Pepe, /r/frenworld, and "why do Nazis keep appropriating otherwise innocent shit?" rant/miniessay
It's a deliberate strategy of forming (from scratch, or by taking over) innocent-shaped, clearly differentiable, fascist-controlled spaces that they can lure not-yet-fascist people into by
1. tempting them to look with "that's ridiculous, that innocent-looking stuff can't possibly be fascist",
2. tempting them to join with easy-to-enter/-participate, genuine community,
3. and then also sprinkling fascist ideology, often obscured by a layer of layers of symbology/indirection so that it's not immediately visible without investment in the community
Interesting TILs about sumo wrestling
Bad habits I need to break
If I do this to you, I'm really sorry. I'm trying not to act flippant about stuff, I really am.
9/11
I know I'm a day late, but never forget that *18* years later, security still hasn't gone back to normal:
We *need* more stories where friendship is portrayed as important and equal, ones *without* making it a competition between friendship and romance where one has to win.
It's sad that TNG is the only example I can think of.
Phlebotomist. Cyberwitch. Artist. Fighter. Accidental breaker of computers.
Genderfluid enby. Pansexual/-romantic. Kitsune-kin (9-tailed)/Incubus-kin. Plural, with a bunch of headmates.
DAMNED PROUD ANTIFASCIST and an anarchocommunist.
Be warned: In theory, I post both lewd/NSFW and incredibly personal stuff.
(In practice, it's been a while, but who knows?)