When you cringe at someone it’s because you’re thinking “Wow I would never embarrass myself like that” but you never consider how much fun that person is having doing whatever they’re doing, and you also never consider that they’re bravely putting themselves out there having that fun rather than creating a self-righteous anti-cringe bubble around themselves.
And when you vocalize how ‘cringey’ they are, you’re basically insulting them and calling for others to join you in insulting them for having fun in a way you think is embarrassing.
It’s a sick way to be, and I’ll never be like that.
The only time it’s okay to cringe is when someone hurts themselves and it looks bad and you’re cringing out of empathy. Not when someone has a Mary Sue black and red edgy OC. Cringe culture can go.
The FCC decided to go ahead with the vote to remove the Net Neutrality rules that the Obama administration set up.
As you can see, this is what the major ISPs wants to do if they have their way. This can do a few things:
Stiff new innovations, making it harder for smaller companies to compete.
Silence independent voices.
Potentially putting up a “walled garden” on a wide scale.
Make distribution of information harder for low-income people.
Imagine this website, if you will, only working on Verizon networks while AT&T customers are charged a little extra, or have slower access to the same information.
Remember, your ISP owns content providers and may give top-shelf, VIP treatment to their own things while stiffing everyone else. We need to address this.
Now, some of you may recall earlier this year that John Oliver and a lot of other people, companies (and yours truly) did a rallying cry to tell the FCC to back off the Net Neutrality rules, which resulted in millions of comments on their proposal.
However, there’s been a few problems… in short, it seems that the FCC chose to not listen due to “inconsistancies”.
Sidenote: Tumblr isn’t the best place to talk “long-form” so if you’re interested in looking at these notes, here are some places to go to.
https://medium.com/@AGSchneiderman/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc-b867a763850a - “ Specifically, for six months my office has been investigating who perpetrated a massive scheme to corrupt the FCC’s notice and comment process through the misuse of enormous numbers of real New Yorkers’ and other Americans’ identities. Such conduct likely violates state law — yet the FCC has refused multiple requests for crucial evidence in its sole possession that is vital to permit that law enforcement investigation to proceed.”
4) Write a letter to your representative. Not an email, an actual, snail mail letter.
Let’s all band together and do something about this. Our future of sharing information, building innovation, nurturing voices and creativity depends on your actions now!
I know it may sound hopeless. Look at when they announced this (you probably didn’t know they announced this on Monday when you’re busy getting ready to for the holiday!). But if we say it with one voice to BACK OFF THE NET, we maybe able to make a difference.
Hi.
I’m the Original Poster and I did my best to keep this brief with sources you can see for yourself.
However, with misinformation being a thing, I decided to amend to this to give you some extra pointers as to why I was specific about these steps and not recommend things like strictly writing to the FCC.
1) Calling your reps and writing them is more effective than doing it via email. It’s been stated over, and over, and over again. Sadly, letters and phone calls are more effective.
2) Signing a petition can help, but without a way to verify you, it can be just as useful as shouting on Twitter (and will they look at Twitter? Nope.) It’s not totally useless, but it will not totally do the job.
See, if the FCC can use “bots” as an excuse (look at the sources in the original post), what makes you think a senator and representatives won’t? This is why “calling your rep” is the first action step and “writing your reps” is the last.
3) Regardless, the non-profit organizations’ job (the one I posted about) is to spread awareness BEYOND YOUR NETWORK. Think of them as a private army you’re recruiting for this one mission. You can only tell so many people and some of you don’t live in the United States, which makes it even harder!
4) BTW, you’re not just talking about this on Tumblr, are you? You have to talk to people on your other social networks as well. They are affected by things as well. Don’t want to talk? Post a link to here and let me do the talking for you.
5) While I have done the research for you, please do your own in conjunction with this. That way, you can be better informed, especially when talking about this to other people.
6) Oh and one more thing since I did neglect this in my last post. I forgot to post the “deadline” - the actual day they will vote. Well…
We have until December 14, 2017!
So, let’s mobilize! Organize! Transform and roll out!
Okay, maybe not the last one…
But make the calls to your reps! Scroll up and do your part, no matter which side you’re on!
Robert, the man I formerly referred to as my father but no longer wish to associate with in any way, the reason I changed my name; has been divorcing my mother for the last 7 months and he’s been trying to leave with 100% of my mom’s income so she loses everything. He’s been trying to convince his lawyer that my mom is abusive.
He, however, is the abuser. He beat me and my brothers, he threatened to strangle, stab and shoot my mother on a daily basis, he screamed more than he talked, he’s slapped my mother on several occasions, and he even cheated on my mother 6 years ago which resulted in me and my mother buying a new house. He also spent 36 years screaming at my mentally handicapped brother and only 3 months ago did we finally convince Kevin to move in with my mother and I to save him from Robert.
Well, the other day my mom found out Robert stole her wedding ring and is giving it to his new fiancee, so she went to his house to get it back. He denied he had it, and called the cops, telling them that she “punched him in the face.” They saw no signs of physical abuse, but Robert’s lawyer is now convinced that my mother is the abusive one, and so my mother needs to get a lawyer and end this fucking divorce before Robert walks away with all of her money.
However, we can’t afford a lawyer.
Not yet, anyway. We currently have a grand total of about 3,200 put away in all of our savings accounts combined, and I’m trying to put away an extra 5,000 so we can afford a good enough lawyer to put a fucking end to this nightmare.
So far, as of this post, the fundraiser has raised 1,300 bucks, thanks to a healthy donation of 666.66 and a few other large donations on top of that.
The goal is 5,000, and anything on top of that will help us afford any extra hidden fees or potentially an even better lawyer who will help my mom fight this abusive creep and take him for all he’s worth. His new girlfriend’s rich anyway, he can mooch off her (She’s paying for his lawyer after all).
SO, NOW YOU KNOW THE SCOOP, HERE’S HOW TO HELP
1: Reblogging this post, making it known that Jay’s mother needs help. Jay owes his entire existence to his mother and would do anything to help her out of this.
2: Donating: My PayPal donate button is on http://www.jayisbutts.com and you can donate any amount you want. If you donate 50 or more I’ll put you down for a Full Service Playing Cards Series 1 Enhanced Edition (Full Service Double E) deck and will contact you when those are done.
3: Watching my streams, https://picarto.tv/LilMissJay I’ll be streaming every day until a lawyer has been secured and the finalization of this divorce is under way.
4: Commissioning me. All of my prices have been increased for the duration of this fundraiser, but if you commission me it’ll certainly help. I have a large commission backlog though so I’d prefer just donations, but commissions do still help.
5: Legal advice. If you know any Northern California lawyers or know California state divorce law, and have any advice you can give that’ll help us win this case, let me know in an Ask or a Submit, and I’ll relay the information to my mother.
I’m done letting Robert abuse my family.
I won’t let him walk away with my mom’s income as well, just because my mom can’t afford a lawyer to defend herself.
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Back in 2015 you demanded that the FCC adopt strict net neutrality rules and establish a free and open internet. And you won.
That should’ve been the end of it. But apparently not.
The new head of the FCC wants to undo the net neutrality protections you fought so hard for.
His proposed changes open the door to your web traffic being slowed down, or even blocked altogether. You could be forced to pay extra to use your favorite apps. You could even be prevented from getting news from the sources you trust.
Title II protects consumers and democracy by ensuring all voices can be heard.
You know the drill. Here’s what to do:
The FCC is taking comments from the public, and dearfcc.org is making it as simple as possible for you to make your voice heard.
You’ll just need to provide a name, an address, and then say a little bit about why rolling back Title II protections is a bad idea. If you’re not quite sure what to write, here’s something to get you started:
I’m writing to urge you to keep our Open Internet rules based on Title II in place. Without them, we could lose the internet as we know it.
The proposed changes to FCC rules would allow fast lanes for sites that pay, and force everyone else into slow lanes. We’ve already seen access to streaming services like Netflix, popular games like League of Legends, and communication platforms like FaceTime slowed down, or even blocked. Conditions like this hurt businesses large and small, and penalize the users who patronize them.
The changes also open the door to unfair taxes on internet users, and could also make it harder for blogs, nonprofits, artists, and others who can’t pay up to have their voices heard.
Please leave the existing existing net neutrality rules based on Title II in place.
