where it all began
(there’s a demo of mask of the rose, if you like)
2023.05.26 Africa Red-eyed Bulbul munching a kapok tree’s flower
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this is by far my favorite safety/warning sign btw. they really went off with this one
No cuz I fucking love this sign. It’s not an actual barrier so it’s not like some sort of challenge it simply says “fuck around and you will find out”
Ohohoho I LOVE “fuck around and find out” signs, especially the really dramatic and ominous (but true) ones
(Context for the last one: it’s a WWII era sign posted around the soldiers’ washroom mirror, warning them to never discuss military plans in places where civilians could hear them and report back to the enemy, e.g. in restaurants and pubs in the country. “Loose lips sink ships”.)
I also love these two, which I would place in the category of “You already fucked around, now you’re about to find out.”
Aerated water is fucking scary. It's water that has a fuckton of gas in it, which reduces the buoyancy to the point where you will immediately start to sink if you fall in.
ive been collecting these recently and wanted to add some of my favorites
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Love that time I brought up how "transvestite" used to be a term du jur (not the only term, but a well-known term) before it fell out of favor for transexual and then transgender and was immediately given the "um actually it's always been a bad word sweaty :)" routine when like
[Image Description: the Wikipedia page for Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries". The opening paragraph says "Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was a gay gender non-conforming street activist organization founded in 1970 by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, subculturally famous New York City drag queens of color. STAR was a radical political collective that also..." the screencap cuts off the rest of the article. End ID]
To drive the point home, it later changed its name Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries to reflect the changing terminology preferences but Jesus fucking Christ learn your damn history
(This is also why terfs and other transphobes claiming that Marsha P. Johnson was "only" a transvestite in order to de-legitimize trans involvement in queer history, activism, and liberation is such bullshit because that was the fucking term back then and had Marsha not been murdered there's good chance she'd be calling herself transgender now. Or not, there are trans elders who still call themselves transvestite and proudly so.)
The word was coined by the German LGBT pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910 and was used as an umbrella term for anyone who’d wear clothes that didn’t fit the gender they were assigned at birth.
He’d also issue so-called “transvestite certificates” for them that allowed them to wear those clothes in public without being arrested for public nuisance.
There was a magazine called “Das 3. Geschlecht” (The 3rd Sex) aimed at them, which was the first trans magazine in history. You can read the English translation of three of its issues here.
The lesbian magazine “Die Freundin” (The Girlfriend) also openly included transvestites and came with an insert called “Der Transvestit” at times (The Transvestite).
Guys this was a correct term IN MY LIFETIME. I'm only in my forties, come on. Remember your history, I'm begging.
friend was lamenting the lack of girls in the shonen she was watching so I had some advice for her
For future reference
reblog to save a life in the (hopefully distant) future
![a collection of tags and comments that read 1. #noooo 2."ikr? why are people so afraid of a robot dog. it's just a robot. and a cool one at that." 3.#too true #people don't ever blame people #just the closest thing that isn't a person #robots should take over btw #also gun robots are awesome and should be made 4.#they're dog shaped #all the targets are just places to pet 5.#this is all well n good but where do I pet it? 6.#wait this isn't teaching me where to pet it?? #yall want to hurt them?? [crying emoji]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/ba38c283bbd8fea42053f2cb3f8871d8/bce24e8d6824da6e-91/s1280x1920/0128c9858621697cce8298a57373680f954c4ca3.jpg)
ALTWe’re not making out of the cyberpunk dystopia huh
You guys really need to understand that this is not a fucking dog
This is such a good example of why we need to be very self aware about our fiction.
Sentient robots that deserve rights and love are fictional. We made them up in stories.
Now, it's my favorite kind of fiction. I love it. But it's not real. It's a metaphor for oppressed human beings.
Sentient AI doesn't exist. There are corporations, and maybe even someday governments, who will want to convince you that it does, now and in the future.
Replikas don't care about you and that robot dog is a military weapon.
This is ironic 'cause military and police robot "dogs" (and the other robots they build) are built to do harm to oppressed people.
Yeah, the very people that are represented metaphorically in fiction by robots and androids.
Fiction is fun, and I love fictional robots with my whole heart. But I am not about to let it make me stupid about real life. :)
These things are not your friends. They are machines that will be used to hurt you and to hurt others. Do not fall for the propaganda that these things are just fun little friends! The above articles are the reality. Sorry.
What's that one quote about how conservatives only ever support gun control when it's about any kind of minority owning the guns?
I read the traffic light trio by @itslivybear and then saw this draw your squad meme,, and well, gotta grasp inspiration when it hits!
omg I love them so much, tlt are squad goals and this is perfect