Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@kittypuffreloaded@lgbtq.cool oh jeez, have you made sure to add magnesium in there? i forget if it's an electrolyte or not honestly, but it's also what often helps my "WHY THIS" inexplicable cramps

do trigger point massages help you at all? https://www.askdoctorjo.com/ might also be a good place to look for stretches and such to potentially help?

@InspectorCaracal also an EXTREMELY good word to say

really nice mouthfeel, bubbly, effervescent

...i sound like a sommelier but saying wolpertinger is the same kinda delightful as sipping champagne and i'm gonna stand by that

the one (1) major advantage WoW has over FFXIV:

wolpertinger inclusion

@InspectorCaracal wait shit i mixed up jackalopes and wolpertingers didn't i

THERE GOES MY MAGIZOOLOGY GRADE

what... what if... jackalope, but the rabbit bit is a raccoon

flying on over to your birdbath to wash a berry, eating their snack, then doing a cute bird splash on the wings and shaking themselves off before flying away

holy shit

i think i may have just invented best animal???

maybe that's the ultimate treatment for my shoulder problems

....put some marshmallows in it

because obviously rice krispy treats have better structural integrity? 🤔

oh god my shoulder is a bowl of rice crispies today y this

@noelle @templewulf

well shit, that's unexpected LOL - sorry if i got snippy, i'm still very used to the trenches of tumblr 💿 🐴 . but hey, we all fuck up and we all do better. god knows i've done plenty of fucking up in my time, too.

and hey, i'm honestly just happy to help. like i said, i also got a nice tour of interesting shit to read, so i can pretend my brain still works and be smugly reminded of college days LMAO

@maple ok then, i'll delete. my apologies. let me know if there is a signal in the future you would like me to pay attention to that would mean "don't respond to me".

@maple @noelle it also acknowledges that the ferengi started out squarely in that space jew trope, and then grew out of it, yeah?

so if you go "ah jeez, space jews eh?" at seeing them - particularly in the early seasons of ds9, or as they appeared in tng, which was far less nuanced with them - you're not, as the claim is, being antisemitic by making the connection. you're recognizing what was, at that point, laid down.

@noelle it's not as if this problem is exactly considered new http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/0996September/Features/ferengi.html nor centers only around avarice. it is, as this thinkpiece from 1996 says, at best really sloppy to be leaning on this collection of traits.

and if a collection - a stereotype - is used, copied from stock characters with real-world settings - then it does in fact hurt people.

idk, i'm probably wasting my breath at this point, i expect nothing more than a block. but hey, i got to read some stuff i guess.

@noelle and dismissing people being hurt like that is ultimately a dick move.

maybe like... listen to some jewish people, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/08/14/science-fictions-anti-semitism-problem/?utm_term=.a8c8d8c17557 who have noticed these patterns, https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/408447/sci-fi-has-an-anti-semitism-problem-but-not-the-one-you-think/ and recognize the patterns exist, https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceJews and that acknowledging something is harmful does not automatically mean you're giving it power to do more harm, but instead is the first step of recognizing how to KEEP it from doing harm.

@noelle if you're willing to dismiss it all with "well if you say this is making a connection to judaism, you're reaching and actually doing harm by connecting the two you know", ultimately you're also telling the jewish people speaking up about how this shit hurts them - even in something like sci-fi - to sit down and shut up because your enlightened opinion of "well actually THEY'RE the bigots" is more important. ...than the people telling you they're hurt by it.

@noelle tbh i'm not sure why you even came out strong with that argument. it's just a little "i am rubber, you are glue!" to me, far too reminiscent of "well you see, it's not racist because i'm colorblind~". it's some "he who smelt it dealt it" kinda logic that lets people sidestep tough conversations, especially when it comes to works that people are fans of and feel like they must protect.

basically, i think you can do a lot better and actually listen to jewish voices going "this hurts us".

@noelle that logic doesn't hold water for me i'm afraid. it's not implying that jews really have that characteristic - it's reinforcing that this is the stereotype out there in the world right now doing people harm, which is true.

otherwise all discussion of stereotypes would end up being dismissed with "you're giving it credibility and doing harm".

we all know that the "sassy black lady" stereotype is harmful. calling it out is not reinforcing the idea that all black women are Sapphires.

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