#making madness

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

"doesn't this charater under insane stress going through extremely traumatic events realize how inconvenient their irrational emotional reactions are to the people around them?" well, see, you're not gonna believe this, but the thing is,

[houseofmcallister]

Saw a tiktok of a guy saying he doesn’t feel comfortable talking to minors because he’s 19. And it’s just. I’m so fucking tired of this.

And like to be clear, I’m speaking as a victim of pedophilia when I say: We need to get over this collective fear of endangering children. Because holy shit, this stuff is getting out of hand.

The average person is not a threat to a child.

And also!!! It is actually really really good for kids to have friendships with adults that aren’t their family.

Having friendships with adults when you’re younger prepares you for adult life in a better way then only interacting with adults that are family members or teacher as well.

And also if there’s any sort of weird behavior happening with adults or teachers, it’s very helpful to have unrelated adults, you can go to, and also have a model for what normal adults are supposed to look like.

And also! You’re just making it way easier for pedophiles to prey on children when you completely avoid interacting with them as an adult. Because kids are naturally inquisitive and curious. They are going to want to interact with adults and they are going to want to ask questions. And if the only adult adults that are willing to interact and speak with them or adults who have ulterior motivations. Guess what’s gonna happen.

Also on a more general note. Having a model for what a normal healthy adult is supposed to look like makes it way easier for kids to be able to recognize and identify when adults in their personal life are being weird.

[scribefindegil]

being a writer leads to a genuinely helpful but also very stupid kind of mindfulness where you'll be having a sobbing breakdown or the worst anxiety attack of your life and think "okay, I really need to pay attention to how this feels. so I can incorporate it into my fanfiction."

[werethropy]

"The nonbinary afab who goes by she/her, dresses femininely, and uses a push-up bra when I—" when you what? What's wrong with her?

Is she not nonbinary enough for you? Is the way she experiences her queerness and how she presents not perfect enough for you? Nonbinary people don't owe you androgyny, right? So why is she the exception? Why does she have to hate herself to appeal to your standards? Why is she any less trans—any less worthy of respect—cause it's "not visible"? Queer solidarity my ass. Don't spout this bullshit on Pride, man.

[woosh-floosh]

Is this actually a community wide or systemic problem or did you just meet one annoying guy

[kestrelsandcentipedes]

Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Isolation at B. C. Pen goes through name change," Vancouver Sun. January 9, 1976. Page 8. --- By DAVE STOCKAND Solitary confinement under a new name has landed with a disturbing thump at the B.C. Penitentiary.

Suddenly there is no longer a special correctional unit, the SCU, but this does not mean that the days and months and years of segregation and isolation are over.

"I can assure you of one thing." said Dragan Cernetic, the B.C. Pen director, "that inmates who cannot function in the general population, and who represent a dangerous element, may and will be segregated"

Said Fred Leech, Cernetic's security chief: "Quite frankly, the kind of people who are going to be in segregation, I'm branding them dangerous "That's all there is to it and no court order is going to change it, really, because they are dangerous"

Cernetic and Leech were commenting Thursday during an inside-the-walls press conference at which Cernetic announced the demise of the SCU as a solitary confinement unit.

This action was taken following a judgment Dec. 30 by Mr. Justice D. V. Heald of the Federal Court of Canada that solitary as practised in the SCU constituted cruel and unusual punishment or treat ment contrary to the Canadian Bill of Rights

Cernetic said he had studied the judgment and "it has prompted the administration of this institution to live up to the spirit of the judgment.

"It is for this reason that I have closed the special correctional unit and am converting this unit now into a protective custody unit."

Then he got into the complexities of how the unit he had officially closed would remain open.

The way it works out is that the six in mates who had been held in administrative confinement in the SCU have been transferred to cells previously occupied by prisoners in protective custody.

These protective custody inmates were, in turn, transferred to the SCU.

The Canadian Peniteniary Service logic is that removing the inmates front the SCU to regular cells will answer the court's criticisms of their confinement.

These include the fact that they were confined in cells with solid doors instead of bars with lights that burned constantly, 24 hours a day.

In turn, protective custody Inmates sent to what was the SCU are to have the solid doors and other inconveniences removed as soon as humanly possible.

In the transfer of inmates that took place Wednesday afternoon, SCU cells were provided with beds and desks (amenities previously lacking) but some inmates were obviously not happy with the change of locution.

During a press tour Thursday, some of them tried to persuade Cernetic to let them talk to reporters.

"Are they going to talk to us?" the director was asked.

"No."

"Why not?"

When Cernetic replied that the answer was still no, there were shouts of "It's st not fit to live in" (referring to the units) and "The court will hear about it."

Cernetic told them to go ahead, if they wanted to try the courts, and the tour moved on to another part of the prison.

In his turn with reporters, Leech said staff morale has stood up well under the in change which saw the complete and sudden restructuring of the SCU.

"Although we practically closed down a complete control unit within a few hours notice," he said, "I'd say per cent of the staff accepted it without question, realizing what we were doing."

Then the press tour, which began with a blackout when television crews overloaded the wiring in the penitentiary board room, ended on a sour note when Leech confiscated film taken by a Georgia Straight photographer.

"We said there would be no associating with inmates and there was association with inmates and I don't appreciate this," said Leech, announcing the confiscation.

Caption:

SPECIAL CORRECTIONAL UNIT AT B.C. PENITENTIARY solid doors are replaced with bars.

[legayllyblonde]

so close! the correct answer was "I love you most".

[itsays]

"life as a 22 year old mother of 3" "life as a married 19 year old couple" *video of mother daughter and grandma making reference to how they were both moms at like 16* *21 year old girl flex video about how she's a mother of 4* *couple whose entire personality is having 10 kids before turning 30* "married my highschool sweetheart at 18 and now i have 8 kids at age 25" "what i do in a day as a 19 year old housewife"

[bardofavon]

not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

[busket]

actually I think you're lying about your lived experience and the proof I have is that i asked the warped and evil strawman version of you that I built to live inside my mind and it said you're full of shit and you never have good intentions ever

[daincrediblegg]

OK THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL EVERYONE FUCKING REPEAT AFTER ME. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN YOU WATCH MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS YEAR:

You will navigate to the page on disney plus (and it has to be here. Unless someone has actually uploaded the REAL movie anywhere else you cannot get it elsewhere)

BUT YOU WILL NOT HIT PLAY. You won’t do it. Because it’s NOT THE REAL VERSION OF THE FILM AND DISNEY IS FUCKING LYING TO YOU AS IT ALWAYS DOES

You will scroll down HERE. To EXTRAS instead. You MUST GO HERE. This is non -negotiable

THEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRAS AND YOU WILL THEN HIT PLAY ON THIS BAD BOY: THE FULL LENGTH VERSION

And you will watch it. And you will thank me for having been so blind and led astray by that stupid fucking mouse. You’re welcome.

[daftmooncretin]

spock’s room decor is actually fucking bonkers. The weapons??? the big red velvet curtain??? like ok phantom of the opera go crazy.

for reference jim’s room has some photos and a plant so we can surmise this is uniquely a spock being a dramatic weirdo thing

[beaft]

i went to get my t-shot yesterday and it took me an hour and a half to get to the clinic and as soon as i got on the bed the nurse dropped my t-shot and it broke and now they're trying to make me pay for the replacement. i think the fuck not lmao

[goddess-of-doubt]

you know what? i would be insane too if some corporate cult forced me to work in an ether mill as a child, groomed me in their boarding school, used my child prodigy genius to invent revolutionary brain surgery that becomes the most important invention of the company with zero fucking credit, and then 20 some years later fires me from my job bc the ceo’s daughter unknowingly started a fucking revolution against the abusive workplace i helped birth, and then said ceo’s daughter tells me i “overestimated my contributions” to the company.

in fact, i don’t think harmony is unhinged ENOUGH. give that woman a gun right this second.

[cumaeansibyl]

I was just browsing around here at random and I think the current generation of social media users need to re-learn a certain truth:

the Secret Service will investigate all perceived threats to the president or top government officials, even if they are clearly unserious.

Now, they aren't going to arrest you for joking about it. They are going to show up at your house with printouts of your tumblr and other social media and ask you some very pointed questions and it's going to be extremely uncomfortable. They want you to know that they know what you said, and that if you were planning to do more than talk, you should stop that, because now they have their eye on you.

And yeah, in the back of their minds they're thinking "what if this seemingly harmless poster actually turns out to have a gun and a plan, and we dismiss them because we think they couldn't possibly be serious?" But mainly the first thing.

Let me make one thing clear: I am expressing neither approval or disapproval of this practice. I am stating the fact that they've done this for decades -- it's not a particular feature of the new administration. And given that their one and only job is keeping some very unpopular people alive, it makes sense that they're being damn sure no one slips through the cracks. Because it only takes one.

Oh, and just for the record, if you use common censorship techniques to talk about "unaliving" or "k*lling" someone you shouldn't, they can still find you. Some of these people have been on the social media beat for years by now, you know they speak fluent TikTok.

Be safe out there, okay? Don't get put on a list for a dumb joke.