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Siph

Selfie, eye contact, help me afford new glasses! Boosts welcome 

here’s the frame I’m going with btw!

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hallowhorns

like, even if something isn't common sense, a person who says that is trying to convince you it's how the majority thinks, rather than like, trying to convince you that the reasoning is sound and stands up to scrutiny

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hallowhorns

it's kind of funny how "common sense" seems to be held up to mean "sound, basic judgement"

but the way people use the term is way more in line with a literal interpretation of the phrase.

like, "common sense" really is just used to mean "most prevalent belief," or more to the point, "status quo"

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hallowhorns

Okay last thought before bed: virtue signaling 

I dunno where I'm going with this, it just wigs me out how effective it is.

After a certain point, you don't *really* personally know that, say, the earth is round. You're trusting what you're told on some level.

And if someone gets to that core, it reduces you to someone saying "Well Bill says it, so it must be true."

We so easily forget what proof even is. But it's about fitting plausibly among the larger contexts of everything else you know.

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hallowhorns

Okay last thought before bed: virtue signaling 

I feel like this rhetoric has a way of seeping in that goes unappreciated.

It's so common to see someone take offense to the accusation that they're virtue signaling, but taking offense in the first place means they've successfully made this personal. We know that issues go beyond us, so it doesn't matter what WE say this truth, the point is that it's a truth.

But this is an ad hominem that intends to force you to legitimize your argument

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hallowhorns

Okay last thought before bed: virtue signaling 

This is obviously bad faith arguing, but it's an especially unnerving tactic to me. It's abnormally open about the idea that motive outweighs action - that you need to be pure of heart to do good.

But as living creatures, everything is motivated, you can find a cynical reason for everything.

Questioning your intentions is good, but this gatekeeping only allows those who are 100% certain about anything, and that necessarily means narrow-mindedness

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Siph

Got this new piece from @dzuk!! I don’t actually have a Toshiba Libretto but ze felt it would suit me well uwu

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SilverSpookGames

A thread about how the entire Marvel Universe is US capitalism-imperialism propaganda for the 21st century. octodon.social/@silverspookgam

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SilverSpookGames

Nothing has fundamentally changed & this blueprint of the Silver-Screen Consent Manufacturing Industry as a branch of the empire's hegemonic control has continued to this day. This obviously extends into TV, games etc. (e-sports is a top recruiting tool for US Mil)

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SilverSpookGames

F&WS literally opens with the US military worrying about 'violating the borders of Libya' despite having illegally bombed the country into the stone age / slave markets & ongoing illegal occupation of Hawaii and countless others.

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minimink

re: kink discourse; Subtoot 

Literally the "Is there somebody you forgot to ask???" Meme

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L.J. = indie web loser

Understand that no matter what your race, you will never be free until Black and Indigenous peoples are.

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Furry art | EC | Plurality 

And here's Eleara, the creative and protean member of the Elysion subsystem.

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hey yall! @vantablack and I need help funding our #RabbitRoadTrip2021 this summer to bring my pet rabbits back to michigan

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support the trip here: ko-fi.com/fairydoctor

there is a new demo comic update!!!!

context to why im asking for funds: my folks said that they were going to help with the trip, and lied to me

my folks have been abusive toward me since i moved back here in march :bunhdangry:

#bunyPosting #fediArt #mastoArt

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baby tubby

TXPol, firearms 

texas lawmakers have made it official. anyone can now carry a firearm (hand gun, specifically) with no background check, no license, and no training whatsoever.

11 people are dead and 69 are injured from the 12 mass shootings that took place in the USA just this weekend.

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L.J. = indie web loser

toxic gratitude, cw abuse mention 

It is toxic behavior for a person to bring up their contributions, favors or benefits to excuse bad behavior and mistreatment. People who argue they need to be excused from accountability "after all they did" are essentially admitting their good deeds were nothing more than currency to purchase abuse credits. They are also saying the people they mistreat only deserve a limited measure of good things that should be balanced out by mistreatment because they were being treated "too" well. Alternately, they're saying the victims are acceptable sacrifices for the greater good. This is the mindset and rhetoric of abusers.

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Xenon Fiber System

xenon fox facts :xenon: 

did you know that i have multiple forms?

i'm slox, sloxtaur, foxtaur, and fox :xenon_heart:​

all of which are soft and warm :xenon_heart:​

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L.J. = indie web loser

general meta, abuse/unhealthy dynamics 

I wonder how much of people's rigidity about refusing to admit mistakes or wrongdoing is due to being taught that admitting to being wrong means they are Bad People who can never come back from it and are no longer deserving of respect or love?

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Also horny 

Being enby means looking down while pawing off, and finding out that your astral projection has a big 'ol fox cock...and you're okay with it, albeit embarrassed.

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ajgae

the idea that boys and girls can't have friendships that aren't amorous is one of the worst gender-related things taught to children

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