My take is that "forced diversity" in media very much isn't a real thing but there is a trend of diversity with 0 thought put into how characters' identities affect them & if it makes any fucking sense what they're doing in the story. And also everybody forgot what tokenism is

Like that thing where somebody's trying to write an oppression allegory with nonhuman races but there are also humans in it and you can't have all your humans being white so then they have like a black person calling an elf a slur or something. Why this

I'm a survivor of the terror attacks who lived 4 blocks east of the World Trade Center. I lost my home that day, spent years homeless and destitute, and I carry a Zadroga Act diagnosis of 9/11-connected PTSD. If anyone who's doing this RP needs character coaching or if you need help with authentic scenarios, I'm available for consulting services at reasonable rates. DM me here or leave your number on the men's room wall at any leather bar and it'll get to me in 24 hours. Happy 9/11 y'all, and remember fireworks are unsafe and illegal in most jurisdictions.

We all have that homie who is always under siege

We all have that one friend who never fortifies their supply lines

That one guy in the friend group who's vassals and provinces are woefully unstable

It’s Wet Weasel Wednesday!!!!

go and tell your mom you love her, hug her, call her or text her if she isn't there, tell her something interesting about your week, bring up a memory you love of the two of you. you don't have that much time

what drives people to leave comments like this on this post or other ones from that period that somehow still circulate? do you not have a sense of tact, shame, discretion? i'm sorry about the terrible relationship you had with your mom. unfortunately, i can't relate to that: i love my mom dearly and she loved me — that's what my post is about, which i made hours after i helped lift her dead body into a bag. go make your own post about your psychological problems, you weirdo loser

Just saw an adult man growl at a qr code on the wall

litany against not knowing the definition of litany:

I will not misuse the word litany. a litany, by definition, is multiple things. a litany is not one phrase. litany not a synonym for saying or proverb. there is more than one definition of the word litany, some more formal than others, but all imply a whole made of multiple parts. if I encounter a word that I do not know, I will look up its definition before using it. I will pay more attention next time I read Dune.