Hey dude. Letting you know someone in the queer platonic group chat (the one you left after Kai’s alter made some acephobic comments, which he apologized for later btw :/) said they found receipts on your twitter of you liking a James Charles tweet which is really,,, yikes. Also Rainbow said you were tweeting on ur Steven universe roleplay account that were gonna rewatch atla which is like a really transphobic and racist and sexist show and you know how Ash feels about even if they won’t say anything about it bc of their anxiety ,,,, idk dude I just wanted to let you know. I know Ash can be biphobic sometimes but they also live in an apartment and their parents are divorced so they have ptsd from it ://// I think Ash might write a callout but me and Rainbow are trying to calm them down just be aware and maybe stop being toxic
if you can reread a 100-400 chapter manga and binge watch an entire anime in one sitting then you can definitely read an article about how a particular series has imperialist undertones and caricatures that takes 5 minutes to read instead of mocking the article writer’s actual extensive research about the history of the mangaka’s nationalistic views and preference for wwii germany but you don’t bc you hate criticism and lack reading comprehension i guess
actually i wont be vague about it anymore. i hate going to anitwt and seeing ppl say that aot isn’t “pro-nazi” bc “the military are the bad guys! the military are the cause of the victims turning into weapons of mass destruction! you’re not supposed to root for them!”
gentiles or aot fans in general will not see what’s wrong with isayama clearly depicting jewish ppl as man-eating monsters since the very start of the series. they will see nothing wrong about pseudo-germans (nazis) forcing the victims they segregated to become monsters except for fictional plot purposes (instead of thinking “this is so fucked up that he’s basing a real life group that suffered irreparable damage from genocide and stereotypes as scary monsters for his horror manga”). these aot fans will see nothing wrong with dehumanizing an oppressed group since the beginning of the plot while sympathizing with military people. part 1 makes you attached to the characters that work in the military, of course it’s imperialist propaganda. thats what propaganda is—its designed to make you attached! the entire story is filled with nazi propaganda! it doesnt matter if the same characters rebel or if its a story about gray morality (which is already a red flag, imperialism is NOT some gray issue) bc isayama still names his characters over literal nazis or whatever shitty nationalistic inspo he has. i hate going to twitter knowing they mock the polygon article, the one that says we can’t ignore the imperialistic subtext in aot (its not even subtext, its literally in front of you), the article that briefly talks about evidences of antisemitism in the series and isayama’s anti-korean sentiments. these same ppl will reread a 400 chapter manga in one sitting and analyze panels and dialogues and how the theme is important. these ppl will rewatch animes that would last a day or weeks to finish. they will not spend a second in critically engaging on whats wrong with this series. they view imperialism as a joke. they view the history of jewish ppl used as a commodity for isayama’s imperialistic propaganda as a joke. imagine having entire analysis of sports and shonen animes yet you refuse to listen to the voices of minorities (jewish ppl and romani) who tell you why its wrong. imagine mocking the polygon article that summarizes why the series does have fascist subtext. if you can crtically analyze manga panels, then why dont you critically analyze some history articles and textbooks as well?
(i dont want to hear about “well they didnt even read the manga” excuse or that the mangaka’s anti-korean sentiments are unconfirmed. koreans and chinese people have been speaking out as to why aot is terrible as well. they have every right to avoid any interactment towards the series when it reminds them of the war crimes japan has done and they still haven’t received reparations.)
At this point, I’ve learned it’s actually cheaper to shop and cook for a community than it is for an individual or even a family unit to do so.
This last year learning how to batch cook massive amounts of food for the communities I’m a part of has shown me how aggressively cheap it is both to eat plant-based and feed a large sum of people.
One of my favorite stories is a recipe I kinda winged with my mutual aid group in Tx. We served 75 bowls of lentil soup over rice and it only cost us $4 to make that quantity of food. Literally, the cost per bowl was like $.06 to make and so much of the produce was donated.
Like, let that sink in. We fed 75 people for $4. How much do we spend on groceries for ourselves or families on a monthly basis?
All of yesterday, a comrade and I cooked 60 hearty bowls of a Spicy Split Pea Soup and Pinto-Potato Chili. We wanted to meal prep together but fucked around and made enough to feed 8 other comrades and have a ton to distribute to the unhoused community in our city. In each container is 2 cups of soup/chili over 2 cups cooked rice. That means one box is gonna be 2 meals cuz leftovers.
Currently, the project I’m trying to make a reality is a Plant Based Community Kitchen. The vision is to build a small menu of recipes, no more than 10, that all incorporate 2 base grains/legumes/starchy vegetables.
To bulk-buy ingredients that are paid for by donation to batch cook in a meal-prep style so that there is a variety of dishes that can be made in batches that can feed a comrade, college student, family of 4 up to a week’s worth of meals for dirty cheap.
We’d have volunteers come cook and help deliver and distribute, hoping to save comrades money, battle food insecurity, help feed more consistently the unhoused, and build the communal structures that allows us less reliance on money/capitalism to meet our collective needs.
For instance in my city, these are some numbers/costs from a restaurant supply store nearby and template recipe I made to estimate yield and price.
This basic ass template recipe at these prices would allow me to make 900 meals for under $100.
If 10 comrades threw in $20 once, this kitchen would be funded for months, and cook enough to food to feed people consistently for long periods of time, and have a variety of flavors and meals all combating food insecurity, food deserts, and food swamps.
lukewarm take but i personally do not give a shit if poor people cheat a system that was designed to fail them anyways. i also coincidentally do not enjoy the taste of boot rubber
