#i need a tag for my own rambles

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

me a few years ago: its so weird how right wingers always wanna blame the "elite" given that alot of them are in the global 1% of wealth and therefore almost by definition the same "elite" they claim to hate. weird right? lol right wing logic makes no sense

me now: oh my god they mean Jewish people. its always been Jewish people. and the insistence of online leftists to use words like "elite" and "cabal" (to refer to a handful of ultra rich people who dictate a lot of how our lives are run) kinda makes them sound like antisemites too. maybe this whole idea that the world is run by a select few is a gross oversimplification which only serves to reinforce antisemitic stereotypes... oh no. maybe i have a lot of shit to unlearn. maybe i need to start vocally defending Jewish ppl. also local community building is the only way out of this

#antisemitism #idk what to tag this i would feel out of place on jumblr as a gentile.... #i need a tag for my own rambles #1k #10k

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

did you know that you can click on a youtube video, immediately pause it, and read the transcript. that way it doesnt count as a view but you still know what the video said. unrelatedly i think james somerton is still full of shit and its very hard to tell how sincere he is being and i will continue not watching his videos

#i need a tag for my own rambles #james somerton

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

the Jewish attitude of surviving and celebrating life at any cost is finally putting my 10+ years of suicidal ideation to rest. no matter what, i have to live

#i need a tag for my own rambles #judaism #i am entering an era of living for myself and fulfilling my own needs and desires #if only so i can be stronger and more grounded and serve my community better #so i can be an asset and a help and a joy to the people around me

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

didn't scroll tumblr for like a week cus i was hella busy and rereading @derinthescarletpescatarian curse words in what spare time i could wrangle from my schedule (great story, highly recommend btw) and i realise now that i haven't missed tumblr at all. maybe i will dip again

#i need a tag for my own rambles #queue has run out on my tlt liveblog though #and i still haven't actually started reading Nona the Ninth cus i got distracted by my harebrained idea to reread curse words #i don't regret it at all #i have some time tomorrow so maybe i will make a start on Nona then

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

when your little cat follows you around everywhere. when she is there every time you sit down, just to cuddle into your lap and ask you for kisses. when she falls asleep in your arms and her whiskers and legs are twitching from her dreams. when she wakes up and purrs cus she knows she is loved and safe. its true you know. love IS stored in the cat

#i need a tag for my own rambles #my cats #i s2g nobody has ever loved me the way this cat loves me

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

it's time now. it's time to imagine the brightest future you can, and talk about it.

a future where people only work 8 hours a week and everyone's basic needs are met. a future where we are more connected to nature and eat seasonal, local produce. a future where you look out for your neighbours and they look out for you. a future where you actually know who your neighbours are. a future where everyone is just a lot more relaxed and able to do whatever they want to do - this 8 hour working week has given people their lives back and now they're able to make community events, work in community gardens, sing and dance and spend time with their kids, play whatever sport they want, travel, read, create art and music.

People are interacting with each other in good faith again because money as an ulterior motive has all but disappeared. Cus you see a few decades ago they made profits illegal. All money has to be put back into the company and CEOs can take home a salary only, no bonuses and it can't be more than 3x what the lowest paid employee makes. You can go to jail if your company is found to make profits, advertise on a large scale or pay its high ranking members more than what's allowed.

Jail still exists but mostly people go in for financial crimes (greed still exists); drugs are decriminalised and available to use safely. people are not as desperate now so there's been a massive reduction of violent and petty crime and most of the people who still do this are teenagers who get away with a slap on the wrist. police are not armed anymore and are heavily penalised if they abuse their power or hurt a civilian, and their role is more that of mediator, signposter (to community services, social services, and free and accessible healthcare including for mental health) and security. together with the former military they make up an "emergency task force" which are called upon in times of need and crisis, for floods, fires, other such disasters.

the stock market completely collapsed after profits were made illegal and people had to find other ways to figure out what a company was worth: such as how they treat their staff or how accessible their processes are. as a result of this, as well as more widespread disability thanks to Covid and an ageing population, accessibility is fucking incredible now. most places are accessible to the vast majority of disabled people even without them having to ask for a single thing. If they have to ask, accommodations are made quickly and without fuss and this is completely normal now. disabled people are more visible than ever in public life and this has led to a generally kinder, more tolerant public life.

Everything is slower now. Social media as we know it died decades ago and Internet 4.0 is efficient, will find you accurate answers and the websites you're looking for very easily and fast. there's monopoly laws restricting how large companies operate online. online ads are all but illegal - there's "phone book" esque pages where you can promote your business or service and that's allowed but not anywhere else. Lots of people are still annoying and some of them are still cruel but overall living together as humans has gotten so much more chill. We've tackled climate change and reversed much of it, now it's a global day of mourning whenever a species is found to be extinct through human intervention. these days used to happen much more frequently but it's very rare these days. Most everyone gets the day off and is encouraged to read about the lost species or hold themed funerals. Globally everything has gotten better - there's much more global equality now after a bunch of western/formerly colonising countries almost self destructed and then instead decided to own up for colonialism, pay reparations to a lot of countries in Africa Asia and Latin America, as well as indigenous nations of North America, Oceania, even in Europe. The USA doesn't exist anymore instead its a whole host of separate nations all managed by the native people whose land it is. The UK doesn't exist anymore. England is still sad about it but Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Cornwall are called Cymru, Alba, Eire and Kernow again and they've formed a Celtic Union for better collective bargaining power in the EU (which still exists, somehow. Its better now. England may still be out of the EU I'm not sure). Migration is common and foreigners are welcomed into any country with open arms.

I may try to write something about this. I have a vision for a future and it's so lovely. Here, on earth, with the starting point being now. We have a lot to work with and only a few changes could make such a difference. Demilitarisation, UBI and maximum working hours, greedy financial practices made illegal. Conservation and education on local plants and nature and food. Community building on every level. Giving people their lives back.

This is all extremely possible. If it were up to me, very little in society would be left unchanged but it would all be people friendly changes. changes that aim to support the poorest and most marginalised, changes that aim to punish greed and exploitation. It's a work in progress of course. But I have a vision for a better world and dammit if I'm not going to share it with you.

#i need a tag for my own rambles #hopepunk #solarpunk #community building #decolonialism #demilitarize #ubi #universal basic income #defund the police #public healthcare #free healthcare #please feel free to add on #i need to expand on this more cus i have so many thoughts on this

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

every time i see transandrophobia discourse on my dash i am soooo tempted to just turn around and leave tumblr forever. you guys have nooooo idea how tiring it is to see ppl have to justify why theyre allowed words to describe their oppression over and over and over and over and over and fucking over a fucking gain. can you use your brains for 2 fucking seconds. can you maybe find a tiny speck of solidarity. can you please just fucking stop thinking of oppression as one dimensional x oppress y and nothing else. can you maybe just shut up if your stance is that x group is talking about the way they experience oppression too much or in the wrong way. oh my god. shut UP

#i need a tag for my own rambles #transandrophobia #transphobia #im sooooooo fucking tired im going to log tf off and play more guitar goodbye #this is a 'yes transandrophobia exists OBVIOUSLY stop playing stupid oppression olympics' post btw. just in case it wasnt clear #we fully support trans ppl having words to describe their experience on this blog

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

that textpost by that radfem being all "ough sex isn't a spectrum, humans are either male or female no inbetween, just like humans have 2 kidneys and that is just biological reality" still makes me laugh

How's this for biological reality: humans actually develop 3 separate kidney systems as embryos, only one of which is usually retained post birth

kidneys are one of the most variable organs in the entire human body, you can have one or three, without ever knowing it

blood supply to the kidneys is so variable that most textbooks even show you different common types

your kidneys can be just below the bottom ribs, as most textbooks will show, or they can get stuck in the pelvis and just. stay there

all of these are not necessarily disordered, and pretty common

"humans have two kidneys" is a statistical average and gross oversimplification which ignores the biological reality of many millions of people

likewise, "humans are either male or female" is a statisticial average and gross oversimplification which ignores the biological reality of many millions of people

anyway, respect that intersex people exist and that biological sex is a spectrum, or catch my fucking hands. not even touching trans or nonbinary in this post

#intersex #fuck terfs #fuck radfems #intersex rights #i need a tag for my own rambles #anatomy #ask me about anatomy pls... i love talking about anatomy

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

reblog to give a disabled person a forehead kiss and breakfast in bed

#i need a tag for my own rambles #disability tag #disability #disabled #food mention #today's breakfast in bed is fruit salad with vegan yoghurt. if you even care

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

random autistic guy who's got a big cosmic destiny or some shit but he's too distracted by real life to notice. some magical critter followed him into the grocery store? didn't notice cus he was too busy getting worked up over the noises and how they don't have the exact brand of crumpets he wants. a massive beam of light seeks him out? he wears sunglasses cus he's light sensitive, damn sun too bright again. random events keep happening around him and having greater than average significance? happens to him all the home how should he know its out of the ordinary. his unrelated meltdown ends up saving the world somehow

#actually autistic #autistic humor #i need a tag for my own rambles

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

saw a poem about fat body appreciation that started with Big Titties and something about asses and im like. can you not respect fat women without sexualising them? yeah fat bodies are cute and hot thats not the point though is it. first and foremost they are human and deserving of respect and rights and equal treatment and safety from vioence and harassment. if you cant see that through your appreciation of big asses and fat tiddies then idk what to tell you. its not about being sexy or cute or attractive. its about basic human dignity

#i need a tag for my own rambles #fat liberation #am tired #also ik i said fat women thats who the poem was about i think. but this applies to all fat people regardless of gender

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

my gender is allan. im just awkwardly hanging around with the barbies usually despite obviously not being one of them, but clearly i don't fit in with the kens either. above average self awareness and willing to fight. cannot escape this nightmare no matter how hard i try but ill still put in the work to make it better somehow

#barbie #allan barbie #i saw barbie again and only gained one more gender but it sure is a gender #i need a tag for my own rambles

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

shamelessly stolen meme (im toad)

#toad #gender collection #transmasc #transfemme #transfem #trans #mario #princess peach #trans memes #i need a tag for my own rambles #system tag

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

the diet cult is a solution to a nonexistent problem.

which is great, capitalism loves a solution without a problem. Or rather, selling you a solution to a problem they tell you you absolutely have.

so they make everyone believe that losing weight is super desirable for some reason.

it can only really be accomplished by disordered eating and/or exercise habits. (there have been so many studies showing that long term weight loss is not possible for most people, unless they develop disordered eating or exercise habits.)

the problem? people get hungry cus their bodies need food!

the solution? try this pill, that shake, such-and-such supplement. join this group with like minded diet cultists people who want to lose weight! you have to pay a membership fee and it'll try to dictate every bite you put in your mouth and sell you special recipes and ingredients and build an entire economy based on your low self-esteem, cus society tells you anything above stick-thin is too fat.

it's a cult aimed at controlling your entire life, where you shop, what you buy, what you eat. it's super good at it?? to the point where like. the majority of women in western countries seem to be falling for it?? (can't speak for other places but i imagine it's big elsewhere too)

to the point where many fat people believe they don't have worth unless they lose weight,

and many thin people believe that the worst thing that could happen to them is to gain weight,

when in reality, weight is morally neutral. being fat protects you from some diseases, actually. socio-economic status is a better predictor of health than weight. etc. etc.

fat ppl and fat liberation activists have been talking about this for so fucking long. i really don't know what it will take to get people to listen.

#fat liberation #body positivity #diet cult #diet culture #body neutrality #i need a tag for my own rambles

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

I'm curious.

if u want, tag this with whether you're a native speaker of English (im not!)

#polls #linguistics #english language #english #langblr #jsyk i have some Opinions on this same question in German #but English has like. different nuances. #native speakers and learners please chime in for this im interested #personally i feel like there is a difference but i wouldn't be able to describe it #is there a difference in which context they're used for? is there a difference in the feelings they evoke? #pls tell me #i need a tag for my own rambles

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

okay but they're a lot more like newts not lizards. you know they're wet and amphibious. it's not lizard day it's newt day. Happy janeway and tom turning into newts and spawning baby newts and abandoning them on a random planet and never speaking of the whole thing again day

#threshold #threshold day #star trek voyager #star trek #i need a tag for my own rambles