#rant

[bixels]

As gen-AI becomes more normalized (Chappell Roan encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use gen-AI because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by tech companies. I draw not because I want a drawing but because I love the process of drawing. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

[chaoticbuggybitchboy]

“If you dont like it, move” how fuckin dare you tell me to abandon my home because fascists. I love my home and I will make it better. I do not want to leave my home. I will not abandon it until it is very blatantly apparent to me that my options are to leave or to be killed and even then I’ll probably stay and do my damn best to fight back anyways. I don’t want to leave my home, this is a place I love full of people I love. Do not ever tell me to ‘simply’ leave it.

[everythingwasnormalhere]

Ok so, I just remembered how people in the comments of a tiktok video were being assholes, and I want to rant now :3

The video showed two wheelchair users at a train(?), who had just arrived to their stop to find nobody was there with a ramp so they could leave the train. One of them blocked the door so it wouldn't close, and this lasted for 15 minutes. The train was stopped for said 15 minutes. There was a button by the door, that said that it'd contact the driver when pressed. It didn't. People offered to go find the driver, and they came back with the news that there were no people in the platform to put the ramp. In the end, passengers had to go out, and place the ramp themselves, before the train could carry on. The wheelchair users had warned they were coming, and asked to have the ramp put there so they could get down. The platform turned out to have workers, they all just ran away because they'd never encountered the situation in which they needed to do this simple task.

Because of the workers' negligence, the train was forced to stop for 15 minutes.

Everyone's comments?

"Why did they block the doors and stop the train? So selfish" Selfish were workers who refused to do their job.

"What if someone had needed to get to their stop urgently? They shouldn't have stopped the train" It wasn't the disabled people's fault, it was the workers who were negligent.

"Why didn't they just wheel themselves down those steps?" They shouldn't have to risk their (expensive) chairs just because people didn't do what they were paid to do.

"If I had been in that train I would've been pissed, how dare you stop it" And you probably wouldn't have even thought about fixing the problem yourself, would you?

"Entitled assholes" Ok I'll leave you stranded in a train with everyone who could help you get down outright refusing to. Let's see who's an entitled asshole now.

If someone fights for accessibility, as much as it might be a bother for you, you do not have the right to be mad at them. If someone fights for accessibility, it is exclusively the fault of a world catered exclusively for able-bodied people.

So next time you think, "hey the consequences of these disabled people fighting for their rights bother me", instead of blaming them for this, help them solve the issue. This way, next time they will not have to fight at all.

Able bodied people, go out and fight for a fucking accessible world if you're not an asshole.

[ Able-bodied people are encouraged to reblog this post, but try not to derail ]

[grungekitty-77]

Not that anybody asked, but I think it's important to understand how shame and guilt actually work before you try to use it for good.

It's a necessary emotion. There are reasons we have it. It makes everything so. much. worse. when you use it wrong.

Shame and guilt are DE-motivators. They are meant to stop behavior, not promote it. You cannot, ever, in any meaningful way, guilt someone into doing good. You can only shame them into not doing bad.

Let's say you're a parent and your kid is having issues.

Swearing in class? Shame could work. You want them to stop it. Keep it in proportion*, and it might help. *(KEEP IT IN PROPORTION!!!)

Not doing their homework? NO! STOP! NO NOT DO THAT! EVER! EVER! EVER! You want them to start to do their homework. Shaming them will have to opposite effect! You have demotivated them! They will double down on NOT doing it. Not because they are being oppositional, but because that's what shame does!

You can't guilt people into building better habits, being more successful, or getting more involved. That requires encouragement. You need to motivate for that stuff!

If you want it in a simple phrase:

You can shame someone out of being a bad person, but you can't shame them into being a good person.

[variksel]

i hate you ai art i hate you "unalive" i hate you youtube premium i hate you twitter 8$ checkmark i hate you nfts i hate you therapy app advertisements i hate you non-chronological timelines i hate you instagram reels i hate you subtle tiktok filters that cant be turned off i hate you family bloggers i hate you ads on true crime episodes i hate you facebook i hate you vr glasses on chickens i hate you dystopian social media

[spookyfattfemme]

No literally, moved during Covid and the when I moved back I got invited to a party and had to leave like 30 mins in because I physically couldn’t force myself to talk to the people there. Everytime they spoke to me I felt like I was back in high school and they were speaking to me like I couldn’t tell they were making fun of me again.

Growing up neurodivergent has show me that some people will never change and I shouldn’t expect them to, people who find out about these situations of like neurodivergent kids getting bullied and made fun of in high school and saying stuff like oh but it wasn’t that bad , yeah but you were really weird and now you’ve grown out of it or I’m sure they’ve changed have never been on the other side of that invisible glass where it feels like everyone is just making fun of you for something you don’t even understand

Sorry to op I feel like I’ve made this something it isn’t

when you grew up as a lonely uncool girl it will never stop haunting you by the way. you will meet a cool person at a bar or the train station or at a friend's party and you can wear your most stylish outfit and striking eye makeup and you will swear that they can see through all of the facade and see the lonely terribly insecure teenage girl you used to be who desperately wanted to connect and you will swear that they know that there is like an insurmountable gap between you. this will happen forever

[sixhundredwinionsinatrenchcoat]

Obviously I'm all for gay rights and stuff but as an aroace person I really wish we would stop acting like certain things are automatically romantic. One example I can think of is with Patroclus and Achilles, people often say that Achilles wouldn't have been so incensed with rage and killed so many Trojans after Patroclus' death if they weren't lovers. And I'm not saying they weren't, but can we not pretend that there aren't people who would do that for their friends? Because there absolutely are. I'm so fucking tired of people who claim that romantic love is inherently stronger or deeper than platonic love because it's NOT.

[iishifishii]

okay but can we talk abt the minecraft movie’s complete erasure of the personality of steve???? like that is not even steve minecraft that is just fucking jack black with a blue shirt on.

have yall have seen the cinematic trailers for mc updates? steve literally has a completely different personality. steve is just a silly lil guy. hes just a curious dude who loves building and exploring! hes not jack black, or a wackjob who went crazy from being isolated for too long. he loves and parktakes happily in the world hes in.

i know we only saw one real scene, but i can already tell that jack black is not going to be playing steve minecraft, he is just going to be playing jack black. its so intensely disappointing when they had the opportunity to employ a new actor to bring to light like. imo steve minecraft should have been cast as just an average looking guy. just some random dude. BC THATS LITERALLY WHAT HE IS.

anyways tdlr the real steve minecraft just simply just a lil guy and he is NOT JACK BLACK

[sumplysilly]

It will always be wild to me, being a teenage girl transitioning into a trans man. Being told as a girl that I don't contribute anything meaningful to society/culture while also being excluded from groups for being a girl. All my interests are fucking stupid. My art is fucking stupid. I'm loud, whiny & annoying. I'm ugly & imperfect. If I voice any of my problems I'm an overreacting bitch, probably on my period

& then when I come out, ppl are absolutely ecstatic to treat me the exact same way, but with 0 repercussions. Now that I identify as a trans man it's a free pass to be fucking cruel misogynistic & transphobic. & pretend like it's feminist to rant about those fucking disgusting females that are loud & ugly. & all their art is fucking stupid. & they contribute nothing to society OR the trans culture they aren't allowed to be a part of bc they're disgusting warped females. & if they voice their problems we do everything in our power to beat them down & belittle them & condescendingly tell them that real men Don't Have Problems, & if we want to be considered men & not bitchy annoying females, we should shut the fuck up let other ppl speak forever & always. It will never be our turn, it was never my turn as a girl, & now that I committed the ultimate sin of Being Transgender, I have sentenced myself to a lifetime of it never being my turn.

It's misogyny mixed w transphobia. Coming from cis women & men & trans women, all projecting their insecurities & internalized misogyny & transphobia onto me. & nobody cares bc everyone takes part in it. & if we're bitchy overreacting females that aren't allowed to speak, nobody ever has to care. I'm not allowed to be a real man, but because I'm a man I should never speak. & it's my privilege to be able to never speak, to have my history & gender identity erased. & when I die I'm an ugly woman in men's clothes. & everyone stares at my body like a dead roach on the ground, puts their shoes down, & mourns. How terrible. If only she had stayed pretty & quiet

[feathery-dreamer]

or they have bad memory, like me.

I should clarify I am not stating transmisogyny is "not real" or "not serious" or other opinion about trans women or women in sports.

but I really don't like overly simplistic assertions like this, even less when the person speaking claims to know what goes on inside someone else's head.

the whole "you can't mention specific examples when I ask you therefore this subject actually doesn't matter to you" spiel is just flat-out false. it's been used against me in online and real world conversations on various topics, it's always infuriating and leaves me an awful sensation in the stomach. I just hate listening to people who expect me to have 100% accurate memory, with instant recall on demand, just because the subject at hand is important.

plus I feel like being pedantic and/or the Devil's Advocate sometimes.

[call-for-hatred-au]

Hatred is actually quite useless in Mimic form when it comes to fighting. Meaning their call card is only good for support (like upping your SP). Sure, it can tank hits but it will be forced to rely on you (player) to heal it.

Second phase is when it only has offense attacks. Although, you will not be able to heal it. So, it is best to keep its first phase somewhat half health

Both phases have the same amount of HP as your character/avatar (player)

[shewas-afairy]

One of the things that makes Ever After High so amazing is how every character, main or side, has their own complicated story.

Obviously we have Raven not wanting to follow her destiny because she doesn't want to be evil, and Apple wanting a secure and safe future because she's scared of the unknown and wants to meet her mother's expectations

But at the same time, we also have characters like Briar Beauty, who, on the outside, may seem like she has her life all straightened out and is the life of the party, but in reality, she's so terrified of having to sleep for a hundred years that she is determined to live every day to the fullest so that she doesn't have to think about her grim fate.

Ashlynn Ella, who's desperately in love with Hunter, but they are just not meant to be, at least according to the book.

Duchess Swan, who, behind the mean girl facade, just wants a happily ever after, and is determined to do anything to get one.

Darling Charming, who is not content with being a damsel in distress and basically has a double life so that she can be a hero.

CA Cupid, who helps everyone around her find love, yet is stuck crushing on a boy who doesn't like her back.

Lizzie Hearts, who has so much love in her heart and misses her mother and homeland so so so much, but hides her true feelings behind her harsh exterior.

Cerise Hood, who's guarding her family secret with her life.

Kitty Cheshire, who pranks others just so she could have her mother's approval.

Blondie Lockes, who just wants to fit in with her fellow royals, so she's constently trying to prove herself, however much of a gossip she may be.

And there are so many more characters who each have their own story. Their own tale to tell. And that's what makes Ever After High one of the best shows ever.

[oceantherat]

I genuinely hate the Pinterest vbs fandom, if I see “you black washed Akito!!” Or “nooo (ship name) is canon!!” On a post about a different ship ONE more time

Thank god the tumblr fandom is mostly chill

This probably applies to all pjsk units but I only focus on vbs mainly lmao

[javascript-official]

Intimacy means being vulnerable yet knowing that the other person would never hurt you and if you are the right kind of traumatized it's almost impossible to believe that someone wouldn't hurt you if given the chance :///

don’t think intimacy will ever feel normal for me but i’m being really chill about it

[daturarants]

It really irritates me seeing people misunderstanding the bed question

Penelope doesn't ask him that because it's a stupid question, she asks him that because she knew, if that was actually Odysseus, that he would go off on a tirade of how he made it, confirming it was really him

Because he was the only person that knew that

Think of it. There were probably suitors who pretended to be Odysseus over the 20 years. Hell, the man who just killed half the population of Ithaca could've been the same. So she had to test him

Taking that and saying "Oh, she was asking a stupid question because Odysseus was!!", takes everything interesting about that scene and shits on it

EDIT: To be fair, I probably should've specified I was talking about Epic