Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@cute@deadinsi.de ...of course then there's the popular fan theory of that's why darth vader's suit seems such a step back in terms of technology next to luke's hand, etc., as it is an intentional muzzle, so part of the torture palpatine inflicts includes making sure only the shittiest prosthetics are used as a very deliberate limitation device

ah shit i've made it sad again

@cute@deadinsi.de to be fair you can get real sad real fast thinking about how a lot of this probably should have been, y'know, a parade of red flags about him acting out due to trauma, which the jedi reaction to was "hmmm, feelings? just don't :)"

however "vader shaming" is just a really great cw

also y'know who's a double idiot on this train of thought? fuckin palpatine all "oh yeah, nothing can go wrong with traumatizing THIS guy as a form of recruitment"

@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz and the sequel

women: i'd like a partner that sees me as a person, not somebody who i have to baby, parent, and tend to constantly

men: WOW.......... FEMINISM IS RUINING THE WORLD....... CIVILIZATION IS DOOMED TO FALL....................

i can't believe i've had a true brush with celebrity, ending up in a party with Jared, 19, who Never Learned to Fuckin Read

so in ffxiv i have a macro set up for when my shoulder is being stroppy, saying hi sorry i can't type much my shoulder is acting up (because typing while trying to play the game does get a bit ouchy - but if i shift so only one hand is on keyboard and the other is on mouse, i'm good)

a lot of people have responded very sweetly with "hope you feel better", etc.

today though

i got my fav response yet

"JOKE'S ON THEM, I CAN'T READ"

ok so both my phone and laptop have decided all chromecasts are lies and fake news, and vice versa.

i of course discovered this after i went and rooted around and moved things and made my shoulder angry, trying the other chromecast.

cool guys, thanks

boy it sure is cool that cameraphones mean everyone's now super psyched to take pictures of a fat person existing in the world, not blur her face out, not attempt to conceal her identity, but instead present her as something to be mocked because it's a funny meme

did i just have a go at someone and unfriend them for this when they also just posted about their grandmother's death? yes. is that mean? probably.

fuck it. i'm a mean fat bitch.

unfortunately a lot of people are just stuck in - and are going to be stuck in - a cycle of "i have this need. it is valid. therefore, anything i do to fill it is valid. you can't stop me from filling this need." the only solutions they know of and know how to use are, well, bad ones.

i don't know how many would listen when told "this need is valid, but what you're doing - hurting people in order to fulfill it - is not". but at least there's hope in opening up the conversation, i think.

this mostly means that people who have grown up only seeing people use unhealthy strategies will repeat them, and then it's just on repeat for another generation. the cycle of abuse continues. because nobody is speaking up and going "what if you didn't have to hurt yourself and/or other people in order to get this need met? this is a legitimate need, and there's much better solutions than hurt to this problem."

it means the bitter pill of accepting responsibility, but it's also worth it.

bc honestly, as is pretty common with emotional needs, if all you're aware of and all you see as an example of someone asking for help with this need is the really fucked-up ways to do so, you're going to end up thinking that's the ONLY way to ask. it's like thinking food is either magically already on your table, or it's something you have to dupster-dive in the dead of night. people are going to be a lot less stressed about it if you just show them the grocery store and give them a cookbook.

if we stopped viewing it as purely a negative impulse, it would make it a lot easier for people to learn how to be healthy with it, too

seeking human connection isn't a bad thing. it's just that people seem to only realize this need exists when they see it being expressed inappropriately and harmfully - in ways that hurt the person who has a need, and the people around that person.

it'd be like if we defined hunger and being hungry only through stealing your roomie's food. it's just strange.

anyway as long as i'm pontificating to delay getting up and hard rebooting my ornery chromecast

i wish that society talked less about "attention-seeking" as a pure negative.

attention and social connection is a basic human need, like food or water or shelter. it's not bad in and of itself.

but it can *become* bad. that desire for it can become fucked-up, distorted, and can be expressed inappropriately.

but just because bulimia exists doesn't mean hunger is bullshit, yknow?

this one, but we just steal it and now it's not about war bonds

it's about voting rolls, and actually going to vote, and emphasizing that every "foreign" name is also an american

"harp are you saying this because you're a bit of a weeaboo for edwardian shit"

maybe

but also lettering go swoosh, it's Good,

or this one. "sow the seeds of victory - eliminate food deserts - every garden a fed family"

It's Fine It's Out Of Copyright Probably Let's Just Steal It

concept:

1. a lot of ww1 propaganda, regardless if you agree with its political purpose and intent, is pretty nice art

2. because of this, we should steal it and make it relevant to modernity

example: imagine this but it's "care for her by supporting trans rights", featuring a transwoman front and center as a fighter who deserves and needs your support

@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz are you sure you want to be responsible for gender reveal parties though

hap catgrill o'clock #ffxiv

i don't know why things are now ska but if i play reel big fish will i be safe

@themugue@chinwag.org O: what eyeliner brand is that? because omg the gold is so vibrant and shiny!!! it looks GREAT on you!