#the false dichotomies………..the false dichotomies!!!!!

[michaelrotonal]

false dichotomy. the answer is both

fuck every House of Leaves theory except this one

[itspileofgoodthings]

one of many (many) reasons I love Austen so much is she makes goodness and virtue seem as sexy as they actually are.

[semi-imaginary-place]

Saw people arguing whether Garrus or Tali has the best character arc in Mass Effect. And between them it's Garrus, but the real answer is Mordin. Garrus has some of the most fun and exciting writing in the series. His story is wild from cop chomping at the bit to vigilante street gang war to respected advisor, he models himself after Shepard. But OP sets up a false dichotomy because Mordin has the single best writing of the series. His loyalty mission in ME2 is hand down the best part of the series with it's layers of nuance, philosophical implication, and brutality. Questions of medical ethics, ends justify the means, which is better the slow genocide of a people or the immediate torture and experimentation of dozens if not hundred, and in the end what does the "right thing" mean. And right in the middle of it all is Mordin. Mordin enters the game spending so much time rationalizing to himself (through you) the genophage modification (and thus the genophage itself) but through his actions you can see him consumed by guilt. And because of that guilt he needs to prove to everyone especially himself that the genophage was the right choice. No one at peace with their lives moves to Omega to do charity work. He goes for the same reason Garrus does, it's the emotionally easiest way to ease one's conscious. Their thought process is that if you go to the worst place in the galaxy anything you do is a net positive, they are both desperate to do a sliver of good. Mordin can't take back the genophage modification, what's done is done, but also he's staked his pride and life's work on the genophage modification. Admitting he was wrong would be throwing away his whole life and the intellect, the innovation, the science that he's so proud of. So he shuts his eyes to the human lives cost of the genophage even as his heart aches because Mordin is fundamentally a compassionate man. He agreed with the genophage because he wanted to help and was convinced this would make the galaxy a better place. And because of that same compassion the guilt continues to eat at him. So in his final hears he'a desperate to so something unequivocally good for the galaxy, thus Omega. And slowly coming to accept what has been done to the krogan, that he Mordin Solus was wrong, that arc has weight. Mordin in a lot of ways exemplifies the salarian ideals, a brilliant scientist and special agent who hits first before their enemies every think to look for them. It's significant that Mordin's arc is about putting his heart first, before his pride and everything the his people have stood for and rationalized about the dangers of krogan reproduction. And so in ME3 you have the choice to let Mordin reach the culmination of his character arc and everything his story has been leading towards, or you can shoot him in the back (and or Wrex too). Also he's a silly hyperactive frogman, who sings.

[4thelovabob]

There doesn't need to be a false dichotomy between sweet and fragile Bob, and Bob who wouldn't hesitate to stand up against a bully. Sensitive people are underestimated because they're often the toughest. It's not infantilizing to show his soft side so long as his power, autonomy, and willingness to help are respected. He doesn't want to hurt people but he would protect his team in a heartbeat if that meant using his power. He'd probably be the first to step up with a "hey, fuck you man."

If anything this character has proven he contains multitudes. He's a big softie. He's sassy. He's traumatized. He's healing. He's weak. He's strong

[asterdeer]

also like. it’s literally okay for some people not to be creative. do you know how many trillions of people there are and ever were and ever will be? ‘i don’t Create Art or do things with my hands’ is like. it’s okay to be that way. “but everyone should at least fingerpaint or write bad poetry!!!!” i mean. no? everyone is free to do as many hobbies and pastimes as they want as well or as badly but that also means that people can just. not have creative hobbies. people can live fulfilling and healthy and happy lives without ever once painting past the age of 7, writing a short story once and never again, getting so irritated with trying to learn a yarn craft that they get flashbacks going past a joann. and i think it’s very weird that so many people on this webbed site think that they are qualified to give out firm and fast Prerequisites For Being A Real Fully Alive Human Being

[drifting-knightjar]

nice dichotomy, idiot. what lies outside it????

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[glitter-stained]

Ngl it really peeves me when the debate about Jason's ethics regarding killing in the batfam mixes up the question of him being a moral character in regards to sticking to his own philosophy (aka compromising with what he thinks is right to salvage relationships, but also exploding trains to evade capture, killing random goons in a gang war, etc) and the question of him being a moral character in regards to whether his philosophy is right. And even with regards to his philosophy there is his philosophy on politics, crime control and harm reduction, and his ethical philosophy itself (utilitarianism, aka focusing on intended positive consequences of actions for the greater good rather than the action being fundamentally moral or immoral in itself). Those are different things. Those require different debates and should not be conflated together. I'm not even saying Jason is right! I think utilitarianism and deontology both suck and fail at providing sufficient guidelines for moral behaviour. ("Everybody still loses" like the nihilist clown says. The symbolism of that one scene is pretty cool on that regard.)

And I think some people at dc would very much like for you to make the connection that because Jason is harming civilians/killing unnamed goons, he is a bad person, and as such you don't need to examine the way his stance on moral philosophy (utilitarianism) opposes Batman's. But that's not right, they don't get to wiggle out of the fact that utilitarianism vs deontology is a complicated debate that has been going on for ages, that there is no clear-cut answer where Batman fundamentally comes out on top, they don't get to use the fact that Jason (in the era currently discussed) is a villain to saddle us with a false dichotomy of "well jason is wrong about stuff so batman has to be right" to avoid addressing the actual question. The traits of the people being tied on the tracks do not change the shape of the trolley problem. The traits of the person deciding to pull the lever do not change the shape of the trolley problem. It's still one lever, three people tied on one track, one on the other, do you pull the lever. That's it. Yes, bending the metaphor to address other questions (such as "who keeps tying people to the tracks" to question systemic violence or "how does my bias, my prejudice and empathy impact my decision to pull the lever depending on who is on the tracks") are interesting but that's not what the debate is about. If I wrote an essay about the trolley problem in high school and focused primarily on the nature of the people being tied on the tracks, I'd get a big fat zero with "off-topic" written in red all over my essay, so I'm not inclined to allow DC comics to get away with it.

[tk-duveraun]

Sy gets transmigrated into an unofficial star wars novel that was mostly porn, but holy shit the aliens were actually aliens? Not just human reskins? And the planets had complex animal ecosystems?

And, of course, it had LBH. The protagonist born from a Jedi-Sith pairing, raised in the weird Jedi knock off acestism and then tormented by his horrible master sqq

Here's the thing though

Here's the thing

Shen Yuan is well-versed in cultivation settings. And he quickly figures out that if you use cultivation training in a knock off cultivation setting, you get way better results than these loser Jedi are with only caring about one half of the balance

So after he is free of the ooc lock, he proceeds to also teach LBH how to use *all* of the energy of the cosmos and act in balance with nature to better defy the heavens.

He drops LBH in the hell of the tomb of the Abyssal Lord knowing his little white sheep will be fine and has had enough Buddhist lessons to maybe not be so angry he performs knock off lingchi on his old master.

Everything's going great!

Except he's not actually a star wars guy... And he was not expecting revanites to start worshipping him like Jesus

Binghe, get out of hell soon and save your poor master!

[prokopetz]

Do you prefer the foot or the ball part of football

(With reference to this post here.)

You come into my house and you ask me to choose feet or balls.

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 233

i considered revisiting my clownradia from way back when but then i thought about Spooky Ocean Ghost aradia and decided it was fuschia time babey

[yamishika]

𝐇𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐲

[cha-melodius]

False Dichotomy

[COMPLETE]

One of the world’s largest retailers is opening a store on his street. A bookstore. He looks down at the article in his hand again and catches sight of a phrase: “We hope that people will see this as more than a bookstore, and hope to foster a sense of community.” As if Henry Fox-Mountchristen has any concept of what community means. Alex very narrowly does not break something.

(When global mega-retailer Mountchristen opens a new location—led by the infuriatingly attractive and insufferable Henry Fox-Mountchristen—near his LGBTQ-focused bookshop in Soho, Alex's comfortable life is turned upsided down. Luckily, he has one of his best friends to turn to: a guy he met online and knows only as H. Meanwhile, Henry is battling against his family to make a positive difference in the world and falling further in love with a man he's never met. But... what if they changed that?

Yes, it's a You've Got Mail AU.

60k, E. Completely written, updating Tuesdays and Fridays.)

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12

[tangents-within-tangents]

Yellow = yellow

Bananas are yellow, does this mean that yellow = banana?

No, yellow = yellow

Yellow =/= banana, does this mean bananas aren't yellow?

Lemons are yellow, does this mean lemon = banana?

Lemon =/= banana, does this mean lemons aren't yellow?

Some apples are yellow, does this mean yellow = apple?

Some apples are red or green, does this mean apples can't be yellow?

Some apples are red, some apples are yellow, does this mean red = yellow?

Lemons and apples are round but bananas aren't, does this mean bananas aren't yellow?

Apples and bananas are sweet, does this mean lemon's aren't sour? Or that sourness is bad?

Bananas, lemons, and apples are fruit, does this mean mustard isn't yellow?

No, yellow = yellow

A category groups things that share a commonality despite their differences. The differences coexist within that commonality without redefining the category.

Other similarities coexist within, and without, the commonality without redefining the category either. The fact that it doesn't redefine the category does not mean those similarities don't hold significance of their own.

If not for the commonality, it wouldn't be a category. If not for the differences, it wouldn't be a category either.

Okay? Cool

Asexuality = experiencing little to no sexual attraction

[carolinemp3]

hello tumblr user. in front of you is a post about general trans issues. your task is to reblog it without an addition saying that trans men and mascs are at fault for these issues or that only trans women and femmes face transphobic oppression. you have ten minutes.

[firenati0n]

fic bind of False Dichotomy by @cha-melodius :) <3

hello friends! i am so excited to share my very first big fic bind! the minute i learned i was meeting sara (SO HAPPY I GOT TO HUG YOU, MY FRIEND!) i knew i wanted to try this.

personally am very pleased with the outcome! my shaky fingers persevered! the vibe is "well-loved and weathered penguin classics paperback" which is always fun :) i am also especially fond of the double-sided bookmark! i had a lot of fun designing this, a really fun and rewarding challenge!!!

hope you love, sara <3 adore you so so much!!

also, a warm thank you to @liamsbloodymary for the binding advice and for holding my hand as i had multiple freakouts fjaksjdlf you've created a monster :)

xoxo roop