Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

in *any* discussion about minority rights, whoever's from the group we're currently talking about will probably come across as incredibly angry because;

* that point they'll be talking about very real threats to their survival and comfort

* they are probably not someone used to airing their complaints, let alone carefully; this stuff doesn't affect just eloquent, nuanced speakers, but *normal people*

* on the flip side, if you're not used to hearing it, by definition it's going to sound way angrier than what you're used to

Understandable but probably not helpful reactions include;

* asking them to tone it down (no matter what context, this is unlikely to convince anyone to be less angry)

* getting the hell away from the angry person since your subconscious is telling you that you might make a great target (the worst case scenario is actually they're a police plant trying to get you to break something)

* trying to troubleshoot, and interjecting with your personal experience

* related, if you are *any other marginalized group*, you will likely be pissed off that your compatriot is seriously aggrieved about what's being done to their group and does not acknowledge yours might have had some stuff. Leave it. There'll be another better time to address that one.

Got so much good stuff shopping today like barley tea, a batch of chicken gizzards, yu choy, and pierogies!

“That’s the Way,” Led Zeppelin

“Pretty Good Year,” Tori Amos

Reminded again of how much I hate gender essentialists. Even if one of these fucking brownshirts *could* conclusively prove there are only two genders, accurately reflected by genitalia, predilection for violent crime, muscle mass, and body fat, I’d still dismiss it as something preached by some of the worst folks in the world, in league with other worst folks in the world, as an excuse to make everything worse.

Meme; get to know my music taste, for every like I will post one song I love.

right now what I really would like to do instead of being here is getting baked and eating pelmeni with (vegan, safe for dairy allergy) sour cream, but oddly not at the same time.

that thing where listening to what's technically the love theme from various movies makes me profoundly sad because it actually makes me think about getting to travel.

currently eating tofu jigae in the hope this helps with the feeling of having fucked up *everything*

#drawings today - I might not finish this #wip, I wanted to do something big like what I might make as a DM screen (adventurers vs land dragon, rider and Sutekh warrior). And, a jade dragon!

Having now argued with TERFs, there’s no concern that trans people might be misguided and need help - they see trans folk purely as enemies to be annihilated. And their allies here are what, the Catholic Church? Or politicians like DeSantis? There’s no honest concern for kids or anyone else, it’s all a flimsy Kleenex excuse for continued authoritarian crackdown on anything left of Herman Goering.

Your beauty is beyond renown
upon your brow an iron crown
Is set above your eyes of glowing red,
and you could easily take my man
and fell him with your fearssome hands
and add him to the ranks of your undead

This isn’t a new observation but why might Jolene take her man anyway? Does she have a collection of men piled up in the basement or something?

can I get 2 hours more sleep and more drawing time?

Nightmare in which I yelled at my parents about the election and couldn't remember my age accurately (apparently I was worried about a second term of Bush I, 'way back when). Used bathroom, ate antacid, open the internet and hey look, it's Florida's colostomy bag talking about how he wants to make America one big Florida. I hate that dude so fucking much.

oh man I forgot about this interview with Kudt, where at the end he says that in the last year he got married and had a kid and he hadn't felt that good since before his parents' divorce. That is a serious OH SHIT moment, I know what happened next. So uh, let's NOT listen to any more Nirvana this evening.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU
YOU'RE THE QUEEN OF MY HEART
PLEASE DON'T DECEIVE ME WHEN I HURT YOU
IT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT SEEMS
CAN'T YOU FEEL MY LOVE BUZZ
*repeats a batch*
CAN'T YOU FEEL MY LOVE... BUZZ!

SSSSSS!

WAH WAH!
WAH WAH!
WAH WAH!

... and then I listened to Los Straitjackets' cover of "The Munsters" which gets me to their cover of "Venus" which gets me to "Love Buzz" and Nirvana again.

singing the Weird Al versions of "Living in America" and "Zoot Suit Riot" along with the originals gets me to singing Nirvana's lyrics along with "Smells Like Nirvana."

and then listening to In Bloom, because it's awesome.