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halalgirlmeg · 6 months

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Battle of the Hijabs (Under read more because this got longer than I thought and I started ranting about why representation in media fucking sucks atp and why the TV show Quantico is the worst):

Coming in at number 1, getting the gold: LITERALLY ALL THE HIJABIS IN WE ARE LADY PARTS like the variation in hijabs alone is so beautiful I love it, iykyk, Stream Bashir with the Good Beard. Like very real to life with different styles and personalities, don't you just love when shows actually treat hijabis as real human beings

All the hijabis from every version of Skam (except Italy fuck you)

Goldie is like next bc the actress isn't a hijabi but like I feel like they depicted being a hijabi really well for the most part like with her thinking she wanted to take it off and realizing everything about herself was nice it was very complex and well done imo

Qadri's next cause tbh I liked her style and the fact that she wore al Amira hijabs. I know everyone's like oh those are for little girls or they're ugly but tbh it makes sense bc I feel like being that she's training to be a surgeon and it is very convenient cause who's trying to be calling a code and fight with some chiffon or jersey material?? Not me! (They lose points for that one scene cause you mean to tell me she's only going to use her hijab to stop the bleeding and nothing else?? Come again?? She's in a hospital!!)

Next is Adina from The Bold Type, tbh idk how to feel cause she's a lesbian and played by Nikhol Boosheri and I was excited at the time but tbh some of her choices def had me scratching my head and I feel like they could've did a bit more to showcase her identity ykwim

Marjan from 911 Lone Star cause bro what the hell was the praying scene, did y'all talk to one Muslim? Download the Learning to Pray app on your phone I'll send you a link like be SO FR, then them saying her masjid kicked her out bc her hijab accidentally came off (which happens so much in television) like...again did you talk to anyone, I could see backlash yes but I just *sigh* again which Muslims did you talk to like idk about y'all but a stiff tug or strong wind has tested my hijab before like it happens, we cover back up and move on

Bottom 2 but not thee bottom, Nadia from Elite (hear me out cause the bottom of the list will make sense) obviously its so low because she wore hijab and they had some decent commentary at first, and then removed her hijab, and for Guzman ol racist crusty lip ass like, this who you risking it all for??? GIRL??? Like if Vic Mensa asked to see my hair I'd let him see that and much else (I'M KIDDING, I'd marry him first ok, astaghfirullah) no fr like but it's even that like they made it that she's more confident without her hijab people like her more, like it's obviously same old song like hijab is removed and suddenly liberation like they could've showed it in a more tasteful way if they wanted to but what did I expect from Europeans esp Spaniards like

And coming in Dead Last Raina Amin, tbh girl its not even about you...WHO WROTE THIS. Cause I watched it back in the day cause you know representation but like *pauses before I sip my coffee* hold tf on. Like where to even begin, the cop propaganda? What do you have to prove, cause they tried to get me i would've been like get tf off my porch. Like and the FBI? How did they even recruit the twins? The government watchlist? Blair Imani slid up in the masjid to snitch? I mean, what the hell? And this show had so much talent to be so extremely questionable (and that is putting it mildly). But we're discussing the twins rn. Raina specifically. So it doesn't even stop there. Like so much was wrong, so you mean to tell me she's in love with a man who used to be an IOF soldier, who helped them actively target Palestinian women for God knows what (the show implied certain things), like WTF is this, like everyone wants to talk about her removing her hijab and kissing him but like we have bigger fish to fry, that is like at the bottom of the problem list. Like did we see the man they put her with and she still loved him later EYE. And then two more things and then I'll shut up. Okay so they were working for the Government to infiltrate terrorist cells whatever bc they were going to attack American soil. No mention of how terrorist groups like the ones they're depicting mostly target minority sect Muslims and lead to their deaths that usually go unnoticed by anyone who is not them, Iran and Nigeria, if I remember correctly are where a lot of the casualties are from. I hate propaganda cause its the same old shit like we really pushing the agenda huh? And hijab removal scene again worst part cause you know what I hated after this other stuff cause red flags with major red lights and a bullhorn. But there was something where they had to change their look because their twins but like as one person but one is a hijabi, the other is not. So they were like we have to find a middle ground, someone who's easily targeted because they're muslim but also loose (I'm paraphrasing but you see what I'm saying?) Like fuck y'all. Fuck whoever wrote this. Like from head to toe Quantico is like an absolute clusterfuck of everything terrible people do with hijab characters (not to mention the rest of the cast but that would be even longer) but dead last because like maybe some of the others on this list at least tried if they're not terribly misguided but this depiction is like dangerous, it's a reminder why we don't just get all our info from TV and other fictional narratives, we talk to real people and we learn real things because this is absolute bullshit to say the least

#this is why I'm up at 4 am to think about all of this and I can't just rant to myself like does anyone understand me #random

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ollieinoue · 2 months

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{ CONAN GRAY, 20, CIS MALE, HE/HIM } Is that OLIVER “OLLIE” INOUE? A SENIOR originally from WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY, they decided to come to Ogden College to study BUSINESS & COMPUTER SCIENCE on a ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP. They’re THE ERUDITE STONER on campus, but even they could get blamed for Greer’s disappearance.

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BASIC INFORMATION

Full name: Oliver Ren Inoue Nickname: Ollie, Olls Birthdate: January 25 Age: 20 Zodiac: Aquarius Sun, Libra Moon, Capricorn Rising SEE HIS FULL BIRTH CHART HERE Gender: Cis Man Pronouns: He/Him Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Bisexual/Homoromantic (homoflexible but mostly only likes men tbh) Ethnicity: Japanese & White Trope: The Erudite Stoner

How he Fits the Trope: Ollie is a genius, that’s what everyone in his life always said. He had the numbers for it, the test scores for it, the IQ for it, and his parents were always so proud. The Inoue family didn’t have much going for them, besides living paycheck to paycheck in a small two bedroom apartment. So they just wanted the most for their son, and it seemed like he was on the right track. They signed him up to join Mensa when he was in High School and everyone was so impressed. Ollie was bored. Who gave a shit if he tested well? He certainly didn’t, all those tests were so boring. Everything everyone wanted for him, and wanted him to do was so boring. So, he found ways to make his own fun, found friends that weren’t only interested in useless things like test scores. He started finding his fun in illicit substances (that completely expanded his mind, man!), and seeing how far he could push the boundaries of… legal things. Getting into drugs both helped him level out from the stress of everything that everyone wants for him, and brought something new and exciting into his life— sometimes both at the same time. So, he gets stoned out of his mind from time to time (most of the time), and maybe people don’t expect too much from him, but that doesn’t mean he’s not still that genius that his parents want him to be.

EDUCATION & OCCUPATION

IQ Score: 169 (in the top .03 percent of the world’s population) Current Year: Junior at Ogden College Major: Computer Science & Business Extracurriculars: Robotics Club, Hacking Club, Quiz Bowl Dream occupation: Self Employed Software Developer Game Designer Past job(s): He’s had a few internships

Skills: He’s able to hack into the school systems pretty easily— not that he’d ever need to, of course. / Ollie has scary good handwriting, like instagram aesthetic level of handwriting, which always really surprises people. / He has a mind for completely useless fun facts, ask him about anything he’ll tell you something interesting about it. Shortcomings: Artistic things like music, and art. He loves that kind of thing but he’s not good at it. / Speaking about and addressing his feelings and emotions. And truly opening up to people. / He’s a bit cocky… But it doesn’t come from no where! Languages spoken: HIs parents have been speaking English and Japanese to him since he was a baby so he is fluent in both of those, but he’s only just now learning how to write Japanese. He also knows Spanish pretty fluently.

PHYSICAL CHARACTIRISTICS

Eye colour: Brown Hair colour: Dark Brown Hair type: Curly Height: 5′8 Build: Lithe Exercise habits: He hates it but he tries to get exercise at least 3 times a week. Piercings: His ear Tattoos: one along his ribs in a block of about 4 lines of binary: 01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01101101 01100101 (it says 'Fuck Me'). one on his wrist that says LC on it (for Link Crawford). Marks/scars: He has a scar across his eyebrow from falling off a bike when he was a kid Clothing style: Extra Slutty Eboy. We have deep V sweaters with nothing underneath, we have half buttoned shirts. We have crop tops, and mesh shirts. A lot of oversized t-shirts with ripped and faded jeans. Most of his clothes are thrifted as well because he likes it better. Usually it’s higher quality, and cheaper. Jewelry: He wears a lot of chains and necklaces, and stuff like that. Some rings too.

PSYCHOLOGY

Positive Traits: Laid Back, Open Minded, Clever, Quick Thinking, Friendly, Independent, Original, Energetic, Confident, Charismatic, Disarming, Cheerful, Inventive, Fair, Analytical, Flexible, Loyal, Dependable, Strong Willed, Witty Negative Traits: Duplicitous, Mischievous, Aloof, Chaotic, Argumentative, Insensitive, Hides Emotions, Sarcastic, Easily Distracted, Often Bored, Jaded, Contrarian, Impatient, Absent Minded, Unpredictable, Self Centered, Distrustful MBTI type: ENTP Enneagram type: 8w7 Moral Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Temperament: Sanguine Introvert or Extrovert?: Extrovert Drug/Alcohol Use: Yes Mental Illnesses: Addiction, and likely (undiagnosed) Bipolar Disorder & some kind of Anxiety Disorder.

Tropes: The Erudite Stoner , Bunny-Ears Lawyer , The Ace , Beware the Silly Ones , The Fool , Child Prodigy , Playful Hacker , Beneath The Mask , Functional Addict , Mood Whiplash , Getting High on Their Own Supply Character Inspiration: Alexander Vass [ If We Were Villains ] , Ryohei Arisu [ Alice in Borderland ] , Marty Mikalski [ Cabin in the Woods ] , Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman [ Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad ] , Ed [ Cowbow Bebop ] , Howl Pendragon [ Howls Moving Castle ] , Julian [ Less Than Zero (the novel) ] , Jester Lavorre [ Critical Role Campaign 2 ] , Ferris Beuller [ Ferris Bueller's Day Off ]

CONNECTIONS

Parents: Ren & Faye Inoue Positive Connections: Most people. Monty Richler is his best bro tho. Romantic Connections: :) Negative Connections: Like … 3 people

Connection with Greer: Ollie met Greer at a party their Freshman year, and offered her a hit. That’s how they met, and for the majority of their relationship that’s what it was. They’d smoke together, they’d do some molly together, or whatever he had on hand at the time, and vibe— they got along well. Generally it was not too different from most of Ollie’s relationships. Until she came to him for another reason. He was very smart, he was good at hacking, he needed money; could he get into school’s systems and get the answers to a very big exam coming up? Yes, he could. He’d done it before, so he did. When Greer got a little too busy to study, or do her own school work she came to him for help. A paper here, answers to a test there for her, and money for him. But why stop at just her? So a business was formed, and a very good business relationship, on top of the friendship. Honestly, he’s sad to see her go, she was buying a lot of shit from him by the end of the previous year. She was not just a friend, but a really good source of income.

QUICK CATCH UP

All Past Tasks Here !!

Ollie was voted Homecoming King after making a joke about promising everyone free drugs of his own stash (he did deliver).

Ollie & Monty decided to move their drug supply off campus once they realized that the cops were not leaving. It's now located in a house that is under New Construction.

Ollie got a clue with flight information to Portugal from the Haunted House. It matched with Parker's and the two of them turned them anonymously turned the info into the police thinking they'd do something with it. They haven't really.

Ollie was asked by the Naïve Newcomer (before he was expelled) if he could start looking into who this mysterious "G" person was. He did and all of his findings lead to Milo Navarro. Turns out he was wrong though, whoops.

Like everyone who turned one in, his time capsule video was leaked, where he may or may not have been admitting to having feelings for Monty. Who is to say what he was saying.

The cops decided to trust him after his interrogation went well. A bad decision on their part.

He was trapped in The Ski Chateau's kitchen pantry with Milo while Penny mysteriously died. He's pretty fucking shaken up about it.

Ollie threw a party with Link and Mari for their birthdays. Ollie left with Link and got a tattoo of his initials on his wrist.

At the Valentine's Social Ollie was sent a Valentine from G telling him if he sent a secret they would send him a clue. He sent a secret, he hasn't gotten anything back yet though.

During the Valentine's Social Ollie sent a vaguely illicit Valentine to Link that G then sent to Monty. It caused the two of them to fight and they stopped talking to each other over Spring Break.

While Ollie was going through the House of Mirrors at the Spring Carnival he saw and heard someone that sounded like Greer. This is the SECOND time he thinks he's seen Greer and it's getting creepy.

During the Spring Carnival Ollie apologized to Monty and confessed that he wanted them to date. Monty asked Ollie out and they started dating. Aw.

Ollie was sent a text from G to attend a Rave. First he was sent to a cemetery with Ash who might or might not think he's G now, but he doesn't know that.

At the Rave he and Anya attempted to put their brains together to find G but that lasted about five minutes before G said they were stupid (not what G actually said, but they might as well) and then sent everyone home.

Commencement happened at the end of the year and Ollie would rather not think about it.

He was on the second floor of the Commons talking to Eddie when it was set on fire, and he managed to escape with only a little smoke inhalation (but he's been training for that for years) so he was fine.

It was after when he got a text telling him that The Pollyanna, a friend and neighbor of his since they were children, had been arrested and was being blamed for the Fire, being G, Greer's disappearance, and the deaths that happened. He's been pretty fucked up over it.

He and Monty went on a poorly timed road trip over the summer and it went poorly ending in them breaking up.

Back at school and Ollie has been made Homecoming King for the second year in a row! Yay! The year is off to a great start.

#intro .#about .#my things .

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chrisevansluv · 1 year

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I too strongly believe chris can't actually match a real educated woman. He can only pull a high school drop out, pretentious struggling actor. As soon an academically learned philosophy student will hit him with words, he simply wouldn't be able to hold a conversation for long. They are both same level. No real education is in their brain. Pretentiousness at it's best./ AND THEN sprinkle a little bit of Alba pseudo intellectual shenanigans which Chris can relate to because he’s such a fake deep thinker too.//

Oh my… the tea spilt from these two asks!!! I do believe this is true, tho. He shows himself as this highly educated individual. Even the whole ASP thing is just so annoying to me. You, an actor who didn’t even study in a super renowned acting school (like Tom Hiddleston, for example), are going to teach us, as the uncultured peasants we are, about politics??? He’s so bland in his performances and maaaan do I realise the reason he’s where he’s at, it’s only because he has a “pretty face”. As for Alba, someone in another ask mentioned that they saw somewhere, she is apparently a MENSA level genius. I hiiiighly doubt this tbh. People who are actually geniuses tend to have a wider variety of interests, and tend to shine from a much younger age. The languages probably come from the fact that her mother is a translator. A lot of people, and specially European people, speak not only 5 but more languages. In my experience, if you brag about being THAT smart, you’re not actually smart, you’re just bragging to impress others. Worked for her tho, cause she impressed that man but hey, someone with HIS level of intellectuality would 100% be shocked by someone so bland. Speaks volumes on how talentless they both are.

Another anon:

" I don’t see him as being the person in the relationship doing most of the sacrifices; which he would have to if he actually ends up with a successful woman who indeed has a passion for what she does. / This . Big reason why I don't see chris with really educated woman too . His ego and fragile masculinity couldn't handle that . Beside Alba's and his education levels are same . They both like to project same image to hide that fact they actually aren't educated enough . Beside the way Alba gave up everything no passionate, educated , successful woman will become a doormat of a woman like that . Her lack of success and passion for career , lack of self respect and fake educated image makes her perfect for chris ."

#cevansluv #anon to anon #alba

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c03xistentw01 · 6 months

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ayo i goooootta write i gootata write.

Its kinda embarrassing now idk what to say. so today when it was raining and i was walking in portello towards mensa with michele and we were both under the same umbrella guess whom i saw yes ofc the one i always see alone when im with michele: Giorgio. He always has this worried/upset look that I think stems from a lack of friends to hang out with on a saturday night. He seems quite harmless tho. anyway.

during lunch michele kept asking me about traditional ways of eating/dining in iran. he was like so do u guys have actual traditional meals i was like yea there are like stews with rice. he was like so is it just that? how about desserts? how about drinking coffee after/before meal? how about aperitivo before a meal? what are the products that we here in italy imported from "your country"? at some point he was like so yea this one time i was out i had this saffronish dessert with some marmelatta on top of it or he also said one time (or maybe some time when he goes out for eating) he might order some pasta and idk tbh? i lowkey felt like after the dessert thing he kinda expected me to be like so yea btw where was that one place to went to for the saffronish dessert? and he would like oh yea it was xxx i be like oh damn fr? he be like yea fr if u want we can go together once and and and andd....wow. people are actually patient with what they want? like are we sure that they exist? [yes. u just saw one today.] so like.....people don't just give u a poem they wrote for u 2 weeks ago on the first time of hanging out? like oh bro fr? deymn brother.

i miss you. ehem ehem.

anyway. i went to the lab afterwards. but no.

before that i went to math and it was a rainy day. at the entrance i saw soldier looking at his broken umbrella with so much confusion. swinging the bare empty handle in the air. all accompanied with so much confusion. the whole time i was looking at him i was about to throw up cuz he so damn adorable its unbelievable.

after that i went to lab and after making myself promise that when stefano was like yes for the meeting "absolutely" I'll be there today in the lab, it means that he would "absolutely" be there so imma wait until as late as it can get just to get answers. and i did and i was blessed with his emergence. he had his umbrella or hat or sth in his hand. he said "hiiii" with a really lovely tone tbfr and was like "i put this (pointed at this hat/umbrella) for a second then I'll come back" and he legit did come back in a second. he came and sat next to me and bro has zero notion of personal distance (which ehem ehem tbfr? kinda um? kinda um felt kinda um? NoIcEEEehemhehmhem?) anyway bro legit came sit like a hurricane and got too close his legs were touching mine and imagine me who's always overwhelmed over simple fucking existence of mere beings, was trying to run the fucking tiago shit. which i did in the end. tbr at first i tried to move away my legs away a bit because i was like maybe he did it cuz he dont have enough space left so i did it move my legs away but my BRO IT DID NOT WORK? so then i thought ok maybe if i continue doing it he be thinking this one lil weirdo is doing wtf? so i stopped and tried to focus on the tiago shit. i dont remember much more. he was like ok do this do that he gave me the big image of my thesis once more in detail and then said something like that what u achieved until now with moving the whole robot and shit is good and all dont panic and all u aint no behind my child. and was like the lil reports u send every now and then are good keep doing those they will come in hand when u wanna write the thesis itself. and bro. when we were talking while seated, i felt weird about his head. like his head and hands looked way bigger when up close. and also eyes ehem eheme ehemehere. i couldn't tell whether they green or brown or hazel.

yea that was it. lowkey intense. u can use that as the starting point for a future hentai plot.

also on the way out i almost bumped into daniel (fusaro). he said oh scusa...ciao!!! (cuz he saw me leaving) i said ciao but then i saw him bumping into the open window and dropping his notebook on the floor i turned back and was looking at him he said a posto i smiled he left. u know what i like? the fact that he felt the need to reassure me that it/he era a posto. man how much i liked that.

[update]: HELP. my virgin-ass has not been having it AT ALL OK? I can so NOT pretend like I did not get turned on. ok? I've legit had 4 0rga3mz in the last 36 hours and I'm just...helpless. I was trying my best not to google you. AND not to daydream which i successfully FAILED at both. so apparently u were doing your [continuous?] master's at Polimi from 2011 until 2017 so that makes you 31/2ish? you went to EPFL and ETH Zurich ... oh fuck it. i just learned on my intensive Facebook cyberstalking journey that you are in a relationship (and seem to have been since around 2011ish?) and tomorrow when i regain my emotional strength I'll get back here (i go die slowly, thinking of how you were playing table tennis naked).

anyway. what i mainly wanted to say is that the fact that you were so comfortable being physically close to me stems from (as a result of at least 48 hours of intensive deep analytical-hierarchical reasoning) the fact that you are so highly sure of YOURSELF that it can not possibly even BEGIN TO MEAN anything to you. While me, on the other hand, was so acutely unsure of myself that i kept keeping my distance. but hey, it could be worse. I will still have (hopefully) such small physical interactions that well, as we all know by now, can not mean shit to you and to me, they have the full potential to brighten up even just a bit, this current doom and gloom era of my life. I think I do feel privileged to entitle myself to seek (not desperately) this occasional pleasure. To not essentially feel the closeness, but to notice myself enjoying the satisfaction of adoring you under the hood. [update]: I was so sad a while back i wanted to be shredded to pieces and vanish into thin air. I wanna let go of fear so bad but the more you try to run away from it the more it catches you instead. Ethical or fucking not, we are declared fully free to think whatever thought we want right? This weekend I felt loved and thrilled to the core. I felt loved because I felt like I could simulate what it could be like to receive it from you. I kept tweaking the parameters in my head to align my imagination with the "most probable" scenario. It was an oscillatory stochastic process but it was worth it, i enjoyed the short ride, with "you". The memories of the brief frenzy still smoothens my ever-shaky soul, puts it at ease. oh man. how many times did i imagine kissing you or nervously running my fingers on your neck grabbing your waste and feeling my legs between yours but above all, how many times did I try to make myself feel "accepted" by you? enough times i bet. no matter how free we appear to be in our own "mind castles", I was still way too unsure to give in to my vulnerabilities with you. Although I did not deprive myself from feeling like I'm a kite being flown by you. Keep flying me don't let go of the leash can't get enough of the height or the wind or the view oh the view for sure most of all . .

... scusa ma ho troppo sonno ok

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corvidshipping · 2 years

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something i have recently gained self confidence in is surprisingly my intelligence. which is like the last thing i ever expected to gain self confidence in, for two reasons.

those being that i’ve kind of lived most of my adolescent and adult life thinking of myself as pretty average intelligence at best (i kind of thought of myself as super smart as a kid but i honestly chalked that up to me generally having a big ego when i was young). and tbh that’s a common thing for ppl with adhd so that may be part of it bc my own adhd always made me think of myself as this lazy, unambitious, unmotivated, unintelligent person before i had the words to describe it and tbh even still having the words and knowledge to explain it. but it’s also an inherent thing. like people called me smart and stuff but i didn’t believe them bc i figured they said that bc i read a lot when i was a kid (as in i would literally get in trouble for reading TOO much when i wasn’t supposed to. and also why did i read the dictionary for fun), and i was good at english/language bc it came very easily to me and bc i could spout information but tbh that’s not being smart imo, it’s just remembering things. and ppl would be like you’re smart bc you learned japanese on your own without any tutor or anything, or bc you memorized jabberwocky when you were 10, or bc you would have full conversations when you were like 7 about the symbolism and foreshadowing in h*rry p*tter. but tbh? id always be like “thank you” but in my head kind of diminish it because like. it’s been a decade and im still not anywhere close to fully fluent in japanese, let alone even passing my JLPT5, and memorizing one seven stanza poem is honestly not exactly going to get me into mensa. and i always passed the latter off as me just spouting the things i would hear other ppl say back at my mom so i discredited it. and the other reason is that being very smart is just not my main goal. and holy shit please don’t take that as me saying being smart isn’t good or anything, obviously it’s valuable and a good goal to have and we should always seek to improve our knowledge and you should only stop learning when you’re dead. but like. while it’s something i value it’s just? not my main goal. if i had the ultimatum between being really really smart but not a very nice person, or being kind of dumb but being a good hearted person, i would always pick the latter. my main value is just Being A Good Person, seeking to do right even if you don’t always do perfect. being kind to people and being someone ppl can trust. i do think intelligence is a good, great thing to have but honestly it’s not even the thing i seek out most in other people. like i really would prefer anyone i hang around to have basic common sense but tbh? if you aren’t that book smart or maybe you kind of don’t make connections in your head all the time it is really not something i notice unless it becomes like, a genuine problem that prevents you from advancing or you somehow hurt other people. i really would rather hang with someone who’s at their core a kind person than anything else. so like it kind of hurt to think of myself as not smart but i really tried not to think abt it much bc in the end it is not my main goal or my foremost core value.

but like i’m kind of meeting more ppl lately. and i’ve been like, less sheltered for a while now like since i was 16 so idk why this is happening more NOW but ever since i moved states it feels like i’ve been realizing this more. i’ve been meeting a lot of different ppl especially at my job and like. given where i work you’d expect a ton of crazy smart people to come through and they definitely do, lots of fascinating conversations about culture and art and im realizing that i can actually hold conversations with them and i actually get what they’re saying even if it’s not about something i already understood. which is part of it. but also. oh my god this is gonna sound so mean. but i’m realizing that i am also… smarter than a lot of people i encounter. and i’m realizing maybe the reason i always thought of myself as not smart is because i only ever had smart people to compare myself to. because i said before i was very sheltered growing up, i didn’t really go to school (i cringe to imagine what it would have been like if i had, being neurodivergent. all the ‘smart but doesn’t apply themself’ notes id have gotten), i barely had friends (i had a few scattered playmates honestly, except for maybe one family in florida) and i never had a close one until i was 7 and never talked to them about serious things till i was 10 or 11. i didn’t know really any of my extended family. i pretty much only regularly interacted with my direct family from childhood till i was maybe 16 or 17. so like, laying it out. my mom is super fucking smart, quick as a whip and witty as fuck and she’s the reason i’m so good at language and had the forethought to speak french to me since i was a baby so even though i don’t speak it, that helped with my neuroelasticity and capacity to learn language even if she didn’t realize it. my dad is ALSO super fucking smart, spoke spanish to me like my mom did with french, knows a million instruments and always learning more and knows more coding languages than im sure of, good at math which i am very not, introduced me to a good third of my music taste (another third was my mom) which is absolutely why i listen to basically anything bc he taught me that any genre can be worth listening to, had deep philosophical conversations with me as soon as i was smart enough and old enough to start asking those questions and didn’t just tell me ‘you’ll understand when you’re older’, taught me to ask questions always even if people don’t like it. my older sisters are crazy smart in all the ways my parents are and i swear they pick up new skills the day they decide to try them. even the people i choose to hang around always tend to end up being super smart. my chosen brother is smart as hell, analyzes media like no one else his reading comprehension is off the charts. my best friend is almost through college in a fucking HARD major and every time she talks about her homework i am absolutely lost on what she’s saying and i love her for understanding it. so like. i was always thinking i was average at best because the only thing i had to compare myself to was also. other smart people. like of course i thought that. to me, my average WAS smart.

but i’m realizing basically that was really skewed. not that other people are stupid cause jesus. no. and i don’t want to seem like im putting people down or anything. im just realizing like. average is not what i thought it was. honestly even common sense isn’t what i thought it was necessarily. a lot of ppl do not make the connections i thought everyone made, or extrapolate new information based on information already given like i thought they did. because. everyone i grew up around. is smarter than me. but that doesn’t mean im stupid. it doesn’t mean anyone else is stupid. it does mean though that i had a very very skewed perception of how smart i had to be to be considered smart, and it does mean that my average is very different from other ppls. and it does mean that i am never ever letting someone try to put me down and insult and discourage me by calling me stupid or treating me like i’m unintelligent ever again. never ever again. in fact i may laugh at them bc of this.

idk. my value in life is still being nice. i’m still always gonna put that first. it’s still more important to me to care for others and share and be trustworthy and helpful and make other ppl happy than to be smart. but like it certainly fuckin helps me care for others more effectively if i’m smart cause i’ll know what to do. so i guess like. maybe i am smart

#paperheart.txt #SIGH this is long #i can’t sleep bc i keep almost getting kicked off my bed.#just a lot of realizations. growing up with stuff can really really skew your idea of the world and yourself #and the only thing that can really change it is just. going out and experiencing the world and life.#and realizing that those are not everyone else’s experiences.#i rly rly grew up thinking i was stupid af bc i didn’t know what to compare myself to and bc of a few ppl i trusted who tried to put me down

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souptual-remade · 4 years

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i’m right even if this is staying in my twt drafts for now

#and that’s assuming we can quantify intelligence with socioeconomic factors coming into #assuming that the distribution is normal and/or can be normalized #that the fat or skewed tails on the curve don’t exist like #bro #yes iq is linked to longevity and genetics etc but you’re not special once you’re above 130 mensa is a scam #you’re fine as long as you’re like 90+ the rest is just bad #anyway #if i knew how to calculate outliers etc i’d literally run data on this shit skskdjd #(idk stats tbh but i’m not claiming to be iq 180+ now am i 🙃)#mtxt

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I FOUND OUT I QUALIFIED FOR MENSA TOO AND GOT TALKED INTO GOING TO A MEETING OR WHATEVER AND LITERALLY I WALKED INTO THIS ROOM AND GOT THE STRONGEST "something is WRONG with these people" VIBES I HAVE EVER GOTTED LIKE I AM CONVINCED THAT IF U JOIN MENSA U NEED TO BE LOCKED AWAY FROM SOCIETY LIKE???? IDK WHY BUT THE VIBES ARE SO OFF MY AUTISTIC ASS CAN SEE IT

i ended up being forced to take an IQ test and got like, 160ish i think?????? which i think is bullshit because i forgot the word bicycle this morning and spent 15 minutes trying to figure out wtf i was thinking of

IQ is a load of horse shit tbh

god yeah IQ is a whole thing, like you hear ‘oh it’s not a good measure of intelligence’ or that there’s different types of intelligence but it never really hit me HOW thoroughly crap of a measurement system it is until about midway through a like 3 hour breakdown of that old book “The Bell Curve” that i listened to on a car trip. that video (it was essentially a podcast) covered a LOT of ground, but along the way one of my biggest takeaways was like ‘oh ok so IQ is just…actual complete nonsense’ (and also racist? like i think there were nazis involved levels of racist, i gotta rewatch that video sometime)

ANYWAY yeah i think “intelligence” might be one of the worst possible traits to form a group around like find something else idk

#splashasks #anonymous

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Who do you think are the American counterparts to some Korean rappers? To start off, in my opinion, Sik-K = Travis Scott lol

Black Nut = Eminem: Says outrageous shit just for the sake of saying it because it's the main way he gets/got attention

Teddy Park = Dr.Dre: The OG producer who everyone respects

Skinny Brown = YG: They have almost nothing in common but I think "Navigate" sounds like a beat YG would be on. It has that California rap type of vibe to it.

Khundi Panda = Vic Mensa: Good at freestyling. Comes off really smart. Has a lot of talent (but honestly Khundi could be more like J.Cole too for the same reasons tbh. Vic came to mind first though cause I have a celebrity crush on him lol)

Uneducated Kid = Lil Pump: Luckily for Uneducated Kid he's actually MUCH better than pump BUT to me they both flex a lot, as well as say fake gangster shit sometimes, and just generally say whatever off the wall shit comes to mind regardless of whether it's true. Both can have catchy songs but again Uneducated Kid has much better body of work overall. Pump only has 2 or 3 enjoyable songs.

Jay P = Drake: Really good for popular music. Business saavy. Has dominated the scene in their respective countries for around 10 or so years give or take. Untouchable no matter what fuckery they get up to.

No:el = Kanye West: OK this is probably a stretch for No:el cause he was never perceived as being on the level of prime Kanye. BUT a really talented rappers who just keeps putting his foot in his mouth or getting involved with shit until it starts to interfere with his career. Name always in the headlines for fuckery more than music.

Olltii = Conceited: Shoehorned as a funny battle/freestyle rapper.

Jessi = Lil Kim: Kinda just says whatever she wants. I don't think Jessi is considered a fashion icon but I do feel like she's considered kind of an icon in khiphop as far as female rappers are concerned. I consider her appearance on UPRS to have definitely been a turning point for female rap

Queen Wa$abii = Cardi B: Lots of antics, definitely not worried about the optics of anything she does or her image.

OK I think that's all I can think of right now. I'll let y'all know if anymore come to mind.

#asks

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What do you think about Jamie Loftus My Year in Mensa podcast?

ngl this is the first i heard of this person. honestly vaguely curious why you thought this is a thing i might have an opinion on though anon. i almost never listen to podcasts.

i looked it up; so the story seems to be, loftus is a libfem comedian/performance artist sort of person; she did the mensa test on a lark, and learned about a popular alt-right mensa facebook group, which seems like one of the least surprising things imaginable, because the alt-right are precisely the kind of dipshits who think iq is real and stake their self-worth on it and would join a 'high IQ' organisation. anyway i guess she decided that would be good material and started going to their events.

so. my hot take. mensa is straight up eugenicist on the face of it, so please do demolish its reputation. 'convince yourself you're a genius for becoming a reactionary' is certainly a sadly common failure mode of the demographic which i also belong to, the 'very online autistic nerd'. everything i heard about mensa years ago made it sound like an absolutely miserable experience for anyone even close to it.

that said, there's really a line between "these guys are reactionary, how to stop them" and "these guys are cringe, point and laugh". building a habit of looking for stuff you can call cringe - too autistic, unusual expressions of social cues or sexuality or whatever - is really not a dynamic to cultivate. i don't know what side of the line this libfem comedian's podcast falls on. i skimmed one of her articles and it all seemed so banal.

but also who cares. like i just don't give that much of a shit about mensa or the kind of people whose podcasts get profiled in the new yorker in between their tv shows. very upper middle class slapfight tbh. i already spent far too long looking into this.

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got tagged by @thedreamywarrior and it looked fun so.. let’s do this

name: susan

nickname: suess/dr suess, shoeshan, susanna, ice on the internet

zodiac sign: scorpio

height: 5’2”/159 cm

languages: english, learning french at school but it’s very limited so

nationality: chinese

favorite season: if we take school out of the equation and focus only on weather and stuff like that, i’d say fall! temps are just right and allergies aren’t making my life hell

favorite flower: that’s so hard though... hh sakura blossoms. simple and elegant

favorite scent: vanilla maybe? i don’t think about this at all so uhh tbh i dunno

favorite color: pale icy blues (fitting, right)

favorite animal: snow leopards!! they’re just so elegant but also adorable and they’re so fluffy... have you ever seen pics of snow leopards biting their tails?? it’s adorable google it

favorite fictional character: ruby, duh. she’s really relatable and so freakin adorable

coffee, tea or hot chocolate: coffee! having some right now it’s great

average hours of sleep: uhhh i think 7

dog or cat: kittiess

number of blankets you sleep in: depends on the time of year, 1-3

dream trip: either france or japan!! both are beautiful with really interesting cultures and landmarks

blog established: may 2018 i think

followers: 2,643 atm

random fact: ngl i just sat here for 10 minutes trying to figure out if there’s anything interestingly random about me that i haven’t mentioned. the only decently interesting thing i can come up with is that i recently got accepted into mensa :P i took one of the tests you can take to get in when i was 9, to get into one of those gifted and talented programs. my mom just recently realized that wait i qualify for mensa, and uhh here we are i guess

tagging @dorkwolf-marejai and @teras-stuff! you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to ofc

#ice shut up #yay

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dangermousie · 4 years

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So, The Young Warriors ep 3

I love the family dynamics, all of them, from Yang Papa being hard on 6th Brother (when he shouldn't be all the time - it may not be fair, but it seems real, just as 6th Bro's attempt to win his esteem), to the Yang Mama and Yang Papa's marriage, to 8th Sister and 6th Brother dynamic. Out of all her brothers, 8th sister is clearly closest to Six and Seven since the older brothers are away from home a lot fighting while those two are at home. (And between the two, I think Six is her favorite brother.) She is such a fierce, awesome little girl btw - neither saintly nor bratty (which many other dramas confuse with cute), just an awesome little girl who is clearly the apple of her parents’ and siblings’ eye.

I kind of love that if I didn’t know better, I’d assume that Four being lost in battle meant he went fighting with the Yangs and was MIA but nope, he was a kid who they misplaced when the battle came to their camp. Yangs = more metal than you. The one thing this ep shows super well is that out of all her children, Mama Yang is closest to Six, who is the only one (until Four actually shows up) who is not fully made of the same Yang mold - he is an inventor, he doesn’t think linearly. His brothers aren’t inferior but neither is he, he’s just different. And I think he gets this from Mama Yang. Btw - this reminds me how hardcore rabid I was about Four when he shows up and how the thing that disturbs me the most about the ending, the thing that genuinely freaks me out is his ending. I remember literally writing fix-it fic in my head which I never do. OK, end tangent.

Ah, Papa Yang, stop! I wonder Six has any self-esteem left. I think Papa Yang doesn’t know how to deal with a son who is so different from all the rest of them (because even Seven, with his adorable michievousness, will clearly grow into a man very much like his older warrior brothers once he settles down and matures.) Six is a creative thinker who also goes off on his own. Neither is wrong tbh - you need to be a team player in their army sure, but also you don’t need to be wedded to one way just because it’s been forever done the same. And I do think because of that difference between what he expects (and because let’s face it, he’s probably kinda burned out on individual attention by son six), Papa Yang just doesn’t give him any slack at all. Oh well, try your best to deal with a son who doesn’t fit the mold. It’s a useful warm up for Four.

God, young Hu Gu was gorgeous. I know I keep saying it but YUM!

And this is why I never ever warmed to Yelu Xie and never had any interest in him winning Blacksmith Lady or anything. Who the HELL chains a little 8-yr-old to a carriage and then shoves it over a cliff so she'd be slowly dragged to her death as her brother watches. I mean - SICK DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO COVER IT. Yes, 5th Brother is super-strong and prevents the carriage from going over but no thanks to Yelu Xie! Ugh! (I have no idea if he'd have rescued her if 5th Brother couldn't - he may very well have planned to do so - but the fact remains that anyone that can come up with this scenario with a little girl DESERVES TO BURN IN HELL FIRE, FOREVER!!!)

Six and Princess Chai. Princess Chai is pretty awesome and I love this ship. I also love that this drama doesn’t make a mistake too many other ones do - they don’t think shrill or dumb is cute. Princess Chai is genuinely smart and plucky and sure, goofs around, but not in a dim or annoying way. Now that I think about it, there are no moron protags in here at all, nor helpless ones. Seven may be naive for example (because he’s a freaking adorable baby!), but he’s a competent fighter and while he won’t win the annual MENSA awards, is not at all a moron.

And this is the example of lateral thinking that would never occur to the rest of the Yangs but does to Six being so important. He lights up and sends lanterns hoping Eight will see them wherever she is in captivity and it will keep her spirit up. And it does! Papa Yang would undoubtedly think it was frivolous and dumb but it was not at all, it was important.

I love this drama! So much!

But I am still sending therapy bills over Four and Seven to the makers if I ever brave rewatching the ending.

#cdrama #hu ge #the young warriors #the young warriors of the yang clan

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aliaoftheknives · 4 years

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i trust your opinion do you have any podcasts that you'd recommend? ive been trying to get into them but its kind of difficult to sort out which ones are good

GOD imagine trusting my opinion lmao. Yeah sure i got a couple. Disclaimer that these are mostly political/historical because that’s what im interested in so if you like more fictional narrative stuff I am not who you should be asking lol. Under the cut cause this got long

Behind the Bastards: This is my ABSOLUTE favorite podcast I paid 36 dollars to go to the live show and i would do it again. It’s a podcast going into detail about the worst people in history and it updates twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday. LOVE the host because I have chronic nerdy white guy brain and tbh he’s just a really good historian and researcher. In depth without being dry, although I don’t mind dry. When there’s a really good guest it slaps even harder

99% Invisible: A podcast mostly about design, architecture, and infrastructure. I got recced this by a guy I know who’s an architecture major and I fully expected to be bored out of my mind by it but I was pleasantly surprised. Lots of interesting stuff in there about the history behind certain designs that we take for granted today, in-depth research and analysis about stuff big in the art/design world i.e. Vantablack, the pattern on military uniforms. Interesting but like, a bit niche.

Worst Year Ever: I used to visit Cracked.com obsessively before it got bought out and honestly most of their columnists are still like, the funniest people on the internet. This is a political podcast by Cody Johnston, the guy who does Some More News on Youtube, his co-host Katy Stoll, and Robert Evans, the guy who hosts Behind the Bastards. They have excellent chemistry, they all play off each other really well, and they cover a lot of things that aren’t mainstream. Their episodes on Midwest Furfest and Milo Yiannopoulos are especially excellent and treat furries with way more respect than any mainstream coverage did. I stopped listening to Chapo Trap House regularly a while back and this is a more-than-adequate (and funnier) substitute

QAnon Anonymous: Anyone who knows me at all knows that I spend 16 hours online and, as such have been perpetually brain poisoned by weird insular shit. Anyways QAnon Anonymous is one of the niche-r podcasts I listen to because it’s literally about 1 thing and that’s the weird obscure right-wing conspiracy called QAnon. It’s a great podcast, the hosts are funny as hell and exactly my brand of Online Brain Poisoned, and it’s surprisingly insightful into the mindset of a lot of these weird, niche right-wing conspiracy theories. Also their theme song just kinda goes off

Revolutions: A history podcast about revolutions and revolts throughout history. This one is, and I say this with all the love in my body, dry as hell. If you like an information dump occasionally interspersed with a dry little joke, this one’s for you. If you do get into it, though, it’s incredibly informative and well-researched. I’m normally really wary of stuff like this that delves into things like leftist insurrections and revolutions because a lot of mainstream information about stuff like that is straight-up American propaganda and suchlike but Revolutions does a fantastic job of not falling into that trap

Honorable limited-series mentions/stuff that doesn’t update on a regular schedule:

The End of the World, with Josh Clark

My Year in Mensa, with Jamie Loftus

Slow Burn, with Leon Neyfakh/Joel Anderson (I’ve only listened to S2 tho)

Popular Front, with Jake Hanrahan

#it's answer asks hour #person interact #THIS GOT SO LONG LOL...DUDE WTF #anyways. thats podcasts

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heoneyology · 4 years

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eomma can you give me an intro to block b? like as in their personalities and things like that hehe

asdjdjdkfdk okay yES DUH also this is a little messy because like I told you I got sick... so if you want more just tell me!! this took a while sorry-

I’ll keep the trivia kind of simple since I know this is for whatever you’re writing...

woo jiho aka zico

our wonderful leader, he’s the most honest, trustworthy, and dependable. everyone in the group unanimously agrees on this. he’s very thoughtful and quiet, especially in large groups, tending to stay back and be observant. but once he opens up he’s cheerful, friendly, and fun! he has a strong sense of responsibility and set of values, being really respectful and humble overall. he’s often misunderstood because his persona is very harsh and sharp, and he has a bit of a “bad boy image”

he’s ambidextrous (he writes with his right hand and draws with his left)

he has no sense of direction and is bad at giving them (one time his gps went out so he continued to keep driving until he ran out of gas and then called his manager...no, he didn’t think to call his manager until he ran out of gas...)

fluent in japanese and english

he has an older brother jiseok and is childhood friends with kyung

lee taeil

the oldest member who doesn’t really act like the oldest, taeil is mature yet immature at the same time. if you watch him closely he’s always making some sort of weird sound or funny expression without realizing it. overall he’s got a wicked sense of humor—he’s mischievous, quirky, and very playful, and plays off the groups’ energy very well and is able to adapt to situations with ease. I’d definitely refer to him as a moodmaker because of his ability to adapt or change the mood around him. he’s considered the cutest of the group. overall he’s quite emotional, sometimes taking things to heart.

vocal cords of a god (the og kq vocal king tbh)

he has a nickname “fish grandpa” because he likes raising fish

also likes collecting hats

he’s a big scaredy cat

he has a younger brother named taehyung

lee minhyuk aka b-bomb

one of the quieter members, bibum gives off a cool guy facade. he’s very pretty and has sharp features and a good sense of fashion. he can kind of keep to himself, for the most part, but he’s also humorous and meshes with the group and those he’s close to well. when he opens up he can be a huge dork and actually be very loud and outgoing, and teases the other members well. he’s the most sincere and kindhearted, the type of person that would drop everything to be there for you and help you out.

he has a single dimple on his left cheek

he can play piano

not sure if he does it anymore but he once said he drinks warm milk when he can’t sleep

is afraid of heights

ahn jaehyo

the absolute biggest lovable dork, jaehyo is confident in himself and his looks and hardly second guesses himself. this makes the moments he slips up or says something ridiculous adorably endearing—which is heightened by the fact that he is very easy to tease and is often the brunt of the groups’ teasing. he takes it pretty well for the most part, but can get a bit bratty and pouty sometimes though he actually has quite a handful of patience. he’s the type of person that will often wave off certain comments but when it comes down to it you can really count on him.

used to be a “wild child” as a teen and got a tattoo on his wrist out of it

he absolutely loves fishing!! like he’s been on a fishing magazine

is also good at video games, basketball, and baseball and goes to baseball games frequently

stutters when he talks

kim yukwon aka u-kwon

another kindhearted member, yukwon overall has a friendly and cheerful demeanor that shouldn’t be overlooked. he can sometimes be blunt and straight to the point, and takes everything in stride. of course, he’s an emotional person who gets upset by things too, especially negativity aimed toward him, but what’s admirable is he always tries to stay true to himself and not falter. he’s very determined, dedicated, and cheerful. he can simultaneously be one of the quietest and loudest members, and overall has a good sense of humor, sometimes even being a little cheeky, and sense of loyalty.

he loves cats but has four dogs lol

can play guitar

has an older brother

has been dating his girlfriend for almost 8 years now

park kyung

an absolute literal cheeseball. kyung is lovable but also cringeworthy. he’s “greasy” (as in he likes to flirt and is very cheesy with his words) but honestly he’s not that bad a personal overall. of all the members, he’s the most generous and he has a soft side to complement his very loud one. he really is contrasting in every aspect. outwardly, he’s goofy, playful, and humorous—often being cheeky—but inwardly he’s thoughtful, caring, and kindhearted. he’s very self conscious of what he says and does, and how he presents himself, and is able to think ahead very well. he’s extremely intelligent beneath his outward awkward goofball who likes to crack jokes facade.

is a certified genius part of mensa society

childhood friends with zico and has an older sister and younger brother

fluent in english

he’s short but we love him

pyo jihoon aka p.o

the maknae of the group, despite his deep, husky, and slightly intimidating voice pyo is the biggest cutie and absolutely adorable. he’s shy around girls but confident on stage and with what he does. however, he’s very emotional and sensitive and often fixates on things and takes things very seriously. he’s full of aegyo and boundless love and energy, and is definitely one of the quickest to laugh or crack a joke in the group. you can see in his eyes how much love he has for the other members, and he’s definitely someone you can count on to always be your friend until the end. pyo is polite, respectful, and like everyone else has a great sense of humor. he’s very likeable and extremely friendly, and also very humble.

is an actor on the side

loves nachos

plays the most pranks

can’t cook

#answer #mutuals #duckling🐣#chasingatinydream

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