Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@friedkiwi it's funny, though, how it seems to be defended with the same rallying cry i hear around me with every hoisted confederate flag: "heritage, not hate!"

i would urge you to not be complacent enough to take the "not hate" part at face value, and to look at how these systems can and do contribute to the "crippling inequality and extreme destitution" you claim only happens in US and UK.

@friedkiwi for example, from a quick skim - https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/06/blackface-france-color-blind-identity/591187/

institutions arguing that blackface cariacatures is part of the culture, black actresses with a rallying cry of "being black is not my profession - i want to do more than a bit part of the 'ghetto girl' stereotype"...

you'll forgive if a southern american goes "this all seems a bit familiar", lol

@friedkiwi and yet, also a culture that has a lot of baggage from that period of colonialism still hanging around. things like the agitation for a 'burkini ban' are islamophobia going hand in hand with racism.

it's a different shape - but the root is absolutely still there, and there are plenty of PoC able to tell you about how head-in-the-sand holier-than-thou in europe is hurting them.

@friedkiwi i may have some bad news about, for instance, france's treatment of immigrants and how the legally codified islamaphobia has been laser targeted at brown people

it takes different forms, but the root sure as shit is there. crippling inequality is a hallmark and feature of the concept, after all.

@friedkiwi whenever i see that attitude i feel like the only response i can muster is just playing that old, old american public service announcement about a dad who finds his kid's weed

"why is the usa so racist"?

I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU, DAD EUROPE! I LEARNED IT FROM YOUUUUU

next time anyone in europe starts talking about how superior their culture is because they don't have race issues like the icky united states, i'm going to just slide this over to them https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-racism-row-black-boy-church-worcester-vanylson-silva-a9020391.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark while maintaining direct eye contact

anyway here's me catgrill because i don't think i posted this one here

shadowbringers spoilers bc it's taken inside a dungeon. also you can tell because thancred is just hanging out awkwardly in the back since there's not a "dude go stand there away from me while i have a photoshoot" mode

@InspectorCaracal even more painful: i'd been waiting since it was around 1,100

now the lobby servers aren't even connecting so WHOOPS

one act tragedy

@drakesilvos@snouts.online or a perfect time to get up and cook dinner maybe?

oh my god i've cracked it this is all a scheme to make us be productive ISN'T IT S-E?!?! ILLUMINATI-FOR-THE-PROMOTION-OF-DOING-HOUSEHOLD-CHORES CONFIRMED --

@friedkiwi it's one of those things that can and does absolutely just sneak up on you and grab your ass. it still gets me and i've been living in georgia all my life so summers over 100F are the norm! it's frightening just how quickly it can happen, and how serious it can get, which is why i am sure all my eu friends are annoyed at me fussing at them mother hen style about if they're drinking enough water LOL. i'm glad you were able to get home to safety and recover!!

@drakesilvos@snouts.online idly scrolling by - yeah, a guildmate posted about how there have been server issues and uhh

i think it's a safe bet those server issues are Continuing, and we're in the rush hour of everyone trying to get back on at once lol

time to soothe my own raging jackassery by watching trashy reality tv and being a very angry stab rabbit

(see following illustration for what very angry stab rabbit is)

anyway, no good deed goes unpunished i guess, should have expected some asshole wanting to be snarky-smug in response to a Hey My Dudes, Please Don't Die Of Heat psa

i am not in the motherfucking mood today, y'all. if you've got some blatant jackassery to spew in my direction, kindly go forge yourself a dildo of razor blades and sit n' spin instead.

fucking christ. what's next, does somebody want to come whine and moan at me and have a little pissy strop because a graphic i found and reposted but did not make myself doesn't follow the full API 2019 style guide? am i going to have someone do a little tantrum at me because i post a meme that splits an infinitive? did i not sufficiently humble myself and fluff their I Know Math And Am Therefore Superior Hurr Hurr Geometry boner so i can assure them how smart they are?

@devnull if you're unhappy with the poster, i encourage you to find or make a poster that better aligns with your sensibilities and follows your particular preferred style guide.

because i honestly do not know what you are going for here, in terms of results. what do you want me to do here, exactly? what do you seek to accomplish? and how exactly will this comment to me help you towards this goal? because i truly do not fucking know why you are demanding i do something about it.

@devnull if you weren't clued in by the "SacramentoReady" people making a poster advising you to call 911 might be using the fahrenheit scale, which is noted by °F or, when being used for an audience entirely used to only one scale as a local measure, is often abbreviated to simply ° as seen in forecasts, signs displaying temperature, and other such discussions in the United States on a daily basis,

i don't know what to tell you to steer you into being able to solve this mystery.

I AM CLEAN BUT AT WHAT COST ow ow ow ow ow ow fuck.

big #spoonie mood here y'all

i recognize my enormous privilege in even being able to access a lawyer who can help me with this no-really-still-disabled-folks bullshit but also

FURIOUS, STRAINED GARGLING AT THE FIRST APPOINTMENT AVAILABLE WITH HIM IS THE DAY BEFORE MY SURGERY