Honestly, the whole Tumblr flagging debacle reminds me of nothing so much as the official White Wolf forums back in the 1990s, whose automatic profanity filters were so overzealous that they ended up censoring terminology from some of their own games.
(For the uninitiated, the starkest example was probably the filter that automatically converted “ass” to “butt”, including when the string A-S-S appeared as part of another word. The trouble is that White Wolf’s most popular game, Vampire: The Masquerade, included in its lore a prominent vampire clan called the Assamites, who stock-in-trade was assassination. Under the forum’s profanity filter, players were reduced to referring to them as the Buttamites, and their missions as – you guessed it – buttbuttinations.)
Aries:There is a depth to the place you live. A heaviness to your heart. The world seems to press into you with the weight and fuzzy comfort of a large and affectionate dog who does not know who you are.
Taurus:Ancestors who lost their way among the great salt deserts and misty snow-capped climbs. Boiling rawhide and split lips. Religions so old they had no gods.
Gemini:Sing to me kind sirs of histories unmarred by memory. Touch not the gentle past and allow it to slip away to rest. You wonder if you will dream. You hope not, and you will not, but others will dream of you.
Cancer:Ghosts in the land line. The telephone wires here run through a maze of nameless dead. Orphans of trickster gods with flashing eyes and peaking, baritone voices like a broken loudspeaker. Their touch is sickness, but do not let go of the precious things you hold.
Leo:A lifelong ambition to understand. Symbols on pages, equations becoming more than just symbols. Music, art, architecture, sound, light, thought, love, all blending into a single whole. So so close to true understanding. The One understanding.
Virgo:An essential piece of the progress of science has always been faith. Explore and explain the world in new ways. Reaching into the blinding light with naught but a prayer and a hunch. These things never wholly separate. Couched in reason as the world may be, we are never truly above the old magic.
Libra:It will pin you to the concrete, this desire to let go. Never, ever let that altruism fade. Kindness is all you have. It is all any of us have. It is all any of us will ever have.
Scorpio:Relax your shoulders, you hold stress there. Stretch before bedtime and when you wake up. It wont fix the stress but it will make it so the stress at least isnt painful anymore. Do it you fucker. Take care of yourself.
Ophiuchus:The most progress happens when you’re just fuckin around.
Sagittarius:Poor thing. You think its not like it used to be? Wistful for when you were good at things? Well guess what, the self is impermanence and you are still you. You can only ever be you. Things can only ever be the same.
Capricorn:An obsession with logic, with things like “The Best Choice” ignore the fundamental chaos of the world. Sandcastles on sandcastles at high tide on a rock hurtling through the void made by people who just want to fuck with stuff because the world needs a good shake up.
Aquarius:Violence for violence is the rule of beasts. Quit pretending you aren’t a beast.
Pisces:World got you down? You know yourself better than anyone else ever can. Retreat to the simple things, to the foundations of your life. As far back as you need to go. There is always a citadel where you can rest.
my advice to anyone out there in academia is to write with the confidence of an ancient natural historian talking in a position of authority about something he knows absolutely jack shit about
like imposter syndrome is a real and terrible thing but if it makes you feel better you’re definitely not nearly as wrong as pliny “there are 176 kinds of fish in the ocean and that’s a real true fact” the elder
This is Bella. She carries a plastic knife everywhere, sits like an overfed bear, and sunbathes in the blistering Aussie heat until we have to drag her inside.
being a cashier is so stressful i’ll be like “hi! how are you :^)” and the customer will hand me a screwdriver and say “my granddaughter had a miscarriage this morning” and I’m like …………………..i’m so sorry that’s $2.33
Deadass I once told a customer “Have a nice day!” and he responded that he couldn’t because it was the anniversary of his wife’s murder
liberals be like: who wants to get evicted at gun point because your poor, but by a goodcop!!!
Our Pink Cops will evict you at gunpoint, but they’ll be LGBT-friendly about it!
A cop, pinning me to the wall and dislocating my shoulder: WHAT ARE YOUR PRONOUNS WHAT ARE YOUR PROUNOUNS
Lmao, yall joke, but when I got arrested and ziptied being lead to the paddywagon the cop was askin info on the way and he’s like: “what’re uh…yer pronouns and all..”
And I was like “wait what…..why do you need that?” Nd he’s like “errr uh we have to ask.”
So many people never ask and just assume, so I almost fell for the trick, I really was like almost giddy about being asked completely forgetting where I was, but then I had to jump back into the closet cuz i realized it didn’t seem right, so I said “uh……he”.
I found out later that other GNC people who gave their true pronouns were all placed in isolation and subjected to worse treatment than the rest of us, including assault.
Liberals are our enemy too.
yuuuuuuuup! I was asked my pronouns when arrested too and same deal trans prisoners are put in solitary so fuck that shit!
A BIG ANGRY
literally kill every cop!!
Same actually, except that they were going to check my genitals and stuff me in with the men if I didn’t come out as trans to them. They also spent a good 10 minutes making fun of me and making jokes about my dick while processing me.
Oh, and they literally moved a female prisoner to the next cell to put me in solitary.
Frankly like, death to cops fuck the system.
Yeah, this. We were all only ever joking in the ‘it sounds funny but only because if I don’t laugh i’ll cry or punch things cause it’s true.’ way. LGBT-inclusiveness means nothing for most of us in an oppressive state.
- they will wiggle their eye stalks in excitement - they have favorite places to sleep and favorite friends to sleep with - they’re good for your skin so let them run around on ur face!!! - they can feel their shells, which means they can feel u pet them (pet gently!!) - u can help a snail with a broken shell by giving it eggshells or cuttlebones to scrape (the calcium helps them patch up!) - they like a change of scenery and will explore all day if u change something - absolute cuddle bugs. love to snuggle with u, with friends, with dirt - u can hear them chew!! listen closely when u feed them….. asmr - as distinct as snowflakes, every single one is different!! i can tell all of my snails apart easily - babies. absolute baby children - speaking of babies, baby garden snails are no bigger than raindrops and translucent… delicate!! keep in a separate enclosure until they’re bigger!! baby jail!!! - some snails are shy……… kiss them. they are important
AHEM speaking as a grad student from the University of Wisconsin, NONE OF THE PEOPLE THERE BELIEVE IT EITHER, PLEASE DO NOT BLAME BARRY FUCKING POWELL ON US.
also he isn’t even at the uw anymore, he retired early to write really bad poetry and live in a yurt, and I swear to god I wish I were making this up
Aries:Your procrastination will come to an end when the stars and I personally show up at your house and force you to make fan art with a crowbar.
Taurus:You’ve had your eyes on someone Taurus. Now just might be the time to make a move. The stars say you are very compatible now that you are both missing an arm.
Gemini:Money comes easily and often to someone who is trying to give you as little as possible.
Cancer:When you find yourself stuck, try asking the advice of your closest friends from the sewers.
Leo:The ambitious type comes with its downsides. Keep yourself in check when you stumble across a massive thing with one arm that pins down an elk and rips its entire head off.
Virgo:Your capacity for learning will come in handy today when you smash your head through an old Apple II and download the entire internet into your brain, along with several shards of glass.
Libra:Today California will succumb to its tectonic pressure and sink into the ocean. It will return moments later. Hold your breath.
Scorpio:Focus on the other people in your life with a massive Hellenistic heat ray made of thousands of polished brass shields.
Ophiuchus:Your worldview will be challenged today when a customer at work vomits up several small magnets without breaking eye contact.
Sagittarius:The stars say today will be real spongy. A real absorbent type day.
Capricorn:Today you will finally locate and kill the college student with a writing credit on your life.
Aquarius:Today will go much better if, before you do anything, you eat several pages from your copy of Leaves of Grass.
Pisces:Your love life is due for a sudden long-distance strike from heavy artillery. Make sure you are fortified correctly.
Was too busy to make a halloween thing this year, but enjoy this small story about love, old ladies and good etiquette about sharing a bathroom
the comic was made for last year’s halloween @liliesanthology but it just got oublished on this year Corpse Lily vol, check it and consider buying it if you are into some fine scary ladies romance
