High schoolers: ugh that person is weird because they have some minor superficial differences from the rest of us what a freak
College students: I saw a dude with green hair riding a unicycle around campus I would literally kill to be that cool
For one semester in undergrad I sometimes saw a woman in a yellow hijab riding around on her skateboard while wearing a pikachu onesie and I pray every day that she is living her best life.
What is it anyway with everything having to be family friendly these days
Like, idk but this entire development seems really weird to me. Having adult spaces is fine. Keeping kids out of adult spaces is also fine (and necessary!). Adults often have a need for sexual or more explicit content and that’s healthy and fine, too. Adults need to be able to also discuss difficult aspects of life that might not always be child-friendly but is nevertheless vital to our lives and communities. Making the Internet into a weird Disney-esque fantasy land where nothing more than one quick kiss is allowed and the exploration of darker content is forbidden because it would interfere with the happy-rabbits-jumping-around-there-are-no-bad-things-in-ba-sing-se imagery is not only extremely censoring but also straight up unhealthy, for the individual as well as the larger community
Idk where I’m going with this but this watering down and toning down of content that we see also on other sites to the point where youtubers cannot discuss issues like addiction without fear of demonetisation… It’s just straight up unhealthy to society at large and we will feel the repercussions of this even strongly if we don’t firmly combat it
After “Do not stand at my grave and weep”, author disputed:
Do not stand at your bowl and meow. I gave you food. It’s in there now. I feed you at the dawning light, I feed you at the fall of night. I feed you kibbles mixed with meat And wet food for a special treat. I feed you even though you scoff At all the food within your trough. I feed you and still yet you yell Like as a beast from deepest hell. Do not stand at your bowl and cry. I gave you food. You will not die.
