S2e5 The Red Headed League

would you give her your cred*t card info

he is SO fashion

NOW THIS IS THE PART OF THE SONG WHERE I LIKE TO TALK TO MY AUDIENCE. I LIKE TO TELL THEM THERES SOMETHING I WANT FROM YOU HEP CATS TONIGHT. I WANT YOU TO LOOK TO YOUR LEFT, LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT, YOUR TWELVE O’CLOCK, THREE O’CLOCK, SIX O’CLOCK, NINE O’CLOCK, ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK TONIGHT AND I WANT YOU TO FIND THOSE POINTS OF NO RETURN, THOSE SINGULARITIES, THOSE BURNING RINGS OF FIRE IN THE BEAUTIFUL PUPILS OF THE BEAUTIFUL EYES OF THE BEAUTIFUL BOY, GIRL, NEITHER, BOTH OR IN-BETWEEN THAT YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM HOW YOU REALLY FEEL. I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM YOU LOVE THE WAY THEY SO SEAMLESSLY, LIKE-A-DREAMFULLY, SO BEAUTIFULLY, OH SO DUTIFULLY JAM THAT SQUARE PEG IN THE ROUND HOLE IN THEIR HEARTS! I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM YOU LOVE THE WAY THEY DONT STICK OUT LIKE SORE MIDDLE FINGERS! THAT THEY CRAWL THEIR WAY UP THE SIDE OF THE BELL CURVE, STICK THEIR FLAG AT THE PEAK, AND SLIDE THEIR WAY BACK DOWN! I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM YOU LOVE THE WAY THAT THEY’RE NOT MALADAPTIVE, NOT MALCONTENT, NOT MALIGNANT OR MALEFICENT, BUT RATHER THAT YOU LOVE THEM! EXACTLY THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS!!!!!!

a concept: the ds9 crew doing a hear me out cake when quark pulls out a picture of gul dukat. absolute mayhem. chairs are flying

odos!!!! slimegirl with the forlornest eyes. something abt him is just so hard to capture but i tried very hard

Chaos and the Seat of Power

the main DIVA💜

Frank: WHO'S READY TO GET CRAZY FOR NEW YEARS???

Everybody: *Screams*

Rocky: *smashes a bowl on the ground whilst screaming with joy*

Everybody:

Rocky, still screaming: *smashes a wine bottle on Riff Raff's head*

people online will try to tell me that I haven’t experienced “real abuse” because my dad never hit me but like. He didn’t allow me to drink water for hours on end while he cranked the heat up even in the summer. We weren’t struggling to afford it and he had plenty. He was allowed to drink water, but I had to sneak gulps from the bathroom sink. He also made me eat inordinate amounts of salty food. I don’t care if he never hit me, that is abuse. The first thing I would do when I got to my moms house was chug a glass of water, but I didn’t know how to tell her what had happened because it wasn’t “real abuse”

"But calling that abuse is offensive to victims of real abuse."

People always say this whenever something socially acceptable is labeled as abuse.

But that's not how abuse works. Not even close. Abuse, even "real abuse", always starts off being socially acceptable. Then, the abuser slowly experiments to see how much they can get away with.

Calling it "abuse" for a parent to expect obedience is not downplaying what victims of "real child abuse" experience. It's literally how "real child abuse" starts. First, the parent expects obedience. Then, once they can get away with that, they can justify punishments for disobedience. Then, once they can get away with that, they can gradually justify crueler punishments. Then, they eventually justify hitting, which society considers okay as long as it's only as a last resort. Then, it becomes more common, which they still get away with as long as the child doesn't end up in the hospital. Then, when the beatings become bad enough that the child does end up in the hospital, the parent can claim it was an "accident" and that they didn't mean for it to go that far. Then, when they face no consequences for their "accident", they can do it more often.

Calling it "pedophilia" for a middle aged adult to date an 18-year-old is not downplaying what victims of "real pedophilia" experience. It's literally how "real pedophilia" starts. First, they date an 18-year old, which society allows because "they're an adult". Then, they start specifically preferring 18-year-olds. Then, they start openly admitting that it's because they want someone less opinionated and more likely to obey. Then, once they know that they can get away with openly thinking of 18-year-olds as children while still having sex with them, it's quite easy to justify a relationship with a 17-year-old.

If you want to stop "real abuse", stopping the "lesser abuse" must be a priority.