DessertStorms

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[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

You can’t be a good anything and be a landlord

A good parasite?

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

Yes! It premiered last night, first 2 episodes were brilliant, and I'm trying really hard not to binge the rest so that I can make it last

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

Those lyrics hit far too close to home right now..

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I am sooooo fucking sick and tired of people touting out that tired cliché to defend capitalists..

I think instead we should start saying "don't let the manipulation by their benefactors stand in the way of the reality of the systems they maintain".

I doubt anyone is expecting perfection at this point, I know I'm not (it being a literal impossibility and all), but them pretending to be "good" and you buying it, doesn't actually make it any good at all (as I said - it's just giving them the space to continue as they are for a fee that they will never pay, their trapped customers will).

Defending this bullshit as the good we should be happy to compromise for serves no one but the people running the oil companies (and the politicians they pay to ensure such legislation has no legs).

You are playing their game, and supporting their team, bathing in the placation of their greenwashing and letting them get away with it. That is what's in the way of good.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

So they can pay a relative pittance to keep chugging along uninterrupted, and pass the cost on to the consumer.
Yeah, that'll fix things...

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I know perfectly well what space I'm in, and if the NT encroaching on it didn't realise (and they did, because they were making excuses for themselves from the get go) them coming from /all would only excuse the first comment, not the rest of the thread where they make it clear that they don't care that they're talking over ND's in our own space.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

And yeah, I thought it was a no-brainer that actively reading social media makes it harder to fall asleep while doing so, but these days I’m not so sure how common this “common sense” is.

And there it is.

The NT has ridden in on their white horse to teach all us NDs about their "common sense" that is clearly what we're lacking..

What would we do without you, oh great neurotypical??? /S

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Lmfao, that's a lot of condescending words to say "no, I will absolutely NOT listen to the people whose space I'm encroaching on and try to learn about their experience and do better for their benefit (or simply walk away), I WILL continue to always centre myself, because that's all I care about".

I’ve been on the receiving end of righteous anger for giving neurotypical advice before

And yet the thought to, you know, just fucking not never seems to have crossed your mind..

The "experience I'm facing" that is causing me "anger" is you and your behaviour, no amount of twisting things to justify it to yourself changes that, the least you can do is take some accountability (lmfao, as if.. This entire thread is absolutely textbook NT behaviour, including the framing me as "emotional" and yourself as "logical", and you've already made it clear that you don't give a shit about the impact of your own actions).

Sorry it came across the way it did. I’ll try to be more careful about it in the future, assuming I remember.

Fuck your non apology and your insistent on there being a next time for you to be "careful about it" - you don't need to "be careful", what you need is to have some respect for spaces that aren't for you and the people they are for, and resist your desperate need to insert yourself and your unsolicited unhelpful and uninformed opinions absolutely everywhere.

I thought expressing a bit of solidarity

TIL solidarity means privileged people talking over the experiences of marginalise people in their own space 🙄

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

you’re always free to walk away.

Yeah, and die of starvation or exposure, which ever comes first..
Maybe take a look around at the reality most people face before giving such out of touch advice..

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

made a pretty weird video about autism, using the fact that his son has it as like qualification for him to talk about it. folks with autism tried to talk to him about the problematic nature of the video in the comments, and he just blocked them.

So typical Autism Parent™ then lol it's like they can't help but make it about themselves.. 🙄

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 43 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I'm autistic and I'm the same but for me it's less about going a minute without stimulation, more about not wanting to be alone with my thoughts because they're constant and horrible at best.

Without my tv and pc always on around me (and weed) I don't think I could sleep at all (pc to scroll/read till my eyes get sleepy, and tv to give my brain external conversation to focus on rather than the one going on in my brain). Even then it's a struggle, but I'm still 100% more likely to get some sleep with these things on, than I am without (I don't consider crying for several hours in either frustration or deep despair until my eyes can't stay open anymore a good enough alternative ¯\(ツ)/¯).

 

Jimmy ate my yogurt now he's putting it back
Used to ignore but I'll plain attack
Drop the defence now I've got you in my scope
Jimmy walk away from the fridge slowly

Got your email Jimmy, you sent it at night
You expect a response but I'm tucked in tight
I'm different now Jimmy, I'm in my power
I'll respond to your email at a reasonable hour
At a reasonable hour
At a reasonable hour
At a reasonable hoooouuuur

Self care, bad bitch, I'm a villain, I'm a villain, out of office email saying zero fucks given x4

You ask me to work late, but I'm all done
Off the clock punched out time for fun!
You ask me where I'm going so I tell you the truth
Jimmy boy I'm going to a spin class!
Kind regards, best wishes, EAT SHIT
Yours truly, sincerely, THIS BITCH
I'm different now Jimmy, I'm in my power
I'll respond to your email at a reasonable hour
At a reasonable hour
At a reasonable hour
At a reasonable hoooouuuur

Self care, bad bitch, I'm a villain I'm a villain, out of office email saying zero fucks given x6

 

Documentary portrait of the trail-blazing activist, poet and writer Maya Angelou. Born in 1928, she enthused generations with her bold and inspirational championing of the African-American experience that pushed boundaries and redefined the way people think about race and culture.

Maya Angelou was captured on film just before she died in 2014, and this documentary celebrates her life and work, weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos. It reveals hidden episodes of her exuberant life during some of America's defining moments, from her upbringing in the Depression-era south to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana and her inaugural speech for President Bill Clinton, the film takes us on an incredible journey through the life of a true American icon.

 

400 Years Ago a Prudish Aristocrat Censored This Artemisia Gentileschi Nude. Using Tech, an Italian Museum Has Revealed the Stunning Original Work

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/censored-artemisia-gentileschi-female-nude-revealed-2375778

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_Inclination

Her other work is also well worth a look:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi

 

Such a chill little trip

 

An eye opening movie based on the realities of the for-profit rehab/addiction treatment complex (though the text at the end, as well as revealing some horrific related statistics, also makes it clear that this is a at least partly promotional material for the 12 step programs, which have their own issues).

A pretty depressing watch, but important if you want a better understanding of the tip of the iceberg of reasons why profit and care (health, social, communal, any care really) should never mix.

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I shine to make you smile, I try to save you one more time, for your lonely place, you need a friendly face, when your option's low, I lift you from below

 

The first season was amazing and I was so frustrated when it wasn't certain there would be a second, so this is massively exciting news.
Promo said "coming soon", and I can't fucking wait!!! *happy dance*

 

Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that explores the power and influence of American Evangelical Christians as they aim to fulfil the Armageddon prophecy.

The film observes American believers as they prepare for what they call The Holy War and exposes the powerful megachurch pastors who call for the 'final battle' that they believe will trigger the Second Coming of Christ. Completed before the current crisis in Israel and Gaza, it also unveils how politicians driven by faith embrace the State of Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days

Watch in UK on BBC

 

A documentary about a young deaf Kurdish boy and his family who move to the UK so he, and they, can learn to communicate. It quite delicately touches on so many themes from family, community, acceptance, self determination, pride, to ableism, displacement, hostile immigration policy, and other systemic barriers. I cried throughout.

 

I’m a little emotional, gotta be rational, being ok is optional, I’m in a phase, ani mevushal...

Ani mevushal = I'm baked (literally - cooked)
Ani metugan = I'm fried
Ani meturlal = I'm crazed
Ani mechushmal = I'm electrified
Mechin megulgal, ve tas lachalal = I roll one up, and fly to space

 

One of my favourite ever albums, never fails to get some rage out of the system

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The Intruder (1962) full movie. AKA "Shame" is a low budget Roger Corman film that deals with early integration in the south. William shatner portrays a carpet bagger from the North? Who just shows up to cause trouble. The film is way ahead of its time when you consider the strife we are encountering in 2020. Watch it! - Broken Trout -

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