#prevalent

[falseandrealultravival]

self-power and other-power (poetry)

All the rows of Bidenweed.

sticks to dog fur

Bidenweed seeds that are hard to get rid of.

This is along the riverbed and along the railway

It's rampant.

For two years until last year

I used to look for free time and exterminate them

But there is a stupid old man

He was carefully scattering the seeds with a stick.

Perhaps because of that, this year is all about

became prevalent.

Even in the sense of disturbing the ecosystem

It's troublesome grass.

I've been trying to grow this grass on my own.

I've been standing up Already the limit.

I gave up on any acceptable solution.

There is no choice but to rely on other power.

(2015.08.22)

自力と他力

犬の被毛にくっ付き

なかなか取れないアメリカセンダングサの種。

これが河原沿い・鉄道沿いに

蔓延っている。

私は昨年までの２年間

ヒマを見繕ってはそれらを駆除していた

ところがバカなおっさんがいて

ご丁寧に棒でタネをまき散らかしていた。

それがあってか今年は一面に

蔓延るようになった。

生態系を乱すという意味でも

困った草だ。

私はこれまで自力でこの草に

立ち向かってきたが。もう限界。

納得できる解決法について諦めた。

他力に頼る他なし。

　（２０１５．０８．２２）

[ispyspookymansion]

its really wild how many movies and tv shows are just like, obscenely skinny. how many casts are representative of the average population, if you sampled a crowd in a normal store or on a train? how many actually “average” bodies do you see on screen? how often are the stomachs shown flat or concave, how often are the thighs all muscle no fat, how often are the jawlines and cheekbones totally sharp and not covered by even a hint of softness? its bizarre and offputting whenever you start looking at media with that in mind

[blueboyluca]

“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”

— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)

[digitalcreationsllc]

Microsoft to Kill off VBScript in Windows to Block Malware Delivery

The discontinuation of Internet Explorer, which came bundled with VBScript, eliminates a prevalent infection vector used by threat actors to distribute malware on Windows systems.

[stil-lindigo]

an ex-zionist jewish man recently went a bit viral on tiktok for sharing exactly how he sees zionism tie israel to the jewish identity and his personal experience with breaking away from it - I think it’s a really great watch.

He also made a follow up talking specifically about how he learned to humanise Palestinians, and a really integral part of it was his school, which would often bring in Palestinian speakers who’d share their perspective (here’s a link to it).

[lynxgriffin]

[empowerwithpawanpandey]

नेटवर्क मार्केटिंग में निश्चित रूप से पैसा कमाया जाता है। यदि ऐसा नहीं होता, तो प्रत्यक्ष विपणन योजनाएँ इतनी प्रचलित नहीं होतीं। नेटवर्क मार्केटिंग में सफल होने की कुंजी हैं: 1) महत्वपूर्ण और क्रांतिकारी उत्पादों के साथ आपके लिए उपयुक्त कंपनी का चयन करना; 2) सही टीम के साथ होना। टीम वर्क मायने रखता है; 3) कड़ी मेहनत करना। भले ही आप इसे पार्ट टाइम या फुल टाइम कर रहे हों, आपको स्थिर रहने की जरूरत है। There is certainly money to be made in #networkmarketing. If there weren’t, network marketing schemes wouldn’t be so #prevalent. The keys to succeed in network marketing are : 1) Choosing the right company that fits to you with #significant and #revolutionaryproducts; 2) Being with the #rightteam. #Team #work matters; 3) Working hard. Even if you're do it part time or full time, you need to be steady. There are no #shortcuts, only sure roads to #success.  (at Ayodhya) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2i2YBS2O8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[silvermoon424]

I'm so fucking sick of amatonormativity dude. Someone on Reddit left a comment that was basically like "the majority of people need a romantic relationship to be happy, it's how we're wired" and I responded saying that I disagreed and that more and more people (especially women) are finding fulfillment in other relationships and are happy being single.

I got heavily downvoted.

Of course most people like being in a committed relationship, but you don't have to be aromantic or asexual to enjoy being single. Maybe more people would like being single if we as a culture stopped pushing the narrative (especially on women) that being single is lonely, horrible, and depressing and that you need a romantic partner to be a complete person.

[wavebiders]

I think what really bothers me about fanon!Astarion isn't just the woobification. That happens to every problematic white boy. It's annoying, but not news. It's that almost every trait that the fandom assigns him is something that is already explored through a different character in this very game

You want a character that's too focused on the task at hand to want to stop and help innocents? That's Lae'zel! Astarion is cool with dicking around, but Lae'zel spends most act 1 actively in a panic about the tadpole and pushes you to just find a cure already

You want a trauma survivor that is mostly self-serving but can't help but care about people in a similar situation? Well, Astarion disaproves of you helping slaves, but Shadowheart really wants you to look out for kids! Even when she gets tortured for it!

You want someone who is prone to sympathizing with the monstrous? Despite being a monster hunter, it's Wyll that has that covered! Astarion doesn't even like you sympathizing with a recently orphaned goblin kid

You want a proper courtship with a prince charming? That's literally Wyll's romance!

You want a character that tries very hard to be bad, but deep down enjoys doing the right thing, and starts to accept that over the course of the game? Shadowheart again! A massive part of her story is just that

You want the angst of a character still having been a minor when entering their abusive situation? That's the case for literally everybody except for him and maybe Karlach! He was an adult with a job

None of this is meant to be an attack on Astarion as a character, but pushing all those traits on him does the game a massive disservice. All these character's storylines exist in conversation with each other, they all benefit from the existence of the others. To instead pretend all those things apply to one character, is just

Well, it's incredibly boring

[rookflower]

starting a petition to end this dichotomy in warrior cats designs forever

[ezlo-x]

Personally I think the death of internet forums has ruined what a fandom used to be, because we now got everyone in one pot chewing each other’s head off. You can’t talk about how YOU interpret your favorite media without some idiot coming to forcefully agree with their take. I think we gotta start saying make your “own damn post” like yes im disagreeing with you but also get the fuck out of here this post is not for you and you clearly have a different opinion than mine. Youre not starting a discussion you’re just being annoying

[newsdaliy]

Social exclusion more prevalent form of bullying than physical aggression. Health News

Social exclusion more prevalent form of bullying than physical aggression. Health News

Missouri: In popular culture, bullying is frequently shown as either physical aggression–such as pushing and kicking–or verbal aggression–such as making threatening statements and disparaging remarks. However, a recent study from the University of Missouri shows how “relational aggression,” the most prevalent type of bullying that involves socially excluding friends from group activities and…

[frostedpuffs]

every time someone makes a point to say that "Marinette doesn't wear makeup, she isn't like other girls" I want to SIGH because not only does Marinette Actually Wear Makeup in canon, it is exhausting that it is 2023 and people are still doing the "not like other girls" thing

[aromacaque]

every time i see "old" aro/ace terminology that isn't nearly as commonplace as it once was because the online communities that either created them or promoted them got destroyed during the peak of exclusionism during the 2010s i get so sad

it was genuinely horrific watching aspec communities dwindle in numbers online in real time during 2015-2019 (i'm sure it is a major contributor to how bad my internalized arophobia was at the time) and i wish people other than aro/ace people spoke up about it or even Acknowledged the amount of damage it did to our community

this post was brought to you by black ace rings, white aro rings, ace of spades, ace of clubs, ace of hearts, ace of diamonds, and all of the other symbols we had that have been lost to newer generations due to so much of the community being effectively harassed away by TERFs

[falling-star-cygnus]

y'all, Y'ALL- I just noticed that Hobie Brown has dimples

this is my favourite discovery

[cairoscene]

Brian David Gilbert on Sad Boyz

feels fandom relevant.

[ID: A series of screen captures of Brian David Gilbert speaking on a podcast: "The thing that you invest your time in can feel so important to your identity that occasionally you feel, like, you need to close it off from other people in order to keep it safe. And I think that's where a lot of nerd culture, all that gatekeeping stuff, all of the toxicity stems from that thing where it's like, "In high school I didn't have a lot of friends or connect with a lot of people, but I did have this comic book, and now this comic book is super popular, but these people don't like me. That must be because they're not real fans."" End ID]