What is the weirdest way you have deflected/discouraged street harassment?
Talked about giant hats with excruciating volume and enthusiasm.
Stared fixedly and menacingly straight into his eyes, while putting a finger straight up my nostril. Eye contact was locked in, my attention was fixed with alien intensity, I had the significant manner of one about to play a devastating power move.
When it went in up to the second knuckle, and kept going, his courage failed. He was no longer in control of the situation. he was shaken to the core. he still held onto my arm, but now he was no longer meaning to stop me; he was holding it for support, and he trembled. we had gone off the script. we had gone off the rails. dominance had been established and he did not like its polarity. the sense of chaos and menace was roiling off of me and not him, and I was looking him right in the eyes and shoving an ENTIRE finger into my skull cavity, and he was afraid.
“I’m,” said the man, deeply shocked, “Sorry! I,,,,”
and, holding his hands up, he let go of me and just went right back into the dark alley he had sprung out of earlier like a bad cartoon character. like an eel zooping backwards into its coral. Like a piece of reversed film. He just physically went “Edit: undo” until we were done, he ctrl+z’ed that whole harassment/mugging action. never seen anything like it. don’t know what came over me. the wings of a trickster god, maybe. I’d never done that with my finger/nose before, and I never have again. Don’t try it, I’m serious now
…how skinny are your fingers?
Don’t try it!!!
… ive also since realized that i am extremely WRONG in how you count knuckles. I thought the one in the middle of the finger ought to be the first, so the one nearer the tip should be the second right? NAH, I don’t know what I was thinking, and I’m sorry. I’ve been wrong all my life. It was the smaller knuckle nearer the tip of the finger, which is apparently called the “first” knuckle, counting towards the back of the hand.
Last Wednesday I was just telling former coworkers at dinner that I haven’t really personally experienced street harassment because I am so androgynous. Then, not an hour later, I was walking home and passed a woman who was walking quickly while two white men kept pace behind her. Her expression looked like it might be one of distress, so I raised my voice, made eye contact with her, and said that I hoped she was having a nice day.
When one of the guys broke off to follow me, I stopped (I was walking away from a populous area into a deserted one), stared at him expressionlessly, and shoved my finger up my nose without breaking eye contact.
It… worked, in that he hurried off and went down another street with his friend, but I spent the rest of the night wondering why “aggressive nose plunging” was my second instinct (the first being “punch him”, which I dismissed).
Apparently this is A Thing and @elodieunderglass has the same instincts.
Somewhere a very small trickster god, who can only operate by changing variables slightly to make things that little bit more socially awkward, is about to sit down to a performance review. And they know they’ve absolutely nailed this quarter. just smashed their goals. They practice saying, “I have two documented cases of sexual harassment prevention by suggesting my patented nose-plunging technique at exactly the right time.”
To build confidence, they adjust their tie in the mirror, repeating “I am that merry wanderer of the night,” with a different emphasis each time.
hey guys i have taken over the official swedish twitter account @sweden for the week which means i am now legally the king and also prime minister of sweden (go there and interact with my tweets please i am begging you)
I’m watching Doomsday Preppers. These people have an unbelievably bleak view of humanity, like, I’m just saying my family survived the complete disintegration of Lebanese civil society without shanking their neighbours for water or stockpiling hand grenades.
If your reaction to a foreseen future economic collapse is to set traps and stockpile guns to kill your neighbours who want some of your huge food stock, you are broken and I have no idea how to fix you.
^^^ The ability to cooperate with others is an evolutionary advantage
My husband and I used to think we were “preppers,” until we discovered that for most people, “prepping” means hoarding guns and ammo and bear traps and nonsense like that, and planning to turn on other survivors in the event of some society-destroying cataclysm. And here we were geeking out about woodworking and first aid and sustainable edibles foraging and water purification and subsistence farming and how best to set up an agrarian community to maximize square footage.
Turns out we’re just prepared solarpunks. I think I’m fine with that. Miss me with the toxic, gun-crazy, neighbor-hating Prepper culture and join me in my garden of native wild edibles.
Hey folks! As some of you might now, my name is Rouke, I live in the UK, and I’m a 23 y/o Autistic queer person with cptsd from childhood abuse.
I struggle really badly with sleep, since going to bed triggers horrible emotional flashbacks and feelings of danger and panic. Every single night is a struggle. This deeply affects all aspects of my life, and not getting proper rest makes my mental health so much worse.
I am lucky enough to have the chance to get a service dog prospect puppy, a standard poodle, from an absolutely amazing breeder that has experience helping people like me. I’m already involved with local assistance dog stuff and dog sit a service dog in training. He’s a very sweet boy that keeps me calm while I’m struggling to fall asleep, so I know having my own would be life changing.
I have been trying to get a job all summer, retail, cleaning, anything, but with zero luck. So I find myself in pretty bad financial difficulty. I can cover the £900 for the puppy, but everything else is going to be a struggle. Vaccination costs, health insurance, and service dog training are not cheap. Plus all the various stuff any normal dog needs.
Obviously I’ll go without so this dog has everything it needs. Right now I’m basically eating frozen foods whoever lived in my summer student accommodation before me left in the freezer, and sandwiches out of discounted stale bread and some deli meats my grandparents sent me, to try and save money.
I have until mid October to get everything ready. If you can spare a bit of money, please, consider sending some of it my way. I would be so incredibly thankful. And of course, I will be posting plenty of updates and photos of the puppy’s progress, so you can see exactly what you helped make possible!
Please. I’m seriously getting so desperate. This is my best shot at getting something that will greatly improve my quality of life. I don’t know what I would do without it.
If you don’t want to use paypal, you can message me for my bank details. Any gift cards for Ebay UK, Amazon UK or any pet supplies website / store would also be incredible. arsitrouke at gmail is my email address.
I hate to have to ask for charity like this, I want to work hard and earn stuff, but the current circumstances have left me without any other choice. I feel sick and ashamed right now, but also know that the kindness of this community can be so wonderful and life changing. Please, if you can’t spare any money, share and signal boost this post. Thank you so very much.
Saturday, August 11th – Hi everyone, I’m Gemma and I’m so sorry to ask this again so soon from my previous benefit sanction post but is anyone able to spare a few £’s so I can eat this weekend/next week?
At the moment, I have absolutely no income or food and until my benefits are reinstated (around late August or September) I really need some help to get groceries and basic supplies (laundry powder, toiletries etc..) for this month and it is so important that I get these essentials as I have regularly skipped on eating for the past few weeks in a row now to try and make ends meet and as many of you know, it has taken such a toll on me that I have beendiagnosed with a folic acid deficiency, due to lack of nutrition and without basic groceries to take my 14 meds per day, my condition will only get worse.
If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would literally save my life and, sharing definitely helps just as much as donations. Nobody has to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, I know we’re all struggling. Thank you for your help 💖
Hey folks! As some of you might now, my name is Rouke, I live in the UK, and I’m a 23 y/o Autistic queer person with cptsd from childhood abuse.
I struggle really badly with sleep, since going to bed triggers horrible emotional flashbacks and feelings of danger and panic. Every single night is a struggle. This deeply affects all aspects of my life, and not getting proper rest makes my mental health so much worse.
I am lucky enough to have the chance to get a service dog prospect puppy, a standard poodle, from an absolutely amazing breeder that has experience helping people like me. I’m already involved with local assistance dog stuff and dog sit a service dog in training. He’s a very sweet boy that keeps me calm while I’m struggling to fall asleep, so I know having my own would be life changing.
I have been trying to get a job all summer, retail, cleaning, anything, but with zero luck. So I find myself in pretty bad financial difficulty. I can cover the £900 for the puppy, but everything else is going to be a struggle. Vaccination costs, health insurance, and service dog training are not cheap. Plus all the various stuff any normal dog needs.
Obviously I’ll go without so this dog has everything it needs. Right now I’m basically eating frozen foods whoever lived in my summer student accommodation before me left in the freezer, and sandwiches out of discounted stale bread and some deli meats my grandparents sent me, to try and save money.
I have until mid October to get everything ready. If you can spare a bit of money, please, consider sending some of it my way. I would be so incredibly thankful. And of course, I will be posting plenty of updates and photos of the puppy’s progress, so you can see exactly what you helped make possible!
Please. I’m seriously getting so desperate. This is my best shot at getting something that will greatly improve my quality of life. I don’t know what I would do without it.
If you don’t want to use paypal, you can message me for my bank details. Any gift cards for Ebay UK, Amazon UK or any pet supplies website / store would also be incredible. arsitrouke at gmail is my email address.
I hate to have to ask for charity like this, I want to work hard and earn stuff, but the current circumstances have left me without any other choice. I feel sick and ashamed right now, but also know that the kindness of this community can be so wonderful and life changing. Please, if you can’t spare any money, share and signal boost this post. Thank you so very much.
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