my dads recently been jokin a lot about “mystic runes” like i asked what we were gonna do when we took a rest stop in santa barbara and he said “look for mystic runes” and then i asked if we were gonna eat or just walk around while my mom shopped and he said “the runes will tell us”
Love the contrast between the Americans’ “Apollo” and the Soviets’ “Sputnik.” You got the Americans naming their rocket after a Greek god trying to communicate the grandness and importance of this rocket. And you got the Soviets naming their rocket “fellow traveler.” Like a friend you go on an adventure with together. This rocket is our little friend lol
And they were gay for each other
And they were gay for each other.
Calling someone “transphobic” for misgendering someone:
- “what’s transphobia? What is a woman?”
- incites political language, i.e. bullshit debates about what transphobia is and wether trans people are real that you know they’re not gonna budge on anyways.
Calling someone a piece of shit for deadnaming someone:
- “that’s literally just their name you piece of shit” “why do you have to be such a dipshit about her she’s just a woman oh my god”
- establishes basic respect for trans people as, you know, the normal behavior and whatever bullshit they do as a violation of common decency, which is a lot more horrifying to a lot of people.
- being very casually accepting of trans people like this is not likely to be the kind of negative response they’re expecting
- being openly considered “a rude asshole” is a lot harder for people to argue themselves out of and is more likely to shut them up
- it’s a lot funnier watching someone worm their way out of being considered a piece of shit than watching someone wriggle their way out of being called transphobic










