Yeah, I’ve seen the term applied more broadly than MLs even, and agree that ‘no tankie behavior’ should be removed.

Just having ‘no authoritarian behavior’ should suffice anyway right?

DivestOS seems like a solid choice too

Indeed - in retrospect, I probably should have illustrated both.

I’m like 50% sure you’re trolling me here. Was there something specific in the comment I referenced that didn’t make sense? Or did you not read it?

There’s no moral victory in what I posted. I’m trying to call attention to these useless attacks that disregard Palestinians.

And I only see one person mentioning not to participate in elections, unless somehow people I’ve blocked are allowed to comment or something?

sigh We shouldn’t have to constantly bring up every possible angle, every possible nuance, just to avoid accusations like this. The accelerationists are for sure another example of this. I wrote a more detailed explanation in another comment.

No, I’m not saying it’s just one or the other. What you describe is another example of this.

What motivated me to make this though, is the sheer quantity of these types of comments, combined with the knowledge that many of those who were in that situation of not wanting to vote for Harris felt that way because they had family that were killed by the administration sending over weapons. I don’t know about you, but if I had family that was gone as a result of this administration’s actions, I’m not sure I’d be able to bring myself to vote for them. And the type of comment I used in the image strikes me as particularly insulting given that context. The existence of Palestinians is ignored while they are simultaneously being used as a tool in the discourse. And no good can possibly come from a comment like this, aside from the commenter temporarily feeling better about themselves.

And to reiterate, yes, white people disregarding the very real genocidal consequences of not voting is also an example. But a lot of that was blown out of proportion too. The lesser of two evils logic holds in swing states, sure. But in states guaranteed to vote one way or the other, a protest vote largely doesn’t matter.

Hope that helped to clarify.

Basically, yeah. The example used in the video was about immigrant students potentially being doxxed by a conservative planning to give a speech at a university, with the “white moderates” being okay with this (not taking the “bluff”) as a part of their strategy. The point being that “weaponizing or disregarding students of color is still racism.”

The same kind of applies here. The commenter was using palestinians as a tool to attack the people they disagree with, completely disregarding the palestinians in the process.

Then they don’t have to use the word “pathological”. If they aren’t reminding people that the fascist liar is a liar, then they are part of the problem.

A better start to that would be:

“Trump, a pathological liar, has said he doesn’t know about Project 2025”

James Charles, I think

That story still haunts me, and I’ve been trying to remember where it was from for over a decade.

I didn’t realize it was April 1st already.

“Alarmo” sounds like an elf name from Disenchantment.

I just started Astro Bot a couple days ago. I’m completely hooked, it’s so much fun. Looking forward to the new Zelda as well.

And started a co-op run of Baldur’s Gate 3 with a friend who hasn’t finished it yet. I can’t get enough of that game. Got into the modding scene recently too.

Women are all ones that are also queer and I don’t know what to do 😭

Honestly that’s such a mood lol

It’s supposed to be Potta One for serif, Klee One for sans-serif, and MesloLGS NF for monospace.

🤔 Definitely sus. Maybe the thought process was that it would seem weak or disgraceful to step down after the debate, so they wanted a more natural way of having him exit.

Top right is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

I relate to 6 quite a lot. I always said I never wanted a traditional wedding. It wasn’t until after I came out to myself and I imagined myself as a bride, that I realized I was mistaken.

I also started transitioning at 30, for what it’s worth. Would have been nice to have the effects of HRT earlier, but it’s also nice coming out while financially independent and without parental authority over your bodily autonomy.

I wrote about my experience here if anyone is interested in reading. The short version is that Life is Strange got me to actively question whether I was trans, as a result of me being absolutely obsessed with it and trying to figure out why I related so much to characters that were nothing like me on the surface. In all honesty, if it weren’t Life is Strange, it would have been something else. But that sure did speed up the process a bit.

It took me 3 years after asking myself directly if I was trans. I felt the need to figure things out independently for some reason. Partly out of shame and internalized transphobia I suppose.

I’ve been wanting to write more about it too - particularly about the weeks following that realization, which consisted of multiple revelations/epiphanies from recontextualizing things that had happened in my past under this new lens of understanding.