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I refuse to shrink my identity to make someone else's understanding of sexuality more comfortable.

Proposal: The Un-Hunger Games. Every year, the 12 wealthiest people on the planet are selected to compete in a battle for survival. Whoever loses has their entire fortune redistributed toward ending world hunger. Imagine turning the world's most excessive wealth into something that actually saves lives. No more billionaires accumulating more money than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes while millions of people struggle to afford their next meal. If we're going to have an annual spectacle, let's make it one where humanity actually benefits. The goal? Nobody goes hungry. The stakes? Everything.

From my friend Charles E Herr:

Gay people are not visitors in the human experience. They are part of it, with the same hopes, fears, ambitions and need for connection as everyone else.

If you bring your child to an adults-only Halloween party at the last minute, you don't get to dictate how everyone else spends the evening. I recently threw a Halloween party for my friend group. One guy showed up with his 8-year-old daughter because her original playdate had fallen through. I had no problem with him bringing her. Things happen, plans change, and I was happy to accommodate. But about 20 minutes later, he started demanding that I change the TV because we were watching the original 1978 Halloween and apparently it was too scary for his daughter. Here's the thing: Nobody forced him to bring his child. Nobody promised this would be a kid-friendly event. The party was planned for adults, and everyone else was perfectly happy watching the movie. I politely but firmly told him no. If you bring your child into an environment that wasn't designed for children, it's your responsibility to manage what they're exposed to. You can take them into another room, distract them, leave early, or make other arrangements. But you don't get to walk into someone else's party and expect everyone to change their plans because you brought a child unexpectedly. Being accommodating doesn't mean everyone else has to revolve around your parenting decisions. Am I wrong here, or was saying no completely reasonable? 🎃

"we need to ban porn because the industry is exploitative" is the most idiotic shit imaginable. that's good reasoning for *regulating* the industry, not for banning shit outright. if we banned every industry that's exploitative, practically every single job would be gone 🤦‍♀️

NO DISRESPECT TO THE BANKING SYSTEM, BUT EXPLAIN THIS LOGIC TO ME. I’ve paid $2,100 in rent every single month for six years straight. That’s $151,200 paid on time, directly to shelter, without a single late payment. My landlord uses my monthly check to pay his bank mortgage on this exact apartment. Last month, I applied for a mortgage on a starter condo where the total monthly payment principal, interest, taxes, and insurance would be $1,800. The bank denied my application. Reason given: "Insufficient income to debt ratio to cover a $1,800 monthly obligation." I have proven for 72 consecutive months that I can reliably pay $2,100 to keep a roof over my head. Why does the financial system trust me to pay off someone else’s $2,100 mortgage, but considers me a high risk gamble for my own $1,800 mortgage? The system isn't measuring risk. It's enforcing a gatekeeping fee.

Millennials, can we be honest? We're not lazy. We're just tired of working 40+ hours a week, paying bills, saving what's left and still wondering when we're actually going to ENJOY the life we're working so hard for.

Piers Morgan told a law student she was wasting her brain on OnlyFans. She told him she earns about double what he does. Then he asked what her future kids would think. "They can cry in a Ferrari." Piers spent the whole interview trying to make her regret it. She never stopped smiling. In the video below, he keeps pushing and she keeps winning. Her name is Elle Brooke. She was a law student at university in Southampton. She saw how much money other people were earning online and thought: I can do this too. So she dropped out. Piers tells her she obviously has a great brain. Why pack in a career as a lawyer? Her answer: she wouldn't have made much as a solicitor anyway. "I earned that in two weeks now." He asks how much she makes. She asks how much he makes. "Maybe, like, double that." She won't give a number. Only that she's in the top 0.01% of OnlyFans creators "in monetary terms." Then he tries family. Surely they're disappointed? "My dad is dead and my mum is on my payroll." Doing what? "Admin." Her mum doesn't brag about it at the pub, she says, but she's supportive. Piers warns her that some people watching will think she sounds awful. She shrugs: "With a little bit of good looks and hard work, you can become a millionaire." Even Piers admits it: "The bottom line is she's making millions doing what she enjoys doing." His last shot: in 15 years she'll tell him he was right. "I'll pick you up in my Bugatti." Here's what happened after. She later said that interview basically doubled her earnings. And in January 2024 she knocked out AJ Bunker in the third round to win the Misfits Boxing women's middleweight title. Piers thought he was watching a bright girl throw away a law career. She walked out with a viral clip, by her own account double the income, and within a year a title belt. The person asking the questions isn't always the one in control.

Man to man The average milionaire is 57. Not 21. The average age to start a business is 43. Not 23. The average age to buy a house is 38. Not 26. The average age for a career pivot is 39. Not 25. Building animpressive physique takes 3 years. Not 90 days The average successful business takes 5-10 years. Not 6 months. So stop measuring your life against someone else's timeline. You're not behind. You're still bulding. And you're right on time.

Haven’t heard this articulated this way but no doubt it is true.

publicly or only put it in small private circles. HOWEVER this is different than reuploading. if someone doesnt want their stuff reuploaded even w/ credit then maybe just respect their wishes 😭 To Me there is a difference between downloading someones fic and reuploading it