Although America’s voting-age population includes a roughly equal number of millennials and baby boomers, the 2016 electorate featured 14 million more of the latter. Voters under 30 backed Hillary Clinton by 18 points — but their verdict drowned out by those over 65, who favored her opponent by eight.
– Eric Levitz
I said it in 2016, and I’ll say it now: young voters favor progressive candidates by a huge majority. But young voters don’t actually vote. The result is old people run the country and what do they care if say ignoring climate change could kill everyone, they’ll be dead soon anyway?
my little sister just found out at school that you can create a religion and wants me to help her turn Halloween into a year long religion. And i never knew i wanted this until now. We will be the Halloween Cult. I am so ready for this.
My sister came up with some cult rules.
Do not deny the spooky.
Be nice to children.
Don’t be pressuring others into the religion, if they don’t want to hear leave them alone.
Every second Wednesday of each month is Pumpkin Worship, that is when you eat pumpkin flavored things, carve pumpkins, or burn pumpkin spice scented candles. Just embrace the pumpkin.
Don’t be mean to other people for reasons they can’t control, but hey if they are doing it on purpose just to annoy you, destroy them.
No touch other people if they don’t want you to, this includes hair.
Halloween is a holy day, embrace it and become one with the spooky.
Costumes are an everyday thing, but sometimes it can be inappropriate, be aware of when to embrace the spooky and when to just be a little spooky.
Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t be spooky, and if they do tell you then they don’t know what they’re talking about. You can be all the spooky all you want.
Be nice to animals.
Be ready to help others when you can but still remember that you need to put your needs first.
You are spooky, you are amazing, you are fabulous. Say it.
idk but i think we need more, go ask you internet nerd friends.
can yall think of anything else?
OKay i asked her how one would join the cult and she said to light a jack-o-lantern on a full moon then yodel into the night for the pumpkin king and if he approves you, you will hear someone yell “stut the fuck up” then you are part of the cult.
The thing is, aside from the very young ones, they’re not wilfully ignorant at all. Far from it, although they put up a good show. They’re deliberately misusing terms and mischaracterizing fandom to rally the uninformed mainstream crowd to their side. Trying to force us to bow to pressure from outsiders who have no clue what’s going on in-house. It happened at ff.net. It happened on lj. Fuck ‘em if they think I’m standing by while they try coming for AO3.
To the people who pile hate on AO3 for hosting what they deem as “inappropriate” conduct:
Do you also spend your time boycotting libraries?
Public libraries across the country continue to carry thousands of books like Nabokov’s Lolita (pedophilia), VC Andrews’ Flowers in the Attic series (incest), and Emma Donoghue’s Room (rape). Those books are available for free to any number of underage people who happen to have a library card. They are often “untagged.”
Do you also spend your time boycotting pirate/torrent sites? Many movies with inappropriate content are available online to download for free.
How about TV? What about popular songs with inappropriate subject matter? Do you have a problem with radio? With Spotify? Do you know how many ways there are to expose someone to content that mentions pedophilia, rape, incest, murder, or basically any other evil thing in the world?
Why do you get to decide what content is okay to publish on an online platform designed for and by adults? Why do you take issue with a site that posts its budget online, refuses to run ads and provides an absolutely free publishing platform for writers to share their work with a wide audience? Why do you take issue with a site that requires an age check and provides ways to helpfully tag works for particular content, in a way that most other content distributors do not?
Let’s talk about the bottom line, here: writing about something is not the same as endorsing it.
Let’s say it louder for the people in the back: writing about something is not the same as endorsing it.
You all think Stephen King is a murderer? How about the people who write every disturbing episode of Law & Order: SVU? How about the creators of any of the zillions of teen dramas that show teenagers having sex? Why is that content any different than the content available on AO3?
There’s a standard in the United States for what does and does not constitute child pornography. It’s called the Miller Test. Read it and familiarize yourself with it before you hurl around damaging accusations.
But that’s kind of irrelevant, because: AO3′s policies specifically prohibit the hosting of actual child pornography. Their Terms of Service page outlines, in detail, the kind of work they will and will not host.
AO3 makes it possible for countless writers and artists to create transformative work. They have an endless supply of creative content and they choose to make no money from this venture. They also pledge to help legally defend anyone’s right to create fan works.They don’t require you to buy a book or a theater ticket or a monthly subscription fee to read all of this work to your heart’s content, without popup ads, without selling people’s information. AO3 has been hugely responsible for making fanfiction possible, period.
And if you censor some of it? You censor ALL of it. There is no fair or reasonable way to determine what content is okay and what is not okay, because fiction is not math, and there is no scientific formula for “appropriate.”
EVEN SO, refer again to the Terms of Service above, in which AO3 does set specific limits on the content it will host.
Do you know what isn’t appropriate? Censoring artists. Telling writers they can’t write about certain topics. Bullying fans who don’t write the pairings you personally deem “okay.” Policing people for writing fictional stories.
In short: Donate to AO3. They make fandom possible on a daily basis.
But that’s kind of irrelevant, because: AO3′s policies specifically prohibit the hosting of actual child pornography. Their Terms of Service page outlines, in detail, the kind of work they will and will not host.
So for anyone who actually believed the “this is literally about child porn!!!” version: this is about the AO3 using the legal definition of what child porn is, as opposed to the one antis prefer. (Which can include things like minors chastely kissing, or relationships between adults if the age difference is “too large”.)
Not to mention, the US Code (aka, federal law) specifically states that only visual imagery can be considered child pornography. This is an excellent explanation from the DOJ, which somehow has not been removed by You Know Who. Written depictions are legal in the US and OTW is governed by US law.
If you wish to advocate against something you find disgusting, there are ways to do it without trying to fuck people over, bully them or enforce censorship.
All of this. It’s even specified in the TOS, look, you don’t even have to click the link, let me show you:
The person before me also linked to the Citizen’s Guide to U. S. Federal Law, where they explain what is defined as CP. Quote:
Section 2256 of Title 18, United States Code, defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor (someone under 18 years of age). Visual depictions include photographs, videos, digital or computer generated images indistinguishable from an actual minor, and images created, adapted, or modified, but appear to depict an identifiable, actual minor.
AO3 forbids actual, real child pornography (as defined under US law because that’s where the servers are located at), as any website should, because that stuff shouldn’t exist. And given how the OTW have lawyers etc. to make sure it’s all waterproof and safe for them as well as us authors, you can bet they know what they’re doing.
Blocked again! Twice, even! Success!
They know what they’re doing. It’s nothing but a smear campaign.
Gotta keep your eye on these antis. They move like proper little Trumpicans.
You know exactly what pedophilia is and what it isn’t. You’re just part of a smear campaign trying to sway mainstream public opinion against fandom so you can take control. Bet you voted for Trump. You use his methods well.
@ardwynna weird how me saying someone draws nsfw of underage characters makes them a sex offender do you have anything better to do than patronize literal strangers because I wont let you ship your pwecious sinnamon woll children with old people 😦 you & your anime icon can leave any time
Drawings aren’t child pornography. Your attempt to frame drawings as a criminal act is defamation and slander. Your constant crying-wolf also contributes to a smoke screen for real sex offenders to hide in. Congrats on making the world worse. It’s a poor legacy but looks like any other sort is beyond your reach.
As a reader, as a writer, and as a fan I can’t think of a single website that has given me more happiness than Archive of Our Own. Thank you so much to everyone who works so hard to make it such a wonderful place.
do you have anything better to do than patronize literal strangers because I wont let you ship your pwecious sinnamon woll children with old people 😦 you & your anime icon can leave any time
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