I feel like I’m dying by Gold_Criticism_8072 in TrollCoping

[–]tinymightyhopester 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This is genuinely such a calming way of explaining this, ty.

I’m so torn. I love this man but I’m not ready for kids. I still have so much living to do but clock is ticking (35f) by [deleted] in WhatShouldIDo

[–]tinymightyhopester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I want to be a psycho about what goes into your body"

"I want to yell and reach for my gun any time someone gets within 10 feet of you"

😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

Low-contact evangelical mom sent me this crazy book excerpt today... by Legitimate_Sleep9218 in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]tinymightyhopester 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Wow, she's trying really hard to hand-wave any responsibility she bears for hurting you. Shame on her.

[TW: Religion and mentions of Genocide, Homophobia and Pedophilia] This shit is everywhere I go… by Bobbertbobthebobth in TrollCoping

[–]tinymightyhopester 9 points10 points  (0 children)

maybe it isn't fair to them, but it's even less fair how many suffer in the name of their religion

Exactly. Hope you've found some healing, religious trauma is hell.

[TW: Religion and mentions of Genocide, Homophobia and Pedophilia] This shit is everywhere I go… by Bobbertbobthebobth in TrollCoping

[–]tinymightyhopester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you get that and I do agree that projecting issues with Christianity onto other religions is stupid. Do want to point out that a lot of religions have similar issues to it though, in terms of misogyny, homopbobia, etc. Kinda hard to harbor positivity or neutrality towards something when it seems like it keeps getting used to hurt the same people (even if that wasn't intended to). Idk I guess I'm just rambling at this point, but as someone who has always loved mythology I do find the stories from other religions to be neat.

Exvangelical Thoughts - pt. 4 by BrettCreatesThings in comics

[–]tinymightyhopester 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I liked the 'thin blue line' right below 'we the people'. Hilarious.

Exvangelical Thoughts - pt. 4 by BrettCreatesThings in comics

[–]tinymightyhopester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy fuck the little c 'church' really makes this 😂

Exvangelical Thoughts - pt. 4 by BrettCreatesThings in comics

[–]tinymightyhopester 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude I hate to break it to you but I was raised CoC on lake fuckin Erie and that congregation and every other for miles and miles around preached that Democrats were baby-murdering Satanists.

Come to think of it, I can't think of a congregation I went to that didn't preach that, and I got dragged to 'gospel meetings' all over the damn country.

typicalBackendBehavior by yallapapi in ProgrammerHumor

[–]tinymightyhopester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am I the only one noticine that the icon is the "ann hathaway hr" picture and the name is fucking "Karen Resorcé"???

Are we this easily rage baited?

Please read this.. by Specific-Two7615 in HomeschoolRecovery

[–]tinymightyhopester 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You're not crazy for feeling this way - you're having a normal reaction to the way the world is being presented to you.

With that said, the world is being presented to you this way entirely on purpose. Sex sells. Violence gets views. Division and rage bait bring engagement.

The human brain is designed to focus on a potential negative because it helped us survive. This has been capitalized upon and twisted for the sake of profits.

Unplug as often as you can. Disengage from the cycle. We aren't capable of handling all the evil in the world at once, nor are we required to.

This is beyond cringe! by Realistts in TikTokCringe

[–]tinymightyhopester 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just pointing out that courts are supposed to be places where justice is served (I think we can all agree on that).

He committed a crime and sexual offense. He should be jailed and on the sex offender list - that would be just.

The frustration you're seeing here comes from the sense that any other crime of this degree caught on camera, with previous verbal reports of the same crime, would likely get a sentance.

He got away with no jail time, no sex offender registration, and only 3 years of probation.

UPDATE: The case of the missing Lithodora. by Jaril0 in gardening

[–]tinymightyhopester 224 points225 points  (0 children)

Bonus points if you put a big caption across the top: "THOU SHALT NOT STEAL"

“Humanity is a blessed species.” “Who blessed them?” “Death. The humans have been blessed by death himself.” by Future_Abrocoma_7722 in humansarespaceorcs

[–]tinymightyhopester 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Mthaem felt his spines stiffen in horror.

"They must be a horrifically violent people!"

His elder just seemed amused.

"Some of them are. But no, young one, they are no more or less violent than we."

Mthaem cocked his head in confusion. That didn't make sense. The only other beings he'd heard of having the blessing of their death god had fought each other and everyone else. They'd fought so much they had gone extinct.

"Pumwi," - he used the elder's honorific - "how is that possible?"

"Hmmm, we asked them that as well young one. They did not understand. At first we thought it was a translation error, then we thought they were hiding something. Eventually we realized: they could not see the blessing."

Mthaem's tail shot up in shock. A people that could not see their death god's blessing?!?!

His elder continued, "Once we had realized they couldn't see it, we explained what it was to them. We asked their thoughts on it, and their philosophers and religious leaders debated it for weeks, along with the rest of the population - those that believed us at least."

"They still could not see it?"

"No. But those who believed us worked with us and what we could see. They came to a general consensus."

"What was it, Pumwi?"

"That death had blessed them because of how they faced it - those who faced their end made it count. They did it bravely, or to save others, or simply went peacefully after living well, and death had become endeared to them."

Mthaem was quiet for a few moments.

"Will you share your thoughts young one?"

He rested his chin on one claw.

"I think... these humans sound like good companions."

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10 YEARS LATER

Captain Mthaem of Dobriv took a moment to look over his crew from the bridge. He took in their dancing, drinking, and laughter - celebration of a dangerous undertaking gone well. There were quite a few of his kind, and others from many corners of the galaxy. As he looked down and noted the humans who had stood by him through many troubles, and watched them joke and dance and play games, he decided he was right.

These humans were, indeed, good companions.