Atlas Technical Project Manager:
“Atlas is no longer involved [in Cop City]…because you guys are fucking nightmares and you broke all of our fucking windows”
Ahahahah, I thought this was paraphrased but that is a direct quote.
Direct action works.
I graduated high school in 99.
There was a student at our school named Wayne.
Wayne was gay. It was obvious. He was unable to stay in the closet even if he wanted to. To make matters worse, he was also Black. From a bullying standpoint, that was not a great combo. Both Black and white students made fun of him relentlessly. He was ostracized from the only community that may have given him protection. Only us theater kids stuck up for him, but not to significant effect.
Wayne was bullied so much that at one point he finally snapped and attacked his bullies with a lunch tray. I was actually seated in perfect line of sight and just sat there chewing my soggy fries in stunned silence. It didn't even seem real as I was witnessing it. The image of him wailing on his main bully as the food on his tray flew off is permanently logged into my long term memory.
The bully he attacked had blood all over his face and went straight to the nurse. Other than superficial cuts, he was not injured.
Before the attack, Wayne went to teachers for help.
He went to guidance counselors for help.
He went to the principals for help.
He did all of the things you were supposed to do. No one helped him. They wagged a finger at the bullies and warned them to stop.
Wayne's lunch tray melee was the only thing that worked. His bullies stayed far away from him. But a week later Wayne was expelled and the bullies were given no punishment.
So... no.
No one in my school talked about being trans.
Because the only way to survive being openly queer was to bash people with a lunch tray.
Also if someone who has complete use of their legs wants to buy use a wheelchair for non-fraud purposes, that’s literally not hurting anyone. If enough able-bodied people do it, it actually would make wheelchairs cheaper and more accessible.
weighted blankets used to cost hundreds of dollars. They became a trend and I got one for like 20. Wouldn’t you love it if that happened to wheelchairs?
my dad has been trying to watch the original Dark Shadows TV show for weeks now. he’s on episode 39 and the fucking vampire—the only thing the show is remembered for—still hasn’t showed up
so I googled “when does barnabas collins first appear in dark shadows” and you wanna guess what episode it is?
guess.
to be fair the show somehow has 1,225 episodes in total
Monsters.
I’m waiting for an arborist to hop on here and confirm that this is bad for those kind of trees or some shit, too.
I am a botanist and also worked as a gardener for two years, and I can weigh in on this!
Yes, as is obvious, those trees are fucked, in multiple ways. This may be a bit of a long post, but I hope I will explain all the ways these trees are fucked in a clear manner, and even teach about some botany in the process.
Do you guys think they'll make the 14th Doctor's last words a variation on "I don't want to go"?
#Ten's departure was a big overblown goodbye to RTD#and since HE'S not leaving this time#I suspect it won't be as bad#(I liked Ten's regeneration but thought “I don't want to go” was frustrating for Eleven please don't kill me)
I didn't like it because I dislike Davies' conceit that each of the Doctor's incarnations is a different person - "It's like another man gets up and walks away", as opposed to "I used to have a head with white hair" to Solon and "Me. Me!" to Jo. But I think Moffat sort of retconned it into in-character by the way the Doctor regarded the war incarnation as someone separate from "The Doctor" (while still writing Ohilu in the novelisation of Day of the Doctor being all "The potions were all just flavored fizzy soda, the poor fool just needed his own permission to get off his arse and do what he was going to do anyway") and then just sort of kept it up. So I'm a little better with it now.
Though I always wondered about Adventures in Space and Time when David Bradley's William Hartnell says the same thing when facing his last day of shooting. Does anyone know, did Gatiss invent that, or did Davies or Tennant give the line to Doctor Skinny because it's known Hartnell actually said that?
If anyone has cute pet pics or neat nature pics to share, I could use those today
his name is soup and he loves tummy rubs
This is Turtle! She has no brain.
these photos were taken several months apart. she just...looks like this. all the time.
if you listen carefully you can hear the elevator music echoing around between those ears
This is Peanut and he so eepy
Here we see Gremlin using Curry as a pillow
This is Bobbin and Jonah they love root beer and stealing my food.
ALT
This is Gus. He is Perfect.
I offer up these shapes for your viewing pleasure
“it’s weird for queer minors to be friends with queer adults” oh my god. ohhh my god.
intergenerational community support, especially in a community that is split so much age wise as the queer community, is immensely fucking important. get to know older queers and younger queers. this is how communities frazzle out and die to infighting.
the hypothetical queer adult that people are mad over in the post this is refrencing is 35 years old. only 35.
its weird for any minors to be friends with any adults, queer or not. There should be no reason why unrelated adults or minors should be making close relationships in any sense outside of professional ones. I understand wanting education, but they can be taught when they are adults as well.
is this a joke.
If you believe there is something inherently wrong with adults being friends with teens, you've been brainwashed into believing that every adult sees youth as a form solicitation.
This makes you part of the problem.
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