Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

I mean, FFS, the very first day I saw that tag in use -- despite being in total sympathy with people trying to point out the huge, virulent flaws in modern masculinity -- I thought, "Wow, this is sure gonna get misused."

But I didn't hate it, nor you for spreading that kind of tactic, until I saw it mutate into #NotAllVegans, just to shut down some poor kid trying to fight stereotypes of _their_ group.

No. Fuck that. Bad meme. No more of this bullshit.

Clarification:

*Defending* #NotAllMen is not grounds for blockade.

Defending #NotAllMen is grounds for me cruelly mocking the irony of your defense with the hashtag #NotAllNotAllMen.

If I don't get to say, "No, seriously, my experiences have been NOTHING like what you describe, and there do seem to be a lot of these cases, whether you like it or not," then neither do you.

But OTOH, radfems really don't take well to me pointing out that "#NotAllMen" really fucks over people on the enby spectrum, by denying men are capable of feminine (or even *responsible* behavior), and forbidding us to talk openly about the exceptions.

I can't count the number of "not-trans-enough" friends who have been terrified back into hiding by this kind of heartless, dogmatic thought-terminating cliche bullshit.

#NotAllMen is now grounds for block.

Gee, Nazis really don't take well to me reminding them "Nazi" is a German slang term for "yokel," nor to me closing my comments to them with "Sieg hyuck." O:)

Social media culture in a nutshell: https://awoo.space/media/4TU4V-gfEfZxPyIA4ME

current vital statistics:

hair color: brown
weight: 250 lbs
shoe size: 13
nationality: Italian-American
gender: um why the fuck are you so interested in this superficial stuff anyhow
sex: no seriously can't we discuss my personality or something
orientation: dude what the fuck do you just want me to drop my pants and fuck somebody in front of you
ok are you hungry: yes thank you for asking
preferred cuisine: pho
who's paying: you

Watching a bunch of gamer bros speculate about what the phrase "non-binary, feminine adjacent" could possibly mean.

It's hilarious. It's like the Blind Men and the Elephant... if by the end of the story, most of the blind men were left flailing around, half-stuck in various elephant orifices/crevices through their own inept investigations, flailing around and screaming that they were being eaten by a monster.

It's just so easy to confuse these people.

Seriously, I kinda wonder sometimes why activists haven't tried more strategies like this to demoralize the rank and file. I know first-hand what kind of effect a few really persistent cranks can have on somebody's desire to do their shitty, socially corrosive job.

Normally my sympathy for workaday phone operators is huge, but... dammit, not if they're working for a government agency actively deporting kids and innocent professionals. They're lucky to avoid the noose. -_-

Calling the ICE anonymous deportation tip line and playing the Seinfeld theme song autotuned to middle C, for as long as the operator would put up with, proved to be a far more gratifying exercise than originally anticipated.

The secret, apparently, is to play it just quiet enough they think there's just a problem with the phone line. I lasted like a minute and a half.

I like to think I was jamming their line just as someone was trying to report their 6-yr-old neighbor. ^___^

Dammit, I'm stuck in that "am I getting sick or not" stage again. Throat and sinuses are a mess, body is achy, but it doesn't really seem to be advancing.

I really hope whatever it is clears up before Peg gets back, because I have DESIGNS on that dragon.

Also, @acetone_kitten and @green, there's a small chance I'll have to cancel for this week. But we're meeting just a few blocks away from me, so I'd have to be in pretty bad shape. I'll wear a gasmask. :)

Um... I got 80% on the quiz at http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/quiz.php

I don't think that's the result the quiz author really intended. O:)

But I completely share their opinion of Deepak Chopra, so I'm going to put aside false humility for once and just assume I've gotten that good at not only detecting bullshit, but discerning its origin and quality by look and smell.

Not sure how I feel about that.

my birthday is in july you know

five in this style and assorted colors please

prefer one each in columbia blue, royal purple, fuchsia, and two in melamine white so i can use them as dry-erase boards

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/26114052/

@mona@cybre.space Still up for hanging out tomorrow? (i.e. Saturday) Any particular time work better for you and yours?

https://awoo.space/media/y_qrju5AnDdkaUXleuc

(And not necessarily a Good Janet. >:D )

(No, seriously, The Good Place actually is a pretty great show. And as any of you who have ever met Hladolet will already know, I DESPERATELY want to be Janet in my next life. ;__; )

I wonder what will happen if I accelerate the life cycle of this meme, hopefully hastening its death, by jumping straight to its non-referential phase?

Ooh, better yet, what if I take it straight to the final "hijacked by corporate interests"/"oh god Sheldon Cooper just said it" phase? https://awoo.space/media/UGKfJFKjm3HJbL-ZumQ

#WatchTheGoodPlaceOnHulu
#WatchTheGoodPlaceOnNBC
#WatchTheGoodPlaceOnTheBacksOfYourEyelids
#GetOnTheBazingaTrain
#antimeme #marshallmcluhanssweatyunderpants

I'm a terrible person. I'm sitting here reading up on the Singaporean loan-sharking industry, and instead of "wow, the ways they harass people for non-payment are really sketchy and inhumane" I'm sitting here thinking, "Hmmm. Hundreds of cable ties on driveway gates. That _does_ sound like a good way to fuck with a rich asshole. I should pass that one along to Comrade @acetone_kitten."