• You limit who gets the choice.
  
  • Pushing for laws that restrict abortions to emergencies or abusive circumstances only… isn’t pro-choice.
  • Putting age limits on who can and can’t have an abortion… isn’t pro-choice.
• You try and make (or succeed in making) the choice FOR others.
  
  • On NGB-Prochoice at deviantART, a story was posted about girl was being forced to have an abortion by her parents. Abhorrently, many “pro-choice” people kept going on about the good the parents were doing… by taking the choice away from her. 
• You consider abortion inherently wrong or bad.
  
  • If you consider it bad, then by default you consider people who make the choice bad, ergo, you’re not actually respecting their right of choice, instead are shaming them for it (regardless of internally or externally).

derpidoria:

skylinesandturbines:

Fuck people who think this is possible. If you can handle being friends after a relationship, It probably didn’t mean too much to you in the first place.

What the hell is wrong with you people?! If you think friendship is some consolation pity prize or the corpse of a dog, then I’m afraid you are an incredibly shallow and self-absorbed person. Most people don’t even word it like that. They shouldn’t.

It’s possible for love to die, because it’s something that needs to be cared for and managed. However, that doesn’t always mean it’s the end of things. That person is still alive and friendship, like love, takes self-discipline and selflessness. I hear and see nothing but selfishness here. 

Friendship, in my opinion, is still valuable and it makes me worried when people only care about the intimacy of a romantic relationship. As if anything else is less.

I love my boyfriend because he valued our friendship, among so many other things. It’s a love I want to cherish and care for, nourish like a plant. I wouldn’t have it any other way. You couldn’t make me.

And I wouldn’t trade my friendship with my ex-girlfriend for anything in the world either. She’s one of my best friends, and I’m happy when she’s happy. 

This is stupid. People who are shallow and entitled and victimize themselves are stupid. Don’t be a selfish dick to your friends.

YES GOOD.

Also, uhm, actually! ACTUALLY!! If you value their friendship and continued dedication to you SO LITTLE, that is when YOU probably didn’t love them! Because you are only concerned with yourself!

If you can handle being friends after a relationship: Congratulations! You are mature and truly value the person you were in a relationship with! Because you don’t view friendship is abhorrent, you don’t view friendship as demeaning, you don’t feel entitled to their romantic life, you really care about a person enough to put aside your feelings and continue to be in their life!

This reeks of friendzone bullshit.

I honestly don’t find it racist when someone wants someone to speak a language they understand in a country/area that is dominated by said language. Well, hell, it’s not racist even if it’s not dominant.

Of course, there ware ways to say “speak English” that very much come with the connotations of racism. I think we can all see those right off the bat - those times when it’s asked with hateful and spiteful thought behind it. We all get frustrated by language barriers, but hey, it’s no more fun for one person than it is for the other. No, seriously, I’m someone with a difficult time processing to begin with - having to constantly ask “What?” and not understand is really really really stressful, especially when the person starts getting angry with me. So just keep that in mind, when you’re getting worked up, most likely they are too.

So, with that said, no, it’s not wrong to tell someone to speak English. Or Spanish. Or Romanian. If you move to a country or intend to stay in it for a while, it’s generally considered courteous to know how to talk to people, at least for the most basic life encounters. It’s not just the US that does this - in fact, in some places in Spain/Mexico (can’t remember which gdi), people will absolutely refuse to even acknowledge you if you don’t speak in clear enough Spanish. (Of course, I’m told this is mostly middle aged and older people nowadays, but hey, guess who does it here?)

So out of common courtesy pleaaaase speak English. Hey, English isn’t so bad - you can speak words without grammar and all tone, and someone will still get what you mean. So, you don’t even actually have to actually LEARN English - just learn words and then throw them together, someone will seriously understand it. You’d be surprised doing only just this much can turn sourpusses into, well, less so, and hell some people even try and help you learn more.

Not gonna say it works every time, though. You’ll have parts of the country that will throw shit in your face for being foreign even if you make perfect sense. Nationalism, it’s a bane of many places.

But sometimes you get panicky, you get frustrated, and you can’t use English anymore. That happens too. Just try and take advantage of the environment in such a situation. You wanna piss? Do the potty dance. Your kid is hurt? Well if you’re crying and running around chances are someone’s going to try and help even if they have no idea what you’re saying. That’s universal linguistics. That’s shit everyone recognizes right away. Go ahead and use it as much as possible even if you know English.

Of course, that being said, anyone who gives you shit for speaking another language to someone else that isn’t even them, is definitely a racist/ethnocentric piece of shit and needs to back the fuck off. No, really, rude and arrogant as hell, who do they think they are to eavesdrop and then demand you adjust so they can understand a conversation they’re not even invited to? Maybe you are scheming or saying shitty things about them - but who the fuck cares? People do this “secret language” shit all the time it’s called text messaging. So. Ja know.

And then we get down to the part of: Who adjusts to who? Well, chances are, if one of you doesn’t know English and the other doesn’t know French welp you’re just fucked. Maybe the first should learn English since they’re going to be surrounded by it, but it wouldn’t kill the second to be a bit more multilingual. Now, if they don’t know English but you know Spanish, I think it’s your duty to bridge the gap. Especially so if you’re in customer service - they’re the customer you serve, remember? But god damn at least try and get pictures or use that universal language shit if you guys really can’t understand each other. It’s everyone’s duty to make an effort. Don’t start screaming out your ass about foreigners when you’re in it too.

Okay, a long time ago I was really into fan-made music videos. Honestly, I still am, I just don’t have the motivation to go find new awesome ones.

It always disappoints me when people trash this past-time. Yes, a lot of kids with WMM just throw shit together to Linkin Park. But a good amount of people don’t do that. They put hours and days and weeks into planning and making a music video. No it’s not their shows or movies, no it’s not their music, but they still design the layout of their presentation and interpretation. Gary Goldman (frequent partner of Don Bluth and apparently runs Bluth’s website and/or said site’s email) told me himself he likes to see these and finds them to be fun tributes. People really have a passion and effort for these things, and I think they deserve more respect for it.I used to make them, they do take time and care to get them right.

So with that being said, let me show you some examples of that.

Here’s one that’s been passed around Tumblr: “The Stars Will Aide in Her Escape”, featuring My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Cosmic Love by Florence + the Machine.

Think WMM is bad? Why don’t you watch “Never Come Back”, featuring All Dogs Go to Heaven (1 & 2) and Final Destination by Within Temptation.

And you don’t need action-packed songs either, just take “The Voice”, featuring various cartoons and The Voice by Celtic Woman, for example.

Oh sure, people make Kingdom Hearts videos, but how about an MMORPG? “Simply Enfuego”, featuring Guild Wars and Simply Enfuego by Jock Jams, is a huge coordinated effort between dozens of people!

People often complain about videos not fitting their lyrics, well, is it really a huge problem if you have an excellent grasp of timing, mood, and progression? Check out “Håll om mig nu (Hold Me Now)”, featuring Princess Tutu and Håll Om Mig by Nanne Grönvall.

Another thing people think is that you can’t make music videos about shows without a lot of fighting. Not true! “Ouran High School Never Ends”, featuring Ouran High School Host Club and High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup, proves it!

I’m showing a lot of Japanese cartoons, but don’t count American cartoons out! “Broken”, featuring Danny Phantom and Break Me Down by Red, shows they can still shine in this field, and also that you don’t need a ton of episodes to make a video - it only uses one!

Not enough seriousness here for you? Here you go: “Counting Bodies”, featuring Death Note and Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums by A Perfect Circle.

Okay, where’s the effect abuse? All these fancy programs, why isn’t anyone playing? Well try “S M O O T H C R I M I N A L”, featuring various animated movies and Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson. Bet you didn’t expect a dance beat.

This is a personal favourite of mine: “Never Thought to Question… Why?”, featuring Felidae and Judith (Remix) by A Perfect Circle. Think MVs can’t be deep and dark? Think again. Also an excellent example of how to use the original material’s audio.

Do you know what a BETA is in this world? Well, it’s basically a short music video, typically an unfinished or in progress project. Don’t count them out, though! “Dig”, featuring Lilo & Stitch and Stitch Has a Glitch and Dig by Incubus, is definitely an awesome one.

Sadly, it seems the majority of my “Best Music Videos” list has been deleted from account closings. So that’s all folks!

Ad hominem is not:

• Any time someone uses swears or vulgarities or “bad words”.
• Any time someone refers to you or your actions negatively.
• Any time someone speaks or acts aggressively.
• Any time you’re corrected.

Ad hominem is:

• When someone refuses to address your argument and only attacks your character, your tone, your style, your group, without identified reason or with more logical fallacies (ex guilty by association, false dilemma, red herring, false analogy, etc).

Please stop throwing around words you don’t know to try and look smart. I’m kind of really annoyed by all the people crying “ad hominem” and refusing to debate with me because I called them an idiot but told them why in relation to the argument. In fact, you know, throwing around ad hominem like that… is ad hominem in itself, and a red herring! 

Or hey, how about them times people throw it around when we’re not even arguing about anything. Just, god damn.

PS: My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is for you.

All of you.

Every one of you.

The show was made to break down stereotypes about “true” girls. That’s a message everyone needs to hear, not just little girls.

And also, a successful cartoon is one that makes an appeal to everyone. Not just a small target audience. Remember how great Freakazoid!, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Invader Zim, Batman the Animated Series, and so on, were, and still are? Why Avatar and Adventure Time and Regular Show and Friendship is Magic are making it big while their peers crash and burn periodically? This is why. If a cartoon can catch big fish too, it becomes a success and people remember it for years to come. This is especially true now in the Internet age - those of us in the Internet subculture are seen as the grand prize. If a cartoon gets our favour, it’s bound to skyrocket.

And that being said, the art style is specifically made to be aesthetically appealing to everyone, again, especially those of us of the Internet - big eyes, bright colours, unusual hair, lots of circles and curves, gosh what does that remind you of, hm? And also, there’s that video floating around breaking down the animation behind a song and walk cycle of Pinkie Pie’s and why it catches everyone’s eyes, especially those who are interested in animating.

So yes. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is for everyone. It sends an important message for everyone and was specifically made to grab everyone’s - our - attention. Not just girls. Not just little girls.

Draw your porn. Complain about the destruction of a character. Dissect and discuss development. It’s your right to do so because it’s here for you too, especially for the purposes of you gleaning and combing the fuck out of it, because, guess what? You’re the critic. We’re the critics. We determine if things make or break, now. So the producers and manufacturers rely on us for reception. I only wish we’d put this sort of power behind actual change instead of mounting an assault on how “offensive” the appearance of a fucking pony (that we asked for) is. But whatever.

The point is.

“Them? Us! Look at them, they ARE us - what differences do you see?”

A brony’s a brony no matter how small or big or weird or analytical. Isn’t that… uhm… the fucking point of the show, anyway?

fortheloveof-whores:

defendthoseunbornrights:

Ok guys, I have never had sex. Never been pregnant, but I have experienced the side of losing a baby. I have seen and talked to teen mothers, who for one did have an abortion and did regret it. They could feel the baby running away. The kick. The pull. Everything. In a show of studies… Most abortion clinics do show you, the “unborn” fetus. Or the child in other words… Can you still say you don’t believe it’s a baby?

“Well someone I know regretted having an abortion, so we must make it illegal!” perfect logic right there, I totally agree.

Some women regret having children, we should make it illegal to have children too. Some people regret getting piercings or tattoo, lets make that illegal also. Doesn’t that sound stupid? Yeah, so does your statement. 

In case you couldn’t pick up on it, because you obviously aren’t the most intelligent of people, my initial statement was sarcastic and not intended to be taken seriously.

In reality, 70% of people who have abortions are satisfied with the decision. Also - 61.8% of abortions occur before 9 weeks and active movement doesn’t start until 15 to 18 weeks, during which less than 10.4% of abortions occur.

I’ve seen an embryo and I’ve seen a fetus, I’ve also seen abortions (both real and the falsified anti abortion propaganda) - and if I ever got pregnant, I would have an abortion.

Showing the pregnant individual their embryo/fetus is unnecessary, they don’t make you view the procedure or what is being worked on for any other medical procedure - now do they? If you want to have open heart surgery, the don’t make you take a good long look at your heart before they begin, do they? Abortion is no different than any other medical procedure, except it’s a helluva lot safer than most. 

Also, that being said, your insides have a tendency to move away from invaders, pressure, changes in temperature, etc, to begin with. For example, men’s testicles move away from cold sources. Does that make them conscious now? The fetus isn’t “running away” from anything. In fact, the uterus could actually be causing the shifts, not the fetus.

But hey, don’t take my word for it, let’s ask the experts!

Many members of the medical community were critical of the film, describing it as misleading and deceptive. Richard Berkowitz, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, described the film as “factually misleading and unfair”.^[3] John Hobbins of the Yale School of Medicine called the film’s use of special effects deceptive, a form of “technical flimflam.” He pointed out that the film of the ultrasound is initially run at slow speed, but that it is sped up when surgical instruments are introduced to give the impression that “the fetus is thrashing about in alarm.” Hobbins questioned the titular “scream”, noting that “the fetus spends lots of time with its mouth open”, that the “scream” may have been a yawn, and also that “mouth” identified on the blurry ultrasound in the film may in fact have been the space between the fetal chin and chest.^[3]

Fetal development experts argued that, contrary to Nathanson’s assertion in the film, a fetus cannot perceive danger or make purposeful movements. David Bodian, a neurobiologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, stated that doctors had no evidence that a twelve-week-old fetus could feel pain, but noted the possibility of a reflex movement by a fetus in response to external stimuli such as surgical instruments. The size of the ultrasound image and of the fetus model used was also misleading, appearing to show a fetus the size of a full-term baby, while in actuality a twelve-week-old fetus is under two inches long.^[3]

Here, let’s take a look at fetal size. Let’s keep in mind the average fullterm neonate is 14-20 inches. Wow, what’s this? Seems they don’t appear to be reaching any sort of significant size until oh let’s say 16 weeks, which is ~5 inches, a time which abortion happens WELL before on the most usual cases.

So you know, the “babies” they’re supposedly feeling aren’t actually anywhere near the size of a baby to even feel, so I think your anecdotal evidence is actually a bunch of shit either you or they made up thanks to people like you guilting them. Unless they had an abortion really late, which, supposedly being teen moms, isn’t likely to have happened, especially with folk like you hanging around them!

Also you’re kind of a really shitty person to say that YOU are affected by whatever regrets they have. How DARE you act like this is about you at all. You’re NOT “on the side of losing a baby” because YOU weren’t pregnant, have never been pregnant, haven’t even had sex. How DARE you appropriate these girls’ problems that have nothing to do with you and you have never and will never experience for the purposes of your fucking agenda. You’re like the asshole who used the tragedy of the Virginia Tech shootings for his crusade against videogames. And, for fuck’s sake, that’s their personal and private lives you are spewing all over the Internet, girls you apparently don’t even know! You don’t know what they’re going through, what their lives are like, how they feel, or anything, but they sure make a shiny badge on your anti-choice scouts sash, don’t they? Screw you.

Orgasms aren’t always mind-blowing. Sometimes, they’re ruined, even. But for the most part, they feel good.

For everyone it’s different, but orgasms can feel in a spectrum of different ways. For example, I would believe the absolute bottom for me, is one that makes me feel relaxed and comfortable on the level of a warm room; a sauna, or a thorough back massage. It’s not amazing, but it’s definitely nothing to complain about. These types have their own levels of intensities, too, and often are a good sleep aide and/or make me want to curl up against someone; I feel very affectionate yet a bit dozy.

Then you’ve got the earth-shattering types, at the very highest levels. They are actually a bit rare in my experience; even veterans I’ve spoken to don’t often get these. They’re precious gems that are actually - again, from the evidence I’ve gathered - more easily obtained when NOT the goal. But, honestly, you shouldn’t think too much about goals during sexual activity, solitary or with others. Anyway, for me, these just drain the absolute hell out of you and actually leave you moaning and twitch ~down there~ long after it’s happened. While happening, you might even white-out a bit - totally normal, don’t panic! - and, of course, it’s these types that are most likely to become a multi-orgasm.

But between those extremes there’s a myriad of different sorts of orgasms. For some people, no two orgasms are alike! But even if not unique, orgasms are still pretty awesome things. And another awesome thing about them is that you continue to expand your spectrum! The future always holds a chance for you to reach new heights or new lows (lows are not bad, remember!). The trick about the human orgasm is that it’s a very unique mechanism that depends on an infinite amount of conditions. Where it’s at, the person it’s with or lackthereof, what you’re doing, how you’re doing it, where else you’re being touched, what else you’re doing, what you’re thinking about, what smells there are, what time it is, how warm or cold it is, if you’re sick, if you’re on your period, if you’re pregnant, your circumcision status, how old you are, the anatomy of your genitalia, what chemicals and hormones your body is producing, your weight, the position - there’s so many I can’t possibly say them all, but these are some more obvious ones. Even the slightest change can make a cozy orgasm go to a crazy orgasm! So don’t be afraid to explore all possibilities you want to, you just might find a fantastic new kind of orgasm you want again and again.

The term “faggot” meaning “a gay person” WAS STARTED IN AMERICA in the TWENTIETH CENTURY.

The word “faggot” being used in this way DID NOT HAPPEN BEFORE THEN.

Homosexuality WAS NEVER SPECIFICALLY PUNISHED BY BURNING AT THE STAKE.

“Faggot” being used in this way IS STILL MOSTLY ONLY USED IN NORTH AMERICA.

The term most likely became used this way BECAUSE “FAG” AND “FAGGOT” WERE ALSO USED AS A WAY TO SAY “SISSY” OR TO REFER TO WOMEN. In other words, THE ASSOCIATION HAS TO DO WITH STEREOTYPES ABOUT GAY MEN BEING EFFEMINATE, NOT ABOUT BURNING THEM.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(slang)
• http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2112/how-did-faggot-get-to-mean-male-homosexual
• http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_term.htm
• http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fag1.htm
• http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=faggot

I always hate that fucking line. Apparently, a nonautonomous thing that is fully integrated into your system, as subject to your body and brain chemistry as you are, that shares your blood, nutrients, energy, water, and etc, until a certain period, isn’t in any way a part of or extension of your body.

But you know what’s the most stupid about it? That, even if it were “not your body”, the rest of your body most definitely is and a person has a right to their own body. Nobody else does, and most certainly a fetus doesn’t. It is the PERSON’S body, not the FETUS’S, ergo, like any landowner they have every right to kick it off their property.