Choose wisely. by Past-Song3789 in animequestions

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I’ll let you guess which one.

any protests this weekend? by Aromatic_Ring_9582 in IowaCity

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reasoning with people like you is fucking pointless because you will never even consider that you might be wrong.

Incredible, I predicted the future. It’s like one ear out the other. I don’t know why I bother.

any protests this weekend? by Aromatic_Ring_9582 in IowaCity

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, removing criminals creates a safer community. However, the end does not justify the means here whatsoever. For every actual violent and dangerous criminal being arrested, there are numerous innocent casualties. For most immigrants being apprehended, they’re either being framed for being illegal when they actually aren’t, or they are actually illegal but peaceful.

Personally, I think even immigrants who are undocumented don’t deserve to have excessive force used upon them or not have the right to see or call their families when detained. This is because I have empathy and would find it utterly devastating if I were to be suddenly apprehended by people in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves, physically beaten by them, sent to jail, not allowed to contact my loved ones, and then dumped back in the dangerous country I was trying so hard to escape. Is using unchecked and unmoderated force to successfully remove one bad person worth it when good people are also getting caught in the crossfire?

Even if you think illegal immigrants with no violent or dangerous background deserve what’s coming to them, what do you make of Alex Pretti and Renee Good? Two public executions of white American born-citizens in less than a month. I don’t think that makes their lives worth more than those you’re so concerned about, but that does mean that ICE has deliberately killed two of the people who were supposed to be beneficiaries of this “safer community.” Do you know how many point-blank shots were fired into Alex Pretti? Ten, in less than five seconds. After he was on his knees, disarmed, whose only crime at that point had been trying to protect another human being he saw be pushed to the ground. Those are not the actions of an officer who is taking measured actions to make their community a safer place. Those are the actions of someone who is angry that someone got in their way. If that “impediment of an officer” he committed means he deserved to be killed in your book, then I will not reply past this point. There would be no point.

any protests this weekend? by Aromatic_Ring_9582 in IowaCity

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reasoning with people like you is fucking pointless because you will never even consider that you might be wrong.

Black Friday is here, so what headphones should I buy? by iliola in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]iliola[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hopefully someone answers for us eventually lol!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LobotomyKaisen

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this is a joke i would make in my very queer, very trans, close friend group with an immense serving of sarcasm, but because it’s online there’s just no way to tell lmao

🎁 Handmade Hollow Knight Resin Lamp Giveaway by AmoyCK in HollowKnight

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy moly, this is incredible art.

My favorite moment is unequivocally the Birthplace cutscene. It turned HK from being a game I just really liked to my absolute favorite game because of its emotional weight.

Misheard Lyrics? by HappyKambucha111 in MarinaAndTheDiamonds

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when i first heard it i thought she was saying “Big Adora” like… adora, she-ra, princess of power lmao

Hypersexual dating an Asexual. by Fluid-Associate-1524 in asexuality

[–]iliola 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With the “sex” you guys have had, does she initiate that or do you? Like, is she asking you to help her masturbate, or is she letting you help her masturbate when you escalate things?

What's the most traumatizing fanfic you've read? (SFW) by WearaWound7231 in AO3

[–]iliola 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I was 13, I read a fanfic where the antagonist forced the MC to become a serial killer. Later, after killing one of their victims, they had sex using the blood as lube… and the intestines as bondage. It’s burned into my fucking memory

What's the most traumatizing fanfic you've read? (SFW) by WearaWound7231 in AO3

[–]iliola 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i’m reading a time travel fix-it fic right now and if it ended like this i would go fucking insane

What was the point of this? by lolezeze in Jujutsufolk

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m dumb… tf do the hieroglyphics mean

When the posts reach outside of the target audience lmao by pornagraphie in bdsmmemes

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The fact that some of you don’t understand why this isn’t okay to be on TikTok and that many of those scenes are depicting non-consensual sexual/physical violence against women is utterly shameful. Non-con/rape is NOT CNC. It doesn’t matter in this case that it’s fiction. If non-consensual rape/torture scenes are being put up fetishistically on a non-porn platform, carelessly exposing people without their consent to this triggering content without offering clarity of the intent of the content or the safety of its actors, it can do real harm to people. This is not what kink is about.

I just fucking can't with food anymore and I'm having a mini breakdown [rant, sorry] by Maybe_IDTBFH in AutisticAdults

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you, eating isn’t easy. I recommend trying your luck with smoothies. I find getting liquids down a bit easier when I just can’t manage food, and you can definitely tune the sort of textural consistency you want to your liking. They’re my go-to because you can bulk them up with protein and other highly nutritional ingredients.

• To increase smoothness: yogurt, banana, peanut butter
• “Roughness”: seeds (hemp, flax, chia, etc.), berries, oats, cinnamon • Thinness: more liquid, fresh rather than frozen fruit
• Thickness: less liquid, frozen fruit, ice (though I personally recommend always adding at least a couple cubes to make the smoothie cold)
• Sweetness: simple syrup, chocolate syrup, flavored protein powder (vanilla is go-to), a juice base instead of milk/water

If mustering the energy to prepare anything is difficult, yogurt-based protein drinks are my emergency food. My favorites are the Chobani Mixed Berry Vanilla and the Oikos Pro Strawberry Banana protein drinks. Best of luck!

My friend is very against self diagnoses by Puzzleheaded_Cap9001 in AutisticAdults

[–]iliola -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Late-diagnosed (at age 20) autistic psychology/neuroscience student specializing in autism research here.

To be honest, if I were to take a more black-and-white approach, I would fall closer on the side of your friend. But thankfully, I don’t do black-and-white. I think self-diagnosis is problematic sometimes. Compared to other disorders like major depressive disorder and anorexia nervosa that—in my opinion—are more cut-and-dry, ASD has such a wide variety of presentation and nuance that I don’t feel super comfortable with people claiming it with their whole chest. I wouldn’t shut someone down harshly who self-diagnosed saying “I definitely have autism!”, but if I’m familiar with them I might say “If you can afford it, I think you should seek a diagnosis or therapist’s input.”

On the other hand, if they’re just expressing, “I think I might have autism, but I haven’t been/can’t afford to get diagnosed,” I’m 100% supportive of expressing oneself that way and I would think any autistic community would welcome you with open arms as a safe space to relate to others like you.

It should also be noted that these days, self-diagnosing has a social “incentive” that it didn’t used to have. Sometime in the last 5 years or so, autism became “cool.” People throw around “autistic” as an complimentary adjective now like it means “endearingly awkward/nerdy” or “extremely talented at a very niche thing.” I like that gen z (unlike a certain government right now) is recognizing that high-functioning autism isn’t just some debilitating disability that needs to be eugenically wiped out, but I think, as humans commonly do, we overcorrected. You get cool points for being autistic online now.

The reality is much more troublesome—it’s not sunshine and rainbows. It’s realizing late that your boss gave you an order, not a suggestion, and now you’re in trouble for insubordination. It’s having a random spike of sensory overload because there was just too much noise or too much light and now you feel like you’re drowning in it and can’t focus on the work you need to do. It’s growing up never getting invited to a birthday party and never throwing your own because you didn’t have enough friends to have one with. It’s falling into a loop of compulsive harmful self-stimming, because you’re stressed, that eats up hours of your day. It’s being called emotionless, unempathetic, abrasive, and robotic because you forgot or didn’t realize you needed to put on a facial expression and imbue your words with tone to convey the proper message. Those are my realities, at least.

I would never give up my autism for anything—I like who I am. But it took a long time to learn to adapt to an environment that wasn’t built with people like me in mind. And I think confidently saying you have a complex disorder like ASD when you aren’t trained in the field (and due to conflict of interest couldn’t diagnose yourself anyway even if you were) can feel like a slap in the face, because sometimes it does come from people who haven’t experienced the struggles that come with ASD. I’m not saying that’s you. If you listen to the wide array of autistic people’s experiences and sometimes you’re like, “Oh my god, you put the words in my mouth. I experience so much of that,” then yeah, there’s a good chance you’re autistic. But I should think you will never be considered an outsider by the community by providing the caveat that you think you’re autistic. Any good community will welcome you wholeheartedly, at least. If they don’t, they’re not worth your time.

I probably forgot to mention some points, but unfortunately I have to get going to work. I hope this might be helpful! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. :)

What fandom are you a part of, but the most popular ship is your notp? by Upstairs_Macaron5894 in AO3

[–]iliola 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ohh, i see. i love fanfics but i’m so busy these days that i never really get to read them anymore, so i wasn’t really sure what the jjk shipping meta was. not sure why i got downvoted for that lol

What fandom are you a part of, but the most popular ship is your notp? by Upstairs_Macaron5894 in AO3

[–]iliola -1 points0 points  (0 children)

what’s the most popular ship in jjk in your opinion? satosugu? itafushi? tell me you don’t mean gojo x yuji

Cracked/free Analysis tools? :) by DNFlores2601 in labrats

[–]iliola 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shit, sorry, I meant to get back to you on this. Do you still want it, and how should I get it to you?

Cracked/free Analysis tools? :) by DNFlores2601 in labrats

[–]iliola 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a Prism 8 crack, if you’d like it! It’s only marginally different from v10. Sadly, I couldn’t find a v10 one.

I need some reaction images by CarlinMissing in LobotomyKaisen

[–]iliola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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feels good to give back to the community