Want to write something with like a Rei Ayanami type character who after The World Is Saved decided to transition and everyone tries to talk him out of it because of course the way to "heal" from massive violations to your body autonomy is to continue to violate that body autonomy, says transphobes

This is what I keep coming back to—from stuff like this, to the "debate me" MAGA bros who show up on college campuses: the desire on the right for prolonged engagement with the left is wildly asymmetrical and unreciprocated, and speaks to a kind of contempt laced with deep affinity and desire.

As always, if you're surprised people online give a shit about something, there's a good chance that they don't.

Well don't I feel stupid

If u draw hairy masculine cowboy transmascs you'll get called a freak or cringe and if u draw "pretty" transmascs w long hair u get complaints about how you only draw "hairless 'white' twinks" and ur a "fetishist". people have no new material because theyve already criticized trans men to the bone

HEGSETH: Real warriors FIGHT GENERALS: [noise of restrained approval] HEGSETH: Real warriors DRINK GENERALS: [somewhat less noise] HEGSETH: NOBODY tells real warriors how much to drink or when or where GENERALS: [awkward silence] /1

mindset

So I reserved one of the many, many m/m books @swordsjew.bsky.social read and the Libby loan came in and I started the book in the waiting room of a doctor's appointment and my blood pressure was probably as close to normal as it's been for like a year so maybe they're onto something idk

This made me laugh extra hard today

Shema the Beit Shammai way! Morning shema = standing up Bedtime shema = lying down Depression shema = curled up into a ball

So... something about the Knights of Guinevere trans headcanons... Apparently some people were super invested in Frankie being a trans woman and the show runner said no she wasn't and then later said she wasn't against headcanons. This is now called "Trans Frankie" theory/headcanons. But.

omg it’s amy at work

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Toss up #jayvik #arcane

Actually for real tho let him cook

hi, cis folks! do you trust the senate to decide whether you can have healthcare or if you legally exist under the law or where you can legally wash your hands or pee? neither do we! please tap into the thread & tell senators our civil rights & lives matter—even more than the jimmy kimmel show!

Anyway you should all read The Locked Tomb series,

Being a bisexual emperor must be the most stressful shit in the world. You go to the inner palace and your wives are scheming. You go to the outer court and the male concubines that you promoted to viziers are fighting. Your wife just poisoned your favorite twink eunuch. There’s no peace

I was just thinking about this yesterday, in the context of the Kirk shooter. Labeling these people as "extremists" conflates their extreme methods with having extreme goals (e.g. being far-right or far-left). The two often do go together, but don't have to.

CHOTINER: So. Good to see you again. CHOTINER'S CHILDHOOD BULLY: Is it? CHOTINER: No. CHOTINER'S CHILDHOOD BULLY: So how's this work? You ask a bunch of dumb questions and try'n make me look stupid? CHOTINER: Basically. CHOTINER'S CHILDHOOD BULLY: Okay, let's DO this, Chotinerd.

Just got around to watching KPop Demon Hunters and gotta hand it to Mira's character. The problem with characters like Mira is that it's a razor thin margin between "why do they hang out with this jerk" vs "tough facade is fake and paper thin" and they really nailed it with her, bravo.

Wonder if things would have been better if social media never evolved beyond BBS.

CHOTINER: So God cast you into hell? SATAN: Yeah, joke's on Him, I took over the place. C: Now you're in charge of punishing evildoers? S: [laughs] I guess you could say that. C: So you're doing God's work? S: OK I wouldn't be mad if you go light on that part because it could dwarf everything else.

CHOTINER: So You created us right GOD: Yes CHOTINER: In Your image GOD: Yes CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things GOD: Oh Yes CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this

Engraving two bullets with "this bullet only lies" and "this bullet only tells the truth" to really stump the FBI

CHOTINER: And when was that? MY CAT: I mean at least 14 hours ago CHOTINER: Well hold on. You're telling me you haven't been fed at all today but if I look in your bowl here I see a- MY CAT: An untouched serving, I know, but if you'd let me finish- CHOTINER: Yeah, of course.

CHOTINER: So you ate the plums. WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS: I ate the plums. CHOTINER: ... CHOTINER: Okay.

Look dressing up in the same mantel as the Torah on any Jewish holiday is like a guest wearing a white gown to a wedding. It's super gauche.

💙💙💙10 MILLION VIEWS!!!!💙💙💙 ✨Thank you so much for watching the pilot!✨ #KnightsOfGuinevere

We made a comic about street smarts (this is one of my favorites we've made).

Shhh let them cook

CHOTINER: So you enjoy jumping on trends with self-referential humor? ME: Oh absolutely. For example I'm making up this imaginary interview that refers to itself. See how it works? CHOTINER: Right, so that covers the "self-referential" part. ME: ...

it's probably just an artefact of being a teen: A) they often still watch some stuff with parents or friends B) they're still figuring out their own sexuality C) they consume mostly shit media we just didn't survey previous generations at their age for this stuff

It's actually really weird that with the "exploding autism rates" nobody seems to point out that it seems to line up with internet dating kicking off, a scheme that works best for people who introduce themselves by their all-consuming interest and want to hook up based on that.

I could not keep this one to myself:

CHOTINER: So your son is 14, is that right? IKARI: It's complex, Isaac. If— CHOTINER: And the “robot” he pilots, that’s actually the child of an alien you keep crucified in the basement, which is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother? IKARI: Look, let me answer the question. CHOTINER: Sure.

i don't know what you're talking about, frankenstein's girlfriend is called the creature and has a huge role

Chotiner: So you say that a dove chick that was found within fifty cubits of a dovecote, it belongs to the owner of the dovecote. Me: Yes. Chotiner: If one leg of the chick was within fifty cubits of the dovecote, and one leg was beyond fifty cubits, what then?

as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?

scuse you. we are the greatest apes.

very special commission for @merimerz.bsky.social and @ester-galls.bsky.social 🤍✨ #jayvik #arcane

On the National Mall this morning, a new satirical statue is up celebrating Jeffrey Epstein and Trump's "friendship" in honor of National Friendship Month.

Okay all the Jews off today I got a fun prank. When you go back to work tomorrow, you tell everyone that you were raptured yesterday but came back because it turns out heaven sucks.

got raptured

Fun fact: GWAR spoke out against the defunding of orgs like PBS. Lead singer Mike Bishop, who holds a PhD in music, stopped in the middle of a show to point out that defunding public institutions is horrible and said it'd lead to worse. Dude was not wrong.

one of the bigger shifts in republican party messaging over the last decade has been the complete abandonment of talk about family values in anything but a very shallow way

Brb making a local download of Wikipedia before things get too bad