“In my moments of decadence I forbade myself the indulgence of feelings of resentment, because they were harmful; as soon as my life recovered enough riches and pride, however, I regarded them again as forbidden, but this time because they were beneath me.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Ecce Homo
“Our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor
I don’t believe it. Thanks, I hate it.
Okay, here’s what the headline doesn’t tell you:
But aside that, if you ever wonder why scientists work on all these little patch solutions for large, systemic problems, its because the people doing science research are not the people deciding how national and international policy is made.
Every time a scientist talks about how they’re working on something like de-extinction projects or artificial albedo creation there’s the inevitable sneering about how “we should just not let the animals go extinct in the first place” or “we should cut back on carbon emissions” as if those were not decisions being made by governments and oligarchs.
An industrial design student’s authority in his society stops at “make a cute robot”.
And also, this is your daily reminder that “headlines are lies designed to make you mad and/or get you to read the article.”
I don’t believe it. Thanks, I hate it.
Okay, here’s what the headline doesn’t tell you:
But aside that, if you ever wonder why scientists work on all these little patch solutions for large, systemic problems, its because the people doing science research are not the people deciding how national and international policy is made.
Every time a scientist talks about how they’re working on something like de-extinction projects or artificial albedo creation there’s the inevitable sneering about how “we should just not let the animals go extinct in the first place” or “we should cut back on carbon emissions” as if those were not decisions being made by governments and oligarchs.
An industrial design student’s authority in his society stops at “make a cute robot”.
And also, this is your daily reminder that “headlines are lies designed to make you mad and/or get you to read the article.”
Criticize peoples' actions without pathologizing them challenge 2023
no more calling abusive people psychopaths, sociopaths, narcissists. Call them abusive, manipulative, self interested, whatever language doesn't diagnose them with a fucking personality disorder.
Having a personality disorder doesn't make you an abuser.
yes! good. but also, doesnt go far enough, imo. actions and behaviors, language and tactics can be abusive, but people are people, and often when we call people 'abusers' we're just pathologising them again, just with a word that isnt in the dsm (not to mention half the personality disorders were specifically invented to pathologise abusive people, but thats a whole nother discussion) the point being, when we call people abusers, we're often assigning malicious intent where none existed, removing ourselves from the idea or possibility that they could be hurting too, and most crucially, we're creating an environment where calling someone an abuser is an incredibly effective way to isolate them from social support and drum up harrassment, with no consideration for whether they actually are, giving the people who do have malicious intent an incredibly effective tool
Decent point. "Abuser" is a role, not a species, and people who are habitual abusers tend to be so as a result of a social environment that continually enables their abuse.
That's a fair point. Abuse is incentivized by oppressive systems we live in, and I also don't want "abuser" to become a stand-in pathology.
People need to chill with this “can we normalize” thing. All this shit is already normal, there are a variety of normals available to you. Just live your life and feel your feelings.
They should've never gave y'all buzzwords
confiscating "normalize" and putting it on the top shelf until these people learn to not abuse it
Tags that hit like a punch in the face.
Could we normalize not using the word normalize for everything?
“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.
“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement.
“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”
“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”
Things I didn’t know
“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”
You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didn’t know any of this when writing their stories.
Reblog to save a life
“However, if you’re ending your dialogue with a question mark or exclamation point, you no longer need the comma!” he called after the others.
