Bartender: Thanks For Stopping That Bar Fight, Spiderman. Can I Get You A Drink? It’s On The House

And even if it is your native language, you’ll still have an accent! There’s so much variety in how people speak the same language, down (past Boston, London, Appalachian, Scottish, etc.) to the individual person, and that’s beautiful.

Controversial opinion of the day: It’s okay to have accents. It’s not your native language. If they make fun of you that’s messed up.

I get three meals a day, but apparently they are lunch, dinner, and two bowls of ramen at midnight.

The 2024 Election and the Importance of Voice

Honestly, this feels like a nightmare scenario. Literally, I've had nightmares about this. It's hard to believe that this many people voted for hate and fear and bigotry and violence. My fear is only amplified by some body cam footage I watched a few days ago of what happened on January 6th, 2021. It was like one of those dystopian montages you watch either at the beginning of a movie or at the moment when the protagonist learns why the world is in ruins, except it's real.

In the midst of all the turmoil, terror, and despair that is likely occurring in all of our lives right now, it may not feel like there is any hope. It may feel as though democracy is dead and tyranny and oppression reign supreme, but all is not lost.

As president, he possesses no legislative power except to veto or propose bills to congress, and so I do not see him changing the fact that he has only one term left to serve. He is also old, as old as Biden was when he stepped into office, so he may not even last the whole term!

That being said, I have no idea how much damage might be done by the time he's out. During his first presidency, at least he was surrounded by the somewhat sane to keep him in check, but he's fired all of them and is now surrounded by enablers who might be just as crazy as he is.

It is important for all who truly love democracy to accept this loss with grace, to be better than the mob that stormed our nation's capitol after the 2020 election. This does not mean that we will simply lie down and take whatever comes our way in the upcoming years.

Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we make our voices heard, that we stand up for the kind of society we want to live in, that we stand against violence, injustice, and oppression.

We shall not act with violence. We will not give such satisfaction to oppressors and bigots. We must work to ensure that we are not spreading the fear, hate, and animosity that has caused us so much grief and suffering. When future generations look back at our actions, they must be able to say that we have done no wrong. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us the effectiveness of the peaceful protest during the Civil Rights movement. I am afraid we shall have many reasons to practice the art in the coming years, but we will not give up on our society.

We will fight Bigotry with Acceptance.

We will fight Despair with Hope.

We will fight Grief with Joy.

We will fight Absurdity with Laughter.

We will fight Violence with Peace.

We will fight Silence by making our Voices heard like the thunder rolling down the hills.

We will fight Cruelty with Mercy.

We will fight Greed with Generosity.

We will fight Lies with Truth.

We will fight Hate with Love.

We will fight Shame with Pride.

To everyone who thinks that their voice doesn't matter, believe me, it does! Alone, we are weak, conquerable, easily discarded. Together we can move a nation. I implore you, learn how our nation works. Research important topics, verify information, seek Truth, and when you find it? Share it. Petition, vote, and, perhaps most importantly, listen to the voices of the oppressed. If you don't know how to help or where to find reliable information, find someone who does. If you do, be there for someone who doesn't.

That is… terrifying. I’m not personally against ai, but it has to be used responsibly. It’s a tool to be used, and we have to make sure it’s not using us. This is why it’s so important to teach people what ai is, what it can and can’t do, and how to use it responsibly. Resorting to complete abstinence won’t fix the issue because it won’t keep people from trying to use it, it will just ensure that they are ignorant when they do, and that’s the real danger.

Text-generative ai basically works off of complicated mathematical algorithms. It doesn’t understand what the words that the user puts in or those that it spits out actually mean. It just looks for patterns and extrapolates based off of the input, essentially trying to tell the user what they want to hear.

I don’t like when people belittle other people’s interests by calling it a phase. Yeah, maybe it is, but that’s okay! What matters is their interest now.

Same thing kind of applies to identity, but in that case all I can say is that we are all constantly discovering ourselves. I don’t think a single person out there knows all there is to know about themself. We should be and feel free to connect, identify, and label ourselves based on our current self knowledge.

“what if kids identify with something and it ends up just being a phase-?” good. stop teaching and expecting kids (and adults honestly) to formulate permanent traits and ideas of themselves. everything in life is a phase. that doesn’t make it any less legitimate while you experience it. let people explore themselves and know it’s okay if what you think about yourself changes.

I was honestly surprised to see that Issue 3 was on the ballot! I thought they had taken it off, but I guess they changed their minds. Good thing I researched it a bit 2 or 3 years ago I guess!

patty newby would vote for harris and so should you. if you haven’t already vote correctly tomorrow. (and if you happen to be a fellow arkansan, vote to expand medical marijuana access 😭🙏) tomorrow will change the course of history one way or another and we need to make sure it’s the right way

Happy Spirit Day! I know it’s evening now, but better late than never! Next year I’ll be sure to wear purple.

HAPPY SPIRIT DAY

No, but this is so real! A big factor in whether or not I’m attracted to someone is how they smell, and hoo boy if they smell nice and they get close to me I’m never sure if I’ll survive the experience

you ever get gay aggression? i have been talking to this girl for a bit now and have been going feral every time i see her. we hug every time we greet each other and i deadass just feel like an animal smelling this bitch's perfume. here is how the conversation went:

her: "omg hi" *hugs*

me: "hi lol" *inhales aggressively like my life depends on it*

LIKE WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?! MY BRAIN JUST FUCKING SHORT CIRCUITS ANYTIME IM IN THE PERFUME DOME SEND HELP JESUS CHRIST

It’s gotten really bad since I started playing Stardew Valley. I never thought I could be so jealous of my own OC

Do you ever just see a cute lesbian couple and just think, "yeah, I want that"

That's a mood right there.