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Oct. 12th, 2016
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teawitch:
calyhex:
bogganbeliefs:
norvicensiandoran:
anaisnein:
coasttocoastlikebutteredtoast:
skadisman:
bogganbeliefs:
A conversation I had with an atheist friend:
Them: “So, you believe in a mighty sky wizard? You?”
Me: “No.”
Them: “Oh, good. I-”
Me: “I believe in a trickster sea wizard, a poetic blacksmith goddess, a trio of bloodied, prophetesses and a highly skilled, porridge-loving, well endowed god.”
Them: “…alright then.”
Me: “They say hi.”
Before I got Odin’d, when my deities were only Skadi and Njord, I had a conversation that went something like
“you worship some old guy up in the sky?”.
“Nah…. mine’s an old guy in the ocean. And a middle aged woman in the mountains”
I had a similar convo with someone who, out of nowhere, asked if I believed in God.
Me: Which one?
Them: You know, God?
Which one?
The main one!
Odin?
You know what I mean!
Thor?
God!
Which one?
lightly snarky atheist person: so what do you think about god then
me: oh yeah that shit is worse than meal moths once you got em nothing works
person: what
me: what
I used to have so much fun doing this to Fundis on my college campus sometimes.
My favorite was when I was a Wiccan though.
Them: “So wait, what?”
Me: “uhm… Basically I worship Mother Nature, just as a Goddess?”
Them: “… Well, unlike the invisible friend in the sky, I guess you can prove Nature exists. New question… Why?”
The other fun one was my mom. One day mythology got brought up and I point out people “still believe in those gods, you know, Odin, Thor, Zeus, Athena…” and she went “wait, really?” “… What Did you think I meant when I said Paganism?” “… Uhm… Not that. Wow. REALLY?” XD
My current SO also gave me the “so instead of one imaginary friend you’re telling me you have several…” I asked @jenniferrpovey where I should go from there, and her suggestion was something like “Just suggest that the world is such a mess, it makes sense to suspect it was designed by committee.”
This is gold.
Science class devolves into Creation debate. Caly has fun.
Girl: Well I believe it should be taught in school that Earth was intelligently created! It’s not necessarily a Christian thing! Everyone believes it! Even Caly! Right Caly?
Me: [completely straight-faced] Yes, I absolutely believe that many of the hills, lakes and mountains of Scotland were created when Grandmother Beira was striding over the countryside, and dropped rocks from her creel to act as stepping stones. Oh, and she created Ben Nevis to be her throne, and used her hammer to carve out the lochs, and let the oceans form around the Hebrides.
Her: …
Me: What?
Her: You…you don’t believe in GOD?
Me: Oh, Manannán and I are pretty chill, as long as he gets his tea on the regular.
Her: Devolves into red-faced stutters.
Teacher: So Her, which intelligent design should we use then?
Me: [Gets an A for participation that day]
Ah, but have I spoken of the great sneezing war?
I once worked at a social media startup that was as liberal AF. With about a dozen people, we managed to cover Hinduism, Judism, and not one but two witches (one writing gay erotica and the other a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indugence.) But none of that was the problem. We also had a staunch Christian and a hardcore atheist.
Now the office was “open plan” which meant if anyone sneezed, everyone heard and people did the usual “bless you.”
Me: *Sneezes*
Office mutters “bless you.”
Christian “It’s GOD bless you.”
Me in a confused voice “But which one?”
“Which what?”
“God?”
Friend loudly “Zeus bless you”
Me “thank you.”
From then on, when a sneezed a variety of gods were called on the bless me.
But then there was the other side of the Sneeze War
Atheist sneezes.
Passing intern “bless you.”
Atheist “I don’t believe in that.”
Intern whose mind really was on his job and not potential deities. “Huh?”
Atheist “I’m an atheist. I don’t believe in god.”
Intern, looking confused about why they were having this discussion. “umm, okay, that’s nice to know.”
Atheist “So you don’t need to bless me because I have no god.”
Me (mostly feeling sorry for the intern at this point) “Would you like to borrow one?
Atheist “huh?”
“A god. Would you like to borrow one? See, I’m Pagan so I have lots of gods. I can lend you one if you want. You’re a writer. We could hook you up with a god or goddess of writing.”
Atheist. “Umm, no, that’s fine. I don’t need a god.”
“Okay, well let me know if you change your mind.”
And the great sneezing war continued until the startup shutdown.
I have begun to answer “do you believe in God?” with “no, that would encourage it.”
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teawitch:
calyhex:
bogganbeliefs:
norvicensiandoran:
anaisnein:
coasttocoastlikebutteredtoast:
skadisman:
bogganbeliefs:
A conversation I had with an atheist friend:
Them: “So, you believe in a mighty sky wizard? You?”
Me: “No.”
Them: “Oh, good. I-”
Me: “I believe in a trickster sea wizard, a poetic blacksmith goddess, a trio of bloodied, prophetesses and a highly skilled, porridge-loving, well endowed god.”
Them: “…alright then.”
Me: “They say hi.”
Before I got Odin’d, when my deities were only Skadi and Njord, I had a conversation that went something like
“you worship some old guy up in the sky?”.
“Nah…. mine’s an old guy in the ocean. And a middle aged woman in the mountains”
I had a similar convo with someone who, out of nowhere, asked if I believed in God.
Me: Which one?
Them: You know, God?
Which one?
The main one!
Odin?
You know what I mean!
Thor?
God!
Which one?
lightly snarky atheist person: so what do you think about god then
me: oh yeah that shit is worse than meal moths once you got em nothing works
person: what
me: what
I used to have so much fun doing this to Fundis on my college campus sometimes.
My favorite was when I was a Wiccan though.
Them: “So wait, what?”
Me: “uhm… Basically I worship Mother Nature, just as a Goddess?”
Them: “… Well, unlike the invisible friend in the sky, I guess you can prove Nature exists. New question… Why?”
The other fun one was my mom. One day mythology got brought up and I point out people “still believe in those gods, you know, Odin, Thor, Zeus, Athena…” and she went “wait, really?” “… What Did you think I meant when I said Paganism?” “… Uhm… Not that. Wow. REALLY?” XD
My current SO also gave me the “so instead of one imaginary friend you’re telling me you have several…” I asked @jenniferrpovey where I should go from there, and her suggestion was something like “Just suggest that the world is such a mess, it makes sense to suspect it was designed by committee.”
This is gold.
Science class devolves into Creation debate. Caly has fun.
Girl: Well I believe it should be taught in school that Earth was intelligently created! It’s not necessarily a Christian thing! Everyone believes it! Even Caly! Right Caly?
Me: [completely straight-faced] Yes, I absolutely believe that many of the hills, lakes and mountains of Scotland were created when Grandmother Beira was striding over the countryside, and dropped rocks from her creel to act as stepping stones. Oh, and she created Ben Nevis to be her throne, and used her hammer to carve out the lochs, and let the oceans form around the Hebrides.
Her: …
Me: What?
Her: You…you don’t believe in GOD?
Me: Oh, Manannán and I are pretty chill, as long as he gets his tea on the regular.
Her: Devolves into red-faced stutters.
Teacher: So Her, which intelligent design should we use then?
Me: [Gets an A for participation that day]
Ah, but have I spoken of the great sneezing war?
I once worked at a social media startup that was as liberal AF. With about a dozen people, we managed to cover Hinduism, Judism, and not one but two witches (one writing gay erotica and the other a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indugence.) But none of that was the problem. We also had a staunch Christian and a hardcore atheist.
Now the office was “open plan” which meant if anyone sneezed, everyone heard and people did the usual “bless you.”
Me: *Sneezes*
Office mutters “bless you.”
Christian “It’s GOD bless you.”
Me in a confused voice “But which one?”
“Which what?”
“God?”
Friend loudly “Zeus bless you”
Me “thank you.”
From then on, when a sneezed a variety of gods were called on the bless me.
But then there was the other side of the Sneeze War
Atheist sneezes.
Passing intern “bless you.”
Atheist “I don’t believe in that.”
Intern whose mind really was on his job and not potential deities. “Huh?”
Atheist “I’m an atheist. I don’t believe in god.”
Intern, looking confused about why they were having this discussion. “umm, okay, that’s nice to know.”
Atheist “So you don’t need to bless me because I have no god.”
Me (mostly feeling sorry for the intern at this point) “Would you like to borrow one?
Atheist “huh?”
“A god. Would you like to borrow one? See, I’m Pagan so I have lots of gods. I can lend you one if you want. You’re a writer. We could hook you up with a god or goddess of writing.”
Atheist. “Umm, no, that’s fine. I don’t need a god.”
“Okay, well let me know if you change your mind.”
And the great sneezing war continued until the startup shutdown.
I have begun to answer “do you believe in God?” with “no, that would encourage it.”
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arwcnevenstar:
Wearing Padme at London film and comic con was so fun! Uncomfortable and sweaty, but fun!
Gorgeous
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Wearing Padme at London film and comic con was so fun! Uncomfortable and sweaty, but fun!
Gorgeous
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edgebug:
freshest-tittymilk:
glowinthedarkgirlfriend:
cornelia89:
The Little Mermaid TV Series: Gabriella
Remember when Disney had a cute, disabled, poc mermaid?
When i was younger, one of my best friends was a deaf guyanese girl, and her fave princess was Ariel, mainly bc she related to her living without a voice (and her love of swimming)
When this episode aired, she cried and squawked and made sounds that were almost understandable… She saw herself as a mermaid, on tv, with her favourite character of all time
Representation matters, always, no matter what
okay it’s hella cool and they actually animated real ASL they didn’t just bullshit it oh mAN THIS IS LEGIT SIGN LANGUAGE AND IT’S ACTUALLY AWESOME A+++++++
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freshest-tittymilk:
glowinthedarkgirlfriend:
cornelia89:
The Little Mermaid TV Series: Gabriella
Remember when Disney had a cute, disabled, poc mermaid?
When i was younger, one of my best friends was a deaf guyanese girl, and her fave princess was Ariel, mainly bc she related to her living without a voice (and her love of swimming)
When this episode aired, she cried and squawked and made sounds that were almost understandable… She saw herself as a mermaid, on tv, with her favourite character of all time
Representation matters, always, no matter what
okay it’s hella cool and they actually animated real ASL they didn’t just bullshit it oh mAN THIS IS LEGIT SIGN LANGUAGE AND IT’S ACTUALLY AWESOME A+++++++
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I Won't Apologize for Having Fun While Chronically Ill:
chronically-something:
Anyone who decides that chronic illness somehow invalidates my needs as a person — including my needs for happiness and socialization — isn’t getting an iota of my concern.
READ THIS! We deserve to have fun, be happy, without the judgment of others.
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chronically-something:
Anyone who decides that chronic illness somehow invalidates my needs as a person — including my needs for happiness and socialization — isn’t getting an iota of my concern.
READ THIS! We deserve to have fun, be happy, without the judgment of others.
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