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May. 9th, 2017
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zooophagous:
glumshoe:
haml3t:
glumshoe:
bogleech:
Yes, I know some people have phobias they can’t help, but a phobia doesn’t force you to hate spiders or snakes or deep sea fish. I am completely baffled by people who just insist certain animals are horrible and wish they would all die rather than just wishing they weren’t scared of them.
And then there’s people with no “phobia” at all who still scream “KILL IT WITH FIRE” and the clickbait articles or even previously reputable science blogs feeding into that with “THIS NEWLY DISCOVERED TURTLE IS A NIGHTMARE FROM HELL!!!”
This is one thing I try very hard to nip in the bud with my students and one thing I’ll really be focusing on this season. I had a big wakeup call last fall during our pond class - I’d let the kids run around catching bugs in nets and putting them in buckets to examine and identity.
I thought it was all going really well… the kids had found tons of neat shit and were asking all kinds of questions about it. We even found a giant water beetle the size of my palm, which I couldn’t resist whipping out my phone to take a video of. As we were about to end class and return our finds to the water, this kid just… upturned the bucket onto the grass and stomped on the beetle, killing it.
I was stunned. I had no idea what to do or say. I barely managed to contain my fury and a number of expletives. Why the fuck had he done that? “It was gross,” was all he had to say.
So what? “Gross” is subjective. “Gross” isn’t a threat to you. “Gross” is not hurting you. If you are afraid of it, I understand. But your fear of it does not mean it has lost the right to exist, especially in a place where it is meant to be, where you are fully capable of avoiding it.
Working with and around phobias, I can do. Most people I know with insect or spider phobias, even children, recognize that they have a right to exist and that their fear is disproportionate. But the fact that “kill it with fire” is a normalized reaction to the strange or ugly upsets me greatly.
HENNYWAYS I’m arachnophobic and I hate spiders and they should all die
#GOD people have no clue what a phobia is like #what the fuck is with people who protect bugs like me killing some spiders isn’t going to change the ecosystem #and if you’re gonna say we need spiders to kill flies and shit why do they have to be so SCARY#bugs would be chill if they left everyone alone and didn’t look like that
Hi @haml3t! As someone who used to have a severe phobia of dogs after being attacked twice as a child, I don’t appreciate your implication that I “have no clue” what it’s like. I very much do. However, we live in a world where hurting or killing dogs on sight is not encouraged or remotely socially acceptable, even if you hate and fear them intensely. If I were to say “HENNYWAYS I’m cynophobic and I hate dogs and they should all die”, nine out of ten people on the goddamn planet would be absolutely horrified, if not asking for my head on a platter.
No one is saying that you should feel ashamed for your phobia or just need to “get over it”. It’s rarely that easy - I spent years working through my panic reaction to dogs and am fortunate enough to have conquered it. I now really like dogs and am comfortable in my ability to discern between an active threat and a sweet pupper.
“I think it’s gross and scary because of the way that it is” is not an acceptable excuse to kill something that you can easily avoid and which is not posing a threat to you. If you think it is, then beating a dog I pass on the street would not be much different. After all, they’ve harmed me in the past, and might do harm to me again - and unlike spiders, they tend to run towards you seeking physical contact.
This dog recently showed up on my Facebook newsfeed. It looks very much like one that attacked me when I was a kid. It would be tasteless and offensive of me to comment something like “OMG KILL IT WITH FIRE!” and tell the owner how much I wish I could kill it, even if that’s how I felt. When I feared dogs, I avoided them, and did not feel the need to tell everyone who owned one how I thought the world would be better if they were all dead.
It sucks to have a phobia. It really does. I know this, and I know that it can impede your ability to enjoy and function in your everyday world. But while killing a spider in your bedroom or in your car is understandable, going out of your way to destroy them when they could easily be avoided, and telling everyone who likes them that they should all die is not an excusable expression of a phobia. It’s just being an asshole.
You’re not a bad person for having a phobia. It is however a bad thing to allow your personal irrational fears become the sole arbiter of what lives and what dies.
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zooophagous:
glumshoe:
haml3t:
glumshoe:
bogleech:
Yes, I know some people have phobias they can’t help, but a phobia doesn’t force you to hate spiders or snakes or deep sea fish. I am completely baffled by people who just insist certain animals are horrible and wish they would all die rather than just wishing they weren’t scared of them.
And then there’s people with no “phobia” at all who still scream “KILL IT WITH FIRE” and the clickbait articles or even previously reputable science blogs feeding into that with “THIS NEWLY DISCOVERED TURTLE IS A NIGHTMARE FROM HELL!!!”
This is one thing I try very hard to nip in the bud with my students and one thing I’ll really be focusing on this season. I had a big wakeup call last fall during our pond class - I’d let the kids run around catching bugs in nets and putting them in buckets to examine and identity.
I thought it was all going really well… the kids had found tons of neat shit and were asking all kinds of questions about it. We even found a giant water beetle the size of my palm, which I couldn’t resist whipping out my phone to take a video of. As we were about to end class and return our finds to the water, this kid just… upturned the bucket onto the grass and stomped on the beetle, killing it.
I was stunned. I had no idea what to do or say. I barely managed to contain my fury and a number of expletives. Why the fuck had he done that? “It was gross,” was all he had to say.
So what? “Gross” is subjective. “Gross” isn’t a threat to you. “Gross” is not hurting you. If you are afraid of it, I understand. But your fear of it does not mean it has lost the right to exist, especially in a place where it is meant to be, where you are fully capable of avoiding it.
Working with and around phobias, I can do. Most people I know with insect or spider phobias, even children, recognize that they have a right to exist and that their fear is disproportionate. But the fact that “kill it with fire” is a normalized reaction to the strange or ugly upsets me greatly.
HENNYWAYS I’m arachnophobic and I hate spiders and they should all die
#GOD people have no clue what a phobia is like #what the fuck is with people who protect bugs like me killing some spiders isn’t going to change the ecosystem #and if you’re gonna say we need spiders to kill flies and shit why do they have to be so SCARY#bugs would be chill if they left everyone alone and didn’t look like that
Hi @haml3t! As someone who used to have a severe phobia of dogs after being attacked twice as a child, I don’t appreciate your implication that I “have no clue” what it’s like. I very much do. However, we live in a world where hurting or killing dogs on sight is not encouraged or remotely socially acceptable, even if you hate and fear them intensely. If I were to say “HENNYWAYS I’m cynophobic and I hate dogs and they should all die”, nine out of ten people on the goddamn planet would be absolutely horrified, if not asking for my head on a platter.
No one is saying that you should feel ashamed for your phobia or just need to “get over it”. It’s rarely that easy - I spent years working through my panic reaction to dogs and am fortunate enough to have conquered it. I now really like dogs and am comfortable in my ability to discern between an active threat and a sweet pupper.
“I think it’s gross and scary because of the way that it is” is not an acceptable excuse to kill something that you can easily avoid and which is not posing a threat to you. If you think it is, then beating a dog I pass on the street would not be much different. After all, they’ve harmed me in the past, and might do harm to me again - and unlike spiders, they tend to run towards you seeking physical contact.
This dog recently showed up on my Facebook newsfeed. It looks very much like one that attacked me when I was a kid. It would be tasteless and offensive of me to comment something like “OMG KILL IT WITH FIRE!” and tell the owner how much I wish I could kill it, even if that’s how I felt. When I feared dogs, I avoided them, and did not feel the need to tell everyone who owned one how I thought the world would be better if they were all dead.
It sucks to have a phobia. It really does. I know this, and I know that it can impede your ability to enjoy and function in your everyday world. But while killing a spider in your bedroom or in your car is understandable, going out of your way to destroy them when they could easily be avoided, and telling everyone who likes them that they should all die is not an excusable expression of a phobia. It’s just being an asshole.
You’re not a bad person for having a phobia. It is however a bad thing to allow your personal irrational fears become the sole arbiter of what lives and what dies.
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daylightspeaks: “Don’t you love God,
May. 9th, 2017 06:04 amvia http://ift.tt/2qVdXlo:
daylightspeaks:
“Don’t you love God, Cesare?” “More than I love you?”
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daylightspeaks:
“Don’t you love God, Cesare?” “More than I love you?”
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anjelia3: “’We sort of look
May. 9th, 2017 08:44 amvia http://ift.tt/2qWrY2g:
anjelia3:
“’We sort of look alike,’ Russell points out, and says their disguises are often planned that way so that, undercover, the characters will look as if they should be together.”
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anjelia3:
“’We sort of look alike,’ Russell points out, and says their disguises are often planned that way so that, undercover, the characters will look as if they should be together.”
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saferincages:
imwhe:
Don’t hurt those creatures. Please, you don’t understand. Nothing in there is dangerous. Nothing.
#this part HURT me #newt doesn’t even care he’s being taken away; he’s just BEGGING them not to hurt his creatures #he’s working so hard to prove they aren’t dangerous (and even if they are they don’t deserve to die) (via zombiescorp)
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saferincages:
imwhe:
Don’t hurt those creatures. Please, you don’t understand. Nothing in there is dangerous. Nothing.
#this part HURT me #newt doesn’t even care he’s being taken away; he’s just BEGGING them not to hurt his creatures #he’s working so hard to prove they aren’t dangerous (and even if they are they don’t deserve to die) (via zombiescorp)
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ENDLESS LIST OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS: LESTAT DE LIONCOURT
I am proud; I am an egomaniac of a being; I do love attention; I want glory; I want to be wanted by God and the Devil; I want, I want, I want, I want.
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ENDLESS LIST OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS: LESTAT DE LIONCOURT
I am proud; I am an egomaniac of a being; I do love attention; I want glory; I want to be wanted by God and the Devil; I want, I want, I want, I want.
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wishuwerebear:
capriceandwhimsy:
neufel:
wilwheaton:
(via French vote results analyzes by T_D : facepalm)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
This week-end, american far-right internet trolls :
1. Leaked boring emails 36h before the elections, thinking that it would make headlines, just like Hillary’s emails.Result : They didn’t know that french tv doesn’t have the right to talk about politics the day before the election. The printed press said they didn’t want to jeopardize the election for mails they wouldn’t have time to read.2. They started campaigning on Twitter, with Google Traduction levels of french, retweeting and commenting on the worst emails from the leak.Result : Unable to understand french, and french memes, they quickly started to retweet obvious fakes that were created by funny people on Twitter. My favourite one : a fake mail about a guy watching Doctor Who and enjoying Moffat’s run, then without any transition he admits masturbating to wav files of sink noises. Then he starts talking gibberish (+ bonus Yaoi). The MAGA idiots only read the last sentence “fuck the people”. They didn’t even check if the mail was in the leak.Just imagine if french activists started retweeting @ dril.
3. Jack Posobiec, that one dude that kept campaigning for “nationalism” (so for Le Pen) helped make some noise about the leaks. Then he “respectfully” asked an emergency meeting with the french parliament. The day of the election.Result : A couple hundreds french users started to make fun of his idea. That’s understandable because :- No one knows him, here.- Why would we want to hear an american for our own elections ?- By law, we do not have the right to add anything to the election that may change the results so close to election day. And even worse DURING election day. So if he was french, charges could be pressed against him. Sure, come over, dude.- It’s Sunday.- The Parliament is in recess during the electionsBut yeah good point, dude.
4. It’s about globalism vs nationalism ! France needs to defend its country against globalism ! Did you know that Macron has been financed by the US “deep state” ?Result : It’s funny how US far-right has been against “globalism” for a few weeks, and now they’re already trying to force the rest of the world to do the same. What’s funnier is how oblivious they are that in Europe, the USA is seen as the big (or sole) source of “globalism”, we’re under pressure from the USA for… everything. And now some americans are telling us what to vote… to prevent foreigners meddling with our democracy.Sure Jan.And if Macron has good relations with Washington it’s not that big of a deal in France. You know, we’re allies. What’s the worst that could happen ? The USA could start a war where our own soliders die ? Wow. That happens every two years already.
Bonus : Top US activists arguments anti-Macron they tried to tell french people (but were lost in translation)
Macron married his teacher ! She’s older, and it’s creepy. He’s a wuss, a cuck !!> France doesn’t give a shit about the sex life of politicians. I’m 29 ans I have never lived under a Presidency without sexual affairs/divorces/orgies (you read that right)/ and even… hidden love children.NO. FUCKS. GIVEN.The only dude that lost any chance in elections is because he raped someone. Being happily married with an older woman = not the same.
Macron is gay ! We have proof that he’s only married to hide the GAAAAY.> Okay whatevs. Gay marriage is legal. Sure there’s homophobic violence in France. But you do not lose any credibility in politics if you’re gay. Fuck, the interim leader of the Front National (Le Pen’s party) is gay. And one of the vice presidents of that very far-right party is gay too.NO. FUCKS. GIVEN.And wait, weren’t we supposed to be against him because he married an older woman ?
Macron is a socialist !> Guys. Socialist is an insult only in your backwards country. The president is from the socialist party. Nice try. “Clinton is a democrat” [americans scream in terror]
—-You know what the worst part is ? A majority of french people doesn’t even like Macron and his views.And yet not one of their attacks sticked. Well done, HACKERS ON STEROIDS.
If this is true, it’s hilarious.
It is. All of it. But to be fair the majority of French people never heard of it, because of our press policy regarding the elections.
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wishuwerebear:
capriceandwhimsy:
neufel:
wilwheaton:
(via French vote results analyzes by T_D : facepalm)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
This week-end, american far-right internet trolls :
1. Leaked boring emails 36h before the elections, thinking that it would make headlines, just like Hillary’s emails.Result : They didn’t know that french tv doesn’t have the right to talk about politics the day before the election. The printed press said they didn’t want to jeopardize the election for mails they wouldn’t have time to read.2. They started campaigning on Twitter, with Google Traduction levels of french, retweeting and commenting on the worst emails from the leak.Result : Unable to understand french, and french memes, they quickly started to retweet obvious fakes that were created by funny people on Twitter. My favourite one : a fake mail about a guy watching Doctor Who and enjoying Moffat’s run, then without any transition he admits masturbating to wav files of sink noises. Then he starts talking gibberish (+ bonus Yaoi). The MAGA idiots only read the last sentence “fuck the people”. They didn’t even check if the mail was in the leak.Just imagine if french activists started retweeting @ dril.
3. Jack Posobiec, that one dude that kept campaigning for “nationalism” (so for Le Pen) helped make some noise about the leaks. Then he “respectfully” asked an emergency meeting with the french parliament. The day of the election.Result : A couple hundreds french users started to make fun of his idea. That’s understandable because :- No one knows him, here.- Why would we want to hear an american for our own elections ?- By law, we do not have the right to add anything to the election that may change the results so close to election day. And even worse DURING election day. So if he was french, charges could be pressed against him. Sure, come over, dude.- It’s Sunday.- The Parliament is in recess during the electionsBut yeah good point, dude.
4. It’s about globalism vs nationalism ! France needs to defend its country against globalism ! Did you know that Macron has been financed by the US “deep state” ?Result : It’s funny how US far-right has been against “globalism” for a few weeks, and now they’re already trying to force the rest of the world to do the same. What’s funnier is how oblivious they are that in Europe, the USA is seen as the big (or sole) source of “globalism”, we’re under pressure from the USA for… everything. And now some americans are telling us what to vote… to prevent foreigners meddling with our democracy.Sure Jan.And if Macron has good relations with Washington it’s not that big of a deal in France. You know, we’re allies. What’s the worst that could happen ? The USA could start a war where our own soliders die ? Wow. That happens every two years already.
Bonus : Top US activists arguments anti-Macron they tried to tell french people (but were lost in translation)
Macron married his teacher ! She’s older, and it’s creepy. He’s a wuss, a cuck !!> France doesn’t give a shit about the sex life of politicians. I’m 29 ans I have never lived under a Presidency without sexual affairs/divorces/orgies (you read that right)/ and even… hidden love children.NO. FUCKS. GIVEN.The only dude that lost any chance in elections is because he raped someone. Being happily married with an older woman = not the same.
Macron is gay ! We have proof that he’s only married to hide the GAAAAY.> Okay whatevs. Gay marriage is legal. Sure there’s homophobic violence in France. But you do not lose any credibility in politics if you’re gay. Fuck, the interim leader of the Front National (Le Pen’s party) is gay. And one of the vice presidents of that very far-right party is gay too.NO. FUCKS. GIVEN.And wait, weren’t we supposed to be against him because he married an older woman ?
Macron is a socialist !> Guys. Socialist is an insult only in your backwards country. The president is from the socialist party. Nice try. “Clinton is a democrat” [americans scream in terror]
—-You know what the worst part is ? A majority of french people doesn’t even like Macron and his views.And yet not one of their attacks sticked. Well done, HACKERS ON STEROIDS.
If this is true, it’s hilarious.
It is. All of it. But to be fair the majority of French people never heard of it, because of our press policy regarding the elections.
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pawnshcpdevil:
thesamevicvega:
starconfetti :
there is no happily ever after for people who aren’t people | @sharkodactyl
@vexulumloup @bigbybxdwolf
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pawnshcpdevil:
thesamevicvega:
starconfetti :
there is no happily ever after for people who aren’t people | @sharkodactyl
@vexulumloup @bigbybxdwolf
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swagayen:
Some remake covers of the wonderful All For the Game series by Nora Sakavic! I’ve done these as a book cover project for my second year of university. If you haven’t read them yet, I highly recommend. :)
Painted with Gouache
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swagayen:
Some remake covers of the wonderful All For the Game series by Nora Sakavic! I’ve done these as a book cover project for my second year of university. If you haven’t read them yet, I highly recommend. :)
Painted with Gouache
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