This is the most controversial, contentious and divisive anime screencap this year according to twitter
Underrated weird thing about 2020 was how angry this made people.
The original context was about mint chocolate chip ice cream
I do find it odd that if someone gets their baby’s ears pierced people will call them a terrible parent but if someone gets their baby circumcised that’s considered fine and normal, or even encouraged.
I don't like either of these things but I also don't think they should be compared though they are equally severe.
Both are violations of bodily autonomy and neither should be done on children who can't engage in informed consent but also these things are NOT the same.
My point was not “wow these are the same thing” my point was that Americans will lose their minds if they see a baby with pierced ears yet they condone genital mutilation.
The fact that ear piercings are non-invasive and generally not a dangerous procedure was my point. I was comparing something fairly benign to something extreme to point out a double standard.
This is an extremely westernized take that you probably don’t even realize is a westernized take.
African, Arabian, South Asian, and Latino cultures often involve piercings as an important cultural element, meaning that getting a baby’s ears pierced is often just seen as a given. It’s generally done at a hospital, not a Claire’s. The reason you think of it as something done at a Claire’s is because that’s seen as a cheap and trendy option frequented by soccer moms hopping on a fad, but this is really just another example of western society taking a cultural aspect popular in non-western countries and using it as a kitschy trend and then discarding it as trashy when it falls out of fashion.
Piercings in these cultures are done on very young children because it’s less painful than if they get them as adults.
Making a blanket ban on all piercings for children is not helpful. It’s an inconvenience to soccer moms, but it comes off as a direct attack on cultures which consider this significant.
imagine being gay Kevin & your whole personality is being gay but then it turns out that your whole friend group and everyone else you know is ALSO gay. the identity crisis would be unparalleled
Anonymous asked:
Don’t romanticize the past.
natequarter answered:
my sincerest apologies! i’ll sexualise it instead.
Anonymous asked:
father strange, are you going to try and get taylor swift tickets for when she comes to toronto?
strange-aeons answered:
Hi anon. Thanks for the question. I would literally rather eat glass.
another underappreciated tumblr feature that you dont get on other sites is the queue. i love it when something i thought was funny six months ago and then forgot about a week later crawlts its way out of the processing vortex and i get to see it all over again.
you should queue this post it would be funny and grant me immortality
you motherfuckers put me in the processing vortex
y’all should reblog and put in the tags what your first concert and your last concert were, and what your next concert will be if you know
