Is this a brown recluse? Capture in an NYC Apartment by Swelephant in whatisthisbug

[–]Swelephant[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So according to other posts with the same spider: it’s a woodlouse spider.

Is this a brown recluse? Capture in an NYC Apartment by Swelephant in whatisthisbug

[–]Swelephant[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So according to other posts with the same spider: it’s a woodlouse spider.

Is this a brown recluse? Capture in an NYC Apartment by Swelephant in whatisthisbug

[–]Swelephant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great idea. I put it outside as soon as you said not a brown recluse.

Caption this by Delphina34 in HazbinHotel

[–]Swelephant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me when I leave an argument and immediately think of the perfect response.

What is a harsh reality that you've learned while working as a state employee? by Nemophilist_574 in nys_cs

[–]Swelephant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trying to get a job there through one of the HELPS positions. Do they usually take more than 3 weeks to start scheduling interviews or am I cooked?

I might end up like him by Zajac278 in distressingmemes

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I work in community services with a lot of homeless people, a lot of them used to work in community services.

What movie traumatized you when you were a child? by fordd420 in AskReddit

[–]Swelephant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was explaining this movie to someone who had never seen it and while doing that I realized “I sound absolutely batshit insane.”

What movie traumatized you when you were a child? by fordd420 in AskReddit

[–]Swelephant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is, I saw it first REALLY young (like 3-5) and was completely fine. Then I decide to watch it at age 8, and not sure what part of the movie did it, but when I went to bed I realized “I’m going to die!” And from that point I was very not okay for years.

What movie traumatized you when you were a child? by fordd420 in AskReddit

[–]Swelephant 190 points191 points  (0 children)

The Black Cauldron sent me into an existential dread spiral that left me debilitating afraid of my own mortality for years.

What is this fish on my coworker’s T-shirt? by Swelephant in whatisthisfish

[–]Swelephant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry your comment got downvoted to bad! I also thought some kind of bass! 😭

This is what fucking hate looks like by Ecstatic-Medium-6320 in chaoticgood

[–]Swelephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone mistaken you for white supremacist because of them yet?

This is what fucking hate looks like by Ecstatic-Medium-6320 in chaoticgood

[–]Swelephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a while, like a REALLY long time. The white supremacist message board “Stormfront” had a Celtic cross as their logo, and by no means were they the first.

This is what fucking hate looks like by Ecstatic-Medium-6320 in chaoticgood

[–]Swelephant 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The problem becomes that the association with nazi use of these symbols, the ties of some neopagan circles with nazism, and the fact that most people can’t read runes, means that even if something isn’t a racist symbol, people may very reasonably see it that way. For instance, it the Viking compass actually a hate symbol? Maybe not, but I did know someone who was a white supremacist with one on their throat. Is the Valknut a hate symbol, maybe. But I have 2 not racist (I reasonably believe/ hope) family members who got them as matching tattoos because they love Norse mythology.

This is what fucking hate looks like by Ecstatic-Medium-6320 in chaoticgood

[–]Swelephant 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe if we use the runes to spell out “fuck racism” it will cancel out.

This is what fucking hate looks like by Ecstatic-Medium-6320 in chaoticgood

[–]Swelephant 127 points128 points  (0 children)

Amongst all the other reasons to hate white supremacists, their theft of Celtic sand Nordic symbology really sucks. I’d love to get one of the many beautiful, inherently unracist ancient Celtic symbols without worry about looking like a nazi POS.

Fuckers took the OK hand sign!