Awh my heart!
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Okay but the thing is I'm delightful and I tip and I only ever seem to get snark ; _ ;
Live long and prosper, Stamets. We'll be here if you ever decide to come back.
This is amazing. Thank you for this.
Full stop? I wish they would!
This response vexes me because while Uncle Barry here is certainly an example, what these people are forgetting (and what this thing about Uncle Barry glosses over) is that until the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the fights from the 70s onward, if a family in the US had a child with an IQ of under 70, they were often shipped off to an institution.
Deinstitutionialization didn't really begin to gain steam until relatively recently in our collective history- here in Tennessee we still had one of these facilities open until the nineties. These people didn't believe there were people with severe mental disabilities, because our society hid them away!
Look up Clover Bottom. But don't, because it's horrifying. I've met people who lived there their entire lives. What was done to them was disgusting.
It is awful what was done to them. But it's awful that people with a greater severity of condition, a greater need for care, are often glossed over in these comment sections. It feels like they're made invisible in these conversations just like they were in those institutions! And I'm terrified that assholes like RFK Jr will disappear them for real!
I'm a ciswoman and I actually love April's ass-kicking. I'm sure it was meant to be a dig at her femininity but it's the first time in media where I felt like, yes. This is exactly how I want my gender displayed.
And her actress was gorgeous.
"MS-13" here just means "brown people."
I love this reply.
I'm going to try and remember, and then use it, later.
Thanks. I had to get stitches in my hand best but I'll try to pop by soon.
Unexpectedly, I first heard about it from the local radio station lady absolutely dunking on them. No ads, no traffic updates, just 5 solid minutes of, "did you hear about this stupid thing?"
Loved it.
I can't find it anywhere!
Disconcerting.
There also came a point where the spent more time on characters crying and hugging than on the plot, which makes it very difficult to binge.
I still like it better than Enterprise because at least we didn't get the Pon Farr episode or long scenes of people rubbing each other or someone getting impregnated nonconsensually. But the bar should be higher than either of these.