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The children's show villain is a figure who sadly is not seen outside the children's show. There are few stock characters who as succinctly declare, from sheer stage presence, "the world is unloveable and it is painful to live here; that which delights mankind is like ash on my tongue" without being too fucking whiny about it.

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We don't have to lie and pretend the United States is bombing Iran because of trans people. I know you queer crackers are unable to imagine any world where your existence is not central but the reason the United States is bombing Iran is for securing its economic interests in the region. Securing economic interests in the region would in turn actually benefit trans Americans.

You are in the imperial core. You are beneficiaries of imperialism. You are not the reason West Asia is getting bombed. We have been getting bombed since before trans people stopped being a dirty secret in the United States' general society.

I'm going to throttle you fucking crackers.

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Reading hitchikers guide for the first time was really funny because it was like ohhhh THIS the writing that every unfunny nerd has been trying to emulate from like ‘00-‘12 . But good.

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I'm sure false etymology posts aren't like actually more common than any other type of misinformation on this website, it just happens to be a type of misinformation I'm better at spotting and a type of misinformation that shows up in the type of posts people I follow tend to reblog. but dang false etymology posts sure are common

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love it when people actively make a joke out of being unable to pronounce foreign names and then refuse to like. actually pronounce them. you have access to the entire sum of human knowledge. it takes five minutes. kill yourself.

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truly do not understand workplace drama. we're stuck here doing stupid bullshit for 8 hours and you want to make it worse? But on the other hand I love hearing about arguments that are not and never will be my problem

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🔥ireland

I know white leftists dream of Ireland every day. It's like their Mecca.

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Hey it's so bad that I'm actually Irish. Like from Ireland. But people assume that I'm an American who wishes they were Irish as soon as I talk about our struggles. Thanks American leftists if I get compared to you one more time I'm going postal

HELPPP. I do think this genuinely relates, again, to this American concept that Irish people are simplistic and live in fucking medieval times. like. to their mind an Irish person couldnt be on computer...an Irish person can only be in a beautiful lush forest. So of course if you're online posting you gotta be American.

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Jesus was the first cult leader who claimed to be Jesus. Admittedly, he was right.

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Practice

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Greetings, virtual citizen! My name is Joan.

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I got my start playing live instruments with my father when I was very young, and went onto participate in jazz band, choir & orchestra in school while taking lessons outside of class as well! I made the transition into digital musical production about 9 years ago, although I still live record as well and enjoy blending both mediums!

I began offering commissions a year ago at a friends suggestion, when my cost of living became much harder to manage. I have completed quite a few orders since then! There is no genre I consider off limits, but I will tell you if I have less experience with something in your request.

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Theme songs for OCs!

Theme songs for DND sessions!

Theme songs for just about any story or idea you have!

Background/AFK/Intro & Outro music for streamers and youtubers!

8-16 bit retro sounds for game projects!

Battle songs! Lofi! From breakcore and triphop to even classical!

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If you're not interested in a song or cannot afford one and want to donate anyway, here is my KOFI. Every dollar goes into rent & groceries. Thank you so much for your help.

Have a safe day!

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The Purpose of Plain Text?

I originally put this in a reblog, but it deserves to be its own post, too.

On the topic of plain text: This is not an official word you’ll find in accessibility guides. In general, text on websites is already accessible to screen readers with very few exceptions. Screen readers are literally made to read text.

These exceptions inlude

Copy paste fonts (these generally read as gibberish to a screen reader)

Text with alternating upper case and lower case letters (like in that one Sponge Bob meme)

Rainbow text in the web/browser version of tumblr (This is specific to tumblr. Rainbow text in general is not a problem and can be implemented in accessible ways. It’s even accessible in the tumblr apps.)

Images/ screenshots of text (these aren't actually text, they're images)

Stuff like small text, big text, italics, fonts, and colored text, are not an issue for screen readers. I have never heard of a screen reader user having problems with these, and no official accessibility guidelines have restrictions on these.

You do not need to provide plain text versions of formatted text for the sake of screen reader users. I do not know where this myth comes from, but it’s untrue.

However, there are cases where providing plain text makes sense. For example, when reblogging a post with small text, I generally copy it in normal font size in my reblog. This is not for screen reader users. This is for people who sight-read who cannot read small font. Providing plain text versions of colored text is also often done for the sake of people with migraines or eye strain.

It is good to make posts accessible to people with migraines, but it help no one to incorrectly conflate this with screen reader accessibility. These are two separate accessibility issues.

TL;DR Screen readers can read formatted text without any problems, but people who sight read (with their eyes) can sometimes benefit from plain text.

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People tend to think that when you're not able to do work because of chronic illness or disability (taking days off, not doing housework, being unemployed etc.) that you're just able to have fun and chill out like it's a holiday but that's so far from the truth.

The symptoms preventing you from working usually also prevent you from doing things you enjoy, or at least make doing those things significantly harder and less enjoyable.

It may seem like someone not working due to an illness has lots of free time, but that's not correct. The time is not free, the time is being used to rest and recover, which is really a task in its own right.

When I'm in a state where I can't go to school, I usually can't do much else either. I'm too fatigued, or in too much pain to make art or play games, too fatigued to read and actually comprehend what I've read. The only thing I can really do is lie down and scroll social media or watch TV, anything I don't need to actually think about or put physical effort into.

And it's not enjoyable. I'm still suffering from symptoms. I want to do other things, but I can't.

I would much rather feel healthy and work than be ill and stay home

(Disclaimer: this isn't to say that everyone with a chronic illness or disability is always suffering and unable to do anything or that disabled people can't have fun or that anyone who is able to participate in hobbies and fun things must be well enough to work, just that it's frustrating to see people think disabled people are "lucky to not have to work". Wanted to say this in case anyone gets the wrong idea or feels invalidated - you don't need to suffer greatly to be valid in your illness)

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every time I mention how many days sober I am I appreciate people congratulating me and telling me to keep up the good work. it is nice. but I also wish that milestones in addiction recovery weren’t still so pinned to length of sobriety/abstinence

yeah yeah I’m 50 days sober who cares. how about the fact that, when I do drink, it tends to be nipped in the bud after two days nowadays instead of weeks or months? how about the fact that drinking has been condensed to a six pack because I’m at the end of my tether, instead of browning out every night? how about my friend who has decided to stop drinking alone, and is actually sticking to that? recovery doesn’t always look like sobriety and I wish it was more normal to talk about that. yknow. when addiction is normal to talk about at all

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Unfortunately for Nader and his family, these futures have been taken from Gaza. Bullets fly all around them, and the occupation uses aid as a weapon while children starve. My friend Nader @abdalsalam2000 needs our support now to save his family and survive. His campaign is #4 on the gazavetters list, and the need is urgent! If you cannot donate, PLEASE share! https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-nader-alanqar-and-his-family-overcome-this-war-in-gaza

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According to dangronapa fans in my inbox I’m a misandrist who hates femboys and according to persona fans in my inbox I’m a misogynist who hates gnc women. In reality I’m cisphobic and I think every femboy and tomboy should be pumped full of hormones to be made transgender #transgenderism #femboyforcefem #nomoretomboys