#deliberate ignorance

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep." -- Saul Bellow

[miramaramora]

BuT iF yOu StRiKe ThEm BaCk yOu'lL be as bAd as tHeY ArE

Shut up , that's cartoon logic , that's to prevent beloved protagonists from doing something on TV that children could immitate.

Let's discuss

Do they have the same motive ?

No,the zionists have greed , arrogance and/or cruelty as a motive . And the Palestinians have the desires to prevent their country from being usurped and to defend themselves, their lives , their bodies, their culture, their dignity!

Do they have the same level of strength and destructive potential?

No , Israel is supported by many wealthy expansionist countries that pioneer in weaponry and mass destruction , elaborate spy networks , and means if economic colonisation.

Palestine is supported by militant groups who are Palestinians , some charity organisations , other Arab individuals opting to be militants and the political recognition of some countries.

Do they use the same methods?

No they don't, Israel and zionists use their abundance in wealth to pay celebrities to support them . They target women and children so that there would be less Palestinians . They resort to torture and lie about it . They mutilate bodies, They try to stop others from speaking about it.

Palestinian miltants don't target children, they treat hostages well , they humiliate/ kill zionist soldiers who fought them ( unapologetically) without feeling the need to lie about it or falsify history. They document the casualties even on enemy side and take responsibility for the casualties caught in their crossfire. They don't resort to torture and all they diligently try to avoid weaklings being collateral damage on enemy side .

So how exactly are they similar ? The only thing they have in common is making your sheltered self uncomfy

So if you don't know which side you're on , fine

If you don't have info , or need to do more research fine

But going around equating the usurper with the resistant victim is deliberate ignorance .

[frkt83-blog]

Are Discounts and Sales Worth It?

Are Discounts and Sales Worth It?

During the Christmas and New Year holiday period, there would be many retailers offering discounts, and on the surface it makes sense to buy something when it is discounted. However, there are many times when I go into the shop with the intention to buy something and end up buying something else as well because it is discounted. Discounts create a sense of urgency and exploit FOMO. This is…

[gunstreet]

sorry I'm not a photoshop master but would someone mind hanging this up in the SNW writers' room because I think we have all had enough

[deoidesign]

A frustrating development with the growing lack of reading comprehension I've personally noticed is an emerging fervor of insisting things aren't canon unless they are explicitly stated beyond all reasonable doubt.

I can not emphasize enough how harmful a mindset this is to have. Yes, it's wonderful to have characters outright say "I'm trans," but to deny a character's identity for not saying that is dangerous.

Plenty of real people prefer not to use specific labels. Historically, people didn't have our modern terms or modes of expression. Many modern cultures don't use these terms, either, and plenty of people within those that do can't safely openly identify.

If the only representation you accept as canon is within modern (and let's be honest, wealthy white able-bodied American) standards, then you are denying yourself and others a huge amount of representation and seriously limiting the media around you.

[seaweedstarshine]

“They engineered a psychopath to kill you.” “Totally married her. I'd never have made it here alive without River Song.”

Sources: Let's Kill Hitler, Diary of River Song: My Dinner With Andrew, Closing Time, The Husbands of River Song, Diary of River Song: The Furies, Diary of River Song: Animal Instinct, The Ruby's Curse, Time of the Doctor

[qrwinn]

so what you're essentially saying is that:

- it's completely acceptable to physically assault your friend, who incidentally is the sibling of your significant other, simply because they failed to disclose information about why your significant other left, despite being instructed by your partner to remain silent on this matter;

- it's perfectly fine to kiss your colleague despite being in a committed relationship, and then, instead of facing the consequences of your actions, pressure your partner to move in with you, thereby depriving them of the autonomy to return to their own home upon discovering your infidelity;

- it's completely fine to maintain clandestine contact with your ex and then cheat on your spouse with them;

- it's perfectly acceptable to leave your wife and newborn son with cerebral palsy for a period of four years in order to enlist in the military, and when the time finally comes for you to come back to your family, to extend your military service without consulting with your spouse, deliberately ignoring the emotional needs of your loved one who openly expresses a need for support and connection;

- but the line should be drawn when, despite the precarious nature of the job where survival isn't assured, and considering your status as a closeted member of the lgbtq+ community (with a military background under the constraints of DATD, mind you), you were initially reluctant to bond with a new colleague and instead made some snarky comments to deter their attempts at forming a connection, and later, when a new member joined the station and faced discrimination for being a black queer woman, you opted to stay silent while your coworkers mocked her?

damn, y'all really need to sort out your priorities.

[onceinawhilemoon]

not me frantically checking Jon's diary every 10 minutes or so to make sure i didn't disappoint him with my poor decision making and deduction skills

[treasureplcnet]

Semi-desperate Mithrun in regards to Kabru post-canon is so fucking real. On top of everything else, the guy kinda sorta literally gave him a will to live. Like. Mithrun's an acts of service logic type guy and was already attached to him. And how the fuck are you gonna return a favor like That. Beyond the continuing demon hunting and shit he probably rings up Kabru once a week like "You wanna hang out. I know you're stressed all the time every day. Come hang out with me." And is like yea, this is a normal response to a guy making you see you still have a life. And doesn't process the fact he's in weird complicated some kinda love with him.

YES !!!! mithrun hasn't desired (or hasn't believed he desired anything besides revenge) and when he's starting to develop feelings for kabru, he's nervous and a bit surprised. to me the realisation is slow and methodical, like "i miss kabru. i want kabru around. i feel his absence. what does this mean. all a part of newly wanting things i guess. totally normal to do this." -> 6 months later "oh"

and last time he fell in love, mithrun became a dungeon master and his entire life changed. now he's got his life back, learning about loving that, and kabru complicates many things. i think even kabru would have hesitations, mostly over how he believes elves can't understand short lived races, and if there is a 'future' for them that they'd both be happy with. i want to see them work it out together. it's very beautiful to me :)

[flaringgoosebumps]

BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT TYPE LONGING HOOOOOLY SHIT MIKE GOT IT BAAAAAD

[aheavenofhell]

I feel like some may be deliberately ignoring the “but I don’t want to go back to Heaven” line and lemme explain why it’s important.

Aziraphale is offered this promotion to supreme archangel, right? By the Metatron himself. This is a VERY big deal, EXTREMELY serious. This is word directly from the Almighty.

And his first reaction is to refuse (something that doesn’t exactly align with the whole “Aziraphale is a manipulator” idea).

Aziraphale refuses the Metatron until the Metatron makes it explicitly clear that he can bring Crowley with him.

This is important, because Aziraphale chose to defy Heaven in S1 for Earth, for humans. While Crowley’s company may have had a part in it, really who’s to say they couldn’t just find another way to hang out when eternity started? His motivations in S1 didn’t revolve solely around Crowley.

The Aziraphale in S2, however, is ready to surrender life on Earth with just a singular condition. This is a big leap from where he was in S1, denying he and Crowley were even friends, to S2, where he is ready to admit that he needs him. That their relationship is more than a mutually beneficial arrangement or the result of having no other immortals to converse with.

So why the “rejection”?

Well, first off I think it’s a bit unfair to call it a rejection. For it to be a rejection, they would have to turn down the idea of their relationship. They didn’t, they just disagreed on the terms of that relationship.

Second, although Aziraphale has made these significant character developments, he is still Aziraphale. Naive, and under the impression that he can make things better for everyone—including Crowley. It could be just like old times, but even better. His motive here was not to fundamentally change who Crowley is, but to move them into a situation where they are safe to be together and he can feel like he has a purpose.

I don’t know if Crowley actually thinks Aziraphale wants to change him or not. I can definitely see that being a thing, but it’s not actually brought up. Instead, Crowley reminds him what Heaven is actually like—the reason he doesn’t want to be there. Not just because he can’t, but because he doesn’t want to.

The lack of compromise here ends up making sense from both sides. Aziraphale functions the way someone who grew up deeply religious and just can’t quite pry away from their faith does. Constantly ashamed, justifying the actions of an unjust God, unable to find meaning outside of what he’s been taught is the meaning. A recipe for self loathing, for always going back because it’s all you know, of course you still pray every night, long after you’ve stopped going to church. Ask a fundamentalist Christian if Abraham would’ve been justified in killing Isaac, and when they answer ask why. You will sample some of what I am talking about.

In contrast, Crowley has completely broken off from that illusion. His own moral code is more important to him than Heaven or Hells’. He has spent thousands of years trying to get Aziraphale to see through the manipulative tactics that keep him in check. He watches Aziraphale torment himself with this idea of goodness, what it is and how he has to represent it. And by the end of S2, he is still stuck in that same rut.

Neil utilized the metaphor of an abusive relationship (Nina/Lizzy, Aziraphale/Heaven) but whichever way you look at it, it’s the same. Psychological conditioning designed to break down the spirit into obedience.

And despite all this, despite the fact that Aziraphale is actively clawing his way through processing all of this trauma on his own, he still doesn’t give in to Heaven before he’s promised Crowley.

He goes back, yes. But there was no character regression. It was still development. He’s just not all the way there yet.

There would be no S3 if he was.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"In the light of our modern knowledge base built on solid science, religious assertions about natural phenomena are obsolete, irrelevant and false."

Religious claims about the nature of our world have a historical 0% success rate. Clinging to them is a form of deliberate ignorance and determination to be wrong.

[bylertruther]

sometimes i think about this one post that someone made where they said that everyone treats will in a special manner because he's a sensitive kid and that's why mike treats him differently, but it's just like... i mean. yeah. you're right lol. everyone does treat him differently precisely because of his sensitive and meek nature, but the person they're specifically thinking of is lucas.

lucas has a will voice and he certainly doesn't treat will like he does dustin or mike, BUT the difference between lucas and mike is that lucas never once treats will the way he treats max. he has never been written into a situation where dustin tells max that lucas is going to X, Y, and Z for her in no time, only to then cut to lucas going and immediately doing X, Y, and Z for will while max is somewhere waiting on him to finally figure out how to talk to her like a human being. max never once gets jealous of will or gets left behind for / switches places with will either. lucas treats will sweetly in an entirely platonic manner and he always has.

meanwhile, mike treats will sweetly in a way that other characters on the show–namely lucas and max–expect him to treat el. and the difference is further highlighted by how he does all of the right things for will, but never el, and certainly not without hand-holding explain like i'm five levels of guidance.

despite dating eleven, that treatment is solely reserved specifically for will. he always knows what to say, what to do, what will wants, and he feels comfortable enough with will to do it all with ease. and when he doesn't know, he still feels safe enough to work and talk through it with him rather than retreating to someone else and dishing all their problems to them instead of him.

none of that EVER happens between will and lucas or will and dustin. ever! they treat him differently, but not in a way that's similar to how they treat their girlfriends or are expected to treat their girlfriends.

like. there just really is no other relationship in the party that is written like mike and will's lol. lucas was willing to go to the gate himself to find will all on his own, proving that he most definitely loves will an extraordinary amount, but i feel like there's a CLEAR distinction made between all of those friendships which highlights which are platonic and which are not.

will was upset with both lucas and mike in season three, but there's a Reason he mostly blew up at mike and proceeded to go to castle byers after and tear a picture of them right down the middle while memories that start and end with mike's voice play in the background, and it's not just because will likes him.

will's behaviors have remained consistent and admiringly Normal, even with his larger than life feelings for mike, but mike's are always changing and clearly indicative of him struggling with Something that he's yet to tell anyone about in full. it's mike who couldn't juggle being with el and being friends with will at the same time. can the same be said for will and lucas? or will and dustin? obviously not.

[magnus-rhymes-with-swagness]

y’all know ballister is asian in the book too right. right

[somethingserious]

fans who love analyzing and discussing Succession but continue to call Shiv the worst character by only looking at her surface level actions make me want to scream

[worstloki]

Loki probably had to deal with Frigga's 'subtle' attempts to get him to apologise and reintegrate into the family through the entire jail time :/