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My theory — and I want to stress this — exclusive to Netherworld Post stories is they should be free to read. Easily and widely.

They are simple (we don’t have a professional editor), they are short, they can be hosted on a site that is paid for anyway (the shop).

So it costs little to make and nothing to share.

They are (I hope) very enjoyable.

I have longed to build something like this since 2007. @evilsupplyco stories are the base and they will exist on Tumblr until the site shuts down or does something super egregious.

But this site is a social media platform.

It’s not designed for stories or reading consecutive adventures or characters growing.

I call them “coffee cup stories” because they are designed to be read, in entirety and maybe a few at a time, over about a cup of coffee or so.

The idea began in 2007 and I pitched it and no one would fund it and I eventually gathered the resources to launch @evilsupplyco in 2012 and then ran that for nearly a decade.

Then paused (traffic accident, Covid, rebuild)

Now we are back. And it’s great.

The shop is open.

The stories are gathering.

There will never be a pay wall or log in to read.

They will be posted once I hammer out a giant knot of tech.

As they gather up online, there will be booklets and ebooks. Part of this stage is ensuring they are inexpensive to you and profitable to me and high quality in production.

All things are a bit slower to ship (several days to leave our docks) than other shops, but this slowness makes our production cost much lower, making our retail price very low.

Ship slow, prices low, quality high, themes wide.

Thank you for your attention.

It’s back to work.

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Once while I was at work a grown ass man told me "no matter how tough you act you'll never be a man, just like I'll never be a woman" and I know he MEANT like "I'm tougher than you because women are weak" but I heard it in Queer and went "Oh.... sweetheart" and he just completely recoiled it was insane

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Seeing a post that you know a mutual will like and reblogging it to add enrichment to their dash like giving a tiger in a zoo a cardboard box

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interesting fact i have titanium in my spine

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I was editing this picture of Davos

& I accidentally tapped an effect called Tiny Planet and this happened

and now I can't stop laughing

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one time i told a guy with a huge punisher decal on his car that i loved the punisher but that i'm too scared to have any of his merch because in the current political climate i wouldn't want people to think i support killing police and the man had. no response whatsoever. he was smiling and completely frozen in place. i'd never seen anyone bluescreen that hard

do with this information what you will

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Because I circulated a call to action about it here that got some traction: to those of you who contacted Maine legislators when it counted, thank you— it worked. Maine just passed sanctuary-state-level protection for trans rights.

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meditations on first philosophy (1641) - rene descartes

"who give a shit"

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Conversation between me, and another high educated Jewish women whose opinions I respect

Her: What's missing here are the facts. If we stuck to the facts there wouldn't be so much intensity surrounding this issue. Me: But you and I are both highly educated Jewish women, and we can't even agree on the facts regarding the history of Palestine as a place name, ethnic identifier, and nation. If we can't even agree on those facts, how on earth can facts help anyone move forward?

There's the question. Not just for Jews, but for everyone involved in, or concerned with this conflict. How do we move forward if multiple sides of the room dispute the veracity of such basic statements as:

-Jews are a globally oppressed minority ethnic group, the hatred of which is deeply embedded in Western thought and rhetoric.

-The Naqba was a period of ethnic cleansing in which the government and military of the new State of Israel expelled Palestinian Arabs from their homes and property; a dispossession and a series of events which continue to traumatize and negatively impact the lives and livelihoods of Palestinians.

-The Holocaust was a traumatic event in the history of the Jewish people, the legacy of which is embedded in the psyches, world views, and collective trauma of the Jewish people, and invariably impacts how this group views global issues.

-Palestinian Arabs had a full developed sense of identity and statehood before the British Empire fucked off, and made their discomfort with increasing Jewish emigration clear to the British before the outbreak of the Second World War.

-Jews had nowhere to go before, during, or really, after the Holocaust; and the governments of many Arab States ethnically cleaned their own ancient Jewish communities in retribution for the creation of the State of Israel.

-The State of Israel does not exist because the Holocaust happened, or as an "apology" for said event.

THIS POST COMPRISES A SERIES OF RHETORICAL QUESTIONS MEANT TO MAKE US APPRECIATE THE DEPTHS OF THE DISCURSIVE PROBLEMS HERE; NOT A POST FOR "DISCOURSE" AND HATEFUL, AGGRESSIVE SHIT.

If you feel you have to do that, copy & paste into your own separate post.

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bathroom torment is very real ideally we would all just be allowed to go piss without worry but its not always so simple

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great pyrenees are so fucking awesome theyre just big. if i didnt think that owning one was a supremely bad idea for me in particular id get one. i just think itd become my boss or something. im too lazy for a working breed truly

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To reiterate OP

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

And to pare it down even further

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this" is authoritarian.

"I don't want to read this" is totally valid.

"This is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't want to read this because it is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

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I'm like if a chivalrous knight kissed a fair maiden's hand and said "my lady, I fight for you" and then walked off and immediately tripped over his own armor and fell on the ground

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he’s got that previously neglected shelter dog rizz. he looks like he wants to quietly sit next to you on the couch while you watch TV

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Aging is hot. Gray hairs are hot. Smile lines are hot. Get with it.

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can I have a badass picture of a wolf howling at the moon please

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Whoever invented "open in app" links that redirect you to the app store instead of actually opening the app even when you already have the app installed on your phone should be involuntarily turned into a beanbag chair