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anger flares up in my gut when tv shows/movies/books/any media have an obligatory romantic relationship at the end for "narrative resolution". amatonormativity DIE!!! THE STORY WAS COMPLETELY FINE WITHOUT IT

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$20 used to mean something

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I have successfully hacked into the north poles databases and am in posession of the 2024 naughty list. I will be leaking it at 2pm eastern time. Watch this space- the truth is coming out.

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You know, it really is quite frustrating the amount of times I scroll by a post that says "if men experienced [thing that trans men experience], this wouldn't happen [except it does, to trans men, usually worse than to cis women]"

"If men could have periods, tampons would be free" >>> trans man gets beaten up for requesting sanitary products in bathrooms

"If men got uterine cancer, there would be a cure" >>> trans man killed via medical neglect due to being trans as his doctors wanted to punish him for being transgender and betraying womanhood

"If men were catcalled, it would be considered assault" >>> trans man gets catcalled and then sexually assaulted for ignoring their advances

"If men had to worry about being alone at night, there would be a streetlight every 5 feet" >>> trans man murdered while walking home alone from work

But then if I say anything about it, I'm told I'm a misogynist "erasing women's struggles".

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My journey thru my kid’s Paw Patrol phase via posts from my Bluesky account.

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Why isn't "too scary" a good enough reason to never drive a car

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I wish they could invent a medical device that temporarily transfers your symptoms and pain to the doctor treating you and it worked like a shock collar. “I think light exercise would-.” and then bam they’re rolling around the floor clutching their stomach in agony and dry heaving.

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i feel strongly about this

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i feel strongly about this

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if I ever strike gold and end up writing a popular book series i'd love to keep an eye on the fandom to determine the smallest crackship and make that the only one that goes canon

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stoned and autistic at a party trying to make conversation: I find the comparative lifespan of organisms so interesting. Spiders are comparatively long lived animals. Female black widows can live up to 3 years but their male counterparts rarely live four months. Some tarantulas live upwards of 20 years. The longest lived spider was around 43 years old when she was cruelly assassinated by a parasitic wasp. Domestic rats have a lifespan comparable to female black widows. To put things into perspective, there are spiders that remember a pre-pandemic world but it is likely every rat on earth was born post-COVID. There could be a spider out there born when Reagan was in office.

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One of the really fun things about comics is that they are frequently written from the perspective of the character heading the title, which means characters who are just cameos in that story are shown from the perspective of how the main character relates to them, rather than an objective angle.

Azrael #31 has a stunning example of this.

The art design of this entire page is fantastic. Bruce is in shadow, seated on at throne before the Bat Computer, with Jean-Paul standing as a supplicant at the bottom of a long flight of stairs, his head level with Bruce's feet (and from the framing, it's even suggesting Jean-Paul might be kneeling). Alfred is in the shadows behind Bruce, like a minister or vizier, questioning Jean-Paul in a way that requires him to elaborate and explain.

It's framing the whole conversation around how it makes Jean-Paul feel.

If we were to see this same conversation flipped in Batman or Detective Comics, it's likely that Bruce and Jean-Paul would be standing beside each other by the computer, from Bruce's perspective. Or Bruce doing that thing where he sits and works at the computer and the person having the conversation with him stands behind his shoulder to talk.

But we're here with Jean-Paul, who is feeling inadequate and unworthy and like he can never measure up to Bruce's high standards. And so: supplicant before the throne. The knight begging for a quest to redeem himself, for honest work.

It's just such a fun thing that's basically exclusive to the way comics work as a shared universe.

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Since the r-slur is making a comeback (you know, the word that starts with R, has six letters, and ends in D), I'm gonna make a little PSA:

Yes, it's an ableist slur.

Terms like "asshat," "head-up-ass," "up their own ass," and "high on their own farts" exist. There's also words like crap, dogshit, half-assed, assclown, and chucklefuck. And on the less vulgar side, there are terms like ridiculous, nonsense, train wreck, pointless, insipid, self-absorbed, pretentious, annoying, boring, contemptible, vile, and disgusting.

Substituting words like restarted, poptarted, brain damaged, smoothbrain, etc. is still ableist, because either 1. you obviously still mean the r-word, or 2. you're still using disability as an insult.

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hello physically disabled person reading this. it is not your fault that your medical supplies are made from a lot of single use plastic and you can continue using them guilt free. your health comes first. thank you for existing.