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had a dream that getting or renewing your driver's license involved passing a loyalty test: you'd be shown images in sequence -- the american flag, the iranian flag, the statue of liberty, that one big statue of north korea's leaders -- and your subconscious reactions of pride or disgust would determine whether you'd be approved

i'm the homestuck equivalent of jack gleeson: perfectly cast as a petulant yet terrifyingly menacing character, and also a huge sweetheart whom everybody loves

there is no appeal to numbers and studies and "objectivity" that can stand up to a eugenicist's conviction in race science. you can't beat a terf fairytale by distributing spreadsheets. doing so accepts the bigot's frame, "no, actually--" it doesn't matter. you already let them win.

the fascist tells a false story with true ideological conviction; the liberal annotates those falsehoods and leaves ideology to the imagination. this approach has only ever strengthened the fascist's conviction

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Proctoring a math tournament for middle schoolers today. I have infinite respect for public school teachers, because while loud kids are fun in small doses I absolutely could not do this every day

we've had some stinkers these past few years but i still wholeheartedly believe there's more worth celebrating about this day than not

here's to 15 more years 🥳🎂

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happy 15th birthday to homestuck, 14th birthday to jack's ascension, 13th birthday to the end of disc 1, 12th deathday to andrew hussie, 11th birthday to the end of a6i5, 10th birthday to paradox space, 9th birthday to caliborn's masterpiece, 8th birthday to act 7, 5th birthday to the epilogues prologue, 4th birthday to the first mention of yiffy, and 1st birthday to @homestucklinebyline

hsbc upd8 

that was a GREAT chapter

i'll be honest i lost interest in the deltritus plot a while back but god dammit it's making me care again

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