*reflexive stance*
Online pseudonym: hydralisk98
Sexual identity: AMAB yet becoming integrally Female in morphology
Gender identity: Non-Binary / Androgynous? Or Feminine?
Pronouns: she/her;
Birthday: August 1st
Citizenship: Canada
MBTI personality: INTJ (Architect)
“Extended Zodiac” sign: Lepio (Leo++)
Mental health details: Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Education: Graduated complete DES & DEP in “Information Technologies’ Support” program, spent some time DEP in “Graphic Design” and spent some more time into Cegep in Multimedia… and so much more time utilized to explore and learn about many special interests on my very own.
The Fits! Hiero, Maii and Rowan don't get fully drawn fits because I am lazy and that is a lot of drawing
Microsoft is putting its foot down when it comes to unauthorized controller use. The company has begun banning any third-party Xbox controllers and accessories that aren't part of the "designed for Xbox" hardware partner program.
Wow, what a great move, microsoft... I bet all the disabled people out there who rely on custom-made third-party controllers will just looooove this change...
Or the fighting game community who like to custom build their own fighting pads...
Or the hardcore racing game players who build custom steering wheel setups and whatnot...
Or just the people who can't afford to dish out $70 for an "official" controller.
Or pretty much anyone who doesn't use one of your controllers for whatever reason...
Well anyway, in conclusion:
Go fuck yourself, Microsoft
HELLUVA BOSS S2E6 SPOILER !!!! BEWARE 🤫🤫
:readmore:
YOU CANT TELL ME THAT THIS ISNT A TICKLE SCENE !!!! I will die on this hill ☠️☠️☠️
Why yes, I DID dress up as my own Empires sona for Halloween (featuring the work kitchen and the deadly florals skirt from @mayakern )
CUTE CUTE CUTE
Anyone who claims 'no one cares if asexuals dont wanna have sex' i dare them to say that next time they are in a social gathering.
Like just next time they're at a bar or something with the squad and they start talking about people they're into or whatever just say "i dont want to have sex/I never want to have sex again/I've never had sex and never want to" and stick to that and if they ask why just keep saying "because I just dont want to" and experience the super invasive questions and incessant heckling and people telling you you're weird, a freak, or should see a doctor because clearly you have a medical issue
Yes, people DO care about asexuals not having sex. To a creepy amount honestly
Trick or treat! 🎃🎃
Level of respect a class of teens I have to teach art to have for me when I walk in: 0%
Level of respect after I draw sasuke from memory on the whiteboard: beyond anything you could possibly imagine
The thing about debate is that it’s supposed to be a fair and reasoned and good-faith discussion about The Thing. It’s supposed to be two people of differing opinions attempting, through discussion, to find the truth.
But debating with cult members and trolls only mimics this. It’s a nice shiny flower that also happens to be a praying mantis with bodyparts that look like petals.
You’re not arguing with them about The Thing. You’re arguing with them about their opinion of The Thing. Which is 1) entirely in their control, and 2) really isn’t particularly important to you.
Unless you make it important to you.
Like, by conflating it with the thing it purports to be.
The instant you get invested, the instant you feel the need to convince THEM, the instant convincing them becomes synonymous with successfully defending your own beliefs, they have a hold on you.
And they will use that hold to do what predators do.
They’re not interested in being convinced. They’re not interested in finding the truth. They’re interested in arguing you out of everything you believe using the debate process you’ve foolishly placed your faith in and staked your positions on, and using your own convictions that being right makes you a superior debater and/or that being a superior debater makes you right, to convince you that you owe it to them to change YOUR mind, because you chose to avail yourself of their supposed willingness to change THEIRS.
You can, actually, lose a debate while still being right. Debate is a skill contest, not a magical truth-detector. You don’t owe anyone to change your beliefs to their tune just because they’re more skilled at debating, more sophisticated at finding arguments, or just more unwilling to concede points.
But they’ll try to convince you otherwise. In fact, they run on your entrenched beliefs otherwise.
To say “I still don’t accept this” and walk away, to keep your own autonomy at the cost of mockery on a level you probably believe, takes strength and savviness few people possess, and they absolutely prey on that too.
It’s very helpful to be able to be honest with yourself about whether you’re actually willing to believe/accept their position, and fair to your prospective opponent to avoid debates (or at least avoid calling it a debate) over something when you absolutely are not willing to accept the opposing position. Because being fair in a real debate means you risk accepting the opposing position.
And if you’re the only one being fair in a debate only you believe is real, you’re taking a huge-ass risk with only purely illusory payoff.
The trap is that they’re offering you the illusion of an opportunity to defend your beliefs by convincing them, at the cost of you risking your beliefs on the strength of your ability to convince them. And then they use their refusal to be convinced as the “impartial” judge of victory.
The fight is not what you think the fight is, and it’s time to walk away.
The fight is not what
you think the fight is, and it’s
time to walk away.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
