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Man as someone with a severe OCD (yes, diagnosed) level phobia of buzzing insects, the whole "haha bullying Jax with corn" joke has never landed well with me

I think it's because I was always made fun of for my debilitating fear of flies, because I'd constantly scratch my ears until they bled, have panic attacks when I see one, etc. and people thought I was being too overdramatic thus would make fun of me and tell me "haha there's a fly on you!" just to watch me freak out for their own sadistic amusement

So whenever I see anything about Jax being made fun of for being scared of corn I just feel really bad for him (even if the entire "he's scared of corn" thing is probably a joke anyway and not even canon) Because I know what it's like to have an unusual fear and be made fun of for it

And before you jump in and ask me why I don't have an issue with Jax "leaving centipedes in Ragatha's room";

First of all, we have no idea if he actually did or not and we never found out either, so it's entirely possible he didn't (and honestly more likely because where tf is he gonna find a centipede anyway?), and second of all nobody in the fandom is bullying Ragatha for her fear and enjoying seeing her suffer like they do with Jax

And I do wanna say, phobias aren't some kind of haha funny fear joke because I see a lot of people use phobias as a way to make fun of someone— Dare I say it is somewhat ableist to do so because a phobia isn't just a fear, it can really ruin your life and throw you into a spiral of paranoia if left unchecked. Using someone's phobia against them just to laugh at them when they get genuinely scared is very scummy

Not saying Jax has a phobia of corn, I'm just talking in general at this point

Buuut yeah, anyways I'm just venting lol so take this as you will, and don't try to read too deeply into my words because they're just my feelings, they are NOT cold hard facts or logic

Wait yeah

you know what?? hot take for y’all with OCD.

who gives a shit if you have bad thoughts??? like seriously—

now i do NOT mean that like “nobody cares about you or your mental illness”, i mean that like “you’re not a horrible person”.

i don’t care WHAT you have intrusive thoughts about. i’m serious. THOUGHT CRIME DOES NOT EXIST. so as long as you aren’t out there doing horrible things, it’s okay if you have horrible thoughts.

you have a disorder. and your intrusive thoughts are a symptom of that disorder. the content of your thoughts does not say anything about the quality of your character. you are not a bad person for having a mental disorder.

if you’d like to reblog this, that would be great. i’d love for more people to read this. however it’s also ok if you don’t. (reminder that telling people to reblog or else they’re horrible is very ableist to people with OCD!!)

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The Average College Student Is Illiterate

Students are not what they used to be. The crisis is worse than you think.

I understand why the professor who wrote this is staying anonymous.

This is what is happening in pedagogy, at least in America. young adults are significantly dumber. They can read anything at or below the complexity of Harry Potter or The Hunger Games, but they are missing the major themes and concepts, i.e. they aren't understanding magic = white supremacy or that Katniss is being groomed by the revolutionaries. its like how people watch severance or any movie, and "analyze" the "underlying" themes but they are just stating what blatantly happens and calling the text subtext, but they somehow seem amazed by their ability to do this.

Young people reach a 7th grade level and cease all intellectual developmental milestones. when they reach a road block they will literally just do something else. they either immediately reach for tiktok or chatgpt or they will entirely give up and freeze until classtime ends. they are also doing this bizarre guessing game with the rest of a word after seeing a familiar start, confusing words like embellished/embedded, substitute/substantial. This is feasibly a simple mistake but I mean 2-3x per paragraph.

In 2022, I was SHOCKED to see that these are completely able bodied, normal, upper/middle class people who are not only falling behind all the old milestones but they seem to all have serious intellectual disabilities. like they seem to have a real impairment or some form of brain damage, things kids used to be held back for remedial courses with extra tutoring or summer cram schooling to resolve, like, we had to build the extra brainpower to make it through advanced calculus ii or classical to modern philosophy. but they have replaced all difficult thought exercise with chatgpt, so nobody is addressing any of it