machine

I wonder if this week will go by quickly

soup

when whatever program you're using stops responding

I wonder what this summer will be like...

it bothers me that "yours" "hers" and "ours" don't have apostrophes

to no longer be sick

soldiers dancing to little einsteins remix

a good work ethic would be nice

*one wikipedia search later* well I'm horrified ...to think I almost wrote an entire paper on silk

seasonal allergies

"When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change."

I found out my cat doesn't respond to me orz

Dear anons, I don't know you guys hear when I open my mouth--that is if you hear anything at all, but it's very evident neither of you are actually listening. I know a lot of the things I spout off are drivel solely being said to take up space so there's no awkward silence but I'd like to be heard occasionally. ya feel me? --me -------- Dear other anons, I dunno when I'll see you guys next but we have to do something cool. It's getting warmer so maybe we could do something outside --also me

I wish for my throat to stop hurting

I wonder what specific topic I should choose for my paper on ancient China...

I'm admittedly pretty salty at the moment so the following will probably be fairly biased so just a heads up Indiana's governor did sign the religious freedom bill. I feel I should clarify that this law doesn't directly discriminate against same sex/gender couples or the LGBTQIA+ community but as this is the main group taking action against this bill and similar laws in other states, and is the main concern for businesses in Indiana or have conventions in Indianapolis it's what I'm focusing on as well. I honestly don't have any idea how much of an effect this will have because I doubt any large chain businesses will use this new law to discriminate as that would likely drive away a good amount of their consumers. As for small, locally owned businesses, it's hard to say. It's just...infuriating and very worrisome. The town I live in is near a college so majority of my local yik yak feed is from college kids. The yik yak feed is... well it's not uncommon for there to be a racist and other bigoted posts (usually it'll die down after a day or two, go back to mundane and comedy posts and then go back to being hateful a week later) and currently there's quite a few homophobic and transphobic posts on there. These college kids are from all over the country and not just local so it's not exactly a reliable source of how my town might feel towards the religious freedom bill but it nonetheless is kinda unsettling knowing there's people in my vicinity that already hold a negative opinion of my friends and I despite never meeting us. article here: x Three days ago on March 23, 2015 transgender teen and overall LGBT advocate, Blake Brockington, 18, committed suicide. There's not very much information on the thing as a whole but it sounds like Blake had been suffering from depression for quite a while. Last year, Blake became the first openly transgender homecoming king in his town. Blake came out as trans as a sophomore in high school and was shortly after placed in a foster home. Though his birth family was unaccepting, judging by how Blake had started hormones and was living full time the way he felt most comfortable it fortunately sounds like his foster family supported him. It's heartbreaking to see another trans teen take his own life, especially considering all the things Blake did for the trans and LGBT community along with participating in police brutality protests. RIP Blake, you won't be forgotten article here: x First and foremost two things happened I'll start with the overall good news: 14yr old transgirl, Jazz Jennings, is a fairly well known LGBT activist in the trans community and not only recently became the spokesperson for the Clean & Clear campaign, Jazz and her family are also getting a tv show on TLC! Considering just how young Jazz is and just how much she's done for trans and LGBT awareness in general this is really exciting! (article here: x) And the not as good news: A conservative politician in Canada named Donald Plett (some politicians in the US are trying to do this as well) is trying to make it so trans people have to use the public restroom that correlates to their birth sex regardless or whether they're transitioning, post transition, or pre transition. As trans folk already using public restrooms is already a safety issue, forcing already transitioned trans folk to use the restroom that coincides with their birth sex by law is very ? ?? ??? ?? ? It's just really ridiculous and sets up a lot more potentially dangerous situations because even if a trans person is obligated to be law to be in that restroom, it doesn't mean they won't be confronted and/or attacked by any people in there. Some trans people on social media are showing just how impractical this proposal is with the #PlettPutMeHere and #WeJustNeedtoPee hashtags (and article here: x) Yeah other gender identities can be a little hard to grasp. They're not like a new thing but they weren't really talked about and somewhat socially acceptable until very recently. Androgyny is actually the combination of male and female traits! To stick with the a- theme you were going with you might've meant aromantic as that's the lack of romantic attraction. Asexuality and aromanticism sometimes go together as they're the lack of attraction that's involved in your typical intimate relationship. The reason they're specified by people who identify as such is because asexuality and aromanticism especially are huge spectrums and those identities can greatly differ from person-to-person. (there's gray aromantics/asexuals, demi aromantics/asexuals, cupio-romantics/sexuals*, akio-romantics/sexuals**, just aro/ace people, autochoris-sexuals/romantics***, etc etc) There's also people who identify as asexual but not aromantic and vice versa. (I'd say only about half the asexuals and aromantics I've run into identify as both asexual and aromantic) As an example, (though this doesn't exactly have to do with asexuality it's the same idea) I've run into a couple guys that are bisexual and say they would hook up with guy but would never date another guy. *cupioromantic/cupiosexual - individuals who want a romantic/sexual relationship despite not feeling romantic/sexual attraction **akioromantic/akiosexual - also known as lithromantic/lithsexual is when someone feels romantic/sexual attraction but has no desire of those feelings being reciprocated ***autochorisromantic/autochorissexual - some of these people feel romantic/sexual attraction, others don't but the term specifically means that the person has a disconnect when thinking about romantic/sexual situations. The scenarios the individual fantasizes about won't have them in it, they'll see the thing happening from a 3rd person perspective. These more specific labels all fall on the aro/ace spectrum and are sorta like additional, lesser known labels. They're not as... necessary to know (I know there has to be a better way to word that,,) but I thought I'd mentioned them anyways. And gender roles are pretty interesting. There's a lot to them and it's really interesting just how long they've existed, how they vary from culture-to-culture, and what roles they've played in the formation of modern society. It's also really interesting how they're ingrained in us. I saw a really good example of this and just how much the gender binary's ingrained in us as well on tumblr where the post had a picture of a screenshot from twitter (which I unfortunately can't find orz) but it pointed out how in Wall-e, Wall-e and Eve are obviously robots and robots are robots. Robots sexless and genderless yet we all assumed Wall-e was a boy and Eve a girl. Eve definitely has a feminine voice which was probably one of the reasons why we all assumed that but nonetheless... And even when Wall-e's assumed to be a boy and Eve's assumed to be a girl the traditional relationship roles are switched! man I love that movie I guess if one's not quite fully aware of what transpeople are (ex: thinking it's simply crossdressing) or maybe if one grew up in a very homophobic and/or transphobic environment seeing a transperson could be a little unexpected or awkward looking (hence why raising visibility and acceptance are important!) but it's not exactly hard to keep any rude comments to yourself. Even if the transphobic lady didn't have horrible intentions she didn't handle the situation very well and wasn't apologetic about it either. But yeah it's really nice to see a no judgment policy that doesn't seem to have an invisible asterisk attached to it! If I'm not mistaken Planet Fitness has locations all around the country so maybe with enough time the no judgment policy will be expected at all gyms and later other public places! sO THiS happened ,, , , , Indiana's governor is probably going to sign in a bill, called the religious freedom bill, that will make it so business can deny service to gay couples. I heard on the local news that a group of LGBT advocates went to the deliver 10,000 letters in opposition of the bill either Monday or today (Tuesday). Gen Con which is a really large gaming convention that takes place annually over the summer in Indianapolis sent a letter in to the governor saying that if the bill does get signed the con will likely leave in Indiana once their contract is up in 2020. As Gen Con brings in some 50mil each year this isn't exactly a small threat so hopefully that'll mean something to the governor. Though the statement his spokesperson released when asked to comment on what Gen Con said is a little... ohmygodwhy as they said he was looking forward to signing it. dammit Indiana article here: x And a homophobic lawyer in California is trying to make the murder of LGBTQIA+ people legal. There's a petition on change.org with 40K+ signatures to disband his practice. This one most likely won't actually become legal but due to some recent events I'll include this story as well. petition here: x I'm determined to keep this thread updated even if no one really cares Today, March 31st, is Trans Visibility Day! This seems to mostly be happening on social media like Tumblr but a few news websites have also posted little articles on the topic. This day's really important as for a lot of people it's about coming out to their friends and followers on social media, seeing other trans folk all at various spots in the coming out and transitioning process, and also being supportive to other members of the trans community. There's also been a few posts going around about how to pass better with common household objects for people who could be in danger if they don't pass well but don't have the money to transition or their family abuses them because they're trans and aren't able to buy things to help with their dysphoria. I just think it's really cool to see this large group of people come together to help and support one another all the while raising awareness for their cause. A really important thing happened! This is a huge step in the right direction regarding young trans people's safety and wellbeing!

I didn't even know this was supposed to/is going to be a thing.. I'm kinda excited for it now though....

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I wonder if I'll ever own a dog

release dates for persona 5, persona 4 dancing all night release dates, and the new ys game

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I wish to get better math

oversleeping

I found out I have have no idea how I'm supposed to do my science project My idea for it never even got approved it's due tomorrow what do

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