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Beloved TCG Illustrator Tomokazu Komiya:
TPC, circa mid 2000s: Alright we need some more Normal Artwork for our TCG. Make it even more normal this time
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TPC, circa 2020s: We-
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Guys since we are plagued by horrible news now more than ever, I wanted to share with you all that for the first time in history a trans woman named Wendy Guevara was declared the winner of Mexico’s most famous reality show.
This is an unprecedented and incredible feat, since Mexico is a predominantly catholic and conservative country that unfortunately hasn’t been very kind to people from the LGBT community, especially the trans community.
But today the future seems a little brighter, today we can celebrate as a community because the people of Mexico gave 18 million votes to a trans woman that won their hearts and who will hopefully inspire more kindness and understanding towards the LGBT community as a whole.
Crowds gathered in a neighbourhood known for being a safe space for queer people as if they were watching a world cup final! It might not seem like much but I’m going to bed with a smile on my face 🏳️⚧️ 🩵
what the fuck
saxo cere comminuit brum
what the actual fuck
the word for brain here is cerebrum, and it's been literally split in two
I've seen wordplay like this before in Latin, but with compound words that are clearly made up of separate parts
but "cere" is not a word and neither is "brum"
you could translate it something like
"he split his br apart ain with a rock"
and it's only slightly less unreadable than that due to freer word order
needless to say something I'd expect more from a modern experimental poem than an ancient epic
I feel like a lot of people in the notes don’t really understand this fully.
As a Hawaii resident, and someone who saw this headline and the many others from this same news source, this rubs me the wrong way a bit.
This tweet isn’t necessary wrong, but it’s worded in a way to prioritize outrage, which as I understand it is how Twitter works.
The point is that yes, Hawaii has a problem with the prioritization of tourism, which takes resources away from residents.
But with this particular headline, it’s framing the issue kind of misleadingly.
These tourists are being kicked out so residents have the room and resources to recoup. They’re being moved to Oahu because that’s where the main international airport is, so it’ll be easier for them to leave when there are flights available.
They’re not being given luxury accommodations and allowed to live out their original vacation plans while residents have to just sit in the charred wreckage of their homes. They’re getting kicked the fuck out, as they should be in this situation.
There are resources available for Maui residents right now, including shelters and organizations collecting money specifically for community needs. (Source, source 2, both from the same news outlet that this headline is from)
So, again, it’s like kicking out house guests from your party when you need to deal with a sudden house fire.
Now, what you CAN be outraged about is the need to spend this amount of time and money kicking out house guests from a party during an emergency in addition to saving yourself and loved ones at all, BECAUSE THOSE AREN’T INVITED GUESTS
-they just showed up and started hanging out in your house and eating your food. Sometimes they leave money but usually they just leave trash
-your local HOA has seen this and looooves it because actually they’re getting lots of money out of it, so they start catering towards your uninvited guests and handing out invitations to your awesome house party. Which you didn’t plan or want and would like to stop
-your house is a permanent party house and you can’t even get to work or a quiet minute to yourself
-and now it’s on fire
The point is that, even though these resources need to be used to get tourists out for legitimate reasons right now, a disaster like this in most other states would likely not include a headline about how moving visitors out of the area is a needed priority. (Bc there wouldn’t be as many proportional to the population, except for other obvious tourist-y cities.)
And while there are shelters and other resources for residents right now, by necessity some of those resources are going to tourists, because that’s how things are here.
I’ve seen some people who seem to think that the news agency who wrote the headline is biased or that it’s a wording/framing issue, which I don’t think is the main point here.
I just felt this tweet was more focused on making people angry than actually providing information, although I’m not on Twitter so who knows, maybe there’s a whole thread diving deeper into the issue. But for tumblr, here’s a little more of the story.
Tl;dr: This is a tweet with limited context if you haven’t been following the story; this isn’t a case of tourists taking 100% of the resources leaving none for residents, they are being kicked out so residents can recover. But this extra step would be unnecessary if Hawaii wasn’t so commercialized.
And if you want to help Maui residents, the second source link up there leads to an article listing some orgs that are collecting donations. I’ll put it here again for convenience.
never thought I’d find myself retrospectively wishing my puberty had additional lore but here we are
ok, its bullshit how no ones talking about what just happened to Naomi Wu. A Chinese lesbian whos openly dating a Uyghur woman suddenly faces police harassment and is being actively silenced by the CCP and no western media site says a word?
if youre queer or fuck it if you care about queer people and what we face every day under the ccp you should spread this. the world should know whats happening to Noami Wu.
yea i get what you mean. was feeling kinda upset about the news yesterday, i’ll try not to word more posts like that <3
that makes sense! we all get upset sometimes absolutely no hard feelings <3
(sorry if i sounded super hostile from the swearing lol i really wasn't, i just say them a lot)
no hard feelings <3