as pride season rolls around let me remind fellow het-partnered bisexual people:
Pride really isn’t for you, so don’t act like you deserve to be there as much lesbians and gay men. Really, just don’t go at all, because there are no resources there that are for you. what are you proud of? being in the relationship literally everyone expects you to be in and that introduces no actual oppression into your life?
but at the very least, if you must go (and god knows hell nor high water will stop you) please, please, please
don’t
bring
your
het
partner
^^^^
THANK YOU.
This just in- Bisexuals not welcome at Pride. I guess I’ve been reading LGBT wrong this entire time.
Hi. CHECK YOURSELVES. Don’t cut people out of a community because we aren’t “gay enough” for you. Pride is a chance for everyone in the community to come together and SUPPORT EACH OTHER. This ain’t a competition it’s PRIDE. ITS SHOWING PRIDE IN OUR IDENTITIES. DONT TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PUT YOURSELVES ON A PEDESTAL WITH A GOLD FUCKING MEDAL FOR HAVING IT THE WORST.
And all that aside. Pride is for the whole lgbtq community and its supporters. Christ.
What do you people think the B in LGBTQ+ stands for? Bumblebees? Brussels sprouts???
The really strange thing about this movie is that despite its strongly overt themes of anti-captivity, it triggered a huge boom in sales of clownfish. A vast number of people seriously watched this movie and decided that they would go out and buy tropical fish.
About half of the tropical fish in pet stores are wild-caught. In the five years following the movie’s release, the clownfish population on some reefs fell by 75%. The increased level of sedatives used to knock out wild fish caused lasting damage to tropical ecosystems.
Because many people did no research on how to care for tropical fish, many clownfish died as a result of inadequate living conditions.
When people got bored of caring for their fish, many of them were released into oceans where they were not native. Feral clownfish (among other popular aquarium fish) are even now harming the ecology in American oceans. (link)
So many people’s reaction to seeing a cute animal is “I want one!” This stems from the belief that animals are objects to be owned, not complex individuals with desires, needs, and lives of their own. “I want one!” demonstrates a complete disregard of animal’s rights to live autonomously, and places the focus squarely on human desires.
Animal lives have higher standing than human whims. Animals do not belong to us. Fish aren't meant to be in a box.
Some solid commentary. Check it
Before looking into fish as a pet, read about what really goes into keeping them. Read about cycling, and that 1-in-per-gallon isn’t a real thing, and about the needs of each species as far as temperature, pH, planting level, substrate, level of water maintenance, the number of fish needed for schooling fish to thrive, food type and amount… If you can’t provide those, don’t get the fish. If two fish have disparate or conflicting needs, don’t keep both in the same tank. Fish can be happy in an aquarium- but what most people picture as ‘adequate’ is sorely incorrect.
Some species will NEVER thrive in captivity, and some require such extensive maintenance and such specialized tanks that only the most dedicated and experienced hobbyists should even consider it (looking at you, octopus and freshwater rays!)
Read about which species are farmed and have very low wild catch rates. Many popular aquarium fish fall into this category, like swordtails and (freshwater) angel fish. Freshwater fish in general have better numbers for farmed vs wild than saltwater and brackish, but that’s a generalization and each species should be researched.
Some, like bettas and ornamental goldfish, can’t survive outside captivity- but they still have NEEDS. It’s tragic how often these two species in particular are neglected to death by small tanks and owners who have no idea what they require. Goldfish in particular are very dirty eaters and produce more waste than most other fish of similar size, and as a result need a lot of space with lots of room between the fish . A well-kept, happy goldfish with lots of space can reach >6″ long and live for DECADES. If you keep them right, fish are a real COMMITMENT of your time and resources.
If you can’t fulfill the needs of a fish, please PLEASE do not release it or toilet it. Try to rehome your fish first, there are resources for doing it on many large aquarium hobbyist websites!
DO NOT TAKE WHAT THE PETCO/PETSMART/WALMART PEOPLE SAY AT FACE VALUE, THEY WILL LIE TO MAKE SALES. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.
i’m going to name my daughter casserole so then she’ll get the nickname cass and people will be like “oh, cass is short for cassandra, right?” and she will have to explain to them her name is casserole
I HAVE COMPLETED THE JOEY CHALLENGE, I HAVE BEATEN TEAM ROCKET, COLLECTED 16 BADGES, BEATEN THE LEAGUE TWICE, AND HAVE DEFEATED RED, I HAVE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE GAME USING ONLY A TOP PERCENTAGE RATTATA, I HAVE NOT FAINTED ONCE, TOP % TOP % TOP %
a while back i thought about writing a gta verse sort of “files from the lspd” thing because for real can you imagine some of the notes the los santos police department has from bringing in members of the fake ah crew
like ryan:
haywood spent the first ten minutes of his interrogation heavily criticizing the “poor upkeep” of an orchid on one of the detective’s desks
spoke french, insisted on not knowing english; switched to russian after a french translator was brought in and insisted (in russian) on not knowing french or english
made detective demarais cry twice three separate times
bailed out by jack pattillo
and ray:
upon being brought in with haywood: both men spoke at length to one another in threefour five? different languages; narvaez complied with translating for haywood, who insisted he didn’t know english again
[addendum: upon review of interrogation tapes, it has been discovered that narvaez was translating heavily and intentionally incorrectly]
fell asleep during interrogation on 2/17/128/03/1310/23/134/29/146/12/14somebody get this kid a fucking red bull
bailed out by jack pattillo
and michael:
upon being brought in with gavin free: both men bickered with one another at length despite multiple attempts at questioning
jones insisted on continuing to shout through the walls at free upon separation
blew up his holding cell on 3/19/139/26/135/02/14who the hell is searching this guy?
bailed out by jack pattillo
and geoff just. like:
asked for a beer
somehow convinced detective demarais to bring him a beer
[addendum: he’s really persuasive you guys okay i’m sorry]
not bailed out by jack pattillo; inspection of phone transcripts indicate pattillo berated ramsey for “getting brought in on a fucking public indecency charge of all things,” and said he could “stay in there for a few days. yes, i can do that. i can. i just did. i just grounded you.”
and just the last page of that file has been revised so many times:
