Scenes From Current Year
A possible series on a theme of belated pushback. I’ll set the ball rolling with this, lifted from the comments.
Fat Man With Far Side Glasses Takes Down Flag:
Queer, trans teacher with they/fae/she pronouns films himself removing the progress pride flag from his classroom following President Trump’s EO.
SO👏MUCH👏WINNING👏pic.twitter.com/Kh5Q5Xy4gM
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 3, 2025
When not mournfully taking down flags, the chap above, named Emerald, our shaper of young minds, imagines himself as Barbie, and likes to stipulate his fabulist pronouns, which are numerous, and which vary according to location, mood, and medication:
She/They to co-workers.
She/Her to strangers.
And,
Whether children should feel safe when left in a subordinate position with a mentally unstable cross-dressing man whose forearms bear what appear to be self-harm cutting scars, I leave to the reader.
Emerald would have us believe,
Which raises the question of why flags affirming serious mental illness, compelled unrealism, and surgical mutilation were felt to be necessary props in a classroom where children learn English.
Or, as commenter EmC put it,
Kids having to pretend he’s a woman is indoctrination.
Yes, that.
Consider this an open thread. Share ye links and bicker.
LOL. Or spread newspapers and kitty litter?
If you read the cited article at the Scottish Daily Express, you will see that it was the organizers, not the police, who issued the warning.
If a furry humps someone’s leg, can they have the furry neutered?
The opportunities for cheap jokes are endless.
It’s not just a (relatively) small number of criminals. It’s also the criminally inclined subculture they come from.
The layoffs begin.
Oh the humanity!
Might never recover from this.
This one hits hard.
Aw, just read the thread.
Neurotic scolds sing badly.
I know, let’s put them in charge of everything.
I don’t understand what she’s doing with her hair.
Or her life more generally.
Starting a French braid. She begins with three strands there in the front, like you see, and as she continues back she brings in a little more hair into one of the three strands each time. This is a completed braid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yDEqP6FsQs
Me, I was having concerns about her nose, as in whiskey tango foxtrot, but I guess the self-harm comes with the territory.
Ah, thanks. I have much to learn about the womanly arts.
I should think that if a white woman’s true goal is to center black women, she should refrain from taking a megaphone for any reason and instead give it to the nearest black women.
But no, the antiracist efforts still center white people, as the kids say, because Cluster B wouldn’t have it any other way.
[ Grunting, wincing, stretching noises. ]
Awwwwwww.
I am so done with this mortal frailty crap.
[ Wincing and grunting intensifies. ]
And yet it is not in any way done with you.
Cheer up! You could die tomorrow.
I really can’t thank you enough for those uplifting words.
Yesterday, I was taken out for lunch by Beloved Sister-In-Law, two Beloved Brothers-In-Law, and one Beloved-Brother-In-Law’s new squeeze. The five of us spent a good twenty minutes comparing our various aches and ailments.
Not sure who won.
Aelfheld: ‘Did the police have a rolled-up newspaper when they issued the warning?’
*wipes spat out cornflakes off the keyboard* Damnit!!
So he’s a liar too. Great role model for the kids. /sarc
But you’re not supposed to notice the obvious lies. Or any of the other rather obvious things, to which one might raise equally obvious objections.
That would make you a bad person, apparently.
Certainly one of the people running Dr. Who said as much. They just sprinkle diversity into historical scenes hoping people, i.e., the young and impressionable, will just assume that was the way it really was. And given how dim the average person is, he’s probably correct.
Question asked, answered.
Monstrous mother.
To be fair, we don’t understand what you do with your hair either.
Above, current hair mood.
Unforgivable.
Note, once again, how these aberrant opinions cluster.
I am so done with this mortal frailty crap.
That’s one of the benefits, I have found, with having an age beginning with the number 6. I realize I am closer to death than I am to birth, and as death is inevitable, I find each day I rise with less fucks to give.
It’s liberating.
No equipment issues, just a bunch of critical gear sidelined with mechanical issues.
Here, have a free link.
Heading home today after my Florida road trip. Did a quick visit to the Everglades NP where I had fun watching the tourons.
And to think I worked full time as an IT consultant some 60 to 90 minutes from home (depending on Los Angeles traffic) while attending law school at night – and even managed to have a child during that period of my life.
BTW, that subreddit is comedy gold.
This insight came to mind.
Full interview here.
See also.
To be fair, though extremely so, that’s how history generally is written. Just not to this extreme. People trying to learn history from history books, movies, and such is like trying to understand human sexuality by reading penthouse forum letters. The basic idea is kinda there…
[ Stretching, grunting, cursing. ]
Indeed. And that also applies to the left in general. Hence the derision that they get when they complain “Trump say mean things”.
Heh. From Key West that’s quite a ride. 9 hours without crossing a state line. It’s like five Connecticuts.
[ Starts constructing shapely, indefatigable android body. ]
[ Smoke, shouting. ]
[ Resumes stretching exercises, cursing. ]
Where’s the fun in that?
Laughed, not sorry.
For me it’s the whole ‘industrial accident in a ball-bearing and wire factory’ look.
Also laughed. Although I do wonder a little whether or not it is entirely learned.
I’m all in favor of maximum fun.
I do like the idea of a prankster walking around swatting furries on the nose while saying “stop that!”
Going to Scotland?
A “refugee for safety” seeks asylum, alas, not the one that comes with canvas camisoles with wrap around sleeves.
In related news of the confused, Virginians want to keep allowing registered sex offender “trans” into girl’s locker rooms.
In case you were wondering about this person, his parents apparently either didn’t like him, or were not quite plumb themselves.
And a source of evidence for any enterprising prosecutors.
It may be due to my not having an account but all I can see is an answer from Mr. Whittle.
Service or what?
My thanks.