#blatant lies

[comicaurora]

If you could place aurora in one time period technologically, which time period would that be? Or is it a mix?

the whole story was painstakingly crafted to consistently take place on march 6, 1928 in rural nebraska. aurora's social, cultural and technological development are an exact match to this precise window in time

[welcomehomeincorrectquotes]

Frank: How do you do that?

Wally: How do I do what, neighbour?

Frank: Smile so much!

Wally: Oh, I’m just a happy person.

[caprice-nisei-enjoyer]

When I come home from the beach, there are more grains of sand in my shoes than there are stars in the Milky Way

[mrchalamet-mrstyles]

Say it again, for the people in the back!

[flouryhedgehog]

Daily affirmation:

I am normal about Sovereign Immunity.

I am normal about Sovereign Immunity.

I am normal about Sovereign Immunity.

[shit-enmu-says]

Don’t point the finger at me! I didn’t let Rui put spiders on your sister’s pillow. What ever are you accusing me of, Gyutaro?

[jarognieva]

When u are anxious about being annoying parasite and it turned out it's true

I want to disappear forever

[svartikotturinn]

I couldn’t stand to watch Shaun’s latest video, so I started reading the transcript instead. I got about 15 minutes in before I just had enough.

The good: I don’t think he’s legitimately antisemitic. I think he’s just a contrarian dipshit who took his anti-Israeli stance mostly because he had an excuse to go against what his government was saying (along with other Western governments) and didn’t bother to look deeper. So he is a lot of things but antisemitic does not seem to be one of them.

Also, I should commend him for pointing out actual cases of Israeli disinformation, such as an outright lie by the IDF spokesman, and brings up the violence towards mourners and even pallbearers at Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral, which he rightfully condems (no, chanting slogans does not justify it).

The bad: The sheer one-sided laziness, up to and including outright lies (which, I hope, for his sake, were based in ignorance and not malice), starting right at the beginning. He says what got him doubting the narrative of ‘Israel good, Palestinians bad’ was a photo of Israelis sitting on chairs they’d brought watching the Gaza Strip being bombed from a safe distance in 2014—he neglects to mention that those are people from nearby Sderot, a town that had been subject to repeated rocket strikes from Hamas. He offhandedly mentions that the other side does it, too, but barely gives this thought much weight. Worse, he certainly does not consider that Israelis can at least claim that they’re cheering for the death of mlitants out for their blood hiding in the destroyed buildings, while Palestinians cheer for the deliberate killing of civilians: stabbing and shooting random civilians, launching rockets indiscriminately at civilians (no, Israel doesn’t do that, that’s what intel and GPS systems are for).

(Pro-tip: check out what your favourite pro-Palestinian influencer’s page for what they said while the October 7th Massacre was still ongoing. I bet you’ll be horrified. Shaun himself, for example, retweeted an infographic about the asymmetry of casualties in both sides over the years and blocked me when I called him out on his callous ‘well, numerically…’ attitude. That was last October, not 2014.)

Then there’s Abu Akleh’s death, which he also discusses. I’m using this term charitably, because he says it was definitively proven as murder and says any claim to the contrary has been proven to be a mendacious cover-up. No, he does not provide any sources countering, say, the official US position. (For the record: fuck then-Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s reaction. He is a prime example of the problems Israel actually has.)

Then he had the sheer audacity to claim that the claims of tunnels under As-Shifā’ Hospital were unfounded. What fucking nerve.

I was hoping to reach the point where he talks about how Hamas treats the Gazans, and point out that the disparity of casualties has to do in large part with the fact that Israel actually cares for its civilians (something he didn’t even hint at up to where I got), but that bold-faced lie about the hospital made it too much for me.

Fuck you, Shaun.

…Oh, and one last thing: he talked about the Western position being one of resistence to the implied barbarism of Islam. So, Shaun, I’m here to say it’s not fucking ‘implied’, you dolt, it’s emphatic. Read the fucking Qur’ān and tell me that shit doesn’t sound like any other cult leader’s insane ramblings. Listen to opinions Muslims express in polls. Talk to them about history, especially the history of the region. It’s cultish shit on par with MAGA/QAnon and Russian propaganda, but you start hemming and hawing when brown people say it, like a stereotypical Westerner who dismisses their country’s superstitions but gladly adopts those that come from China or India. How utterly disguting.

EDIT: I should’ve stopped listening to this prick back when he made his inaccuracies-ridden video about Harry Potter. I guess maybe in his view, there are indeed good and bad sides rather than actions…

[21threjectedsoul]

I hate every single one of you who can't use your fucking brain to search a bit about inceldom and associate it purely with misogyny and rape

Nobody besides the mentally distorted (who are the most extremist and don't represent even half of the community) believes that "men are entitled to sex"

you think incel is a synonym for misogynistic and while there is some merit about this logic, there is also the halo effect which I'd be generous and unrealistic to think any of you would understand

everybody loves to talk about how incels have a distorted world vision even if at the deep every single fucking social movement uses by some extention the same points of view from blackpill

yknow what? We are the ones who actively rethink if we're wrong because it's such a dry pill to swallow because we have humans (shocking, I know) and we were taught the same "just be nice and you will eventually get a girlfriend" bluepill shit while all of fights by thinking "I still chase the same type of men who are leagues above me while me and my fellas gaslight ourselves we are actually 10/10 despite being mid, therefore all men sucks!" or the early abused girl who didn't had a good father

if you can't argue about it without thinking your worldview is the objectively right then don't hide you're just blatantly dishonest and biased

[dougielombax]

Yeah, we’re conducting a special investigation for the Federal Bureau of…..Shoes and Things?

*shakes head knowing they won’t believe anything you’d say*

[cryptidclaw]

Blantant lies-

Who’s the most Christian cat?

The obvious answer is Mothwing

But I would also like to offer Jayfeather and RoC au Leafpool hehe

[swan2swan]

On listening to the “interview” again...yeah, Lois’s outrage is Wholly Justified.

[caprice-nisei-enjoyer]

Tumblr is down. I can't even post!

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Pamela Garfield-Jaeger

Published: Jun 22, 2023

On May 5th and 6th, 2023, I attended a training conference organized by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT). My aim was to gain an in-person perspective on the unfolding developments within my profession, particularly concerning gender ideology. I was eager to witness the current discourses imparted to my colleagues first-hand. Some striking revelations emerged from these sessions, some of which I will share, while primarily focusing on why I am convinced that gender activists feel their narrative is under threat.

In one of the sessions, Linda K. Reeves, a WPATH GEI Certified Gender Specialist, openly voiced her concerns, saying she was “afraid” of the new bills being passed in the Republican States, labeling them as “anti-trans.” The bills she referred to are designed to protect minors from irreversible medical interventions before they’re capable of informed consent. Reeves’ sentiment of fear was expressed twice during her 90-minute lecture, indicating the perception of losing legislative ground amid previous progress made by the trans community.

In another intriguing move, the workshop “Gender-Affirming Medical and Mental Health Care for Transgender Adolescents,” hosted by Aydin Olson-Kennedy, LCSW, and Johanna Olson-Kennedy, MD, requested that no filming take place due to a “tumultuous and hostile environment.” Ayden, a fully transitioned trans man, and Johanna, a Los Angeles Children’s Hospital pediatrician with 16 years of experience prescribing puberty blockers, were the sole workshop to issue such a request. This class “taught” me that puberty blockers are as harmless as a new haircut or clothing style. My question for them is: If you are an expert sharing important clinical information that you are certain of, why would you want your workshop to be hidden?

This workshop attempted, albeit clumsily, to debunk various gender-critical perspectives, signifying that opposing narratives are reaching their audience. For instance, the common question of a child's self-awareness at a young age was addressed. Both Ayden and Johanna asserted that children as young as three know their identities. They countered the prevalent concern about the internet’s influence on young people, stating that more time online is actually a good thing and indicates a healthy journey of self-discovery. Johanna advocated the transitioning of children since every trans adult was once a child, conveniently omitting that a majority of children with gender dysphoria, when not “affirmed,” ultimately desist.

According to a summary of multiple studies, about 80 percent of children desist.

Evidence from 10 available prospective follow-up studies from childhood to adolescence indicates that childhood gender dysphoria will recede with puberty in ~80% of cases. A Dutch paper notes that follow-up studies show the persistence rate of gender identity disorder to be about 15.8%, or 39 out of the 246 children who were reported on in the literature.

During the workshop, the Olson-Kennedys emphasized that gender dysphoria often causes other co-morbid mental health issues, contradicting what many therapists observe—distressed children clinging to trans identity with the misguided belief that it will resolve their underlying issues. “Depression treatment does not treat dysphoria. Gender Dysphoria for some folks is Depression. Gender Dysphoria = Depression,” stated Aydin Olson-Kennedy.

Unexpectedly, the instructors discredited the standard psychology manual, the Diagnostic Standard Manual-5 (DSM-5), which states a person must experience Gender Dysphoria for at least six months. Ayden described the DSM as a book smothered in cis-white privilege. Ayden stated the DSM was “colonized” due to its problematic binary language and its emphasis on Gender Dysphoria as distress. However, Ayden spent much of the lecture, including a video, showing the audience how distressing being trans is. Ayden even said it’s “normal” for dysphoric feelings to increase after receiving hormones and surgeries and, in fact, “There are pieces of dysphoria you can’t undo,” negating the prevailing thought that transition ameliorates distress. Nevertheless, the audience was assured that offering puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries is the compassionate form of treatment. Ayden rhetorically asked the audience: “At what point is it mean to let people suffer?”

Finally, Olson-Kennedy acknowledged the existence of detransitioners, a group often overlooked due to their narratives challenging the notion that those who claim to be trans are always know. The instructors downplayed the numbers of detransitioners but couldn’t entirely ignore their existence given the compelling stories increasingly being shared by individuals like Chloe Cole, Ritchie Herron, and many others who fell victim to “gender-affirming care.” “People are going to detransition, that’s OK, but we need not to organize our practice around it,” she said.

Shockingly, Olson-Kennedy also dismissed concerns about excessive prescription of puberty blockers, arguing legislation to be unnecessary given that “Only 5,000 children total are on puberty blockers in the U.S. That’s a small amount of kids to be writing legislation about.” However, most people would agree that 5,000 healthy children being medicalized for life is too 5,000 many. She also argued that puberty blockers are very helpful because they prevent future surgeries. Moreover, she failed to highlight potential side effects, like the inability to achieve a sexual orgasm later in life for those initiating puberty blockers before Tanner stage two (age 9-11), or the FDA’s warnings about brain swelling and blindness.

Another astonishing argument came when the detrimental effects of cross-sex hormones were downplayed, with the simplistic reasoning that “everyone has hormones.” Yes, that was the argument, from a credentialed medical professional nonetheless. A few side effects were mentioned but many serious ones, like early-onset menopause, urinary tract issues, mood instability, blood clots, and heart issues, were omitted. “At least the patient is alive”, she stated, alluding to the high suicide rates of trans people, but she did not share any data on that point.

Lastly, Linda Reeves addressed Lisa Littman’s research on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) in her presentation, claiming it had been “debunked” by WPATH due to its reliance on parental observations. It was dismissed based on the assumption that parents possess no real insight into their children’s emotions or histories. A slide from the presentation included an emotion-based argument claiming the report was “intended to cause fear” instead of revealing factual insights.

I see this as a win. WPATH knows this data is a threat to their questionable “standards of care” and they had to get their audience to hear about it with their spin first.

In summary, it was interesting to hear people who promote the sterilization of children and vulnerable adults attempt defend their faulty ideas. Most of what I heard were blatant lies and the bending or omission of truth. They openly said they were afraid of the “attacks” on trans people (which are simply bills to protect minors from high-risk procedures) and they tried unsuccessfully to discredit the thoughts, ideas, and experience of many outspoken critics of transgender medicine. Their quick-paced deliveries and limited question times further hinted at an awareness of growing scrutiny. For those opposed to the gender transition of minors and vulnerable adults, this means your voices are being heard and making a difference. Continue standing up for your beliefs; it's causing those pushing these transitions to reassess their stance.

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Fear can make creatures dangerous, however. Especially when they no longer have anything to lose.

[watcherwatts]

Anti Honesty Hour: what do you think Shane and Ryan should start doing on their Ghost Files investigations in order to attract more ghosts???

oh wow this is actually a question ive thought of a lot ! so i was thinking that ryan could strap a giant magnet to his back that would magnetize all the ghosts to them ! i was also thinking about the possibility of them bringing in a church choir to sing jesus songs because ghosts are all secretly jesus ? maybe shane could grow even taller to kinda scare the ghosts into coming ? OO OO OO they could always go luigis mansion/ghostbusters style and get some cool backpack vacuums. we could use steven as bait maybe ? man oh man i have so many ideas !

theres this stone, you have to travel a long time for it...and...its supposed to give you the ability to become a part of the spirit plane...while still being alive. a beautiful, distant planet...perhaps youve heard of it before... they could always...travel to...space...

i heard once that weed attracts ghosts, maybe they could do an episode where they do the weed ! theres also the fact that ghosts absolutely totally LOVE seeds and grains ! they could try scattering that around the floors ! maybe ryan could try and get a ghoul to eat right out of his hand !! i think that would be so fun ^_° ugh i love feeding my local ghouls. they really love it when you tickle their tummies ! oh they could try that too !! if theyre at a location with ghosts that are crime, they could so crime to get the ghosties out ? i think it would be a fun time watching shane and ryan set a local police department aflame ! i hope they like bacon √°|°√

they could go the easy route too and just your friendly ol ghost growing mix. i really dont understand why they havent done that. you just have to water them with the blood of a mother every month until they are able to live on their own...its so easy i dont get it. ah wait maybe its not in the budget. they are using all the gf money for the office pets. did you know they have pets at watcher hq ? i found out recently. they apparently have an office coconut crab named windshield. very cute lil dude <333 okay sorry, my bad, back to the ghoulies. i once saw this really cute diy project where you take six coins, six apples, and six candles, arrange them in a circle, then take a piece of chalk and draw a circle, then a star in that circle, light the candles, chant "Syha'h ilyaa 'bthnk f'li'hee mg ngR'lyeh Dagon li'heeog, cron y-lloig R'lyeh nglui Azathoth ebunma, k'yarnak ilyaa gof'nnor hlirgh 'bthnkor Azathoth," six times with increasing volumes, then let the light consume you, let the light consume you, let the light consume you, let the light consume you, let the light consume you, let the light consume you, and then, lastly, do a twirl ! this all will summon a silly little goose, and if you ask him nice enough, hell grant you a wish ! maybe the ghoul boys could use this simple hack to ask for some ghouls !

but if none of that would be able to work for whatever reason, or anything like that, theres always the option of getting nak-

[shit-enmu-says]

I-I have never used my tentacles for anything like that!