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@humanbeingawk
pre-patriarchy ⚘ symbolic demolitionist mapping cross frame errors ⚘ studying for the turing test ⚘ 🏳️🌈 lesbian
When you realize "knots" literally meant knots in a rope
capitalism is the root cause of most mental illness; if not by first order, then certainly by second or third.
thoughts on mental health that would have you like this?
If only someone could invent a device that stores electricity. Maybe we could call it a "battery" or something like that. Thoughts?
Thiessen: Just so people understand wind and solar only work when there is wind and sun. We don't have technology to store the energy from wind and solar…
Elmo’s been successfully rehabilitated
Happy birthday, @SesameBert! Elmo is so happy we are all celebrating your BERT-day together! #HappyBertDay ❤️
protest is often just loud virtue signaling. if you’re serious start a mutual aid society, arrange a food delivery service for the disabled and elderly, hand out period products to homeless women, start a food pantry, those actually disrupt capitalism’s punitive survival calculus
i guess i have been reconciling myself to the conventions that make written communication easier, while rebelling against arbitrary hierarchy. so much elitism is prescribed through grammar.
do you realize ‘child’ is commonly used as a slur? childish even a child knows better acting like a child
i code switch across my tweets and comments. i wonder which one you think is my default, the wording i think and communicate in when i’m not consciously translating myself to become visible within someone else’s semiotic frame
most conversation feels like a game in which the object is to not say anything consequential. this is the ritual of a cognitive pattern that for lack of a better word I call ‘neurotypical’. meanwhile a gorilla sits patiently in the corner. im beginning to think they can’t see it.
three generations of my family were abolitionists and conductors on the Underground Railroad in New Bedford Massachusetts
share a piece of lore that connects you to history.
'Irregardless' is a word.
Hit me with the harshest reality truth.
No, you didn’t turn out fine after being disciplined with a belt and other objects your whole childhood. You have issues with sleep, perfectionism, trust, and emotional regulation.
The fun thing about Americans is that they will take examples like this to advocate for some batshit insane, backwards idea that women shouldn’t work, rather than just implementing maternity leave like every other civilized nation on earth.
This is so sad.