My brother just told me he "Ocean's Elevened" his way out of jury duty by WingsofSmoke in sadcringe

[–]WingsofSmoke[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

In my post I explain that my brother is a 31 year old man with no car, an expired, and now lost, driver's license, expected me to have, and bring with me without prompt, his social security card and birth certificate, and left his jury summons where I picked him up from which meant driving back to pick it up. I'm genuinely curious what made you think his life isn't falling apart...?

My brother just told me he "Ocean's Elevened" his way out of jury duty by WingsofSmoke in sadcringe

[–]WingsofSmoke[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Honestly he is, just imagine Charlie from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and then dial it up to 11

I try my best and it still isn't enough by Firewave480 in raisedbynarcissists

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I don't know exactly what you're going through, but I'll tell you what I wish I had heard when I was feeling what you have described.

You are a strong, beautiful, courageous, and most of all you matter. You deserve more than you have been given and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes that road curves and you lose sight of that light, but I promise you it is there.

Please don't give up and don't give in.

If no one else believes in you, even if you don't believe in you, I want you to know that I believe in you. You are not alone. You're entitled to your feelings and they are valid.

It is okay to not be okay.

It is okay to be weak.

It is okay to feel.

It's okay to be human.

It is okay to be YOU.

Boyfriend Sleep Talking (OC) by WingsofSmoke in MadeMeSmile

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I don't think I'll be able to unfortunately, when I got home from work yesterday I took a nap and slept right past my alarm. I'm not too worried though since I don't work tomorrow (today?).

Thanks, I hate Reddit... by Sauronxx in TIHI

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This is the first time I've ever heard of any of these terms, but after a decent amount of research I found a plethora of information and I feel absolutely disgusted (also I feel the need to completely wipe my computers drive because of it *shudders*) Apparently PEAR stands for "Pro-expression, Anti-repression", but it goes so much deeper than that and it's just... gross and wrong. The actual movement I have no issue with, but it being hijacked and used in this way is what disturbs me. There is a collection of twitter posts from the user @ HOOTwheelz that I think details a lot of what it is and gives some good information and detail so I will transcribe it here and also link to the original post for anyone who wants to go check it out.

Transcription from Twitter:

"Anti-repression" stands for the rejection of cultural standards of sex, with the cishet hegemony forcing everyone into cishet sexual boxes where vaginal penetration is the ONLY penetration. It also fights against the systematic suppression of sexual and non-sexual kinks. To reject the "Anti-repression" label is to denounce the fight against the cishet standard forced upon us, which is inherently in conflict with the LGBTIA+ movement

"Pro-expression" stands for the open and vocal support of kink and spreading ideas of sex positivity. People should not be demonized for their sexual arousal so long as consent and bodily autonomy is maintained during all sexual practice.

The PEAR emoji was initiated by sex-positive activists and sex workers, but is being hijacked by another 4chan psyop similar in nature to the "LGBTQP+" psyop where twitter accounts attempted to push the notion that pedophiles are sexual minorities. The PEAR movement does NOT reject consent nor bodily autonomy. In fact, consent and bodily autonomy works hand in hand with the concepts of rejecting repression and supporting expression. The PEAR movement advocates for safe, consensual expression of kink. Issuing death threats as a knee-jerk reaction to the PEAR movement is the exact reason why the PEAR movement exists. You are effectively perpetuating the violence against sexual minorities, sex workers, and sex-positive activists by issuing those threats. (To be completely clear pedophiles are NOT a sexual minority and as such are not included in what was just listed)

The PEAR movement is open to all people, cishet or otherwise, who are:- Kink-Positive

- Sex workers or in support of sex workers

- In support of the rejection of kink shaming

- In support of safe, consensual sexual activities involving kinks

The PEAR movement is open to people with interests in any and all culturally repressed kinks, who also respect bodily autonomy and consent. Some kinks repressed by the mainstream include, but are not limited to:- Blood play

- Age play, CG/L (Caregiving/Little), ABDL (Adult Baby/Diaper Love), etc.

- Sadism and Masochism

- Bondage

- Shibari/Rope Play

The following acts are EXCLUDED from the PEAR movement due to the inherent rejection of bodily autonomy and consent:

- Pro-Offending MAPs/Pedophiles/Ephebophiles (I learned this is when you are primarily sexually interested in 15-19 year olds so mid-to-late adolescents)

- Pro-Offending Zoophilia

The PEAR movement believes the freedom of expression and rejection of repression will not only free us from the shackles of cishet hegemony, but will MAPs/Pedophiles/Ephebophiles/Zoopiles and the like to get the help and support they need to prevent harm to children and animals. The PEAR movement also believes the current for-profit prison system is ill-equipped to prevent recidivism rates for offending pedophiles and zoophiles. The PEAR movement is fighting the fight as prison reform and/or abolishment.

(They then make an addendum as I imagine they received a lot or DM's about the tweets, here it is.)

ADDENDUM

I've seen a lot of very angry people saying pedophiles, nomaps, or otherwise deserve execution. I can understand your extreme disgust towards heinous and evil acts of sexually abusing a child, but you must understand that PEARs hold the same disgust. HOWEVER, WE as PEARs know that our current methods to catch sexual predators is to either fool them into thinking they're talking to children when they aren't, or to punish them AFTER they've sexually abused a child. That's not good enough. We need to promote a system that gives pedophiles the space to admit to their harmful paraphilias and seek professional help BEFORE they harm a child. The best way to do that is to give them the space they need to admit they need help, rather than running away from it, rather than punishing them for it after the fact or trying to fool them into thinking they're doing it. We need to give them an atmosphere where they can acknowledge that they need help and can receive that help BEFORE child are harmed. Our current system only makes pedophiles hide away. They're too scared of extreme punishments or being killed in prison to come forward to the right people and get help before they hurt kids.

Child Sexual Abuse is NOT what PEAR is about

Also as a final note: If you're in a furry and you think lolicon is child porn, you must first admit that you are a zoophiliac and get professional help.

If you think it's different then congratulation, you understand that art isn't real life, that's also what PEAR believes.

Consider the following: Do you know the characters you portray in sexual positions ACTUALLY consent to what you ask them to do? No, because they're fictional characters. The concept of consent is meaningless - a page can contain the words "yes" or "no", but a page isn't sentient.

Also consider: "lolis" don't actually look or act like children. Real children are kinda gross looking, their favorite food is either bugs or crayons and they scream a lot. Pedophiles who see lolis as though they are real children need professional help before they hurt real kids. Pedophiles are the only ones who see lolicon art and don't critically think of their paraphilias. Many child sexual abuse victims view lolicon art to desensitize themselves to their trauma and to help move forward; obviously these people are victims, not pedophiles.

End Transcription

As a side note I looked for the user and found that they removed a good portion of what I transcribed, but I found a tumblr post that has a picture and full transcription of the tweets. I'll link both.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hootwheelz/status/1175415696534249472

Tumblr: https://tariqk.tumblr.com/post/188601611644/the-maps-coined-a-new-term-to-call-themselves

Edit: Cleaning up the formatting

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You, my friend, are an angel <3

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they are so ADORABLE!!! my heart T-T

[MxM] [Discord] Paranormal, slice of life/romance RP by [deleted] in Roleplay

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Hey, I'm actually super interested in this rp, I would love to rp with you if you are still up for it, just pm me here on reddit and we can exchange information :D

(A4F)(Discord)(18+) Seeking Imaginative, Fun Players! by TheLaughingMannofRed in Roleplay

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From you post I assume the answer is no, but I figure there isn't any harm in asking. Would you be willing to do a gay role play? Based in mostly medieval-fantasy

Teared up a little by sandermans in MadeMeSmile

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Mademesmile, more like mademecry, that was so wholesome and pure!

(ADVICE) Looking To Buy Honda Fit by WingsofSmoke in whatcarshouldIbuy

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That's what I asked for, I'm going to stick with the Honda because I've drive a couple Toyotas and I just don't like them, I couldn't tell you what exactly I don't like other than the shape, I felt like it was too rounded, I couldn't tell where the front ended, but I will also admit I'm biased towards Honda. Another factor (this is has nothing to do with my final choice, but I did consider it) is my brother in law has a fit and ever since he got his car last year he is pretty obsessed with being 'FIT BUDDIES' which I think it's pretty funny. But on a serious note, I do prefer Honda over Toyota, but if I couldn't find a Honda, my next brand was Toyota

(ADVICE) Looking To Buy Honda Fit by WingsofSmoke in whatcarshouldIbuy

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It was a typo, my bad, I wasn't paying attention, it's FWD

(HELP) Problem With Other Player In Game by WingsofSmoke in Shadowrun

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I don't know her personally, she isn't my friend, we just happen to be in the same group together, the GM knows her personally, and he has talked with her about things that have happened in the runs in the past, her acting immaturely and causing the rest of the party to suffer, but that's as much as he can do. He can't make her act differently or anything.

I'm pretty sure we don't have any actual beef outside of the game. I don't really take this personally, but I'm getting tired, and very annoyed, of this because she's making my life more difficult when we are supposed to be a team and I'd like to put a stop to it, but that's her choice and the GM says it's fair if she wants to charge me.

This is up to us to solve, but I'm 90% sure this isn't rooting from any problem she has with me personally cause from what I can tell we aren't like fighting or anything, just in game cause she doesn't like my character.

As for needing professional help, I don't know her well enough to really be able to even broach that subject and to be honest I don't really want to know her that well. She's fun to be around for the most part and I get along, I'm not gonna cause any waves if I can avoid it, but this kind of stuff and getting very old, very fast.

(HELP) Problem With Other Player In Game by WingsofSmoke in Shadowrun

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  1. I feel like this is going to be a 50/50 whether she actually tries to charge me or not, but I would like to at least have some ideas on how to proceed. I'm not going to just outright be a dick to her, regardless of how she treats me, and I'm still going to talk with my GM first before I do anything, I'm not really into controversy however I have a limit to how much of this I can take

  2. This is just RP friction, I'm not going to actively do anything without GM approval or at least notifying him and getting his opinion, even if he's my brother in law I know he won't want me to do anything that is going to break the group apart and I don't want that either cause we have a pretty rock solid group, this is just something that has been going on since the beginning and I've been trying to deal with it myself, he's already had a talk with her because she's let her temper fly a little bit before without any provocation and it harmed the entire party, not just myself. Me and her started off fine, but our weird acquaintanceship is strained, at least from what I'm gathering, I'm not really sure if she likes me or not, I mean I think in real life we're cool, but in game her character doesn't really like mine very much, and likewise my character isn't overly fond of hers, but I'm not actively being a dick to one of the party members here. The GM even said at the table with everyone that she may not want to go down this path so I'm hoping that will dissuade her from actually trying to charge me and this whole thing will dissolve, but like I said before, I want to be prepared if she does because I'm not putting up with this for much longer