I’m a radical inclusionist. I don’t think I have any right to tell anyone else what queerness is or how they’re allowed to experiment with their own identity. “Infiltrators” are a completely negligible problem, respectability politics is bullshit, and any downside of just trusting people with their own experiences is enormously outweighed by the problems caused by gatekeeping
so i bought another garf on ebay and i got a very kind message from the seller detailing when they’re sending him and the protective packaging he’ll be in
and the photo they added is sending me
HE IS HERE
HE IS OUT OF CONTAINMENT
HE IS BACK IN CONTAINMENT (BAKING SODA) BECAUSE HE SMELLS LIKE SMOKE :(
HAVING A RELAXING VINEGAR BATH :)
(I AM IN SENSORY HELL)
ah lads it’s been a real sensory struggle with my sweet stinky garf, first cigarette smoke, now a very strong disinfectant smell 😔
we may have lost the battle
BUT WE DIDN’T LOSE THE FUCKING WAR SAY HELLO TO BIG GARF!
Garf shelf
Garf shelf 2: Apartment Boogaloo
not to make a long post even longer
but I got a cute little garf phone pin on Etsy awhile ago
And guess what
NOW I GOT THE REAL THING TOO SAY HELLO TO GARF PHONE!
I can’t be autistic bc I’m actually great at understanding social cues!
[Cut to my POV, a Terminator-style overlay analyzing word choice and body language while over everyone’s head a bar labeled Are They Mad At Me shows varying levels]
everyone hates orange until they actually see her in context. “oh it’s such an ugly color, too bright!” look at sunsets and autumn, look at campfires and deserts. she’s the most beautiful and special part of the scene. now apologize.
spring horror is good because of the symbolism of death and rebirth and storms and everything being vibrant but still cold. and summer horror is good because sweltering heat and insects and long days. and fall horror is good because halloween and death and scary movies. and winter horror is good because snow contrasting with blood and freezing temperatures and long nights. btw.
I love the term “loanwords” because it implies that you intend to give them back.
*dumps a box full of words on French’s front porch* You never came back for your shit.
Loanwords, loaned to the British Museum so
Would everyone like to know the best thing??? There are two types of borrowed word - loan words and calques. Loan words are words taken directly from the language i.e. tattoo, sushi, guillotine. Calques are words literally translated from the language before being borrowed i.e. beer garden, scapegoat, killer whale (incorrectly calqued, the original actually means whale killer which is a whole other post).
Did anyone notice the fun thing?
Loan word is a calque (German lehnwort lit. Loan+word) and calque is a loan word (French calque - tracing or imitation). Have a good day!
OK but aside from the funny, this is the gorilla doing its best to correct a gorilla faux pas! Gorillas don’t make eye contact except as a challenge. They avoid looking at each other directly as much as possible. So this fella just accidentally slid forward and looked the human right in the eye and went “oooooops” and turned FULLY around to go “I have no quarrel with you!”
