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i mean the most obvious example is just what we call ourselves

i'm is Kai Mera
mel is M3LADY

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so....as far as we can tell, i'm basically the one who taught mel wordplay. which is fascinating given how drastically different our approaches to wordplay are. we don't really have uh, words for how to describe the difference, but the difference is very noticeable when you see it

"that's not how you play that"

"no, that's not how YOU play that. it's quite clearly how I do, though."

internet is ON brain is OFF i am ready to be INTENSELY INTIMATE with COMPLETE STRANGERS online

I think the problem with nonviolence comes down to how the state has coopted and redefined the term "violence"

Private property has no rights. Smashing a storefront or torching a cop car isn't "violent" because it doesn't actually harm anyone

If you define nonviolence as "not causing direct harm to any individuals except in self-defense against a direct attack" then I think a huge number of radicals would agree with that. But when most people say "nonviolent" what they mean is "nonthreatening," and yeah, that's gonna be ineffective, almost tautologically

"If neoliberal America is engaging in a war on the vulnerable, vindicated by a murderous perversion of the frontier code, it is recruiting the rest of us to join in."

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Giving myself the title of The Goat of Gomorrah so that I can weed out the religious people who'd call me a devil for that. If a queer person asks me about the title I'll put out a tiny felt goat plush and hand it to them while saying "I dunno I just think goats are super cute"

"Still, to suggest that the violence was unnecessary or entirely unjustified would be to misunderstand the complexity of the story. Even calling the actions "riots" rather than "rebellions" or "uprisings" obscures the principled outrage that animated many acts of resistance that occurred in the aftermath of Gray's death."

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"Debate about whether those in power wanted to kill them or were simply indifferent to their well-being only serve to determine whether the violence done to them was direct State violence or a form of State-sponsored violence through willful ignorance."

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"Again, issues of fairness, mercy, and justice become subordinate to neoliberal notions of efficiency."

Genie: You have ONE WISH.

Me: Alright, I have one, but it's very detailed.
Genie: As long as it is only one wish, you're allowed to spend as much time as you want detailing it.

Me: Alright, here we go. *Grabs notebook and takes a deep breath* The key words MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

Genie: Wait, is that...?

Me: *Flips notebook* Chapter 1. Preamble.

my friends, sobbing: you can't just make everything into gender jokes
me, pointing at garbage and recycling bins: ahh the two genders

practicing bursting into a cloud of ravens whenever I feel awkward and need to leave

fedi is like a dating site except it's not designed as one so people aren't always acting like Their Most Dateable Selves and you can fall in love naturally and also debate food preparation methods sometimes

protip for white people 

when you feel the need to describe anything as "tribal" that is not literally a group of people who call themselves a tribe, how about you just don't
if you need a word, try doing "inspired by x tribe" instead

hello i just found people on birdsite trying to flirt with sparknotes' social media person(s) im. what

Someone: heck

Fediverse: watch your fucking language

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