@kelseyhusky It's a challenge, there's not many people who are the same gender as I am
hot take: just because "someone did it first" doesn't mean that an idea can't be explored a second time in media.
in some cases, the same goes for "someone did it better." before making a statement like that, it's good to ask if this piece of media is exploring the idea in the same way or for the same reasons. just because it was't as good, that doesn't mean it is unnecessary.
re: police de-escalation, Five Thirty Eight
@porsupah You know, by requiring psych evaluations, mental fittness evaluations, stringent weapons training and limited issuing and all those things that can Limit a police force's ability to exact brutality because they're full of narcissistic sociopaths.
Really, Cops don't have employability as anything But cops. Consider the arrogance inherent in the profession, compared to being a Plumber. Or a Coder. Or an office drone.
They'd Perish in those environments.
re: police de-escalation, Five Thirty Eight
@porsupah Because we still have to employ Sociopaths and abusers, we can't just kill them off by making their lives unsustainable under a system that only rewards high status of birth or willingness to Literally Murder People.
@hyratel Tomorrow: Pool Shock, Ammonia, and giving the pigs a taste of their own medicine
So today on mad scientist theater, we'll be combining a car or truck's fuel tank and pump with a pressure washer from Home Depot with a Road Flare.
You'll need a couple of garden hose fittings and a 12 volt battery, but if you're mounting this in the bed of a Truck, the 12V from the vehicle's electrical system will be fine.
Nonbinary people can, and often do, exist in all the same places and roles that cis people occupy.
We aren't some strange force that exists only as monsters on the boundaries of "normal society" (if there is such a thing). We are teachers, cooks, artists, mechanics, grocers, janitors, nurses, etc. We are also neighbors, friends, and family members.
And we're here to stay.
@Waces Works over trans-Atlantic distances apparently.
Southern Mass's local machine healer and part time witchdoctor.
Tiny motorcycles, magic potions, machine tools, progressive rock, trance states, and hand sharpened drill bits. Oh, and I read Tarot. Probably 18+ just to be sure.
#nobot