Angel

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Badposting Thoughts

Calling this comment section the library because this is the biggest collection of lib shit I've ever read.

I never thought of it that way when it came to nu metal hate, but metalheads just, in general, tend to be elitists and purists who think that any blending of their beloved metal with another genre of music is bad. It's why a lot of metalheads feel the need to not shut the fuck up about how much they hate metalcore, for instance. Their opposition to it usually stems from not seeing it as "true metal" and just a subgenre of hardcore punk that incorporates metallic elements. Regardless if you hold that sentiment as truth or not, just because a form of music is "not metal" doesn't necessarily mean it's bad. You also have to consider that the lines between a genre can definitely be arbitrary and socially constructed.

There are also a fair amount of racist metalheads.

Regardless, metalhead purism and metalhead racism are both toxic traits.

As someone who goes by any and all pronouns, the responses usually are:

• Feeling the need to use he/she/they in the same sentence.

"Angel told me that he/she/they are going to the store to pick up some hummus. He/she/they said it's his/her/their favorite food!"

• Someone, usually a chud, who operates on calling me he/him pronouns exclusively because I was assigned male at birth, thinking it offends me but I really don't care.

"Well, you're a biological MALE! So you're a he and a sir to me! Ha! Triggered yet?"

• Someone who simply defaults to they/them. (This is usually the easiest, least convoluted option for a lot of people honestly.)
• Someone who calls me she/her pronouns because they practically see me as a binary trans woman and erase the non-binary aspect of my gender entirely, even if I emphasize that it's not really accurate to think of me as such.
• Someone who alternates pronouns, either occasionally or frequently.

"Angel is going on a vacation to his favorite place soon. I can't wait to see their pictures, and I hope she has fun!"

It's fun because, in essence, I don't care about what pronouns people call me whatsoever, but you can learn a lot about a person from these responses like what the Tumblr post is saying.

And after all, I'm your wondercreep

An initialism for plant-based capitalism, which refers to companies engaging in practices where they hop on plant-based dietary trends without actually concerning themselves with ethical veganism. Many companies that engage in PBC can have unethical practices behind them. For instance, Impossible appears to sell products that are devoid of animal-derived ingredients, but they needlessly tested on animals to get to making these products. Animal testing obviously isn't vegan, but they don't care about ethics. For them, it's about using whatever sleazy mechanisms they can get away with in order to make money.

To be honest, I agree with this from a practicability standpoint. Going a life without feeding into PBC or even only feeding into it a just a little bit can be really fucking difficult, especially depending on where you are located. You can't escape plant-based capitalism because you can't escape capitalism itself (unfortunately). For example, some anti-PBC vegans think that, if possible, you should find local grocers that exclusively sell vegan products and are verified to be 100% ethical, but that is an unfeasible option for many of us. It definitely isn't something I can do with where I am in Florida, as much as I'd like to do it. This is a subject matter that you can adjust with accessibility, but a plant-based burger at a fast food restaurant where the rest of the menu is meat products is quite obviously not the hallmark of veganism that some people think it is. That being said, I don't necessarily fault, shame, or say "you're not a real vegan" if you soy out over Impossible whoppers and Beyond sandwiches at KFC. I just think a fair amount of education is needed at that point.

• Premise A: The private sector cannot have any economic shortcomings.
• Premise B: All economic shortcomings must be caused by government intervention.
• Conclusion: If a privately owned company has economic shortcomings, it's because of government intervention somehow.