[ID: a tweet by @/bocxtop “why do people think u go to college and get radicalized by “commie professors” u go and get radicalized by eating ramen for 2 months straight while building up 6 figure debt and then seeing that jeff bezos officially became richer than god”]
also not to be dramatic but they pack public schools full of republican teachers that shove capitalist propaganda down our throats but most of us don’t turn out conservative
it’s almost like when you see a theory that accurately describes the world you’re more drawn to it or something….
Here’s a fun tale from your local Target employee:
I was pushing truck for OTC today which is the pharmacy area. I was pushing cases of hand sanitizer because we got the “good stuff” in today (purell) and it goes quick even with the the product limit put in place. People were literally taking it from my hand before I could put it on the shelf, but that’s not the point.
As I was putting the goods on the shelf, this woman comes up to the stand and she’s very excited. “Yes! You guys have it! How many can I take, is there a limit?” I say yes, 3 per person per transaction per day. She nods, accepting, and grabs her three. “Sorry, that was weird. I’m a teacher, I’m trying to stock up. I promise I’m not a hoarder.” I smile and nod and say it’s fine. She starts to walk away but stops and turns back.
“Do you have any Clorox wipes in stock by any chance?”
Heart sinking, I shake my head and say no, sorry, and we don’t know for sure when we’ll get more. (We get them maybe once every two weeks, but the product limit for those is one per person per transaction per day and they usually sell out within hours of going on the shelf.)
Her face dropped and she kinda looked down at her hand sanitizer and said “that’s okay, with the product limit I wouldn’t be able to get enough before school starts anyway. It’s only 4 weeks away.” She laughed a little but I could hear the frustration in her voice and see the tension in her face. She sounded defeated. The most I could offer her was one of the small bottles of pure bleach. I honestly wanted to cry. For a second there I thought she would. I had no clue what to say as she turned and walked away.
This is what teachers are dealing with. Even in years when there’s not a pandemic they have to rely on donations from parents or their own money to be able to buy hand sanitizer, wipes, tissues, etc. for their classrooms. Now they’re being forced to return to school with no extra funding, no extra supplies, no support from the government; they’re STILL expected to provide for and protect these kids *on their own.* All while, now, risking their own lives and their own health because the government doesn’t want to admit that they fucked up handling this pandemic.
Every time I hear someone say “kids don’t die from it, it’ll be fine,” I realize that person does not give a flying fuck about teachers. Sure, *maybe* the kids will be fine. But the teachers are not children. They are adults with underlying conditions, adults living with elderly family, adults who are over 50 and are at more risk. Adults with at risk family at home. Adults who are at risk themselves. But they are STILL trying their hardest to protect your children in the classroom.
It’s honestly fucked up that we live in a country where police departments get millions or even billions of dollars in state funding, yet teachers have to buy their own cleaning supplies and doctors have to reuse PPE in hospitals. Police get tens of thousands of dollars worth of riot armor to wear and terrorize peaceful protesters, while the Navajo Nation get sent body bags instead of medical supplies.
Honestly I don’t know where I’m going with this, but I’m tired y’all. I’m tired and frustrated because leadership in this country doesn’t care enough to prioritize human life. Idk, it was a small moment in the grand scheme of things but it really was a slap in the face reminder of how this country treats it’s own people. I feel like we’ve all been getting those lately.
Again, to reiterate: teachers are NOT getting extra funding. they are NOT getting extra supplies. they are NOT getting smaller class sizes or bigger classrooms or extra personnel whose job it is to ensure sanitation and masking protocols are adhered to.
They’re not getting temperature-taking stations that will ID kids with a fever and send them back home. They’re not being trained to handle parents who insist they and their kids don’t need to follow rules.
Trump and Devos are just “letting school districts decide.” With a side helping of threatening any school that dares to recognize COVID as a threat.
As a teacher this is seriously making me consider a career change. Also, recent evidence is suggesting more and more that yes, kids do carry this, get sick from this, and die from this. And who knows what lifelong complications they’re going to have. Please write, email, or call your local school district and pressure them into going 100% online this fall. Even if you’re not a parent, they are more intimidated by their tax payers than the teachers they’re sending to die.
i would absolutely rather be mildly annoyed by happy people enjoying stuff im not into than miserable people who feel embarrassed about everything they do. ill take a million superwholock kids any day over 1 weirdo adult who enjoys making people feel bad
high schoolers watching shows you dont like really isnt that deep
What happens when those kids grow up and no one tells them they need to put a filter on that shit around strangers? I work with one who is never going to hold a good job until she learns to STFU about fandom stuff in the real world.
so you think the solution is shaming kids into shutting up about their interests? it’s not the job of strangers on the internet to teach ppl how to manage the real world, trying to do that through cringe culture is just picking on them.
let them have fun. if they’re not allowed to talk about it irl, and they’re not allowed to talk about it on the internet, what do you expect them to do?
You guys are well aware cringe culture primarily targets autistic kids, right? Mocking their special interests is in fact traumatising
Hell I almost stopped liking Undertale because of it
Shut up ableists
also, adhd. at this point i can control how much i talk about my hyperfixations, but i’m so scared of being annoying that i don’t do it as much as i’d like to, even online.
let ppl be happy. cringe culture fucks up autistic and adhd kids by forcing them not to talk about their interests literally anywhere.
Neurotypicals do not ever shut the fuck up about football I think you all can handle someone being excited over a tv show
Wild idea: What if we, as a culture, do not act like assholes to people who are enjoying a thing? Who gives a fuck? If you’re saying you’ve never annoyed someone with something you were interested in, I guarantee you are mistaken.
Let people like what they like. Try to find some joy in something regardless of if you think it’s silly or “cringey” instead of being a resentful twit about others being excited. Life is too fucking short and you could die tomorrow. Enjoy things. Be kind.
It’s not that fucking complicated: Don’t be a dick.
It’s also not usually a crime to talk about fandom at work.
Like y’all never had convos about ‘have you seen the new marvel movie?’ ‘Did you see The Voice last night?’ During breaks or quiet moments
Superwholock people were (are?) typically teenagers are young adults going through a phase. I know, because I went through a similar one!
Is it highly annoying if you’re not the one in the eye of the storm? Yes! Does that mean you should shame them? No! Leave them the fuck alone! You’ve got a blocking system – use it!
It’s going to be cringey enough for them when they look back on it in later life. They don’t need constipated fun vampires kicking them in the shins too.
This idea that people “need” cringe culture in order to “learn” how to be worth respecting also reeks of the same bullshit abusers say day in and day out.
People don’t “need” to be hurt in order to learn or grow. If something isn’t workplace appropriate, you bring up why it’s not workplace appropriate (i.e. fandom clothing is generally not considered professional, so they’d need to follow the dress code. Talking about fanservicey anime might not be appropriate either, due to it leaning on sexual jokes or what not – if someone tried talking to me about Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, I wouldn’t say “ugh that shit’s gross and dumb so you’re gross and dumb for liking it” I’d say “I don’t feel comfortable talking about this at work” or something similar.
Cringe culture is inherently abusive because it’s based on abusive control tactics. I’d 100% prefer happy, healthy and safe people who are mind numbingly obnoxious to people who seem to have good manners on the surface but are spending so much energy policing themselves that they can’t let anyone in ever again.
Everything @littlestarprincess said, plus the fact that autistic kids are often subjected to medical torture in order to make them “normal” and cringe culture endorses that by pushing the idea that it’s okay to make someone suffer in order to make them “normal” IE less annoying. Cringe culture is crowdsourced ABA.
Somebody who shoots down people’s happiness is WAY more unpleasant to deal with than somebody who gets a little overexcited about Avatar or whatever.
As an autistic, ADHD person:
1. It absolutely should not take someone “that ‘weird’ kid might be autistic” for you to not be cruel. I don’t want ANYONE to be treated the way I was in school, including neurotypical people.
2. I am so entirely sick of bullying shitheads coming up with new and exciting reasons that their bad behavior is acceptable and justified and – apparently(???) laudable.
3. “You’re hurting people. Stop it.” should not be a controversial fucking statement.
4. If you are harming people because they’re not “normal”, you are a bad person. Yes, you. Look at your choices, do some self-reflection, and knock it the hell off.
3. “You’re hurting people. Stop it.” should not be a controversial fucking statement.
i remember in second grade i got a new purple sharpener and this girl who i was “friends” with asked me to have it and I was like ???? no my mom just bought this for me yesterday and she said “if you dont give me the sharpener we’re not friends anymore” and i just said “okay” and she was like “So you’re giving me the sharpener??” and i was like “why are you talking to me? we’re not friends” and i wish i was still as savage as i was back then
gym class was about getting so good at not being noticed that you were always the last one left on your team during dodgeball and everyone was begging you to throw balls at people but you simply could not and did not want to throw balls at people
idk who needs to hear this but when your english teacher asks you to explain why an author chose to use a specific metaphor or literary device, it’s not because you won’t be able to function in real-world society without the essential knowledge of gatsby’s green light or whatever, it’s because that process develops your abilities to parse a text for meaning and fill in gaps in information by yourself, and if you’re wondering what happens when you DON’T develop an adult level of reading comprehension, look no further than the dizzying array of examples right here on tumblr dot com
These policies can help to improve the mental health of students
If the point is for the children to learn, then why wouldn’t you give them as many chances as it takes? What is the benefit of telling a child “you failed and that’s the end of it”?
ifesbob 