@dkdrewitt
@fochti
My mind was blown when I realized there was a difference between cognitive empathy (which I definitely lack) and emotional empathy (which I've had an abundance of)
@PaineintheB
@dkdrewitt
@fochti
Sympathy: feeling pity for someone else
Cognitive empathy: I know why you're upset
Emotional empathy: I'm upset because you are too
So if you're autistic and have a lot of EE but no CE it becomes "I know you're upset and feel it but I don't understand why it upset you"
@hobisbabby
@VAP0URWAYV
They think they give their sons the same energy but it's usually in the form of anger, demeaning and threats and it becomes the problem of everyone around them when they grow up
@lyradoes
Plus that glow in the dark cat shit while she's thinner and paler is kinda terrifying because what the hell did they DO to her if it isn't the same as Vander
@thebeifongclan
Knowing Sokka they probably are archery gloves but he thought they looked cool and wore them as casual wear without realizing what they were for
@namithesecond
@lesbostruggle
Alternatively: Amity experienced comphet with a fictional male and is evidenced by the fact her fictional portrayal of herself looks like a frilly princess when she herself is a known jock
@MonkeyRocket8
@sailorsctaustin
@FreeFinch
As a white person I can't help but think that the manipulative business owner with anger issues that, while lacking any true malice to another group, still thinks of himself and his way of doing things as the best and the guiding light for others sounds familiar
@Jus7en
@GoodVibePolitik
So he worked with the CIA to disorganize the country and was a lawyer under Batista?
Would that have anything to do with why he left?
@BumbleBGunnin
@BarnabeiSteven
@LPNational
The libertarian fantasy of capitalism untouched by government regulations and purely limited to market forces exists but for some reason I never see any wanting to join the cartels and mafias
"I'm a Marxist but I'm against free expression and individuals while parroting the ideology the Nazis used against queer people"
Honey that's a fascist
@ripx4nutmeg
@ClassiestBuu2
Well considering they were all girls, maybe kids just aren't itching to violate each other as much as you'd like to imagine?
@Krishan_A_Patel
@thatboisaul12
@TheRightCant
Me trying to explain to people that the CIA pretended to be Filipino vampires to stop a communist uprising of peasants that wanted to be paid for their work
@MikePelletti
@heterodorx
Wow, crazy, it's almost as if that's what trans women have been saying would happen for years because they're also women who are stigmatized for every non feminine feature they have. Who would've thought
@fochti
Same energy as "autistics can't understand sarcasm" but whenever I say something baffling ridiculous in a flat affect, they look at me like I'm stupid because they don't understand dry humor
@jediadora
The only reason it's even a sword is because it's held back by the franchise since Adora is obviously more comfortable using a staff (the weapon she was RAISED with) and the sword can shapeshift
@SnakeOfWrath
@Badbarnigan
@DailyWireEnt
@realDailyWire
The creators actually said that while they didn't have a word for genderqueer back then for bugs they always envisioned him as being in that group so it was an integral part of his character and not only a joke
In the United States, you can't even use hyperbole or joke about dissatisfaction with the state or they will send government police to your house and silence you
@FlR3STARTER
I legit thought Blue and Magenta we're lesbians when I was 5 because I thought Blue was the bf and Mag was the gf until I found out Blue was "she" and assumed they were both the gf
@ClaireMax
Reminds me of when people were trying to tell me how Henry Cavill "starved" himself for The Witcher and I was screaming that he's TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDS you don't starve yourself UP in weight! He was eating 6 meals a day?!?