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SPOILERS FOR EP 9, TOPICS OF ABUSE AND SA

Before I got started, I will be using She/Her pronouns for Jax because I much as I hate her and she is fictional, I want to respect Gooseworx's decision to make her Trans and feel like pronouns shouldn't be privileges that can be taken away as punishment

I honestly didn't hate Jax that much (I mean, I acknowledge what she did to the others wasn't justified but I still liked her character) but literally that one scene with Gangle and Jax changes my whole viewpoint. I didn't even know about it at first because I had skipped over that scene during episode 9, but after learning about what happened was disgusted.

Yes, Jax was already horrible to Gangle, but something about the way he talked to her just didn't set right with me, especially where she tells Gangle to met them in her room, you know, THE ONLY PLACE JAX CAN HAVE THEM ALONE. I didn't know what Jax plan but I couldn't be good. At best she was just going to prank her, at worse she going to do something really tucked up like Beat her up or something. I also don't know if it was just my imagination run wild but the scene definitely gave off sherlock syndrome and I feel like Jax would take that to his advantage. Because it was in his mind 2 maybe Jax wanted to prove to herself that she was man enough and was planning on forcing herself on Gangle while alone. This whole mess is also made worse by the fact this is specifically in the worse by the fact this is in the secerino of Zooble passing away, suggesting that she's been away for Zooble to abstract to Leave Gangle defenseless and that could be why she targets them so much.

I'm probably looking into this too much but I really just wanted to vent this somewhere people could understand. I also genuinely dislike how Jax views her in that meomory in general, she seems to have a grudge against Gangle for episode 4 but seems to forgot she has done a lot worse towards her than Gangle has to them.

But hey, the Good news is she is stuck in the tent, Gangle ans Zooble can live happily with the others and not interact them her anymore :3

https://www.reddit.com/r/trolleyproblem/s/VSO6ZhNlkB

OP: espyrat

So earlier in the day me and my Dad were hanging out and I ended asking him how I feel if I bought a gun. You see, I come form a very liberal household, which I've always appreciated other than my recent interest in being a gun owner.

My Dad didn't get upset like I thought he would, but he said a gun wouldn't help in most self defense situations. He told me they're hard to use in a hurry, using a lethal weapon could land me in trouble (even for self defense), and he claimed the most important thing I could do in a situation like that is to run away and scream if I can't. He also claimed self defense courses would be enough if things got tense.

Now, while we live in Massachusetts now, my father grew up in Georgia and his Dad owned guns, so I expect him to be knowledgeable about this. I also can't see myself hunting the only real reason I would consider arming myself would be defense or the occasional ​shooting range; meanwhile I live in a very safe neighborhood and don't know of any shooting ranges nearby. I would still very much like it just in case, but everything mentioned above plus my mom wouldn't be too happy (I'm staying home for a gap year). Not to mention I'm not 21 yet so I can only get non-large and i have to pay for a mandatory safety course, and upon all that I'm going off to college next year and depending and where I go it probably won't be worth it (though i would prefer a more blue state despite the gun regulations). I'm sure it could be useful if I'm walking alone and someone jumps me or if someone invades our home but I'm really not sure if it's worth the fuss because again, I don't live in Gotham city.

TLDR: Contemples gun ownership because of strict regulations, parent disapproval, and moving to college next month

I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS MEMBER TRYING TO CONVERT ANYONE, I JUST WANG PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER

I remember being 15 and seeing something weird the night before my grandfather died. It was something white that appeared in front of the window and disappeared before I could get a good look at it. After he died, I told my brother and he said it might've been Grandpa's spirit saying goodbye.

After I left Christianity and I'll been pretty confident that God doesn't exist, but for some reason I really feel like that was my Grandfather that night. I can't think of anything else. What if the spirits don't follow a good, they just hangout out and enjoy their freedom? I know a lot of people will wave me off, but I'm curious to know what you guys have to say or your thoughts on the matter

I will incredibly vague because I don't want to make the situation worse but someone on here was seriously hurt by the needless harassment they were getting for being "cringe"

If you don't like what someone is doing, but they aren't harming themselves or anyone else, the best thing you can is BLOCK OR IGNORE THEM!!!! Is this not common sense?? Even if someone was doing something VERY weird like paint their entire house in random emjois, I would just ignore them and move on with my day.

Btw their is tons of evidence against the so called "benefits" of bullying, and to put it short all it does is worsen the victim's confidence, anxiety and overall mental health​. Also, you can't change someone's behavior by bullying them, you just make it so they're more self conscious of it. If I bullied the person with the emoji house, they would be hurt because the house and emojis means a lot to them, and they would just feel worse about the stuff that makes them happy.

Also, what is someone else enjoys watching their Emoji house? If brightens their day when they see the house owner paint a new Emoji or simply show them around. It's not fair for this person's comfort creator to get bullied because some people don't know how to block people

All I wish by making this is to spread awareness/kindness, discourage future bullying, and try to help some people reflect on their actions and choices

If you loved the sinner, you wouldn't tear them away form the one they hold most dear (Queer/differnt religion relationships)

If you loved the sinner, you wouldn't Judge them for the color of their skin (Jusfied Racism using Caine)

If you loved the sinner, you wouldn't force them to wear clothes or use pronouns that make them feel uncomfortable, isolated, and/or unheard (Trans/Non Binary)

If you loved the sinner, you wouldn't put them in Jail or send to death as punishment for making a choice about their body in best regards to their Health, financial, and mental health/maturity (Reproductive freedom)

If you Loved the Sinner, you wouldn't shun them away because they realized the person they married was no longer a good fit, treating them badly, or lied about something important, or one of them was forced to marry the other (Divorce)

If you loved the sinner, you wouldn't shame them for a consental act of Love with another person (Pre-Martial sex)

If you loved the sinner, you wouldn't keep them away form what made me happy or try to take away their rights.

You never loved us. You just needed more members for your cult. We won't fall for your lies anymore.

I have been a ex Christians for a fair bit now and obviously I no longer believe or follow most Christian beliefs, but sometimes they find a way to creep up on me. Even when I'm doing something harmless, like using swear words with friends or feeling proud of something I worked hard on, a small bit of me still feels same/guilt. The worst of it is when transphobic/misogynistic beliefs and values reappear like a unwanted guest, making me feel awful and inferior about myself because of who I am and the sex I was born as. I'm trying to work on it on my own but I cpuld really use a step stool or just somewhere to begin.

Thanks to everyone who stopped and read this and have a good day/night!

I was thinking back upon how Bluestar gave Brightpaw the name "Lostface" as she was mar at starclan and while me (a hard core Brightheart fan) and many other were upset I feel like most people do understand the full picture

Brightpaw was not up and about during her warrior ceremony. When she received her first warrior name, she was in critical condition and falling in and out of consciousness. Pretty much no one thought she would be alive, and the ceremony only happened because Cloudtail desperately didn't want Brightpaw to die as a apprentice like Swiftpaw.

Of course this still make the name incredibly harsh, and I'm sure it didn't help Brightheart's emotional trauma and insecurities, but put your self in Bluestar's feet for a second: You've faced a lot of personal loses and been betrayed by a Deputy you thought you could trust your clan with, and your start having trust issues with everyone and everything. Suddenly, you get news that two of your apprentices were attacked by a pack of dogs; one dead and the other looks like they could stop breathing at any second. Your Deputy's nephew/apprentice is begging you to give a dying warrior ceremony, and you figure this is the perfect way to hit 2 birds with one stone; have bright paws die as a warrior while giving a very clear Frick you message you Starclan. I mean, as mean as this sounds, form her perspective a dead cat isn't going to complain about their name, and they have plenty reason for getting mad at starclan for all the cr@p she and thunderclan's been through, especially during the first arc.

Also not using this as a justification but Crookedstar, Deadfoot, Halftail, and One-eye (at least thunderclan elder version idk about the other one) all have been renamed like this and no one talks about them as much. Yeah ofc Brightheart had extra trauma to deal with so it's worse in some ways for her, but this is not just a trait that Bluestar had as a leader and I'm tired of people pretending it is🙃

Anyways that's all, have a great day/night my fellow clan mates!

I know she's a pretty popular character so I don't want to dislike her and I know she redems herself later, but I just can't really relate to her character. I understand feeling left out of her siblings prophecy and wanting to prove herself as a worthy warrior, but why did she feel the need to try to convince leafpool into poisoning herself and tell everyone about her family crimes. Wouldn't it work out best for her if her family wasn't known for that. I haven't read Hollyleaf's novella tbh but I just can't understand her thinking process.

I don't mean to hate, I'm just confused

Edit: For anyone resonating with this post, look for Endereye96 in the comment section; they actually explain it very well in a way I didn't think about before

DISCLAIMER! I HAVE THE NO SPOILERS FLAIR BECAUSE I DON'T NAME DROP ANYONE OR MENTION BIG PLOT POINTS, BUT I DO TALK ABOUT THE INNER WORKING S OF DIFFERENT CLANS, BREIFLY ABOUT THE ORGINS OF NEW SKYCLAN, AND ABOUT CLAN LIFE.

I'm not going to agrue they are 100% as reliable as traditional warriors, but people who call them completely invalid are ridiculous.

The major problem people seem to have with them is simply the fact they leave during night time. However, most Clan cats (expect shadow clan) are alseep during this time and if it's really an issue they can compromise by putting more of the daily work on the daylight warriors. It's like a employee who lives on camp vs one who clocks out at the end of the day. The latter can have a more strict work schedule than the other to compensate the fact their boss can't rely on them 24/7.

One issue this caused though was that enemies started to attack more at night, which put more pressure on the non-daylight warriors. But what people don't understand is this became a issues mainly because skyclan was ALREADY LOW ON CLANMATES. The whole reason daylight warriors exist is because skyclan was a new and relevantly small on warriors, so they needed volunteers to help with clan work. The daylight warriors did what they signed up for, and left at the agreed upon time.

So the problem wasn't that they were daylight warriors, it was it was a small clan who RELIED on them. This wouldn't have been a issue had the clan been more developed. How might think "well they're still bad clan mates than", but my point is they still benefited the clan overall. The issue was that the Clan it self was vulnerable, but daylight warriors give them something to lean on. If any of the other clans (other than shadow clan), gave this a try with a already good amount of overnight clan cats, this wouldn't have been viewes as negatively

Also, this gave many cats a chance to get comfortable with clan life, without forcing them to leave anything they've known for years. Many daylight warriors eventually became "full clan cats", and even if a few didn't the ones that did can help to repopulate the clan so the daylight ones aren't viewed with as much resentment.

Two more things I wanted to mention that people complain is 1: their attachment with their owners 2: they don't suffer enough during winter. For the frist one, all I will say is that they probably aren't that attached to their owners if they're willing to not see them for most of the day. For the second point, I blame the clan masochist lifestyle that seems pushed downed all the characters (and readers) throat.

Other than Freedom (which to be fair most kittypets have more of that than is credited for, the whole reason they chose the forest over the house is to "stay true to their nature" they believe everyone (other than cats who can't hunt like elders or kits) should earn every meal they get, often choosing death over free meals during leaf bare. They also feel trapped inside kittypet and want to find purpose.

If a cat wants to live that way, that is fine. But why force this onto other cats? Not only could they be less hostile to kittypets and routes, but this logic can be applied to daylight warriors as well. Yes, they go to their twolegs during the winter, but they still hunt and perform their duties to their clan. It's ridiculous to force them to freeze and strave with the other than the reality is clan cats can stop at anytime. If they hate the cold so much they can also stay with the twolegs for the winter or maybe even be seasonal roommates with daylight warriors.

I apply the same​ logic in real life btw. Don't hate others for playing games on easy mod​, finding easier ways to achieve their goals (I don't condone bribry, brown mailing or threats though), just simply not living how ypu see fit. They aren't bothering you, they're productive members of society, they just don't like the life you choose.

EDIT: As kindly point out by redditor wintig072421, daylight warriors also lower the risk of inbreeding within a clan (which happens more than you would think actually)

I really just needed somewhere to vent about this.

I have to say I do really like how people are pushing back on stereotypical bodies of both genders and being more inclusive, but it's gotten to a point that seeing any noticeable chest on a woman makes them a "gooner" character like they were just made for fan service. As someone with chest on the bigger side it makes me feel awful about myself because it feels like I just exist to please people and other will only acknowledge me for my chest

I have a partner btw for thankfully love me for who I am and not just my body, but it still hurts a lot to hear characters based on my body type are only for "fan service"

That's all I had to say, bye now👋

I'll be honest with you guys, I didn't lile defensive atheists when I was a Christian. In my mind their was nothing wrong with my religion and I thought you guys where just getting mad at air. I knew conservative Christians and chruchs existed but a always thought of them as outliers.​​​ I still think the original idea of Christianity was peace/love and I know there are a lot of Christians who genuinely are good people, but I never realized how toxic our religion and books were.

To say plainly, I didn't think you guys were good people. I had stumbled upon a few of your guy's posts while I was religious and I always thought you guys were needless negative and defensive for no good reason. So even when I was starting to deconstruct, I was afraid you guys wouldn't be welcoming or patent with me.

However, when I finally posted about leaving Christianity, I was overwhelmed with the number of kind and positive strangers that helped me. I realized that despite what I believed, you guys were more kind and made me feel more understood than I ever was in even the most progressive of churches. I had focus so much on your battle tactics against the enemy I hadn't thought to consider the community and support this place.

So to summarize, thank you all, for giving me strength and support to leave Christianity for and reminding me that their is life and beauty beyond religion and mythology, and that I am now free to make my own book of truth.

Wishing nothing but the best to all you kind strangers 💕

Edit: I didnt expect you guys to be so supportive but tysm, I feel more welcomed here did I ever did in my religion and I'm feeling hopeful for the future 💖

I feel gross in my skin, I feel disgusted by who I love, I feel unjustified disgust towards me and others. I left my religion but I don't know how to fix myself. I'm on the verge of tears and I don't even know if I deserve to exist rn tbh. I'm having massive anxiety attacks and I feel dizzy. I want to cry and scream and kiss but I can't. I dont know what to do and I promise I not attention seeker, please someone help

I realized that my religion was extremely sexist and limiting my potential so I finally threw in the towel tonight. I know I should feel happy and free and I feel I made the right choice, but honestly I'm kinda lost rn. I don't know who to turn to now and the world just seems so big and unknown. I'm also paranoid that something will come and torture me or something.

Anyways sorry for the lazy post, I really just needed to let this out my system and I was wondering if anyone related to this.

Edit: I didnt expect you guys to be so supportive but tysm, I feel more welcomed here did I ever did in my religion and I'm feeling hopeful for the future 💖

So I've been a Christian for roughly half a month now and recently some issues have came up that's making it hard for me to sleep at night.Basically, this started because I realized a while back that she told me she wasn't Christian, and in this religion views and interfaith relationships get murky.

Personally, I read my share of thr Bible and I think if interfaith marriages were I problem they wouldn't have forbid followers to leave their non believer spouses. I also know for a fact Christians are encouraged to befriend those outside of their religion, it would make sense for that to be the case for other connections.

However, everyone keeps saying different things. Deep down, my heart is practically fused onto her and it isn't leaving even if it tries. However, I keep getting bombarded with people telling me to marry within my faith and not to choose "someone who rejects Jesus into their life". I know this is dumb and pathetic but as I'm writing this I'm having a mental breakdown and on the verge of tears at the thought of leaving her. She's the only person I ever loved, and one of the few people who seems to understand and give a two dimes about me.

For the record, this was definitely an impulse post and Idek what I'm going to achieve with this, but I just want to vent to somebody and maybe have a slight chance of somebody offering me a word of advice.

Anyways, sorry to disturb you kind redditor. May God bless you and your loved me tonight​. Thanks you brother/sister/lovely sibling

I know the title seems odd but that's basically all that's there to it

Ever sense I've became a Christian again there's been this internal voice that seem to be trying to ruin my relationship with God. Its started out small like saying swears and making me randomly think about stuff I said a long time ago as an angry ex-Christian (Plus a lot of horror and gore stuff with i enjoy a bit form time to time but I'm trying to lay off it so much)

However recently it's gotten A LOT worse. It will randomly shout things like "F*** God", telling me the Bible is Trash, and even has been forcing me to visualize doing bad things to Jesus (WHICH FOR THE RECORD I WOULD NEVER EVEN GET CLOSE TO HURTING THAT SWEET BOY EVEN AS AN ATHEIST) and God (WHICH I WOULD ALSO NEVER DO)

I Immediately apologize to God whenever this happens but I'm so worried that they are upset with me or hurt with my thoughts. I dont know why this is happening to me and I really wish it would stop. Any advice would be alright at this point I just need this to end.