and any deviation on board was very explicitly shown to be met with force and manipulation. Effectively speaking, a mobility aid ceases to be a mobility aid when the autonomy of the person using it is removed. A wheelchair that the user has control over is a mobility aid. But a wheelchair that only allows the user to enter company approved stores and locations is a tool of control. To argue that a movie in which something that COULD be used as a mobility aid, but is instead is being used to control the movements of people, is making negative comments on mobility aids, is about as shortsighted as arguing that a movie where cybernetic augmentations and prosthetics are used to control people is making negative commentary on prosthetics. The issue is corporate control, not disabled people existing.

The most damning thing for the idea that Wall-E's central narrative is fatphobic is that the fat humans on the Axiom are not shown to be any less human than we are because of their fatness. The moment they are ripped away from their 24/7 distractions and the blinders are ripped off, they get up, start looking around, and try new things. They're never once shown to be lazy, inherently lacking in initiative, or unwilling to change their circumstances like fatphobic narratives love to make us out to be. And most damning of all for this idea, in the credits, when everyone has returned to Earth and started growing food, they continue to use the machines that helped them before, and they continue to be fat! It's not even model reuse, brand new 2D animation is made showing years of crop growth and human activity, and the people continue to be fat! Because that's realistic, that's just as realistic as the people being fat in the first place.

At the end of the movie, there's no narrative of the fatness being a problem to be solved, and no abandonment of technology and assistance, because the struggle in Wall-E was never against fatness or reliance on technology, but against corporate control of human lives. Wall-E as a movie is very enthusiastically pro humanity and pro technology. Wall-E's entire existence as a man-made robot character enamored with the things humans left behind, things that reflected who we were, speaks volumes to this theming. Even AUTO was shown in the end to never have been truly evil, because he was just following his orders to keep humankind from going home. The true villain of Wall-E was always Buy-n-Large, and in a broader sense megacorporations as a whole. From how Buy-n-Large created the problem with endless trash and countless satellites, to how Buy-n-Large sold humanity the solution in the form of luxury cruises you just KNOW not everyone could afford, to how Buy-n-Large continued to control generation after generation of humanity, the ire in Wall-E was always focused on corporations, not fatness or disability.

As a fat, disabled person, I'm kind of personally insulted that people will overgeneralize fatphobia and ableism to the point that they will ignore the facts that there are, in fact, negative things that can cause weight gain, and that things that help disabled people can sometimes be used as tools of control. It is such a painfully surface level reading to assert that all stories in which fat people exist but don't have agency or good physical health are fatphobic. In cases like Wall-E, it would actually raise a lot MORE questions if the people weren't all fat. Questions like "how are they not gaining weight?", "why is there a healthy diversity of body types if nobody is active?", or even "why have the writers deliberately chosen not to represent these characters as being fat when they objectively would be?", just to name a few. It's a fairly basic thing to say, but there has to be a clear, coherent message against fat and disabled people in a narrative in order for claims of fatphobia and ableism to hold water. If the story you claim is fatphobic or ableist just has fat people of lesser ability who are fat and less able because their lives are controlled, and no overarching themes blaming them for their circumstances or insulting them for their condition, then you do not have a compelling argument.

[fatasticfeedernurse]

Ahh tsuyu chaan so this is where you're hiding!!

The eager villain jumped in from the window of tsuyu's room sharp smile on her she had a backpack damp with the greasy gifts she brought for her friends..

"ooooh i really hope they aren't trying to ruin my hard work hehe! Look at all the froggy flab out here.. All because of my love for my friends! Poke poke..~"

With one of her needles toga poked tsuyu's meaty arm a smile forming on her face drooling a bit with glee as the thick yellowish and red liquid spurred out.. Body so filled with lard even her blood was starting to have chunks of it..

"ooooh how cuteeee!! Even your blood is getting affected now!~ hehe oh I'm so sorry tsuyu-chan! I've been talking for so long you must be starving right?!.. No more of that icky hospital diet food for you!~"

The villain pulled a bag from her backpack you could barely even see the logo off the fast food place on it as she pulled out a greasy burger the size of one of tsuyu's cheeks out of the bag~

"opeen wiiide!! I'll make sure you're full before i find a way to bust your lardy froggy butt out of here okaaaay~ and if your heart starts aching weeell I'm sure there's a defribrawhatcha call it around here!"

Tsu hated the position she was in, unable to combat the extreme levels of morbid obesity she had aquired thanks to that maniatic villian that had taken a over fixation on her. She suffered sooo long under her care.... But alas, the dragon nurses took her in once she was rescued from the remote building Toga originally began to fatten her and others out. Did she enjoy her current state? Well... she didnt hate it, and it was much, much better than when she was under the care of Toga. So for a while she just enjoyed the pleasures she could indulge in this state. Sponge baths, foot massages,

treat day (Where the nurses would feed them something of their choice, which meant not lard!), letting out built up gas

, getting crumbs out of her massive chest with her tongue,

and many other little pleasures... ...So when the poor blob of pale flesh heard that voice again..Her poor, lardy, cholesterol filled heart filled with fear quicker than her cheeks with lard during feeding time.

"K-Kehroh! Noh..Noh! Tohgah, w-what'sh ahreh youh d-doin' hehreh?? goh a-away!!"

But her pleas fell on deaf ears. Toga just had one objetive in mind and it wasnt going to me changed any time soon. So she just moaned in pain as she felt the needle going into her meaty arm, and when she saw what her blood hard turned into...She didnt know what to think....

*BA-DUMP*

*BA-DUMP!*

At least for a few seconds, for then she began to feel a rush of blood through her veins, and no it wasnt for the stuff Toga was pouring into her. "-"Ah..kehroh..kehroh..nooh ...*thbbbt*... ihtsh ...*Bllbbfffttt*... wrong..mhghh..pleashe...please ...*prrrt*... " All this decadence triggered something into her lardy froggy brain, to which her body reacted in response. Making her add more sweat stains to her already drenched bariatric bed as her ass let out wet, panty wrecking farts. Tsu didnt know how, why or when...But a part of her wanted this...And when she was offered the same food that had led to her needing a heart trasnplant, she could only obediently opened her mouth.

Waiting for the rush her body would get from eating whatever it was that Toga had brough her...

*Beep!*

*Beep!*

*Beep!!*

*Beep!!!!*

Now its for sure that Tsu wont make it to 30..

[marcusrobertobaq]

DBH worldbuilding info u're supposed to know

The collection

US is having major issues with sea level rising quickly, making even the wealthy residents deciding not living right on the coast anymore. Polar ice has melted to an extent that rising sea levels have many states struggling to keep the water out of their coastal towns (Magazine)

CyberLife's intention with complex level humanization was to literally make people welcome 'em home like they're family instead of getting creeped about it (Magazine)

VR games are very common by 2038 (Magazine)

The President Cristina Warren is an ex-vlogger with no experience in government that relied on social media and celebrity status to be elected in 2036, originally a republican representative. There's a "rumor" CyberLife helped she getting elected by corrupt means and that's why they're "too close" (Magazine, Gallery, Cut concepts)

Warren got an approval of only 33% due to the sequence of bad decisions (Magazine)

The world's population is 10 billion by 2038 (Magazine)

Obesity is in a record high in Detroit by 2038 (Magazine)

NATO is divided about the Russia vs US conflict in the Arctic, they think everybody can benefit of the region without war but Warren is totally pushing for a conflict (Magazine)

Rare minerals used in synthetizing Thirium got Russia and US biting each other in the North Pole in recent yrs. Android manufacture dominates both the US and Russian economies (Magazine)

Kamski being the one creating Thirium 310 and biocomponents more than a decade ago suggests other areas with these minerals were already explored, the North Pole being the last one (Assumption)

Police is constantly using marketing data to identify criminals (Magazine)

Dating websites usually have less than 5% of women using it (Magazine)

0.4% of world population holds 94% of global wealth by 2038 (Magazine)

By 2038 there's constant propaganda selling Canada as the true land of freedom (Magazine)

No matter how u play as Markus u gonna eventually have event contexts distorted, including fake news. They're called criminal org and terrorists no matter what u do (Observation)

CyberLife developed a nano-android to help combating cancer and diseases that can extend the human life-span even reaching a semi-immortality status - and it's very promising as it was already succesful in doing its task (Magazine)

US life expectancy is 91 by 2038 (Magazine)

By 2038 US got a aging population but not enough young people to support the economy with the unemployment rate at 37.3%, and the "job" area is dominated by androids (Magazine, Observation)

When the rebellion starts the gov consider bringing retirees back to work as the country lack qualified manpower to deal with the withdraw of androids (Cut dialogue)

Only two countries have android industries that rival the United States: Russia and China, they're also in a space race of sorts (Magazine)

Team sports like baseball got at least 1 android per team (Magazine)

An advanced high speed train was completed in 2038, connecting New York and LA in less than 2,5 hrs and there's a high flux of east coast folks going to LA (Magazine)

Suburban prices there have rose 64% and California folks are worried they gonna get pushed out of the region (Magazine)

Detroit is currently in a Red Ice epidemic with it being the easiest route the poor go, either by selling or using it (Magazine)

There was a Red Ice Task Force from 2027 to 2031 that made major arrests and drug seizure during the first epidemic (Gallery, Articles)

Bees are extinct by 2038 and people expect a global famine. CyberLife is already making partnerships to create bee-robots while other groups try finding new alternatives (Magazine)

Environmentalists say the Earth’s environment is beyond repair (Magazine)

Global rainforests have been reduced by 79% since 2000 and coastal corals by 58% (Magazine)

During the events of the game an earthquake kills 10k people in China (Magazine)

CyberLife has partnership with the Department of Defense in the development and supply of military androids, something that started in the early 30s after it was approved to limit human casualties in the battlefield (Magazine, Observation)

In 2031 the US gov ordered 2 million androids for use in the infantry, mostly SQ800 units already being deployed in 2032 replacing human soldiers.

Michigan also announced the purchase of 5k auxiliary androids to assist law enforcement department but following the 2029 Android Act they can't use weapons (PlayStation Blog)

U.S. Army soldiers are equipped with advanced equipment to keep up with their android "subordinates" (Gallery)

Stock exchange falls 10% on fear of Arctic conflict by 2038 (Magazine)

68% of men prefer sex with an android to a human woman and with 52% of men saying they’ve tried the experience at least once (Magazine)

CyberLife currently got around 120 million androids across the globe and some people suspect they're using 'em to spy on people (Magazine)

There are at least 200k military android units already in service across the US military by 2038 and the gov is buying more for the Arctic conflict, an effort to double the infantry size (Magazine)

The US Army is 60~80% android, with humans mainly as commanders and strategists but they tend to use complex AIs to help with assistance (Magazine)

Sales of android intimate partners are very high as lotta men and women prefer living with an android than a human partner (Magazine)

Birthrate is at record low, population decline is said to be irreversible, marriage is in decline as traditional families become “thing of the past” and the divorce rate only increases (Magazine, News, Observation)

US is currently in an "antidepressant epidemic" due to the constant contact with technology, with people even lacking emotional development (Magazine)

The AX400 price is $899 by 2038 (Magazine)

5% of the music market is produced by human musicians. An android boyband Here4U is favorite to win Best Act, Best Video at global music awards - which are human record awards (Magazine, News)

Scientists found "alien" life on Titan: microorganisms living hundreds of kilometers below the surface, in an ocean of salt water protected by a thick layer of ice. The machine-i-forgot-the-name was sent in 2019 (Magazine)

Lute turtles, polar bears, mountain gorillas, african elephants and several species of tiger are extinct by 2038, with CyberLife now making some sorta android zoos (Magazine)

Canada is an android-free zone they don't sell or have any laws about it there as they don't permit androids inside 'em borders (Magazine)

CyberLife has recently released a tech demo of a quaterback android, something that got the Anti-Android Fan Group pissed (Magazine)

There's some sorta quantum magnet being studied that got the potential of cleaning carbon from the air (Magazine)

The Anti-Automation League and CrowneCars representants are in a discussion about ethical decision-making capability of autonomous cars (Magazine)

CyberLife has made a new quantum supercomputer, capable of one billion billion operations per second used to calculate the probability of mass extinction events (Magazine)

Hackers targeting systems like solar panels for ransom seems to be common thing (Magazine)

NASA announced the launch of a five android crew to explore Io (first time it's a full-machine crew). The journey will last three years (Magazine)

CyberLife is a trillionaire company by 2038, they were already billionaires a decade before (Magazine)

The first android ever officially released by CyberLife was the ST200 Chloe, costing 65k in 2024. By 2027 they already had 1mi androids sold (PlayStation Blog)

[continues on the next reblog]

[lady-of-fidgets]

I know I keep talking about this recently but that's because of how important it is. Please take a moment and read this bit from an article and REFLECT how dangerous and how closely linked to eugenics this is/could be.

"Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. issued a statement that laid out sweeping plans for his first 100 days in office. Chief among his goals, he wrote, was to combat what he called a “growing health crisis” of chronic disease. The document called for the federal government to investigate the “root causes” of a broad range of conditions, including autism, ADHD, asthma, obesity, multiple sclerosis, and psoriasis. Conspicuously absent was any explicit mention of childhood vaccines, which Kennedy has long railed against as the head of the anti-vaccine advocacy group Children’s Health Defense.

But the document did zero in on another one of his fixations: a class of widely prescribed drugs that treat depression, anxiety, and mood disorders.

As with his previous assertions about vaccines, many of his statements about these drugs are not backed by science. In a 2023 livestream on X with Elon Musk, he claimed that “tremendous circumstantial evidence” suggested that people taking antidepressants were more likely to commit school shootings. (Actually, most school shooters were not taking those drugs, evidence shows.) "

And goes on to say: "He added, “I’m going to create these wellness farms where they can go to get off of illegal drugs, off of opiates, but also illegal drugs, other psychiatric drugs, if they want to, to get off of SSRIs, to get off of benzos, to get off of Adderall, and to spend time as much time as they need—three or four years if they need it—to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities.” The farm residents would grow their own organic food because, he suggested, many of their underlying problems could be “food-related.” "

I'm so SICK of abelists. Is no one else freaking out about this?! What are we to do?! Well-ness farms is just a fancy term for another form of camp. Does this not ring any bells?

[americanssweetheart]

First Ladies Lasting Impact

One of the president's most significant assets is their First Lady. Although the president's job is the hardest in the world, First Ladies are influential and can help boost the president's success rate. Here are the three most inspirational first ladies and their accomplishments.

Eleanor Roosevelt was amongst U.S. history's most transformative and pioneering First Ladies. As an advocate of civil rights, women's rights, and poverty alleviation, Eleanor used her platform to fight for the marginalized, reshaping the public expectation of what a First Lady could achieve. Since she had made significant changes, Eleanor set the stage for every First Lady after her.

She was married to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was constantly present in his administration. She took on an apparent and impactful role during his presidency, especially during the Great Depression and World War II. Eleanor was a delegate to the United Nations, where she chaired the UN's Human Rights Commission and even helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This landmark document continues to shape global human rights policy today.

Eleanor was determined to be an advocate for racial equality. She constantly spoke out against segregation, met with African American leaders, and supported rights for minorities. She was one of the first public figures to invite African American leaders into the White House and was deeply committed to promoting civil rights for everyone.

Eleanor Roosevelt's influential actions exceeded well beyond her time as First Lady. She became a symbol of courage, compassion, and activism, and her legacy as a trailblazer for social justice remains distinctive.

When discussing any first lady, it's crucial to mention the most iconic First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy. Jackie's intelligence, elegance, and grace were essential for former President Kennedy's success. She made a name for herself and had a fantastic marketing mindset. 

Jacqueline Kennedy is known for her influential fashion taste of her time and for renovating the White House. However, many people don't acknowledge how she established relationships with diplomats worldwide. Jackie used her role as the First Lady to glorify art and culture since she believed it was a part of the American identity. She invited world-class artists, musicians, and performers to the White House, which constructed cultural events that would influence future generations.

After the president's tragic assassination in 1963, Jackie handled the loss of her husband with grace. She helped organize his funeral, which played a significant role in helping shape the American collaborative memory of her husband's presidency. She preserved his legacy through her dedication to ensuring that his vision and accomplishments were remembered and cherished.

Jackie Kennedy remains one of the most loved and iconic historical figures, not just because of her elegance and grace but for her profound assistance to American culture, history, and diplomacy.

Known for her authenticity, intelligence, and compassion, Michelle Obama used her role as First Lady to elevate public health, education, and empowerment, specifically for young individuals and girls. As the first African American First Lady, Michelle brought a unique perspective to the White House and worked on initiatives to empower young people, particularly girls, and promote healthier lifestyles across America while breaking racial boundaries. Her legacy as a trailblazer for racial equality and her commitment to supporting military families made her one of American history's most influential and inspiring First Ladies.

Michelle became a powerful voice as an advocate for healthier lifestyles through the "Let's Move!" campaign Michelle founded and the "Let Girls Learn" campaign that fought for educational equity. This movement aimed to combat childhood obesity by promoting healthy eating, physical activity, and better access to nutritious food. The program increased awareness of the importance of fitness and nutrition for children and families nationwide.

Michelle worked closely with military families by advocating for better resources, care, and support for the people serving in the armed forces and their families. She founded the "Joining Forces initiative," a campaign to support veterans and military families with employment, health care, and education resources.

Michelle became a beacon of strength and inspiration as an African American woman in the White House. She used her position to address issues of racial inequality and foster conversations on race, identity, and cultural awareness in America. Her memoir, Becoming, offers an intimate account of her life and experiences, resonating with millions worldwide.

Michelle Obama's tenure as First Lady was marked by her authenticity, leadership, and dedication to positively impacting American society, particularly in public health and education. Her continued work, primarily through her foundation, inspires a new generation of leaders, particularly young women of color.

Analyzing these inspirational women's work shows us that these First Ladies used their unusual positions to endorse change through human rights, cultural enrichment, or public health. Their leadership, empathy, and devotion continue to inspire different generations, proving that even in roles that may seem secondary, individuals can create a monumental impact. Their legacies remind us that with solidity and a clear vision, we all have the potential to drive positive change and shape a better future for others.

[anothermoirafan]

VAMPIRES AND THEIR NAILS

Ok so I've been thinking abt this 4 a while and I came to a conclusion that if there is a true united and connected (no matter how badly) vampire society then there must be norms? Some sort of rules or traditions. Now unfortunately Castlevania doesn't tell us much here, except tidbits such as having philosophy and a general sense of who is and who isn't in the community. So let's use logic instead. So usually, in the animal kingdom and human culture, norms and expectations, especially of beauty, were based on proving oneself to be succesful and therefore of the ability to afford luxuries that stand against reason of need. Take exotic birds for example; the show off of colors shocks and appeals to females (usually) but also makes it easier to be spotted as prey. The takeaway is ofcourse, that the beadzzled male can simply, by strength and intelligence, afford to be bedazzled. During human history, at least for most of, it was a signifier of wealth and class to be chubbier or even obese. The unspoken context was that even though most couldn't afford to feed their family, you were able to eat more than you needed or even wanted. Similar thing was for nails. Famously, in China, during the Warring States period (around 475-221 BC) long nails became a status symbol; a symbol of not doing labour, therefore not needing to have nails cut short for said labour. An added bonus was definately that healthy nails require a good diet, oils and frequent washing for good appearance; and can be decorated for extra measure.

Now back to the vampires. Considering the long nails of every vampire we see, and the knowledge that they can even be used in combat (see for:Raman) we can safely assume that linger nails are part of vampire signifiers and naturally occur afzer the transformation aling with fangs. Even characters who we would describe as practical (Dracula, he's dramatic but a scientist goddamit he knows what could be under) have them. I checked but unfortunately we don't see much of Tera's transformation but it'll definately be cool to find out if it makes it into her new design. Now we could assume that maybe nails are results of age but I feel as if that were the case again they wouldn't be that common.

How do vampires see their nails? Similar to humans, one would think, but i feel like there's more philosophy in there. Many vampires see their nails as as proof and extension if their animalistic side, cue trying to cut them and keep the human-short (great example is Lenore, who out of all vampires seems culturally very much still human or at least she tries to be) or embracing it and having literal claws (Dracula). But I want to talk about the detail of Carmila having red nails. With no knowledge of vampire technology I'm gonna say she used a formula way back from the Zhou dynasty in China at around 600BC or the Ming dynasty. Either way nail polishes of the time were limited in color but we knew they had red and adored it.

Why did I have this rant? Because I believe vampires use nails as virtue signaling.

Think about it. Vampires as a species are very cruel and deceitful so it's hard to know where somebody stays. But nails? Immediately u get the picture. Carmilla didn't just look good in red, she was the only general with colored nails, even Raman kept them natural (prob for combat but still). Think of the implications? She saw her vampirism as an extension and addition to her greatness. The color? Symbol of passion and prosperity. And upkeep? Probably expensive and rare, I mean she is a war general, I doubt that leaves time for manicure, but she did it anyways, probably HIRING HUMANS for it too. AND it matches her outfit. So u have these old vampires who keep their nails long as they accepted it, and think "yea this works" when all of a sudden a Bad BitchTM walks in and how do they know she means business? Colored nails.

And what does that leave the rest with. Think of all the times Styria hosted parties, galas and meetings with other vampire nations, putting up a good face, just for Lenore to cut her nails. Imagine the outrage and pity. She's the diplomat!! And yet, in company, she keeps her nails short. She already looks like a young girl, probably turned against her will, and the nails? Knowing Morana and Carmilla that had to be a constant fight. How could she represent them like this? Does she hate the gift of eternal life they've all been gifted with?

I imagine she tried to keep them long. For some time, probably an important politics season. Maybe she liked them, maybe she was waiting to cut them off, when she accidentaly cut herself. The pain. Anyone who has longer nails can tell u this is more often than u think, and considering vampire length and probable strength those cuts are good and deep. She cries. Of course the wound is already healed, ofcourse Morana and Carmilla yell how it'll pass but what they don't get is that the pain still happened. And it will again. And nobody understands.

She probably likes Hector's hands. He kept his nails short, he's a man of work, and thinks she likes the possibility of what he can do. But she just likes the nails. She even sometimes tells him to cut them shorter, since she wants to see how long and gradual human nail growth is. She enever tells him that, she lies and says "claws are for vampires" and she hates it. When she kills herself, Hector goes through the quartet's rooms for things and information and finds so many nail upkeep sets, hell even Striga has them. And Lenore has. Well a clipper. She never kept more. She couldn't.

[globalnewscollective]

Your Health, Your Life: What Happens When the Government Hides Critical Medical Data?

Imagine going to a doctor, only to find out they can’t properly diagnose or treat you because the government has erased vital health data. This isn’t a plot from a dystopian novel—it’s happening right now under the Trump administration.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has quietly removed crucial health statistics from its public database, making it harder to track issues like obesity, suicide rates, and other critical public health crises. These removals aren’t just bureaucratic decisions; they are calculated moves to suppress inconvenient truths that don’t align with the administration’s narrative.

What Data Is Being Erased?

Obesity Statistics: The U.S. has an obesity crisis, with millions at risk of diabetes, heart disease, and other severe conditions. Removing obesity data makes it harder to allocate resources to fight this epidemic.

Suicide Rates: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., especially among young people and veterans. Eliminating this data hinders suicide prevention efforts and mental health advocacy.

Gun Violence and Public Safety Data: Many CDC studies on gun deaths and injuries have vanished, making it harder to understand and combat firearm-related deaths.

Reproductive Health and Maternal Mortality Rates: Women’s health data, particularly concerning pregnancy-related deaths, is disappearing, erasing evidence of the crisis facing mothers in America.

Medical Treatment Guidelines: The CDC has also deleted treatment guidelines for doctors, including protocols for treating sexually transmitted infections (STIs) like syphilis and chlamydia. This means that doctors may lack up-to-date recommendations, leading to misdiagnoses and inadequate care.

Why This Matters to You

Health data is not just numbers on a spreadsheet; it determines funding, policy decisions, and life-saving medical research. Without accurate statistics:

Doctors and researchers can’t properly study health trends, leading to misdiagnoses and inadequate treatments.

Lawmakers won’t have the information needed to craft policies that protect public health.

You and your loved ones may not receive critical services because the crisis isn’t being documented.

Journalists and advocates lose a key tool to hold the government accountable for public health failures.

The Bigger Picture

This is not an isolated incident. The Trump administration has systematically erased or altered data across multiple federal agencies, from climate change research to economic inequality reports. The goal? To control the narrative and eliminate evidence of policy failures. If there’s no data proving a problem exists, the administration can pretend it doesn’t.

By removing statistics on obesity, suicide, and other health crises, the government is not solving these problems—it’s hiding them. And when problems are hidden, they grow worse.

What Can You Do?

Demand transparency: Call your representatives and insist that public health data be reinstated.

Support independent research: Organizations like the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Guttmacher Institute work to provide accurate health data despite government censorship.

Speak out: Share this information on social media and educate others about how data erasure affects everyone.

Vote for leaders who prioritize science, public health, and government transparency.

We can’t afford to let critical health data disappear. The consequences could be deadly.

[dontsinkinmewithyourdogteeth]

i don't think i talk enough on here about my love of dogs - especially purebred dog breeding and sport dogs. im gonna combat this my listing my favourite dog breeds that i considered before getting the dog i have now ( showline female golden retriever )

1) showline border collie

i love these guys !!! they're such cool dogs and ive never disliked one that ive ever met. reason i didn't get one of these is because i didn't think i could match the energy level required for this breed, even if it was showline

2) borzoi !!

still remains one of my favourite all time dogs. they fit my lifestyle perfectly + i just adore how they look. i wish i could find an ethical breeder in my area though :(

3) working line labrador

honestly towards the end of my dog search it was between a wl lab and a golden. the only reason these guys didn't make it is because i prefer the aesthetics of the golden and i love the versatility of a showline golden. plus this breed is prone to health issues i don't want to be involved with like cancers and obesity.

4) standard poodle

my next dog is gonna be a poodle for sure !! i am in love with this breed, their temperament and versatility is so incredible and i just adore them. only reason i didn't get them is no standard poodle breeders in my area had puppies until 2 years into the future.

anyway yap over !! i love dogs ♡

[eelhound]

"'Unless the people benefit, economic growth is a subsidy for the rich.'

- Richard Falk, 'Post-Mubarak Revolutionary Chances,' Al Jazeera, 22 February 2011.

It’s as silly for me to write about economics as it would be for most economists to write about the use of enjambment in iambic pentameter. But they don’t live in a library, and I do live in an economy. Their life can be perfectly poetry-free if they like, but my life is controlled by their stuff whether I like it or not.

So: I want to ask how economists can continue to speak of growth as a positive economic goal.

I understand why we’re in a panic when our business or our whole economy goes into a decline or a recession: because the whole system is based on keeping up with/outgrowing the competition, and if we fail to do that, we face hard times, collapse, crash.

But why do we never question the system itself, so as to find ways to get around it or out of it?

Up to a point, growth is a plausible metaphor. Living things need to grow, first to their optimum size, and then to keep replacing what wears out, annually (as with many plants) or continually (as with mammalian skin). A baby grows to adult size, after which growth goes to maintaining stability, homeostasis, balance. Growth much beyond that leads to obesity. For a baby to grow endlessly bigger would be first monstrous, then fatal.

In taking uncontrolled, unlimited, unceasing growth as the only recipe for economic health, we’ve dismissed the ideas of optimum size and keeping the organism in balance.

Maybe there are organisms that have no optimum size, like the enormous fungal network one hears about that underlies the whole Middle West, or is it just Wisconsin? But I wonder if a fungus wandering around thousands of square miles underground is the most promising model for a human economy.

Some economists prefer to use mechanical terms, but I believe machines have an optimum size much as living organisms do. A big machine can do more work than a small one, up to a point, beyond which things like weight and friction begin to ruin its efficiency. The metaphor comes up against the same limit.

Then there’s social Darwinism — bankers red in tooth and claw, surviving fitly, while small vermin live on the blood that trickles down . . . This metaphor, based on a vast misunderstanding of evolutionary process, hits its limit almost at once. In predatory competition, bigness is useful, but there are endless ways to get your dinner besides being bigger than it is. You can be smaller but smarter, smaller but faster, tiny but poisonous, winged . . . you can live inside it while you eat it . . . As for getting a mate, if combat were the only way to score, large size would help, but (despite our battle fixation) most competition doesn’t involve combat. You can win the reproductive race by dancing gracefully, by having a blue-green tail decorated with eyes, by building a lovely bower for your bride, by knowing how to tell a joke . . . As for living space, you can crowd out your neighbors by outgrowing them, but it’s cheaper and just as effective to corner all the water in the vicinity, like a juniper tree, or to be toxic to sea anemones who aren’t closely related to you . . . The competitive techniques of plants and animals are endless in variety and ingenuity. So why are we, clever we, stuck on one and one only?

An organism that settles on a single survival stratagem and ceases to seek and find others — ceases to adapt — is at high risk. And adaptability is our principle and most reliable gift. As a species we are almost endlessly, almost appallingly adaptable. Capitalism thinks it’s adaptable, but if it only has one stratagem, endless growth, the limit of its adaptability is irrevocably set. And we have reached that limit. We are therefore at very high risk.

Capitalist growth, probably for at least a century and certainly from the turn of the millennium on, has been growth in the wrong sense. Not only endless but uncontrolled — random. Growth as in tumor. Growth as in cancer.

Our economy isn’t just in a recession. It is sick. As a result of uncontrolled economic (and population) growth, our ecology is sick, and getting sicker every day. We have disturbed the homeostasis of the earth, the ocean, and the atmosphere — not fatally to life on the planet; the bacteria will survive the corporation. But perhaps fatally to ourselves.

We go on mechanically repeating the behaviors that caused the sickness: we bail out the bankers, we resume offshore drilling, we pay polluters to pollute, because without them how is our economy to grow? Yet increasingly, all economic growth benefits only the rich, while most people grow poorer. The Economic Policy Institute reports:

We have been in denial about this for decades. By now the denials are hysterical in every sense of the word — What do you mean, climate instability? What do you mean, overpopulation? What do you mean, reactors are toxic? What do you mean, you can’t live on corn syrup?

From 2000 to 2007 (the last period of economic growth before the current recession) the richest 10% of Americans received 100% (one hundred percent—all) the average growth of income. The other 90% received none.

At this rate, by the time we admit that cancer is not health, that we’re sick, any cure must be so radical as almost certainly to require dictatorial rule, and to destroy more — physically and morally — than it can save.

Nobody in any government seems able even to imagine alternatives, and people who talk about them get little attention. Some of the alternatives that existed in the past had promise; I think socialism did, and still does, but it was run off the rails by ambitious men using it as a means to power, and by the infection of capitalism — the obsession with growing bigger at all cost in order to defeat rivals and dominate the world. The example of the larger socialist states is about as heartening as that of the giant underground fungus.

So what is our new metaphor to be? It might be the difference between life and death to find the right one."

- Ursula K. Le Guin, from her blog post "Clinging Desperately to a Metaphor." September 2011.

[insightfuldoggy]

"Until you-... O-Oh...~"

That was enough of a push for Mari if ever she needed one. Reaching for the service phone still on her soiled nightstand, she dialed up the wait staff without a second thought. "This is Ohara. One of our biggest wheelchairs up to room 1030 asap... No, no emergency. Just a precaution~ Ciao~"

She hung up... as a similarly-devious grin crossed her face.

"Oh, Reicchi... I didn't think anyone could match how deprived I could be, but you're not just an example... you're a role model~" She returned down to the foot of Rei's bed and, as best she could, began digging for one of her legs under her belly. "Mnnff... With how much of a... hff... obese slob of a girl you've become... hff... I'm sure you can't even make a full... TEN steps... before something shatters... But I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong...~"

She licked her lips as she gripped around Rei's useless right leg and began to help her tug it over the edge of the bed. "HFF!!... I-It'd mean... we've simply not been feeding you enough...~"

Rei... tried to help, but of course, she contributed absolutely nothing besides getting extremely sweaty, and managing to cough up a bit more vomit from how red with effort she went.

And then after a lot of hard work...

PLOP.

A flabby, sweaty leg landed with a wet slap against the floor, it was so deformed it barely resembled a leg, not that one could tell, since her calf reached the floor on all sides, completely engulfing her foot in the process.

The same process was needed for the second leg, more sweat, more exhaustion, Rei was getting dangerously close to a heart episode from the effort of being moved, even that much was overstimulating to her heart and muscles.

"A-ahhn...~" she moaned in joyed pain, "i-it burns... hahh~".

And then... the fun part, through the sheer effort of Mari, and token effort of Rei, as well as using her floor rubbing belly as leverage, the blob of a girl was slowly but surely raised to her feet.

Wheezing, panting so hard, the girl momentarily fainted on her feet with a grin on her face, only to regain consciousness a few moments later, eyes drooping, ready to fade again, but only the warmth between her legs and the perversion of her mind combatting it.

"R... nghhhrkhff... ready... nghhfffhahh... NGGGGHKRKK--" Finally, her heart started beating out of rhythm, making it so she couldn't notice a very exciting detail that the blonde feeder would never miss.

A subtle, but ever audible, creak, coming from her legs... not even moving and they were already creaking.

[omensgate]

what is your opinion on the gourm? (As a character, not as gameplay/a campaign)

<this is YOUR invitation to send me asks about anything>

i REALLY Like gourmand as a comforting and kind presence, however it happens that if i quantify a character as generally "good" i have very few things to comment on about them past that (unlike with bad or angsty characters where theres much more to say with regards to the numerous tragedies in their lives). i actually struggle to think about or write them because im not sure how to maintain helpful positivity that isnt like, the pinnacle of perfection and introspection while also not being self conscious- the next chapter of dark matter ive penned up features gourmand and, well... the chapter hasnt come out because i just feel wrong writing them (but i always feel bad in any circumstance that im writing slugcats interacting like people). i just imagine its nice but not perfect. as noted before gourmands reality makes me cry like a baby. its just nice that you can exist as an intelligent and passionate animal with a group that you care for and that cares for you.

i will comment on something that upsets me under the cut. i really hesitate to say anything slightly discourse tinged because i dont want that energy here, but since im asked i will mention this;

when i first saw rain world after downpour came out, i wasnt terribly eager to get into it, because what i had seen in cursory searching such as on youtube had troubled me. with the dlc newly out and only gourmand, then artificer being unlocked with the game nudging you to choose gourmand first, most of the jokes people were making, because it was easy, was THIS SLUGCAT IS BIG, FAT, AND FUCKING STUPID! just dozens and dozens of thumbnails like LOOK AT THIS STUPID CHONKER! its died down in recent times, but i tried watched a video recently (.. like a month ago) and had to stop because they started to detail the slugcats, but when talking about gourmand would NOT stop saying this lazy sack of shit, this stupid overweight obese slow idiot, and its baffled me. utterly baffled. gourmand is the smartest of the slugcats as said in the description past supernatural means with its expanded tool use. its enjoyment of food is expressly for appreciation of the world and allows it to open its mind with the comfort and stability of being well fed and not fighting for scraps. its body allows for immense combat prowess unparalleled. its exhaustion mechanic really is not that bad if you are conscious of it and patient. its weight is nothing but a boon and representative of some deeper aspects with regards to intelligence and its story. im aghast at how prevalent fatphobia still is, but past youtubers shit for brains most people ive seen here have been respectful at least. thank god

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