The 'the Newer Generation Bad!!' Jokes Died A Long Time Ago, Why Is Gen Z Pissing On Gen Alpha? 'Oh They're

The 'the newer generation bad!!' jokes died a long time ago, why is gen z pissing on gen alpha? 'Oh they're cringe!!!' they're kids, don't act like you wouldn't be seen as an absolute cringe lord in your childhood as well. Isn't gen z supposed to be the cycle breaking generation? Explain to me why we're doing the same shit older generations do to us, then. Childhood is supposed to be fun, and if alpha does skibidi toilet role plays on the playground why do you give a shit? Let kids be cringe, there ain't nothing wrong with it.

Butches can wear nail polish. Butches can wear makeup. Butches can like 'feminine' things. Butches can be men. Butches can be genderless. Butches can be non-lesbians.

Yoinking that butch flag 👹

alternate butch, futch, and femme.

[Image description: Three flags, each with seven equally-sized horizontal stripes. On the first flag, the top three stripes form a gradient from deep violet to dark blue, and the bottom four stripes form a gradient from pastel yellow to light blue. On the second flag, the top three stripes form a gradient from blue to pale green, the middle stripe is off-white, and the bottom three stripes form a gradient from pale pink to pink. On the third flag, the top four stripes form a gradient from red-pink to pale orange, and the bottom three stripes form a gradient from warm purple to deep blue. End description.]

left: butch. middle: futch. right: femme.

the butch and femme flags are edits of the butch and femme flags by disasterbisexual, and the futch flag is inspired by the futch flags by neopronouns. also check out the alternate chemme flags by neopronouns, as those were what inspired us to make these edits!

as with the flags they're edits of/inspired by, these flags are explicitly inclusive of all butches, futches, and femmes.

tagging: @radiomogai, @neopronouns

Saving you all from being forced to read a rant against your will lol

Nobody ever takes auditory processing issues seriously. Nobody ever takes sensory issues seriously. I'm sick of it! No, I'm not just being difficult when I tell you to shut up when you keep fucking singing, a KNOWN MISOPHONIA TRIGGER FOR ME (I've stated this multiple fucking times). No, I'm not saying you stink, I'm telling you your perfume gives me a headache and makes me nauseous. No, I'm not making up the fact that the lights ARE RAPIDLY FLICKERING AND ITS GIVING ME A DAMN HEADACHE. Just because it doesn't affect YOU like that doesn't mean my issues don't exist! I lay down and take so much allistic world bullshit, and the MOMENT I say something I'm being too 'difficult' for people? Like what the fuck is everyone's issue istfg. God forbid I set boundaries after years of accepting things and not having a clue what's going on with me. Jesus fucking Christ.

The casual exlusionism within the AroAce community really affected how I view myself, because I'm in my mid-20s and I'm only just realizing that I might be Grey Aromantic too because I really enjoy romance in fiction, romance is one of my favorite genres.

the idea of having someone who understands you and will be there for you no matter what, who you want to spend the rest of your life with is a very appealing idea to me, especially with the trauma I've been through.

I'm not a fan of "happily ever after" romance, but realistic romance where we see couples still struggling with their own problems, but still have each other.

But I only just realized I've felt genuine romantic attraction so little, and most other times I have were hyperromantic trauma responses.

I have multiple partners across two DID systems, and I love them very much, but my romantic attraction is exclusively within those two systems. People outside of those systems, I haven't had any romantic attraction to since I was 13. There were a few hyperromantic crushes out of want or need for attention (as I'm a trauma survivor), but even those were sparse.

Even my break ups with some people only bothered me because of how they broke up with me, not that they broke up with me. Not that they severed a year (or more) long romantic relationship with me.

Aromanticism is more complicated than I initially thought, and the exclusionist behavior that is so common from inside and out only muddies the water and makes it difficult for AroAce people to accept themselves.

We need to learn to spread acceptance and that just because someone doesn't fit a perfect box, that doesn't mean they're not one of us.

AroAce is not a box, and it shouldn't be treated that way.

a friendly reminder from your local NPD/ASPD wolf:

you don't need empathy, whether emotional or cognitive, to be a "good person", and you don't need sympathy, either.

you don't need remorse, guilt, shame, or even regret to be a "good person".

you don't need to have anything else that "makes up for" any of the above to be a "good person".

those of us who don't have some or all of these things still deserve support. we should not have to strive to gain or emulate these things in any fashion in order to be worthy of the same decency you offer to those who do not need to try to gain these things on account of already having them.

it is a form of violence to demand that we change or hide parts of ourselves in order to fit into your definition of "good person" before you'll offer decency and humanity. decency and humanity is not an incentive for change, it is not a reward for doing what you want, it is a basic right that everyone--no matter who they are or what they've done or what they feel--is entitled to and is worthy of having.

if you want us to change in any way, you must first give us the room and support we need to do so, even if we choose not to change in the end. if your support is conditional, if there is a risk of losing it if we do not fit into your box, there is no point in us trying to gain it anyway.