#mdpost

thecybersmith:

It is hot as h*ck in the Scottish Borders today!

I’m melting!

It’s a cool and breezy spring day. Stiff upper lip.

glumshoe:

athelind:

glumshoe:

Me: “—and so I thought it was weird that they were calling them ‘theropods’ as if that clarified anything. I figured maybe they were trying to avoid calling them ‘velociraptors’, but why ‘theropods’? Why not just call them ‘raptors’?”

Coworker: “Probably because ‘theropods’ was what they were called in the script, so the actors were reading the script!”

…. that’s, like, not even Doylist. That’s, like, missing the point that even Doyle had reasons.

I had absolutely no idea how to respond to that.

And now I’m imagining you just carrying a bunch of print outs of your blog posts in your pocket to read to coworkers whenever things get a bit quiet.

libertybill:

krinkshame:

pgay:

”if u like someone just tell them!!” yeah sure goodbye

It takes me a minimum of 2-6 months but I always get around to it

I told Arden I big L loved her after like 3 weeks because I did.

Alternatively, if you can’t tell someone about your feelings for them, at least don’t bitch about it because literally no one can do anything about it but you. Don’t go bringing back the fucking Friend Zone.

glumshoe:

glumshoe:

Me: “Anyway here is my complicated relationship with lesbian identity and why publicly identifying as such is something I have avoided because it invites nauseating discourse from strangers about nonbinary identities and gender litmus tests, but I use it privately in real life among people I know are capable of nuance and value compassion over participating in righteous discourse. I no longer see a purpose in keeping that private.”

Tumblr: [crickets]

Me: “Here’s a lighthearted joke about being a lesbian—“

Tumblr, en masse: “You disgusting, ugly, hairy MAN, you creepy RAPIST, you are not and NEVER WILL BE a lesbian, go fuck yourself, I can’t BELIEVE you think you’re entitled to FUCK LESBIANS. You’re so predatory. Kill yourself. You referred to the Bechdel Test? Appropriative. You are too masculine to have any right to call yourself a lesbian.”

That statement was in direct response to a flood of people claiming that interacting with lesbians made me predatory and that my difficulty discerning extreme friendliness from possible flirtation was “male entitlement” and “rape culture” because no lesbian would ever find someone like me attractive. When passing as male and living stealth, being identified as “female” without coming out to them either means you aren’t passing (dangerous, dysphoria-inducing) or they have special knowledge about you. A lesbian approaching someone romantically in this context without first clarifying how they conceptualize their gender and sexuality is showing disregard for their identity and is quite possibly a TERF - you have no idea how many cis lesbians have approached me with some variation of “oh it’s so sad that you bought into those Transtrender Lies and have mutilated your Sacred Wombyn’s Body”. 

This, too, was immediately on the heels of “DFAB nonbinary people are Actually  Just Men who don’t want to admit to having male privilege so that they can parasitize women’s spaces”. As much as this upset me and felt wrong, any attempt to distance myself from “man-ness” would (and continuously has been) be construed as “dodging accountability” and “invading safe spaces”. I did not want to push back against being considered Basically a Man both because I would be used as proof of this belief and because I fundamentally disagree with the unspoken attitude that the only two genders are “predator” and “prey”, and that too many drops of masculinity into a solution chemically transforms it into Predator Gender. 

I can’t really relate to the aspect of ‘discourse culture’ that involves getting really invested in the long-term development of strangers’ personal identities and feeling the need to challenge or police how they express them. You are free to consider me “suspicious” - it is unlikely that there will ever be a time in which you will need to trust me - but I can guarantee that disaster will not befall the Earth if you decide to mind your own business. 

Lesbians: Why do you say you don’t like to date lesbians?

Also lesbians: This.

sharingsharoncarter:

chefpyro:

chefpyro:

onion-souls:

chefpyro:

Wait, which series does Miles Morales first appear in? All these different series are so confusing

Ultimate Spider-Man, in the universe of the Ultimate imprint. It was the best of the Ultimate series.

Cool

man, what the fuck

This is the most accurate post about getting into comic books I have ever seen.

The one you’re looking for is, if I recall correctly, Ultimate Spider-Man (2009), which is a direct continuation of Ultimate Spider-Man (2000), after Ultimate Peter Parker was killed off.

glumshoe:

toysoldieralan:

glumshoe:

glumshoe:

The stripes on the original rainbow Pride flag stood for traits and values, like “healing”, “serenity”, and “art”. I think it’s ultimately a bad idea to try to create pride flags with stripes that each represent specific identities within a community - concepts about group identity change over time, and in-group bickering about who does or does not belong can eclipse unity and solidarity. 

for example here is my design for a lesbian pride flag

the plaid represents the value of using an axe, the generic botanical print represents liking the idea of having houseplants, the road represents having mostly long-distance relationships, the stars represent going to space and being successfully advertised to, and the orange represents having anxiety and Rebel fighter pilots

Constructive criticism: the white lines on the road should probably be narrower and further apart, it doesn’t quite read as a road at first glance to me.

Also, the mixture of textures and solid colors feels a bit off, probably because the textures are right next to each other. The textured lines might work better if they were the second and fourth lines because then they would be evenly distributed between the lines that seem to be graphical elements.

My final recommendation would be to try the lines in this order: 1-blue, 2-botanical, 3-road, 4-plaid, 5-orange. I feel they may fit together better as a unit that way.

While I appreciate your input and you make great points, it’s more authentic if it’s a tacky aesthetic disaster. 

To everyone suggesting adding a stripe for cat-owners: just lay it on a chair and it’ll be covered in cat hair in no time. DIY. 

I’m pretty sure that, if you showed this to a vexillologist, you’d turn them into a homophobe.

glumshoe:

Me: “Anyway here is my complicated relationship with lesbian identity and why publicly identifying as such is something I have avoided because it invites nauseating discourse from strangers about nonbinary identities and gender litmus tests, but I use it privately in real life among people I know are capable of nuance and value compassion over participating in righteous discourse. I no longer see a purpose in keeping that private.”

Tumblr: [crickets]

Me: “Here’s a lighthearted joke about being a lesbian—“

Tumblr, en masse: “You disgusting, ugly, hairy MAN, you creepy RAPIST, you are not and NEVER WILL BE a lesbian, go fuck yourself, I can’t BELIEVE you think you’re entitled to FUCK LESBIANS. You’re so predatory. Kill yourself. You referred to the Bechdel Test? Appropriative. You are too masculine to have any right to call yourself a lesbian.”

Lick this.

If it turns red, you’re a transphobe.

bastion-official:

thepleasuregoblin:

shykayjay2017:

bigwordsandsharpedges:

the-furry-butler:

punished-rainy-days:

tilthat:

TIL Nuclear power is actually better environmentally than coal.

viaift.tt

Atomophobia is a big oil plot tbh

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Newer designs are even better. For example, a molten salt reactor can be designed so that it physically can’t go into core meltdown. Because the radioactive fuel is dissolved in a molten salt compound, an overheating reactor can simply melt through a barrier, pour into a shielded chamber, and solidify back into a solid form. 

The best example uses liquid fluoride salt and radioactive thorium, which is cheaper, more plentiful, and less suited to weapons than uranium. 

Have ANY of you played fallout?? No thanks

What an absolute galaxy brain take

Atomic advocates when someone says Thorium be like

hatingongodot:

hatingongodot:

It’s feminist for me to fantasize about a beefy country boy to lift things for me and introduce me to his goats, because it turns me on and is therefore empowering!!! Fuck you!!!!!!!

Are there weird gender role issues here if he has a big appetite and I make a lot of food for him? NO, because I am also PEGGING HIM in this scenario!! I am the FARM DOMME

There are weird gender role issues here becauseyou are also pegging him in this scenario.

coopidge:

A single fucking day hasn’t passed without me thinking about how Spy Kids 3 actually happened. Like… You all saw that, right? 

Do you think Robert Rodriguez stays in Heaven because he too lives in fear of what he’s created? 

libertybill:

lovelyardie:

thecybersmith:

lovelyardie:

thecybersmith:

whatthediscourse:

thecybersmith:

alightlitinthedark:

thecybersmith:

aphobiclynz:

If PDA isn’t allowed in an LGBT safe space, it isn’t a safe space.

Apparently, anywhere that’s safe for children isn’t “an LGBT safe space”.

Have some consideration for others.

@thecybersmith I’m sorry, are you saying LGBT people aren’t…safe for children?

I’m saying that PDA isn’t suitable around children.

Innocence is precious and should be preserved.

i guess my (straight) parentes are abusive for…. kissing sometimes?

or does this just apply to gay people?

Do your (straight) parents kiss in the presence of children?

If so, they should probably stop that.

?? Dude what kind of example do you think parents should set for kids if you think that they should never show physical affection for each other? Kids who grow up with emotionally/physically distant parents are predisposed to fall into patterns of abusive relationships later on in life. Children seeing their parents kiss and show signs of affection for each other is not only appropriate, but also fundamental for their growth as it provides them with a healthy understanding of what love and loyalty is supposed to look like. Emotionally cold and distant parents are known to elicit anxiety and depression in children, which can later be detrimental to their ability to form lasting, mature relationships in their adult lives.

Do you ever fucking think before you speak? Or do you open your mouth and just let the monkey brain come out?

Parents should be courteous, reserved, modest people, who only express affection in private.

Thus their children will grow to be courteous, reserved, modest people, who only express affection in private.

i really don’t think you’re in any position to say dictate the traits of people who raise the next generation of kids, my guy…

Why are any of y’all so surprised @thecybersmith‘s parents didn’t give him enough affection as a child? That’s what governesses are for.

victini:

0ndo:

victini:

You can control white people by giving them cheese

cheese is so good tho

I got one

History implies that white people are far more likely to just kill you and take your cheese, and then enslave your family to work in their cheese factories.