Seeing Straight Men Be Disgusted By Booktok Smut Recommenders Has Actually Radicalized Me To The Side

As much debate as there is about tone tags, 90% of the issues would be solved by just typing the word. Like instead of typing /gen or /hj you can just write (genuine) or (handjob) and you'll be doing pretty much the exact same thing.

Soda absolutely starts violently coughing whenever Ponyboy smokes around him in an attempt to guilt him into quitting

“Pony was being dramatic!” “Darry only hit him once!” “You’re telling me Darry never hit him before?” “Johnny gets hit everyday at home and doesn’t complain!”

Shush. Just, stop for a minute. I personally think that Pony’s reaction to getting slapped was justified, and it angers me a little sometimes when people chalk it down to just him being a brat. Ponyboy already thinks Darry doesn’t want him around, Darry’s constantly on Pony for every little thing, being hard on him to keep him from getting taken away. Hitting him is one thing that would get Pony taken away faster than anything else, in doing this, Darry’s accidentally sending Ponyboy a message: He doesn’t just not want him around, he wants to get rid of him as quickly as possible. 

“Oh but Darry probably hit him a lot when they were kids!” EXACTLY. When. They. Were. KIDS. Darry 100% slugged Pony a couple times bc he was being a little shit, but Darry’s stuck halfway between being a father and a brother. He’s not just Pony’s brother anymore, he’s his guardian. Pony explicitly says that no one in his family hit each other, including their parents. Pony says Darry looks exactly like their dad, in that moment, Pony can’t imagine his father hitting him. If his parents had still been alive and his father had hit him instead of Darry, Pony would’ve had the same reaction. Pony’s in shock, when someone is hurt they go into fight or flight, Pony is a track star, and also kinda scrawny. (no offense Pony) He’s gonna choose to run instead of try to fight back. Because in his mind, if Darry hit him once, who’s to say he isn’t gonna do it again?

Now onto Johnny, yes Johnny has it way, way worse at home than Pony does. But he’s also used to it, it’s sad, but true. Johnny’s used to being hit by his parents, Pony isn’t. The first hits are always the worst. We see that in Tex and The Outsiders. There’s no doubt in my mind that Johnny acted like Pony did when he was younger, when he wasn’t so used to his parents hitting him. If Darry continued to hit Pony, Pony would eventually start to act like Johnny. Learn to take it. I also don’t think that Johnny was mad/annoyed with Pony for acting like he did. Maybe Johnny was a little jealous when Pony used to complain that Darry hated him. But that was before Darry hit him, Johnny’s probably a little mad at Darry too, being honest. Darry’s supposed to be the one holding them together. The one refuge most greasers on the East side have. Johnny probably knew deep down that Darry was scared and most likely felt bad and won’t do it again. But you still don’t hit people when you’re scared. Johnny has never been hit out of fear, every time his parents beat on him it’s out of anger. You hit out of anger, you fight back out of fear. 

So no, Pony didn’t deserve to be slapped. He wasn’t asking for it. They lost their parents less than a year ago. Darry is 20 years old for fuck’s sake! I bet some of you reading this right now are either older than that or only a year or two younger. 20 is arguably still a kid, and 20 should not be the age to take on two jobs, maintaining a house, and taking care of two teenagers, plus 4 other teens and oh, I don’t know, almost everyone in eastern Tulsa? That’s too much to ask of anyone. Even if Pony was being a little shit (which he usually is, but in the argument that night I would say Darry kind of instigated it more, at least in the book/movie) that still doesn’t mean he deserved the hit, or shove, in the movie’s case. 

Thank you for coming to my ted talk, I really needed to just put that out there. I’m seeing so many people ratting on Pony for the way he acted, especially comparing him to the way Johnny is treated at home. Which isn’t fair in my opinion. Thank u for listening! 💜

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This man right here. He's Puerto Rican. No, I'm not projecting your crazy.. Wdyn im gaslighting you??? Ur js crazy..

As an alternative to 'sugar, spice, and everything nice'

I present: 'salt, vinegar, and everything sinister'

the fact that straight men like boobs is like the most obvious thing ever but witnessing a straight man liking boobs irl felt almost unbelievably cliche like seeing a mouse eating cheese or a dog peeing at a fire hydrant

Can we please stop sexualizing the outsiders characters??? They are literally all minors. Pony is 14 and it’s so gross when people comment the stuff they do about him. Same goes for all the other characters. SE Hinton did not make this story for y’all to sexualize the characters. The story has a meaning to it. I feel like half of the fans who watch and read this story only watch it for the men and how hot they are. But the story actually has a very good meaning to it. Please stop it’s okay to stop I promise. You can do it I believe in you.

It’s crazy how I see so much people sexualize them on TikTok. Like edits and the comments on the posts. A few of the cast members were minors in this movie as well.

the neurodivergent experience:

20% of the time: wowwieee!!! i love my passions and interests!!!!! they make me so happy i want to jump up and down!!!!! weee!!!!!!! :3333333333

80% of the time: this mind is a prison

Most interesting things tumblr has so far advertised to me:

anxiety reducing therapy fleshlight (I do not have a dick)

an app for reading the Torah (I am not jewish)

emotional support group for divorced men in a city I've never lived in (I'm not even married yet)

the alledged secrets of divination from cowrie shells in Sudanese culture (I have never been to Sudan, nor been particularly interested in divination)

Christian fashion streetwear (I am not a christian nor do I wear streetwear)

offers of online therapy for divorced men (where are they getting this??)

how to hire a dating coach (????)

mental health support for first responders (I am not a first responder, I dropped out of nursing school because I couldn't handle it)

a service to book your journey to Mecca (I am not muslim)

coaching for how to build your personal brand on OnlyFans (?!?!?!)