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“It Is an Honor to Be Suspended for Palestine”

Dispatches from the Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University

https://crimethinc.com/Columbia2024

In this in-depth report, participants offer a blow-by-blow account of the events at Columbia, appraising the tactics that the demonstrators have employed and the challenges that they face.

since the white house put out a ridiculous statement condemning the protests i want to reiterate again that many of the students involved are jewish, there has always been a large jewish presence at these protests in nyc and in campus organizing for palestine

the nuisance of our language is stunning

ahh but true slavs know they all have slightly different meanings ;)

english sucks because they have like 3 swear words combined

@one-time-i-dreamt can you answer this?

jebati - fuck someone

podjebavati - to screw around with someone

zajebavati - same as above but more joking and lighthearted

zajebati - fuck something up or fuck someone over

izjebati - could mean to fuck someone good or fuck someone up lol

ujebati - made a mistake

razjebati - break something

sjebati - fucked something up, made a mistake

nadjebavati - outsmart someone

jebuckati - to talk minor shit, also a more innocent way to say fuck

odjebati - ditch someone

najebati - get in trouble

prejebati - screw someone over, do something sneaky (bad)

dojebati - move somewhere, often said about people from rural areas moving to big towns

my personal fav - nejebica - state of fucklessness

HAAANK! THAT'S NOT ART BY THE OP HANK! OP REPOSTED IT WITHOUT CREDIT! HANK!

IT'S AI-GENERATED ART HANK! HAANK! THE FLOWER LINEWORK IS NONSENSICAL AND THE ROOM CORNERS DON'T MEET. IT'S AI! HANK!

literally my favorite type of tweet

"ERM you follow this person who interacted with this person who reblogged from this person who is friends wit-"

my sibling in Christ do something productive with your time. draw, jerk off. do SOMETHING!!!

from a concerned perspective, it's not very healthy behavior to keep track of random people.

More good advice

You guys I just realized that what I’ve always wanted out of werewolf fiction is a story where lycanthropy isn’t a purely human condition

Like this dude wakes up from his wolfbender and his room is full of all these fucking chickens from local farms that he initiated into his pack. They all start clucking and crowing at the moon and when it’s full they all transform into these tiny little weird bipedal wolves with wings.

I don’t remember making this post but it’s going around again and I’m losing my shit

Imagine becoming a werewolf because you got attacked by a fucked up chicken

A wildlife rehab centre discovers that one of its patients is a lycanthrope when the full moon hits and their wolf transforms into a slightly different wolf.

the scariest thing about old tv isnt really the racism or the sexisim because you kinda go in braced for that it's all the scenes where suddenly an actress is holding a lion cub or a chimpanzee is in the same room as a toddler, or suddenly theres a lion, or there's a chimpanzee again but it's driving a car, or holding a lighter, or holding fireworks. You just kind of watch in horror as over and over an actress performs with only 1960s tv film shootings best animal handling between her and the opening to Nope.

This is how I learn that the famous chimp my dad got my nickname from tried to kill Reagan. Fuck yeah.

do people even know the extent of sanctions on the iranian people? my mom's family can't afford fruit anymore. it's a state of psychological warfare; literally nobody living there has any sort of hope for the future. added sanctions from the EU are going to destroy the lives of 87 million innocent people

as my cousin put it: "there is no point to saving up out of uncertainty that it will be worth anything in a month. what investments can you make in the future when you can't even be sure how much food will cost tomorrow? this isn't living." there are, of course, absolute shortages as well—my late grandmother experienced a period of deterioration because the medicine she needed was just not available. many such cases.

there was a tiktok I made a while ago basically saying "your abusive ex boyfriend is more likely a misogynist than a narcissist" and while most people agreed some said I was victim blaming(?) and that I couldn't know what their ex is like, and while obviously I don't, every fucking person describing their narcissistic ex is describing a typical misogynist. ask yourself, is this behavior you associate with narcissism directed at women or does he treat his male friends the same way? is his general functioning in life impaired?

many people don't seem to know this, but a mental disorder is NOT based on symptoms alone, it's based on how much the symptoms actually impair you in daily life. most people could look at a list of mental disorder symptoms and identify either themselves or someone else with them. as far as a narcissistic personality, we all know people who appear more self absorbed than others, but this is typically subclinical narcissism (presence of narcissistic traits without significant impairment of functioning) which is not a disorder. there is also a misunderstanding of what npd is. a narcissist is not a supervillain invincible to emotion. npd is a defensive reaction to trauma that lead to deep insecurity and fear of being seen as weak or vulnerable. so narcissists aren't actually "in love with themselves" at all and often are diagnosed when seeking help for other issues such as substance abuse resulting from their struggles.

this focus a lot of abused women in online pop psychology have on narcissism is particularly concerning because it completely glosses over misogyny which is literally a huge factor in violence against women. people really only know misogyny as a surface level thing. they don't know it can lead to family annihilation, for example, and is one reason most family annihilations are committed by the husband. it's always "this man is a sociopath" "this man is a narcissist" when the man's behavior is driven by ideology. I am so fucking tired of everything being tied to mental illness and left at that. you know what this leads to? courts "fixing" abusive men by...giving them anger management therapy. guess what? it doesn't fucking do anything because the problem isn't mental instability leading to anger, it's targeted, purposeful abuse. we are getting nowhere

have i ever shown u people my hand sofa

my prized possession is this loveseat I bought from a divorced dad who couldn’t tell me anything about it and in the years i’ve owned it i’ve never been able to find out who made it or where it came from. it’s got nails and finger creases and palm lines but they’re all kinda hard to see in this pic.

I've seen several sites mention this, it's real.

Do not make the MISTAKE of thinking you need to put your side forward. The Guardian is transphobic as fuck, and will twist your words. DO NOT ENGAGE.

By the way, this is in the aftermath of the Cass Report, and the goal will be to make Trans DIY something that needs to be regulated or stamped out. DO NOT ENGAGE.

Sharing this for everyone who stumbles on this post!! Please be safe y'all, def use gloves, mask, and make sure to have good ventilation! Always check the ingredients of your cleaning products before using them together! Please share this so more folks are aware, they literally don't be teaching us important stuff like this to prepare for the Adult World™

Me: “You can’t ascribe human morality to non-human animals because they do not share our particular cognition and culture.”

Tumblr: “Why do you hate animism, huh? Why do you think humans are a separate species from other animals, you human supremacist?”

Me: “You wouldn’t marry a warthog because you know that its cognition is different from human cognition, it is a different species with different abilities and emotions, and it does not share your understanding of marriage and consent and culture. It’s different from you and you know this.”

Tumblr: “Well humans don’t all speak the same language, so…”

Of all the ridiculous arguments I’ve gotten into on Tumblr dot hell this one. This one might be. Might be the wildest.

I’M LOSING MY MIND 

“I’m trying to establish whether or not you think a sand hill crane is interchangeable with a human boyfriend”

It’s practically 2014 and you guys still don’t know how to google if an article is real or not before giving it 100,000 notes

One of my favorite recurring themes in bg3 is that of the charming monster that wants to manipulate you, use you, and eat you

Astarion is a brilliant companion for reasons that basically everyone in this fandom knows, but I see very few people note that it’s extremely interesting that one of the major bosses/secondary storylines in this game centers around vampires, when you yourself are (potentially, anyway) playing as someone masking as a pure humanoid, with powers to influence, control, and kill people. Mind flayers and vampires have a lot of fascinating overlap and similarities, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they’ve framed much of the story around two entities (the nether brain and Cazador/his spawns) that take pleasure in mind controlling people and thirsting for power at any cost

There’s a third monster that’s recurrent as well though: hags, primarily Ethel. Another monster that sells charming words and promises to people, and you can see firsthand the twisted ways that those promises are fulfilled. What a beautiful and horrible parallel to sacrificing your humanity in exchange for illithid powers and abilities. Where is the line at what you gain vs what you lose?

Vampires, mind flayers, and hags are all tremendously powerful creatures, and all three procreate via consuming other people and converting them into monsters like themselves. That price might very well be worth it to some, and I love that the game endlessly asks you where your own line in the sand is, and what you're personally willing to give up in exchange for life, power, freedom

But are you clever enough to outsmart the being offering you such power? Can you really find a way to come out on top?

"And so I rescind my previous guides to dealing with a hag, my suggestions for clever language and deceit. Instead, I offer these words should you ever encounter a hag: run. And pray she does not follow."

toot toot!

...so the feeling I get from the latest Dungeon Meshi episode is that Laios is not as oblivious as people make him out to be.

He is 100% certain that Shuro will keep the secret of Falin's resurrection. Willing to bet not only his life, but Falin's as well on that.

So he clearly does understand that Shuro cares enough about Falin that he wouldn't risk her life, even over the taboo of black magic.

And even when the others barge in and get the information too, he doesn't panic, he doesn't move. Doesn't even address them. In fact, what he says is:

"That's assuming this leaves the dungeon, Shuro. And you won't tell another soul about any of this happening. Right?"

...I can't help but read the implication that he also believes Shuro is willing to silence the others in the room to protect Falin. He puts the onus on Shuro to prevent the secret from leaving.

It feels... calculated. Almost as if Laios feels he knows Shuro better than Shuro knows himself.

Drawing father with his kids