semantic satiation 🔰 @starfall@plural.cafe

this came out of a conversation with a partner about making judgements that someone ought to change their behavior:

when we perceive a harmful behavior in our community, and after considering ways to stop the harm, think the person doing the harm should change their behavior. (not always the case), we must always ask the question:

how does that person change?

The more we think about this, the more important we think it is. I wish people thought about it more in our communities.

let the snakes climb the ladders... its their turn

Just because you don't have anything to hide, doesn't mean you have anything you want to share.

means testing is just racism and ableism with extra steps

In tech, 'smart' refers to any device that stops working when the company that manufactures it goes out of business, regardless of what it does.

you're not wasting your time and energy when you spend them on your own health and well-being, even (or perhaps especially) at the expense of "productivity", whatever that means to you

clozemaster is good for intermediate language learning and has a fairly impressive list of languages: https://www.clozemaster.com/languages drawn from the database of tatoeba.org which has an even larger number

So we got queer, feminist anarchy. We got all kinds of political flavors for flags.
What about disabled, neurodivergent anarchy? Is there a color for that?

Hold your friends accountable

Important thing for all who can see this.

If someone confronts you on your racism or sexism... that means that they like you enough and trust you enough to hear and listen.

If they didn't think you were redeemable, if they didn't think you were worth it, they would roll their eyes and just avoid you. Block on sight, shut down in conversation.

If we confront you about it, no matter how bruskly it may seem. It means that we legitimately think you are better.

I can't believe that this all came from a shitpost about smurf sacrifice.

My stained glass #snom #pokemon enamel pins are here!!

I don’t want people to get canceled I just want those close to people to hold them accountable for the things they say. Stop defending your shitty friends, they’ll never grow that way

"Urban riots are a special form of violence. They are not insurrections. The rioters are not seeking to seize territory or to attain control of institutions. They are mainly intended to shock the white community. They are a distorted form of social protest. The looting which is their principal feature serves many functions. It enables the most enraged and deprived Negro to take hold of consumer goods with the ease the white man does by using his purse."

Alright other white folks when I taught kids and they would say bigoted things like tiny kids just cause they had heard it and wanted to hurt the other kids feelings cause sometimes children are monsters
We would sit down and talk about how words mean things and if words have been used to hurt people for being themselves then we need to not use those words and instead when we get angry to think about how we can stop ourselves in that anger
And those kids would get it so we should too

instead of saying things like "im so worthless" "im a bad person" "im hopeless" etc etc etc, its important to first acknowledge that these things are NOT TRUE. the best way to escape these thoughts, regardless if you actually believe it, is to come from the perspective that they ARE NOT TRUE.
from there, one of the best ways to support this is to talk to people. approach people and say "ive been having these negative thoughts about myself. please help." coming from the angle of seeking assistance instead of just aimlessly insulting yourself is already making leaps of progress. stuff like this has helped me a lot.