I have no kids and my husband and I want no kids! I’m immunocompromised, though, because of a cocktail of drugs I have to have infused for several hours every eight weeks—think chemo-lite! all the immune wrecking, none of the calories!—and I would definitely appreciate if you got a flu shot.  :)

I think if the understanding of the flu shot could be reframed as a public health policy (if you can, you have to!) rather than a personal choice (I’ll probably just get it next year), it might really help with these discussions.

The message of “As your parent, I want to protect you from so much, and cancer is absolutely on that list.”

So glad you like, and I hope it made your weekend just a wee bit better. :D Give Fred a headpat for me. I love those soft wee headfluffs!

I hope you don’t mind an internet stranger doodling that dangerously dapper koala-eared beastling of yours! He’s so handsome!

Also, most people go to college at the prime point in their life where their body is ready and willing to bounce back from anything. Even if you never drank or did drugs—I did little of the former and none of the latter—practically anyone could stay up all night working or doing schoolwork and rock a test the next…

I’m going to angry-draw some cute shit. Little flower sprites and shit. Bubbly bodies and squeaky-pink cheeks.  WITH ANGER.

I’ve never been anything but relatively lean (it goes up and down but I have never been what society would consider fat) so I can’t speak to your first point (though I absolutely know it to be true, especially considering the appalling way I’ve firsthand seen doctors treat my friends who are fat). But to the second…

Especially given that vanity DLC is how some free-to-play games make their money (Path of Exile comes immediately to mind--although there are a few small quality of life purchases available, like more room for more loot, 99% of what you can buy from them is entirely cosmetic).  

Honestly, I think Doom is a pretty damn good adaptation of a Doom game.

I also think the ability of good animation to convey emotion—especially non-verbal, complex emotion—is a real touchstone element that people sometimes overlook. You can convey a lot more, often much easier, with some well-placed cartoony eyebrows and dramatic mouths than you can with a real-life actor. The real-life…

That truism also shows a vast misunderstanding of people, moods, and emotions.

I feel like this is less bodyshaming than Photoshop shaming. Or perhaps bodyshaming in the vein of “Heh, that alien chose a terrible human skinsuit! The cut doesn’t flatter at all!”

It’s just a specialized, secondary stomach. My husband has one for Mexican food; I have one for sushi and shrimp. Entirely normal!

My boy’s also a nineteen-pounder. While he could stand to lose a pound, he’s also just...a very large male cat. People are always shocked at how big he is, especially when he stands up for treats or to play. You definitely see in certain cats’ faces sometimes, those big almost tommish boys (albeit without the cheeks…

There are definitely people out there for money, absolutely!

Absolutely!

I don’t mean it to trivialize how important it is to a person’s well-being to have their basic self recognized by others, of course! But really, if a person can understand the concept of a nickname, then they can also understand the concept of using someone’s preferred pronouns or name.

I think it always says a lot about those who can’t respect a person’s name or pronouns that the arguments only come up in reference to trans or non-binary people. No one has a problem calling Robert in accounting Bob, and everyone understands that just because your nana can call you babyboo doesn’t mean that anyone…

Haven’t seen it myself, but that would definitely be a “Serena Joy” or maybe an Aunt/Auntie but that’s a little more vague.