#Hypothetical discourse

[prokopetz]

I think we're starting to dilute the meaning of "terminally online". Like, no, it's not terminally online to have eccentric opinions about a popular TV show – people like that existed before "online" was a thing. Unless we're talking at least an "it's homophobic for gay furries to have rat fursonas because they're depicting gay people as vermin", the onlineness falls well short of terminal.

#tumblr #blogging #social media #discourse #terminally online #homophobia mention #not a hypothetical example

[mighty-meerkat]

my eternal take on literature discourse is that we would all be a lot happier and more well-read if we remembered the Rights of the Reader

specifically the very last bit, which reads 'Don't make fun of people who don't read - or they never will'

#reading discourse #seriously whenever i see someone making a post mocking some hypothetical #'white 30 yo woman who reads destiel mpreg instead of simone de beauvoir's the second sex' #i always think #well you won't get her to read simone de beauvoir's the second sex if you talk to her like that

[hirundo-demersalis]

If Madoka Magica was released in 2014-2017, you'd have tags like #pmmmcritical containing unhinged and opinionated discourse posts like: "Unfriendly fucking reminder to STOP fucking joking about He/ad/less Ma//mi because her death fucking TRAUMATIZED Mad//oka and Sa//yaka and you're a monster if you think a 15-year-old getting decapitated by a witch in front of her friends and giving them PTSD is funny", alongside various random posts rabidly hating on Kyubey or Madoka's little brother.

#disclaimer: this is a joke post and purely hypothetical #you think i'm exaggerating but #back when i was into SU i saw posts literally doing this exact thing #specifically this one about not joking about garnet's reaction to the shard fusions #or various posts hating on the animal sidekicks or human characters #this isn't even touching on the shipping discourse that would have gone down #talks #op #madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #headless mami #fandumb #fandom wank #disk horse #discourse

[miguelinileugim]

Elves are such an odd concept. Like, if I was a human in a world where some people get to live for centuries and I won't. At the bare minimum, I wouldn't be having more short lived children. The implications of this are only concerning because some people in the real world do legitimately believe that minute differences in ethnicity justify eugenics if not outright ethnic cleansing. But in a world where elves existed honestly I would hope my own species goes extinct.

Some takeaways:

Elves don't exist

If elves existed, nazis would still see them as inferior somehow because it's not about actual ethnic superiority

Elves existing would still not justify ethnic cleansing, forced sterilization or even most if not all forms of eugenics

If nazism needs a universe like Warhammer 40k to justify itself it kinda shows how ridiculous of an ideology it is in the real world

Hottest take:

Gattaca is a fine movie in other ways but if you have children who will die at the elf equivalent of 20 years that's no different than having real life kids when you know they'll die at literally 20 years old because of a genetic disease.

#hot take #hottest take #Gattaca #eugenics #politics #elves #discourse #fantasy discourse #fantasy #hypothetical #philosophy #sousou no frieren #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #marcille donato

[qtubbo]

If you every think discourse is bad here know that some of qsmptwt are currently having discourse about tubbo destroying cellbits castle notably he never did this.

#they went into a hypothetical and now people are being like tubbo is breaking the unspoken rules of the server #Hes such a bad person for destroying cellbits castle. <- hes not even enemies with cellbit yet #Discourse #<- probably idk #qsmp #tubbo

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

The tumblr queer community discourse is like the physics when you get down to the subatomic level and everything just goes wonky and stops making sense and none of the normal rules apply anymore.

#It's the discourse for a microworld where cishetallos either don't exist or only exist in the hypothetical #What if that gnc man is an egg? What if he isn't an egg? Well‚ no one is gonna ask him that's for sure #Queer #queer discourse #Lgbt #Lgbtqia #I saw an El Gibbity acronym with like 10 extra letters that ended in BTS and I couldn't tell if it was earnest or not #post o' mine #clearing out the drafts

[anti-transphobia]

Just found out about the transunitism tag and I'm having a ball seeing posts from trans people that don't want other trans people dead for arbitrary reasons

#wish we had this transunitism shit BACK IN MY DAY #thats a joke/exaggeration. the infighting was NOT this bad just 5 years ago #it's horrendously bad as people pretend they're focusing on the 'real world problems'.....by getting wrapped up in internet discourse #and terminology #and wasting their time and energy hating other trans people based on hypothetical ideas of what their experiences should be #instead of caring about the actual oppression we all face #anyway me saying i wish we had this back in my day i mean things like the trans run 'bad trans people blog' that had a majority of posts #be about me and how i was a fake trans troll made to make people look bad #because i did the worst thing in the world: be an annoying 15 year old #one of the mods was an ex friend too. ppl will misgender you and doubt your identity because you were annoying or disagreed about something #most of these people were grown ass adults too. but w/e #anyway thats the sort of shit i was referring with my initial tag but honestly. i prefer that to the current state of #the online trans community

[usernyoom]

literally do not kno whether ppl think max isnt capable of being a parent, are angry that him being good one doesnt fit their narrative or are just disgusted by non traditional families 😹😹

#and ANYONE who says he shouldnt be getting that involved with a child that isnt his in case 'he leaves' #do not dare bc biological fathers and mothers leave all the time. parents divorce. you cant base your opinions on a hypothetical #be QUIET #and she isnt baggage 😹😹 #he loves that kid. sorry. girl dad max is real and here in front of ur very eyes #👻👻👻 #beth posts #discourse tag

[aquaristintern]

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#the thing is: people would rather believe things are going to play out exactly how they are in the books that they'll point to anything #to back themselves up #interviews of cast members saying something that does not at all equate to 'armand is mind controlling louis' #or 'the domestic abuse did not happen' #rather than stop and engage with the show on its own #all the symbolism amazing writing and complex characters and new but fantastic changes does not mean anything #because they are more concerned about getting to a hypothetical point of the show where they'll be validated #like they can't acknowledge racism and abusive relationships and inter-generational trauma because they think doing so #makes them a bad person for....liking lestat? being white? liking anne rice as a kid? idk #and THAT'S how we get 'fandom is so toxic pcs were never this bad' 'being white gets you oppressed in some countries so pls be nicies to me #and 'these people are actually pretending to be black to cause trouble see these black people who agree with me? means i'm not racist' #'btw don't worry about the fact i follow racists and allow them on my platform i'm very popular after all that's not the real issue here' #fandom racism #iwtv discourse #to blacklist in case anyone is sick of hearing this

[spicybylerpolls]

I want to reply to the anonymous who suggested Finn and Noah might kiss to 'practise' beforehand.

This is not only very unlikely, but highly unprofessional. The actors aren't on a date, and it's their job. That may seem unglamorous or unexciting, but this is the odd paradox of acting. It's called acting for a reason.

Anon did say they would be in character when practising, but this is still very unlikely unless in a professional rehearsal environment. For example, it is very likely that there will be highly technical rehearsal about movement, camera angles, what the audience can see, and they may kiss for this. But it's still the job.

That's not to say that real feelings cannot be involved. Serious actors, focused on their craft, will say they want to become, not perform. So yes, they will put everything they have into the role, and that includes really feeling the kissing scenes and nudity scenes. However, the feelings, as intense as they are, are funnelled into story and character, and must end when the scene does.

This is quite an odd thing and it's no wonder many actors struggle with compartmentalisation and boundaries, especially without training. The actors in ST are quite young, so they may have spoken on the subject of learning this but I'm not sure. It's much easier with formal training to disconnect.

We are human and things affect us. The key is to manage that and be in control of it. Sadly there is little pastoral care and no traditional HR dept in show business, so much of it falls to the actor to set their own boundaries.

Sorry to burst anyone's bubble. I enjoy this blog and don't mind questions about the actors in real life, but wanted to make sure it doesn't get too fantastical when it comes to that discussion.

Thank you.

very interesting counter-points!

#byler #spicy byler #mike wheeler #will byers #finn wolfhard #noah schnapp #no poll #spicy byler meta #potentially controversial spicy byler discourse #foah #<-block that tag if you don't wanna see anything on this topic #(I will add to tho by saying method actors do exist - not saying that's what f and n are - but it does add an interesting element to things #so I wouldn't say anon's hypothetical would ~necessarily~ be unprofessional #different performers have different perspectives on this topic

[problematiquefics]

are people really acting like the dark urge origin getting a few more lines to separate their dynamic with gortash from tav & other origins is somehow to blame for other act 3 storylines remaining incomplete?

#durgetash #pan.txt #newsflash this didn't take away from any hypothetical work theyre doing to fix literally every storyline in act 3 #discourse tw #the block button is a blessing

[lesbiankordian]

guys I don't think a petition to make a character canonically queer makes sense

#1st of all does she really have to canonically be a lesbian. like in bsd we don't know anyone's identity tbh #cuz asagiri don't need that in order to tell the story he wants to tell #2nd of all i dont see any sense in making such a petition if the most we're gonna get (we're not but hypothetically) is just a mention #'oh I'm a lesbian' #bc you're not gonna get a whole arc abt this. why would he change his plans when it comes to his story #3rd of all how many people are gonna sign that. he won't see the petition im sorry #4th there are many characters who could be queer bc of their irl writers. and making one yosano a lesbian would make sm discourse #bc is she's canonically gay then that means asagiri creates gay characters. but he didn't say anything abt Mykola or verlaine #so they can't be queer right? since it's not confirmed #I think it'd go that way ^ #bsd fandom #bsd #👍🏻

[astro-b-o-y-d]

There is negative chance that Alex would actually do it (in fact I'd actually be fine if he DIDN'T for Very Specific Reasons) but it'd be really funny if he canonized Bill being like fourteen. Like he just came out and said 'Oh yeah, that triangle's actually, like, a fetus'.

#Hayley Speaks #He SHOULD NOT DO THAT under any circumstances but also it'd be so funny to see the internet explode #The discourse would be soooo annoying though so he should not do it #But hypothetically it'd be funny for five seconds

[steeleyespan]

this kind of shit annoys me like idk how to phrase it but i think its actually perfectly fine to dislike landlords for being lazy if youre working your arse off to pay rent and they. arent. Obviously the idea of laziness is like a product of capitalism to make ppl feel bad about not working hard enough blahblahblah but i mean just on a basic level, people are toiling in the retail/amazon mines to earn a pittance that then goes to your landlord who has done fuck all to earn that. They literally get to be "lazy" BECAUSE of your hard work its a privilege. Am paying this cunts mortgage for him am allowed to call him lazy

also people working 40 hour weeks in 'unskilled' jobs, get called lazy/told to get a "real job" all the time as well LMAO why are we dying for landlord rights. Like yes if we lived in the dreamworld were we'd moved past the very concept of laziness and disentangled peoples worth from the amount pf work they do this would be different but we uh dont. It's actually praxis to tell landlords to get a job in mcdonalds

#i am NOT talking about the hypothetical disabled landlord who cant work a 'real job' because of that #i literally know loads of disabled people at my work who HAVE to work in order to pay rent lollol #weird holier than thou thing people love to do on here its pointless imo #also i think 'im mad because my landlord does fuck all while i work myself to death' is probably a thought that leads people into becoming #leftist lol again most people are not engaging in the leftist discourse wars and those are the ppl u have to reach 🙄 #This is probably incomprehensible i KNOW what i want to say. decipher it yourself

[wendig0re]

why tf is the term sysmed even a thing

#please stop using this word #it's clearly based on transmed and as a trans person that's part of a system it just feels weird to see people use this word #trans is never a disorder but systems can be disordered #system discourse #syscourse #I'm not pro or anti anything btw #also this is a hypothetical question so dont even bother

[hand-of-devotion]

As someone who has only been around for Cr2+Cr3. I have somehow, luckily and against all odds, never had a single PC that I've actively disliked. Including guest characters. Like even Yu and Bor'dor despite being very much "against the party", I still 100% enjoyed and find objectively interesting.

However it also means I get a little sad any time I'm exposed to character hate in the tags. Cuz like, for certain characters I know they're intentionally complicated and difficult and make bad/wrong/obnoxious decisions. So seeing "criticisms" that are just chalked up to "why is this character complicated and making wrong decisions, it's obnoxious." my brain can't connect to empathize with that point of view. I'm too objective. That's the whole point, it makes complete sense so it's not even really a criticism it's just. Being annoyed about a thing that was meant to be kinda annoying.

#discourse #critical role #this could hypothetically apply to any pc from either campaign #but it noticeably applies to certain characters more than others #in my mind it'd be boring for every character to be right or nice or digestible the majority of the time #you need a character whos a genuine little shit to spice things up. get you out of your comfort zone lol