PSA if your family member/someone very close to you bites their lips/nails/fingers or picks at their skin or pulls their hair DO NOT draw attention to it or confront them about it in public, it feels absolutely horrible especially when done by someone you love and trust. thank you.
Have dermatillomania, can confirm.
I can still in great horrible detail remember the day I was in grade 7 and in a school play and was apparently picking without noticing it and the teacher directing the play called me out on it in front of several classes worth of children. Not a fun time.
stop asking people’s pronouns. real life isnt the internet. asking someone’s pronouns in real life with people around is fucking degrading. we all know you wouldnt ask a cis person’s pronouns. when you ask, a trans person hears “i’m not sure if you’re actually the gender you’re presenting as. do you mind if i embarrass you and get really invasive on a personal level?” not to mention you might out the person youre asking to whoever else is around.
if youre really fucking lost, ask their name, or just guess by by how they present. the worst that can happen is you get corrected and you can be respectful about it. these are basic social conventions that should be left unsaid.
in conclusion, trans people are regular people and you should treat us normally. thanks for coming to my ted talk.
if your favorite kid was dave strider when you first started homestuck, youre probably a trans guy. if its rose lalonde, youre probably a lesbian. jade harley? youre a furry. john egbert? you still love him with all your heart and you are very vocal about it.
Stop insulting Adam Driver because you don’t like Kylo Ren
He’s a real fucking person with anxiety and making fun of his appearance because he plays a villain is a shitty, shitty, shitty thing to do.
To add to this,
Jack Gleeson (actor playing joffrey baratheon) apparently left acting largely because he was being harrassed in public for his character being such a little shit.
Don’t harrass an actor for playing an evil character. Congratulate them for being a good enough actor to incite genuine hatred from their roles.
I was JUST thinking about Joffrey’s actor. This sort of thing happens all the time with soap opera actors playing villains too.
why does it seem like humanity’s collective ability to distinguish fiction from reality is deteriorating at an exponential rate lately
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