#who decided that woman is 5

[secondbeatsongs]

I know this has been posted about before, but I’m dying over Blizzard’s new “diversity space tool”

this is actually the funniest and most tone-deaf thing I’ve seen in a while, and that’s really saying something, considering this is Blizzard!

it kinda explains it on the page I linked, but I guess the point of this is to see how far they're deviating from the basic "straight white male" character type. but here's the thing...what exactly do these numbers mean?

like...why is “Egyptian” a seven? what makes it have that number? who decided that "Egyptian" is exactly seven steps away from whatever they think the "default" is, when it comes to nationality? and why are we still treating diversity like this in 2022??

and while we're here, can I see the other options under “Cognitive Ability” please? I feel like the wording they use would really help me understand this better.

and “Physical Ability”, too! what are the other Blizzard-approved disabilities? I need to know this, for science!

oh, and let's not forget gender! if "Woman" is a 5, does that mean "Man" is a 0? and what would a 10 be? I desperately need to know what would be considered a 10.

actually, could they just send me a download of this tool? I really want to know my own personal Blizzard Diversity Score™. I feel like that would help me.

god, this is just like those “Check Your Privilege!” quizzes from 10 years ago. reducing complex ideas down into simple numbers that can't ever show the full picture.

#blizzard #overwatch #IDs in alt text #personal #this is hilarious to me #because like #could this tool be useful to check for situations where you're making too many characters into a stereotype? #sure #for blizzard I'm sure this tool is very helpful #as a friend of mine said #using a sketchy method #to create things that people want #but like...don't post about it?? #don't make a proud blog post showing exactly how you've judged specific races genders and abilities? #like my god #who decides #who decided that woman is 5 #who decided that arab is 7 #if you're going to make bad decisions #at least keep them private #for god's sake

[pithyorangecurd]

Typical female. Forgot the votes never mattered because the polls outcome was decided by the pulses coming from Hidden Gorge. =_=

#yet another woman who does not understand basic government and social media poll practices #why would we ever choose to let random strangers decide our fates #whether in government or in cat 5 tummy events #when there is #again #the gorge #you know #the hidden gorge? #with the pulses #the one who makes all the decisions for us and reaps none of consequences and all of the benefits #come on

[zevrans]

💀

#i haven't played bg3 for like 5 days or so because i am super busy and my brain decided that's ain't going to work and it NEEDS bg3 content #even if it is of its own production - saw bg3 related dream last night help 😭😭😭 #i don't remember much except that there was a cutscene (i am both in it AND out if it makes sense in weird dream logic) #and after the cutscene shadowheart?? i'm not even sure it was entirely her but it was a woman who without prompt kisses my character 👀 #i would have said it was a win if gale wasn't standing right there and saw that and just as i (not my character 🤡) walked over to him to #explain it was a misunderstanding and that i (or we?? idk man dream logic 😹) actually love HIM #he started running away from me 😭😭😭 because he was so upset (this was SO out of character for him i'm bfmffj) #and binch was running fast as hell too i barely maanged to catch up and start explaining WHEN #the dream rewinded (which was essentially a save reload before the scene im 😭💀) #and the kiss scene played out again but this time it was as if we were just friends with gale and he just stand there like 👁👄👁 #i still can't understand if it was shadowheart or like someone not even from bg3 😭 #ANYWAYS good morning eveyone 💀👋 #tbd

[jules-van-hering]

how the fuck do you calm yourself down from wanting to completely rip into those dudes on dating app who just saw the non-mono tag on your profile didn't read any further then texted you the most offensive shit and now you just wanna rip his head off

#I am really holding myself back here holy shit #no alex I am not in an open relationship LIKE YOU #I am fucking poly which is fucking different #and dude you describe yourself as conservative how have you fucking looked at my profile and decided sure she's gonna like me and will #become my new fwb #FUCK OFF DUDE #I haven't been that angry about online dating in a bit motherfucker #I need to add to this because the not so hidden misogyny is making me vomit: #he wants “a women to have fun with but she should also have sth in her head” #eat a bullet fucker! #and he is quite famous in his field (“5 digit of people listen to what he says so it must be interesting”) #drive yourself off a cliff please I beg you #“except for ballsports and laying tiles he could beat me at everything” #gosh I just wanna end this guy's ability to ever talk to a woman again #I might almost start to feel sorry for his wife but who knows

[murkyhazed]

when your bestie for life but also former co-worker tells you the former work tea and you just

#* &. ooc. #for context i used to work at a DV shelter #STRICTLY for DV women #there was a time they decided to let any woman in basically #like SEVERE MH but WITHOUT DV #stuff that we were not AT ALL equipped to deal with or handle #nor was it safe to us as staff or the clients in shelter #nor was it fair to the women who ACTUALLY needed our services but couldn't access because management decided #to let these aggressive borderline abusers themselves stay in shelter for 3+ months #anyway we had a do not access book where aggressive clients go after departing so future staff know not to let them back in as safety risk #low and behold my bestie just told me they let ONE OF THE WORST ONES in that book back in #i dont even work there anymore and im stressed FOR my bestie and another one of my former co-workers who is a sweet 73 year old lady #but that woman literally had like 5 pages dedicated to everything she did while in shelter #it just shows me that they STILL dont give a damn about staff safety especially nights #they still have people working nights alone #dealing with someone like that who was a CONSTANT TERROR to night staff specifically #omg i can't even right now guys i swear

[emperorcartagia]

it makes sense that refa had a family with kids and a wife given his status, but making senna a character and having her role be what it is really makes their story tragic as fuck. his family so easily could have never been heard from again after his death, but londo taking senna in out of guilt is so fucking. sad. lol

#and im not gonna be out here woobifying refa of all fucking characters #but i do think he was a good family man. good centauri with a happy home life #and i do think he loved senna #and he died when she was like 15 or something like that so he spent quite some time watching her grow up #she didnt know what he was up to #lords had to do what they had to do #and it makes sense for refa to come home and be good to his family after being shitty to everyone else #hes self serving and the people he decides are worth caring about are going to get His Special Attention #and that includes his little girl #a whole ass teenage girl orphaned is so heart wrenching. a family that loved her. #a nurturing family life is already so rare on centauri prime #like please babylon 5 there was abolutely zero reason to make refa ??? sad ?????????? like dont make me feel upset over him #he doesnt deserve it #but im such a sucker for a weird fucking horrible asshole who has a soft spot for his daughter.. #proud of her despite the centauri clearly favoring male children #takes her out in public and raised her to be the strong woman she actually did turn out to be #all for him to die brutally which im not saying he didnt deserve bc he did #but londo rly did do all that bc he thought he killed adira lmfao. no wonder why he took senna in #literally nobody is puttjng this much thought into refa but me. i need to get help

[tendercoretroglodyke]

I can't believe I'm still saying this 5 seasons in but. the way at LEAST half of all the disasters on desperate housewives would've been avoided if any one of these women had ever heard of abortion....

#i just dont get it #like ok i KINDA see how you can justify this being a plot point when the teen daughter of the superchristian housewive gets pregnant #(though it shouldve at least been a part of the discussion...) #but like. Lynette didnt even want her FIRST child #much less her... what is it now? 5th child?? #or 5 and half i suppose if you half-count her husbands daughter with another woman #(who was shot right next to you and whose daughter you promised to care for right before she died) #(who you sent away to live with her grandparents because her acting out from her moms traumatic death was too much for you) #oh wait! no my bad #this will be lynette's 5.5ths AND 6.5ths (????) children because apparently shes having TWINS. AGAIN #like. lynette. you are in your mid to late 40s. youve raised 4 children and are finally getting your oldests out of the house #you only recently reentered the workforce #your husband is struggling so hard to get a job he decided to go back to college to learn mandarin to get a leg up in the industry??? #LYNETTE. ABORTIONS WERE INVENTED FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU!! I AM BEGGING!! #lynette if i beg hard enough will you hear me through the screen and 15 years time separating us #lynette. Can You Hear Me #do NOT #have these children #girl. listen to me. you are going to have to pay 8 college tuitions. and with WHAT savings??? #your restaurant just TANKED you have NOTHING in the bank!! #count with me! #2 kids just heading into college + 2 younger kids who will be going to college (at least 1 no doubt getting a phd) #+ 1 kid you sent away but will still have to pay for #+ 1 husband who figures he'll go back to college cos he cant find a job #PLUS 2 more kids on the way??? #= 8!! 8 tuitions!! a few are bound to go for grad degrees too! do you have ANYTHING tucked away for them?? #lynette. kill them kids #Abort Those Embryos!! #now!! #desperate housewives lb

[demonanata]

I can see a modern au of the straw hats doing some jackass style shit

#like they start hiring different people to do different things for the show and rope them into doing stupid shit #like sanji was supposed to just be a cook they hire to cater a filming session but they find out hes really good at being set on fire #usopps just a tech guy they bully into doing some of the most dangerous shit and he gets the rep of being down to do anything #zoro almost dies several times but walks it off #and luffy. luffy shoves the most things up his ass. #robin breaks barriers by being the first woman to do some seriously disgusting and dangerous shit #nami will let a bug crawl on her for 5 seconds before screaming and running off #chopper is a medical expert who legally they cannot involve in the actual stunts themselves #frankys a better tech guy they hire after usopp decides he cant do both tech and stunts but then he goes and does the most disgusting shit #brook is the cameraman as hes the only one with a sense of cinematography and flair which suits him fine because of brittle his bones are #vivi thinks theyre hilarious and finances their shit and manages to convince nami to do at least one stunt thats actually a little dangerous

[marklikely]

take me back to 2016 when i could enjoy a star wars without remembering rian johnsons garbage movie and getting mad

#esb was on tv and i was like ooh i love movie. *5 minutes later* oh god i forgot that i am so angry. #avpost #i hate you shitty character writing i hate you completely erasing characters' traits offscreen i hate you cringeworthy sense of humor #i hate you sidelining the protagonist of color for a plot cul de sac that only serves to 'teach him a lesson' he didnt need to fucking lear #i hate you taking away all the positive traits of another character of color to just make him a stereotype #i hate you flattening the female lead to have no more personality and goals of her own just to be a pawn for drama b/w two men #i hate you shallow girlboss feminism that doesnt actually hold up to even mild scrutiny and isnt even progressive #i hate you undercutting every poignant emotional moment from the previous movie to make a shallow joke #i hate you 'subverting expectations' by insulting the audience and throwing away every plot thread that had been set up by tfa #i hate you ruining the entire series just bc you wanted a limp sadboy redemption arc for a character thats literally based on neo nazism. #i hate you throwing a bone to shippers of a pairing between a woman and her symbolic rapist (the creators' word for what he did) #i hate you reylo i hate you kylo fandom i hate you racist writing i hate you everyone who mistreated john boyega i hate you rian johnson #and just to top it off i hate you people who saw the fanboys have a meltdown bc they cant stand movies w women in them and just #decided that it must mean that this dumpster fire is actually really good and progressive and now have to keep fucking hyping it up #as if its not just a complete shambles its such a bad fucking movie and rian johnson is a bad writer and i hate him

[bloodlessdiamond]

People don't actually care about you when you're suicidal. They just say they do or pretend because they are supposed to. No one really helps or tries to be there for you, or wants to change the things that are making you feel that way.

#me tells a friend I’m feeling really low and suicidal #them: #no don’t do anything I love you #it would make me so sad #then immediately #proceeds to not talk to me for weeks #me tries to go through my work counseling site #only female counselors #decides I could get over my think with women therapist #no available appointments in person in my area not during work hours #calls my doctor says I really need a med check #soonest appointment available in three months #can’t even get out of bed and only eats maybe twice a week #my dad who hasn’t talked to me more than 5 min in weeks #I’m inviting this random woman I’ve only known for a few weeks to come for the weekend #no one actually cares #they just don’t want to feel guilty when I do it

[irrigos]

light fingers aka "A Category 5 Woman Moment"

#who is having the category 5 woman moment? thats up to you to decide.....

[ciockworkfox]

wake up babe, new 4Minute pictures just dropped after 5 years without a new one

#if I see any aing shitting on them I will come for your neck #hyuna is a grown woman who can decide on her own if she wants to be there or not #and it seems like they are on good terms again at least partially #and if y'all flood my girls' instagram again with bs because of this and we have to wait another 5 years for another picture I will eat you #4minute

[byebyeskylark]

I do not understand why anyone thinks Star Wars books and comics are canon. I was ten and found a Star Wars book about Leia and Han's kids - Phantom Menace was still years away - and I thought to myself "Wait, if it's not written by George Lucas, does it count?"

Like, take what you love and keep it in your heart! Zero judgment from me, someone who actively ignores the sequels at all times. But acting upset when the show or movie writers throw it out seems like an exercise in futility to me.

#hell george proved he doesnt give a shit about canon #im still mad leia says she remembers her mother #a woman who lucas decided 20 years later kicks it less than 5 minutes after birthing her #anyway star wars rant ignore me

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Days 341 and 342, because I hit post limit last night and didn't feel like scheduling on account of cramps and migraine. Anyway, Triumph is done! Yesterday was the lining and base color, today is the final touches via shading and some minor tweaks.

#the great artscapade of 2022 #bobbi's being weird again #art #my art #untitled gunpla comic #it's raining :3 #and I'm listening to Red and Indigo of OSP fame doing a two-woman rendition of A Midsummer Night's Dream #they decided that Oberon should sound like Maximillian Pegasus and it's gone downhill from there :D #let me tell you Robin Goodfellow as voiced by gender bent Joey Wheeler is HILARIOUS #this is my first Midsummer Night's Dream experience and I wouldn't have it any other way #also if anyone's curious and/or keeping up on my Work Bullshit Shenanigans I stayed home today on account of those cramps and migraine #so obvs I didn't go to the elementary school and supervise a bunch of children eating lunch #I'm gonna have to next week and I'm still Big Mad™ about it #it doesn't sound that bad when I phrase it that way tbh #the PROBLEM is a) the lack of respect for our jobs and treating us as disposable #b) the lack of respect for childcare positions by acting like just anyone can do it without any training #c) pretending ''well of the 500 ppl who applied we only interviewed 200 and hired 20 and 5 of them showed up'' justifies the disrespect #and d) the double standard of ''well 180 ppl failed their interviews'' but not actually interviewing the ppl they're throwing at the problem #specifically not interviewing us for the position they're making us fill #obvs we were interviewed before being hired for our actual jobs #but we were interviewed FOR THOSE JOBS not interviewed for childcare positions #I am an accountant! I was hired to do accounting! THIS IS NOT ACCOUNTING

[mother-daly]

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#so my nan's getting cremated today #my mum decided not to have a funeral #because as she pointed out - who would come? #my nan has no family besides her two kids and three grandkids #her husband died 5 years ago #any family she does have are all around the globe #all her friends dipped out of her life when she was put into care when her alzheimers got worse #it makes me so angry #that this brilliant bright woman had her whole life stripped away because of this illness #it makes me sad that only 6 people in the whole world are mourning her #and i can't even be there with my family to have a meal and talk about her and celebrate her life #idk i just feel fucking sick with it all at the moment #i was doing fine and then the wave came back and idk i'm just very tired and very lonely rn

[one-time-i-dreamt]

On May 19 Sgt. Michael Kunovich deemed him suspicious while outside the Super 8 motel parking lot. Aguilar Mendez was sitting down eating but started to walk away when the officer approached in his patrol vehicle. Kunovich began to question him, but Aguilar Mendez couldn't understand him or communicate well and repeated that he was sorry. That's when Kunovich decided to search him, and Aguilar Mendez resisted. Two other deputies arrived to assist in taking the 5-foot-4, 115-pound teen to the ground as Kunovich repeatedly stunned him with his taser, all seen on body-worn camera video. Aguilar Mendez can be heard screaming for his family and is seen trying to gain control of the taser as the officers note in the video. Toward the end of the 6-minute scuffle, the deputies saw that their handcuffed suspect had a small folding knife and disarmed him. Kunovich collapsed a short time later in medical distress and died at the hospital, the Sheriff's Office said. Aguilar Mendez, who came here from Guatemala, was staying with other farmworkers at the hotel. He is being detained without bail, which is the subject of another hearing as yet to be decided. (source)

I'm going to need you all to start spreading awareness about this case and sign the petition. I'm a 5'4 woman and I weigh more than him. He's only 18, indigenous and doesn't understand English nor Spanish really. I can't imagine how confused and scared he was. Tased 6 times and apologizing repeatedly and calling out for his family... he is not responsible for the police officer's death. The fact he's been held for 8 months without bail is disgusting.

Virgilio looks so small, sad and defeated in all of the images I've seen of him.

#not a dream #virgilio aguilar mendez #Virgilio Aguilar Méndez #justice #racism tw