anonymousnerdgirl:

thequantumqueer:

riotdog:

zmizet:

poopjokesanonymous:

barbieprivilege:

kamikazeruler:

azurea:

By Jean Jullien.

Visual representation on how we let technology ruin social interactions and pleasant experiences.

Me: *hates this*

why do baby boomers love to produce this “technology is bad fire is scary and thomas edison was a witch” garbage?

fuck THIS

I never see a cashier with an empty queue. Self-serve checkout machines make life GREAT for people with social anxiety or self conscious people. I get nervous that everyone is judging my weight. So when I do my monthly ice-cream, chocolate, and menstrual products run, I will do it with a fucking self-serve machine.

I’m happy seeing my friends take photos of their food. I like taking photos of my food. Because there is a chef in the back of the kitchen who works hard to plate things beautifully and in any other situation, people dive in immediately and ruin that image. We take photos to preserve that image and who the fuck knows, if I was the chef I would be digging through instagram hoping to see my plate on there. We’re celebrating someones hard work, work that is generally temporary.

And I don’t know what kind of friends you have, but if someone is taking a photo of their food, I’m not gonna bother talking to them until they’re done. Why would you try to have a conversation when someone is busy?? And it takes a few minutes, you can wait for someone who wants to perform a small act of creativity.

It’s nice to get likes on instagram. If you’re monogamous and on tinder, it’s not technology’s fault you’re contemplating cheating. What is SO BAD about having food delivered to your home? And is there anything wrong with having movies streaming instantly? No - but if you complain that Netflix takes up your life than be an adult and step back. It’s not technology’s fault that you have no self control.

Selfies are fun. Selfies are great. Your friend is a jerk if they don’t even take a minute to take of photo of you as well. Why do you care if people use technology around you on the subway? That makes me feel less self-conscious that people are staring or judging me. They can play their games, read, etc. Someone is occupied, why is that so wrong?

Your phone has a zoom option so you can record/photograph a concert? FUCKING good for you! 

And again. If your phone keeps you up, be an adult, get some self control and step back. 

Technology isn’t bad. You’re just upset with yourselves for having a lack of self-control. You hate that people connect through technology. And maybe, you just don’t like seeing people love themselves, enjoy life, and feel joy. That’s your problem, not technology’s.

^^^ bang on.

i’ll just leave this here:

Bless

Speaking as someone who met their partner of 13 years online on a goddamn Gundam Wing yaoi mailing list, and spent 5 years in a long distance relationship that consisted of chatting every night… yes, please, stop with the technology hate and assuming that it’s killing our ability to socialize.  Thanks to technology, not only did I find her, but I’ve found a bunch of support groups for black people, fat people, the LGBT community, geeks, women, and all sorts of things that I, at some point in my life in the “real world,” have been told I was wrong about.  "Too fat.“ "Not a real black girl.” “Girls don’t do this.” “Gay people shouldn’t marry.”  Thanks to technology and the internet, I’ve gotten so much support for being who I am, I have no idea what I’d do without it.

fyeahsailormoon:

AeonisPi

serving Sailor Mars realness

aglynny:

b-itch-y:

Another woman’s beauty is not the absence of your own

I will reblog this every time I see it.

Important.

I love this song so much <3

twhiddlestom:

“I’m a Catholic whore currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black Jewish boyfriend who works at the military abortion clinic. So hail Satan and have a lovely afternoon madam.”

This scene alone was worth the price of admission.

mahasri:

okay. I’ve come across something that’s made me have major MakoHaru feels. 

Haru ALWAYS walks

between

Makoto

and

the ocean.

like hes protecting makoto from it

If someone tells me that I’m not worthy of something enough times, I’ll start to believe it. I have believed it. I’ve believed that I wasn’t worth it because of my race. I’ve believed that I was ugly. I’ve been told to “stop acting white” because I like anime, video games, and cosplay. And I know a lot of others have felt the same way because of the color of their skin. Those people need to be shown that they are beautiful, that they’re worth it, that they’re equal. It’s great to think we all should be equal but there are plenty of black people out there who think that they shouldn’t be because of the crap that gets flung at them; who think that they CAN’T be. Equality is great, but you have to WANT it, and if you feel like you’re beneath everyone around you, you’re going to think you don’t deserve it.  That’s what #28DaysOfBlackCosplay is about, and it’s so wonderful to see so many people taking part in it. This encouragement is just a start to what we hope to accomplish within the cosplay community, so that everyone can feel comfortable with who they are and truly enjoy cosplay.

My write up for the Twin Cities Geek about the importance of #28DaysOfBlackCosplay :)

So I love the notion that cosplay is for everyone, it really is, and I actually love when people realize the hate that goes on in the community and try and do something about it, that’s really great.

But what I get frustrated at, more so than the hate, is the blindness.

I saw a post that said something along the lines of, “Why is it that when white cosplayers cosplay outside their race, they get bashed, but when people of color do it, they get praised?”  And just… h-huh?  

Now, I’m not saying that it doesn’t happen, I’ve seen it happen, but from my experience it’s more of a, “Why are you cosplaying a person of color when you have so many choices and we have so few?”  From my experience it’s a genuine feeling, because I feel like when we do see people of color in our geekery we get so excited because there’s not that much representation, so there’s this moment of, “FINALLY!”  Now I personally don’t mind who cosplays what, but I’m not going to pretend that when I saw Tiana for the first time my thoughts weren’t, “OMG,” and, “FINALLY,” and, “GONNA COSPLAY THE HELL OUT OF THAT,” and even, “A princess for me after all these years!”  It’s a thing that happens, because representation is important, I can tell when I see that little black girl staring up at me when I wear Tiana, and her dad is smiling just as brightly because… finally!  So I get it, and I hope white cosplayers can see where the “bashing” comes from.  It’s not so much “bashing” as it is… disappointment?  But ultimately its your cosplay, and my only advice is to be respectful about it, and just understand where those feelings are coming from. And, for the most part, I think white cosplayers do get it, and understand, some have even asked me my opinion on the matter to which I say, “Do what you want, just be respectful, and understand why someone might have an issue.” Cosplay is about showing love for a character you love, and we should respect each other along the way.  

Which leads me to the other part of that statement I quoted in the beginning because… since when have people of color NOT been bashed for cosplaying outside their race?  I wish, WISH, I could stop seeing ignorant posts in regards to black cosplayers cosplaying outside their race… or cosplaying in general. This is what I consider blindness.  In the argument of “one gets bashed more than the other” that is just some serious “I choose not to see the truth” because there can’t even be black fanart without some harsh comments.  And, in my experience, the hateful comments I see are bashing, straight up bashing. Where a person of color may be like, “Why cosplay that one character when there’s a million others,” the comments I see on the flip side are all about “ghetto” versions of characters, or “nigga” versions of characters, or terrible fried chicken jokes, or watermelon jokes, or just a wide variety of racist statements.  There’s no, “Why cosplay Belle when you can cosplay Tiana,” it’s a flat out “har har ghetto princess” with no purpose other than to hurt the cosplayer. 

So yeah, if you think that people of color don’t get hated on for, well, being people of color… I’m here to tell you that that’s not the case.  Sadly, it happens, a lot, it happens too much, and it needs to stop.  It’s nice to think that everything is right with the world but… it’s not the truth.  The truth is that we are working on it, and are always aiming to make things better, and to highlight why such comments are uncalled for and to promote the fact that cosplay is for everyone, key word being everyone.  And I genuinely think that people do want this, they do want cosplay to be this thing that everyone does, but in order to do that you have to take the blinders off.  

The hate is real, and it needs to stop.  

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

likeadamnfiddle:

edgebug:

thesarahsaurusrex:

edgebug:

video game: *autosaves at a weird/out of place/oddly random time*
me: uh oh

video game: *conveniently gives you lots of health kits and ammo*

me: fuck

video game: *suddenly goes uncharacteristically silent*
me: shit

video game: *protagonist relives happy memories nearly the end of the game*

me: here it comes

Video Game: Controller starts vibrating

Me: WHAT’S COMING WHAT IS IT

Me:  *goes to open treasure chest*

Video Game:  Are you sure?

Me:  My mama said not to talk to strangers *bolts*

***

Video Game:  *gives me a large, disgusting boss to fight*

Me:  Ha, whatever.

Video Game:  *gives me an adorable random creature to fight that embodies the cuteness of kitties, puppies, and bunnies*

Me:  Son of a bitch.