#which was harmless

[literallyaflame]

okay. listen. if you ever find yourself falling into a new ideological circle, pay attention. if you notice that you’re among people who define themselves as part of an “in-group” with a pre-prepared human “enemy” to constantly rail against—if everyone fantasizes about the mental state of these loathsome monsters, if they participate in witch hunts or (perhaps worse) poke bears and court harassment on purpose to comfort each other over—get the fuck out. you haven’t been enlightened to some grand conspiracy, there are no evil “enemies” or “degenerates” trying to rip apart the fabric of society, and you do not have the moral duty to “enlighten” anyone to whatever you think the “truth” is. it’s neither safe nor normal to spend hours of your day fighting with strangers on the internet

a lot of people wear this shit like a badge of honor, but it’s also not normal to hide your “in-group” status as a form of martyrdom, relishing when the “enemy” slips up around you. it’s comforting in the moment, but in the long run, you’re alienating yourself from the world outside of your bubble. the more you alienate yourself, the more vulnerable and lonely you become, and the harder it is to reject the comfort of belonging to the “in-group”

i’m writing this from the perspective of someone who grew up in a cesspool of awful, cult-like rural churches—which is its own situation—but i see similar shit happening in online communities all the time, both within and 800 miles outside of my own ideological principles. yes, every toxicass radfem i block seems to be trapped in a version of this vicious cycle, but i also see it happening in random queer circles and niche fandom communities. no one is immune, not even me. i’ve watched people fall into this shit and never make it out. be careful

#some ideologies come pre-baked with this nonsense #because they naturally revolve around an in-group and an out-group #but i swear to god people will start acting like this over fucking #anime shipping wars #which probably seems harmless to most people #but those communities skew very young #and i have no doubt that it can be psychologically damaging #no matter how inconsequential it seems to my jaded 26 year old brain #me when i make a post

[tam--lin]

The thing is, you don’t have to have a diagnoses to make simple “unmasking” changes that make your life easier. You don’t even have to self-diagnose! You are not appropriating anyone’s culture or struggles or hijacking anyone’s movement by allowing yourself to sway in line at the grocery store or buying a weighted blanket or using study or household hacks intended for people with ADHD. If you start favoring the needs that make your brain and body unique over the arbitrary norms of society, you’ll be better off, and you’ll be expanding the norms. It’s a win/win.

#sometimes I consider What I Have Going On Upstairs #and think 'should I try to get some sort of diagnosis?' #but it wouldn't help me right now! I don't need work accomodations - work IS the accomodation #but allowing myself to sit on the floor in the corner of the airport instead of on a chair #or fidget in lines #gives me one less thing to worry about AND makes my brain happy AND makes 'odd' but harmless behaviors #more normalized which ultimately helps people #who have needs that are several standard deviations away from ~~normal~~ #it's a win-win-win #tam.txt #related but on a different line of thinking: #somewhere along the line we majorly screwed up with how we talk about appropriation #I think we're getting better but whoa boy... #seen some baffling takes about pretty normal things like socializing color codes for get-togethers #or weighted blankets #being Only For Autistic People #nah bro that's the last thing on earth the vast majority of disability advocates are interested in

[muppenthings]

She did not get the pupper to drop it. ;(

Prompt from @koguri3108

#Muppen draws #oc Birdie #g/t #art prompt #Thank you for the prompt! #Which was just something with Birdie :) #Birdie knows this particular dog is harmless to her so she's chill with em

[hatosaur]

hey tlou folks

it's that time of year again:

DON'T PUT DINA IN CHRISTMAS ATTIRE OR HAVE HER CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IN YOUR ART AND FICS. SHE'S JEWISH, FOR FUCKS SAKE.

there was like a whole area of the game abt it, don't be fuckin weird.

#tlou #tlou2 #the last of us #the last of us part 2 #tlou dina #ellie williams #elliedina #dellie #dinellie #losers will say 'oh i forgot' to which i say 'fuck you' #jaded abt the holidays #it's not 'harmless'; you just can't grasp ppl don't celebrate the overly commercial christian holiday #ellie's ass would not give that much of a shit abt celebrating CHRISTMAS exactly she'd also be celebrating hanukkah

[skizabaa]

I'm crying. I'm glad you made the Furby fren. ;w;

Of course!! They are the best of friends <3

#asks #dana-chan-the-control-brain #also hi!! i read your tags!! I love furbies sm and seeing the weird hate they get for no reason always makes me so sad... #but this little guy is so cared for and loved!! #((I also just got a little 1998 furby to customize which i love so much and is partly what inspired the original comic haha)) #fnaf sb #mini music man #dj music man #I like to imagine both the little furby and mini music man being little rascals! partners in crime! oh! the harmless pranks they could play

[feluka]

when i make a post about coptic culture and someone tags it as "worldbuilding"... a chill runs up my spine

#could be entirely harmless but again could be entirely harmful idk! #propaply (<- new favourite misspelling) just overthinking it but it's like... #as the saying here goes اللي اتلسع في الشوربة ينفخ في الزبادي #which means something like... if you burn your tongue on soup you will blow on yoghurt?? sounds stupid in english lol #oh but fellas i have been burnt on soup!!!! scalded!!!! charred even!!! #one time someone reached out to me and asked me about how it's like living as a [REDACTED] in a country where it's illegal #and i was young and eager to share and we spoke for a long long time and in the end they were like thanks! #and later sent me a link to their fic about their white twink blorbos facing oppression and homophobia in a barbaric backwards society.... #and this isn't even the worst instance of someone doing this with an experience i shared with them 😭 #someone once wrote a fictionalised version of MYSELF for an awful fic ehdhejbdbdhdh that's a whole insane story for later

[justsalpals]

I love how the only visual depiction we have of the protagonist is an ominous as hell Spooky Bird Monster, but even by then we are so fully entrenched in the workings of his mind that we know better than anyone he's Just a Guy

#leading to most fan depictions being cute harmless bird bois #which is not a complaint by the way. more cute birds AND more scary ones! I'm just a simple gal in the big city trying to Have It All #slay the princess #the long quiet

[heavenpierceher]

i think discourse on this site would rapidly become significantly less annoying if we replaced “fandom purity culture policing” or whatever the fuck it is people call it with “moral scrupulosity” which is the actual term for that behavior

#which would also broaden understanding of it as a symptom—not a harmless one mind you but still a symptom—rather than like #People Ruining My Fun For No Reason #if someone’s going on an unhinged rant about how 25 year olds can’t date people over 30 or whatever #it’s likely that they’re… like… dealing with some internalized shit that’s hurting them as much as the people around them #not just randomly being malicious for no reason #people’s behavior exists largely as a reaction to their environment #i suspect like a solid 80% of truly unhinged discourse along these lines is literally just people with unchecked scrupulosity issues+ #+taking it out on everyone around them #op

[sherbetyy]

Btw twitter is putting this on posts supporting Palestine

#they aren’t even on just the bloody posts #which btw should still be seen. #this one specifically was just a character/oc of someone holding a palestine flag. that was the whole thing #sometimes twitter puts these warnings on images by mistake #but i’ve seen way too many harmless posts of it being blocked or blurred from seeing #free palestine #palestine

[tofanahisjava]

i would like to take this oppertunity to apologize in advance for the assult upon your eyes and soul that i am about to commit.

This made my jaw drop

What happened to missgendering being literal violence and unexcusable?

And also like wtf???

#tiktoks male deprivacy #As far as tiktok TIMs go #hes actually quite tame #Which is what I think makes his videos all the more disturbing #So many girls think he's harmless #tra logic #tra nonsense #gender critical #radfem #transwomen are men #Fantastic men at that

[fjordfolk]

Cant want for this person to realise that breeders also make others people's dogs, rear them, and lay experiential foundations that will follow them for the rest of their lives

#not too long ago there was some debacle because a puppy buyer wanted to change the name of their dog #post registration/delivery and the breeder was like.....no? #and the people flipped their fckn shit #like threatening law type of flipping their shit iirc #its just a piece of paper my dudes #like yeah this breeders naming habits are over the top but theyre also completely harmless and unless you breed or compete #(which these buyers were not looking to do) #you will hardly see or hear the registered name ever again #the privilege of a breeder is to get to put stupid harmless things on a piece of paper #get over it

[thatonedragongirl]

Wolfie + peanut butter. The licking noise is driving Warriors and Legend to insanity. The rest of the Chain are having a field day with it. Twilight knows no peace.

#linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu wolfie #lu twilight #lu warriors #lu legend #lu chain #I came up with this after watching my dogs #they love peanut butter time #be careful which peanut butter you give them #it can be bad but most are harmless

[cult-of-the-eye]

To add to the Alice is secretly untrustworthy theories: her giving the computers and the voices names could be her downplaying their significance, like oh don't pay attention to what they're actually saying, it's just Chester talking his nonsense again

#like its sort of genius #making them seem like harmless household objects that break every half an hour #rather than what sam is getting more suspicious of which is that they are more powerful than he originally thought #tmagp #tmagp theories #tmagp speculation #the magnus protocol #alice dyer #chester and norris #tmagp augustus #tmagp freddy

[herebecritters]

Happy pride, here’s a reminder that non-binary Flaky is incredibly important to me

#happy tree friends #htf #htf flaky #I’ve been seeing a weird amount of non-binary flaky erasure lately #which is weird especially during pride month???? #I know it’s mostly harmless so don’t attack folks over it #but I will never write flaky as cis #I saw a post calling my otp a cishet couple and it got a little under my skin #I also know their gender is open to interpretation though so no shade is directed at anyone on how they personally see flaky #but on this blog know they are always non-binary #sorry for the ramblings #nonbinary rep is important to me for personal reasons

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

listen: you as a kitsune meeting Foul Legacy Childe

maybe he's running from the Fatui, unable to change back into his human form, so he takes refuge in Inazuma- many of the islands are mostly uninhabited, so he doesn't have to worry about being seen- or so he thought. one night he goes to sleep, utterly alone, and wakes up to someone carefully poking his horns, a figure with fox ears coming into view as he opens his crystalline eye.

you grin upon seeing the Abyssal creature awake, and stick out your hand to shake with his.

Foul Legacy quickly learns how to put up with you, as you insist on accompanying him as he travels through Inazuma, no matter how hard he tries to scare you off. and maybe it's for the best- you know almost every island significantly better than he does, Narukami especially, and constantly list fun facts and advice that you think might be useful. if you begin to fall behind, Legacy sighs and lifts you onto his shoulder, much to your delight, or if you're in your fox form he simply carries you in his arms.

speaking of which, he loves your little fox self- a soft, fluffy bundle of fur that can fit in the palms of his hands. no matter how old you are, or how many tails you've gained, your fox form remains small and fluffy, and sometimes you'll end up curling up on Legacy's cape to sleep that night, much like a cat with its favorite blanket. you even let him pet your tail in your humanoid form! if you trust him enough, he'll get to see all your tails, which is a high honor indeed for a kitsune.

sorry i just love the thought of big scary Foul Legacy with a tiny little fox friend

#genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #gi ajax #foul legacy #foul legacy childe #genshin tartagalia #genshin childe #genshin tartaglia #genshin x reader #childe x reader #and yes you and yae miko know each other #if you bring Foul Legacy to the shrine it's kinda like #yae- 'whatcha got there?' #you holding Foul Legacy's hand- 'a smoothie!' #also you occasionally play harmless pranks on him #you're a trickster!! (he starts doing them back to you which you love) #short scenario #wifi's brainrot

[bookwyrminspiration]

queering your gender gives you a fucking critical hit on disguise or something I swear. I could be in a room full of classmates from 5 years ago and they'd have zero clue who I am. every day I walk past people I know 100% aware that they do not and will not recognize me ever unless I tell them. it's absolutely delightful I feel like an undercover spy

#genderqueer #lgbtq #gender shit #shitpost #it's SO tempting to wanna say hey when we walk past each other #because I just KNOW i'll get to watch them panic trying to place me #which feels a little mean but it's also harmless #sometimes I feel tempting to just like. act a little familiar. drop their full government name or a fact about their life #since I DO know them #they just don't know it. and i think it'd be fun #but again. a little mean probably #it's SO fun when you're on this end of it #because the person they know? dead and BURIED with my own two hands #i do not look ANYTHING like what I did when they knew me five years ago