#nic rants to the internet

[messrsbyler]

here comes a rant about billy so if that's not your cup of tea keep scrolling...

it's crazy to me that a piece of shit like billy hargrove is more liked than jonathan.

if you are one of billy's fans, i don't mean this in a sarcastic or jokingly way, you seriously disgust me. people be out there saying they love max but they also love billy. they love lucas but they also love billy. get. a. fucking. grip.

i'm all about letting people enjoy what they enjoy, but when you idolize a fictional character that's an abuser and a racist, that's just not it. and it's not about "oh i like morally gray characters", because billy's fans don't even acknowledge he is a bad person.

all it took was a five minute scene showing his tragic past and you were okay with everything he did? you know who also had a sucky past? el. and still, she remains a good person. also jonathan byers, with his abusive father and emotionally dependent mother, growing up as his little brother's father figure. both these characters decided to break the cycle of abuse.

having a traumatic past doesn't make you entitled to being an abuser. being a white dude in the 80's doesn't make it okay to being racist. i mean, billy literally threatened max with killing three of her new friends by running them over. he was about to fight and commit a hate crime on a black kid. it was hinted that he physically abused max by the way he grabbed her in the car and how scared max looked. max hated him so much she wished he would die. and yet some people in this fandom love him and have him as their favorite character? tell me you didn't understand shit about the show's theme without telling me you didn't understand shit about the show's theme.

all billy has going for himself is his basic white boy looks and y'all are quick to forgive him and pretend he had his redemption in s3 lmao. him giving his life wasn't a fucking redemption. it doesn't work like that. billy fans really turn a blind eye to everything he did but then go against characters like jonathan for taking those pictures in season one, even when he apologised for it and then showed us he regretted it through actions.

so, yeah. to any billy fans, you really disgust me. i'm sure you don't care about my opinion and that none of this will make it through your thick delusional skull, but if you are the type of people to excuse racism and abuse in fiction, you are only a step away of doing the same in real life.

anyhow. billy sucks.

needless to say, if you like billy in any amount unfollow me right now. i have no interest in having any type of interaction with you.

[lilaxprinxe]

“You’re too stupid to understand our humor because it has levels” Eat your own hands! Having layers and being deep doesn’t make you funny! Being funny makes you funny! Learn to fucking live laugh love for once

[furbyq]

10 random questions

Rules: Answer 10 random questions then tag 10 simmers

thanks @andrevasims for tagging me!

i tag @awful-roffle 10 times because i’m a coward.

1. If you could travel one place in the world where would you travel?

i’m not huge on travelling... japan seems neat but i would probably end up picking some boring ass area in western europe. 

2. What do you do in your free time away from Sims?

i watch a LOT of youtube videos. and i play other games. sometimes i draw. a lot of the time i rant about my ocs to @awful-roffle.

3. What other games do you play besides The Sims?

terraria, minecraft, stardew valley, skyrim, morrowind, left 4 dead 2... sometimes i fuck around in rpg maker mv and make no real progress. 

4. How tall are you?

i’m 5′4 but sometimes i get measured and i’m like 5′3 and i don’t understand what the fuck my bones are doing

5. One random interest of yours?

i love reading abnormally creepy wikipedia pages. 

6. Current favourite bands/artists?

i’ve been listening to a lot of electric six lol... also metric, ash, devo, and nirvana are in heavy current rotation.

7. Something you’re looking forward to?

definitely continuing to work on story projects... the quarantine has put me in a funk tbh. and possibly meeting some internet friends irl when the pandemic has died down.

8. Current favourite films?

the color out of space... that campy ass one with nic cage. 

9. What food could you not live without?

cream cheese fuckin danishes

10. Favourite series (book or movie)?

i’m trying real hard to think of one... i literally watch like one movie a year and never read. do the two live action scooby doo movies from the early 2000s count as a series because if so then those.

[madd-blog]

Intro (1.22.19)

So basically I made this blog to share my Maladaptive Daydream stories, rant, and maybe give advice?

So I've been daydreaming for as long as I can remember. In fact, when I was 4 I remember even trying to tell my mother about it. I do remember she looked very concerned and confused, but probably just passed it off as "little kid daydreaming". But my daydreams didn't disappear as I grew up, they just grew up with me.

Over winter break in 7th grade, I found out what Maladaptive Daydreaming was. I'll never forget the feeling of knowing I wasn't the only one daydreaming. That moment is honestly a staple in my life.

My current storyline started around November of 2016 and goes as follows:

I was kicked out of my home at age 13 for my sexuality and gender. (I'm bisexual and transsexual. I feel as though a lot of my daydreams are coping mechanisms for dysphoria). I wandered around aimlessly for days before stumbling upon three people:

Julian - as 20 year old guy in college to become a marine biologist, watching after his two younger siblings while his parents are in the army

Justin - a 13-year old kid, younger brother of Julian, twin brother of Mackenzie (or Kenzie)

Kenzie - 13, younger sister of Julian, twin sister of Justin

The three live in San Francisco, but are in Florida (where I live) for summer vacation (this takes place around early July) and to pick up a cat they saw on the internet. They take me to their hotel and discuss what to do with me. Julian calls his parents (Emerson and Matt) and they say that, given the circumstances, I can stay at their house in San Fran, but I have to decide in the next two days if I'm willing to leave everything behind or not. Given that there's nothing in Florida for me anymore, I go. We fly to San Fran with our new cat, Stella.

Right after we get there Julian and I decide that it would be best for me to go back to school when it starts in September. But in order to do this Julian has to become my legal guardian. I get into contact with my parents who, still wanting nothing to do with me, sign off on the papers. I legally change my name to Austin* Alex Sampson* (not my real daydream name, just don't feel comfortable putting it out there yet, especially since my main blog is literally just my daydream first and last name. middle name is the same, though).

I adopt a Golden Retriever puppy from the Humane Society and name him Milo.

I start gender therapy so that I'm able to go on testosterone. I upload my fist YouTube video on August 10th, 2018, and gain a following on there.

On September 1st, Julian's younger cousins, Chandler (age 14) and Ethan (age 4) move in with us, due to both of their parents being deemed "unfit to be a parent". I quickly accept them as my brothers.

On the first day back to school I find out that my old friend from back in Florida, Jade, actually moved right across the street from me.

Jade - was my friend in sixth grade, moved summer in between sixth and seventh (don't know where to, though), haven't seen her since

Jade and are in the same gym class, and we quickly recognize each other, and become best friends again.

On October 3rd 2018 a find a baby bunny outside during a rainstorm. I take her in and name her Fiona.

I meet a boy named Ian and a girl named Valerie (or Val). They become two of my closest friends. Sometime around the beginning of the year (I'd say October/November) Jade, Ian, Val, Justin, Mackenzie, and I form a very tight friendship circle that lasts throughout high school and even after we're out of school.

I start testosterone on January 12th, 2019 (which, if real, would've been ten days ago).

I get top surgery on November 25th, 2019.

At age 15 my life takes a turn for the best. Having always wanted to be an actor, but having too much social anxiety to attend classes, I never thought I would have the opportunity to let my dreams come true. But one day, while at a sleepover with Jade, I accidentally confess my secret passion, and she tells me that her uncle is an acting coach and can give me one-on-one lessons, for a low price. I take up on the offer, never expecting to get anywhere. But one day, at age 15, I read about a casting call for a show that will be filmed in San Francisco (it's actually a real tv show that I watch irl, once again, just don't feel comfortable sharing). I audition over winter break in 10th grade, never actually expecting to get the part. But after several more auditions and interviews, I get the part! My dream had finally come true! We started filling the show on June 1st, 2021. In July of 2023 I get a part in a movie (real movie, not sharing name, but I will say that my character's name in Nic). I win an award and go on to play the role of a character named Andrew Albott, (made up), in a movie that I still have yet to name. I win an award for that movie as well.

So in conclusion, my daydreams are coping mechanisms for my dysphoria, anxiety, unsupportive parents, and jelousy of others. I am aware that most of these things are 100% achievable, but there's always things getting in my way. In my own world, there isn't. That's why I daydream.

[shirlleycoyle]

Everyone Loves Attack on Titan. So Why Does Everyone Hate Attack on Titan?

When the anime Attack on Titan premiered, it was an instant smash hit and quickly became one of the most visible and popular anime series in the world. As time has gone on, though, the anime, manga, and its fandoms have run into issues with the messages in the text itself, which some say is fascist and antisemtitic.

Attack on Titan holds the same cultural space for younger anime fans that a show like Game of Thrones or even a book series like Harry Potter does for people a generation older than them. Its first volume of the manga is still topping the charts on Bookscan 10 years after its release.

"It's hard to overstate how important Attack on Titan is," Geoff Thew, who makes videos about anime on the YouTube channel Mother's Basement, told Motherboard. "It's not just this really good 24 episode action thing. Now it's this full fantasy epic that is coming to its culmination. It's probably the last anime that every anime fan either watched, or had a very strong reason not to watch."

The manga reached its final volume this month, and as fans are saying goodbye to the series, they're also revisiting some uncomfortable, and unresolved conversations about what the story is all about.

When Attack on Titan's anime adaptation came out in the summer of 2012, it was at the beginning of a shift in culture for anime. Prior to that moment, anime wasn't very accessible other than to people well versed in internet piracy, or had enough of a disposable income to buy expensive DVDs if the series they were interested in ended up being licensed in America at all. But by 2012, the world of streaming video had caught up with the world of anime in the west. Crunchyroll, which had begun to air series simultaneously with their schedule in Japan starting in 2008, had already had a hit on its hands that year with Sword Art Online, and Attack on Titan would go even further than that. Attack on Titan would catapult anime into the mainstream in a way few other series have been able to outside of Japan, at least not since Dragon Ball Z and Pokémon would air on cable television in the decades prior.

The premise of Attack on Titan is so enticing that I was completely unsurprised that the show was a smash hit when it premiered. The show takes place in a world where the last of humanity is living in a walled city, surrounded by giant human shaped creatures called Titans who live outside the walls. Titans love to eat humans—not even for sustenance, just for fun—so the people inside the walls live in fear of those walls being breached. In the first episode, they are.

It's one of the best opening episodes of an anime, ever. I remember watching it, and then inviting multiple groups of people over to try to get them to watch it with me too.

Image source: Funimation

The discomfort with the story of Attack on Titan began in earnest when the manga revealed where the Titans come from. When the lead character Eren Yaeger first left home to join the military and fight Titans, his father gave him a key to his basement, saying that he should return to investigate it when it's safe. In the basement there are books that reveal that the outside world isn't uninhabited at all, and that the Eldians, the race to which Eren and his father belong, are being kept in ghettos in a fascist society where they wear armbands to identify themselves amongst their oppressors, the Marleyans.

Although the Eldians are portrayed as being subjugated in the present day, in the past they are presented as oppressors themselves, and for some Eldians, the long term goal of all the Titan nonsense is to create a new world order.

"It should be uncontroversial to say that to a certain degree, Attack on Titan is about fascism because, I mean, they have coded Jewish ghetto," Thew said. "I think, given the resurgence of fascism globally in the real world, you can expect to see elements of that seeping into popular culture."

To some fans, it all feels a little too close to the broad arc of most antisemitic conspiracy theories, which say that the Jews rule the world through an ancient conspiracy. In some variations of the theory, Jewish people already secretly run the world government, just like the Eldian Tybur family does in Marley, where they live as honorary Marleyans and secretly control the other noble families. This aspect of the series has made other parts of Attack on Titan stand out, especially the character of Dot Pixis. According to the artist and writer of the series, Hajime Isamaya, Pixis, a military general in Attack on Titan, was inspired by real world World War II general Akiyama Yoshifuru, who is considered a hero in Japan, but also has committed war crimes against China and Korea.

These themes have been pointed out before, with some even saying that the work itself is fascist and antisemetic. While Attack on Titan boasts a huge audience, it also has a noted and vocal right wing fanbase as well; the New Republic even called it “the Alt-Right’s Favorite Manga.”

Image source: Funimation

Trying to understand the line between the allegory that the manga’s creator Hajime Isayama is playing with and his own personal beliefs is where anime fans have gotten themselves tangled up. If you search "Attack on Titan antisemitism" on Google, the first three results are articles discussing the show's fascist themes. Also on the first page of results is the rant of a frustrated fan on Reddit, complaining about people on Twitter shitting on their favorite show.

The question, then, as the series wraps up, is figuring out how to engage with it, and figuring out whether a show can deal with fascistic themes in the way it does without being fascistic and antisemitic itself. The manga’s creator Hajime Isayama, for his part, told the New Republic that he didn’t want to weigh in on the controversy, stating that “Being a writer, I believe it is impolite to instruct your readers the way of how to read your story.”

A big, recurring controversy in the fandom is figuring out how to discuss or even deal with these issues at all.

As a show, Attack on Titan has taken a position of reverence among anime fans. Even if you don't currently watch the show, or read the manga on which it is based, you've at least seen the iconography from the show, especially its military insignia, in the wild. For a lot of people this was their first anime, and their first introduction to a genre of fiction they love. It's the position that makes it uniquely difficult to criticize. In the case of Attack on Titan, not being able to discuss the issues in its fiction has led to a long simmering, never resolved conflict within the fandom itself.

At first glance, it would be easy just to dismiss Attack on Titan as being unambiguously pro-fascist. The anime plays into the militarism at the heart of the story; the show's first theme, a certified banger and classic meme, opens on the lyric "Are you prey? No, we are the hunters," sung in German.

"It’s important to note that the use of fascistic, war, or even Nazi imagery is not necessarily an endorsement of these ideas or regimes, as strange as it may sound," Joe Yang, who makes videos about anime at the YouTube channel Pause and Select, told Motherboard.

Both Yang and Brian Ruh, author of Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii, suggested that multiple anime and manga series at least seemingly try to separate fascist iconography from the acts the horrifying regime committed. Whether they succeed—and whether this is even possible—is another question altogether. Yang noted that one of Isayama’s biggest influences is a visual novel called MuvLuv and its anime adaptation Schwarzesmarken, whose storyline includes an alternate universe German state that uses fascist imagery in its uniforms and also features a fictional version of the Stasi as characters.

"If you look up Schwarzesmarken and Muv-Luv Alternative, you can find images that are heavily reminiscent of the imagery you’d see in Attack on Titan," Yang said.

Image source: Funimation

Ruh cited the forward to one of Japanese critic Eiji Otsuka's books, Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan. Otsuka writes, "Why do [anime fans] feel that the war machines of Nazi Germany are 'beautiful'? In Japan, as compared to the West, there is a tendency to detatch criticism of Nazism and the Holocaust from the cultural items that they brought about."

"In this way, when something like Attack on Titan makes historical references it may not be with the intent to evoke a full comparison," Ruh said. "Whether it's wise or responsible for a popular artist with a global reach to play with history in such a manner is another matter entirely."

It should not be controversial to suggest that Attack on Titan includes fascist and antisemitic themes. What the fanbase and critics must grapple with is how to talk about them and whether the show is actively causing damage.

Thew told Motherboard that he hadn't totally caught up on Attack on Titan because he was kind of dreading unpacking its controversial politics, especially on his channel. Part of it is because talking about Attack on Titan and its relationship to fascism is so complicated. Another part of it is because the fandom has, by this point, dug in its heels.

"It's because this conversation keeps happening, but it's also not," Thew said. "There's some really good criticism of Attack on Titan, and I think it's important to criticize it, but a lot of people come at it strong and condemn it. That does as much to kill the conversation as people being like, 'shut the up about politics,' because it reinforces the argument that people are just trying to cancel this good show that you like for flimsy reasons."

Image source: Funimation

For a long time, anime fans had no way of knowing what their favorite writers and artists even looked like, let alone what they thought about the world. Because anime was, until recently, a niche culture, and one that has occasionally been unfairly maligned for being pornographic and violent, anime fans in general have avoided talking about the politics of their favorite shows.

"Some Anglophone and American anime fans say that politics in anime is too foreign to comprehend, I think that's a minority position. A lot more people these days seem to have some accurate knowledge about sociocultural politics in Japan, but in my experience they're equally likely to combine a dollop of knowledge about current circumstances in Japan with their own preconceptions about Japan and Japanese society," Andrea Horbinski, an independent scholar with a doctorate in new media studies and history, told Motherboard. "Ironically, while it's never been easier to access cultural and political discussions directly from Japan thanks to the internet, relying on their own preconceptions and only taking on board information that supports them definitely does keep anime fans in this position from appreciating the range of views in anime generally."

This doesn't just affect how fans view shows like Attack on Titan, but also how some anime fans might view shows that deal with feminist themes or LGBT content. According to Horbinski, some right wing fans of anime insist that certain kinds of political themes must be imported from western culture.

"[These fans] insist that feminism and trans people don't exist in Japan and that any anime depicting either is 'woke garbage' or similar. These fans are extremely angry at attempts to discuss the depiction of female characters in anime as something that could often use improvement, or the inclusion of trans characters period." Horbinski said. "They may cite 'evidence' to support their views that is wholly out of context, or they may just insist that their views about Japan are correct because they're correct. Attempts by Japanese feminists and LGBTQ activists to provide corrective information online do not go down well, particularly on Twitter."

Image source: Funimation

Given the global reach of shows like Attack on Titan, framing anime as something that is not, or should not, be influenced by culture outside of Japan doesn't make much sense.

"Anime does come from Japan, but it’s been a global medium for a very long time," Yang said. "The problem with understanding anime as a distinctly Japanese media with Japanese politics is that it makes very specific claims about Japaneseness, that it is only Japanese, that it is only the Japanese who can understand this, and that this somehow absolves the text of its messages."

Shutting down conversation about the inspirations for Attack on Titan, its themes, and how fascist imagery is used, and whether it enhances the story to use it in the way that Isamaya does, means that gaining deeper meaning from the text just stops being possible.

Given its popularity, Attack on Titan clearly resonates with the people who live here beyond just fans of anime who are deeply enmeshed in its culture. The attitudes that some fans of the show have about Japanese culture and its politics have been predominant in the fandom so far, but Attack on Titan is so much bigger than just an anime. It's a sign that anime's space in broader mainstream culture is changing. Maybe it's time for anime fans to put away old ideas about how to read and interpret this text, ideas about Japan just being too foreign to understand. Clearly, hundreds of thousands of Americans have watched Attack on Titan and seen something that they relate to.

"I think it does hold anime fans back, because aside from veering pretty close to Orientalism, it also arms them with excuses on why they don’t need to seriously grapple with the messages that certain texts can convey," Yang said. "If someone presumes a text is sexist simply because 'that’s how Japan is, you wouldn’t get it' not only does it ignore some of the subcultural connotations or history imbued in these signs, but it also speaks volumes about that utterer’s beliefs about an Othered, 'far off' Japan."

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[silver-mont]

Genuinely surprised at the amount of fuck that popped up following my latest video. Why “surprised”? Because I figured the topic of the video was entirely non-controversial, or so I thought! Effectively I went:

“Dark Souls 1 isn’t on PS4 and xbone, it probably should be so we can have an up-to-date version of the game with a nice framerate instead of Blighttown conniptions.”

And then somehow there erupts console wars and people going on angry rants about entirely unrelated things. There’s loads of people being #triggered by my usage of the term “xbone” (seriously?) Which apparently is like super offensive to the rare Microsoft fanboy. I literally put no thought into it whatsoever, that’s just what I’ve been calling it ever since they announced the Xbox One. It’s an abbreviation or whatever.  Imagine being such a gimboid that you are offended on the behalf of a video game console.

One dude went on a long tirade about Bloodborne being exclusive and making absolutely no sense. “If Bloodborne isn’t on xbox, then Dark Souls shouldn’t be on playstation!” 

?????

You know the gif of the guy who like, makes 500 expressions in 2 seconds? That’s more or less what I did. There’s one of Nic Cage, and another similar one. I... what??? (Okay seriously I can’t find the gif I’m thinking of, if anyone knows of it please tell me so I don’t go insane, he looks like he’s stoned or something, blond white guy who frowns and then sort of looks confused and shrugs/laughs)

So it goes to show that the internet can turn anything into a controversial subject. Me going “Man I want to play Dark Souls on my consoles with a decent framerate” somehow turned into “Man the next holocaust can’t come soon enough.”

[malekouskysvobody]

Tohle bude skoro blog

Většinou si sem odplivávám jen v podobě kilometrových knižních recenzí, teď se mi ale na stole (čti v hlavě, na stole je žehlička, děravý džíny a osm knih a nic jinýho se tam nevejde) sešlo pár věcí, ke kterým se mám chuť vyjádřit. Všem čtyřem čtenářům a čtenářkám předem děkuji, že si udělali čas. Možná by to mohla být rubrika, třeba s názvem Hysterická pi*a opět zasahuje. No, a nakonec to má kilometry dva. Nuže, díl první:

Knižní svět versus ultrapravice

Ve Švédsku v Göteborgu se koná tradiční knižní veletrh, ale vypadalo to, že budou letos vlastně dva - spousta literátů a literátek totiž odmítla být pod jednou střechou s ostře pravicovým, hoaxy šířícím a nenávist plodícím časopisem Nya Tider, který byl na veletrh letos pozvaný jako každý rok - teď ale dokonce s novou smlouvou, podepsanou na další léta. Proto tamní spisovatelé a spisovatelky uvažovali o vytvoření alternativního festivalu, napsalo Radio Wave.

Jako vždycky, když jde o ultrapravici, je to celý solidní bizár, protože časopis založil český emigrant, který pak stál i u zrodu ultrapravicový strany. Nic, čemu bychom se v zemi s nácky s židovskýma kořenama a se sklony k homoerotice, s největším xenofobem se šikmýma očima a potrhlou Konvicí, která je sexuálně přitahovaná ženami etnik, který považuje za podřadný, mohli divit, že. Prostě slušný bílý heterosexuální muž (zdravím Jakla s Hamplem, jděte k šípku), co se přestěhuje v rámci EU a pak si jede klasickou osu Rusko je super - multikulti je strašný - přistěhovalce nechceme.

Nuž, nakonec to vypadá, a to jsem se dočetla přímo u Nya Tider, že “svoboda slova byla omezená a zvítězila levicová kulturní politika” a oni na veletrhu v Göteborgu nakonec fakt nebudou. No, aspoň že se vedení akce chytilo za nos. Demokratická debata se totiž vede jen s těmi, kteří chtějí demokracie aspoň špetku, víme, jinak to je házení perel sviním, v tomto případě skoro doslova.

No a já z toho všeho měla nejdřív srandu, jakože, haha, ve Švédsku se někdo organizuje proti ultrapravičákům, to by byla ostuda, kdyby Naše vojsko přivezlo na Svět knihy hrnečky s Hitlerem a Stalinem a nikdo z organizátorů s tím nic neudělal. A to se přesně stalo.

Naše vojsko je... zvláštní. Nakoupilo práva na takový ty rozkošný velkoformátový pohádky jako je Malý princ a Čaroděj ze země Oz, což mimochodem vloni na Světě knihy vyústilo v to, že jsem byla nucená s velkým frfláním pár těhle knih zpod vystavených triček s Putinem koupit do městský knihovny pro moji mámu. Taky vydalo prvotinu nestora českých neonacistů Filipa Vávry, opravdu netuším, jak moc je špatná, jde o nějakou militaristickou onanii, moc bych nedala za to, že půjde o skrejvačku o obraně tradičních hodnot, ale to jen hádám. No a taky, a tím se do povědomí veřejnosti dostalo hlavně, prodává hrnky a trika s diktátorama. Tedy nejen. Vedle Hitlera, Heydricha a Stalina je Karel IV. nebo Karel Gott. Obhajují to poptávkou. To asi není potřeba komentovat. Kikoti.

Já jsem si fakt myslela, že mají dost soudnosti a na tak - přinejmenším teoreticky - kulturní a kultivovanou akci jako je největší knižní veletrh v zemi tyhle serepetičky nepřivezou, nebo že jim to nemůže projít. Přivezli. Prošlo to. Tedy částečně - když jsem se následně po mailu ptala organizačního týmu veletrhu, co to jako mělo být, omluvili se, že prý taky doufali, že to tam páni “nakladatelé” nepřivezou a že si toho všimli až v průběhu. A že prý neví, jestli s tím můžou jako pořadatelé něco dělat. Jasně, že můžou. Stačí v pravidlech pro vystavovatele zmínit něco o nepřípustnosti prodeje něčeho, co propaguje hnutí směřující k omezování práv a svobod a tak dále. V diskusi s kamarádem od fochu padl argument, že se při stanovování takových pravidel těžko rozlišuje mezi knihou s Ádou na obálce a hrnkem. Jako ano, ale pořád si myslím, že mezi historickou publikací a kafíčkem z führera vede jasná hranice, která dělí lidi se zájmem o historii od nácků.

Takže příště už prosím ne, nebo to bude s organizovaným odporem na místě. Minimálně já a můj pes uděláme blokádu. Tak.

(Jo, mrzí mě, že jsem tam už letos nestála se zdviženou pěstí a nekřičela “alerta antifascista” dokud to neschovali, ale byla jsem tam pracovně. I tak se stydím.)

Sorry, ale není to sexy.

Další část hartusení ve mně vyvolalo něco mnohem jemnějšího a něco, na čem se spousta lidí s alespoň elementárním rozhledem a citem pro humanismus neshodne ani zdaleka tak snadno jako na tom, že Áda patří na smetiště dějin a ne na triko. Nejde totiž o nácky, ale o sexismus, a jak řekl Louis CK, sexism is here to stay.

Boj proti sexismu v mých očích nespočívá v popírání toho, že některý ženy se vypravujou do baru jak chudý král do boje a některý chlapi počůrají v koupelně celou podlahu (opět zdravím Hampla s Jaklem, čuňata), ale ve snaze přesvědčit svět, že by bylo super, kdybychom se všichni brali jako rovnocenný individuality, který ani zdaleka nedefinuje jen to, co mají mezi nohama nebo jestli se oblíkají jako křehká princezna nebo drsňák, tedy ani pohlaví, ani gender. Pokoru, kur*a!

A právě proto je to tak těžký. Strašná spousta lidí si myslí, že když můžu chodit sama po ulici, mít vysokoškolský titul, práci a volební právo, je prostě hotovo. Houbeles. Pořád se odněkud vynořujou důkazy toho, že ženy nejsou braný tak úplně jako rovnocenný lidský bytosti. Jsou většinou celkem jemňoučký, ale žít to každý den je ve výsledku docela voser.

Někdy jsou to výroky vašeho šéfa  - samozřejmě bývalého - před odchodem na schůzku, kde máte vystupovat jako odborná konzultantka, ve stylu “ty nemusíš, už jde Eva, jedny kozy stačí”, někdy je to mlaskání a kecy blbečků, sedících v parku, který při konfrontaci tvrdí, že na vás nepomlaskávali a nic neříkali - to je ta ideální reakce, při těch ostatních je dobrý umět běhat nebo křičet - a někdy jsou to blbý kecy vzdělaných liberálů na Twitteru.

Žena tweetne fotku sebe v lacláčích s komentářem “takový kalhoty jsem si vždycky přála, jiný už asi nosit nebudu”, mimochodem fotku naprosto civilní, bez póziček, normálka. Reakce muže: “Sorry, ale není to sexy.” SORRY, ALE NENÍ TO SEXY, tyvole. Aneb Promiň, moje reakce tě asi rozesmutní, ale neshledal jsem, že by to plnilo jediný účel, který si umím u ženskýho oděvu představit a taky jediný účel fotky ženy na netu. Mimochodem, nemáš zač.

Že prý lidi přece dávají věci na internet proto, aby je ostatní hodnotili. Jasně. Ale ono je hodnocení a hodnocení, žejo. Aby bylo jasno, přišlo by mi úplně normální reagovat na takovou fotku čímkoli od “hahaha hrozný kalhoty, lacláče jsou tak leda pro krtečka” po “kalhoty mě nezajímají, ale hezký nohy” - což je sice debilní, ale aspoň z toho nekřičí mansplaining kombinovaný s nevyžádaným názorem a podsouváním toho, co jste fotkou vlastně chtěli říct. Žejo? ŽEJO?

Dalších 73 odstavců bych mohla napsat o dvojitým standardu, který platí na holčičí a klučičí fotky na netu (tady pozor, tady se nespravedlnost děje hlavně mužům) a o tom, že ukazovat prsa a zároveň chtít rovnost a úctu je, světe, div se, možný. Ale to sem teď nepatří. Tento rant chce jen připomenout, že ženy se neoblíkaj pro mužský pohledy - možná se pro ten tvůj občas oblíká nějaká konkrétní žena, ale to je něco jinýho - ani muži pro ženský, což by si měl uvědomit třeba takový buzzfeed a přestat s články typu “21 nejvíc sexy boulí na teplákách v Hollywoodu”. Kdybychom všichni přijali tuhle základní logiku a namísto upevňování rádobyvtipných stereotypů týhle praštění rape culture se k sobě chovali s nějakým elementárním respektem, neměly by argumenty typu “co čeká, když se takhle oblíká?” ani jak vzniknout.

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 Upon hearing the news that the prolific actor has been tapped to play Joe Exotic in a TV show based on “Tiger King”, Dustin takes a minute to bask in the glory that is sure to come. 

Almost as soon as the COVID-19 quarantine started, Netflix unleashed ‘Tiger King’, a true but also completely unbelievable documentary focused on Joe Exotic and an insane group of people that are either a part of his inner circle or caught in his web. The show instantly became one of Netflix’s biggest hits ever (it’s still in the Top 10 Trending on the site) and it doesn’t look like we’ve heard the end from Joe, his husbands, or that bitch Carole Baskin quite yet. 

With the news that Nicolas Cage has been cast as Exotic in a TV show version of “Tiger King”, the first thought I had was that I can’t wait to see Cage dressed as Joe Exotic. 

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But that got me thinking about the larger picture. Part of what makes “Tiger King’ such a compelling documentary is the insane way that the story gets crazier with each subsequent episode. They take turns you never see coming and the result is one of the most unforgettable watching experiences of recent memory. 

Suffice it to say, no one does crazy better than Cage, who will get the chance to display is manic talents on TV for the first time. With that in mind, these are the five craziest “Tiger Kings” moments that I can’t wait to see reenacted by Nicolas Cage.

5. The Three Way Wedding Throughout the show, Exotic’s husband John Finlay has it pretty bad. When the moment comes for Exotic, Finlay, and Travis Maldonado to all get married, it’s cringeworthy and awkward while also being oddly endearing. That’s the perfect sweet spot for Cage, who has had some odd, awkward weddings of his own to draw from. 

4. Joe in the Bunny Suit Outside of Big Cat Rescue This one harkens straight back to an essential moment in the Nicolas Cage filmography from “the Wicker Man.” 

Clearly Nic is a master of manuevering in a heavy costume and will definitely go for broke when it comes to the over the top protesting of the original “Tiger King” moment.

3. The “Here, Kitty Kitty” Music Video One of the absolute best moments of the entire show, Joe Exotic’s “Here, Kitty Kitty” song and music video has already entered the history books as one of the greatest diss tracks ever. If you thought the moment was insane when it was Joe Exotic and a Carole Baskin lookalike feeding her suspiciously disappeared husband to a tiger, just image a big-budget show with Nicolas Cage doing it. These are just two shots from the video and I can’t properly express to you just how excited I am to watch Nicolas Cage do this. 

that Cage will for sure make iconic.

Just two moments from the music video

Just two moments from the music video

that Cage will for sure make iconic.

 2. The Tiger Rips Off Saff’s Arm/All the Episodes of the ‘Joe Exotic TV’

Ok so I couldn’t decide between the two so we’re gonna cheat a bit and just make this two. Surprisingly, in this show about a ton of unprofessional animal experts and zookeepers, there’s only one mauling. Early on when employee Saff is mauled and eventually loses an arm, there’s a brief moment that became one of the show’s most iconic: Before calling 911 or anything, Exotic throws on an EMS jacket to take a look at the scene of the incident and to complain about how much money the accident is going to cost him. Really though I can’t wait to watch Cage in said EMS jacket walk around and tell visitors to the zoo, “So someone just got mauled, you can get a refund for the day if you’d like.” 

Part two of this is Exotic’s internet show “JoeExoticTV” where he basically ranted and raved about how much he wants to kill Carole Baskin and how hard she makes his life. And if the thought of Nicolas Cage performing these rants with the manic energy that only he can manange, doesn’t have you ready to watch this show tomorrow, then there may not be anything that can convince you. 

1. Travis’ Funeral

Watching it in the show was about as uncomfortable as could be. After Joe’s husband Travis dies in a horrific accident, Joe leads a funeral for Travis with his family and zoo staff in attendance. You would think that a funeral is the one event that would make Joe go a bit more subdued, you were dead ass wrong! Joe throws the preist outfit from the “Here, Kitty Kitty” music video back on and procedes to give the most insane eulogy I can ever remember hearing. To get to watch Cage say lines like “He loved his balls. If I was up late writing a letter to a congressman or something, he’d just come put his balls right in my face” is going to be almost too surreal for words.  

 While other actors were popular among fans, Nicolas Cage as Joe Exotic ultimately makes all the sense in the world. No matter how the show turns out, watching this performance will surely be something to remember. 

Hit the comments and let us know what “Tiger King” moments you hope the show will address or follow us on Twitter or Instagram. 

Five Joe Exotic Things I Can’t Wait to See Nicolas Cage Reenact – by Dustin Brewer Upon hearing the news that the prolific actor has been tapped to play Joe Exotic in a TV show based on "Tiger King", Dustin takes a minute to bask in the glory that is sure to come. 

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The Dark Knight: 10 Hilarious Memes Only True DC Fans Understand – Screen Rant

It’s actually strange to think about how many dark and gritty comic book movies have come out in the past few years because that entire style of filmmaking pretty much originated with the astounding Christopher Nolan cinematic achievement better known as The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight was a complete game-changer for a lot of different reasons, and it’s the kind of movie that comic book haters can enjoy almost as much as comic book super-fans because it really is just that good.

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And although now the film and TV marketplace is absolutely flooded with comic book inspired works, The Dark Knight still remains in a class all it’s own. Comic and movie fans alike still hold this film up as the gold standard of comic movies. So even though the film has a few years under it’s belt now, it is of course still the subject of hundreds of internet memes. And here are ten of the best.

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10 At Least It’s Excellent Cosplay

Batman is one of those kind of brilliant superheroes because while he does fit into a lot of stereotypical superhero ideals, he also seems like a complete lunatic sometimes. And Batman’s whole character arc in The Dark Knight seems to embody that pretty well. We mean yes, the Joker is obviously a malicious crazy person, but it feels like half the time that Bruce is pursuing him he’s only a stones throw (or as the Joker would say, a little push) away from completely going off the deep end.

But at least Mr. Wayne can always say that his cosplay is the sickest of all time.

9 There’s A Reason He’s Called The Joker

Look, saying that a penny for your thoughts is an obvious overcharge is rude as hell, but undoubtedly everyone on earth would rather be dragged by the Joker’s insults than literally dragged by the Joker. And let’s get real, this is the internet.

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You can’t charge for your thoughts anymore in a world where things like Twitter exist. Almost everyone on earth with working electricity is now sharing their thoughts for free even if no one wants them to, so anyone who is planning on making a living or even a decent side payout off of their brilliant ideas should maybe rethink their life strategy.

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8 Relatable

How are people still asking other people what their plans for the future are? If we’re lucky we’ll wind up in a world set on fire by someone like the Joker, but it seems more likely that we’ll all be eating cockroaches after a nuclear, robot, or zombie apocalypse. But honestly, the Joker should give himself more credit too.

He’s not a big planner to be sure, but he at least has enough personal investment in his appearance to keep up on his makeup and hairstyling. And if everyone is being completely honest with themselves, that still makes him a better planner than half the people on earth.

7 The Joker Was Undoubtedly A Cat Person

Dogs definitely have the kind of chaotic vibe that the Joker really thrives off of, but they’re far too sweet and well meaning to really be the Joker’s type of pet. They’re the chaotic good of the animal world, while Joker is the chaotic evil of the human world.

Cats aren’t so much chaotic or evil, but they do have a clear diabolical attitude along with a misanthropic outlook on life that matches up with the Joker quite well. Plus, there are few things that are more iconic in this world than the greatest villain on earth dramatically petting a cat like a creep.

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6 Maybe No Open Bar Then

There are two types of people in this world. The kind that needs quite a bit of liquid courage to get up and give a speech at a wedding, and the kind who needs to be sequestered from every drop of alcohol on earth before making any kind of public appearance.

RELATED: Every Christopher Nolan Film, Ranked By Their Rotten Tomatoes Score

But if everyone is being real, would having an unhinged Joker-like character at a wedding really be so bad? Most weddings are incredibly boring and unmemorable, but if some drunk dude showed up in full face paint screaming about someone called Harvey Dent then at least that would be some solid and memorable entertainment.

5 You Never Go Full Nic Cage

Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight is one of the most beloved and iconic movie performances in the history of film, and with good reason. His willingness to commit to the role was so intense that he really did come close to going full Nicolas Cage. But you never, ever go full Nicolas Cage!

Only Nicolas Cage can go full Nicolas Cage, and even the man himself really shouldn’t do it half the time. Joaquin Phoenix seems like the kind of actor with the skill set who can at least avoid paling in comparison to Heath Ledger’s Joker, but it would have been interesting to see Mr. Cage tackle that role too.

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4 Gotta Grind Though

You know, a lot of people love the Joker, especially the Joker in The Dark Knight, for a lot of different reasons. But something that the Joker never seems to get his proper accolades for is his pretty solid work ethic.

We mean he talks a big game about creating complete chaos and embracing your inner madness, but he’s always making some pretty big moves. And of course, big moves usually require a lot of planning and work. So next time anyone is struggling to motivate themselves then it’s always good to be reminded of the fact that even the Joker has got to buckle down and grind sometimes.

3 So Kat Stratford = Harley Quinn?

Because honestly, Kat Stratford being the alternate universe version of Harley Quinn is an idea we can really get behind, especially considering how dirty Harley was done in Suicide Squad. Don’t get us wrong, Margot Robbie is amazing and Harley is too, it’s just… her relationship with the Joker in Suicide Squad was lacking to say the least.

RELATED: The Dark Knight Trilogy: 10 Questions We Still Want Answered

And Heath Ledger’s Joker may be a complete maniac, but we don’t think he’d be near the level of abusive creeper that Jared Leto’s Joker was for Harley. Kat Stratford could truly the feminist icon Harley Quinn that we all deserve.

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2 The Hug-xpert

Okay, while we appreciate anyone’s ability to put a good value on their skills and abilities, this particular meme raises a lot of questions. To be more specific, what in god’s name is a deluxe hug?

This is actually a beyond brilliant business plan, because two dollars is not a lot to ask and it seems like a safe bet that a lot of people would pay that two dollars just to learn what in the hell a deluxe hug actually is. And maybe that is supposed to be the joke! So this meme has really achieved some meme-ception here. And Inception is also a Christopher Nolan movie so the meme-ception has been meme-ceptioned!

1 The Sickest Burn

Watching Batman and the Joker square off in The Dark Knight is undeniably one of the most fun experiences that anyone can have in the cinema, and there is a good reason why The Dark Knight is still held up as the be-all, end-all of comic book movies even though there have been dozens of DCCU and MCU films since.

However one thing that The Dark Knight was sorely lacking was a simple game of the dozens, Bruce Wayne versus the Joker. That may have been an unfair fight though, since Bruce is downright humorless and the Joker undoubtedly has decades worth of yo momma jokes saved up for just such an occasion.

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this is my personal opinion on eddie’s character and you have been warned… it’s not a flattering one so if you love eddie don’t keep reading bc well you are probably not gonna like what i have to say under the cut

okay then…

gotta get something out of my chest: eddie is a boring, flat, and edging on obnoxious character that mostly has the pretty privilege going on for him which is just another standard white guy. yes, i teared up when his death scene came… because how it affected dustin. otherwise, couldn’t care less about him and his on the nose “i always run away/didnt run away this time” conflict

“oh, but eddie is a freak and treated as such, even hunted down and bullied. people can resonate with that” i mean… fine if you do, really, but also what about the Party? they are considered freaks, they are bullied, will even expresses even his closed ones make him feel like a freak. why about el? she was a freak too, the weirdo, the lab experiment that was hunted down and tortured. what about jonathan? he was the freak that probably killed his little brother in season one. we have seasons of these characters, characters who actually have depth to them with interesting conflicts and dynamics. and most importantly, characters who are freaks but that see each others as equals.

eddie? sure he’s a freak. a freak who likes to bee in power, sitting on his throne during DND sessions whit his group of sheep wearing all the same tees as if it was an uniform, going out of his way to jump on tables and yell in people’s faces bc he is not like other girls he is proud to be a freak and oppose to the status quo.

i mean, give me a break.

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rant incoming

listen im p sure i, a narcissist, know that it feels briefly good to get that adrenaline rush from anonymously telling strangers on the internet that theyre wrong about a fundamentally useless brand of discourse

but i try really hard to not follow my impulses and do that anymore because its, yknow, dickish and doesnt actually do anything for anyone, much less my own actual self esteem and mental health

im not kidding, its not helpful. to anybody. not you and the brief inflation of yr ego, not to the person who you are being condescending at on the internet who will likely not change their opinions because some rando said the same thing theyve heard a million times before.

and i doubt that the s~y~s~cour~sers who do that actually care about the impact theyre having. its pretty much a trigger for 90% of us now but ill be damned if anybody whose said some bullshit to us would care past the fact that they want to appear to be the not ableist one in the ““conversation””

i see you, assholes. i know you dont care about the effect youre having on other plural people, including the ones you say youre protecting- which includes myself and the other traum/age/nic members of my system. i know this is all performative and shitty self-soothing, so you can feel like the True Plural, so maybe you can stave off that doubt just a little longer, and so you can briefly save yourself from the ire of people you look up to who you think of as True Plurals.

it wont keep the doubt away forever, and you know that. this isnt helping you.

i wont pretend to have an immensely enlightened idea of how this brain im living in works. but i do know that this is what is true for me and the people i share it with. i do know that we’ve spent three years doing our damndest to figure it out and there is no amount of ~discourse~ that could erase the experiences over those years.

im watching these people i live with and care about break and keep us afloat only by virtue of strategic switching every time this bullshit comes up and im so fucking tired of people hurting them whether they mean to or not. shut up and stay away from us

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whenever i see those memes of “society if…” my inner architect hurts bc i get the point but guys the image you use is honestly horrible to look at help. like that’s the dystopian right there, full of metal and glass, all building looking the same with random shapes for no reason, no outside spaces for people besides giant planes of only grass.like, just look what happened to brasilia. find a better image i’m begging-

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matty healy just cannot take accountability and apologise for the things he’s done or said can he? ugh. i don’t believe in cancel culture but this dude makes it worth it. anyhow there’s bands with much better music out there who don’t have racist asshole as lead singer

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is your writing style also suceptible to whatever you are reading at the moment? because mine is and i hate it. the way i'm writing now feels so different to the way i was writing a month ago, so now i have wips in a different writing style and aaaaaahhhhh-

[messrsbyler]

characters who spend half of the story pinning on each other but never make a move: i-

me: just TALK ALREADY

also me: quietly interacting with my fav mutuals' posts just so they perceive me here in the corner but never really daring to try a more direct approach to get to know them