#impossible parties

[inkskinned]

it is totally okay to be hurt and tired and fed up with the american schooling system but i need you to understand that we need to be better about loudly and routinely defending public education.

yes, many teachers suck, many schools utterly suck. i also got bullied and was absolutely not given the right support for my needs. i am not defending public education because it was kind to me. i am defending it because it needs to exist.

right-wing republicans do not want an educated population. they want kids to be homeschooled or in private school. there is a huge religious undertone to this.

the most common argument is that despite high costs, the "result" is not "good" enough. they point to failing schools as proof that public education is just never going to work out. there will be arguments made here that you actually agree with: that teachers can be bullies, that we taught online for 2 years and still charged the same amount of tuition, that we have no recourse for students to actually have agency or a voice, and that schools are now unsafe for kids due to risk of illness and gun violence.

these are all placing the blame in a fraudulent way, one intended to get your parents to homeschool you. the less kids in a school, the less federally-awarded funding for that school, the less any school succeeds. they will not mention the fact it is their legislation that takes away important funding opportunities, that teachers are living at or below the poverty line, that buildings are not kept up to code, that administration is overpaid and forces specific curriculums, that corporations like (my personal enemy) Pearson Education control certain classroom goals because teachers can't afford other options. they pretend to be ignorant of the gun violence and say "oh just get a gun" - but these are the same people who will be sending their child to a private school with a bulletproof backpack. they don't care if your kid dies, though. they "don't believe" in covid, but they did get their kid vaccinated, because of course they did.

it is a closed loop. conservative parents hear the fearmongering and remove children from the system. frequently these parents are also deeply religious. the kids are raised without access to other media & learn to parrot their parents. you have now created a new generation of conservatives. additionally, one of the parents/caregivers must stay home and homeschool the children, usually for free. i will give you 1 guess which parent tends to stay home to homeschool the children. these parents are encouraged to have many, many children. those children are most likely not getting access to safe sex ed.

we might laugh at fox news suggesting teachers are forcing children to use kitty litter but: first of all, there is kitty litter in the classroom. it's part of an emergency kit in case children are locked in due to a shooter. so that's fucking dystopian, and the fact they've completely reimagined the scenario to somehow make the teachers look bad when it's instead a fucking huge symbol of our failure as a country to protect our children.... it feels a little intentional.

secondly: don't just dismiss the situation. because, yeah, obviously, no teacher is encouraging kids to be a catboy. but the actual undertone that fox news is trying to sew is an outright distrust of teachers and of public education. they rely on the dehumanization of trans people as a common touchstone to hide the fact they're pushing two agendas at once. (which is ironic. because the thing they accuse teachers of. is pushing. an agenda.)

whenever someone tells you they want you to read less, you should be suspicious of that. when someone tries to separate you and your education, you should be suspicious of that. i don't even like incel rhetoric nor would i want my kids exposed to it - but i would not take away my child's (age-appropriate) access to the internet. i would just provide more educational materials, not less. the difference here is that i believe we can resolve ignorance with knowledge; whereas conservatives believe that ignorance is bliss.

they misappropriate funding and demonize teachers. they pull the same trick each time - the same thing we are seeing with anti-trans rhetoric. they do not want you to have access to safe sex ed, so they act horrified, claim sex ed teaches you how to thrust deep, claim that we have no idea what "age-appropriate" means. since the mid-nineties, the united states has spent at least 2 billion dollars on abstinence-only education, even though to quote the above link: "a preponderance of studies has found no effect of abstinence education at reducing adolescent pregnancy". conservatives want you to think less of any person struggling with addiction so they can continue their racist "war on drugs", so they spend up to $750 million dollars a year on the DARE program which has absolutely no effect. acting like teachers "must" be "grooming" children is just the same thing - so they can demand that funding either goes to their causes or the funding doesn't "exist" ("i'm not paying for our kids to learn that thing!")

and they want you to feel uncaring about this. they are aware that you will hate some parts of your school experience. pretty much everyone does. they want to lean into the parts that you hate so that you don't put up a fight about it when they take it away for not being "good enough."

i know i maybe sound like a conspiracy theorist. but truly. truly. it is beneficial for conservatives to reduce your faith in the american public schooling system.

one of the explicitly stated campaign promises of the conservative party: to axe the Department of Education in 2024.

i know we are all tired and burnt out and there is so much else wrong with their entire platform. but maybe just - pay attention to this one.

#i can't believe i have to say this #the conservative party is legit like ''is it anything good? okay we hate it.'' #''lets kill lgbt people and ummmmm school children shouldnt be able to read they should be at home watching jordan peterson :)" #the fact that it's like all related is. wild. #like it's wild bc if u start being like. actually making it impossible to afford housing is part of how they keep the nuclear family..... #it's just like lines connecting to lines. EXCEPT ITS OBVIOUS? #what's wild to me about most conspiracy theorists is that they're like . ohhhh the govt is hiding shit!!!!!!! they don't want u to know!!! #and im like. this old man literally got up on stage and said he hates public education and will let our kids die before taking away ak-47s #and ppl are like: lol thats just bob's sense of humor he didn't mean it literally uwu

[audible301]

Absolutely nobody talking about Izzy realizing that Brennan had locked into that puzzle and knowing it needed to be taken away because he hadn’t said a word in minutes.

That is marriage yall.

#Also shout out to Erika for making the puzzle impossible and then handing it to Brennan #burrows end #dimension 20 #brennan lee mulligan #burrow's end #izzy roland #isabella roland #adventuring party

[lunacias]

YOU ARE A VIOLENT AND IRREPRESSIBLE MIRACLE!!

#disco elysium #harry du bois #harrier du bois #kim kitsuragi #trying to balance my disco brainrot with my witch hat brainrot (impossible) #anyway finished this game recently and I am unwell! #years late to the party i know!!! #blasting want to be free on repeat!! #digital

[grey-wardens]

You're impossible.

#bg3edit #gamingedit #* #wyll #baldur's gate #god i wish he had more lines like this #edit: seeing a couple of tags asking where this is from #this is at the tiefling party! after he tells you to go have a dance and enjoy the music pick the “you're impossible” option

[sofipitch]

One thing that was really fun about Nona was it's commitment to unreliable narration as seen through a child. Nona is perceptive and clues in on a lot more than others want her to know, yet there are hints of shit going on that Nona doesn't really get. Like some of it becomes plot relevant so you do get answers but I'm talking about the stuff we don't get to see again, like what all Camilla and Palamedes' night missions entailed. If they are trying to save necromancers, did they? And where would they put the escapees? I still wonder why Pyrrha had the job she did and if that was also something important. The fact that Pyrrha was maybe fucking Cam and Pal off screen. Same with a lot of details about New Rho, why was the building Nona lived in so bad, why shouldn't you leave the house without a jacket and mask, etc etc. New Rho itself is a bleak wasteland where you can't buy a lot of food but who cares bc Nona doesn't like most food anyways. I'm OBSESSED with the way we find out BOE is burning necromancers alive is through children who are attending public executions, debating if they helped kill someone the same way you might debate if someone actually did a cartwheel. These are all things Nona takes for granted, as long as her loved ones are safe, they don't register as noteworthy, that's just how things are, right? I have so many questions but Nona can answer none of them but she can tell me if Noodle was a good boy today

#honestly i'm just obsessed with this writing style it's so much fun #it also taps into the fact that this is also part of our existence as humans we can only fully take on our perspective #it's impossible to know everything #eldrich creature alecto might know everything (it's tlt tho is idk) and maybe she'll miss when all she thought about was her b day party #tlt #the locked tomb #nona the ninth

[dandyleyen]

Twitter post | Link finally got Zelda home again☀️ Insp. by this tweet from @shellshooked + second version with a different background

#a little late to the party but i came in swinging #tangled zelink on the mind lately thanks to shellshooked #you know he'd never give up until he found her and got her home safe #no matter how impossible #tangled zelink #totk #zelink #tears of the kingdom #my art #loz #the legend of zelda #zelink fanart #totk zelda #totk link #totk fanart

[shimmeringweedsart]

SGFW D.3 Pets|Flowers|Kids

Pet the bellies. You know you want to.

#look it's literal fluff #fluffy bellies #is the art party on twitter? it's just me here having fun huh #twitter is impossible to really see without an account #bit lonesome tbh #shiguangfluffweek2024 #link click #时光代理人 #shiguang dailiren

[utilitycaster]

There's something weirdly...disingenuous in all the posts questioning why Orym might want to talk to Dorian specifically and not the others. Like, this post is really good and covers the non-romantic reasons why this makes sense, and I agree with it entirely! Also though, it's not like Liam hasn't pretty consistently made it clear that Orym has feelings for Dorian. You do not need to like this (I think it's abundantly clear that I think you can openly dislike a ship) but you do look kinda dumb if you're like "why would he want to specifically speak to someone he's known longer than anyone but Fearne, who's slightly removed from the current tragedy, and whom he has repeatedly messaged whenever he's feeling upset?"

#rosie lmk if you want me to delink your post but it is really good #but yeah like. among other things. worth noting he does this AFTER having a great conversation with imogen #like trust. he is aware that the rest of bells hells are there. he specifically wants to talk to dorian. he did not forget his other option #i have. feelings too long for the tags re both the weird way orym and dorian's past is elided by those who don't do that for others #and also i think orym is such a hotbed for discourse bc he brings a lot of uncomfortable truths about the party/campaign to light #and makes them impossible to ignore by fans who are desperately trying to ignore them #cr tag

[sylvrndoodles]

thimble ( ˙꒳​˙ )

#sylvrn art #oc #illust #character design #thimble is a spirit tamer with the energy of an insane dog owner #spirits are NOT easy to tame and it's often impossible to contract with more than one due to their territorial behaviour #thimble thinks it's easy and doesn't get why anyone would have trouble with it lol #they're just little guys!! sure they can control the elements and raise storms and wreak havoc but they're so cute 🥺 #adventurer party

[revshanks]

My Chemical Pony: Romance is Magic

#my chemical romance #mcr #mcr fanart #mlp #my little pony #mlp art #frank iero #gerard way #mikey way #ray toro #fanart #drawing #art #digital art #doodle #pony #furry art #Tattoos on fur seems physically impossible so instead I gave Frank pony some funky fur patterns #Idk about their cutie marks yet so they're blank flanks for now lmao #Gave Gerard pony's mane red streaks for Party Poison

[normalbrothers]

TOMMY: Arthur, Frances was right. Linda was here today.

#peaky blinders #tvedit #peakyblindersgifs #don't like this at all but this scene is impossible to capture in gifs #had to omit a lot of tommy's (very anxious) reactions (like the cyanide capsule for example) #but it is such an interesting insight into their relationship and one that fandom tends to miss #any kind of 'authority' tommy has over arthur is the one he grants him (out of his own desire to abdicate responsibility) #he's not the cowed oppressed mindlessly servile party in that relationship #and the hierarchy here is telling as well #arthur threatens tommy because he knows he can do that and that it will work #tommy of course makes the dubious decision of telling him about linda's whereabouts; there's certainly a culpability here in enabling #his abusive behaviour towards his wife #but here's the reason for it too: if tommy doesn't help him get linda back he'll be tommy's problem. that *is* the threat #and tommy can't even bargain with him: he has to tell him now and not later. just gets completely steamrolled lol #it's not like arthur always acts like that but it's important to understand that he can and does

[ishouldgay]

I’ve been thinking about a piece of fan art I saw of Shadowheart having a cool robot hand because she cut it off to free herself from Shar’s curse for days.

Like I’m obsessed with this idea now. I love it. The idea that Shadowheart refused to lose her parents so much that she gave up a piece of herself ?? That in some weird way she ended up embracing loss by willingly losing her hand?? Outsmarting Shar???

This idea is now in the same category of ideas as ‘Karlach is saved by a incredibly hard to cast scroll of resurrection’ and ‘Karlach’s heart gets upgraded again but now has a lot of restrictions’

#baldur’s gate 3 #shadowheart #baldurs gate 3 #karlach #my personal headcanon before the party update #was Karlach gets a upgrade that makes it impossible for her to rage #like if she overworked it then the engine would overheat very quickly #which forces her to settle down almost immediately #and now I’m obsessed with Shadowheart having a robot hand….

[the-littlest-laney]

ii promise i’ll get back to the fantasy high art but i just love this bird

#lady chirp featherfowl #fanart #dimension twenty #court of fey and flowers #acofaf #lords of the wing #a little party never killed nobody tbh #emily afford make a character that’s not gay challenge impossible

[starflungwaddledee]

it's the day before my birthday, and my girlfriend surprised me with an outing to a local bird aviary/botanic gardens in the mountains!!!

this was an absolute delight for me, known bird enjoyer, and i got to have many cute and phenomenal birds perched on my head (which i loved and plushie magolor 'tolerated', on account of it being my birthday). i even got to see a nicobar pigeon, which i had never seen in person before!

they also surprised me with an early birthday present to use at the incredible mountain-top picnic spread my gf planned (😭😭) of this extraordinarily cute kirby themed liquid-glitter cup!!

and of course, in true starflung fashion i injured myself twice

once, not three minutes into the outing when my umbrella (which i only require because i'm allergic to both the sun and sunscreen) bit me, and my gf had to run to reception to get me a bandaid. later, when i just totally fkn stacked it on some loose gravel on a slope and i got the umbrella back by slamming it into the ground, along with my knees and one palm. but not the other palm, which was holding plushie magolor, who touched neither gravel nor dirt and never will while i still breathe!

#i am so accident prone and also stupidly fragile in every way. but i'm fine and i found both of these incidents hilarious! #i feel it is important that everybody know that my mum (who has dementia but recognises plushie magolor) asked “is that magolor” when- #she saw meta knight on the cup. i said “no that's meta knight” and she replied “oh i should have known. he's not as cute as magolor.” #and magolor's ego grew THREE TIMES that day let me tell you #the cup is also extremely important as a gift actually. i recently accidentally smashed a childhood glitter cup i've had my whole life #i adored it to bits; comfort item; it had toucans on it. i was quite devastated when it broke #but it's been impossible to replace (despite my gf's best efforts) and we knew no substitute would really hit the same. #but THIS is similar enough yet different enough and so *perfect* in its own right that it really... fills the spot. #my gf is phenomenal at gifts and surprises. truly she is unfathomable. i am so spoiled 🥺 #7inch plushie magolor return to dreamland #he does have other bows btw!! he's been dressing up for halloween and christmas and such but this is his Party Bow! #starflungs personal tag

[spookberry]

You know what would be cute? If Gigi Grant saw Desiree fight with Danny Phantom and went "Omighoul, hi Auntie!~"

Desiree isn't an actual Genie. Shes a ghost meant to resemble a genie. So I can't really see her being related to Gigi.

If anything I think in DP lore its more interesting to consider Desiree as the origin for the Western idea of what a genie is. She isnt a djinn or genie or anything like that, shes just a woman who had her whole life taken from her and in death has been cursed to only ever be able to grant the wishes of others but never her own. Tho she did at some point get locked in a genie lamp which I can only presume is cuz some previous enemy of hers wished it so.

#ask #danny phantom #monster high #sorry to be a party pooper #not that itd be impossible for a ghost genie yo exist in mh just that it goes against Desiree's actual canon lore

[houseofpurplestars]

[Image id: a picture of Jasmine Sherman, a beautiful Black non-binary person. They wear multi-colored beaded braids, glasses, and a septum piercing. They look confident and capable. /end id]

If you pass up this opportunity to vote for a disabled Black femme enby, I won't listen to anything you have to say ever again.

#jasmine sherman #us politics #block me now if youve got that third parties are impossible notion #do i look like i care what is impossible? #free palestine #free sudan #free drc #land back #unicorn party #disability #black history month #queer #non binary